The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-20 00:00:00

LATE FIRE IN ALDERM ANBURY FURTHER PARTICULARS. We regret to state that the fire which occurred on "'Lumley night in Aldermanbury, a report of which ap peared, in Th e S un yesterday, has been attended with a_,9 l ; greater d estruct i on of property than wa at first 7_ el lcipated. Prom inquiries instit u t e d y es terd ahere ' 3 good ground for supposing that the loss will not fall m uch short of 200,0001. The premises in which the fire w4ararg(p linei,4 nated were considered as nearly the largest in the of business, an d t o a dd t o th e m i s f or t une up -48,000/. worth of goods had been received into N At building during the evening The stock in trade a 1 , or a most costly description, and comprised muslin th e n res, several thousand pieces of printed . cotton, at An , Lowest computation upwards of 80,000 pieces of linen, nre Low est computation bales of shawls, &c. At the time 4 t he outbreak the principal portion of the autumn I _ l3 ek had been just taken in. Although every inquiry 7.11 since been made, nothing that can be depended upon l a 4l ll be ascertained as to the origin of the calamity. n the combustible nature of the goods is taken into vensideration is not at all surprising that the fire 41)r ,,,ead with suc h surpr i s i ng rap i d i ty. -the Lord Mayor, Mr. Sheriff Sidne, several COM Councilrnen, the Town-clerk, and y different officers :„ the surrounding wards, were early in arriving at the .'elte of conflagration, their principal anxiety being to say s Arriv the Guildhall from destruction. Previous to the t „ al, and before a sufficient body of police came down clear the roads in front of the fire, the firemen ex ced the greatest difficulty from the populace in get meg t heir engin es t o wor k. Ab out thi rty men l a id h o ld itizi Pe We s t o f E ng l er d eng i ne, and before the same was An d) e, lied the party behaved with such violence to the thtme as t tear away the handles, and cause injury to e I naebin o . e Atte e ot eengh the fire was b e lie ve d to h ave b een sa f e ly n :ender by ten o'clock, the greater part of the thfltl"3 were k e p t upon the ground the greater part of threeiaht, wheh was extremely fortunate, for between % c i d a i nd four yesterday morning a large body of fire Is er en 'Y shot up, and f o r some ti me th e gre a te s t fears tei"„ e atertairted lest it should extend to Messrs. Oliver tie s premises. One of the workmen, on entering 6third floor, discovered that the flames were just ~ f,t °• ng through the party wall, and in the course- of a tnintites longer, had they not been noticed, they ,C, : t have fi re d a b ou t 40,000 pieces of coloured prints. th e of lighted paper had descended through one of at 0 1 ,4 ) ertures, and a bale of cotton was actually smoking th e .' time when the firemen entered. The damage upon et,: t °ck in trade in these premises, it is believed, will ep,,,"ed 12,0001. to repair it, and the building will require is e 'Ws of 3,000 L Dining the whole of yesterday work eralli were employed in affixing poles to keep the front 1 , 1 3 from failing forward into the street. n e loss )1 Bradbury, G reatorex, and upon )Messrs. 114 ,,' %took, it is computed, will extend to 170,0001. ; of , , L ,nnfortunately, they are insured only to the amount 461:)3000/ The total loss by this disastrous event, it is 1 ; 1 71 by those best competent to form a correct esti ‘, will amount to between 200,0001. and 300,000/. kn ° , ) Much praise cannot be awarded to Mr. Braidwood e ` the numerous firemen who acted under his super efl "'bee ; the same remarks will apply to Messrs. k m "' rton and Garwood, the heads of the West of Eng alte","(l County Companies. Sad it not been for their k; "el exertions, the less of property would have been t he t h an i t rea l ly has b een. e ana be following is a copy of the official report of the A tie to Id ertnanbur No. 6.—Messrs. Bradbury, Greatorex, Manchester Y' warehousemen. The whole of the fe r ''.'os destroyed, and contents of stock in trade and 41ture burned, and a house adjoining, in Dyer's 16tirt, consumed. Insured in the following offic s— Sun, , 000 e ; the Phoenix, 26,0001. ; the Imperial, Royal r il t l 'lnge County, and London offices, in various sums, " A '" g th'e whole 75,0001. " Id ermanbury, No. .s.—Nicholas Stone, grocer. Back ii i i illt ing-house, kitchen, and window- frames burned out. ski! roof severely damaged by fire and the contents by - 7,r- Insured in the Sun. l A Zclermeeb ee y, Nos. 7 and B.—Messrs. Oliver, Worth tter,", and Oliver, warehousemen. Roof of premises s o ; h eck windows partly burned. The party wall and ts ii — d e o l'ooms seriously damaged by fire, and the stock in „ extensively injured by fire and v ater. t o ill dermanbury, No. 4, and Fountain-court.—Messrs. te,„ att ', l ' and Co., warehousemen. The back windows and sk"„ued-rooms burnt out. A portion of the roof off and . d er " damaged by fire. The stock in trade const reibly injured by water. The firm is insured. 14 44(l ermanburv, No. 73.—Mr. John Sidney Smith, tearea,housernan. Front of premises very severely scorched Windows broken ; insurance unknown. 140Aleermanbury, No. 73.—Occupied by sundry ware kel:isetnen. The front of premises considerably scorched eindow-glass broken ; insurance unknown. t: ll dertnatibury, No. 75. Messrs. Cullum, Brown, and - 5!,.% Front of house scorched. t n ,".3'er's court, No. 4.—Mr. James Chadwick and o c ' t th er, small warehousemen. The back windows burnt °I second floor, and the contents considerably 11, -- "'ged by water. The building is the property of 0 0 :n Von art and is unknown where insured. The s e . " -Its were insured in the Phosnix. ` J ,Yer's-court, No. 3.—Henry Dunningten, glover. hack Warehouse and front windows ourned out, roof of house and s,'Z't Warehouse seriously damaged, and the contents ex toliiVelY injured by n ater. The contents are supposed e,"e in in the Sun and-Hand-in-Hand offices. p,: ti ildhall-yard.—The Comptroller's-office, the pro. tIV, of the Corporation of London.: Lumber-room, the kitchen and bed-room over kitchen, damaged, and e back windows scorched. ej ti he Guildhall.—Stained glass window at the western rlously damaged by heat, and glass broken. t oh r fire w as ex ti ngu i s hed by ten engines of the Ve""n establishment, with those of the County and Ited) t of England offices, their firemen and assistants, tilel„" or six The arish engines, and one belonging to the - "ell.cause of the fire cannot be accounted for. WEST INDIA_ MAIL. k tr , .11ADIPTON, AUG. 18.—The West India F ail 14 ° k et the Tay, Captain Sharp, arrived at her moorings 4 11 'ne river at ten o'clock A.M. this day, and landed the e o l i b ,, lti ea, St. Thomas, Windward and Leeward Islands, tl i „"tabian mails, which were forwarded to London by 4i, h tivelv e o'clock express train. Her dates are Jamaica, J uly, 'Tramiel 26th, Porto Rico, 29th, Demerara, rtit-, Trinidad, 22d. Barbadoes 24th, Grenada, 26th, St. k s (n nas 31st, and Fayal 12th August. The Tay has 72 t ii v s engers, a good cargo, among which is 1,440 oz. of t a :r, 1,899 oz., gold dust, 135 bales of sarsaparilla, 9 b s ~Pimento 17 tierces and 33 barrels of coffee, and 91 -trei s teaof ginger. t "e following is the list of passengers :—From Ja e,,ea---The Lord Bishop of Jamaica, two Miss Spen k: and servant, Colonel Bradshaw, Captain Bradshaw, Gto Perrier, Price, Rose, Pierce, and Miss Joran. rocket, Mr. Grant, Dr. and Mrs. Hunter, Mr. d J. sen-, Delgardo, sen., Elzaburra, from Porto eh il l ; From l'emerara—Rev. J. H. Bernard and three "er en, p„ in Mr. D. Lucker, Mr. Richardson and daughter, Ruett. From Trinidad—Mr. Hearne, Mr. de It -1 1N Mr. la Costa and servant. From Ba,rbadoes 441arden, M r . B irrow , Mr. Parsons. From Grenada % t ,, Fortieur, Mr. Begg, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Bain. From tr 'a go de Cuba—Mr. Auguste Fonson, Mr. Boustead. k:al t. Luc i 'e—Mr. Boschett. From St. Thomas—Dr. k r : e as, Mr. and Mrs. Pettet, Miss Pettet, and child, k'',Bebles and three children, Miss Victoria. From 1.4,i 4 E--:\ Ir. and Mrs. Dabney and three children, Mr. de AaPIO Mr. Bensabal, Mr. Beasande, and Mr. Sabal. re royal West India mail packet th© Medway, Capt. rg ws, left this river yesterday evening, with the Pa s , ar and , eeward Island mails ; also forty-four nengers, 1,144/. in money, and average cargo. hi,`'aptain Rivett, of the Reindeer steam-ship, has come 3 t e in the Tay. The Dee will take out the mails of 2d September. 11%,", a Clyde, Captain Symons, had proceeded to the Cl et - ,7,, Tl nah to bring home the Gulf mails of the sth of 6","'er ; all well on board. ,l eer May had assumed the command of the Rein so er , e Sever n , Captain Vincent, may be looked for with "ed Le ewar d an d Wi n d war d I s l an d mails, about 21st Th e mber. • Aer t ,e, Peninsular Company's steam-packet Montrose tub ue Docks y es t e rday for Gibraltar, with the Penin eitr and other mails, thirty passe; gers, and a full mixed PR , and severa l ver y fi n e horses. 4,,L 1 e Ori enta l C ompany ' s s t eam - s hip Oriental, Captain it i e will leave the Docks to-morrow, with the East and China mails, and between seventy and eighty aki s lgers, among whom are three Ameers of Sinde wieir suite, on their return to their native country. fo r e „°riental has also a very full cargo of bale goods, , I;, ,e nstantinople, &e. ne "iemi Tweed will be the next ship home, with the s. It thIC LP RESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK.—Fo r . the first IC , Mr. Pileher's Committee met last night at_ the te ettricl2e..l, "Dase Hotel, where arrangements were made n 4 ss the borough, on behalf of that gentleman, d lia-„,lnest confident hopes held out of his return to Par even—!r't• Upon what data did not transpire. The same e SehlZ a meeting of Mr. Miall's friends was held at the ck '' r°O r' o , Great Suffolk-street, where Mr. iall ti t a r ci t e a declaration of his sentiments on political ques th s s ' and "as submitted to a lengthened questioning on ituli, - .- 11 ,, fr EaZe, the New Poor-law, and the Corn-laws, by re, ol l ",aals in the meeting. The business terminated by Pert L i t°ns being passed, pledging those present to sup tor "' l a with their votes. A public meeting of the elec t atid friend s of Mr. Pilcher is arranged for Friday ti: a tiin ,,, at which that . gentleman will give an exposi -11:` principles. , ICE OF GoLD.—The premium on gold at Paris ‘°' k .1 ° per r nille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 2 540 P er ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 55 ; a nd the exchange at Paris on London at short being th an 3 it f o ll ows that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in London Reid • in . Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of 3/. 17 15 43 4 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of °f 13 8 0%d- per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange sho rt and the e xc h ange a t Hamburgh on London at t learq 1 3 10i, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. th ane la Londo n t h an i n Ham b urg h . Th e course o f ex t7l. at New York on London is 110 per cent . ; and the 09 23.. exchane between England and America being cei lt ; 40 , Per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.43 per Yorj6 r ) l layour of England. But the quoted exchange at New be addedeg for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must to the above ditference. acio_n.s:ilsitronTnEeDi ..12 . F , EL AT ALGIERS.—We read it! the One of the topics of conversation at far is.at. Present is an intended duel between two Generals ikfrict.n army. The cause of difference goes back as Colonel,. Years, but as one of the adversaries was then only „ r _ it.as necessary to wait until the latter had obtained .. said: rioton to settle the affair. The Minister of War, is eith er as given his Congent and the place of meeting is to be baser M aison-Car - ree or the Fermo-Modele. 'The corn- Pistol s _ ar e to be on hor:eback, and, after discharging their that t eaY continue the fight with sabres." The Afrique states t a il onu t4 er i Tti: sn s ee a er l e l an u i d ay e n d to are Geceral Bourgon and General the latter being General Korte, and of ad re e i v e * i '" i , ;b 3 of t he i; A o tiv 0 sae' II Ile f e " pas t ha heo ble t" uP• toi :ous ults j iros , 6c nn of Ol e o ', x hibitsv l a 3 f° "g f yZtem 11) e dbt f°4' .atne • of the ; 21- , 18 14 45. 00 10 3•l° 6 0e B% ri . ) l l jail ea , 3 f )l'l cage, for lee ° , . 7 ,00 114 5 ,1 ; „do r P. A pril ' on, 41 7 A Eng l i bf gecV 3 ),erc l ( l v rs fb 1, 6" s e rol s v dr?, , l erri . o o :„4 'l llll aiev ,1 or —5 to • (c.) 31i 5 00` .go 405 9 1 ) aci d ' ; e. yir u rcb orsc i ) lei, 4L ice. , f3r 9iv', 1 e` toi c , eri (13311„..' dd ej: 20$ oP. 4 f l 11 :t 311°6 ? ... ;ra b er 'l6:lle4'' A ' Ate ot P i SC D c TO' 00 , il"`: 1 fr etfui 01. Cu , 11 9' SAO rite; 11 0 ,C 0 0 4 01 )a rr t 1 1°13 e tS ' C °tl j'loo err`, o• li for ° ift,! F' ;cot s re l y,' oPr fo DP .eu co O to og boli P 11 a f' S i6 ,s ed i V j j l ,t/CP...001 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE ELEC- RELATIVE CLOSING PRIG RAILWAY SHARES TION. Friday last having been fixed by the Stewart of Liirkccdbright as tilt , day for nominating candidates for ;he stewartry, the quiet country town presented an un- Isual scene of animation and bustle. Kirkcudbright IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. always leeks well, its spires and towers rising from the blue waters, surrout ded on ► very side by umbrageous woods, and the rarity of a bright sun overhead on Friday gave an additional charm to the scene. Parties on foot and in vehicles continued to arrire during the forenoon, and about twelve o'clock a very large crowd had assembled in the front of the hustings ; the windows of the houses adjoining were filled with ladies, a great number of whom were present. Betwixt twelve and one o'clock the respective candidates and their friends took their places or, the hustings, when the Stewart-Depute, Mr. Sandford, read the election writ. The Bribery Act having been read by the clerk, Mr. R. Gordon, the Stewart, requeLt.'d the people to listen peaceably and quietly to the addresses which would be delivered. James Oswald, of Auchincruive, M P. for Glasgow, then proposed Mr. Maitland, of Dundrennan, which was seconded by Mr. M'Adarn, farmer, Kirkland, William Maxwell, Esq„ yr., of Cardoness, proposed Colonel M'Douall, of Logan, which was seconded by Mr. Bell, of Balgreddan. Mr. MAITLAND then addressed the electors in a long and eloquent speech. Colonel M‘DouALL next addressed the electors. He spoke, however, in a very low tone, which, together with a slight buzz in front of the hustings, prevented him from bring heard. He said he hoped credit would be given him for feeling deeply the loss of his friend Mr. Murray ; and that he had come forward to prevent the stew artry being reresented by a Roman Catholic. The crowd became a little impatient at not hearing what was said, and, of course, made the matter worse. Mr. Mait land and Mr. Oswald requested them to give Colonel M‘Douall a fair hearing, but, after uttering another sen tence or two indistinctly, he apparently became nervous and stopped. The Stewart called for a show of hands, which was largely in favour of Mr. Maitland. Colonel M‘Douall then demanded a poll, which was fixed for Monday at nine, and on Tuesday at eight o'clock. Themeeting then quietly dispersed. We understand that upwards of 100 of Colonel M•Douall's friends and supporters dined together in the afternoon in the Selkirk Arms Inn.—Caledonian Meicu►y. BERKLEY COTTAGE NEAR TO CANTERBURY. One of the happiest efforts (as it appears to us) is that of which we only give a short extract. The composition will soon be traced to the right author. If he needed renown, we think this great effort would alone insure it to him. The announcement of the auction has been already inserted. " Mr. George Robins is much gratified in being selected to offer to public competition, on Thursday next, at twelve, a fis ehold villa, which, it may be safely affirmed, for its size, will not yield to anything contem poraneous. It is, in fact, one of the most delightful bijoux throughout the entire kingdom, and the great difficulty that presents itself to the composer is to do it justice without encountering the idea of having too highly coloured the landscape. However, this arduous task shall be undertaken. Berkley Lodge is half way on the declivity at Broughton Hill. In days of yore Broughton Hill presented a fearful obstacle to enjoy, without alloy, all the accessories this lovely spot had in , In our boyish days it was acct unted an hercu lean task to reach the summit, but Mr. M'Adarn, with his powerful mind and road-making powers, soon re moved the imaginary difficulty, and that which pie musty was a fearful obstable to encounter, is now a gentle and almost unperceived ascent. Upon this hill now dwells the incomparable Villa, the property of, and completed in his usual good taste by Henry Wooliright, E•q., of winch a moderated account is to follow :—The Garden of England and the garden of Kent have been held as synonymous terms ; and it has long since been conceded to this spot, that throughout Kent, it stands unrivalled. It is first seen nestling amid the ambrosial grounds, with clumps of trees to vary the scene, stretching their wide and shadowy arms 'far across the green sward that encompasses it. The natural beauty of this position it will not be attempted to describe, because it is fearlessly asserted that it must be seen or it cannot be appreciated; the beauties that press on the enraptured sight, strewed by the hands of Art and Nature, combined over the surface, will hold a place in the memory which never can be effaced, and ere the visit is half completed, with common assent it will be responded to by all, that fairy land is in view. Of residence little has yet been said (although an outlay of 6,000/. has just been expended on its completion), and it may be well to observe that,without being encumbered with the nuisance of too large a domicile, there is all and everything that a family (not too large) can desire. It has been erected within the last seven years, and what ever can be understood by the comprehensive term " comfort" will be found to hold a prominent place here; but within this little Elysium is placed a gazeebo of novel form, and so ingeniously contrived that the beau teous scenery by which it is so entirely surrounded is seen with immensely increased effect. It is really quite impossible to do justice to the tact that has presided over this great feature of the abode. Its form is duodecagon, there are five windows, each diversifying the scene. The ingenuity that bas conceived this happy effort to give additional effect to the magnificent scene is unquestion able. It exhibits a panoramic view that yields to nothing throughout England, softened by the intermixture of features the most romantic and picturesque— ' Till breathless, as we grow when feeling most, And silent, is e stand in thoughts too deep For utterance,' it produces such an ensemble as the writer of this im perfect sketch has never before enjoyed. To give an adequate representation is quite out of the question—its beauty and its loveliness altogether forbid it, but it may be permitted to observe that the river Medway and the Nore, which are in the distance, are, at high water, on visiting terms with Berkley Lodge. An English fleet of one hundred vessels has not unfrequently aided this splendid picture. To return for a moment to the demesne—the grounds are very extensive and luxuriant beyond imagination. There is not a landscape gardener that will not be proud to take a lesson here, and the proprietor has added so much of ingenuity, and of variety, that the scene never tires—at every turn some thing new and beautiful is presented. In the centre is an observatory 50 feet in height,' which stands 350 feet higher than Canterbury. From this spot Dover and Gravesend are both brought within view, and the coast of France seen without difficulty. The terrace walk, that runs parallel with the London-road is adorned by American shrubs and flowering plants without number ; ar d to perfect this scene there are rising in majestic gran deur in the rear the splendid woods of Blean (of which this property includes four acres), to protect the villa from the wintry winds—the kitchen gardens are well planned, and the supply of fruit and vegetables most abundant. Dispersedly placed, and in excellent taste, are to be seen about the grounds everything that ingenuity and art combined could effect. In one spot is a grotto. Contiguous to it the ornamental waters, with three vessels in full sail, of solid copper, and wire rig ging, and a jet d'eau which Mr. Robins will not dis honour by a comparison with the nonentities at Trafalgar-square.' On another spot is a second grotto, which, by means of no ordinary inge nuity, represents a perpetual telegraph and windmill, which never cease their pleasing vocation. It has con sumed 700 feet of iron pipe to accomplish this. The Eddystone Lighthowse adorns the centre of the waters, in which exists myriads of gold and silver fish. In short, neither words nor painting can do it adequate justice ; we know of nothing comparable with the scene, so as to give it that vivid colouring by which those who have not had ocular demonstration, may recognise its wild pheno mena. And now the composer feels that he must compassionate with hi s readers, and arrive at a conclu sion. The demesne around it is 14 acres, including the rich paddocks. The offices within and without are cons responding, and the whole i n com p lete apple-pie order. It is four miles from Canterbury ; and the society every where is proverbial for its being prone to good fellow ship, with lots of shooting, hunting, and fishing without much trouble." DEATH from ALLEGED NEGLECT AT NORTHFLEET. On Wednesday last a poor man, of the name of John Tuckwell, died at Northfleet, near Gravesend, as was al leged by the overseers of the parish of Northfleet, in consequence of the neglect of the medical officer of the Union, Mr. Whitcombe, of Gravesend, and of the relieving officer, Mr. Siddell, both of whom , tog ether with the Board of Guardians, repudiated the order for medical and ether relief given by the overseers of the parish, upon the ground that the latter had no right to give such order, without the concurrence of the relieving officers and the Board of Guardians. On Friday, on the requisition of the overseers, ad dressed to the Coroner for the west division of Kent, that officer held an inquest on the body of the victim of al leged neglect; and a highly respectable jury being ern ' panelled, the evidence of the medical officer (Mr. Whit combo), of Messrs. Betts and Higgins, overseers of North fleet, of Mr. Wood, poor-law guardian of Northfleet, and of the woman in whose house the deceased sickened and died, as well as that of other persons who were cognisant of the facts of the case, having been taken, the Coroner, with the full concurrence of the jury, adjourned the inquest, in order that the books of instruction of the board of guardians to the relieving officer, and the reports of the case of the deceased by the medical officer to the Board should be produced, as there appeared to the Coroner and Jury a startling discrepancy between the evidence of the medical officer, that of Mr. 'Wood, the guardian, and of Mr. Siddell, the relieving officer, in respect to the reports of the case, as made to the Board by the first-mentioned officer, and a total denegation by each of these officers of the statements of the overseers, Messrs. Betts and Higgins. The Coroner observed, that if these documents were not produced he would summon every member of the Board of Guardians before him, and commented in strong terms of reprehen sion on what he denominated the disgraceful pro ceedings of the officers appointed to administer the poor-law in the Union generally, and in the parish of Northfleet in particular. This, he said, was only one of the many instances that came before him of the result of these disgraceful quarrels ; and he expressed his opinion, that unless they altered their conduct in the administration of the poor-law, they would be sent, one of these days, to Maidstone gaol, on a verdict of Man slaughter. An Assistant Poor•law Commissioner, it is stated, will attend the adjourned inquest, to watch the proceed • ing, and the result is looked to with intense interest by the inhabitants, of all classes, in the district. NOVEL SPORT.—A few days since a man, named Edward Smith, was fishing off Dittisham, on the River Dart, with a rod and line, when he caught a lobster which weighed llb. I—Devonport Telegraph. THE SUN, LONnoN. WEDNESDAY EV_ENING, AUGUST so 1845. —Ditto, Half Shares, 9 1 4 —Cambridge and Lincoln, 4% c. n. —East Lincolnshire, 10s. pm.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 2%—Grand Union, Bs. pm.—Leicester and Birming ham, 225. pm —London and Birmingham Extension, 325. 6d. pm.—London and York, s—Manchester, Liverpool, and ' Great North of England, 455. pm.—Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 425. 6d. pm.—Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 338. pm.—Rugby, 2%—South Midland, ss. pm. —Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 3 3 j ¢ —Wakefield and Bradford, 555. pm. EUDDERSFIELD, AuG. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Armagh, Cole raine, and Porttush. 25.-Grand Union, Bs. 6d. pm.- Glasgow and Dumfries; 245.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 153 1 1-Huddersfield anal gilefileld Junction, 15% -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 1 -Leicester and Bedford, 48s. pm. YOlh, AUG. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Dttrivara and Sunder land, 30--Ditto New, guaranteed Five per Cent., 5 4 1 - Eastern Union Extension, 3-York and North Midland, Selbv Scrip, 70 ex div.-Ditto Extension, 24 3 4-London and 'York, 5-Manebester, Buxton, &c. , 8 1 4-Newcastle and Berwick, 24%-Scottith Central, 7. EXEM, Atro. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sides , ate-Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 124-Exeter and Creditor', 8 1 ,4-Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 6s. 3d prem.-Easterrt Counties, 20%-Lon don and Blackwall, 10f s -Ely and Bedford, 4 3 / 4 . EDINBURGH, AUG. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdecn, 3/. 6s. 6d - Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. Ils. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 254-Ditto, Half Shares, 15L-Armagh and Portrush, 21.-Banffshire, 24 25.-British and Irish Union, 31. 10s.- Belfast and County Dawn, 4/. 35.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 31. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. MI.-Caledonian Extension, 24 15s. -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 81.-1754 6d.-Clydefdale Junc tion, 91.-Direct Northern, 2/. Li5:....-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181.-Dundee find Perth, 41.45. 6d. -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 24 6s. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 864-Ditto, Quarters, 211. 10s.-Ditto, New', 141.105.- Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 17s. 0.-Edin burgh, Leith, and (Ironton, 241.-Ditto, Preference, 16/. 10s. -Edinburgh and Northern, 1/. 125.-Ditto, New, P. ls.-Edinburgh and PeebieS, 2/. 1 ls. 6d.-Edinburgh an.`.l Perth, 1/. 14s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 89/.-Ditto, New Stock, 221.-Glasgow and Belfast Tinian, 3/. 16s. 6d.-Glasgow and Neilston, 21/. IN.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. Os. 3d.-Glasgow and Ureenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 55.-Ditto, Pre ference, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 21. 16s. 3d.- Inverness and Elgin, 1/.35.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 5/. 'U.-London and York, 4/. 10s.-Londonderry and Cole • raine, 31. 17s. 61-Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3/. 15.9.- Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 334-Morayshire, 11.-North British, 31/. 10s.-ditto, Halves, 94 IN.-North Wales Mi neral, New, 6/ 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 25.-Scottish Central, 71. 165.-Scottish Midland, '2/. 7s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. 25.-Slamannan, 181.-South Mid land, Si. 165.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/.165.-Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 1/.165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/.- Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 10e. . ' 1 NAMES oF RAILWAYS. g " is Aug. lAug. Aug. lAuk 19. 19. I 19. I 19, Aberdeen . • • • • • . • • • Airdrie and Coatbridge . Arbroath and Forfar .... Ditto Half Shares .... Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry ..... Belfast and Ballymena .. Belfast and County Down Birknhd,Lan. &Ches.Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster 133 Do. New (iss.at die.) Ditto Half Shares .. 3 Birminghm &Oxfrd.Junc. Blckburn, Chrly, &N. Un. Bickburn, Danvn,& Boltn Bolton, W igan, & Liverpl. Boston, Stamfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. Bristol and Exeter • • .. • . - 1 6 Ditto New .. ••••• • • • • • 11% Bristol and Gloucester • • 61 Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. & Dumbar. June Caled , nian .• •••••• • • • • • 10% 11 Ditto Extension ...... Cambridge and Lincoln.. 3% Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto New Shares .... Ditto Half Shares .... Chester and H lyhead • • 22% 22 Cheltenham and Oxford.. 2M Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley . • • • • • • • • Clitheroe Junction • ....• Clydesdale Junction .... Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon ....... Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford .... Cork and Youghal .• • • Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall . • • • • • • • • . • • • • • Derby and Crewe . • • • • • • Direct Lon. and Manchstr Diss, Beceles, & Yarmoth Direct Northern • • • • • • • • Direct Norwich . • • . • • • • • Dubl n and Belfast Junc. ii% .7 - I - 159801 - r 2% 2m - --- i % l 71 ; i1 = Dublin, Belfast, & Dublin and Drogheda • • Dublin and Galw-y . • • • • Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . Ditto New . ..... Dundee and Penh • • • • Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) Eastern Counties Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No. 1 Do. do. N 0.2 %p East Dereham & Norwich East Union ... _I 4u Ditto Exteasion .. • ... Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. 89 Do. Quarter Shares ... 22 Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles • • Edinburgh and Perth. •• • Ely and Huntingdon •• •• 4% Enniskillen and Sligo .• • • Exeter, 'Yeovil, & Drchst r Fltwood, Prstn, &W. Rid• Garnkirk and Glasgow . • Glasgow and Ayr .••• • • • Do. Quarter Shares •• • • Glasgow and Gremock • • Ditto New . • .• . • • • • Ditto Preference ••• • • • Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmamck, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un• Goole and Doncaster •. • . Grand Junction .•••• • • • • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto New Quarters • • Ditto Eighths •••• • • • • - Grand Union .••••• • • • • • Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby &Dk Eaten& Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrn & Wstm (lend) Ditto Extension ••• • .• 11% Great Munster ••••• • • • • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares • • 53 Do. New 301. Shares .. Great Western •• • • • • .... 210 Ditto Half Shares •• .. 116 Ditto Fifths ..... • 47 Guiifrd, Farehm, & Ports. Harwich . ••••..• • • • • • Hudrsild & Man. It. & Cant Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainaborough • • Hull and Selby ••• • • • .... 105% Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto Half Shares •• • • Inverness and Elgin •• • • Isle of Jersey Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray •• • • Killarney Junctions .•• •• Lancaster and Carlisle • • 56 Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford •• • • Ditto Extension ...... Leeds and Dewsbury •• . • Leeds and Thirsk •••• • • • • Leeds &W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford .• • 2Up 3% Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares •• • • Ditto Quarter Shares • . Liverpl,Ormskrk,& Prstn London and Birmingham 222 Ditto Thirds ...... • 46 Ditto Quarters •••• • • • 29 London and Blackwan • • 10% Lon.&Man.(Remington's ) 1 p London and Brighton. • •. Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon .... 24U Ditto New . ••• • • p Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. London and Greenwich— Do. Pref. or Privilege.. London and South West rn 7 8 Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares.. Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York Ditto (Bantry) London and Windsor.... 07, Londe, Salsbury, & Yeovl 2 Z Londonderry & Coleraine 3i London d e rry& Enniskilln Lynn and Ely • Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds . • _ Ditto Half Shares • 9 5%1- 1 5% 14 4 1 86s 12:05 Ditto Quarter Shares • • 32% Ditto Sixteenths ••• . • • _ Manchstr and Birkenhead _ Manchester &Birminghm 63 Ditto Quarter Shares.. 10% Ditto New Quarters . Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manchestr, Bonn, & Bury _ Machstr, Buxtn, & Matlk 10 n. Shef. and Mid. June. 6 Manchestr & Southamptn Midland •••••••• • • • • • • • • 172 Ditto Fifths ••••• • • • • Ditto New .• • • ..... 26 Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 132 Midhid Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newestl & Daringtn June. 52 Do. New (13randling). • Newcastle and Berwick 24% Newcastle and Carlisle _ Nwestle, Durham, & Lan _ Newport & Abergavenny 2s Newry and Enniskillen . • .2', Newark and Sheffield . 3 North British Ditto New Shares Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip (ids. at 5 dis ) Do. Quarter Shares North Devon . • • • • • • • • North Kent • • .. • • • • • • North Staffordshire .• North Eastern .. •• • _ North Union (A) Ditto (B) • • • North Wales Mineral • Ditto New Shares .. _ North Western •• • . •• • - North Wales •• • Norwich and Brandon .. 2 Ditto New. • •• • .. Not., Belvoir, & Granthrn Nottingham and Boston Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Binning. Jane Oxford and Worcester Oxford and Cambridge Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct. • • • Preston and Wyre . . Ditto Half Shares • • • • Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. - Preston & Wyro Extend. Richmond &W. End June 6 Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring 2% Scottish Central ••.• • • • • 7 •X Scottish Midland • • • • • • • • Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares - Ditto ditto (No. 2) • • Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • Sheffield and Lincoln •• • • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir 4% Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. 2M p Shrws, lierefd,& N. Wales Slamannan .• • South Devon . ..........3 1 South Midland • • • • • • • • • • South Eastern and Dover 46 Do. No. 22 Do. (155.331.65.8 d.).• 2 15 Do. (ids. 301.) •• 3 Staines and Richmond . • • Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales • • • • • • ***** Tean and Dove Valley • • Trent Valley •• • ••• " • • Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neath • • • • • • • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Wexford aed Carlow • • • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny IVatrfd,Wxfd,Wick 8c Dub Wakefield and Bradford • • Pontefrct, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . • • West Lancashire • • • • • • • • Worcester and Tring . • • • Whitehaven and FLUMES Do. New Half Shares • • Welsh Midland • • • • • • • • • • West Cornwall.. ....... West Yorkshire ...... Wilsontwn, M. & Coltness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich • • Ditto New . ........ • • York and Carlisle . • • • • • • York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares . • • • Ditto Scarbro' Branch Ditto Selby Ditto Extension •• • • Yorkshire & Glasgow Un. 4%1 14 7 - I - g. 'Aug. 'Aug. 'Aug. 19. 18. I 18. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. 19 'A1 61 0 21, 4 1 - - - M I - NI :: 268 2 48 243 - 6%1- Toil _— 4 lb ,4% 14 - V A 1 -- - 61 it -614 4%1 41i 265.1225, 124 s 26sp 8 p 3s. Oil - 70619116d1 —77 - 4 co 34 I 4 — o 139% 15U 15 - 15;4 - 14;4 - 18 p - 13456p1 1816891 6 6 - 9s6dl 4% 4% 8 1 84 1418 P 1 %Ivi 1786',117561 1418 HULL, AUG. 19. STOCK EXCHANGV. — The sales are...-Hua and Selby, klidf Sham, 24%—Praston and Wyre, 39%—North British, 81% LON DON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY COMPANY. The half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors of this railway was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, J. N. Daniell, Esq. in the chair. The advertis.ement convening the meeting having been read, The SECRETARY (Mr. J. F. Kennel]) read the report, from which it appears that a dividend of two shillings per share, clear of income-tax, is recommended. The Directors observe— " The amount which is available for a dividend, al though not considerable, is satisfactory, when it is re membered that this is the first time in which a sufficient profit has been realised, to enable a dividend to be de clared on the worst half of the year, and the Directors believe that it is an earnest, that no future half-yearly meeting will occur without a larger amount being ap plicable to the same purpose, independently of the ad vantages which must emanate from the various measures which are in progress for the benefit of this Company. " With regard to the extension line to Old Ford the Directors have much pleasure in reporting, that the Bill for the extension from the Stepney station of the Blackwell Railway, to join the Eastern Counties Railway at Old Ford, received the royal assent on the 9th instant. Measures, therefore, will be immediately taken to allot the shares in this extension line amongst the registered Proprietors in the Blackwell Railway, according to the plan recommended in the report made to the Proprietors on the 29th ultimo, and the Directors lose no time in arranging for the commencement and speedy completion of the works." The CHAIRMAN said he congratulated the Proprietors on the cheering prospect presented by the report, show ing as it did a decided improvement over the returns of preceding half-years. He trusted this prosperity would not only be permanent but increasing, and while he would not affirm that such would actually be the case, he saw no reason for entertaining a doubt but that the value of this pro perty would materially and speedily be enhanced. He was happy to inform them that they had satisfacto rily w orked with the boats with which they were con • nected ; and ho took the opportunity of saying that, without the slightest reserve, equal terms had been offered to all boat companies absolutely and positively. 2% One company had unhappily opposed them, and sought - terms different from those accorded other parties ;he wished, therefore, as much misrepresentation had been - made, and mach misapprehension existed in the minds of - the public, to make this unequivocal declaration. The next point to which he wished to advert was the junction with the Eastern Counties, the details of which would be referred - to the engineers of each, viz., Messrs. Locke and Ste -5 phenson. He trusted that, if successfully carried out, 5Y 4 arrangements would be effected for adopting cheap fares - and good accommodation. The conversion of the debt - into fund( d capital would in future be a prominent fea ture in the prosperous conduct of the Company, although - at present it did not show any result in the report now - presented. When, then, all these arrangements were - concluded, and the Epping line brought to bear, he anticipated, though he would not pledge himself to - the confirmation of his hopes, but he confidently - believed that their shares would yet rise to par, and even eventually exceed it. With these few observations - he would conclude by moving that the report and - acounts, as read, be received, confirmed, and adopted. Mr. HAIG seconded the resolution. Mr. CASH said that as many parties were present who - were original subscribers he wished to know what the - Chairman meant by par? The CHAIRMAN replied that 161. 13s. 4d. was to be - considered as par. Mr. CASH remarked that the expenses of the Com _ 314 pany were still very great. Their income was 29,000/. 2 1 A a year, and the expenditure no less than 25,0001. He - was desirous of asking, therefore, whether no better - power could be adopted than that of the wire-rope? The CHAIRMAN assured the meeting that the ques tion had received the most anxious consideration at the - hands of the Directors, and a doubt did exist as to the superiority of the present means of traction. Frequent - breakages had caused a very great expense to be in - curred, and when the arrangements, now in abeyance, - for forming connexions with other companies were corn _ _ pleted, it would be desirable that a system should be - adopted for making a uniform means of communication - adapted for all the lines. Dr. BOWRING would take the opportunity of stating - that a great many methods of locomotion had been — 2% under the consideration of the Directory. The atmos _ pheric princip]e had not escaped their attention ; but in - a question of such gravity, ant involving the incurrence - of great expense, was necessary that every precaution _ and prudence shou l d be observed before pledging them selves to adept a rew and permanent means of traction. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said he was aware that great 2 % inconvenience was often entailed on boards of directors by the unadvised intermedding of proprietors. Never _ - theless, it was no less incumbent upon shareholders to - suggest to directors any course which might conduce to - the prosperity of a company, or avert an apprehended _ evil. It was for this reason that, while repelling every - intention of impugning either the ability or conduct of the present Board, and while avowing, on the con _ trary, that much new life and talent had of - late been introduced into the Directory, he wished : to offer one or two observations on matters connected with their prosperity. As to the London and - Blackwell Railway, beginning at Fenchurch-street and - terminating at Blackwell, the project was borne down by an enormous expenditure, and though the Chairman and he dare say many of the proprietors were so san - guise as to anticipate that secondary capabilities were - likely to enhance the value of their property, he believed that the most sanguine could scarcely - hope that the projects now in contemplation would - work any very miraculous change in the price of their - shares, or the amount of their dividend. With respect to the junction between the Blackwell Company and the - Eastern Counties, it would bo in the recollection of the - meeting that some time since that course had been pro posed and rejected by the Directors. He did not wish to - throw any blame upon them for their refusal; "better late - than never" was an old proverb, and he was only glad - that even at this period the measure had been ap proved and adopted. He regarded it as a most ex - cellent junction, but to secure its success the Di - rectors of both Companies must preserve a cordial and well-defined co-operation : otherwise their endeavours - would be frustrated, and their money laid out uselessly. - If, however, the Blackwell Company persisted in striking out projects into South Essex, they would interfere with - the Eastern Counties Company most seriously, while the - scheme would not only be useless but pernicious. He made - this observation, but if at a future period opposition should be raised against the project, it might be said, that - the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Company being - invited to attend, and actually present, had heard the pro _ positions of the Blackwell Company, and remained silent - on the subject. Mr. JEFFRY was proceeding to address the meeting on - the question of the South Essex line, when be was stopped by - The CHAIRMAN, who said that the question before - the meeting was not the propriety of the Essex scheme, which was quite independent from the interests of the - Blackwell Company, and therefore its introduction was - irrelevant and irregular. 2b2% Mr. JoSIAH WlLSONinquired if, then, as a company, the Blackwell Railway repudiated the South Essex line ? - The CHAIRMAN said, as a company most distinctly, though not as independent parties. The resolution for the adoption of the report and accounts was then put, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved the second resolution, to the effect that a dividend of two shillings per share, clear of income tax, should be declared. Mr. HAIG seconded the motion, which was also car carried nem. con. A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether the promoters of the London and Blackwell would be prepared to apply to Parliament next session for powers to carry out the Epping Extension, in case the Eastern Counties Co.n pany neglecting to do so. The CHAIRMAN explained ; shortly after which the meeting separated. MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE MAN CHESTER AND BIR3IINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY.-- A numerous and highly-respectable meeting, called by circular, of store. COURT CIRCULAR. His loyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ho noured the performance of the Italian Opera with his presence yesterday evening. Sun lay last being the anniversary of the birth of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the morning was ushered in at Kensington by a merry peal of the church bells, and by the hoisting of the national flag. The same denr)nstrations of respect were observed in several parts of the metropolis and its vicinity. On Monday her Royal Highness's tradesmen dined together at the King's Arms Tavern, Kensington. The chair was very ably filled .by Mr. Wright, of Pall-mall. Venison was liberally supplied by her Royal Jlighness's orders, and the company passed a most pleasant even ing, by the assistance of Mr. Ransford and other vocalists. Mr. Aglionby, Mr. George Frederick Young, and Mr. Harrington, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches fir the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta, were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO GERMANY. MAYENCE, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16. Her Majesty has arrived at this point of her journey. She left Stolzenfels this morning in her steam-yacht the Fairy, at half-past eleven o'clock, and reached Mayence at six. The weather, which had for so many hours been bad, brightened up a short time before her Majesty's embarkation; and, with the exception of now and then, a slight shower, it continued fine the whole of the day. Her Majesty and the Prince, accompanied by the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Anson, Colonel Wylde, Lady Canning, and Lady Gainsborough, left the Palace of Stolzenfels at about a quarter-past eleven o'clock, and came down to the place of embarkation, on the bank of the Rhine, immediately under the palace. The King of Prussia and the Crown Prince escorted their royal visitors to the landing place. In a few minutes her Majesty and suite had embarked on board the Fairy, amidst salutes from a park of artillery sta tioned in the neighbourhood. A guard of honour, com posed of Prussian infantry, were present at the embarka tion. While the vessel was getting under weigh, and for some minutes after she had started, the King of Prussia stood on the river side waving his hat to her Majesty. The scenery of the Rhine from Coblents to Mayence is much finer than that from Cologne to the former place. The general characteristics, however, are the same. There are the vine-clad hills, the ravine-like valleys, the small, straggling, picturesque towns and villages, with their slate-roofed houses, contrasting softly with the verdure around, the name rough grim crags with ruined castles at their summits ; all the fea tures are similar, but they are on a grander scale—the contrasts more sudden and striking, the panorama more various, more full of perfect pictures. The Queen had to-day the advantage of fine weather. The rain had brightened and freshened the verdure, and there was that exquisitely pure atmosphere, and that deep blue sky, which add the crowning charm to scenery such as that on the Rhine. At most of the principal towns and villages which so prettily stud the shore on either side of the river there were some efforts made by the inhabitants to welcome the Queen. Passing Oberlahnstein, Lahneck, and the other places which were the scene of the illuminations on Thursday night, the first place of any importance is Boppard, a very picturesque little town or large village, where there were some flags and a great many people, who cheered loudly as the Fairy passed. Further on she passed the two castles of Lubenstein and Steinberg, to which, as to most of the places on either side, a legend is attached, with which the reader shall not here be troubled. Many of these legends are extremely beauti ful, and characteristic of the tone of manners in the middle ages, as all who have read the hundred and one tales and books that have been written on the subject are very well aware ; but there is no reason for giving one of them more than another, and, as all could not be even alluded to, it is better to leave them alone, more espe cially as those who go up the Rhine to look at scenery seldom have time for anything else. At the Rheinfels, the castle of Prince Frederick of Prussia, which looks very much like a miniature Windsor Castle in the last state of crumbling decay, sa lutes were fired in honour of her Majesty as the vessel passed. The people had collected in numbers on the banks, and flags hung from some of the houses. A little further on and her Majesty approached the Lurleiborg, so celebrated in the romance of the Rhine. There was a fisherman's boat—a sort of punt with wings—but no Lurlei maid to sing from the rock and lure the fisherman to his destruction in the rapids. Nature has done so much for this part of the Rhine that it needed not the additional charm of romantic or legendary association. But all the poetry of that asso ciation is banished by the use to which this splendid combination of hill, valley, and stream is put by its owners. It seems that there is a very good echo here, and a fine echo is a very grand thing; but it is like many other things, more striking when it comes unex pectedly than when it is sought for. Here they lie in wait for the echo, which is awakened so constantly, and at such unseasonable times, that if it had not the national courtesy it would long since have given up. It destroys the interest of the association at least, if not the beauty of the scene, to see, st so fine a point of the river, three little gaudy flags stuck upon sticks, and a man with a sort of swivel gun stationed there to call up the echo by firing as each steam-boat .passes. For this, too, he is paid weekly by the steam-boat companies. The echo was rather sulky on the present occasion. At Oberwesel, again—a fine old fortified town, with crumbling walls, sad of the most picturesque aspect— there were stores of flags and crowds of people • and the same may be said of Gutenfel s and the bank of the Rhine opposite Pfalz, the isolated tower rising abruptly from the bosom of the Rhine, which was once the toll house of the river. At Bingen, where the scenery pre sents a coup d'ceil almost as fine as that at Coblentz, there was great gaiety, animation, and excitement. Here the dominions of the King of Prussia end, and those of the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt commence. The flag of Prussia waved from an old tower on one side of the boundary line, and that of Hesse Darmstadt on the other side, and salutes were fired as the Fairy— which looked fairy-like indeed as she glided without noise or apparent motion on the bosom of the winding river—passed slowly by on her way towards Riidesheim. Very soon after leaving Bingen the grandeur and beauty of the Rhine scenery is lost. Castled crag and ruined tower, vine-clad mountain and fertile valley, give place to rich plains, only gently undulating on either side as the land rises in the distance. They are highly cultivated, and dotted with those picturesque villages, with their quaint old Gothic houses and religious-look ing churches, that are to be seen all along the banks of the Rhine, and add the charm of human life and activity to the grand features of the scenery. The first place of any importance passed on the way to Mayence, at the point where the course of the Rhine turns, is Riidesheim, and a little beyond it is Geisen heim, close to which, on a high hill at a distance, over looking the river, is the celebrated seat of Prince Met ternich, surrounded by the vineyards whence is produced the Johannisberg, so celebrated among the epicures of the world. Vineyards sound very well in a poem, but, in fact, they are dull and common-place as kitchen gar dens, looking very much like rows of peas. Schloss Johannisberg also sounds very grand, and, associated with the great name of Metternich, it inspires one with expectations which the real chateau does not bear out — for it is a plain, flat-looking building, reminding one of a barrack or a Poor-law Union. However, let its faults be what it may, it will always inspire interest—with some for the sake of its master—with more, for the sake of its wine. A few miles further on is Bieberich, the palace of the Grand Duke of Nassau, a massive and rather cumbrous pile, of great architectural pretension, but exhibiting a most barbarous conglomeration of different styles, and those not the best. Here the standard of Nassau flouted from the top of the palace, and a crowd of the Nassau people, with their pretty partners, assembled to see the Fairy pass. They were, however, doomed to disappointment. Opposite the palace a narrow richly wooded island divides the stream, and the royal steamer, instead of passing through the channel nearest to Nas sau, went on the other side. This was the only instance of this sort of disappointment on the whole trip, for her Majesty gave orders that the speed of the Fairy should be slackened at different places on the route, that the people on shore might have an opportunity of gra tifying their curiosity. The people of Bieberich were not so fortunate ; but this did not prevent the firing of salutes in right military style. In a very few minutes the two towers and the whole river-front of this picturesque city of Mayence were visible : the shore lined with people, flags waving from the mastheads of the shipping, and troops drawn up at the landing-place. As the Fairy steamed up salutes were fired on all sides, and there was a very grand and animated reception—as much so as there has been at any place of the kind. Her Majesty and Prince Albert stood upon deck and witnessed the whole scene. On landing her Majesty was received by Prince William of Prussia, who is the Governor of Mayence, and a brilliant staff, and nearly 9,000 troops lined the way and kept the ground in and about the Government-house, to which her Majesty was conducted. Such a body of troops had a very imposing appearance, as may be supposed. They were mixed, Austrians and Prussians, the city being garrisoned jointly by the two nations on terms of equality. In the evening after her dinner her Majesty was se renaded (if the term may be used) with a military con cert by torchlight. All the bands of the different Aus trian and Prussian regiments in the garrison turned out and formed in procession. They then proceeded, ac companied by soldiers bearing- torches, to the Hotel de l'Europe, which is occupied by her Majesty and suite while staying here, where they formed a circle opposite the hotel, and played the English national anthem and several airs. The effect of this may be conceived ; it was like everything else that has been got up in this country to welcome the Queen—grand and imposing in the extreme. The illumination at Cologne, the fire works at Stolzenfels, the reception at Bruhl—all had the same characteristic of magnitude and profuse splendour. They were less the compliment of a Sovereign than the tribute of a nation. The Government-house would, of course, have been at the disposal of her Majesty, but the time of her ar rival was so uncertain, and it was so doubtful whether she would sleep at Mayence at all, that her Majesty de clined to allow it to be fitted up, and the Hotel de PEurope was engaged for her accommodation. Her Ma jesty will remain at Mayence till Monday morning, when she proceed* to Wurzburg. • 21% iiP -4% 4% - I - - lii - 68s6d 598. al4 10%1 . 1 1 57s 1,4 _ 9 2g _ sh the shareholders in the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, wa s held at the Clarence Hotel, on Tuesday after noon, 19th ins t. Nathan Lees, Esq., was called to the chair ; and we noticed' many of the largest and oldest shareholders in the line pees ent. A strong resolution was passed by the meet ing against the amalgamation with the London and Birming ham Compa tiny, on the terms proposed ; and from the deter mined and tumnimous feelirg manifested, it is quite evident other and m, ire equitable terms must be proposed or admitted by the Lond, on and Birmingham Company, or the amalgamation will be brok, m off altogether. A committee was appointed to correspond the shareholders resident in other towns, and to act as may be considered advisable. THE LATE FATAL COLLISION ON THE LON DON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The 19110 wing official report of MajDr-General Pasley, the Goveintnont Inspector-General of Railways, to the Earl of IPtlhomie, President of the Board of Trade, on the subject 01 the recent collision on the London and Birmingham Railway, detailing the opinion of the gallant General as to the causes which led to such col lision, has, i/ithiti the last two or three days, been re ceived by the nit ettors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company " Whitehall, August 2, 1845. " My Lord,—Agreeably to your Lordship's directions, I proceeded on the 31st ult. to the Euston-square station of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, where Mr. Creed, the secretary, Mr. Bruyeres, the superintendent, met, me by appointment ; the latter of whom after wards accompanied me to the spot where an accident by collission occurred, about five o'clock A. sr., on the morning of the 29th ult., when the !mail trains from Lancashire ran into a goods train at the crossing near Chalk Farm-bridge, the former being about fifteen mi nutes before, and the latter fifty minutes behind its time. This irregularity in the arrival of one train and the departure of the other was the primary cause of the accident, which, however, would not have taken place but for a thick fog, which !tenderest it impossible for the engineman of the mail train to see the red disc which was displayed on the occasion by the policeman in charge of the signals at Chalk Farm bridge. This disc by day, and the red lamps by night, which are the appointed danger signals, can always be seen in clear weat In's by the engineman of the ep-trains on emerging from ' the P r i m :we-hill tunnel, which is 506 yards from the bridge, so that they have always sufficient time to stop before they reach that point. " Air. Creed, in iris official report, states that he considers the polieeman on duty at the Chalk Farm-bridge to blame in not having Fine to meet' as:d stop the coming mail in foggy weather at the mouth fait the tunnel, according to his in • structions ; but this man explained to me that the down goods had actually passed his post at the bridge fifteen minutes before the Lancasier mail was there, which he knew by the clock in his cabin, and therefore he did not anticipate the possibility of a collision, notwithstanding the fog. Unfortunately the goods train, after passing the bridge as aforesaid, did not proceed on itc course, but stopped to have a break-waggon put on in the rear of the whole, after which the number of waggons was 50, which Curved so long that it obstructed the crossing from the sidings . ' where the goods trains are always marshalled, which crossing lay over the up line of rails on to the down line. While this break-waggon was being added, the mail train, proceeding rather slowly, passed the bridge and ran into the goods train, smashing two of the goods waggons to pieces, breaking down a third, and injuring three others, by which the engine as well as tender and luggage van of the snail train was forced off the rails. The engine had its smoke-box broken, the brass splash plates over the wheels bent, and the tender had a hole on one side of its tank made by the shock. Two second-class carriages were injured by encountering the g oods waggons obliquely, one having the lower part of one side carried away, by which, I am sorry to say, that a passenger's leg sitting on that side was broken, and which has since been amputated, the other having the panels on the same side broken. One of the passengers was also much cut by being thrown ggainst a glass window of the first-class coupe, but this carriage itself was not injured. I was informed that these two were the most serious cases, though several other passengers were hurt, but not seeerely. " I am of opinion that the chief cause of this accident was the neglect and want of judgment on the part of James trilS worth, the engineman of the Lancaster mail train, who knew that the goods train had not passed him, which it ought to have done several miles before he reached the tunnel, and therefore, considering the thick fog, he ought not on any account to have passed the bridge, on the other side of which the crossing from the goods siding is situate at the distance of only 44 yards beyond it. " C. W. PA SLEY, Major-General, Inspector-General of Railways. To the Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of Trade, Railway Department, &c.": In consequence of the receipt of the foregoing, and a recommendation to the effect from the Railway Depart ment of the Board of Trade, the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway have felt it their duty to dis miss Uosworth from their service. The board are also taking active measures with respect to a re-arrangement of the signals and other matters, to insure the safety of the public. BALLOON ASCENT. -- One of the most perilous ascents ever attempted by any aeronaut was accomplished by Mr. Green during the storm on Monday night, and happily without any serious result, in the " Albion" balloon, from the grounds of Ore morne House, Chelsea. At the time Mr. Green entered the car the rain poured in torrents, and he was advised by many gentlemen not to ascend, but he replied that he was determined in spite of wind and weather to make an ascent rather than disappoint the expectant public. To take up the fireworks which had been prepared by the artist of Cremorne House Mr. Green found was impos sible, as they were completely saturated with rain. The balloon, which took at first a direction almost due north, was visible for some time, from the light emitted by the lamps which Mr. Green had provided to assist him in his descent. After travelling through the storm for an hour, in the most unpleasant predicament, he effected a safe descent, at eleven o'clock, in a field at Harrow, aided by four young ladies, who had followed the balloon for some miles. Mr. Green calculates that at least a ton of water must have fallen during his voyage from the balloon. By ascending during rain lie carries with this balloon an additional weight cf about 350 pounds by the netting and silk becoming saturated, consequently he did not take up above 200 weight of ballast. The balloon having bee❑ packed up, and a conveyance procured, Mr. Green returned to town, at about three o'clock yesterday morn ing. Ile will ascend to-night from the Waterloo-ground at about ten o'clock, with fireworks of a splendid and extraordinary character, most ingeniously contrived by Darby, the celebrated pyrotechnist and artist to the gar dens. The balloon will likewise be illuminated by " the buck" and a variety of coloured lights. IMPORTATION OF WHEAT, &C.—Yesterday are turn was issued, procured by Mr. Trotter, showingithe im• portation of wheat, &c., from January to July, from Ireland The wheat was 149,603 quarters; barley, 26,232 quarters oats, 976,644 quarters ; wheatmeal and flour, 816,462 cwt. and oatmeal, 607,041 cwt. A MAN STRUCK DUMB.—Yesterday morning, between seven and sight o'clock, as a man named Benjamin Reynolds, residing in St. Andrew-street, Seven-dials, was conversing with some of his companions, he suddenly ex claimed, " I am losing my speech," and the next moment was unable to utter a word, though in full possession of all his other faculties. THE GREAT WESTERN.—LIVERFOOL, TUESDAY. — The steam-ship Great Western arrived in the Mersey last evening, after a passage of 18 days, the unusual length of which is attributable to the heavy contrary weather she experienced. Amongst her passengers, of whom there was a large number, we notice Mr. Melville, the newly-appointed Secretary of Le gation at the British Court.; the Hon. Mr. M‘Kay and three daughters, Mr. Skinner, bearer of dispatches ; and the Right Rev. M. O'Connor, Bishop of Pittsburgh. DISCOVERY OF AN OTTER'S NEST 1N TIIE RIVER LEE.—On Monday afternoon a young man named Wilmot, together with some of his fellow-workmen, were angling at Roxbourne, on the river Lee, when he observed an otter. They traced it for a considerable distance, when they suddenly lost it among some willows. Shortly after, however, their at tention was drawn to one of them by a young terrier, and one of the party declared he heard a noise inside like that of young cats. They subsequently procured from an adjoining farmer an adze, and having broken into the root of the tree they dis covered four young otters, the parent otter escaping into the water. About fifteen years since a similar capture was made at Waltham of these destructive creatures. _ . CURIOUS FOOT-RACE.—Yesterday (Friday) aspor ing match over 100 yards was run in the Rine Croft, Walling ford, between Mr. Richard Tull and Mr. Alfred Stevens, for a small wager, the former gentleman weighing about eighteen stone, and the latter carrying 721bs. to make him equally weighty. About half-way Mr. Tull put his foot in a hole, and, rolling over, was beaten by his antagonist. Berkshire Chronicle. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On the after noon of Friday last the following fatal accident occurred on the River Thames, off Mortlake, Surrey. About five o'clock, as a skiff, in which were four persons, three males and one female, was proceeding up the river, when off the Surrey shore at Mortlake, the boat by a sudden squall was upset, and the whole party were immersed in the river. Several boatmen who witnessed the accident immediately put out to their assist ance, and by great exertions three of the party, two males and the female, were rescued. The fourth, a promising young man, of the name of Connolly, whose friends reside at Thayer-street, Manchester-square, had sunk before the boats could reach him, and although the drags were promptly brought into requisition, the body of the unfortunate gentleman, who was about twenty• one years of age, was not found until Saturday, when it was brought ashore and conveyed to the dead house at Mortlake Church. Yesterday an inquest was held upon the body, be fore Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, at the Sun public-house, Mortlake, when the above facts having been proved in evidence, the jury returned a verdict of" Accidental death." THE ARMY IN IRELAND.—The army in Ireland consists of 7 regiments of cavalry, viz. :-2d Dragoon Guards, 3d Dragoon Guards, Ist Royal Dragoons, 2d Royal North British Dragoons (Royal Scotch Greys), Bth (Royal Irish) Hussars, 11th (or Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, and 13th Light Dragoons. Infantry Regiments-sth Northumberland Fusiliers, 6th Royal, 15th (service companies), 16th, 24th, 26th (Cameronian), 30th, 32d, 34th, 41st (Welch), 44th, 54th, 64th, 67th, 70th, 73d (service companies), and 83d Regiments. Total 17 regiments. Dept'its of Infantry-Ist Royal Ist battalion, 7th Royal Fusiliers, 15th, 19th, 33d, 35th, 38th, 46th, 48th, 66th, 72d ( Highlanders), 73d, 77th, 79th (Highlanders), 82d, 85th (Light Infantry), 88th (Connaught Rangers, 93d (Highlanders), 95th and let battalion Rifle Brigade—Total 20, and 9 companies of Royal Marines, forming an effective force of 21,500 rank and file of all arms, not in cluding recruiting parties. IiER MAJESTY'S 'DI EATRE.—The last performances of the expiring opera, like the last song of the swan, are de cidedly the best--at least this year. Not only the artists strive to their utmost to leave an impression, but we find their ener gies this year much less impaired by the fatigues of the season. fhe Puritani went off last night with the utmost brilliancy; which is no doubt as much due to the artists as to the opera. Grisi, having shaken off her indisposition, was as admirable as ever in Elvira, infusing into the part even youthfulness. As for the dancers, they were so bent upon triumph, and so piqued by emulation, that they outshone themselves. Lucile Gratin was so aerial that one, the more cuphuistie of her many admirers, observed that it appeared as if she would fly off and disappear, if there were not a roof to the theatre ; and, as to Cerito, the applause of the audience beat time to the measure of her steps. On Thursday all these marvels will vanish ; on Friday the Italian artists leave London for their provincial en gagements. IMPORTATION OF SUG AR, Sze.—Yesterday a return, moved for by Mr. Barkly, was issued, giving an account of the imparts into the United Kingdom of sugar, molasses, rum, coffee, and cocoa, from the \'s est Indies and British Guiana, distinguishing each colony, for the year 1844. From the 17 colonies the importation of sugar in the year was 2,453,050 cwt. ; of molasses, 579,590 cwt. ; of rum, 2,566,625 gallons ; of coffee, 9,•40,27r31b; and of cocoa, 3,128,4001 b. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 19.) SUGAR.-To-day there was a good demand for West India Sugar from grocers and refiners, and very full rates paid for every sort, but holders could not obtain any general advance. The show is small for the period' of the year, and stocks at the outports are yet light. At public sale 125 hhds of Barbadoes Sugar fetched very full rates-that is to say, fine yellow at 545, good 52s to 535, middling 50s 6d to 51s 6(I, and low 48s 495. 191 hhds of Trinidad were since taken in at 50s for mid greyish, being above the value; full market rates were offered. Since the sale the Trinidad Sugar has been sold rather under the buying-in price. The total quan tity of Sugar sold to-day amounted to 600 hhds and trcs. REFINED.-To-day the home trade were less inclined to purchase Refined goods, and prices not so firm, brown grocery lumps selling at 66s 6d to 675, and standard lumps at 68s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is firm at 43s per cwt for first sort ; but there is yet little to be had. MAURITIUS.-All descriptions have met with eager purchasers, and the market has been nearly clearest at further advanced rates. 6,401 bags at auction. went with animation, establishing a rise on the prices of the last public sale of 2s to 4s on yellow, and 3s to 5s per cwt on brown Sugar • fine yellow sold at 55s to 57s 6d, good 52s to 54 5, goodmiddling 51s to 51s 6d, middling 49s to 50s 6d, low 47s to 486 6d, firms brown 45s to 465, good 43s to 44s 6d, middling 41s to 425,, low 39s to 39s 6d, very low dark 38s to 38s 6d, low to good grey 45s to 50s, syruppy 38s to 52s 6d, and washed 37s pd to 57s per cwt. Privately many parcels, chiefly in see,snd hands, have been disposed of. The stock is still ore the decrease, and is nearly reduced to the level of last yeas:, ' EAST INDIA.-This afternoon Bengal sugar was in excellent request, and 2,434 bags at auction were sold at very full market rates: that is to gay, low yellow date kind at 47s to 50s 6d, middling 525, (Lamp and washed 45s 6d to 495, middling sound greyish Os 6d; Dobah good strong grainy yellow 60s 6d to 61s, middling 54s 6d to 555, low 52s 6d to 535, damp and washed 52s to 60s per cwt. FOREIGN.-To-day Foreign Sugar was purchased with more freedom, in consequence of the favourable accounts received from Holland. By private treaty, 1,200 boxes of good white Havannah sold at 41s, and 100 chests of old white Bahia at 32s per cwt, being rather above former rates. A floating cargo of brown Pernambuco has been sold, but the plisse did not transpire. RICE.-To-day a.: 1 1 descriptions of Rice were purchased with caution, and prices are not so firm; 14s to 18s per cwt is the value of Bengal, according to quality ; some holders are inclined to take.' advantage of the present high rates, but the trade for the most part are supplied fur the present. COFFEE.-To-day Foreign and Foreign East India Coffee were in excellent request privately ; l,OOO bags of low good ordinary St. Domingo were sold at 335, and 500 bags fair ordinary Padang at 28s. For native Ceylon there was much inquiry, but a further advance being asked checked business, and a part only of the quantity offered at public sale was sold, at a rise on market rates of 6d to Is, making the ad vance since the last auction of 2s to 3s per cwt, good ordinary pale fetching 48s to 48s 6d, fine ordinary 52s to 55s ; the Plantatiem was, however, all sold at higher prices ; fine fine ordinary grey fetched 67s to 68s, fine ordinary 655, sea-damaged 61s to 655, and pea berry sound 758 to 78s, in all 1,642 bags were offered, chiefly good ordinary native. Of E.ist India, 3,079 bags were pot up to auction, and sold at stiff rates. Padang good ordi nary greenish mixed at 28s to 28s 6d, good ord brownish 285 6d to 295, sea damaged Batavia 25s to 335, Com pany's Java good bold sound even yellow 525, fair ord pale 42s ti 43s : 173 bags of La Guayra mostly taken in, good mid bold blue at 725, good ord brown 40s. 40 raiks West India were taken in, Jamaica, mid blue at. 84!t. And low mid at 775. 72 brls 1 bag of Rio taken in at 5415 fur mid colory. -To SPICE3s -day black Pepper was in excellent ;. re quest . at public sale 600 bags of Sumatra, and 1,107 were offered at auction ; the former was bags of Penal mostly taken lei above the value, that is to say-good light stalky and dusty at 2id, the part sold went at 2-0 to 20, ordina.ry light stalky and dusty 20, sea damaged, Ist clits,a 2-id to 2d, 2d class 20- the latter all sold at very rates, viz., good brownish rather dusty at 2 1 d to 2id, se: damaged, Ist class lid to 2Z-d ;2d class 2i-d, 3d and 4th 20 to 20. 19 bags of Ceylon Cardamoms fetched is Id for low. 3 cases of Cinnamon taken in at is for low quality. 38 casks Cloves taken in at Is • but 579 bags of Bengal Ginger' sold at 21s to 21s 6d for rather wormy but bold. TEA.-The market has a firm appearance for Black and Green, and none has again been submitted to public competition. Congou has been in good demand, and fetched full rates ; common sound selling at 9d to 9id, good common 93c1 to 10d, but mid and mid lid to is 3d ; good is 4d to Is Bd, fine and Pekoe kind is 9d to 2s 4d. In Pouchong several transactions have taken place at 5d to 10d, and holders of this class of Tea show firmness. Twankay has been in much better request, but at present no advance can be quoted in prices. In Young Hyson 'large pur chases have been made at Is 6ti to 2s. In Tyson a fair amount of business has been done upon former terms, that is to say-common at 2s 3d to 2s 4d, fair to good 2s 5d to 2s 9d, fine and superior 2s 1011 to 3s 6d. For Gunpowder prices do not improve, but af• late rates several purchases have been made. For good and fine Scented Orange Pekoe 2s 11d. to 3s 2d per lb is asked, but it is not much in demand at present. The lowest sort of Black and Green Tea is in demand for exportation. COCOA.-This afternoon at public sale 34 bags of Grenada fetched 44s to 44s 6d for fair red, and low 426 per cwt. SPIRITS.-Jamaica rum brought full prices, and the demand has been good for all qualities. The quantity on show is small of good and fine Ruin. Calcutta has been in extensive request, and the market has been nearly cleared at stiffer rates ; the sales amount to 1,000 casks at Is 9d to is Sid per gallon proof with certificate. Deinerara is firm in price, and in fair demand ; the sales amount to 120 puns at 2s 10d for 34 per cent over proof, and superior, at 2s Ild to 3s Id. Leeward Island has fetched higher prices. For Brandy the de mand has been lively for all purposes on account of the unfavourable accounts received relative to the vintage ; prices are on the advance, and since our last publication they have ruled as follows :-Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ; ditto, 1839, hhds at 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ; ditto, 1840, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d; do 1841, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; do 1842, hhds 4s 2d, puns 4s ; ditto 1843, hhds 4s Id, puns 3s I Id ;:ditto 1844, hhds 4s 9d, puns 3s 10d; middling and good middling of the various vintages 3s 2d to 3s 8c1; low 25 10(1 to 3s ; and Bordeaux 25 8d to 2s 9d per gallon. Geneva for exportation is 9d So Is 10d, and fine at 2s 2d to 2s 8d per gallon. English Corn Spirits 10s 2d per gallon nett cash. Hors.-There has been a considerable increase in th(r demand for Hops since this day week; the business done has been extensive, and at an advance on former rates of 2s to 5s per cwt. Sussex and fine Weald of Kent pockets are in small supply. The duty for Worcester is estimated at 15,0001., and for the kingdom at 175,000/. to 180,0001. Wools-a-Prices remain firm for all descriptions, and a fair demand exists. The arrivals were 4,321 bales to s t s i t s e p d o o r f t during e 010 nial t . h e a h s e t wee advises 5 3, f 6 r 9 0 bah th l e e smoaf manufacturing parts of the country, and from abroad, are still very satisfactory for Wool. SALTPETRE.-Rough has met with little attention by private treaty, and former rates ere barely supported ; 458 bags of Calcutta at auction wore sold at 24s to 24s 6d for middling grey, rather damp 12 to 91 per cent. refraction. For English Refined the demand has. been good at 28s 6d to 296 per cwt. TALLOW.-The demand has been extensiYe for Russian on the spot, and prices continue on the advai:ce; P Y Candle of first quality fetching 41s 3d to 41s 6d fox' new, and 40s 9d to 41s per cwt for old ; the trade generally are decidedly disposed to get stocked, as there is every prospect of prices going higher, For delivery a large business has been transacted at fur ther improved rates, 41s 6d to 41s 9d having been cur rently paid for the last three months of the year, and 42s per cwt for separate months. All other descriptions of Tallow have been in excellent request, and prices higher, although the market has again been abundantly supplied. OILS.-In Southern Oil a good business has been transacted, middling and the better descriptions have fetched full prices, but low sorts are quoted rather cheaper. Seal has been in excellent request, and a further improvement inthe value has occurred. For Cod Oil the market has a dull appearance, and prices are on the decline. For Sperm a good demand has been experienced, and prices rule firm. There is a good consumption of all common Fish Oils going on, and prices are much under those of last season at this period. With Linseed. Oil the market is well supplied, and the de mand being limited, prices continue to go down. For Rape a good demand has been experienced. Olive Oil has been in extensive request, and prices are firmer. Palm has been sold to some extent privately, at 26s to 29s for common to fine, and holders are firm. Cocoa Nut has been in good demand at 28s to 31s 6d. "A.A..) COURSE OF EXCHAN GE.L-(YESTEE.DA. Leghorn .«.• 30 60 Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight l2 6 Rotterdam 2U. 12 81 Antwerp 26 0 Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Altona — Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months .....• 25 90 Marseilles ... Bourdeaux .. ~ Frankfort on Maine l22fr Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Genoa . ....... 25 90 Venice .... Naples 4O Palermo, per Oz ;2O/ Lisbon 533 Oporto ..... Rio Janziro....., - 23 Bahia .. . Buenos Ay...ls 91_11LION, l'Ett OL Foreign bars. £3 17 9 Portu t o! f,!old Coin 3 17 5 New Poubloons 0 0 0 New `);,•a is 0 4 9i Silver , t' Bars *a 0 0 Berlin — Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid 364 Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona — Seville Woo"mien, Aug. 19.—Lord Claude Hamilton and Viscount Canning, with an Eastern Pasha and a younger member of a distinguished Eastern family, specially hired the Sylph steam-vessel to-day, to convey them to Woolwich, and the party landed at Charlton-pier, and proceeded in a car• riage to the residence of Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.H., in the Royal Arsenal, where they arrived about twelve o'clock. His Lordship, accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Blachley, Royal Horse Artillery ; Lieut... Colonel Brown, Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun, Royal Artil lery, conducted the noble and distinguised visitors over that extensive dept of naval and military stores ; and the Pasha seemed greatly interested and surprised to witness the vast resources of this country. It was intended that the noble and distinguished visitors should witness the exercises of the Royal Horse Artillery and field batteries on the common, and rocket practice in the marshes, and the officers and men remained in review order from halftast eleven o'clock until a late hour ; but the unfavourable state of the weather prevented their exer cises on the common.