The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-30 00:00:00

--- ainst tbo Lostancel i defenclul it of MI le on 0 1 ipt on tbi; he 6th 0 , tinbmitto eases, 0 11 only esis d for wsl , or order ant was 0 ature of t nt•nt Cow, the pro d Y.) sells boll efore MP of timber , aalf loall u __a - Blows?' before teal ted in tbi the pri' nee. fli overtake wo bigger ty, but 0 longer 0 have tho t pleasure send such rs a shot ing the* thee tiloa a of their sere to b‘ )ad anis! again tbo mpeetabis pawnbrr ited b►o , orting 0,1 It mill ainst Berkeley' i mond, lis ° ' that after of pros , ) prisone ood cbr aying lingo , d, tati4 p the boi a farag i r :apabla even 0 1 id chail C tate, 0 ." in &c ar e. ron d. Tbs y ss. Pr hero' veto , sa ha 5t ...4 0 ss s ; t C av y ; s 104 3s 1w L 10d tr i° i ti toli MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were B,OJO to 10,000 bales, including 2,500 on speculation. The ma ket was very firm.—A large business was done in Shares at lii m rates. _ _ There are no late arrivals to-day with news of any general interest. The monthly statement of the Circulation of Promissory Notes in Scotland gives the am punt at 3,3042554 a decrease of 30.651!., while the Bank of Ireland and the private and joint-stock banks of that country reduced their issues to the extent of 144,991/. The total issues in both Scotland and Ireland were 9,662,4141. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes a summary of the weekly returns of the banks of England and Wales, and the average during the month to the 16th of August was 7,553,231/., which is but 84,2921. below July, an instance of remarkable steadi ness under existing circumstances, and taking into consideration the gross amount. The Bank of England re turn for the week, to last Saturday, is 29,022,310/. for the note issues, or a diminution of 53,5951. The bullion amounted to 15,602,6051., an increase of 77,198/. The public deposits have increased again, while those for private parties have been further trenched on. The seven day bills have in creased, and also the quantity of notes, but the other securi ties have fallen off. There is a firmer market for Stocks to-day, but the trans actions have been moderate. Consols are 98 3 % to 99 for Money, and 99 1 % to 1 4 for Account. Exchequer-bills realise 465. to 48s. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 102 1 / I to %. Fast India Stock is worth 272, and South Sea Stock 112. The Foreign Investments have been rather more dealt in. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 24%, and the Three per Cents. 38%. Pcrtuguse Four per Cents. are 63%; Mexican continue flat at 33%. Shares are all very buoyant again, and there is in many lines a good deal doing. The Bear party are quite hors X combat, and must be severe losers where they have closed their accounts. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 % 1 / 2% 3 per Cent. Consols Anus 98 34 99 98% New 3 11 ,4 per Cent. Annutiea 102%M% Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 ll% Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860.. 11 3-16 India Stock 272 India Bonds 1,000/ EO Ditto under 1.0001 64 South Sea Stock 112 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 134 d. I%d. 1,0001. 501)1. Ditto Small /.'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 53 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO2 Mexican Bonds, 1837. 5 per Cent. 33% Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent... 119 Spanish Bonds, 5 peCent,lB4o ... Ditto 3 per Cent 38% Dutch 211, per Cents Equador Granada BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Caledonian 5 l 2 l /2 11N to 12 Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln „.... 1 1 / 2 3 , 2 1 / 2% to 4 Canterbury and Dover 1%..... 2i4%... to Chester and Holyhead Cheltenham and Oxford .. 2 Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester 1 Cornwall Pirect Northern : 2 l / 2... 2 1 4%% 1 / 2 to Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 1 / 2 6 l / 2 34... to Dublin and Galway 2 I,E 3%%... to Eastern Counties Do. New 41. 163 7 % 14 p to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow. 5O ..... 91 to Ditto New 1 4 Shares Fly and Bedford l% 4% to Gloucester, Aberystwith. and Central of Wales I YB GrndUnion(Notting.SrLynn) I% 2 34 . ... to 3 1 4 Great South and W. (Irish)... 15 Ditto Extension - to Great North of Scotland 2 I/2 3 Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto New Great Western _ _ PER SITARS. ... Di tto 14 Shares Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fareham, Portms, 2 1 ,4 3% to 3 Lancaster and Car1i51e......... 25 ...... 56% to 55% Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leicester and Bedford 22s. 3 14 , 5A3ip to London and Birmingham IOO Ditto Thirds Ditto Extension London and Blackwall 16%...... 10%... to Do. New ••• l% 4 3 /4 to London and Brighton London and Croydon 13/. 15s. 9d. 26% Do. New Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 6 London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... Ditto Preference ........181 17s 2d... 24 London and South Western.. 41% 77% to Do. New consolidated Bths.. 20 Ditto New 2% 15% to Do. New London and York... .... ....... 2%... 7 1 4% to 7% London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% Lynn and Ely Lon. & Manch. (Remington's) Lynn and Der eham 11am:timer and Leeds 76 .. ... _217 ..... to -_7, Ditto % Shares Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 22s Midland 100 .175 Ditto New Midland, Birm., and Derby...100 Newcastle and Berwick New Ross and Carlow 22s. Newry and Enniskillen North British Ditto New... North Kent & Direct Dover 2 14 5% to 5% North Staffordshire North Wales I I,E Oxford and Worcester 2% —B% to 94 Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre 5O 40% 41... to 41% Richmond Rugby. Worcester. and Tring 1 Scottish Midland Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 6 3 / 4 7 1 / 2 ... to 7 5 Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 225. ... Shrews., Herefrd &N. Wales 2 3 / 4 . 5 South Devon Sonth Midland 22s. 8 7 3 / 4 1 to 8% p South Eastern and Dover Ditto New, N 0.2 7 15% Ditto New, No. 3 2 l/ Staines and Richmond........ 1 South Wales Trent Valley ..... ............ .. 2 Trent Val. & Holyhead June. 1% 2% 3 1 4 to 3% Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Welch Midland 2 ...... 4 1 / 5% to 4% Wrster, Shrews., & Crewe Un 1%...... 4% to York and North Midland ... 50 ...... Ditto, Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens G Bordeaux and Toulouse Dutch Rhenish 3 ...... 9%%%... to 10 East Indian Great Northern of Franco (Laffitte's) Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ..... .., 2 ....., 3% to 4 Great Paris and Lyons. Louvain and Jemeppe Luxembourgh ...... to 2 3 4 Namur and Liege 4 ... 7 1 4 to 7 Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 4 ..... 12 1 4 p.. to 12 1 / 8 Over Yssel daris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2 PgMband Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... .. 3 Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . ... 2% to 2% Paris & Strasburg(Gannern's) 2 ...... 3 Co. (Compe de L'Est) Paris and St. Quentin Royal North of Spain Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2 Ditto Ditto (Levevres). ..... __2 MINE. Real del Monte, Unregistered COURSE OF EXCHAT Amsterdam CF. 12 9 Ditto, at sight l2 7 Rotterdam 2U. 12 94 Antwerp 26 0 Ramburgh 111.8. 13 15 Altona IGE.—(YESTERDAY.) . Leghorn ....... 30 70 Genea Milan Venice ..... Naples 4O Palermo, oer oz 1204 Lisbon s3* Oporto. Rio Janeiro Buenos Ay; es New York .::2dyssight ...... • PRICKS OF OULLION, PER OZ Foreign 61.••1d, bars. £3 17 9 Portuga: Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New DoLars ......... 0 4 9 Silver iv tlars 0 4 11 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles 26 0 Bourdeaux 26 5 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us... Berlin — _ _ -- Vienna, effee. f 1.3 M lO 3 Trieste, ditto Madrid 364 Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Sevilla MEDICAL AND LEGAL COMMIS- SIONERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—When the Lunacy Bill was in progress through Parliament, it was distinctly stated by the Government that the Medical and Legal Commissioners would not be allowed any other avocation ; consequently the Times journal recently adverted to the vacant appointment of medical examiner to the East India Company, occa sioned by Dr. Hume's nomination to a commissionership in lunacy. It is understood that he has made no signifi cation to the Court of Directors, and that he has refused the Government appointment. In the absence of all specific information, and no new appointment having been made by the Lord Chancellor or the East India Company, I beg the favour of your informing the public as to the state of the case, it being clear that Dr. flume cannot hold both consistently with the declarations of the Ministers.—Your obedient servant, M. _ .. _ [We "have it not in our power to afford our cor• respondent the information he requires, but possibly the publication of his letter may elicit some declaration on the subject from the parties concerned.—ED. Sun.] CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.-EDINBURGH, AUG. 26.- The discussion on Councillor Russell's motion in favour of the total repeal of the laws which inflict capital punishments, was resumed this day in our Town-council, and carried by a majority Of 13 to 5. , t THE STTN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1845 HAMIIIIIi,GH and FLANDERS MAIL. LEIPIC, A 22.—The Dresci-e,n Commissioners, who are not all assembled, will immediately commence their investigation. Several persons who made spt. , eclies in the meetings that have taken place have been repri manded and cautioned. We have not heard of any more serious steps. The soldiers who were ordered to fire have been examined as to what took place'. DRESDEN, Auc. 19.—That the suspicion of Jesuitical intrigues is not wholly unfounded is inferred from the following circumstance : Yesterday a journeyman baker, who was arrested by the police on account of sus picious language about heretics, &c., confessed that he belonged to the Society of the Jesuits, the certificate of his admission, signed by Roothan, the General of the Order himself, being found upon him. All the Saxon local journals are not to insert any fur ther accounts of the events at Leipsic. BRESLAU, Ana. 17.—0 n the 15th and 16th the Synod of the Deputies of the Christian Catholic commu-• ties of Silisia met. The Assembly was opened at nine o'clock on Friday morning in the chapel of the poor house by an impressive speech of Dr. Theiner. Professor Regenbrecht then read the names of the Deputies, from which it appeared that Deputies had been sent by above forty Silesian communities. The Synod proceeded to choose a president, and its choice fell on Professor Regenbrecht. The confession of faith was then dis cussed ; some additional and explanatory observations were added to that of the council of Leipsic, as proposals for a future general council. After this, the Liturgy hitherto used in Breslau, with many improvements pro posed by Dr. Theiner, chiefly tending more internally to cement the several parts, was read and adopted. The assembly then proceeded to deliberate on the organiza tion of the Silesian communities. This was an important day for the Christian Catholic community. It has at length obtained a more convenient place for the celebration of Divine worship than the small chapel of the poor-house. The elders of the large Evangelical Church of St. Bernhard have allowed them the use of that church after the termination of Divine service at eleven o'clock. Only a small part of the 6,000 members of the Christian Catholic community were hitherto able to attend the service, this was the first time that they had a spacious church at their disposal. Dr. Theiner_ read the Liturgy, and Ronge preached the sermon. HANOVER, AUG. IS.—The statement given in the German Universal Gazette, that the assemblies of the Christian Catholics are prohibited in the Electoral of Hesse Cassel, is false. They had a meeting here yester day, and have hired a small church in the suburbs. COBLENTZ, Auc. 18 —The distinguished English guests of their Majesties have left us without having come to our city. - Either on account of the dreadfully bad weather, or for some other cause, they passed the whole of the two days in the castle. It seems certain that the Ministers of several Govern ments had several conferences, especially on Friday last, when Prince Metternich was present, on which occasion the important diplomatic questions of the day were dis• cussed. It is affirmed that the religious movement was one of the questions brought forward, and that a deci sion was come to respecting the sect of Ronge. Prince Metternich is said to have called the attention of those present to the consequences of the religious dissension three years since, and the sufferings of Germany by the thirty years' war. BRUSSELS, AUG. 26.—The average price of wheat last week was 22-31 f., and that of rye 14.02 f. Both wheat and rye are free from duty on importation, and pay an export duty of 24 centimes per 1,000 kilogrammes. The Organe des Flanders says, "Speculators reckonirg that potatoes would be very dear, bought up all the rice they could find. They seem to have been deceived in their expectations, for the price of rice is falling this week. The favourable state of the weather of courte increases the hope of a favourable harvest." lIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Ace. 26. Bills. Money. 114% Austrian 5 per Cents . • • • • • • • • • • • • Bank Shares • • •• • • • • • • • • •• • • • • ••• • • • 1650 .Anglo-Ilussian Loan ••••• • • • .. Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 105% Ditto ist series Inscription.. Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 99% Ditto, in Certificate • . New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co• • ..• 93 Ditto Stieglitz .................. • ... 91% 91% Spanish New 5 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent• 6234 Ditto 3 per Cent. •• • • Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • National Bank Shares 1650 BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, Auo. 27. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • • • •. Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.... Ditto Three per Cent.. •••••• • • • • • .. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... Ditto, ditto, 1840 ... .. •••• • • • • 101% Ditto, ditto, 1842 .. • • • • ••• • • • •.•• .. • • • • 101 % Ditto of the City, 1832 .• ••••••• • • • • • .• Ditto, 1843 ••••• • • • • • ••. . • . 101% Bank of Belgium.... .. —Brussels Papers, Aug. 27. DUTCH MAIL. THE ITAGuE, Auc. 26.—Some of our journals have published an account from Frankfort, of the 3d August, stating that " the Austrian Government has lately or dered that travellers coming from abroad shall produce not only their passports, but a certificate of their place of abode." On the authority of information received from Vienna on this subject, we are able to say that the report is un founded, the Austrian Government not having given any such order, nor, as far as we know, made any change whatever with respect to passports. We have received to-day the Java journals to the 26th of April, from which we extract the following particu lars :—" According to accounts from Bantam of the 18th of April, the coast had been infested for some days past by pirates, who had killed, wounded, and carried off several persons. It is supposed that these pirates are Trepang fishers, now in the straits of Sunda, near the Thousand Islands, and on the coast of Lampong. The Government has again taken measures to look for these pirates, and orders have been given to make a strict search on board the vessels of the Trepang fishers of Linga, for stolen goods or kidnapped persons." In the first half of this month great damage was done in the district of Ledok, (in the residency Baglen,) by heavy rains. Some capital bridges were swept away and the rice plantations on the banks much injured. ROTTERDAM, 25TH AUGUST.—The arrival of the Arch-Duke Frederick of Austria, which was fixed for to-day, has not taken place, the Prince being slightly indisposed. Everything was prepared for his reception. He is, however, expected to morrow. BERLIN, AUG. 23.—The Universal Prussian Gazette says:—" His Majesty, at the request of the State and Cabinet Minister, Baron Bulow, has granted him leave to withdraw from the exercise of his functions for an unlimited term, for the recovery of his health, and ap pointed Lieut.-General Canitz, Ambassador-Extraor dinary to the Austrian Court, to fill ad interim the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs." PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BEntax, Ace. 23. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3h per Cent .......... 100 99% Truss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. Exchange on London, 2 months • • • 6 24% —Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 24. 6 24 DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Aua. 26. 3loney. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 63% 64 bitto, 3 per Cent . • • 76• X 77% Ditto, 4 per Cent.. • Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent .. .... 99% 100 Ditto, 3% per Cent.. •• •••••• • • • • • • Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 167% 168% East India Loan, 4 per Cent.. • ....... 99% 100 k Exchange ou London, at sight ........ 12 22% Two months.... ..... • • 12 17 . 1 __/..2 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 35 87 Twomontits.. ••••••• • • • • • . 35 62% On Paris • ... ••.•• . • • • ... Two months. —Dutch Papers, Aug. 26. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. CHELTENHAM, Atm. 29.—This morning a commission de lunatico inquirendo, directed to Commissioners Winslow and Barlow, was opened at the Plough Hotel, Cheltenham, to inquire into the state of mind of Lieut.-Colonel William Lewis Herford, of the 23d regiment of Foot Guards. The commis sion was issued at the suit of the colonel's brother, John Her ford, Esq., on behalf of the patient's own son, his next of kin. The jury was comprised of sixteen highly respectable gentle men of the town, and the proceedings, from the Colonel being an old resident of Cheltenham, created considerable interest, The commission having been opened, Mr. Charles Fowler, medical attendant in the family, de posed that in the August of last year he was called in to treat the Colonel under an attack of apoplexy. He found him labouring under general paralysis, and his mind was so much affected that he could not return rational and co herent answers to the moat ordinary questions put to him. He afterwards rallied in some measure, but had since been ♦isited by two or three similar attacks, the effect of which was that his mind had become deteriorated, and witness had not the least doubt, speaking as a medical man, that the Colonel was -now, and had been ever since August, 1844, of unsound mind, and perfectly incapable of managing his own affairs. He did not recollect witness's person from one visit to another, and on one occasion, being asked what sort of a night he had spent, he replied that the barometer had been rising and falling all night. Dr. Allardyce deposed that he had paid two visits to the Colonel, to ascertain his state of mind The first of these visits was on the 16th of April, when he saw him, by order of the Secretary at War, to inquire whether he was in a fit state of mind to make the necessary affidavits for receiving his pay and allowances. Found him in decidedly an unsound state of mind, and unable to return a rational answer to the simplest question. Told him the object of the visit, but he appeared perfectly unconscious, and could neither tell the day of the week, the day of the month, or the name of the medical gen tleman who had been attending him. Witness asked him the name of his regiment, but after looking at him a moment, with ♦acuity of countenance, he was unable to tell the name of the corps, neither could he tell the amount of his pay. Visited him again on the 9th of June, and found him in the same state ; and it is witness's opinion, without a shadow of a shade of a doubt, that the Colonel is perfectly incompetent to manage his own affairs from un soundness of mind. Witness has had great experience with insane patients, and should consider the cause of the disease to be mechanical compression on the brain, caused by the apo plectic attack spoken of by Mr. Fowler. It was very unlikely he would ever regain his mental faculties. Sarah Coates, who had nursed the Colonel ever since Ja nuary last, said, that during the whole of that period he had never asked any questions or taken any interest in what was going on around him ; he had never even asked for his own son. The Colonel was here introduced to the court, and in answer to questions put to him by the Commissioner he gave very in coherent and rambling replies. He could not tell where his property was situate. Knew he had estates in Italy, but did not know what they were worth. Knew he had a son, and that he was now in England, but could not tell his age ; and when asked where he had come from this morning, said, " Oh, somewhere near the mountain." _ The jury expressed themselves quite satisfied, and immedi ately returned a verdict that Colonel William Lewis Herford is of unsound mind, and incapable 'of managing his own affairs, and that he has been so since August last. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—The following are the traffic returns for the week ending Aug. 23, 1545 ;—Passengers, 12,761; amount received, 3131. 96. 4d. NAVAL IN TELT, IGEN CE. RETURNS CALLED FOR BY LORD INGESTRE AND SIR CHARLES NAPIER. The returns called for by Lord Intestre and Sir Charles Napier, of various particulars connected with the construction, comparative expense, and capacity of various ships of war, have just been promulgated ; but are, strange to say, wholly un authenticated by the name of any public officer whatever. Excepting, therefore, that they contain misstatements of the most flagrant description, intended to account for and excuse the gross blunders and jobbing of the Navy Office, we should have been at a loss to conceive with what department they could have originated. It will, however, be seen that whilst they enormously understate the expense of the surveyor's ships, and of their repair, they as grossly exaggerate the cost of the ships of other constructors. We believe we may safely affirm that details more deliberately intended to mislead than these returns have never issued from any department of the public service. Not only are the expenses of the construction and repair of the ships of the Surveyor of the Navy very in correctly stated, but remarks are introduced, designed to ac ct.unt for the immense sums which have been squandered upon them, which are far more applicable to the cases of rival ships which have been produced at an infinitely smaller cost, although the price of materials and labour when they were built was 40 per cent. more than they are now. As, however, we propose to examine these returns seriatim hereafter, we shall content ourselves for the present with pointing out the following sample of the dis honesty of the details of which they are composed. Among the many fine vessels of war which have been broken up at the suggestion of Sir William Symonds because they were—like the Barham—formidable rivals to his own productions, may be mentioned the Tremendous. Tjais ship was surveyed in 1843, when the expense of repairing her was estimated at 31,9871., and but for the interference of Sir George Cockburi., she would actually have been broken up. A new survey of her having been ordered, however, it was estimated that, at the cost of 20,000/., she might be converted into a fifty-gun frigate, but at a cost of half that sum she has been rendered one of the finest ships of that class in the service. It is to be hoped that the Admiralty will institute a rigid inquiry into the statements of which these returns are ,composed, and put a stop to the further concoction of such replies to the inquiries of the House of Commons. THE " BLOCK" Snirs.—Our daily contemporaries, misled by a paragraph in an obscure weekly newspaper, have an nounced that it is the intention of the Admiralty to convert sixteen line-of-battle ships, and ten frigates, into what they absurdly denominate " block ships," and one morning journal even goes st, far as to take credit for having advised the Board to that which they decided u'on doing, so soon as the failure of the experiment in the Penelope had been fully ascertained, and the " advanced ships" had been completed. The Admiralty, however, have not yet defined their plan, and it is premature at this moment to say anything on the subject. But this mach may be stated : the Admiralty have solicited from several engineer ing firms particulars respecting machinery, such as weight of engines, the space they will occupy, and the power requisite to propel a hoe-of-battle ship, and also a frigate, with given armaments and a prescribed quantity of stores on board, at a certain speed. On being furnished with those data, it is most probable their Lordships will select, perhaps, six old line-of battle ships and half a dozen frigates as port guard ships, and will then call for tenders for the screw machinery for them. The port guard ships when finished will be jury rigged, heavily aimed, and will then have complements of officers and men as signed to them. One reason for converting old ships to this purpose is, that they can be fitted in one-fourth less time than it will take to build new ships, ani they will be applying them to some useful purpose. We believe the only other step taken beyond asking the information of the engineers is merely that of having instructed the Surveyor of the Navy to propose one of the smallest class line-of-battle ships and one of the second or third class frigates for each port.—Herald. Admiral Sir George Cockburn, Captain the Hon. William Gordon, and the Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Secretary, have returned to the Admiralty, from their annual visit of inspection to Pembroke Dockyard. THE RETIREMENT.—The list of captains who have notified their desire to accept of the proposed retirement now amounts to about 140, including four holding good-service pensions and eight Companions of the Bath. THE COMMAND-IN-CHIEF AT PORTSMOUTH.—There is no longer any doubt that the declining health of the Gallant and much-respected Admiral, Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., will occasion his speedy retirement from the command-in-chief at Portsmouth ; and it is very probable that Admiral of the Blue, Sir Charles Ogle Bart., will be appointed to succeed Sir Charles Rowley in the course of next month. The latter Gal lant Officer is at present residing at Brighton. He was ap. pointed to the Portsmouth command in December, 1842. It is generally believed that Captain Sir Richard Grant will be the flag captain, and that the present respected Secretary, Richard Haigh, Esq., will continue in that office on the appointment of the new port admiral. THE NEW IRON STEAM-SLOG. MEG.SRA.—The contract for building the Megwra first class steam-sloop, of 1,297 tons, to have engines of 560-borse power, and to be propelled by the screw, by Messrs. Fairburn and Son, of Millwall, has been completed, and the vessel is to be built with the greatest dispatch. THE PEGASUS IRON STEAM-SLOOF.—Messrs. Scott and Sinclair's contract for building the Pegasus, second class steam sloop, to be propelled by the screw, of 1,280 tons, to have en gines of 560-horse power, has been signed. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. THE HEROINE COMMISSIONED.-Commander Charles Ed monds (1841), has been appointed to command the Heroine, 6, brig, refitted at Devonport, for further service on the coast of Africa. He was a lieutenant twelve years, and was promoted when first lieutenant of the Curacoa. Commander Joseph Martin Mottley (1843), was yesterday appointed to the President, 50, flag-ship of Rear Admiral Dacres. Lieutenant Francis Philip Egerton (1836). first of the Agin court, 72, was appointed by Rear- Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, the Commander-in-Chief of China and the East Indies, to the command of the Hazard, 18, sloop, vacant by the death of Commander Bell. The Admiralty hare promoted Lieutenant Egerton to the rank of commander, and have confirmed his appointment. The gallant commander of the Hazard, David Robertson, who, as First Lieutenant, assumed the command of the Hazard, but since promoted for his conduct in the affair at New Zealand, will be invalided. Lieutenants F. Marten (1844), to the President; Macleod Cockraft (1844), to the Excellent ; H. Haswell, on pro. motion, to the Vernon. Master James T. Russell (1837), to the President. Surgeon William H. B. Jones, M.D. (1837), to the President. Mr. John Edwards, surgeon, of 1809, of the William and Mary yacht, has been placed on the retired list, creating a vacancy in that vessel. Chaplain and Naval Instructor, the Rev. Arthur Browne (1841), to the Crocodile (not yet joined). Paymaster and Purser William Benge Basden (1805), from the packet service at Dover, to the President. Mates S. H. Henderson, and T. B. Hannam, to the Excel lent ; W. H. Connolly, from the Comet. Second Master W. C. Payne, to the President. Assistant Surgeons, James Rae (b 1841), to the Meteor ; J. 1. W. Roberts 1835), and John Corkin (1841), to the Pre. sident. Naval Cadets C. Montagu and T. Bishop, to the President. Master's Assistants Bunett and Williamson, to the Presi dent. Carpenter James Pink, from the Victory to the Excellent. Lieutenants John M. D. Smith, first of the Penelope steam frigate, and Augustus C. May, first of the Larne sloop, have arrived home invalided from the coast of Africa. Mr. Peter Cullen, surgeon of 1793, on the retired list, died at Sheerness on the 23d instant, aged 76. Mr. Cullen had a pension of 801. per annum as retired surgeon of colivicts. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, AuG. 19. YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. In the absence of the yachts of the squadron to Plymouth and the Western Ports, the spirit has been kept up by the Earl of Fitzhardinge, that liberal patron of aquatics ; on Saturday last he gave a Silver Cup of fifty guineas value, to be sailed for by four yachts—the St. Margaret, Jilt, Sea Flower, and Agi noria. After a very spirited contest it was won by the Jilt. On Monday he gave another Cup, which was sailed for by the three first-named cutters, and the lugger Rachael, belong ing to Lord Albert Cunningham; it was won by the Sea Flower, T. Milner Gibson, Esq., beating the Jilt by two.and-a-half minutes. The yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron are expected back to-morrow ; it is much to be lamented that the squadron does not amount to double its present numbers, and we have no doubt but it would, but for objection of many to the present mode of election : it often happens that ten members cannot be brought to the Royal Yacht Society House in time for the ballot, without great difficulty, yet should there be one black sheep amongst them, whose crooked temper should prompt him to throw in a black ball, the most honourable and spirited noble man in the kingdom might be prevented becoming a member of this national club, which, instead of numbering only 9,000 seamen, ought to count double that number. Rumour says that their highly respected secretary has tendered his resigna tion ;we hope this is not correct—if it is, it is the most serious circumstance that has occurred to it for many years. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have left Clift House for the season ; Col. and Mr. Anson and family from Gothic Villa ; the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort sad the Ladies Somerset from Trafalgar House, and No. I, Castle-terrace. On Saturday Lord and Lady Dillon leave Adelaide Villa. On Sunday Lord Fitzhardings leaves the South-parade for Berkeley Castle. On Monday Sir H. Hoghton leaves Bath-buildings. THE HARVEST.—There never could be more splendid wea ther nor finer crops ; there certainly has been nothing near it for the last ten years of;wheat, barley, and oats. On potatoes there is an unfortunate blight which has entirely destroyed the entire crop in many places ; this extends to other parts of the country. Letters from Belgium describe it as having very serious effects there. WORCESTER FESTIVAL. WORCESTER, FRIDAY.—Last night the final concert of the festival was given at the College Hall. It was again nume rously and fashionably attended, and amongst those present we noticed the Hon. General H.ll.lLygon, M.P., the Hon. R. IL Clive, M.P., the Bishop of Rochester and Lady Sarah Murray, E. T. Foley, Esq., and the Lady Emily Foley and party, Sir Frederick Ouseley, Bart., and the bulk of the county families, besides a numerous sprinkling of strangers. The first part of the concert consisted of Mendelsshon's " Walpurgia Licht." The principal Druid was personated by Staudigl, but a great part of the commencement was lost to the audience in conse quence of the utimely arrival of a large body of fashionables, who by their noise evidently annoyed the singer, but who offered an atonement at the end of the piece by demanding an encore. Considering the comparatively small practice which could have been expended on it, this extraordinary composi tion was given with astonishing accuracy and force. The solo parts were carefully sustained by Staudigl and Miss Williaras, and the choruses were extremely effective. Madame Dulcken afterwards gave the Concert Stuck, by Weber ; much of the effect was lost owing to the size of the hall. The second part of the concert was a miscellaneous collection, in which we may particularly mention Miss Rain forth, in the scena from Der Freischutz, " Before my eyes beheld him," and " Softly sighs the voice of evening ;" Mr. Machin, in " Let the dreadful engines ;" Herr Staudigl in " 0 ! wie will ich triumphiren ;" and Mr. Hobbs, in " All hail to thee, brave Wellington !" The finale, of course, was the National Anthem, produced in magnificent style. This ended the entire performances at the present festival. We understand the aggregate of receipts at present amount to nearly 9001., but it is expected that other donations will yet come in, whereby the receipts for the clergy charity will be above the average. In 1836, the amount was 808/. 14s. ; in 1e39, 915/. Bs. 2d. ; and in 1842, 1,0591. 16s. 2d. It is hoped that the expenses will very nearly be covered by the sale of tickets, which has not been the case of late years, a very heavy deficiency usually falling on the stewards. This year, however, the number of stewards being increased, the respon sibility will be lessened, and, moreover, a guarantee fund of 500/. has been raised. There will be a grand ball to-night (Friday), at the Guild hall, which closes the whole proceedings. It is hoped that the success of this festival under its improved regulations will place the institution of the Clergy, Widows, and Orphans' Charity on a firm and stable footing with regard to the support to be derived front these gatherings. A man named Tiller *as on Friday convicted at the Middlesex Sessions of an assault upon a broker, who was attempting to levy a distress. He was sentenced to be impri soned for one month, and to find sureties to keep the peace for six months. RELATIVE CLC RAILWA PRINCIPAL CITIES AN SCOTLAND, NAMES or RAILWAYS, Aberdeen .............. Airdrie and Coatbrldge •. Arbroath and Forfar .... Ditto Half Shares .... Armagh, Culr., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry ..... Belfast and Ballymena .. Belfast and County Down Birkiid,Lan.&Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.) Ditto Half Sliail;; Ilinninginn & Oxthl.June. Blckburn, and Preston.. Blckburn, Darwn,& Bohn Bolton, IS' igan, & Liverpl. Boston, Stainfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Ilast. Bristol and Exeter...... Ditto New...... ...... Bristol and Gloucester .. Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. 841)111111ms. June Caled,nian Ditto Extension ..... Cambridge and Lincoln. Chester and Birkenhead. Ditto Naw Shares ... Ditto Half Shares ... Chester and II lyhead • Cheltenham and Oxford. Chichester and Brighton, Churuet 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.. Derby and Crewe . Direct Lon. and AI anchstr Dies, Beccles, & Yannoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and Belfast June. Dublin, lielfast, & Colme Dublin and Drogheda— .. Dublin and Galway . • • • • Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . Ditto New ... -••• • • • Dundee and Per,h • . • • • • Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) .. •• • • Eastern Counties . • • .. Do. New . • • • • • • • • • • • • Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No. 1 Do. do. N 0.2 East Dereham &Norwich East Union . • • • - • • • • • • • • Ditto Extension • • • • • • Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • • . Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb. Leith, and Grauton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles • • Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon • • .. Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Flt wood, Prstn, & W. Hid. Ganikirk and Glasgow .. Glasgow and Ayr . • • •.. • Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock.. Ditto New. • .• . Ditto Preference • . Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmanick, & 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 Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (hind) Ditto Extension . • • • • • Great Munster • • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .• Do. New 301. Shares Great Western • • • •• • • • • Ditto Half Shares ... • Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • • Guilfrd, Fareinn, & Ports. liarwich . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hudrsfld & Man. It. 114 Caul Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selby .... • . • • • • Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto nail' Shares • • • • Inverness and Elgin .... Isle of Jersey • . ...... .• Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray .... Killarney Junctions ... Lancaster and Carlisle .. Laucaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford • • .. Ditto Extension Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Thirsk Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford ... Limerick and Waterford I.l.nrck, tam - aim:So Jaw. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Llv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares .... Ditto Quarter Shares.. LiverpLOrinskrk,& Prstn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds.... Ditto Quarters . • • • • •• London and Blackwall • • Lon.&Man.(ltemington's) London and Brighton.... Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon Ditto New . ......... Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut. London and Greenwich . Do. Pref. or 1 rivdege • • London and South \Yearn Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 50/ Shares.. 1)o. New, 40/. Shares . • London and York ....... Ditto (Bawtry) ....... London and Windsor.... Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & EnuiskWn Lynn and Ely .......... Lynn and Denham ..... Manchester and Leeds • • Ditto Half Shares .... Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Sixteenths .. .• Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester & Binninghm Ditto Quarter Shares • - Ditto New Quarters Do. Con. & Welsh June Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Malik Man. Slid'. and Mid. Junc. Manchestr& Southamptn Midland .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Fifths • • • • Ditto New ..... _ Do. Con. B irm. & Derby Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newcstl & Daringtn June. Do. New (Braudling).. Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen.. Newark and Sheffield . • • North British Ditto New Shares • . • • Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares • • North Devon ........... North Kent .. . ........ North Staffordshire .... North Eastern .. ........ North Union (A)... ..... Ditto (11).... .... North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares North Western ........ North Wales .......... Norwich and Brandon .. Ditto New • ........... Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nott., Er wsh. Val. & 318 n. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June 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 & Wyre Extens. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring Scottish Central . • .. • • • • 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 Slirws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir glirwsbry & Trut Yal. Un. Shrws, I lerefd,& N. Wales Slamannan South Devon. • • • • • • • • • • South Midland.. South Eastern and Dover 1)0. New (its. 321.) No. l Do. (iss.33/Xs.Bd.) „ 2 1)o. (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales • • .• • Tean and Dove Valley Trent Valley Do. and Holyhead Jinn. Vale of Neath•. ... • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothru Coml. Wexford asd Carlow • • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrtil,Wafd,Wick& Dub Wakefield and Bradford Waktid, I'ontefrct, & Gool Wakefield and Ilarrogate Warwick and London. • • West Lancashire .• • • • • • • Worcester and Tring • • Whitehaven and Furness Do. New llalf Shares Welsh Midland.... • • • • • We, t 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 (Tn. 2444 30s p . - EXETER, Ana. 29. STOCK ExcuA.xnE.—The sales are... North Devon, 2'3 f, prem.—South Devon, 35%;—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorcltesty r, )SING PRICES OF Z T SHARES THE D TOWNS IN ENGLAND, &ND IRELAND. !Aug.! Au g . 1 29. lAug . I 23. prem.—South Wales. 6 —Eastern Counties, 20 1 f—Exeter and Credit(ul, B•7[. l'h , Te has be:,o, a I),,th in North Devon and HULL, AUG. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Durham and Sunder land, 26; Eastern Counties, No. 2,12 s. 6d.—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 23; London and Croydon, New, 1/. 15s.—York and North Midland Extension, 24—Caledonian Extension, 3 1 4 —Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 22—Ditto, Quarter Shares, sN—Leeds and Thirsk, 1744-North British, 3134 —Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, B—Armagli, , Coleraine, and Portrush, 2IA —East Lincolnshire, 40s.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 3%—Grand Union, 24s.—Great Eastern and Western, 3s.—Leicester and Bedford, 3 1 /., — Leicester and Birmingham, 26s.—London and Birmingham Extension, 21s.—London and York, 7—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 9 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 6 Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 2/. 10s.—Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 2/. l63.—Nottingliarn and Boston, 30s. 6d Nottingham and Mansfield, 29s4—North Western, 5 1 / 2 — Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 7%—Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 43 Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, —Tean and Dove Valley, 23 3 —Trent Valley Continua tion, VA—Wakefield and tradtOrd, 85s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 18s. YORK, AUG. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten • sion, 34—Great North of Ergland, New, 55—London and Croydon, New, 1 3 / 4 prem.—Midland, New, 25—North Bi fish, New, 9%—fork and North Midland Extension, 23 3 4 —Grand Union, 2% —Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 5 3 / I —Leicester and Bedford, 4%—London and York, 7—Manchester, Buxton, &c., 8/. 3s. 6d.—New castle and Berwick, 24 3 4—North Western, 54—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, B—South Midland, S3/—Welsh Midland, 4. SHEFFIELD, AuG: 29, STOCK EXCHANGE.- The sales are-Eastern Counties, 20-London and Croydon, New. 1/. 15s 6d.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 12%-South-Eastern, No. 2, New Creation, 141:,-Caledonian Extension, 3; 1 ',-Goole and Doncaster, 3 1 / 2 -Grimsby and Sheffield, 23-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5% -Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 11-Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 3 1 4-Huddersfield and Manchester, 15 3 A-London and York (Bawtry Branch), 6 1 ,4-North Western, 5-Newark and Sheffield, 4%- Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 714-South Midland, 7 prem. -Welsh Midland, 33 5 . EDINBURGH, AUG. 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 35.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. I Is. 6d.-Arbroath and For far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Armagh arid Portrush,2/. -Banffshire, Is. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 75.- Belfast and County Down, 3/. 15 5 . -C am b r id ge an d Lincoln, 3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 10s.-Caledonian Extension, 2/. 18s.-Caledonian and Dumba r t on , 31. 17 s . 6d.-Clyd es dale Junction, 91.-Direct Northern, 21. 4s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 18/. - Dundee and. Perth, 4/. 128.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. Bs. 6d.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, 901.-Ditto, Quarters, 211. 155.-Ditto, New, 14/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. I Is. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 261.-Ditto, Preference, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, IL His. 6d. -Ditto, New, 11. 55.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 15s. 6d. - Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. I Is. - Glasgow and Ap, shire, 711.-Ditto, New Stock, 22/. - Glasgow and Belfast Union, 4/. - Glasgow and Garnkirk, 41/. - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 95.-Glasgow and Greenock, 211. -Ditto, New Stock, 101. 55.-Ditto, Preference, 2/. -Great"' North of Scotland, 31.- Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 2s. - Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, Si. 155.-London and York, 5/. 10s.-Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 331.-Morayshire, 1/.- North British, ex one-fifth, 29/.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 55.- Ditto, One-fifth, 71. 155.-North Wales Mineral, New, 6/. 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 25.-Scottish Central, 71. 155.- Scottish Midland, 21. 4s.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 4/. ss. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, IL 12s. 6d.- Slamannan, 181.-South Midland, 91.-Stirling and Dun fermline, 1/. 155.-Tean and Dove Valley, 2/. 135.-Water ford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 1/., I 65.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/ RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TBAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending Aug. 23 Last week. Arbroath and FOI far Bristol and Birmingham. • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead. • Dublin and ...........Drogheda. Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath . .............. Durham and Sunderland Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • ....• Glasgow and Greenock.. Grand Junction • • • • ...... • • • • Gravesend and Rochester.... Great North of England .. •• • •.• • • • Great Western ....... ..... ........ Hull and Selby Liverpool and Manchester • London and Birmingham - . London and 81ackwa11.............. London and Brighton London and Croydon . .. London and Greenwich ............. London and South We5tern......... Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... Manchester and Birmingham.. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Midland Counties . Newcastle and Darlington . • ........ Newcastle and Carlisle • . ........ Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans • • ........ Paris and Rouen . .................. Preston and Wyre • Sheffield and Manchester • ........... South Eastern.. Taff Vale • ..... • Ulster .. • . . . . . Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland . 770 1,006 1,124 467 3,098 5,189 2,470 1,630 18,806 18,169 21,024 1,392 6,463 1,720 8,522 980 5,463 7,777 17,944 2,855 1,816 Ad • :••• ^ 0 to 2,506 18,171 1,747 6,218 19,099 1,457 6,061 871 7,666 516 2,017 6,646 7,210 1,212 1,641 8,823 1,20) 939 3,529 7,162 14,763 2,191 1,904 417 1,920 5,709 6,556 1,330 6,558 821 6,652 931 592 3,331 CA DVERTIBEMENT.j DIRECT INDEPENDENT LONDON AND NIAN CHESTER RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sin,—After taking ten days to consider of it, Mr. Ashurst has at length ventured to publish a rejoinder to my reply of the 18th instant. I can well eonceive that he has been writhing in painful indecision during this in. terval, for in the first instance he favoured me with some ten or twenty lines of this same rejoinder, and published them in your paper, four or five days ago. llis friends no doubt told him that this paltry apology for an answer would never do ; and now he favours me with an ex tended edition of it, occupying two-thirds of a column. Yet, with all its length, it is somewhat difficult to ex tract from it a single sentence that can be considered by the most good-natured man at all relevant to the issue between us. It is a common artifice with lawyers, when their case Is bad, to make a great splutter and pother about points of no consequence, while they fight shy of all that they cannot answer. And such is the policy of Mr. Ashurst. I accused Mr. Ashurst, broadly and publicly, and in all the new3papers, First, of most culpable negligence while acting, or professing to act, as the solicitor for my line in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844. Secondly, I accused him of supercilious and con temptuous treatment of the Bedford Committee, in 1844, a line of conduct which led to his dis barge. Thirdly, I accused him of fraudulently appropriating to himself the patronage of the London and Manchester houses, which had been given to my line, when my line was the only direct line before the public, or in contem plation ; and, Fourthly, I accused him distinctly, pointedly, and clearly, of attempting to defraud me, nut only of the patronage which I had obtained, but also of my project itself, after many fruitless attempts to discover some competing line which might at least have the merit of originality, even if it were found utterly destitute of the higher merit of practicability. Such were the charges I brought against him, and in terms so strong and unequivocal, that without a perfect conviction not only of their truth, but of my power to prove their truth, I dared not have expressed myself as I did. Mr. Ashurst has not had the courage, or I should rather say the atttlacity, plagiarist, pirate, and attorney as he is, to offer answer or explanation to any of these charges, or even to grapple with them ; but has prudently enveloped both himself and his readers in a cloud of dust and confusion, which makes it impossible to guess what the squabble is about. I suspect it is in vain to hope for a reply, although I again reiterate my accusation, and again challenge him to cull a public meeting either in Londom or Manchester, with reason able notice, and there meet me and my proofs face to face. Mr. Ashurst is too sagacious to accept the chal- lenge. Yet even in this hubble-bubble letter, falsehood vies with bad taste for the ascendancy. I quote his words— " Mr. Remington talks of meetings to support his line. There was but one meeting—that was at Bedford, got up by himself, to aid his project to go to York and Manche6ter." I answer that there were not less than eleven public meetings held in support of my line at the following eleven places :—namely, Barnet, St. Alban's, Luton, Ampthill, Thrapston, Wellingborough, Higham Ferrers, Kettering, Bedford, Northampton and Leek. I have on my table before me printed copies of the reso tions passed and published at each of these meetings. I may well say with Mr. Hume, " Let him take his change out cif that !" Again, Mr. Ashurst says, " I have published no nattier, in support of the line to which I have been appointed solicitor, but such as were given to me in, or *subse quent to, June of this year." I answer that :114. Ashurst has published and prefixed to his prospectus more than 100 names, which were never given a t all to any particu lar line, either of his or mine, b4t only in favour of " a direct line," at a time when . mine was the only direct line before the public. I - nave before me a letter of Mr. Shepperson, one of his . `Committee, and of his active sup porters, addressed t 4 Mr. Rogers, one of the present so licitors of my litt'd, and dated the 16th of October, 1844, inclosing the flames of fifty-six houses, most of which are now dailj advertised by Mr. Ashurst, but which names, were then obtained to sanction my undertaking! Will Mr. Ashurst dare to assert that he has obtained thee . 2 names to any project of his own since June, 1845? If'ne hazards such an assertion, I will republish the list 'with Mr. Shepperson's letter, and leave them all to fight it out among themselves. But Mr. Ashurt speaks of " the line to which I have been appointed solicitor." What is this line to which he • is appointed solicitor ? Who has appointed him ? Why lidoes he leave it doubtful and indefinite ? It is so strange as to be almost incredible, that to this hour, when Mr. Ashurst has for months been advertising a railway coin parry, and ostensibly patronised by high-sounding coin- mercial names, and has closed his share list, and,. for anything I know of care, received thousands by way of deposit, with all the prestige of sharemarket quotations and premiums, and London and York amalgamations, he has no line at ail—he has published no line at all—he has projected no scheme, no enterprise or undertaking, except that which goes by the name of " Remington's line," and which, as my acknowledged line, I have confided to the protecting care of a Committee, who shun all contact with Mr. Ashurst as they would with a walking pesti lence ! Where, th,n, is the line to which Mr. Ashurst is the appointed solicitor? His own prospectus describes it, in July lust, as a line by " Barnet, St. Alban's, Dunstable, Luton, Anipthill, Bedford, Wellingimmugh, Kettering, Market Ilarborough, Le;eester, Loughborough, Ashby. de-la-Zouch, Burton- on-Tren r,littoxe te r, °headle, Let-k, Macclesfield, Stockport, and Manchester." Now this, with une excepti on , i s p rec i te ly the line upon which I h a v e I been at work for nine years past, varying it slightly by ' the omission of Derby, to meet public opinion ; and this is the line, with the same single exception, which I and my patrons stand pledged to bring before Parliament— the exception is the town of Loughborough, because that s town could not be included without making a detour of many miles. Mr. Ashurst, however, is like the cad of a Paddington omnibus, who, to entice passengers, will promise to set them down very near Ilampstead-heath. If anybody will be at the trouble of examining one of the Ordnance maps he will find that Loughborough is many miles out of the direct route ; thus, through the ingenuity of Mr. Ashurst, there is all the machinery of Provisional Committees, acting Committees, share holders, share market, solicitor, and engineer, without any ultimate object in view, except to make a line which others have projected, fostered, matured, and subscribed their money to co construct, long before he or his friends dreamt of such an undertaking. This fact will be recorded by historians hereafter as a proof of the gullibility of the public in this age of rail way speculation. It is scarcely necessary to acquit myself a second time of the spiteful insinuations of Mr. Ashurst, that I have capriciously, or ignorantly varied my estimates ; his sneers do not affect me, but they may possibly mislead the public; I therefore repeat, that when I contemplated a line to York as well as Manchester, I mentioned 7,000,000/. for the capital; when the scheme was confined to Lon don and Manchester, I limited the estimates to 4,000,000 L when it was proposed to ad i a branch through the Potte ries, I increased the estimate to 5,000,000/. ; the estimate of 2,000,001)1., which he quotes with malicious triumph, appeared in a prospectus published in my absence from London, and without my knowledge : it was a mistake, as I readily admit, but one fur which I am not account able, and which was corrected as soon as it was dis covered ; all this was explained in my former letter, nor would Mr. Ashurst have revived the subject if he had not felt that his only chance of escaping detection was to make the most of a mistake. I have given Mr. Ashurst enough to do ; he has found it difficult enough to invent a competing line ; he has I found it yet more difficult to meet, without equivocation, the charges I have here repeated ; but I must perplex him yet a little more. Will he have the goodness to in form the public, who have been so kind as to buy his shares and supply him with money, what he proposes to do with their money beyond the payment elf his own costs ? He has not surveyed any part of my line at present ; and if this work is to be commenced now, I can assure him, and so can Mr. Rastrick, fiat he will not be ready by the 30th of November: I will do all I can to assist him; and as my survey and sections are nearly completed, he shall be welcome to them as soon as the solicitors have completed the book of reference. This is very liberal, considering that he has appLiro priated my nine years' labour without asking leave; but it will show him that I do not harbour resentment, and am willing to return good for evil • his shareholders, however, will do well to i nqu i re whether he can avail himself of my liberal o...krar in time to comply with the standing orders ? If it , I fear that their shares will be at au alarming discount before the 30th of Novem ber.—l am, Sir, yours obacliently, August 28, 1845. GEORGE REMINGTON. 20M 7%P 3 Tipl 26 I%p 4% 219 7- 14 PI 26% 132% 334 2 .1,4 29 8% 74 30 1(i ' 21st.itt 5389 d 166733 d ISITs6d '3os pl 14s 22% 1116a6 1283 pi I% 5% 245 12 - 1 - 3% 394 17% 1634 4,4 338 p 658 p 27 33s p 12156 5% 18s6p1 5 ,212%' 41i 175 4% 5% : Ii 2 % 190 17' 16% 77i 7% BIA 5 8% 4y, 5% 17859 181s6d1 j ~. MURDEROUS ASSAULT. Mr. James Jack, a marebant, of No. 44, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, Stepney, who is the proprietor of ale, spirit, and provision stores in Glasshouse-yard, Upper East Smith field, appeared before Mr. Broderip, at the Thames Police court, to answer a charge of violently assaulting John Salisbury and William Kelly, also for assaulting police-constable Thomas Harris, 212 H, in the execution of his duty. The prisoner is a strong, portly man, about forty-five years of age, and was labouring, under considerable excitement during the proceedings, whi,ch caused the most lively interest. Mr. Pelham, the solicitor, was in attendance for Mr. Jack towards the close of the proceedings. Mr. John Salisbury stated that he is a sail-maker, and lived at King James's-stairs, Wapping-wall. He had been slightly acquainted with the prisoner. On Thursday even ing he was passing along Glasshouse-yard, when the pri soner suddenly rushed upon him, and struck him a heavy blow on the head which knocked him down, and be fore he could recover himself he was dragged into the pri soner's warehouse, the door of which was open, and as soon as Mr. Jack had got him into the warehouse he banged the door and fastened it, and then seized him by the cellar with his left hand and made a most savage attack upon him. The prisoner fell upon him, and forced his knees upon his stomach, and beat hint with his right fist on the the face and head, and said he would be the death 01 him. The prisoner kept him down and continued beating him for some time, until his face was contused, and the blood was streaming from his eyes, nose, and moath. Mr. leiroderip asked the witness, whose face was terribly dis figured, if the injuries were caused by the blows he received? Mr. Salisbury replied in the affirmative. He was covered with blood, and the floor of the warehouse was like that of a slaughter-house. He thought the prisoner intended to kill him, aid he called out " Murder" as loud as he was able, and very fortunately Mr. Kelly, a neighbour, who was passing at the time, looked through the window, and seeing him on the ground with the prisoner over him, he called out " Mr. Jack, you are murdering the man," and directed him to release him. The prisoner paid no attention to Mr. Kelly, who ultimately burst the door open, and with great exertion took the prisoner away, and secured him till an officer came. Tke prisoner cross-examined the witness in a very peremp tory and boisterous manner. Mr. Salisbury said he formerly lined in Glasshouse-yard, and that he was taken to one of the City station-houses on suspicion of being the person named in a printed bill offering a reward for the discovery of a person who had robbed Mr. Jack. The prisoner exhibited a copy of the bill, and exclaimed loudly, ",'x hat's it, Sir.' Mr_ Antis bury added, th a t the polic e di sc h arge d hi m a ft er a few hours' detention. Mr. William Kelly, a carman, of 106, Upper East Smith field, said his stable adjoined Mr. Jack's premises. He heard the cries of murder about six o'clock in the evening, and raw Mr. Jack dragging the last witness into his warehouse. The cries of murder were continued, and upon looking through the window he saw the prisoner with his knees en Mr. Salisbury's stomach, and his hand under his stock, apparently snaking an attempt to strangle him. He afterwards saw Mr. Jack strike Mr. Salisbury in a downward direction, and he expostulated with him, and asked him if he was going to commit murder. Mr. Jack continued ham mering at the man, and he then burst the door open and found Mr. Salisbury quite insensible, and he thought he was dead. There was half a pailful of blood on the floor. He pulled Mr. Jack away, and was about to remove him from the warehouse, when he seized witness by the throat and tore his shirt; Find ing that mild measures would be of no use with such a despe rate man, he threw him on the ground, and kept him down until a policeman came. The prisoner kicked him most severely, and would have served him as he did Mr. Salisbury if he had not overpowered him. About two hours after the prisoner was taken to the station-house he was bailed by his friends, and about nine o'clock he came into witness's stables, and said, " You old --, 1 want you ; now I'll do for you," and caught hold of him by the throat. He struggled with the prisoner, who made an attempt to drag Him out of the stable, anti he was obliged to throw the prisoner again, and hold him fast till a policemais came. Thomas Harris, a policeman, who had been severely pu nished, said that he was sent for to Mr. Jack's premises. On reaching the place he found Mr. Salisbury in a deplo rable condition, and bleeding profusely. Mr. Kelly a9d Mr. Jack were both on the floor and struggling. He se parated them, and took Mr. Jack into custody. 111 r. Jack refused to go until some person was engaged to look after his premises. He left a constable in charge of them, and conveyed the prisoner towards the station-house. He had not proceeded far before Mr. Jack made his escape, and rushed into a beer-shop, and caught hold of the beer ma chine, and exclaimed, with an oath, that he would not go any further. He told him he was his prisoner,• and to the station-house he must go, on which the landlord interfered, and used the most opprobrious language. The prisoner then struck him several times, and knocked one of the buttons off his coat with his fist. Witness then drew his staff in self-defence, and having procured assistance, he took him to the station-house. After the prisoner had procured bail, he came on witness's beat, and followed him and annoyed him from eight till nine o'clock, and frequently called him a thief. He put up with these insults without notice, and get out of the prisoner's way. A few minutes afterwards the prisoner brought the landlord of the beer shop to insult him, and stopped him on his beat. He de. sired him to go away, but it was some time before be would do so, and accused him of robbing him, and added that he would have him taken into custody. He then left him again, and after the lapse of a few minutes he was sent for to Mr. Kelly's stables, and found the prisoner there conducting himself in a most violent and disorderly manner, and he struck Mr. Kelly, who threw him directly, and then gave him in charge. He again conveyed him to the station-house, and the inspector ad vised Mr. Kelly to obtain an assault warrant from a magistrate, as the prisoner was already bailed. Mr. Jack was then set at liberty: The prisoner, who alternately abused and cross-examined the witness, asked him how he dared to take him out of his house. Air. Broderip advised the prisoner to be more temperate, and said the law gave the police-constable authority to take him into custody. He than asked the prisoner if he had any defence to make, and said he should send the case before a jury. The prisoner said, ac he was to appear before another tri bunal, he should reserve his defence. Several other parsons who had been assaulted by the prisoner, were stated to be in attendance, but it was not thought nee.- sarytct examine them. Mr. Broderip said the prisoner was charged with committing a Most unprovoked and murderous assault en Mr. Salisbury, end he ordered him to find good bail, himself in 200/., and two responsible housekeepers in 100/. each, to appear and take his trial at the next Middlesex sessions. The prisoner also stood accused of committing two other violent assaults, one upon Mr. Kelly, and the other upon the police-constable in the execution of his duty ; assd he further directed that he should put in bail to a similar amount in Mr. Kelly's case, and to enter into sureties, himself in 1001., and two housekeepers in 50/. each, to answer the charge of assaulting the constable. The prisoner, who was unable to find the bail, was com mitted to Clerkenwell prison. He was formerly an inmate of a lunatic asylum for several months, and it is supposed that a return of his old malady caused him to make the attempt on Mr. Salisbury's life. THE LATE CAPTAIN DOWLING.—We beg to rectify a mistake of ours in the insertion of the sudden di ads of Captain Dowling, late Barrack Master of St. James's—" That he was brother of Mr. Dowling, of Liverpool," being in no way related to the family, the deceased gentleman being the only son of the late Rev. Dr. Dionysius Dowling. of Loughswilly, County Derry, Ireland. Au )OLD Cliuncu AT Ft:JIMA:U.—The venerable tower of Fulham church, adjoining the palace of the Bishop of London, has long called for restoration : brickwork capped with Yorkshire paving formed the battlements, the turret was ituntod, tile belfry windows, strings, and plinth, were tumbling to pieces, and the great west window had disappeared altoge ther, and was bourded up. Partly by a rate, and partly by subscription, funds have been raised, and the work is now rapidly proceeding, under tLe dirostion of Mr. Godwin, the architect. his Lordship the Bishop, the Rev. Mr. Baker, the rector, John Gunter, Esq., and several other of the principal inhabitants of the parish, have exerted themselves to effect this restoration. Mr. Samuel Cundy, of Pimlico, is the con tractor. Mu n completed we shall give some account of the church, which has several points of considerable interest.— Builder. LLYNIR IRON COMPANY.—The annual meeting of this Company was held at their offices in Moorgate-street, on Friday, the 29th inst., Dr. Bowring, M.P., in the chair. A dividend of 10 per cent, on the capital was declared, arising out of the profits, leaving an undivided rest of 2,4001. The present condition and future prospects of the Company are of the most satisfactory character. - .LITERATURE. LETTE RS OF MARY STUART, QUEEN OF. SCO7LAND ; culler ted from the Recueil des Latres de Marie Stuart ; together with the Chronological :,utn ?nary of Events during the Reign of the Queen of Scot land. By Prince Alexander Labanoff ; translated, with Notes and an Introduaion, by William Turnbull, Esq., Advocate. The great exertions made by Prince Labanoff, in in vestigating the archives of almost every Court of Eu rope, for State papers connected with the life and times and personal history of the ill-fated but illustrious daughter of James V. of Scotland, are favourably known to all European scholars, who are interested in the ex ten-ion of our biographical knowledge. Of the admira ble abstract which Mr. Turnbull has here made of the Prince's voluminous " Collections," we cannot speak in terms of two earnest praise. Suffice it to say, that on the three momentous incidents connected with Mary, on which, among modern writers, Hume and Robertson have laid most stress, as impl.cating her in conduct of the most guilty criminality, these papers, now for the first time produced by Prince Labanoff, from the various royal and ducal repositories of continental sovereigns and princes, where they had remained unexamined and unknown by all former historiographers, and cor roborated by various documents drawn from the monuments and records of Noble Scottish fami lies, completely, in our opinion, establish her in nocence. We allude to the suspicion of a guilty inti • macy between Mary and David Riccio,—the charge of her having had a guilty pre-knowledge of, or other col lusive participation in the murder by gunpowder of het husband, Darnley ; and the still darker story of her subsequent union with the ferocious Both ell. We are not ashamed to own that on each and every of these points our own private judgment had long since passed condemnation on the memory of this great, accom plisi,ed, but unhappy Queen. On all the evidence which preceding hist Tians had collected, even of that produced by Mary's ablest apologists, we had remsined ia,pressed with this terrible conviction. We rise from the perusal of these letters and papers with a far different conviction—a clear and distinct perception that they establish her absolute exoneration from theie, and from a multiplicity of less grave imputations. Riccio appears, in his capacity of secretary for foreign correspondence, to have well merited her unbounded confidence ; and it is certain that Murray, Argyll, Glencairn, Rothes, Boyd, Ochiltree, and the other parties who signed the bond, by which they cove nanted one with the other and each to all to effect the murder of the Italian, were moved by no sort of conviction of her gallantries, or resentment for Darn ley's supposed dishonour, but simply by the desire to rid themselves of the man who was thoroughly cognisant of all the facts of their past conspiracy with th e D u k e o f Chatelherault (Earl of Arran) to depose her, and place the Regent, Murray, on her throne, supported as they were by the powerful protection of Elizabeth, the as surances of which had been communicated to those rebel Lords by Throckmorton. As to Darnley's death, no reasonable man can doubt of Bothwell's fiend like concern in the matter; but we have abundant evidence of Mary's regret and unaffected sorrow for the untimely fate of her worthless husband. All the authenticated evidence, even that given by quarters most hostile to her, now removes every suspicion from the Queen of criminality "or knowledge or act" touching the appalling fate of Darnley. Then, as to Bothwell, whom it is certain she detested, we have in these collec tions irresistible testimony to the fact of his having forcibly seized her near Almond bridge, sled after% ands committed violence on her person. Her marriage with that ruffian on the 15th of May, 1567, is theretore to be explained on grounds that will suggest themselves to every reader. She was married in mourning ;" and an original letter of the French Ambas sador, M. du Croc, preserved in the Royal Li brary at Paris, Harlaye Collection, addressed to Caqicrine de Medicis, three days after this ill-assorted but compulsory marriage, at which Du Croc had refused to be present, has this most remarkable passage : " Thursday ( the very day of her marriage) her Majesty sent for me, when I perceived a strange formality between het and her husband, which she begged me to excuse, saying that if I saw her sad, it was because she did not wish to be happy, as she said she never could be, wishing only for death. Yesterday bring all alone in a closet with the Earl of 13othwell, she called aloud for them to give her a knife to kill herself with. 'Those who were in the room adjoining the closet heard her." Melvil, in his Memoirs, gives the same details ; they may be found p. ltso of the Banns tyne Club edition : " The queen, wha was sa disdanfully hand lit, and with sic reprocheful langage, that Arthour Askin and I being present, hard her ask a knyf to stik hirself, ' or ells,' said sche, ' I sha:l drown myself.' " It is difficult to say whether the narrative or auto biographical interest or historical importance of this work be the more difficult sufficiently to appreciate. ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY. NEW ZEALAND. An attractive and interesting novelty has been this week added to the stores of this institution. The novelty to which we have now to draw public attention is that of a Zealand chief—a real chief—tattooed in the most becoming and patrician fashion—lecturing in good inteiligible English, to no small extent enriched with a genuine brogue. Our lecturer, whose name is Barnet Burns, was born in Ireland of Scotch parents, and passed the first few years of his life in Manchester. He engaged iu a sea'aring life, and had visited at an early age most part's of the world, and now, besides a perfect familiarity with the Polynesian dialects, he speuks some of the civilized languages (amongst others, trench) with greater facility than English. Ills simple narrative of his adventures and sufferings is deeply affecting, and the descriptions and illustrations which ho gives of the habits of the savages amongst whom he lived and reigned for many years, against his will, are fraught with interest. The gesticulations, war dance, and other modes of the New Zealanders strikingly resemble those of the North American Indians. But if Mr. Burns, or, according to his present title (for he is still a chief), " Pahe-a-Range," gives us a correct spe cimen of their song, the New Zealander has a great ad vantage over the Indian in possessing a rich, varied, and most expressive melody. We strongly recommend the chief to public attention and favour. Lusa WASTE LAND IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.— On Thursday the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this Company was appointed to be held at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry, but as there were not fifteen proprietors present representing three hundred shares, as required by the Act of Incorporation, no actual business was transacted. Mr. Maule took the chair, and the half -yearly report, which gave a statement of the accounts, up to the 30th June, had been made up, and showed the balance of bills and cash then in hand was 1,2831. 95. 7d., and that the assets of the society, after allowing for such liabilities connected with them as were then outstanding, was 11,211/. 17s. The Directors did not deem it desirable to give an account of the pro ceedings for the past half -year, as it must necessarily be in complete for want of the report of Colonel Robinson as to the present condition of the Society's estates; that gentleman was at present engaged in his annual inspection. The Diree. tors had every reason to anticipate that favourable accounts would be submitted to the Proprietors at their next half yearly meeting. The number of shareholders at present in the Company was 115, the number of shares being 2,769. The report concluded by stating that Mr. E. J. Cooper, having disqualified, had retired from the direction. A Pro prietor inquired how the contemplated lines of railwa♦ in Ireland would affect the Society's lands? The Chairuian replied that if the Dublin and Galway line had passed last session it would have been of material advantage, as it would have afforded a direct communication with the Society's estates at Kilkerrin. As that line had been for the present rejected, the Company had received the sanction of the Board of Works for the construction of a direct water communication. In answer to a Proprietor the chairman stated that the Directors were not in a position at present to declare a dividend, a cir cumstance which probably caused so scanty an attendance of proprietors. _ - iIYDROPHOBIA AND ALLEGED MURDER.---A case of hydrophobia occurred at Ennistymon on Tuesday last. A girl named Anne Gallery, about fifteen years of age, was bitten six weeks since by a dog. The dog did not show any previous signs of madness, but he has not since been heard of or seen. Dr. Shannon was called on, and when on his way met two other medical men who accompanied him, and they all agreed it was a confirmed case of hydrophobia. Our informant adds, "This poor creature was smothered between two beds." Can this be true ? We presume it was not advised by the medical attendants. 'I he circumstance being known, an inquiry will no doubt be instituted into the murder.— Clare Journal. ROMAN REMAINS IN LINCOLN.—In High-street several Roman remains have been disinterred ; and amongst the rest some bases of pillars, and two beautiful coins of the Emperor Antoninus Pius and Domitian. On Wednesday afternoon the workmen discovered some huge worked stones at about four yards from the present surface ; those have evidently been plinths to pillars supporting a Roman build ing ; on one is an inscription, which, as well as it could be traced, consists of the following letters : vie. azavro 11E11CVitES Most probably this is incomplete, as in all likelihood it was continued along the fellow-plinth. All the earth above the level at which the stones were discovered is made ground.— Stanford Mercury. THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.—GOSPORT, SATURDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.—A special messenger from the: Home-office has just arrived here, with dispatches for Jersey. He has Admiralty orders to proceed immediately in the Comet steam vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Prettyman, lying in Ports mouth Harbour, to Jersey, and to return in that vessel. He went on board the Comet, and will start by daylight. A CHILD FOUND DROWNED.-011 Thursday even ing Mr. William Carter held an inquest at the Hero of Waterloo, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, on the body of a male child found in the Thames. Paul Hill, a waterman, said that on Tuesday morning last he discovered the body of deceased floating in the water off Langton's Wharf, Pedlar's-acre. He immediately gave information to Sergeant Baldwin, 13 L, who got the body ashore. Mr. John Havers, surgeon, said the child had been born from three to four weeks, but from its decomposed state it was impossible to tell whether it had been born alive or not. Verdict, " Found drowned, but whether born alive or not there was no evidence to prove." ROBBERY OF THREE HUNDRED POUNDS AT OKAVEsEND.—Yesterday, at the Gravesend petty sessions, held in the Town-hall, a young man named Cummings was charged with entering the apartments of Captain Bryan, Richmond Terrace-place, and stealing a carpet-bag containing property and other articles to the amount'of 3001. It ap pears, on Saturday morning last, during the absence of Captain Bryan, who for some time past has occupied apart menis at the house of the prisoner's relatives at the above resi lience, his room was entered and the following articles stolen:a- A carpet-bag containing linen marked C. 8., a black frock. coat and trousers, a black satin waistcoat, a pair of reading glasses set in gold, and ten Fovereigns. An old pair of trousers that were hanging up in a closet were also stolen, in the fob of which were two 1001. Bank of England notes, one 401. note, and two 51. notes. The prisoner having been seen in the apartments in the course of the morning, he was apprehended on sus picion of having been concerned in the robbery, but no por tion of the property could be found. Mr. North, the superin tendent of the Gravesend police, prayed for a remand. The magistrate, however, refused to detain the prisoner, who was consequently discharged. ACCIDENT FROM WINDOW CLEANING.-011 Thurs day morning, about nine o'clock, as Mary Howard. servant to M'Eviley, residing in the Waterluo-road, was cleaning the first-floor windows, she missed her hold of ti•.e sash and tell into the area below, from a height of nearl. f thirty feet. Her right leg and her arm were fractured, and her spine was severely injured. She is considered in very great (taxer. tl ~- ~. ~. ~~ other Mo t ' is I°4 et the iglu* feiferi, raw , " ,in D. s 4d; from ore' 15 1 ' eriblY i 1 17 5 i NW" and 41 1 160 r or; bite 3ofo r Rae , pile tuns , !4th► nhe cO l6l the ~~ _~