The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

ORk 1 e Alfred , n on the es in the , Isle of PrifiCeS S On, We. Newport• .9 in the noon the e United late ^ M he Hoe• tates, 0 ,mer, for le most r of her of the e single ranite• i every ed, but le time instance , nt, and his zeal s are so ; and 'fancy, nanar iblic by himself ay enrol wise „ tis ta heart as a 'wan. His genera ity to ' 04 .1 8 well known—not only are their salaries fixed he most liberal scale, and paid with the utmost Ptitliieuality, but he is in the habit of constantly making ' moues Very valuable presents, and in rooments of exigency 1, 4 ,.uas frequently rescued an artist from difficulties in the I:St unexpected and generous manner. His great kindness f ru 4 "tassu, who was incapacitated from an accident o ft Pinning his professional career during the course ti st season, will never be forgotton by those Rho ad thre,,nd appreciate a generous action. The artistes of tueatre, to show the sense they entertain of the kind h a m generous treatment they have experienced at his presented him last week with a magnificent silver- I I dle, bearing the following inscription " Hommage a Monsieur B. LIDILEY, par les Artistes du Theatre de sa Majeste en commemoration de l'heureuse evenement qui as,:ure i ce theatre la continuation de sa bietiviellante et juste administration. 18 j uiile,, 1845." 1, 1 2, 11 e8e latter words explain tr,e secret of Mr. Lum 31'good fortune. His !adinivistration is bienviellante k JuAle, and, them-fere, is it successful. SPORTING IN TELL i GENCF. YORK RACES.—THURSDAY. The Convivial Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft, for the produce priares covered in 1842 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b k 'Y.C. (7 Subs.) r, s „: Reid , shr c Alliance (Templeman) 1 fir. ttesseltine's br f Sich-a-getting-up-Stairs 2 1 1 Letting -6 to 4on Alliance, who won in a canter. 'Chesterfield Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 60 added for horses of all ages. The winner to pay 10 soya. u kw ards expenses. One mile. (26 Subs. ) ch g Philip, 5 yrs, ist 10Ib (Lye) 1 k r ' br c Godfrey, 4 yrs, Bst . . riatptes's br m Semiseria, 5 ' rs, B st 51 b i following also started, but were not placed :—Lord it: le ntinck's br c Croton Oil, 4 yrs, ist 111 b — Mr. Arm - TiA's b f Advice, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Mr. 0. Parry's br f, by 4,,,, - ; a taater of the Rolls, 3 yrs, Est 51 b — Mr. W. Scott's ch h Irf i olture, 5 yrs, 6st—Mr. Hesseltine's br c Hector, 3 yrs, r Q, 6 -11r. Wormald's br f Sister to Pedometer , 3 yrs, ost Bs t4 p 4 r. L. Fox's hr f Bessy Beal , 3 yr s, sst—and Mr. mood's bl f Princess Royal, 4 yrs, Est 101 b. t e l ti ng-2 to I agst Croton Oil, 5 to 2 agst Semiseria, and The Prince_ Sister to Pedometer—won easy by two lengths. fo;, ri nce of Wales's Stake of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, d t t h la years old colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 21b. A winner 15 „-,," starting 21b extra. T. Y. C. The winner to pay k . - -rs. towards expenses. (47 Subs.) kr. vs."' It Ramsey's ch c Malcolm, (T. Lye) 1 ,7orthin g ton's ch cby Stockport, out of Manilla ... 2 i, o tephenson's b f Sheraton ... C tlti t ,',e following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. W. .„ 1 10 ert's hr f Banana—Mr. N. Stebbing's ch c Billy Purvis thi t ‘r• Price's b c Tobacconist—Lord Chesterfield's b f Curl to„„,3'--, Mr. M. Cranston's ch c Cranebrook—Captain Har b,"". Bbr c by Phcauix—Mr. Hesseltine's hr f The Slayer's I,'"ghter—Mr. Wormald's ch c brother to Millepede—Mr. b f Luminary—Mr. Ramsay's b c Inglewood—Mr. ebaldiston's f by Stockport, and Mr. J. Robinson's br f 4 ePhia 11 • Mi c • ng-6 to 4 agst Malcolm-5 to 2 agst Luminary (t). : (11 0 to 1 agst Curiosity. Won in a canter. Malcolm backed after his race at 20 to 1 for the Derby. 'Nimrod. Stakes of 10 soya. each, p.p., with 30 added, for ho rses that have been regularly hunted; four yrs old, , 21b ; five, llst Illb ; six and aged, l2st 31b ; a winner a i ,anY plate or stake (not being a hunters' stake) to carry ,„us; of l a Queen's plate, cup, or stake of 100 soya. 71b, 14;1 twice, 101bs extra. Gentlemen riders. Two miles. • Scott's ch h Agriculture, 3 yrs (Mr. M‘Donough) 1 ch mby Muley Moloch,out of Alma, 6 yrs . 2 s'"lng-2 to 1 on the mare, who fell in running. f o ‘ioutiy Cu, vale 150 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of ovs. t each, p p.p. o The second horse to receive 50 sovs. e at of th e sta k es, an d th e w i nn er to pay 15 sovs. towards It t enses. Two miles. (17 Subs.) ai r anisay's br g Midlothian, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ...(T. Lye) 1 tonck's fby Physician—Castaway, 3 yrs, Est Illb 2 Le following also started but were not placed :—Colonel g Arundo, 5 yrs, Bst 51b— Mr. Dawson's b h Merry Ist 'ely, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b —and Mr. Parry's Zanoni, 5 yrs, 1011 ) . 10 to 6 agst Castaway filly, 4 to to 1 agst Midlothian, and 14, ~ a gst Zanoni. Won easy by two lengths. &Lilly Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft, for foals of to run at two years old, Bst 41 b each. One mile. fir' Nibs.) ' ° sbaldiston's ch f, by Stockport k Match f or 100 soya., 50 ft, Bst 101 b each. One mile. r • Scott's hr c Malt rec ft from Mr. Jaques's ch c Spur. LATEST BETTING. GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elie—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale—t freely 6 to 1 agst Mr. Whitworth's Miss Sarah 8 to L agst Mr. Bennett's Hope DONCASTER ST. LEGER. s to 1 agst Forth's Lot s to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 1,1 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 00 to 30 agst Midlothian s'uto to 30 apt Kedger. BLOXWICH RACES. 'three Tri a l St a k es o f 2 sovs, each, and 10 added, were won 4f. r ee heats by Mr. Palmer's b m by Wamba, out of Maid the-Mist, 5 yrs (C. Richards), beating Mr. Osb orne ' I , s 7Y Girl and Mrs.Caudle. 4 4" Hurdle Stakes of 2 soya. each, and 10 added, one mile b 4L a half, were won in three heats by Mr. Taylor's The beating Man Friday awl Britannia. ali;',e Handicap of 2 soya. each, and 15 added, one mile and (6`,lf, was won in two heats by Mr. Batson's Scrambler "Kg), beating The Duke and Britannia. MARLBOROUGH RACES. 1)5 Town Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added , winner to erer n . g for 80/., were won in two heats by Mr. Killard's Nora TO (Parr), beating Mr. Griffiths' Valeria. • 1 14. trembers .' Plate of 25 soya., was won in two heats ro by B railsford's Chevy Chace (W Maule), beating Bwn itSlipshod, and Not-to-be-sneezed-at. idae Severnoke Forest Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 40 th•;; , was won by Mr. Astley'a.Venatrix (Pettit), beating • O riatow's Carisslma, Mr. J. - Calley's New Forest Deer, ilke's Carillon, and Mr. Parr's Ninety-one. W a a Innk ee p ers ' Plate of 25 soya., added to a Sweepstakes L ks's. each, one mile and a distance, was won in three Co by Mr. Killard's Nora Creina (Parr), beating Mr. T he The Fawn and Mr. Griffiths' Valeria. Ladies' Ple o 25/., was wn in three heats by Mr. 8 Vitula (own at er), f boating Mr. o Parker's Maud. Th e b PESIBROKESHIRE RACES.—WEDNxspaY. i,'enabrokeshire Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and only 3 k'eelared, with 25 added. The second to save his stake. kr, t a rlY two miles. bi r ?„.aurhby's b g Waterloo, 6 yrs ... 'anderson's b h Comet, 5 yrs 2 f„l'landicap Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 25 added, li r half-bred horses, bred in the County of Pembroke. 4 t 3 , once round and a distance. Jones's 41 r ; b g Giraffe, aged (Griffiths) 1 1 It; .„.. i lenderson's bin Moll, 5 yrs 3 2 11; b g Devil -ay-care, aged Locke , . b g Sportsmanm, yrs 5 4 It c B. Child's bin Mystery, 5 yrs 4 5 f„' Qoutb Wales Trial Stakes of 5 sm. each, with 25 added, ;I:,horses bred in the Principality. Heats, once round and k distance. :jlenderson La dy Chlotte, 3 yrs... ..(Moon) 1 1 k r t . „tokes' eh g The Rescue, s ar yrs 15 rristow's bin Pocket Venus, 6 yrs i v , ASHTON AND STALYBRIDGE RACES. 4, 1 -_? Ashton Borough Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 one mile and a half (5 Subs.), were won in three 4. 4 hr Mr. Benson's Eleanor, 5 yrs (Atkin), beating Mr. T he Railway 4 yrs, and two others. 10 N ,,,ue Railway Plate of 151., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 ,tieg t ; each,, one mile and a half (4 Subs.), were won in three 441. 0 3' Mr. Davies's Talleyrand, 4 yrs (Maudsley), beating tief i 'loore's Bagatelle, 5 yrs, Mr. Wilkin's b f by Phy -7'l, out of Theano, 3 yrs, and Father Mathew, aged. 1, 4 e Selling Stakes were won by Mr. Palmer's Donkey. Of a ua Innkeepers' Purse of 20 soya., added to a Sweepstakes bi r B °,t's• each, one mile and a half, was won in two heats by `-' l ifford's Erebus, 4 yrs, beating Mavourneen, aged, taster, 3 yrs, Bagatelle, 5 yrs, and Eleanor, 5 yrs. ed i e Stalylaridge Hurdle Stakes of 2 soya. each, and 15 Ls zi ed, one mile and a half, were won in two heats by Mr. T d Maid of Llangollen, beating Father Mathew. ‘1 1 ,„" Handica of 2 sovs. each, and 10 added, one mile and 14 4 „`d; was won p in three heats by Mr. Morris's Bagatelle, ' ll g Talleyrand and Eleanor. T UNIRIDGE WELLS RACES—WEDNESDAY. ridge Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and only 2 if de , t, ii ii r ed, Stc., with 50 added, the second to save his stake. One Np",,„' e and a half. (23 Subs., 10 of whom declared). • Roles Hampton, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Cohen) 0 1 19 1 ., 1 44 * R. Clark named Lady Charlotte, 4 yrs 7 st 71 b... 0 2 4 4 - „ylarnis's Satyr, 4 yrs, Bst 31b h u 'ars Corinthian Tom, 3 yrs following also started, but were not , placed —Mn.: 4 ted . 6 l' Alkali, 3 yrs , Est 51b—Mr. Hardy s Little Dan, AAf t 7 st 101 b—and ;Mr. G. Ongley's Fama, aged, 9st I lb. do e r the dead heat between Hampton and Lady Charlotte, Mer won by a neck. .teLiaclies' Plate of 20/. added to a sweepstakes of 2 soya. cop. One mile and a distance. The winner to be sold for a 1 41; (3 Subs.) N, • Lindsay's Sylvan= 3 yrs, Est 71b (Ealing) 21 1 4 1i Smith's Beggar Girl, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 4Prench' s Alipede, 5 yrs, Bst 91b t hird e first and second heats were well contested, and the se twon easy. oVi Stak il es of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added if four the second saves his stake. The winner to be sold for 41s- gov sL. Heats, a mile and a half. (5 Subs.) 4•• Mathew'' Tub Thumper, aged, 9st 71b Bell's Jew Boy, 3 yrs, 7st 7lb 2 2 I) 7bas's ch g Priam, aged, Bst 101 b Won easy. THURSDAY. 4elling Stakes of 3 iovs. each, with 30 added, for three t t : °ld. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. ; if entered to 21 told for 150 sovs., allowed 91b ; 100 soya., 141 b. ; 50 sovs., tZ I ,„b• Heats , a mile and a half. (5 Subs.) i l White's Teresa, 4 'yrs, 7st 41b (501.) ...( T. Brown) 1 1 S. 'M Caledonia Auld Lang Syne, 5 yrs, ( 1501.) 0 2 I r. 44„indsey's b c Sylvanus, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (501) ti abaldestonis Fickle Wild Rose, 5 yrs, (1001.) ia l o pit i r g heat won by three parts of a length, the second by a se% S tewards' Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 30 added; the h c ond saves his stake • the winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Ms. mile and a half . (7 Subs. ) t . ' 11;4 isC;,r'itnt e hi i e :l n an To a m, e l y 9 r s s t , '; l s...(Mitchell) 2 h 0 3 1 2 1 44: ,„‘"sbaldeston's Fickle Wild Rose, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 3 2 3 Tothew's Tub Thumper, aged, 9st 81b ... 1 0 dr. 1 1 4: b ‘aw's Mainstay, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Al t '°Yd i s Treaty, 5 yrs, Bst 91b P b ite' 1 8 61b tat es a her, 4 yrs, st 0 d. neat won by a length, second by a neck, and third in a S ' it t e rse Plate for beaten horses was as won in two heats by Mr. bo v Begar Girl 5 yrs, Bst 61b beating M Wi r. , Bell's Jew- Via 4 .l eurYwrsas, 7:g and d lllr. Osbaldeston% Fickle Wild Rose. The L to;,l 4 °Gß'Ess or LIVERPOOL.—It was stated at the last 'll O - ": 1 meeting of this borough, on the authority of Mr. 4 s t t,,ll s ,° ll , one of the surveyors, that 7,000 buildings had been Ite l .,"„' 1 4 the town within the last four years, and that there titaii .. 50 0 notices sent in for new erections, being 1,600 more the same period last year. 41i 0 ,, 11 „ 1 , QUEEN'S VISIT TO grERMANY.—We learn that 4 v,; 1 6 , t he distinguished personages who will meet her Majesty 4 t,, 4 i 4 FL are her Impel ial Highness the Grand Duchess Anne 4 .}0),„ 1 ' , a, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Grand tki t ; 61 ' Baden, the Duke - Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg, tht A hp of SaXe Weimar, the Duke of Saxe Meiningen. the ge 'll Hohnlohe Langenburg, and the Princess of Lei. 4"Atnerbach. . 411, r1 ORPOLK lt s A.T I WAY, The Proprietors of this Company held their half yearly meeting, at the offices, Guildhall-buildings, yester day ; Adam Duff, Esq., in the chair. The Secretary (It. TILL, Esq.), having read the ad vertisement convening the meeting, laifl before the Pro prietors the report, in which the raising of 220,0001., for altering and extending the line, was recommended. The CHAIRMAN moved that the report as, read be received, adopted, printed, and circulated among the Shareholders. A PROPRIETOR inquired whether the clause respec•ing the construction of tramways along the pier at Yar mouth, which was to have been inserted in the Lowes toffe Railway Bill, had been expunged, as a very general conviction existed at Yarmouth that the interests of that town had been sacrificed to those of Lowestoffe. Mr. BIDDER (the engineer of the Company) attribut ed any want of accommodation to Yarmouth, to the apposition raised by the inhabitants of that town to all overtureP, even those for th, it decided benefit. A PROPRIETOR said that before the report was adopted he wished to put a question to the Chairman respecting the late accidents on the Northern and Eastern line. The subject was one of the very greatest importance, and he trusted that some explanation would be afforded. The CHAIIIMAN said that he was very happy the question had been mooted, as it was a source of great anxiety to the Directors, and had met with their most se rious consideration. As their engineer was more competent than he to deal with the matter professionally, he would call on that gentleman to make an explanation. Mr. BIDDER said that they might all eas'li imagine that these accidents were sources of deep regret. He, at first, had been almost unable to account for them, from the circumstance of their bring unprecedented upon their line, and every tossible precaution being taken. He, as engineer to the Company, had made a most rigid investigation, and he believed had come to a right conclusion. It was said that these oc curred from the railway being newly con structed. Now on the Northampton and Pe terborough, which was a perfectly new line, not a single accident had happened. The same might be said of the Yarmouth and Norwich, where, not withstanding that a great many ballast trains passed over the line last winter, when perfectly new,, no casualty whatever had occurred. It, therefore, became a matter of the deepest interest to discover whence and how the accidents on their lines originated. He believed that the cause was to be found in a new class of engines having been introduced. All the accidents had occurred while ese were used, none having happened in the old class. He had seen those engines - , and could testify to the excellence of their manufacture and the apparent perfec tion of their parts; nevertheless a very great oscillation was observed invariably upon them, and though the oldest and most experienced drivers were placed upon them, this objection still existed. Mr. Ste phenson had, immediately after the occur rence of the first accident, examined these engines, carefully, and he attributed it to the centre of gravity being higher in the new than in the old engines. After the accident at Waterbeach, Mr. Marshall also investigated the matter, and the conclusion they had all now arrived at was, that the accidents occurred from the flange not being bevelled, nor sufficiently deep, and therefore mounted from instead of keeping steady on the rails. These wheels were made by a gentle man who was in the habit of constructing wheels for the Great Western Company, where wheels precisely similar were used, but as a difference existed in the kind of rails used by each Company, flanges which were adapted for one were unsuited for the other line. The engines had been taken off the line, the manufacturer was re moving the objectionable, and fitting proper flanges ; and he trusted sincerely that these accidents, so painful to those connected with the railway, would never again occur. —(Hear, hear.) The report was then adopted, resolutions embodying its recommendations passed, and the meeting separated. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. We have received the minutes of evidence taken before the Select Committee of the Howe of Commons, appointed to inquire into the truth of the allegations in Mr. Bruce's peti tion. We have only space to-day for the following outlines of the proceedings of the Committee, when they proceeded fi nally to consider their report:— "Motion made (Mr. Duncombe),—That the following pa ragraph form part of the report The Committee think it right to add, that in the very small proportion of cases which have been substantiated and partly supported, much of the evidence adduced was collected subsequent to the presentation of the petition, and they are of opinion that Henry Bruce made the serious charges contained in the petition without taking the most ordinary means of inquiry ; that the petition was presented with the view of stopping the further progress of the London and York Railway Bill, and to promote the private interest of a rival company, of which the petitioner was Vice-Chairman; and that the conduct of Henry Bruce in presenting that petition has been a great abuse of the right of petitioning. " Question put. " Committee divided— " Ayes, 5. " Mr. B. Baring Mr. Christie Mr. Astell Mr. B. Denison Mr. Duncombe " So it was resolved in the affirmative. " Motion made (Mr. Warburton)—' That the following pa ragraph form part of the report : " That your Committee, in consequence of the very ad vanced period of the session at which they were appointed and commenced their sittings, although they have applied them selves most assiduously to the inquiry entrusted to them, have not been able to make a complete investigation into the whole allegations in the petition of Henry Bruce, respecting the pro ceedings under the subscription contract of the London and York Railway Company. " Amendment proposed (Mr. B. Baring),—' In the pro posed paragraph, to leave out all the words after the word "that," in order to insert these words:—" The petitioner further states, that he is still pursuing his inquiry into the bond fides and responsibility of the said subscription list, and that he does not doubt that he shall discover numerous other instances of similar fraud besides those specifically alleged." ." Your Committee have had no time to enter into any such general charges, nor are they inclined to think that the character of the evidence already adduced is such as to make it desirable that any such investigation should be entered upon ; they are the more disposed to entertain this opinion as such an inquiry could in no way affect the justification of Mr. Bruce's previous conduct.' " Question put,—' That the words proposed to be left out stand part." " Committee divided. " Ayes, 2. " Mr. Christie Mr. Warburton " Noes, 2. " Mr. Warburton Mr. B._Escott. " Noes, 5. " Mr. B. Baring Sir. Astell Mr. B. Denison Mr. Duncornbe Mr. B. Escott. " So it passed in the negative. " Main question put. " Amendment proposed (Mr. Warburton),—' To leave out all the words after the word " that," in order to insert these words—" In the - absence of material witnesses, and from the want of time to pursue the inquiry further, your Committee are precluded from forming any opinion on the general alle gations in the petition.' " Question put,--. That the words proposed to be left out stand part." " Ayes, 5. "Noes, 2. " Mr. B. Baring " Mr. Warburton Mr. Christie Mr. B. Escott. Mr. Astell Mr. B. Denison Mr. Duncombo " So it was resolved in the affirmative. " Main question put and agreed to. " Motion made ( Mr. Warburton )—' That the following sub scribers to the London and York Railway contract were sum moned as witnesses, and did not obey the summons.' [Here follows the list of names.] " Question put and negatived. " Report again read, and agreed to. " Ordered—' That this report, together with the minutes of evidence, be reported to the House.' " THE HARVEST IN FRANCE.-1 Bordeaux paper informs us, that the wheat harvest in the department of the Gironde is abundant, but that it is got in with great difficulty. The weight of the wheat varies from 77 to 79 kilogs. the hectolitre. The wine-growers have much fear as to the result of their harvest, as it will be fully three weeks later this year than the last, and there is hardly ground now to hope that there will be sufficient heat to make the grapes of good quality. CORONER'S INQUEST.—On 'Thursday, an inquiry was begun before Mr. Carter, Coroner for the county of Surrey, on the body of Ellen Tyrrell, who was on Tuesday last found drowned in the Surrey Canal, under very suspicious circumstances. After a lengthened inquiry the proceedings were adjourned till Monday next, in order that additional evi dence might be procured. REMARKABLE PRESENCE OF MIND.—A workman employed in one of the mining shafts of the Scottish Central Railway lately had a most miraculous escape. He had lighted the fusees connected with the charges of powder for the purpose of blasting, and gave the signal to be drawn up, but the rope slipping, the poor fellow was suspended a few feet above where the explosion was to take place, with no other prospect before him but instant death. With great fortitude and presence of mind he called out to lower him, which was immediately done, and, advancing cautiously to the burning fusees, he extinguished them. On examination they were found to be burned within half an inch of the powder. It will be remembered that some three or" four years ago the traveller of Mr. Richard Pattinson, of Carlisle, was stopped near Greenhead, and robbed of a sum of money, by two men of the names of Getty and Mooney. One of these, Getty, was followed into Ireland and cleverly captured, by Thomas Hetherington, then of the police force ; and beinr , con victed at the Northu.nberland Assizes, was transport edr for fifteen years. On Tuesday, Hetherington, who is now re siding in Liverpool, arrived at Carlisle with the second offnider, Mooney, and, having had him identified, proceeded with him to Morpeth gaol. We understand that Hetherington acci dentally met with the prisoner in the streets of Liverpool, in the dress of a railway labourer.— Cumberland Pacquet. FORGERY IN PARIS.—A corn-factor, named C—, having discovered that some forgeries had been lately com mitted to his prejudice, gave information to the authorities, and declared that he suspected his clerk, a young man named X—. A search-warrant was granted, and at the moment the com missary of police entered the latter's lodgings, he was in the act of preparing for immediate flight. He had taken out a passport for Barcelona, under the name of Booby, in which he designated himself homme de lettres. In his room were 10,000 f. in French money, 3,000 f. in I,reign gold, and 25 napoleons. There were also found four receipts of the Bank of France, bearing the forged signature of Mr. C— ; two bordereaux prepared to be presented to the banks of Gouin and Ganneron, for the purpose of being discounted, and bearing the forged signatures of ten or twelve of the most respectable bankers in Paris; and a great quantity of papers and bills with Mr. C--23 forged signature. These various articles were seized, and the clerk arrested. SHOCKING OMNIBUS ACClDENT.—Thursday after noon, about three o'clock, as an aged woman, named Esther Cruickshank, of No. 51, Great Arthur-street, St. Luke's, .vas crossing Bishopsgate.stre , t. opposite Sun-street, she was knocked down by the horses of one of the Hackney omnibu es, ind before she could be extricated she was severely . trampled dpon by the animals, and rendered insensible, Besides some -.evere contusions and lacerations, she sustained a serious in jury of the spine. Ihe aged sufferer was without loss of time removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she remains in deplorable state of suffering. / 4 11 r. FTNLONDON, sApunDAy MORNT)=TtI. ATIGITST 28. iittoi. R.ELATIVE RAIL SING THE PRICES OF .RES pm.—Preston and Wyre. liBlf SbAres, Bq—blacklArrl, Damen, and Borton, WA—Caledonian, 1014 rest Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 33s.—North British, Half Shares, 9—Leicester and Birmingham, 17s. pm.—London and Birmingham Extension, 12s. 6d. pin —London and York, 5 1 4—Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 261. —N ewark and Sheffield, 3 1 —Nottingham, Erew ash, 40s. pm.— Nottingham and Boston, 9s. 6d.—South Midland, 6% pm. —West Yorkshire, 14X. EUDDIntSTIELD, Auo 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Grimsby Dock Extension, 2 1 ,4—Dundee and Perth, 4—Grand Union, 10s. p. —Glasgow and Dumfries, 28s.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 35s.—Huddersfield and Man chester. 1-1; 7 —Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 14 1 .4 with new—Leeds and Thirsk, 13 1 4 —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 61 / 4 —Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, 15s. pm. iVA ' IN At tn l b e a s, o S f ht i4 4shi ° re l‘ , ll l-I (l e f i e r fo l rd igi , a eloto lt e ll s ti ter 4) ,T " uth kl a c t i es h , and the West of England, and, superseding the cir cuitous routes by Crewe and Birkenhead, will save eighteen miles in one instance and twelve in another. Ana:her line has been started connected with Ili-ken head ; Two cannot answer, though one would yield large profits, and we would recommend an amalgamation as likely to benefit the projectors and the public. Indeed, we are inclined to think that the principle of amalgamation might be advantageously brought to bear upon some of the other lines. We think that the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wcrcester Junction. the Sheffield and South Staffordshire, the East and West Junction, and the Leeds, Huddersfield, and South Staffordshire lines, should properly be combined—and thus the great series we have described would consist of two lines instead of six. One line, that from Lon don to Manchester Direct, the other from the West of England to the manufacturing districts of the North. Taking a general glance at the statements which we hare thus made, after close examination of the dif ferent lines now proposed, we perceive that if they be carried out, not enly Manchester and Leeds, but the North of England arid Scotland, will have the most di rect communication that can be made with London— with Southampton and the south of England—with Bristol and the great clothing districts of the West— with South Wales and the agricultural counties which border it—with North Wales—with Ireland—with Ches ter and Birkenhi ad—with Worcester, Gloucester, and Cheltenham—with Wolverhampton and the Midland manufacturing districts—and with the yet unopened Staffordshire Potteries and the rich mines of Derby shire. PRINCIPAL CITIES SCOTLA D TOWIS AND IRK cS IN ENGLAND, LAND. YORK, Atm. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. —'T ie sales are—Eastern Union Exten • sion, 3 !--..N.Ldland, New, 26 1 ,4—North British, New, OA — York and North Midland Extension. 9 -11 —London and York, 51. 6y. 3,l . — Manchester, Buxton, &c., and Berwick, 21 1 4—South Midland, Pontefract, and Goole, • 16 '--West Yorkshire, EXETER, - Ate. 21. There has been little o r Lo fti ng d one In railway matters this day. 6/. 15.. 61—Wakefield, EDINBURGH, AUG. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-Th e s ales are-Aberdeen, 31. 65.- Aberdeen, Band'. and El g i n , 2/ . ll s 6 d .- A r b roa th and For far, 251.-Ditto, Ilalf Shares, 15/.- Armagh and Portrush, 2/. -Banffshire, 2/. 2s -Briti,h, and Irish Union, 3/. 95.-Bel fast and County Down, 3/. 17s. Cd -Cambridge and Lincolfi, 31. lOs -Caledonian, IW. 10s.-Caledonian Extension, 2/. if s. 6-1.-Caledonian and Dunbar ton, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 9L-Direct Northern, 2/. 55.-Dundee and Ar broath, 371. Is. tid -Ditto, New, 18L-Dundee and Perth, 41. Cs. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/ 4s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, S6L-Ditto, Quarters. 9 11. 155-Ditto, New, 14/ 155.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 175. 6d. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granion, 24/. 10s.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 161. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 1/. 135.-Ditto, New, 1/. 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 9 /. 123.-Edinburgh and Perth, I'. 14s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 891.-Ditto, New Stock. 221.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. I Is. 6d.- Glasgow and Neilston. 21/. 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, IL Is.-Glasgow and tireenock. 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 55.-Ditto, Pre ference, 2/.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. Iss. 6d.-Inver ness and Elgin, 11. 3 5.-Kilmarnock and Ardrosran, 5/. 15s. -London and York, 4/. 10s.-Londonderry and Coleraine, 3/. 17s. 6 1.-Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3/. 155.-Monk land and Kirkmtilloch,33 . /.-Morayshire, IL-North British, 311. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 81. 17s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, New, 61 54-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 25.-Scottish Central, 71. 14s. 6d-Scottish Midland, 2/. 75.-Shrewsbury, Os westry, and Chester, 4/. ls. 6d.-Slamannan, 181.-South Midland, 5/. ISs.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, I/. 10s.-Stir ling and Dunfermline, 11. 15t-Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/. An essential point ccnnected with these lines remains to be noticed—the respectability of the Direction in aach case. When we see men of wealth, judgment, in fluence, and character, heartily aiding such project•z, and not sparing personal exertions and money to advance them, we cannot entertain a doubt of the stable grounds upon which they are bAsed—the sound principlt-s upon which they have been formed. On the other hand, the companies formed to carry those lines into execution, and confer permanent benefits upon the public, have been most fortunate in having, as their " right-hand," a solicitor with that energy and judgment which unite boldness in design with caution in action. We have had personal knowledge of that gentleman for many years, and have often had occasion to admire his grasp of mind, his untiring devotion to businesi, and his comprehensive ability in carrying out whatever of he might have in view. We shall take an early opportunity of showing what railway lines, whether in operation or in course of formation, directly bear upon and must serve as feeders to the great direct trunks which we have been describ ing. The traffic which must flow from these sources is considerably beyond what may ba imagined, and will show that those projects have not been lightly entered upon. NATIONAL SYSTEM of RAILWAYS. (From the Railway Exp, ess of yesterday.) The advantages of the direct lines of railway com munication are so obvious as to require neither com ment nor recommendation. The whole system of tra velling has undergone a great organic change within the last twenty years. Instead of crerVng on at the snail pace of eight miles an hour—the mails did not average more than ten and a half—we have learned to complain of thirty miles as tco dilatory. Nor is there any doubt that even double that speed will be readily and safely accomplished within the hour, ere we are much older. The word is " Forward," and Science is busy, even now, in devising means by which that Idvance may be car ried our. We are by no means sure—so great have already been the triumphs of science —that, in the ful ness of time, some mode of travelling will not be dis covered by which even 100 miles per hour may be ac complished. Meantime, let the public have the full ad vantage of all the " aids and appliances to boot" now at their service. The acceleration of speed, great as it is, has not yet done fur the public all that it could and ought to have done. Our lines of railway have been so formed that they do not take the shortest routes. In almost every instance they take circuitous routes, and thus, whatever speed may be obtained, the prolonged distance is a bar to the gui4e4 transmission of goods and passengers. If this objet be sought, the means must be DIRECT INDE PENDENT RAILWAYS. Oa the Continent, this principle is universally recognised, and hence the admirable re sult—viz., the shot t.st lines from place b puce. In this country, hitherto, the formation of railways has been almost independent of control or cheek from the powers that be, and the natural issue is, our main lines of rail way run zigzag, take a bend here, and an angle there, and have ben made, in fact, to accommodate particular districts and towns rather than the community at large. When we speak of " direct lines," we du not mean that a prejector is to take the map, draw a lisle from one terminus to the other, and declare tiat to be the un deviating course of the future railway. But we do say that a direct line so drawn should be ever held in view by the rail eay projector, as that which should be the guide-track as far as possible. No occasion, if a mountain be iu the direct way, to cut through it, or to run a via duct over an extensive valley, when hill and hollow can be avoided, with lessened expense, and very slightly in• creased distance, by the skilful divergement of the rail road to the right or to the left ; but the straightest line should ever be adhered to when it is in the power of the engineer to do so. His aim should be to "annihilate both time and space," by taking the shortest route and using the most rapid means of transit. So universally is this principle in course of recogni tion, that we venture to predict its adoption to the fullest by the Legislature. Our opinion, formed upon no light grounds, is, that in the next session the Parliament will take a dee . ded line for the public advantage, and give the pref. rence to such Bills as have for their object direct and independent railway communication between important termini. The great trunk lines must be the shortest that can be made. One great chain of direct independent railroads has been laid before the public, and the favour with which the series has been received affords the best confirma tion of the points we have endeavoured to illustrate. These are:- 1. London and Manche,ter Direct (Remington's). 2. Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction. 3. Sheffield and S out h S taffordshire. 4. East and West Jun c ti on . 5. Leeds, Hudd ers fi eld, and South Staffordshire. 6. Chester and M anc h ester. • ( cl p, rj e eoe r ncu tdgs l eh t n e oet nivri ever Railway r ra ) e f lablr: (en'sa(tTou brought Lltt.ob:be: before a iobf o noarene, os ,r n ol d ßteheed l\ pf i oum a rb n dol e ir:i h et . e K s i t me e lt Dp will Vet acepttlactlsonsnpdtsrehi tering, Market Harborouoh Leicester, Ashby-de-la- Zouche, Burton, Uttoxeter (with a branch through the Staffordshire Potteries to Crewe), Leek, and Macclesfield, to hlanchester, The places which we have marked in italics have now no direct railway communication. Lon don is the starting point, and Manchester the terminus — the actual capital of the country, and the real capital of the great manufacturing districts, being thus brought into direct and rapid communication. The district of which Manchester is the centre comprises the important towns of Bury, Bolton Rochdale Ashton, Oldham, Mac clesfield, Soickpert, and the population is nearer 1,500,000 than 1,000.000. It cannot be denied that a district so important requires other than a circuitous and dilatory railway communication with London, and the centre of the kingdom. Yo r k s hire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, the Northern, Eastern, Western, and Welsh counties, besides Scotland and Ireland, must inevitably feed such a line, by an abundant supply of goods and passengers. The branch through the S affordshire Pot teries (a district yet without a railway) must be im mensely productive. The direct East and West Junction, although a com paratively sh Tt line, will possess commanding advan tages. It is to commence at Kidderminster (at the sta tion of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway), proceed through Tenbury, and Leominster, and Hereford, where it will join the Hereford and Monmouth, and oth er li nes converging from Here ford, and running through the west of England into South and Central \Vales. It has been decided that Port Dynllaen shall be the terminus and port of the communication- line from London to Dublin. The direct route of that railway will he through Wales, by Ludlow, and into Tenbury ; whence goods and passengers brought by it can have the shortest and quickest transit by th East and West Junction to the midland and eas tern counties. On the other hand, a new and direct communication will be opened, through this line, be tween South Wales and the west of England, and the great manufacturing districts of Lancashire and York shire, with ready access to the more norihern parts of England and the whole of Scotland. The Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway is intended to continue the line of railway which we have just described. It will run from Uttoxeter through Rugeley, with a fork to Dudley on a which Uttoxeter is the capital. one side, and to Wolverhampton on the other. At Dudley it will join the short line to Kidderminster. To with its immense agricultural, min ing,Wolverhampton it will give the incalculable advantage of direct communication with the agricultural district of ten ; while the rich mineral dis tricts hl le L yir C e tu ' ring wealth, will thus be brought of Derbyshire w ill, for the fir.q tune, be thoroughly opened. From Uttoxeter, by Remington's Direct London and Manchester, there will be communication with these great termini, south and north. Wolver hampton, e \ Cf‘ N nf e arad l n % lsu ' l erharnp which has hitherto gained so little by the railway system, cannot fail to benefit immensely by this line, which will place it in a very commanding position, by opening new outlets for its important manufactures. It will thus be placed in advantageous rivalry with East s s t e l a ) S tr ° l :i Birmingham. Another section of this great project is the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct Railway, commencing at Uttoxeter—which seems in tended, by position, to be the key. stone, one. as it were, to a most extensive series of railway communication—this line will proceed through Huddersfield to Leeds. The line, passing through the most picturesque part of Der byshire (and opening that beautiful county to tourists), will give Leeds a direct rail Way through South Stafford shire to Wales, and the West of England ; and what is no less importance, to Southampton —thus saving a great circuit which must now inevitably be made, owing to the want of direct lines. The mineral produce to which it will give a ready outlet, north and eouth, is of incalculable value. New markets will also be opened for agricultural produce, for building materials (with which the district abounds), and for a supply of wood from Needwood and other places. We would venture to sug gest the great advantage of carrying a branch from Ash bourne into the Derby and Gainshorough line near Belper, which would introduce the traffic of at least 200.030 inhabitants. The direct line from Chester and Birkenhead to Man chester, also belongs to the series. The effect will be to res'ore Chester to the commercial stetion she once held and sh.t.t!d: still occupy; to bring that city into direct communication with the manufacturing districts, arid to unite Manchester with the docks of Birkenhead. Holy head will continue to be a considerable port of transit and intercourse between England and Ireland ; this line places it in connexion with the great manufacturing [ADVERTISEMENT.] LONDON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAYS. Sir,—Amid the hosts of railway schemes intruded on the public attention, I have been much struck with the prominence the two direct independent, London and Manchester lines, commonly called Remington's and Ashursts, have assumed. The daily, the weekly, papers seem to be crowded with advertisements of thes: , schemes, sometimes as many as five or six in one paper expatiating on their respective merits—why is this ? Are the public at the present time so devoid of railway excite ment—so little disposed to gambling, that it is only by dint of published meetings and accumulated advertise ments, repeated, as has been the case in reference to these projects for months, till the eye and ear are wearied H ith them, that the great railway speculators and the public are to be induced to take shares ? Or is it that these lines are in truth so vast, so little trusted to by sensible capitalists, so marked by want of real strength in their committees, or of sterling merit in their object ; so late in th e d a y, an d so littl likely to be successful in the inevitable contest with existing interests, that they require lengthened and inordinate puffing, even in present times, to force them upon the market. Looking at the matter as a plain person, I cannot but think the latter is the fact, and I will adduce some few of the many reasons that have struck my mind with conclusive force in reference to these projects. Taite, for example, Remington's line. If the weight of London and Manchester really supported it, would months have elapsed before the shares were taken, when in ordinary schemes the shares are allotted and paid for in as many weeks. How many of the landowners are on the committee ? Without something of landed sup port, can they hope to get through the standing orders in any reasonable time ? Will their surveyors even have permission in all places to surrey ? This is doubtful, especially when it is considered that in many of the district schemes the owners of miles and miles of the land through which the lines would pass are on the committees. Again, look at the absurd opposition of Remington's line to existing railways, take, for instance, the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, already made from Manchester by Stockport to Macclesfield, though not opened for part of the distance. Why, Remington's is laid out as an independent and competing line from Macclesfield to Manchester, consequently it must pass, not at the distance of a mile or two from the Manchester and Birmingham, but absolutely parallel with it at the distance of a few hundred yards most part of the way, at times almost running against it, in a manner unknown in the annals of railways ; another viaduct would probably be required through Stockport, and fresh mills and houses to be cleared away. The expense of the present line from Manchester to Macclesfield has been stated, and, I believe, not understated, at 40,0001. or 50,000/. a mile, and it has been questioned whether the Macclesfield Branch would pay, at any rate it has not yet been opened. How absurd, then, to suppose that Parliament will sanction such unheard of competi tion as this. Besides, the London and York line has almost passed through Parliament ; this proceeds in its course from London to Bedford, and here would be another competing parallel like the former, equally out of the question. The independent line, of course, does not intend amalgumating, or its very fundamental propositions of independence would fall to the ground. Again, look at the capital as an evidence of weakness, this was first stated at 3,000,0001., but this being too palpable it is now stated at 5,000,0001. It is well knows, however, that the London and Birmingham cost near 8,000,0001. Is it conceivable then, even with modern improvements, that a line of nearly twice the length will cost much less ? Besides this, as I have sometime seen noticed, the Manchester and Buxton, Midland Counties, Leicester and Bedford, and London and York, would form one complete line, and the London and Birmingham, Trent Valley, Chur net Valley, and Manchester and Birmingham, another complete line, from Manchester to London ; these would surely be sufficient for the Manchester traffic, which, according to the late returns of the Grand Junction, was only 17,000/. a year on their line, and do away with any necessity for the vast undertakings alluded to. And I have good authority for believing that the London and Birmingham and the above lines in connexion with it will be absolutely nearer, as between London and Manchester, than Remington's project. One more remark, and I have done—l cannot but confess my surprise that some of the inhabitants of the intermediate towns seem to have been induced to sup port the independent lines, which seems especially absurd as regards them, for the very !pecial object and distinguishing intent of the above schemes, is to give the great termini of London and Manchester a direct line independent of the district towns ; there is to be little or no stopping for cross or luggage-trains, or waiting for local traffic, nothing materially to interfere with the unimpeded transit from end to end. And yet these are the projects, those very intervening places (which are professed in some measure to be neglected), think it well to support I Surely, after what has been said, it will appear to any person exercising reasonable reflection, that it did not require that the chances of success should be divided between Ashurst's and Remington's projects, to detract anything from their respective merits. I ate, Sir, your obedient humble servant, AN OBSERVER. London, August 21, 1845. BANK OF 1/NGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week eliding on Saturday, the 16th day of August, 1845. 'NrA.IZES or RAILWAYS, Aberdeen Airdrie and Coatbridge • - Arbroath and Forfar - . Ditto Half Shares Armagh, Colr., & Fortrush Bandon and Bantry . • • • • Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down Birknhd,Lan. &Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster 1)o. New (iss.at74 dig.) Ditto Half Shares Birminglun & Oxtrd.June. Blekburn, and Preston Blekburn, Darwn,& Boltn Bolton, IV igaH, & Liven)]. Boston, Stainfrd and Birin Brighton, Lewes, & Hast Bristol and Exeter Ditto New. . . • • • Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Calcdon. R Dumbar.Juuc Caled. nian .• • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Extension • • • • • • Cambridge and Lincoln.. Che,ter and Birkenhead.. nit° New Shares •• • • Ditto Half Shares •• •• Cheater and II lyhead • • Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Vithey •'• ••• • •• Clitherue Junction Clydesdale Junction . • • • • Cork, Biackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon . • • • • • Cork and Killarney .•• •• Cork and Waterford • • .. Cork and Youg,hal Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall ......... •. •. Derby and Crewe . •• •• •• Direct Lon. and :NI anchstr Diss, Decries, & Yannoth Direct Northern .• Direct Norwich .. • • . Dulkn and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Coin° 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. No. 2 East Denham & Norwich East Union . • •-• •• • • • .. Ditto Extension .. • . •. Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares . • • Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb. Leith, and Grantun Do. Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth • • • • Ely and Huntingdon • • • • Enniskillen and Sligo • • • • Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fit wood , Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow • • Glasgow and Ayr . •• • Do. Quarter Shares • . • • Glasgow and Greenock .. Ditto New. Ditto Preference • • • Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnck, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster • Grand Junction Ditto Half Shares • • • • Ditto Quarter Shares • Ditto New Quarters • • I)itto Eighths ........ Grand Union . .... • .... Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Stlirn & Wstrn (Irind) Ditto Extension Great Munster • • • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 40/. Shares . • Do. New 30/. Shares .. Great Western • • • • • . - • • Ditto Half Shares . • • • Ditto Fifths .. Farehw, & Ports. Harwich .• . • • • .. • • • • • . I I ud rstld & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough• • Hull and Selby • . • • • • • • • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto lialf Shares • • • • Inverness and Elgin •• • • Isle of Jersey Kendal and Windermere KingstoWn and Bray • • Killarney. Junctions .•• Lancaster and Carlisle . Lancaster 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 Li mrek, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. flan. & (It N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares • . • • Ditto Quarter Shares Liver pl, Or mskrk , & Prstn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds.. • . Ditto Quarters • • • • • • • - London and Blackwall • • Loa .& M an. (Remington's) London and BrLildon. • • Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon .. • • Ditto New. ••••• • • • • Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut. London and Greenwich • Do. I'ref. or Privilege • • London and South Wes tru Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares Do. New, 401. Shares • • London and York • • • . • • • Ditto (Bantry) .• • .. • • London and Windsor • • • • Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Enuiskilln Lynn and Ely . • .. • • • • • • Lynn and Denham, •• • • Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto Half Shares .. • • Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Sixteenths • • - . • . Mauchstr and Birkenhead Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto New Quarters Do. Con. & Welsh Junc. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, lluxtn, & Matik Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr & Southamptz Midland .. • • Ditto Fifths .. • • • • • • • • Ditto New .• • • • • • • • • • Do. Con. Binn. & Derby Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newcstl & Daringtn June. Do. New (Brandling) . • 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 (isa. 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 • • Ditto New ..... • • • • • • • 19% ""4 1224% Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston • . Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester .. 15756 d 14356d1 28% 10% 1p 76% 24% ly,o 7% _ 7 17, 1 25% ,130}4 1% 28s9d 234 4356 d, 175 I 13' 13% 1% 3% B% .4256 d, I I ,51Bad 6s p 2s WI 15756d1 11% 17s p 439 p 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. & dir. Preston & Wyre Extent. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring Scottish Central ....... . Scottish Mid1and........ Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.. 15356d1 33s 24 1 4 13is p 5 81s6d - I 3p, 14359 p Ditto ditto (No. 2)— Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewshry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewo Shrws„Wolv., Dudl,& Bir Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrws, lierefd,& N. Wales Siamannan . • • • • • • • • • • • • South Devon. • • • • • • • • • • South Midland • • • • • • . • • • South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I Do. (155.33/.68.8d.) ~ 2 Do. (iss. 301.) „3 Staines and Richmond . • • Staffordshire &Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales— • • • • • • • • • • Tears and Dove Valley • • Trent Va11ey..•... •. Do. and Holyhead June Vale of Neath West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Cows. Wexford am i Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick & Dub Wakefield and Bradford Wakfid, Pon tefret, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . West Lancashire.. • . • Worcester and Tring WhitehaYen and Furness Do. New Half Shares Welsh Midlancl •••• • • • • Wet Cornwall West Yorkshire • . .. • • • • Wilson: wn, 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 Mi. 1 4 % j4ls3d, 7% 71s6d 4% 1 2 , 4 p 3'/U: 2256 d Ills, 2156d1 17 - 889 d 12s p - ! 51Ap, 115sp 11756 109 - 1 , 4 HULL, Am. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are• -Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 241—London and Biackwall, 110:-Ditto, New, 4% st. 3 AN .ND, I I !Aug. 1 20. ..~,..- ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ...... 29,075,905 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,096,136 Silver bullion 1,989,769 £29,075,905 I £29,075,905 J. R. ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. Dated the 21st day of August, 1845.: BANKING DEPARTMENT. ~ Proprietors' capita 114,553 ,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners ofNational Debt, and divi dend accounts) 4,969,963 Other deposits 8,973 ,401 Seven day andother bills 1,374,346 Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 11,679,359 Notes 7,494,205 Gold and "silver coin 603,898 X 33,219,306 J. R. Dated the 21st day of Augu I X 33,219,306 ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. it, 1845. THE SLAVE TRADE.—T he trial of Captain Bellet, of the ship Luiz d'Albuquerque, for carrying on the slave trade on t hl l e entAfrica, all and allthe n c n ir m cu m m it s t t a a l n , ce e s nm of m w e h n i c c ed hw n e n gave inannouncing the his re the Court of Assizes for the depart men t o f held at Rennes, and was not fi n i s h e d unt il captain is a fine man, still young, w as e l egant l y t:the e t e s i cshet. a a nv s t t a o t of The eenfe A o dressed, and conducted himself throughout with the utmost propriety, using language showing an excellent education. The evidence was various and contradictory, much of it coming from his own men, who were of a very questionable character, and prejudiced against their captain, from the punishments he had been obliged to inflict upon them for their misconduct—in somuch that the jury could not give credit to their testimony, and returned a verdict of acquittal.. Galignani. CANALS CHEAPER THAN RAILWAYS.—We have i on good authority that the railway company has actually beet forwarding coals and iron from their own wharf to Norwich b% water, as being cheaper to them than taking them on their owt rail. This speaks volumes as to their power to compete witl such a navigation as we have. —Not wich Mercury. EXETER.—Native silver ore, of a very rich qua lity, has recently been discovered in the East Coombe Silver and Lead Mine, in the parish of Sternbridge, in this county ; and the prospects generally are very flattering.—Sherborne Journal. NlffitiT to WHITEHALL, Alio. 21, 1845. Sir James Robert George Graham, Baronet, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, has been pleased to appoint Wiliam Blamire, Esq., and George Darby, Esq., Inclosure Commissioners fur England and Wales. ADMIRALTY, AUG. IG. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant 11. Fleming to be Captain, vice W. Ford, retired on full pay ; Second Lieutenant H. W. Gwynne to be First Lieutenant, vice 11. Fleming, promoted. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 18. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant C. L. Barnard to be First Lieutenant in the Artillery C.)m panics of the Corps. BANKRUPTS. John Sims, wheelwright, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, to surrender, Sept. 1, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitnore, official assignee, Basinghall-stree: ; Ashley, Shoreditch. Pe ijam in Ling, timber-dealer, Fot e-strt et, Limehouse, Aug. 28, at twelve, and S.pt. 26, at half past one, at ihe Co irt of Bankru?tcy. Alsag4 r, official assignee, Birchin lane, Cornhill ; Norton and Son, New -street, Bishopsgate. John Kirkman, hitcher, Lupus-street, Pimlico, Sept. 1, at haq-past one, and Oct. 3, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Turn! r, Mount•place, Whitechapel-road. Edward Thomas Hogg and William Neale Walton, wine tutnhants, Duke street, Adelphi, Aug. 29, at ha:f past eleven, and Oct. 2, at tw.), at the Court of Bank -1 ruptcy. Belcher, official ass;gnee ; Shirn if, Lincoln's Inn-fields. James Mantle Pratt, wine merchant, Berners-street, Oxford-stnet, Aug. 29, at haU-past two, and Oct. 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell. official as signee, Guildhall-chambers ; Lawrence and Plows, Buck lersbury. Thomas Howell, hotel-keeper, Queen's Head-passage, Newgate• street, Aug. 29, at cloven, and Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Baleher, official assignee ; Treherne and White, Bucklersbury. Nathan Solomons and Eleazer Solomons, shoemakers, Church-lane, Whitechapei, Aug. 29, at two, and Oct. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Watson, Worship-stn e:. Robert Sugden, worsted manufacturer, Bogthorne, Yorkshire, Sept. 2 and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Williamson and Hill, Gray's Inn ; Rudd and Co., Halifax ; Bond, Leeds. John Holman Suckling, ironmonger, Birmingham, Sept. 11, at eleven, and Oct. 7, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Gray's Inn, London. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending Aug. 19, 1845, is 345. 10d. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im• portation thereof into Great Britain. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) FRIGHTFUL DESCENT OF MR. GREEN, AND LOSS OF THE BALLOON. It is with extreme pleasure we are enabled to contradict the rumour that prevailed in town on Thursday, relative to the death of that daring and adventurous aeronaut, Mr. Charles Green, who, it was reported, had lost his life by the de , truction of his balloon, occasioned, as it was stated, by a spark from the ire works attached to the car igniting with the gas. It is true that the balloon, with all its apparatus, is lost ; that Mr. Green effected one of the most fearful descents ever recorded in the annals of aerostation ; that he became entangled with the netting; that he was dragged between four awl five miles in the direction of the river Medway, but by the inter position of Providence his life was miraculously spared, his only injuries being a few but severe bruises, and a contusion and abrasion of the skin of the right hand. _ _ _ Previous to leaving Vauxhall Gardens on Wednesday night the wind was blowing strong west by south, and Mr. Green consequently expressed his intention of effecting a descent as speedily as possible, in fact, as soon as he cleared the metro polis. He was recommended by some friends not to attempt the ascent, and particularly with fireworks, but he replied that he was determined—that he did not anticipate any danger, and that rather than disappoint the public he would comply with the terms of his engagement with the lessee of the gardens. The ascent, which took place at about a quarter to eleven o'clock, was a most brilliant spectacle. The fireworks (con structed and arranged by Mr. Darby, the celebrated pyro technist and artist to the gardens) were splendid, and the whole affair appeared to give entire satisfaction to the thou sands of spectators assembled both in the gardens, outside, on the bridges, and, in fact, at every point and eminence from whence a view of the ascent and pyrotechnic display could be obtained. A party of gentlemen stopped till four e'clock in the morn ing at the gardens, anxiously waiting the arrival of Mr. Green, as he had promised to return to Vauxhall, in the event of his descending in the suburban districts of the metropolis, and provided that he could obtain a conveyance to town. No in telligence of his descent having been received at the gardens up to four o'clock, several of his friends became somewhat alarmed for his safety, while others felt no uneasiness, being convinced that the balloon had travelled a great distance, and that Mr. Green was unable to arrive in London. At length the following note was received by poq, addressed to Mr. T. Holt, the treasurer of the gardens, and dated from the ter minus of the London and 13Iackwall Railway, in Fenchurch- street : " Fenchureh-street, Thursday Morning, Nine o'clock.—My dear Sir,—After a rapid trip of 35 minutes, I effected a landing about six miles beyond Gravesend. The wind raged with such fury that the grapnel tore away from everything that opposed its progress ; and the balloon, after reboots ling from place to place, and dragging me over the earth bet ?teen three and four miles, got the car into a deep dyke, when being, from the es cape of gas, prevented from ascending, I hoped to have suc ceeded in packing it, as in the turnipefield at Farnin,,,l.am ; but the increased fury of the wind again dragged me over the earth, until, no longer able to hold on, it at length e,caped from my grasp. I am, however, in great hopes of obtaining it again should it continue inland, as it must be stopped and de tained by the nesting in the eveet of its coming in contact with wood or trees. I have sustained no severe injury, but am suffering severely from my cold. 1 am going home to bed, and should much like to see Mr. Lewis at Highgate, as I wish him to offer a reward of 51. to any person res'oring it to my possession.--In haste for post, yours, very respectfully, C. GREEN." Immediately on the receipt of this communication, Mr. Holt and Mr. I). Liddle (one of the proprietors of the Gardens) started for Xrfil Cottage, Highgate, the re idence of Mr. Green, and were subsequently followed by Mr. T. R. Lewis (the gentleman alluded to in Mr. Green's note), and upon their arrival found the veteran aeronaut in bed, affec tionately attended by Mrs. Green, who, at the time of his ascent, expressed her fears for her husband's safety, from the high wind blowing at the time. Mr. Green had his hand bandaged, and exhibited some bruises, but appeared, consider ing his narrow escape from a dreadful death, to be in good spirits, although much fatigued with the exertion he had undergone in liberating himself from the balloon, his endea vouring to secure it and his instruments, and the distance he had to walk before he arrived at Gravesend, where he took passage in the first steamer for London. At the request of Mr. Green, Mr. Lewis took a chair by his bedside and noted down the following particulars of his perilous and disastrous trip : " At the time I left the gardens the wind was blowing west by south, consequently the balloon took a direction of almost due east. The wind continued in the same quarter during the whole of my voyage. I crossed the Surrey Zoological Gar dens, and then got away towards Greenwich, Charlton, and Woolwich. The balloon then bore off across the river to the opposite shore, in the direction of Purfleet. I could have then effected a landing several times had the wind dropped, and had I had assistance, but knowing that if I attemped a descent with Each a boisterous gale, anti no help at hand, I should have been carried on to the river. The balloon continued its course till it arrived at Gravesend Reach. I kept at a very low alti tude; in fact, at times I was close to the shore, and near to the water's edge. On arriving at a place, which I think is marked in the map as Osterland, I endeavoured to descend, but the balloon dragged along the land for at least three or four miles, the wind still blowing with great violence from the west ; the car at length got into a deep dyke, and I thought that I should be enabled to empty it of the gas. I opened the valve and then got out of the car, but no sooner had I set my foot on the bank of the dyke, than I became entangled in the netting. A gust of wind suddenly drove the balloon out of the ditch, and I was dragged along the ground, till at length the car became se cured in another and deeper dyke, I endeavouring the whole of the time to disengage myself from the netting. I for the first time in my life now became alarmed for my safety. I thought of my knife, and happily found it in my pocket. I then com menced cutting away with the greatest vigour, but from the cordage being of peculiar fabric, I experienced the greatest difficulty in liberating myself. The oscillation of the balloon now became frightful, but I held on it firmly, well knowing, from the escape of gas, that its ascending power was gone, and that it could only drift by the wind. At length, becoming exhausted, I let go my hold, and the balloon went away, car, grapnel, barometer, and my other meterological instruments, apparently in the direction of Queenborough. It was very dark at the time, but I could distinctly discern the balloon make three or four halts before it became invisible. I then made my way along the banks of the river towards Gravesend without meeting a soul or finding a house open, a distance from the spot where I left the balloon of at least 18 or 20 miles. I arrived at Gravesend about half-past six o'clock, and, to prevent being annoyed by the questions of strangers, I preserved a strict incognito. I shall, however, visit Vauxhall Gardens to-mor row (Friday) evening, to receive the congratulations of my friends." THE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN GERMANY.—A few days since, Czerski, one of the leaders of the great church movement now in activity in Germany, preached at Posen before a numerous congregation of Reformers. A grand Roman Catholic procession was formed during the day, as a great demonstration in favour of the existing order of things. In the afternoon serious riots took place between the friends of the Pope and the adherents of Czerski, and it was at length deemed necessary to call out the military. The Bishop of Posen has since thought it expedient to publish an excul patory declaration, in which he states that he did not consent to the procession until repeated solicitations on the part of the Roman Catholics. The new church is making rapid strides. At Magdeburgh a church has been consecrated for the especial use of the community, arid at Leipsic the meetings of the Re formers are so numerously attended that it has at length been determined to hold them in the open air. Loss OF THE BRIG MARY, NORTH SHIELDS.—On Sunday morning last part of the crew of the Mary, of North Shields, consisting of the captain (Mr. Greaves), the first and the second mates, and three boys, arrived at North Shield., by the Vesta steamer, from Leith. They report the loss of their vessel, bound from Quebec, with timber, on the 16th of July, off the banks of Newfoundland, in lat. 46 8 N., long. 38 30 W., in consequence of a collision with the ship New York Packet, bound from Grenock to Quebec, with passengers. The accident occurred at midnight, after the mate's watch had gone below. The New York Packet struck the Mary abaft the starboard fore chains, cutting her down to the water's edge ; upon which the crew of the latter vessel jumped on board the former, in expectation of their ship going down. On the fol lowing day, observing their vessel n o t m uc h in ju r ed , the crew of the Mary returned, and remained on board two days, after which it was found necessary to abandon the ship, in conse quence of her shattered condition. The crew were then rescued by the brig Norval, and landed at St. John's. At the time of the accident the weather was very thick, and a strong gale of wind blowing.— Tyne Mercury. ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPIL—The answer to inquiries in Portland-place, on Thursday morning, was that his Lordship was not worse, but remained much in the same state as on Wednesday. The Right Reverend Prelate, we regret to hear, is labouring under an attack of erysipelas, but no immediate danger is apprehended. A cemetery is about to be formed at Dudley, in W o lverhampton-street, Worcester. The ground, comprising part of the fields and gardens between there and the Cas.le bounds, in extent about ten acres, with a frontage of 100 yards to the main street, is given by Lord Ward. 7: - _ • NAVA .fit inteDAv.-Tha Aigle, 31, Captaln Led Clarence Paget, arrived last evening from the Mediterranean station, twenty-one days from Gibraltar, bringing invalids from the squadron. She left at Ciibraltar the Fitntome, 16, Commander Sir F. Nicholson ; the flamer steam-sloop, Lieu tenant-Commander Postle , and the Spitfire steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Macdonald. Lord Pa-zet landed last evening with his dispatches. The Aigle is ordered round to the eastward to be paid off, having been four years in commis sion. She sailed this afternoon for Chatham. She had not sees the experimental squadron. The Centaur steam-frigate, huildiag, from the design of Sir W. Symond3, Surveyor of the :Nay', at this dockyard, it nearly ready to leave the slip. _ . _ The Scourge, another steamer by the Surveyor, is being fitted with a 13-inch mortar abaft. This ve•s,-1 has never been tried with the usual armament of guns, which we believe, if mounted, would be useless ; without, however, enleavouring to ascertain what weight of armament is adapted to her cap bilities, her constructor is having her fitted for a 13-ineh mortar; this will displace three guns, and entirely fill up the wardroom The trial of P,Tter's anchors against the A , imiralty anchor is being proceeded with at Spithead, under the superintendence of Captain Moilbray, cf the Victory, Commander Wdentc, of the Victory, and Mr. Charles Brown, Assistant-Master-Attendant of the dockyard. The trial w• 11 last sore dais, the weather of late having been very unfalourahle. The Columbine yacht, the property of Mr. Smith Barry, in coming into harbour on the 6th in t., ran down a wherry con taining eight persons, including Charles Carr, the waterman and owner of the Liar. All were immersed in the water, but were rescued from a watery grave by the prompt:hide of the hands on board ihe yacht and boats sent to their aisistmcc. Carr, from his long imm-rsion in the water, Y% as xhausted when taken out, and confined to his bed after the accident unti Monday last, when he died. An inquest was held yesterday before the borough cnroner, when a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. In the evidence it was proved that every atten tion which humanity could dictate was paid to the suff.Ters by Mr. Smith Barry, who has behaved in a most liberal and hand some manner towards the widow of Carr and the other persons icjur...d by the accident. DEvoNroaT.—The Avenger scam-fr;gate, undocked on Monday, will proceed to-day in charge of Mr. Elei,derson, As sistant-Master-Attendant of this d cAyard, to the river, to have her engines and machinery fitted. An inspector and ten shipwrights in her to execute the shipwright-work con nected with fitting the engines, &c. The Calliope, Captain Stanley, which sailed on Mon day, will proceed first to the Cape of Good Hope, thence to Auckland, New Zealand, and thence (should her service: not he required at New Zealand) to Hong-Kong, to join the squa dron under Rear-Admiral Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief. The Jackall, iron steamer, has been again br.iught into har bour, to undergo further alteration. Her masts and yards are to be reduced, and the paddle-boards to he " reefed," her last trial trip having exhibited the exisedieney of such alterations. In Harbour—The Caledonia, Bloodhound, Jacl:all, and Cen fiance, steamers; Netley and Sylph, tenders; and the Camel, Tortoise, Sinbad, and Falmouth, navy lighters. Mr. William Bulford, layer and acting foreman of rope makers in this dockyard, is appointed foreman of ropemakers in Portsmouth dockyard, vice Parsons, deceased. Woomicri, Ana. 21.—The Lightning steam-vessel, Mr. Petley, Master-Commander, has been placed under orders to be held in readiness to embark the Dowager Lady Grey, at Woolwich, on Saturday, the 23d instant, for a passage to Ostend. The Grampus, 50 guns, was taken out of the dock yesterday, and brought round to the basin to h ire her masts put in, and - made ready for sea. This vessel was built in 1784, and yet is the admiration of all the naval officers who have seen her since she was razeed from a74to a 59-gun ship. A highly quali fied and experienced naval officer stated that he would prefer her under her present form to any modern vessel in the navy, at she sits beautifully on the water, and his ample room to work her guns on the broadsides as well as fore and aft. Her stern is rounded, and very handsome, and on the lower deck has four portholes for guns of large calibre. Mr. Lang, master-ship buil ler, has introduced a great improvement in the form of the porthole coverings on her broadsides, by making them in two pieces instead of one, which renders them equally strong, although only half the usual weight. when it is requisite to move them. The Grampus, when finished as a5O gun frigate, will possess every quality, in the opinion of qualified judges, that is requisite in a man-of-war, without any of the doubtful qualities which hare recently been the subject of so much discussion. The Gladiator new steam-frigate, built at Woolwich, has had her engines put on beard at the East India D)cks, and was towed down the river by the Monkey steam-vessel on Tuesday to Woolwich, where she was taken into the basin, and will be ready for commission in a few weeks. The Baretto, jun., transport-ship, having arrived from ac companying the Arctic expedition sooner than was expected, has been placed under orders to convey the two companies of Royal Artillery under orders for North America to their desti nation at Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Dee steam-vessel, Master-Commander Driver, when ready for sea will be employed on some other duty. By letters from Quebec, it appears that the Apollo troop ship, Commander Radcliffe, had embarked the two companies of Royal Artillery ordered home from North America, and sailed on the 28th of July for England. Several invalids are also on board the Apollo, and she is now daily expected in the river to di•embark the companies of the Royal Artillery at their head-quarters at Woolwich. TRIAL OF CAPTAIN MANBY'3 MORTAR. On Saturday afternoon several experiments of Capt. Manby's mortar took placi , at Yarmouth. Mons. C. P. Claudi, the superintendent of the coat guard in Denmark, having been deputed by the Danish Government to visit England and to communicate with the British Government, with a view to adopt some means for the prevention of the loss of life which frequently occurs to a frightful extent on the rocky and dan gerous western cost of Z:tlarid, the Government referred the Hon. Gentleman to Captain Jerningham. inspecting comman der of the coast guard, as being able to afford the most efficient display, not merely of the machinery, Lut of the tact and talent of a body of men by whom the app luaus is movt effec tively brought into play. Havirg iiispe:teti and Brea ly ad mired the life-boats, Captain .lerniegham w 35 desirous of show ing Mons. Claudi the manner in which the mortar and rocket were used, and the readiness and method with which they were handled. The mortars and rocket apparatus having been brought to the water side, and Captain Jerningham, assisted by Lieutenant Dighy. 11. N , and accompanied by Mons. Claudi, having at rived, pests were driven into the sand so as to form a small square. within which none but those concerned in the experiments were allowed to enter. The wind blew a stiff breeze from the N.V., and Captain Jerningbam fixed upon the space between a schocner lying in the offing and a buoy, both of which were nearly within range. The first experiment was with the large brass mortar, a piece weighing 1 cwt. I qr. 121 b., and of a calibre to carry 281 b. shot. Ibis being placed at an elevation of 33 degrees, was charged with 10 ounces of powder ; the shot was attached to a line of inch size, and weighing lttlb. the 100 yards. On the piece being fired, the shot flew straight for the direction in which it was aimed, falling beyond the buoy and to leeward of the schooner, taking the line out of a range of 240 yards. The second trial was made with the old mortar, a large iron piece of greater weight and calibre than the brass piece. The charge was 16 ounces of powder, the elevation 33 degrees, and the shot and line the same as in the first fire. Unfortunately the line snapped at about 8 or 10 fathoms, and the shot flew an immense distance. Lieut. Digby said it had been complained that the iron mortar invariably broke her line. The third experiment was with the brass mortar, at an elevation of 36 degrees, with the same charge as before, and the same weight of shot and lime, which she carried with the same precision as at first. The lairth and fifth experiments were by firing in a northerly direction along the beach, when the brass mortar carried the line nut about 2:0 yards. The iron mortar again broke the line, and discharged the line to a considerable distance, it falling on a hill not far from Caistor. There was a desire to have tried the rockets, but the wind blowing rather hard, and there being a great many people scattered about the Denes, it was thought inexpedient. M. Claudi, who took great interest in the proceedings, and made notes of every ;point connected with the experiments, ex pressed himself much gratified with the opportunity which had been afforded him of witnessing the trial of Captain Manby's apparatus. Those who take an interest in this venerable philanthropist will he glad to learn that, though eighty years of age, he is still living m the enjoyment of tolerable health at Southtown, and frequently visits Yarmouth. BOROITGII AND WATCH RATFS.—An Act was passed on the Bth ult, for the better collecting borough and watch rates. By the Munical Corporations Act, authority was given to the councils of boroughs in certain cases to levy borough rates, and also watch rates ; but it seems that the powers given have been found insufficient for the purpose. It is now provided that overseers for parts of parishes and places within boroughs may raise district rates, which are to be allowed and published. There is authority given to recover the rates so made, and persons on account of their poverty may be excused from payment. . . DISCOVERY OF AN INFANT IN HYDE PARK.- Thursday morning, soon after five o'clock, as some workmen were proceeding to their employment across Hyde Park, near the magazine barracks, their attention was drawn to the faint cries apparently of an infant. They proceeded in the direction whence the cries arose, when at the fort of a tree they die• covered a basket, partly sewed up; and in it was a fine male infant, apparently not more than a fortnight or three weeks old, wrapped up in flannel. The men conveyed the child to the workhouse. The disposal of the deanery of Worcester, which will become vacant at Christmas next, when its present v scssor, the Bishop of Rochester, removes to his new see, is now a canvassed question. It has been generally assigned to the Rev. John Peel, Canon of Canterbury, and brother of the Premier, and it is also stated that it has already been offered to the Rev. Gentleman, but that he declined accepting it.— Cheltenham Examiner. A DAUGHTER SHOT BY HER FATHER.—Wednesday evening, a few minutes before ten, the neighbourhood of Bream's-buildings was thrown into considerable alarm in con sequence of a report that a working man had shot his daughter. It appeared that Shane, a gunsmith, had called upon a person of the name of Farlarie, of Hatfield -court, and during his ab sence had left with the wife three gun-stocks, a fowling-piece, and a pair of pistols in a case. Whets the husband returned home he commenced examining the articles, when his eldest daughter, Maria, in her 17th year, took up the piece, and jo. cosely presented it at her father, who at the same moment took up the pistol, and presenting it at her drew the trigg , ,r, when, to his horror, he discovered that it was charged. The poor girl immediately fell, the contents having entered her right arm. A medical gentleman was called in, and by his orders' she was conveyed to the hospital. O❑ examining the other pistol it was also found to be loaded. The Prince de Berghes has appealed to the Court of Cassation against the sentence just passed upon him by th* Court of Assizes on the trial of the indictment for forgery and issuing false counters of the Jockey Club. CORONER'S INQUEST. —Thursday afternoon, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the breeknock Arms Ta vern, Camden-town, on the body of Mr. H. T. Bromley, aged 29, the landlord of that establishment, who was killed by a fa!: from his horse, when returning on Tuesday night from ea* Barnet Races.—Verdict, Accidental Dea , h, with a deodand Is. on the horse. HARVEST COMMENCED IN THE RHINE OF GALLO4 war.—Barley cutting, the first we have heard of in II county, commenced on Monday at Innermossan ; and on Tuvt day the tenant of Clayshant, parish of Slone kirk, a'so eom• radices' to cut down a very tine field of barley. In ten daps,' he weather is favourable, he will have a field of oats reads ore tting.— Wigtonshire Free Press of Thursday. CRICKET.—THE GENTLEMEN OF SURREY V. Tile PLAYERS OF SURREY.—Many years have passed away since Surrey, as a county in its own district., has been heard of; indeed, the only occasion when it has been brnuAt into the field of late was last season at. Lord's v. the Mar)leb)ne Club But then it was not Surrey alone. The present match, there • fore, has been got up as the first step towards the f, undatior of a Surrey club. The gentlemen, on Thursday, when they had assembled on the new ground, Kennington-oval, found that they were unexpectedly short of two or three members of theie eleven, in consequence of the compulsory absence of Mr. Pon. sonby and Mr. Randolph. The numbers were consequent' made up by as many members of the Montpel;er Club, whic': meets at this ground. The match w•as commenced by th 4 Gentlemen. The score was as full, ws Olen the stumps wet-4 drawn for the day ; —The Gentlemt lall t 7 ithe Players, 16. 16656 d ;.-- Is 0 roe 4 l ot 7, r;e5.7