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

11 to le fought. Jought• rill WO neat of 's after, De . of the uty for a rail- autbo - ha t ever for the arc not er cent. cash ; )0 real§ 1, done. The Rouen, ings in will be e num - D killed Lt there aris oil sdap mother arrived subject 'bout to r of the by th e irecting lenel to d to be Are Pet viers 0 Lent to tir Th. tisteool Lion of ;curing lin Met n. 0° " hie 011 the iv, line of lose of repor t itteroPt ays 9 ippos ea Isols 00 ice r 1 28 °I. o, v 14 0 7 38* 2 51 1 / 4 4•J to tb~ , o re o~ P , s witnesses, He saw the Prince of Wales coining down the .ozet the morning of th e acc id en t, at the rate of about twelve a hour, and making a very heavy swell. Witness had been r"rted with the river 35 years, and considered that it was not 4 or 'My steam-vessel to go down that part of the river at the aftw elve miles an hour. If the Prince of Wales had been ab out - five miles an hour, in the opinion of witness, the tent would not have occurred. t sell of by Mr. BODKlN—Witness believed that the af the Isle of Thanet helped that of the Prince of Wales, but ,i sq t h a 'well of the latter vessel was sufficient to sink the boat. ect ge Maddox, an i ns p ez t or of the Thames Police, also corro -I,„i'atl t he evidence that ha been adduced. ' "eaamined by Mr. CLARKSON—The proper rate for steam kir") go down the River was about five miles an hour, but they Iy o rY went much faster. Culd not sy that he had ever seen lis k th e Members of the Corporation go down the River in ve ssels at the r a te of ten or twelve miles an hour.—(Laughter.) n k ti "er seen the Lord Mayor go down the River in a steam at all. ---(Laughter.) k kt "et witnesses were called, who gave similar evidence as to the bytit and Its causes. e y aecretary t o t h e L on d on an d M arga t e St eam P ac k e t Corn ktkirwhe was called on behalf of the prosecution, in his cross. exa k, e ns stated that the prisoner was a careful, steady, and sober ly a° had proved himself an excellent servant to the Company, ky Property thesteam-vessel was. Witness had never heard of on the part of the Corporation of London of the rate ic h their vessels went through the River. All the steam s Went at the same rate. N 14 11, 141 Fisher stated it to be his opinion that the course !Pr' . in the present instance to unmoor the Culloden was a most ot.r o eat`, and one that he would never allow to be pursued to kiessel under his command. He had known the prisoner for liwP a ras and always considered him an experienced captain and man, hit kr closed the case for the prosecution. rent then addressed the jury on behalf of the accused, i l t‘v.,mt that it had not been proved that the swell of the Prince i s s team -vessel alone had caused the melancholy deaths that Ott Place, and that therefore he could not be found guilty of tha n laid to his charge. No one regretted the occurrence I sisp i „ an the accused, and no person, as he should be able to 11 a t a more careful jr sober captain. 1 4 - :ase had not concluded when our paper went to press. kl47Con d e C rassler, Secretaire- General du M i n i stere de l a Jus 4'"Ca ()tithe Bench during the whole morning. 1,4 t a NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) 01; 1, - 1 41 ArtTINE made an application to the Court on behalf of "rt; ips _*Yi the registered proprietor of the Dispatch weekly news pr,:er the following somewhat novel circumstances of news. La. -'clition. The prosecutor in this case, a person named na Otitl d h a commenced some time ago actions against the proprie -4 c t aispatch and Sunday Times, for an alleged libel, pub .i. 71% h - their journals under the head of " Thames Police." - "t*h„ps, however, were subsequently, for some reason or 'he N I ; did not appear, abandoned by the plaintiff, and yester 'claten,erwood) went before the grand jury and obtained bills of i ln "‘• The bills were returned at four o'clock in the a ft er. 4 4 ' at six o'clock Mr. Ashley was taken into custody, and t i4 ed in gaol up to the time of this application, the object of A rr as that h e b e l i berated on b a il. Co ok. mmcd4 SER GEANT immediately granted the application, 'creed that it would have been much better if, in all such 41: 4 . t he present, the prosecutors should go before a magistrate 14 ur n instance, or the defendants should have some notice. 1, 4 ' Ashley was immediately released on bail. ly,,,*rellauz DEPRAYITT.—INCANT HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— 4,iralltiTe children, of no very prepossessing appearance, "lobelia Ipin, aged 12, and Anne Gardner, aged 11, were 1 ,, f or stealing a pinafore and a pair of shoes, the property of 'ti„, *r cli from the person of James Ford, a child about three k " ate. live, . th - re tt on the 2d intant te wretched littl girls de • 1 * Child under the dark s arches h of the Adelphi e , arid than 7 stri (. 4 , PPed him of the articles of dress set forth in the in. left him in the dismal vaults almost frightened to 1 8 ° , 11e pet sons passing, attracted by the poor little fellow's t' l o4,. * *roe to his rescue, and he was restored to his mother. 4 os t ,: °h ers, who even at their tender age are what is termed Ilk; c haracters" were soon afterwards apprehended. 41114.e.,:ere found Guilty, and k i 4 SION SERGEANT in passing sentence on them, observed, i 4 Sh ould see that they should be placed in the House of Oc- I:C 1 Where a chance would be affutded of redeeming them ce *rid destitution. 15 1 s. tY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. o t CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. gtts . ;:',Ltten Market at Liverpool yesterday, was firmer. I )e :'"u to 6,000 bales, at previous rates.—Shares were q tr. 'aunts of April 2d from Melbourne, per William ; ie infer that matters must be tolerably prosperous - i kt t t, ° l . the squatters' balls, cricket matches, races, and tell a tale of light hearts, but, may we hope, not of ,t 9 ,7 4 kets. There had been a great many robberies in i ‘ err' to last night's Gazette, we find again that there i, 1 : 4 1147, 11 ed circulation, the total amount of notes cancelled d epartments being 253,960/. The private deposits have QlV.,lthdrawn so ai to occasion a diminution from kl(i;,' B ° l - to 8,973,4011., a larger reduction than for a i t ,e, Past, and which is perhaps the more to cheap,oh p ,oecause money continu;!s comparatively `4 4 "`emporary placing in the different metropolitan banks s e ti Count of deposits returned to the new Railway Coln , i t Y the Accountant-General in Chancery. The public 0 }Are a gain larger, by 935,1961. The seven day and L 4 ,4,1 4 ,'s have increased by 324,1261., amounting to 1 14 R .'''• The Bank, therefore, has increased its discount , 4 06' The other Securities have been augmented by Lf rue Securities have been very steady , but there is Leb. e " , doing. Consuls realise 99 to V s . Exchequer-bills jr,Ce,7tl49s. to 51s. premium. New Three-and-a-Quarter V t 4• are 102 zy t , and Bank Stock is worth 211 to 1 401) ,t South American investments there is more dispo kNo speculate, and prices are tending upwards for la, and Grenada stocks. The former has been 3 3 % 'l4 - x%.the latter 2334 for the Active, and 5 1 / . for the De tcdiav,ortuguese 4 per Cents. have realised b 4. Mexican 1 , 4 141, pe 34 3 / 4 to 35. Dutch per Cents. have been at Ili ssian Stock ex-dividend is quoted 116 1 4. w are Market is very good again, and prices generally illti.Zt advance. All FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) a auk Stock 211 1 % 211 Par Cent. Reduced Annuities n 3, 19 Per Cent. Consols Anna evr 3 1 4 per Cant. Annuties lO2 A 34% Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 u 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 ll% rdis Stock 2 7 2 'Mitt Bonds 1,000/ Ditto under 1.0001 69 1/ 0 141 k Stock for Account. 2ll i naols for Account 99 % edla Stock for Account 272 ,i,Nuer Bills. I%d. I%cl. . wit/. 5 00/. ... .. 'Ditto S .- ii ****** - **** . .. - 53 51 pm. I,'ti ~, ma OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds. 17% Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... 90 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 3 4 3% 35 Ditto Deferred Stock l9 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 39 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. . Ditto, Annuities, 1855 •••• 6 1 ,4 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent... 1164 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred . Granada . . 311 Do. Deferred French Scrip, 5 per Cent l2lf. •-•-c. Exchange. ik - Dutch 2% per Cents IN N Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 100%14 . SS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCE. ; tle t i m . RArLWAYS. PAID. Ptn SHARE. A i r, Coleraine, Portrush 1% 2 to ha ~ghani and Gloucester 100 d t o .Fhani and Ill t "ql•On itl and _, . L', Exeter New q l t t ti ar it t .t an Gloucester w t 4 tr. Opq,3, Nuneaton, Bir., N I- eicester 1 e li tttic 01 - o rthern bNo l and Galway 2% 2% to Vit t A4, ll and Glasgow %t 'ew 4 Shares 5 13% 14 3 / 4 to 14 Vit t ' , nth and W. (Irish)... 15 t i tti t ~c 1 Extension - to ‘,.t 'N.„9rth of England 100 80 ... -220 D' _n 2lB ...... to llLit' i) 6 Shares 5O ll B l-A to 117% t i l l tc I'M' s bi t I_ ll ll Selby 2(4 50 — to li s it e :_, 'Half Shares ti t i o :r and Bedford 22s. 4 . " and Birmingham ...100 22 51 225 to 227 IP tv rli L itt, Thirds 46 4 . to Ne4 t w Quarters t b c , 4 . 'lCand Blackwell 16%...... 101,4%34 to to lkl w d Noo e n and Brighton - to Lbo l , z arid Croydon 131. 15s. 9d. 25 3 / 4 % 26 to 25% 64 • Itio 2 . 1 „ 141itti: N ew South Western 41% 7B to k m,,,, , ,ew 2% Nu to ea Y0rk...... ...... 2% ...... 5 1 A%- to bi,.lestet and Leed s • 76 .. -209 1 / 2 ' to 1208% ~ ,,,,,o 1 , i r ult to A Shares - ,ltit Sixteenths kb 4: 8 1e r and Birmingham 40 1 / 4 11, 0 1, N .,,,ew Quarters......... 2 'll 2 Buxton, & Matlock 22s ......7 4 0 i , ll to " N lOO 174 ew iiitij-ttastle and Berwick I: ',.rth rk i , and Sheffield l% 3% to l i .ui tt - uritish Oto s ° , New 1 ..... 9%%... to slet.i; o t t affordshire . I Di tt ell and Brandon l4 .. la k rDr ( ?' N ew 1 t ° rt u ,., and Worcester 2 l /2 7%4... to ,i ,, ,, ,, h t „, 0 .5 u1h Direct 4 ) 11) . 1- • ' i'; l . 1 h ol t l ev,„ urcester. and Tring 1 ti V' •lerefrd &N. Wales 2% ...... 4A, to eo4ti ,Irclland 22s. bi t i". o aBter n and Dover ... 33 1 4-- ..... to 8 . 1 1. th . 1 ,-ew, No. 3 2% 8 i lk ~ ales - to a rk : h all(' Richmond........ 1 Ditto'''',, North Midland ... 50 ......108 txtencion l4- 254 ...... to 24 3 / 4 h_ lic)l ll%,,-, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. tit 4 td r 7e and Amiens 6 ..... 10% to 11 i., ttb, ~allev ' Net - I; ll Q:fish 3 . .. 8 N tl.4feerthern of France • k kl / 4 .D t e; B) * t , , i 4 a.n z , °. ‘Rosamel's) ..... ... 2 ..... 2% 3... to 11 r leit tl i a lld Liege 4 ...... 5%%... to I. 4 .ris ai1 , 1 n,, 1 Bordeaux ... Fris atv ., 1 -Yons(Larlitte) I ,ari, 4,...'1,Ly0ns (Ganneron's) 2 .... .. 2%4 t o (Colon's).- 2 .... 2 1 / I:4:tii::l4•NTl:idottr ika thk nue f rnsg S ( P G ai a n nnern's) 2 2 4 eir - del k MINE. "Ite,Unregibtered t I 81 • a aid that Sir R. Peel has settled, out of his .puree, 4001, a year on Mr. Bonham, late of the Ordnance. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, AUG. 23.—Wind S. tight lifeeie and fine. DEAI„ Au°. 5.W.,: moderate.—Arrd. Royal Alice, China; Britannia, Coulthardt!St. John's, New Bruns wick. Arrd. from the River, True Briton, Consett, Cape of Good Hope. Arrived from the River and sailed, Everetta, Darley, Sydney; Vernon, Cross, Calcutta; Lady Caroline, Burns, St. John's, New Brunswick. LivEnroor., AUG. 22.—Wind W., light.—Arrd. Don, Queriple, Tabasco; Archelaus, Bantilli, New Orleans; Sara , ‘ wak, Miercken, Philadelphia. Sld. Ironelde, BroWn, Macao ; Serena, Roberts, Berbice i Espendaia, Barston, New York. The Mayflower, of Exeter, from London, struck on the west end of Barbe Bank yesterday evening and sunk ; crew saved. NEWPORT, AUG. 21.—The Experiment, Scantlebury, from Fowey to this port, sprung a leak yesterday evening, near Lundy Island, and sunk; crew saved. WIIITEIIAVEN, At:o. 21.—The Mary, Hurst, from Dublin, was driven on shore this morning at St. Bee's Head, and is expected to be a wreck ; crew saved. gPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. ((RECEIVED THIS DAY.) YORK AUGUST MEETING (CONCLUDE - O.—FRIDAY. Match ; 100, T.Y.C., Mr. Scott's Malt, Bst 10Ib (Francis), beat Mr. redley's Benevolence, Bst 51b; 2 to 1 on Malt, won in a canter. The Consolation Scramble (Handicap) Stakes of 5 sovs. each. Five furlongs: Mr. llartlano ; The Cotsiek Maid; 2 yrs, 4A 111 b --• Lord Cliesteftield's '['wig. 3 yrs, ist Mr. Wovenden's Miss Burns, 5 yrs, 6st 3 The following also ran :—Captai❑ llarcourt's Sir Ab strupus, 5 yrs, 7st Mb—Mr. Fox's Psalmsinger, 3 yrs, Est 111b—Mr. Carter's April Noddy, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Mr. Gaunt's Isabel, 6 vrs, 61b—Mr J. Peck's Peel, 2 yrs, sst—Mr. Os baldiston's sister to Fickle Wild Hose, 2 yrs, 4st 111 b—and Mr. W. Scott's Dritlie'd, 2 yrs, sst 101 b. 3 to 1 against Sir Abstrupus, and 6 to 1 against the winner. Th. Cossack made her own runring, and won by two lengths. Match ; 150, 50 ft. One mile and a half. Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat, 7st 71b (Nat), beat Mt. Meiklam's In heritress, Bst 71b, by a head; 7 to 4 on Sweetmeat. The Great Yorkshire Stakes of 10 sons. each, and 100 added, for three vrs old. One mile and three-quarters. (104 Subs.) Major Yarlurgh's Miss Sarah Lord G. Bentilick's Miss Elis (Nat) 2 Auo. 21.—The Thomas and Ann, Carter, from Spalding, has been assisted in here, after being on :here at Paull. MIDDLESBOROUGH, AUG. 21.—The brig Jermet, of Shields, in leaving the Tees this morning grounded on the South Bar, but assisted off leaky, and brought into the harbour. Mr. Bennett's Hope (Marl°l 3 SCARB3I:OUGH, AUG. 21.—The Henry, Ruddalk, 4, and from Stalkton, drove on shore at Filey, 19th inst., and became a total wreck ; part of cargo saved. Sir R. Bulkeley's . Chertsey ...(Butler, 4 Mr. Salvin's Marian Ranisay (Bumbf 5 Mr. Harker's Robin Burns ...... •.. ...(Whiles 6 Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale (Marson 7 Mr. Headlam's Badinage (Lye 8 Colonel Cradoek's Jinglepot ...... LOWESTOFT, AUG. 22.-L - The: Sovereign, Raper, from this port to Goole, foundered 20th inst. off the Lernmon Light ; crew saved. AMSTERDAM, AUG. 19.—Two quarter boards marked May flower in large gilt letters, have been picked up in the Wielingen Channel by the Flushing pilot boat, No. 1. The Vereeinging de Baer, from Bordeaux to this port, put back to former port 111 h inst. with mast sprung. EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. Captain Pei ton's Magnet 13etting-L6 to 5 agst Miss Elis-9 to 2 agst Annandale-5 to 1 agst Miss Sarah-5 to 1 agst Hope—and sto 1 agst Jinglepot. Hope and Miss Elis made nearly all the running alternately to the Gravel-road, where Miss Sarah joined issue, left them at the distance, and won in a canter by four length, Miss Elis•getting second place by half a length-- nothing else up. The Members' Plate of 50 sous. Heats, mile and a half. The Romeo, Pollock, arrived in the River from Calcutta, reports having on the 17th inst. in latitute 49 N., and lon. 10 40 W., passed through amongst the ships of the experi mental squadron, and spoke the Vanguard, who desired to be reported. All well. Lloyd's, Saturday morning. Mr. Cook's b m The Shadow, aged (Lye) 1 1 Mr. Allen's b c The Duke of Kent, 3 yr= 2 dr Mr. Osbaldietotes b f, by Albemarle, 3 yrs 3 dr Won in a canter. The Knaresmire Stake of 100 sovs. each, 30 ft for three-yrs old and upwards. Mile and three quarters. _ _ Mr. Hesseltine's be c The Helmsman walked over. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. ST. LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 8 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Merry Monarch—taken 12 to l agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin 20 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Paella 20 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland 25 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron 25 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen—taken 35 to 1 agst Lord Mi'town's Duc au Durras—taken. Miss Sarah was backed for at least 2,000/. by a Noble Lord. T 1114.1 S L N, DONI, PATURDA. I' EVEN ING, AVO UST *23 i 845. Wales, 5 1 ;—Exeter and Creditbt; 9, 1 i-z.'iEreter, and Dorchester, % prem. fiUDDERSEIELD, AUG. 22. STOCK EXCHANGK.—The sales are—Great Grimsby Dock Extension, 15s. pm.—Shrewsburv, Hereford, and North Wales, 3 1 ./ 2 —Dandee and Perth, 4., 1 .,-lluddersfiel.l at.d Sheffield Junction, 111 i ex new—Manchester and Birkenhead Con tinuation, 15s. pin.—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 3. 1 4 13u-L , Sotttlf Midlands, fit/ pm. 11FTLL, AUG 22. STOCK EXCIIASGg.—the sales are - - - Durliam and Sunder. land New, 41. 18s. 9d.—London and Croydon Ner . , 15/ 4 —York and North Midland Extension, 24 1 %-Blackburn, liartfien, and Bolton, 9—Grimsby Dock Extension, 2%—North British Half Shares, 9—Derby and Crewe, 3—East Lincolnshire, 14s.—Great Eastern and Western, 2s. 6d.—London and Bir mingham Extension. 19s. 6d.—London ansi York, s:34—New castle. Durham, and Lancashire, 28s.—Nottingham, Belyoir, and Grantham, 315.—Nottingham and Boston, 12s.—Not tifigham and Mansfield, 25s.—Rugby, 2%—South Midland, 6A; --•,heffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 3!,; i —Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 4. YORK, AUG. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Union Exten • sion, ;OA -Midland, New, 26 1 4-Newcastle and Darlington Junction, 53-North British, 31%-Ditto, New, 9 1 4-York and North Midland Extension, 24%-Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 7Y B -Leeds and Bradford, 55 1 ,1 -f, iver pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 7-London and York, 5%- Manchester Buxton, &c., 81,-Newcastle and Berwick, 24-W akeZuld, Pontefract, and Goole, 48. EDINBURGH, Auo. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 31. 6s. 6d.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. I Is. 6d.-Arbroath and For far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares,lsL-Armagh and Portrush, 2/. - Bardfsh ire, 2/. Is 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3/. Bs. 6d.-Bel fast and County Down, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 31. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 10s.-Caledonian Extension, 2/. 165.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/. 17s. ad.-Clydesdale Junction, 9/.-Direct Northern, 2/. 55.-Dundee and Ar broath, 371. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, ISL-Dundee and Perth, 4/. 6s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 6s. - Edinburgh and Glasgow, 881.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New, 15/.-Edinburgh,Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 17s. 6d. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 261.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 16/. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 11. 125.-Ditto, New, 1/. 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 155.-Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 145.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 891.-Ditto, New Stock, 22/.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 31. 10s.- Glasgow and Neilston, 21/. 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 41/. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 35.-Glasgow and Greenock, 21/.-Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 55.-Ditto Pre ference, 2/.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. 15s. 6d.--Inver ness and Elgin, 1/. 2s. 6d.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan,s/. 155.. -London and York, 41. 10s.-Londonderry and Coleraine, 3/. 17s. 61-Londonderry and Enniskillen, 31. 155.-Monk land and Kirkintilloch,33l.-Morayshire, 11.-North British, 31/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 55.-North Wales Mineral, New, ss. -Perth and Inverness, 2/. 25. -Scottish Central, 71. 125. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 7s. 6d.- Shrewsbury, Os westry, and Chester, 4/. ls.-Slamannan, 181.-South Midland, s'. 18s.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 155.- Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltncss, 39/. NS. 1 Receipts of Ran date to which the 'ceipts of the same Last week. . MARKET NE WS.-- 7 -(THIS DAY.) COVENT'-GARDEN. We had again a very large supply of both Fruit and Ye gttables on sale, and the demand was somewhat active. HUNGENLFORD. For the time of year, the supplies of most articles were by no means large, yet the demand was in a sluggish state, and prices were not supported. NEWGATE AND LEADENRALL. Prime mutton was scarce, and in good request, at full prices. In other kinds of meat, a fair amount of business was doing at our quotations :—Beef from 2s 8d to 3s Stl ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; veal, 3a 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 2s 8d to 4s 4d per Slbs, by the carcase.— Grouse were tolerably abundant, and in fair demand, at from 4s to 7s per brace. Fowls were plentiful, at 5s to 7s, and klucks,4s to 6s per couple. In other articles very little was doing. NEWPON.T. We had rather an inactive demand here, yet prices under went no material alteration. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots produced from 6s to 17s, Cod fish 2s to Bs, Lob sters 8d to 3s, and Whitings 4d to 10d each ; Soles 8d to 3s per pair; Mackerel, 183 to 28s per 120; Oysters, 28s to 42s per bushel. V7SITECILILPEM We had rather an inactive demand at our quotations. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, I4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8t1; and Pork, 2s 10d to 45 4d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from B%d to 9d ; of Household ditto, bid to 8d per 41bs leaf. HIDE 11141.1tH.ET. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—liest Steers and Heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 10d; Middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; Inferior ditto, 4s to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per Skin : Market Calf, Gs Gd to 8s ; Lamb-skins, Is 3d to 2s 4d ; Shearlings, is to Is 6d. maitiovra. SMITIMELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ ISs to 4/18s ; u: erul ditto., 5/ to Si 8s ; fine Upland ditto., 5/ lOs to; 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4112 s to 61 6s; Oat Straw, 11 16s to 11 18s ; Wheat Straw. 1/ 18s to 2/ is per load. Supply but moderate, and trade rather (lull. _ _ CumnEnt.ANn.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 18s to 5/ ; use ful ditto, 5/ 2s to 5/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 51 12s to 51 lis , Clover flay, 4/ I2s to 6/ 3s ; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 19s ; Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 28 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 41 18s , useful ditto, 51 to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5/15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to 6/ 103 ; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to 1/18s , Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ per load. Trade steady, at late rates. New Meadow Hay 31 lOs to 41 12s 6d, and New Clover 4/ to 5/ per load. 0. T., AND ONLY A FIDDLER. BY THE AUTHOR or " THE IMPROTISATORIO— we extract the following from the Literary Gazette of this day. It contains one of the highest eulogiums ever paid to any work of fiction :—" What we thought of " The Improvisatore" is vouched by several numbers of the Gazette, in which we paid our tribute of applause to the originality and genius it displayed. And now, having read little more than the first of " 0. T.," we cannot resist the wish to tell the public not to wait for next week when we may point out some of its at- tractions, but at once procure one of the most interesting works which has issued from the press for years. Its pictures of Danish life are most natural and most admirable; its illustrations of super stitions, its descriptions of scenery and external objects, its touches of truth in character and incident, its exquisite drawing of children and children's minds, its naivete and lively and sallies, its world wisdom and imaginativeness, all briefly set before us, as if in flashes of light and intellect, possess so entire a charm, that we do not for a moment hesitate to say that this is a book which will afford the utmost gratification to every class of readers, and deserve a place among the most sterling works of fiction that ever were produced. Fredericka Bremer must look about her now ; for the Fates have ordained the appearance of another greater' than she, and the lite rature of Denmark will hardly bring forth a third greater still.' In short, this is a very delightful book ; and we feel certain of many thanks the sooner it is in the hands of the many friends who follow our advice in the choice of their reading."—Litcrary Gazette. ILLEGALITY OF INN TAYS.—Inc Excise have com menced laying informations against the occupiers of the taps attached to inns, hotels, taverns, or other public-houses, for selling exciscable liquors without license. A series of informations of this description were heard in Hull before the Mayor and Mr. Palmer, on Thursday last, when the facts being proved of the sale of the liquors, and of the occupiers of the taps not being the identical pbrties to whom the respective licenses for the inns were issued, the magistrate had no alternative than to convict, which they dii in :the lowest mitigated penalties of 121. 10s. each.—Yorkshire Gazette. • ' THE ORGAN GRINDING NUISANCE.—At the Queen square Polic-court, yesterday, Vincent Jaspereni, an Italian, was charged with disturbing a sick lady, by playing an organ near her residence in Chester-square, and was lined the full penalty of 405., or fourteen days' imprisonment. ,THE THET/S CLUB OARS MATCH.—The pair oared race amongst the gentlemen of the Thetis Club, for a pair of gold oars, came off on Thursday evening, and was won by Messrs. Soames and Fielder, after a very spirited race. SUDDEN DEATH OF A CHILD IN THE STREET.— Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Rising Sun, York-road, Lsunbetb, on the body of George Myer s Whiles, aged seven years, whose parents reside at No. 16, Haddon street, Waterloo-road. The deceased left home on Tuesday evening between five and six o'clock with his hoop, and whilst trundling it along the pavement near Waterloo-bridge, he suddenly fell down in a fit. He was picked up and carried into the surgery of Mr. Cooke, but he died soon atter from some affection of the brain. The jury returned a verdict of "Natural death." SHAM SMUGGLING.—At the Mansion House, yesterday, Henry Richardson and Peter M`Shane, the two men who had sold a dress to a servant as of "foreign" manufacture, which proved to be of insignificant value, and of English make, were again brought up and convicted. The Solicitor of the Customs said the Commissioners had instructed him to reduce the penalty to 1/. each, and the Lord Mayor ordered them to pay over to the servant the sovereign of which they had defrauded her. CRICKET.—THE GENTLEMEN OF SURREY V. THE PLAYERS OF SURREY. —This interesting match was resumed yesterday, at the new ground, Kennington-oval. When time was called and the stumps were drawn, the score stood thus:—Gentlemen, first innings, 1'47 ; second innings, S 2. The Players, first innings, 150 ; geeona innings, 16. The Players, therefore, have 44 runs to get to win. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY.—On Friday morning Major-General Pasley, the Government Inspector of Railways, proceeded down the Northern and Eastern Railway by the express train, to institute his official in quiry into the cause of the recent accidents on that line, and to make a further and more minute inspection of the roadway with a view of ascertaining its solidity. SINGULAR CASE or SUSPENDED ANIMATION.- Yesterday Mr. Carter went into an inquiry at the Windmill, Wynd ham-road, Camberwell, as to the death of Mrs. Mary Wells, aged 33, of Thomas-street, Wyndham-road. On Tuesday, about midday, the deceased was standing by the side of a corn binn, giving directions about the preparation for the dinner, when she sudden'y fell on her back on the floor. Iler brother went to her assistimce, and disco vered she was turning black in the face. Medical assistance was sent for, and on the arrival of the surgeon an attempt was made to bleed her, but only a few drops could be obtained, and she was pro nounced dead. Mr. Chabot, of lligh-street, Camberwell, surgeon, stated lie had often attended the deceased, who was frequently at .... tacked with suspended animation, arising front disease of the heart, and that was, no doubt, the cause of her death. Verdict, " Natural death." At the Bristol Assizes on Thursday an action was tried, in which Mr. Bromhead sought to recover from 3lr. Hall, an attorney, the sum of 1981., which the plaintiff had to pay as costs of an action, which the defendant Hall had defended without any autho rity from the plaintiff. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. At Liverpool Assizrs, on Thursday, an action was brought by a workman in a factory at Wigan, to recover one month's wages in consequence of his being discharged without notice. The case was of some importance, as it would regulate the decision to be given in many other cases of the kind. The plaintiff and others i❑ the same factory had " struck," though not for ',Wes. The plaintiff failed to make it appear that the custom was to give a month's wages or a month's notice, and he was accordingly nonsuited. IMPORTANT TO NEv‘SVENDERS.—CONTRADICTORY LAW.—On Friday, in the Court of Requests, Kingsgate-street, a case came before the Commissioners for adjudication, in which a news vender summoned a person for a small sum for "reading" the various newspapers. The plaintiff, in stating the case, said the defendant had been in the habit of seeing the papers daily, for which one penny per day was charged, and the present proceedings were taken to recover a balance due upon that account. Mr. Commissioner Dubois—Then you cannot recover, as you have been guilty of a gross fraud upon the Stamp office in letting the newspapers out for hire. The plaintiff— But lie was in the habit of coming to my shop and seeing them. Mr. Commissioner Dubois—That does not matter; it is a fraud upon the Stamp-office, and you render yourself liable to an indictment being laid against you for it. The defendant did not deny that he owed something, but from the dictum of the Commissioner in the first instance, " that the plaintiff could not recover," thought it would be his province to dismiss the case. This, however, was not done ; and in opposition to his previous opinion that the defendant was not bound to pay a debt contracted under illegal circumstances, the Com missioner ordered the defendant to pay the full amount claimed. A PALPABLE REASON.—Is the Duke of Richmond president of the Agricultural Association and a feeder of fat cattle ? Yes. Then why does ho allow his brother, Lord Arthur, to take office under a Free-trade Government. —Because Lord Arthur is a lean ox, and place is very likely to fatten hint.—Joe Miller the rovnger. THE CHARGES AGAINST THE MASTER OF THE AN DOVER UNlON.—Every necessary arrangement has been made by the Board of Guardians of the Andover Union for fully and satis factorily examining the whole case connected with the conduct of Dougal, the master. So greatly has the matter excited the public attention, that it is expected tie large room at the Union will be too small for the ratepayers, in which case provision has been made for an adjournment to a public room. A HUNGRY RAT.—Yesterday morning, a poor woman of the name of Walters, residing in a kitchen or cellar in Dudley-street (late Monmouth. street), went out at an early hour to purchase water creases for the purpose of vending, leaving her hus band and !Want asleep in bed on the floor. The father of tile child was awoke by the screams of the infant; on looking to see what was the cause, in turning down the sheet, a large rat ran from under it, and escaped into a hole, the child having been dreadfully bitten in the lett breast and side of the neck. The parts bitten have since been cauterised. We have been informed by the friends of Mr. Mordaunt (the gentleman who was seriously injured on Wednesday last by the coming off of a wheel of ono of the Notting-hill omnibuses) that he is going on most favourably. His injury is confined to a severe compound fracture of his leg. CONSECRATION OF HOLY TRINITY CHURCH AT Muiroti.—This beautiful structure having been completed, was, on Thursday last, consecrated by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ro chester, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Joynes (the incumbent), eon of Dr. Joynes, Vicar of Gravesend, in the presence of a vast assemblitee of the inhabitants and visitors of the town of Gravesend. DEVON AND EXETER RACES.—YaSTERDAY. The Second Class Home Stakes of 25 sovs, given by the Members for Devon, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 3 ft. Two miles and a distance. Mr. King's ch cby Glaucus, dam by Comus, 3 yrs (Lane) 1 Mr. Scobell's ch h Fox, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Goldworthy's b g Strap, 6 yrs Mr. Gregor's ch gby Elk, 5 yrs The City Members' Plate, of 501. Heats, one mile. Mr. Carillon's b m Carillon, 5 yr 5........ (Wakefield) 1 1 Mr. 'Teen's b f Wild Roe, 3 yrs ...... Mr. Pearce's b g Jack, 6 yrs Mr. King's b f, by Jack-in-the-Green, 4 yrs The Ladies' Purse of 25 sovs. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft. Gentlemen riders. Heats, one mile. Captain Crofton's br m Duenna, aged ...(Scobell) 3 1 1 Mr. Pearce's b f Florine, 3 yrs Mr. Craigie's ch f Chutnee, 3 yrs The Forced Handicap of 2 sovs. each, with 25 added, the new mile, was won in two heats by Mr. Pearce's Jack (Kitton), beating Mr. Feuwick's Fee, Mr. Goldsworthy's Strap, and Mr. King's Jack-in-the-Green. HOYLAKE RACES.—TUESDAY. The Birkenhead Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with 30 added, second to save bis stake. Two miles. Mr. Owen's br h Xanthus, 5 yrs (Bond) 1 1 Mr. Tempest's br h T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs Mr. Hayes's m Meg Merrilies. 6 yrs Mr. Thomas's br m Madame Vestris, 5 yr• 0 0 The Trentham Punch Bowl, with 5 sovs. given by the fund, added to a Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each, for ponies, was won in two heats by Mr. Davies's Jenny Jones, 4 yrs, beat ing Mr. W. Thompson's Zeharrah, 5 yrs, and his Mahomet, 5 yrs. The Adelphi Cup of 15 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each; three yrs old, 9st ; four, lOst 21b; five, lOst 101 b; six and aged, list; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold fur 50/. ; if for 40/., allowed 51b ; 30/., 101 b ; 20/., 161 b ; and 10/., 2st. Heats, twice . . round. Mr. H. Evans's bin Cerito, aged (201.) (Fowler) 1 0 1 Mr. Griffiths' b m Lucy, 4 yrs (401.) Mr. Walthew's ch m by Troilus, 5 yrs (201.) Mr. Hogan's b m Do-it-again, 3 yrs (401.) 2 0 dr Mr. Kirkham's b g Sir Robert, 5 yrs (301.) 3 dr ViEDNESDAY. The Royal Hotel Cup of 20 sous., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, mile and a half, was won in two heats by Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Hogan's Do-it-again, 3 yrs, and Mr. Shepherd's Moss Rose, 4 yrs. The Selling Stakes of 1 soy. each, with 10 added, twice round, were won in three heats by Mr. Evans's Cerito, aged, beating Do-it-again, 3 yrs, and Slahomet, a yrs. The Handicap for beaten horses was won in two heats by Mr. Griffiths' b In Lucy, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Hogan's Do-it again, 3 yrs, and Mr. Thomas's Madame Vestris, 5 yrs. PEMI3ROKESIIIRE RACES (coscurDED).—Tit URSDAY. The Haverfordwest Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added; winner to be sold for 1001. Two miles. Mr. Henderson's Lady Charlotte, 3 yrs (Moone) 1 Mr. Southby's Waterloo, 6 yrs Mr. :Jones's Giraffe, aged, and Mr. Child's Mystery, 5 yrs, were not placed. The Scurry Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added, about three-quarters of a mile, were won in two heats by Mr. Southby's Waterloo, 6 yrs (Sadler), beating Lady Char lotte, 3 yrs, Little Milford, 4 yrs, British Grenadier, 3 yrs, and Reservation, 3.yrs. The Handicap of 3 sovs. each, 1 ft, and 15 added, two miles, were won in two heats by Mr. Henderson's ch g by Sultan, 4 yrs (Moon), beating Pocket Venus, 6 yrs. NEWPORT (MONMOUTH) RACES. WEDNESDAY.—The Llanarth Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 15 added, two miles and a dis., were won in two heats, by Mr. Ball's Derision, 5 yrs, beating Mr. Bradley's The Duke, aged, and Mr. Dyke's Mystic, aged. The Pontypool Park Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added, two miles and a dis., were won in two heats, by Mr. Ball's Reindeer, 3 yrs, beating the Duke and Lop-Ear. The Farmers' Stakes of 5 sows. each, and 10 added. two miles and a dis., were won in two well contested heats, by Mr. Henry Smithies's Ware Wheat, aged, beating Mr. Cartwright's Young Tyrant, 6 yrs, Mr. Jones's Signora, 5 yrs, and Mr. George's Smallhopes, aged. Tnunsnay.—The Ruperra Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added, two miles and a dis., were won in two heats, by Rein deer beating the Duke, aged, and Mr. May's Lop-Ear, 4 yrs. The Llantarnam Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, two miles and a dis , were won in two heats, by the Duke beating Lop-Ear and Derision. The Hack Stakes of 2 soya. each, and a purse added, were won in two heats by Singer, aged, beating Forget-me-not, Young Tyrant, and the Moor. EASTEINDIA HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) The adjourned debate in the case of the Raja of Sattara, was resumed this morning at ten o'clock, at which hour Sir Henry Willcock, the Chairman, accompanied by the Directors, entered the Court, when he found his place already occupied by a Mr. Peter Gordon, and that Mr. George Thompson had taken his seat within the bar. Both gentlemen refused to quit their respective positions, upon which Sir Henry Willcock said that if Mr. Peter Gordon did not vacate his seat he would send for the officers and have him turned out. Mr. THOMPSON thereupon declared that the Court of Directors had a right to elect their own chairman, and the present course had been adopted in order to maintain that right ; but to show that he did not wish to offer any factious opposition to Sir Henry Willcock taking his usual place in the court, he would now move that Sir Henry Willcock do take the chair. Mr. PETER GORDON seconded the motion, upon which Mr. HOGG rose and said that he trusted the court would repu diate the motion altogether. Sir Henry Willcock had a right to take the chair in that Court ; he being the legally appointed chairman not of the Court alone, but of the Hon. East Inuia Com pany, lee trusted that no further obstacles or impediments would be thrown in the way. If there should, he should at once move that the Court do now adjourn. Sir H. WILLCOCC then said, pointing to the Chair—By virtue of the right which I legally possess, I now call upon the officers of the Company to expel that gentleman, Mr. Gordon, from the chair. Two officers approached and put their hands upon Mr. Gordon for that purpose, Mr. Gordon hereupon left the chair amidst a scene of confusion such as was never before witnessed in this Court, and which lasted for a considerable "time after, several Directors and Proprietors speaking at thd same time, Mr. G. Thompson's voice being heard above all the rest. The CHAIRMAN at length took his seat, and said that as the ex traordinary occurrences of the day must furm the subject of legal proceedings elsewhere, he trusted that the debate would now be allowed to gu on without further interruption. Mr. LEWIS then rose and addiessed the Court in favour of the resolution, and was left speaking when our reporter left. SUNDERLAND, AUG. 21.—During the past week the weather has been extremely wet, with frequent thunderstorms. The river has been much swollen, and, from the quantity of fresh water, it is'evident that the rain which has fallen to the west has been considerable. The corn crops in the immediate neighbourhood are laid, and in many instances have been seriously damaged. The crops of potatoes are extremely good, and as to-day a material change for the better has taken place in the weather, there is - a reasonable ground for believing that the harvest will not be, on the whole, so unfavourable in this district as was expected by many. On Monday evening a heavy gale sprung up, which continued, with slight inter missions, until Wednesday. Several vessels in the harbour were broken from their moorings, but no damage was done to shipping along the coast. MR. W. FARREN, JuN.—This gentleman, the son of the eminent comedian, has proceeded to Florence, for the purpose of completing his musical education, preliminary to a debut on the English stage, which, we understand, there is every reason to believe will be a decidedly successful one. The judgment pronounced as to his vocal powers, by some of the very highest authorities on the sub ject, is, it appears, unequivocally - favourable. As for ourselves, we shall hail with great pleasure any worthy accession to the operatic department of our tirania, at present so lamentably deficient, more especially as to vocalists of the male sex, and we shall hail the acces sion with all the greater pleasure in the person of a son of Mr. W. Farren. If the debutant in faturo gives his hearers anything like the gratification which it derives front his father, the Messrs. Farren, comedian and singer, will have to be regarded as public benefactors. . A POWERFUL ENGINE.—An engine of truly gigantic dimensions has just been constructed at the Broomsgrove station, on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, under the direction of Mr. M'Connell, the locomotive superintendent of that line, and, like her great contemporary on the ocean, has been appropriately named the " Great Britain." This iron giant has proved its power to be equal to the conveyance of upwards of 1,000 tons on the level rails., and has ascended the Lickey incline on the above railway, with a load of 150 tons, thus surmounting a gradient of 1 in 37, a feat of locomotive power hitherto without a parallel. The dimensions of this mammoth engine are as follow diameter of cylinder, 18 inches; length of stroke, 26 inches; six wheels coupled, 40 inches; having a tank over the boiler for a supply of water, and a foot plate sufcientl• large to hold boxes containing the coke necessary tier a trip up and down the incline. This is by far the largest locomotive engine that has yet been made—it is now in daily use, and is worked with the greatest facility. THE FIRE IN ALDERMANBURY.—Bradbury, Great orex, and ('o., were yesterday fortunate enough to recover all their books and valuable documents from their sate. LONDON AND WINDSOR DIRECT RAILWAY.—The inhabitants of Windsor are determined still to persevere in their efforts to obtain the royal permission for a direct railway from Lon don to Windsor, to enter the town either by a tunnel under the Long Walk, or by crossing the Thames to a terminus in Datchet-lane, close to the Home Park. A requisition 13 now in course of signature to the Mayor of Windsor for another public meeting of the inhabi tants to be convened on the subject. DEATH OF AN AGED FEMALE FROM CHOKING.- Yesterday morning a singular and fatal accident Occurred to an aged female named Jane Deacon, lately residing hi - Ann-street, Lambeth. She was sitting at breakfast, and whilst eating seine new bread, she was suddenly seized with symptoms of suffocation. 'A surgeon was sent for, who used all means to save her life, but she died hi conse quence of a large pice of bread Wing lodged in her throat. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN TIIE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TO SCOTLAND, 'NS IN ENGLAND, IRELAND. NAMES or RAILWAYS. Aberdetn • • • • • • • • • • • • .• Airdrie and Coathrid,e Arbroath nod l'orrar to Half Shares • . • . Armagh, Coln, & Partrush Bandon and Bantry .•..• Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down Birknlid,Lan.&Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'stcr 133 Do. Now (iss. at 7 dis.) Ditto Half Shares .. • . Birtninglan&Oxfrd.June. Blckburn, and Preston.. Blekburn, Darwn,& Boltn Button, \V igan, & Liverpl. Boston, Stainfrd and Birnt Brighton, Lewes, & Bast. Bristol and Exeter• ••• • • 92 Ditto Sew. Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and S. Wales June British and Irish Union • Cal edon . and Ayrsh. Juno I Caledon. & Dumbar. June I Caled- Man .• •••••• • • • • • 10% Ditto Extension • • • • • • Cambridge and Lincoln.. Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto ..Nctw Shares • • Ditto Half Shares •• •• Chester and II lyhead Cheltenham and Oxfoid.. Chichester and Brighton.. 31l Churnet Valley •••• • • • • Clitheroe Junction ...... Clydesdale Junction .... Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon Cork and Killarney .•••• C, , rk and Waterford •• .. Cork and Youghal ••• • .. Canterbury aid , Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall . ........ Derby and Crewe •• Direct Lon. and Manelistr Diss, Beceles, & Yarmoth Direct Northern .. • 2 Direct Non, ich .• •••• • • • Dubin and Belfast June. Dublin, Beliast, & Coir. e Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Galw. y . • • • • 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 . • 6%1)1 Do. Eerp. spr Ct., No 1 1% 1 1 Do. do. N 0.2 %I East Dereham & Norwich 2h East Union Ditto Extension .... • • 2% Edlntigh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow B9 Do. Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares 14% Edinb. Leith, and Grantcn -- Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.• Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles • • Edinburgh and Perth• •• • Ely and Huntingdon .... Enniskillen and Sligo ... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow • • Glasgow and Ayr. _....• Do. Quarter Shares .• • • Glasgow and Grecuock . Ditto New. ..• ....._ Ditto Preference ••• • • Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. 26: Gls,Tw,Kilmarnck, & Ard. I 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 I - 123% Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield - Gt Stlirn & Wstrn (Ithid) - Ditto Extension......- Great Munster.. •••• • • • • - Gt Northern of Scotland - Grt Northern of England 219% Do. New 401. Shares • • 53 Do. New 301. Shares .. 315 i Great Western 218 • Ditto Half Shares •• • • 116% Ditto Fifths ••• • • • 46% Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. - Marwieh .••••• • .. • • -• • - lludrslld & Man. R. & Caul - Huddersfield and Sheffield - Hull and Gainsborough • • - Hull and 5e1by..........- Ditto Quarter Shares • • - Ditto Half Shares •• • • - Inverness and Elgin •• • • - Isle of Jersey ••••• • • • • • - Kendal and Windermere - Kingstown and Bray •• • • - Killarney Junctions .•• • • - Lancaster and Carlisle • • 56 Lancaster and Preston .. - Leeds and Bradford .. • • • Ditto Extension ...... Leeds and Dewsbury • • • . Leeds and Thirsk • • • • • • • • Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Dirmingi.arn Leicester and Bedford ... 2 p Limerick and Waterford - Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. due. - Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Alan. E - .• Gt N. of Eng. - Liverpool and Manchester - Ditto Half Shares •• • • - Ditto Quarter Shares . • - Liverpl, Ortnskrk, & Prstn - London and Birmingham 225 Ditto Thirds. ••••• • • • • 46% Ditto Quarters ••• - • • - London and Blackwall • • 10% 1 Lou.&3lan.(Rernington's) 1 London and Brighton. • • 77%1 Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon •• • 2514 Ditto New ••••• • • • • 1%,„ Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. 7% London and Greenwich 10% Do. Pref. or Privilege.. _... London and South Westru 781 z Do. New Cons. Eighths __- 1)0. New, 501 Shares.. 16% Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York .• • • Ditto (Ilawtry) London and Windsor.... _ Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine 3% Londonderry& Enniskilln _ Lynn and Ely . • . • • • • • • • Lynn and Dereham . • ... M anictito half SharesiesranalL Leeds . , ds 2063 20E D Ditto Quarter Shares.. 36 Ditto Sixteenths • • • - M anc hstr and Birkenhead Manchester & Birminghm 6 3 Ditto Quarter Shares • 1( Ditto New Quarters . . Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury __ Buxtn, & Matlk 7 v Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Mancliestr & Southamptn • Midland..•• •• • Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • • Ditto New .••••• • • • • • 26% ._ Do. Con. Birtn. & Derby 1321 4 Midlnd Gt. Westrn (Irish) _ Do. Extension to Sligo - Newest' & Darlfurtn June. _ Do. New (Brandling).. 36 Newcastle and Berwick.. 24% _ Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwestle, Durham, & Lan. 3sz Newport & Abergavenny __" Newry and Enniskillen. • 2% 51, Newark and Sheffield . • . North B r itish . • • • • • 31 ' • ;1 Ditto New Shares .... Northern and Eastern .. 7 2 " - Do. Scrip (isS. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares • • __ North Devon .• • - North Kent • • •• ••• • • • • North Staffordshire •• • . 4 4 , North Eastern • • • • • . - North Union (A).. ••• • • • ___ - Ditt o (B). • • • • • • • North Wales Mineral.... __ 1 . Ditto New Shares •• • • __ North Western . North Wales ••••• • • • • • ___ Norwich and Brandon • . 22% _ Ditto New . • . ..... • 5% Not., Belvoir, & Grantlnia Nottingham and Boston.. Not t., Er wsh. Val.& Man. Nottingham & Mansfield _ Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester • 73 _ Oxford and Cambridge • . Perth and Inverness ... • - Portsmouth Direct ••. • • • 5 4 _ Preston and Wyre ••• • • • 41 4 Ditto Half Shares •• • • - - 1)o. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar - - Do. Pref. 5 per Ct.& div. - - Preston & Wyre Extens. - - Richmond &W. End June - - Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring 2% - 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 Junc. - Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe - Shrws.,Wolv.,Dudl,& Bir iihrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. - Shrws, Ilerefd,& 'lc. Wales 4 Slamannan ......... .• - South Devon . • • • • • • • • • • South Midland ••••• • • • • • Gig South Eastern and Dover 46% Do. Do. (i55.331.68. 8 d.)•• 2 Do. (iss. 301.) •• 3 77S Staines and Richmond .• • 2 Staffordshire & Shropshire - Stirling and Dunfermline South Wa1e5........... • 5% Tears and Dove Valley • • - Trent Valley .• ...... - 1)0. and ItolyhcadJunc. - Vale of Neatli • • •• • • • • West London, Old Shares - West End & Sothrn Conn. - Wexford acd Carlow •• • • - Warwick and Cheltenham - Waterford and Kilkenny - Watrfd,Wxfil,Wiek& Dub - Wakefield and Bradford • • - Wakftd, Pontefrct, & Gool - Wakefield and Harrogate - Warwick and London .• • - West Lancashire........ - Worcester and Tring •. • • - Whitehaven and Furness - 1)0. New Half Shares • Welsh Midlin id • We. t C0rnwa11........ West Yorkshire •••• • • . • - Wilson wit, M. & Coltness - Wilts, Sontrst, & Weyintli 4 Yarmouth and Nobv telt • - Ditto New . - York and Carlisle .••• • • • - York and North l'didland 108 Ditto Half Shares • - Ditto Scarbro' Branch - Ditto St•lby Ditto Extension .•• • • Yorkshire & Glas;.,•ow ITn - I 12 - 1 14. 5 % _ - I - 3 A i I 4 (3141- - - 3 %1 - j~~ 13`yl - EXETER, AUG. 22. STOCK ExcriaNGß.—The sales are—Ely and Bedford, 4% —Bristol and Buter, Thirds/ 1 0 %—cornwall, 31A—boatil i-; 1.4 Aug. 22. I 22. 8 c. 1,5 tg. lAug. lAug 22. 22. Q A 'r7; ~Clos'd{~u; -L. I 3 - -24%1 15 - 1 - . d; m%l 10% — aye I -- 7 - 4 % 1 = s - 111 !NI - 0, 4 1_ 4 % 1- -, A 2% !28s9d GO - —164 s 3 %1 - __ -_ 21141 --- 58s 2%1 2 I 2 . 2%1 lx3 143 A - . 14% - 13 - l 131 - 6USOU :%I 6%1- 127661)1 81b6d 511 .i - 1_203% - I - ~~1 a 5 - 10%i -- 44 4y, - 1 - 5N' 82 s6d I G ila p Ils p 3 4pl - 26%! 26 !% , 5236d ;al _ 146 3p, -- Al 5 41 • . ;4 mid: 2% 1 ..._ - I - -3%; 7%! - 2%! - - , 5133 d I y.l 127 3 % 1 LT - -_-_ . M 3ui 34 1 , : ~I ~~l= 1%1 40 - 3 3, RAILWAY RET UR RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following arc the Total ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the respective returns are made, together with the re week in the previous year:— Week ending _ 15 2lh 14 _ 19 _ 17 16 _ _ 16 - 17 _ 16 _ 16 _ 16 _ 16 NAME OF RAILWAY. Aug. 16 Arbroath and Forfar •.• .• .• •• • • 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•••• 16 74; 16 16 16 17 16 Is IS 16 16 16 16 20,032 Liverpool and Manchester • • London and Birmingham . • • • • •• • - • London and Blackwall.• •• • • •• • • •• •• London and Brighton. • • •• .• •• • • •• • • London and Croydon . •• • • • • • • •• • • • • London and Greenwich. • • • ..... London and South Western. • . 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, Corbel', and Orleans • • • • Paris and Rouen . Preston and Wyre .. Sheffield and Manchester • • • • . • South Ea5tern...........• Tatf Vale ....... ...... ............. 20,805 1,244 6,651 2,016 613 744 1,325 375 586 2,739 4,379 1,690 1,128 10,2E4 1,979 17,837 1,4E:6 5,913 19,228 1,264 5,579 608 908 7,419 922 3,532 6,932 12,486 2,156 2,157 427 1,836 5,469 6,235 Yarmouth and Norwich • ..... •• • • York and North Midland. •. • . •• • • 653 814 6,483 87* 532 367 3,052 6,339 HER MAJEST Y'S VISIT TO GERMANY. MAYNNCE, Ata. 18.—Her MaJesty left this morning for Wurzburg, at seven o'clock, in a carriage and four, followed by her suite in two other carriages, and escorted 1 % by a party of Prussian Lancers. The royal party expect to arrive at Wurzburg at about eight o'clock this evening, . but it is probable that they have not sufficiently calculated • on the slowness of German postilions. Salutes were fired as the • Queen left, and there was a slight additional bustle in the streets. Her Majesty and suite dined yesterday at the Government : houec with Ptince W;tliam of Prussia. They left at nine o'clock, • and returned to their hotel. In the afternoon, at three o•cluek, 1.4 the royal party attended Divine servic ein the Protestant Church. The Rev. Mr. Dunnage performed the service. A day or two may elapse after the publication of this communication before any ' further account of her Majesty's progress can be received in London. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. The sailing matches here, which have been kept up with great spirit, have closed for the present ; that between the Heroine and the Secret is put off till next week. The one that surprised every one was the handicap, when the Alarm, supposed to be the fastest yacht in England, was beaten, fairly beaten, in her own town breeze, a good stiff one too, by a small yacht of little more than 30 tons—the Heroine. All nautical men are perfectly astonished at it—it has caused quite a revolution in their ideas : weight for inches, time for tons, is at an end; not a word more about supe rior size must have it. It is said this vessel is on a new principle ; that the foot of her sternpost plumbs with her running tackle, and that though so small she draws 12 feet water 1 The town is thinning fast; the Marquis of Anglesey and family leave this day and to.merrow. Mr. Hallifax left Egypt House yesterday, and within a few days many (Abets will be off; there is generally a change at this season of the year, when numbers resort here for the bathing months (September and October). The royal children are still at Osborne House—that is, we sup pose so, as we have not heard of their departure ; but they are as little spoken of or heard of as if they were not in the island : we may almost say, " Oh, no, we never mention them—their names are never heard." Her Majesty is expected to return to Cowes on the 10th of September. A great number of workmen are employed ; those who knew Osborne six months ago would not know it know. ARRIVALS. Aug. 18.—Wyvern, schooner, Duke of Marlborough, from Liverpool. SAILINGS. Aug 21.—Emmeline, brigantine, E. N. Harvey. Esq., to the westward cruize ; Ganymede, cutter, I. H. W. P. Pigott, Esq., Plymouth, Bordeaux, and the bleditteranean ; Falcon, ditto, John 3u Beardmore, Esq., Plymouth and other parts; Peri, schooner, Captain Bulkeley, ditto; Noran, cutter, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., Cherbourg; Adelaide; ditto, Sir. R. Gore Booth, Bart., western ports; Georgian, schooner. W. Lyons, Esq., ditto; Gitana, ditto, I. Digby Murray, Esq., ditto; Nautilus, cutter, R. S. Wardle, Esq., ditto ; Flirt, schooner, Sir B. Graham, Bart., ditto. Aug. 22.—Vandal, cutter, R. Cooper, Esq., Plymouth and Ireland ; Caprice, ditto, W. Potts, Esq., ditto ditto; Charm, ditto, M. J. Higgins, Esq., Havre and Plymouth; Avenger, ditto, James Saunders, Esq., Plymouth; Sea Flower, ditto, Thomas Gibson, Esq., ditto; Peterel, ditto, Earl of Ilchester, Torquay ; Caroline, ditto, Colonel Vandelieur, Plymouth. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Xarifa, Camilla, Fairy, Maude, Resolution, Zephy — retta, Wyvern, Syren. • / Cutters—Pearl, Sparrowhawk, Alarm, Whim, Lufra, Forest Fly, Corsair, Nymph, Amazon, Osprey, Will.o'.the.Wisp, Tur quoise, Medina, Gauntlet, Intrepid, Phantom. Yawls—Columbine, Eagle, Flower of Yarrow. Lugger—Gulnare. SOUTHWARK ELECTION. MEETING OF SIR W. MOLESWORTH'S FRIENDS. LLeet n h s e t ;e: s v i e e i i k n e g t tat theme e meetingB o r o u g h t o o e p r la t c h e e i p n u t t p t 0 3 . e l a e r large e p t r o o m o m e t n o of t t h h e e election of Sir W. Molesworth. The Hon. Baronet, who was pre sent, entered into a lengthened statement of his principles, which appeared so satisfactory, that the meeting agreed to a resolution, pledgit g itself to support Sir W. Molesworth as a candidate for the representation of the borough. Among the gentlemen who ad dressed the meeting was the Rev. Mr. Aldis, who stated that he was a Dissenter, and was opposed to the grant to Maynooth'; but although he was so, and although the Dissenters of that locality were likewise opposed to that grant, they would still vote for Sir Wm. Molesworth. He knew Mr. Wall well. He was an able man, and a gentleman of great respectability and undoubted talent. Still he felt himself compelled to vote for Sir W. Molesworth. If it was possible for him to send to Parliament the man whom he should choose, then would he vote for Mr. Miall ; but they were to deal with possibilities. They were not to consider what they should like to do, but what was attainable.—(Hear, hear.) MEETING OF MR. MIALL'S FRIENDS. Last evening a meeting of Mr. Miall's friends was held at Knighton's Assembly-rooms, Webber.street, Blackfriars-road, for the purpose of hearing that gentleman's political principles. The meeting was numerously attended. Mr. Mista. addressed the meeting in strong and energetic terms against the Maynooth Grant, against the Poor-law, against the Commons Inclosure Act, and against centralization. Among the friends of Mr. Wall who addressed the meeting on his behalf, was COOPER, the Leicester Chartist, who told the meet ing he had only been six weeks out of Stafford Gaol, where he had been confined for two years, and where he would return for two years more in defence of the principles which Mr. Miall advocated. A resolution pledging the meeting to support Mr. Wall was then agreed to. MEETING OF MR. FILCHER'S FRIENDS. A meeting of electors of the borough favourable to Mr. Filcher was held last night whato was present, theridge House declared Hotel, himself in fav London-bridge our of - Mr. PILCHER, free trade on the most extended principle, and opposed to the Maynooth grant, because he considered it opposed to the princi _ pies of Protestantism. In answer to questions of different electors, he said he would oppose any grant of public money for Church 2 % extension, and that he would not support the Ballot. He was 1% asked if he would support Mr. Villiets's annual motion for a re peal of the corn laws. He replied that he should not like to be sent into Parliament shackled. The question should have his fullest consideration and moat careful attention, and he should act in a manner which he thoufht most conducive to the interests of 7" the whole country. Free trade was but a question of time, and ere long he was persuaded it would be carried into effect. Ile con - sidercd Sir Robert Peel was only considering the best and safest method of carrying it into effect.—(Cheers ) A resolution was then proposed to the cll.:et, that Mr. Pilcher was a fit and proper candidate to - represent the borough In Par - liament. The resolution was-then put to the meeting, when about one-half held up their hands' for it. On the contrary being put, there was a strong show of hands. The Chairman decided the re - solution to be carried. • The remainder of the business, comprising a vote of thanks to the Chairman, &c., was gone through amid considerable uproar and opposition, when the meeting separated, but not before a great - portion of it had given three cheers for Sir William Molesworth. ITOwICK, AUG. 21.—The Duke of Northumber land salved froth Leamington at .A.lnwicathis eveul4g at Eix, o'clock 922 WWI OFQ 4sl otoo gtuti from tlte COgo 14111410,1114. 17 — s6dp 1 13%1 41s p 6%pl LATE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Dformry, FR113411 MORNlNG.— Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the ffcte s►ed Crown Inn in this town, before Mr. Robinson, Coroner, upon the bodies of James Northwood, John North wood, Simnel Ilingley, Edmund Erans, William Holmes, and Edward Fletcher, six of the unfortunate colliers who were killed by the explosion of fire.damp at the TiYidale works on Mon day last. . . . The works where this disastrous calamity occurred belong to Messrs. Wagstaff and Skidmore, and are situated at Tividale, about a mile and a half from Dudley. _ _ . Before the men descended into the pit it was usual for the " doggy" to examine the chambers or galleries of the works with a " Davy lamp," but on Monday morning this duty was trans ferred to a young man named Hateley, who enjoyed the perfect con fidence of his fellow-workmen. About six o'clock the miners (24 In number), after one of them had inquired whether or not all was right, descended the shaft, and, with three exceptions, pro ceeded to work. Three other men, one of whom was Hately, finding that the ground was fully occupied, returncd to the mouth of the pit, with the intention of taking their turn of duty at night. The men had not been at work many minutes when three terrific reports were heard, and a body of flame rushed along the passages, where the 18 men were at work. Of these 18 men eight are already dead, and eight not expected to recover. The scene is described by one or two of the survivors as truly awful. In the first instance, great blame was thought to attach to the conduct of Hateley, but the jury acquitted him of any criminal mis conduct. It appears, however, to be pretty generally believed, that he inadvertently forgot to try the chamber over the " boat-hole" where the explosion took place, else it is scarcely to be believed that in so short a time after the men commenced work so large a volume of foul air could have accumulated in that position. The first witness called was James Cartwright, who deposed as follows :—I am a miner, and work in a mine at Tividale, belonging to Messrs. Wagstaff and Skidmore. I have been in their employ but a few months. I pre. vioasly worked in Lord Ward's mines. At six o'clock on Monday morning I went to the pit's mouth and went down with the second band. James Hateley and some others went down in the first skip. It was the duty of Hateley to go down every morning and search the pit for gas with the safety.lamp. On Monday morning, as usual, David Skidmore, the " bully, " told him to try the work, and he went down. When I reached the bottom I found Hateley with the lamp in his baud. I asked him if he had tried all the places. He said he had; he could find nothing where he had tried. He then unszrewed the top of the lamp, and I told him to put it on again, and try a hole in which I was going to work. We both went in together; he went in with the lamp, while I sat at the entrance. He returned in a few minutes, and said he could find nothing. I asked him repeatedly if he had tried every place. He said he had. He then went up the shaft. The reason of his leaving the pit was that he had nothing to do. Only three could work at holeing. The rest of the men were filling skips about 30 or 40 yards from me. If Hateley had remained below he would have been idle. I myself had gone with Hateley near to the part 'where the explosion took place; we could not find any gas there; this, as near as I can tell, was about 15 minutes before the explosion occurred. When the sulphur went off I was working a good way from the other men, and 1 think wo were at work only a few minutes before the explosion was heard. It made a noise like the roaring and rushing of wind. I saw the flames coming towards me mixed with smoke and dust. The wind blew out the candles, and before the flames reached me I threw myselfd,ewn on my face and escaped with a slight singe of my eye. I aas insensible for a short time after the flame had passed me, and lay for a few minutes. When 1 got up I could scarcely stand, the sulphur was so strong. I groped my way to the bottom of the drawing shaft and got a little fresh air. When 1 felt recovered I returned to search for my comrades. The first I found was James Northwood. He was lying on his face. I asked him to get up :but he said he could not. I raised him up as well as I could, and his skin peel:d off in my hands. I staggered out with him and returned for more. I found Buxton next. He crawled upon his hands aad knees; he is still alive, thank God. The others I assisted to get out, but it was a long time before we could search properly, because the sulphur made us so weak. Three horses were burnt. I remained, in the pit until the last. I have been a miner 30 years. lam now 60 years old. I think the usual means were taken to prevent gas from collecting. James Hateley was appointed to examine the " works " by the " butty," with the consent of the pit's company. It is the duty of the" doggy" to do this, but we had every confidence in Hateley. We all placed our lives in his hands. I cannot tell how the gas ignited. My opinion is that such a body of foul air could not collect from the time Hateley said he had examined the works to the time the ex plosion took place. I think he must have forgotten to search one chamber. James Jukes, an old man who has been a miner the greater part ' of his life, deposed that he had seen sulphur gather in half an hour. He was once burnt by an explosion that took place from gas which had gathered in as short a time. The explosion now inquired into did not take place until about eight o'clock. Cartwright 'oust be mistaken in saying that it took place a few minutes after they descended. The CORONER here remarked that there was one part of the evidence to him by no means satisfactory. If the men were not working near the spot where the explosion took place, how did the gas ignite? It appeared that the men who had been the principal sufferers were engaged in loading skips at a considerable distance from the chamber over the "boat-hole," and he should like to know how the gas came in contact with the candles. A gentleman In the room here handed a note to the Coroner, who then said that the information he had just received in some measure removed the difficulty. The note stated that he (the writer) had that morning waited upon Buxton,one of the sufferers, and found him lying in great agony. The surgeon had just told him to prepare for death, and with this prospect before him, he said that John Northwood and several of the other men went from the skips to the chamber, where the explosion took place, to put in a shot. They had just stuck the candles in some loose coil when the sulphur caught, and he was struck down. He said something also implying censure on Hateley. The CORONER Now observed that if the jury thought any more light could be thrown en the matter by an adjournment, he would willingly concur in that arrangement. The jury intimated that they were satisfied with the evidence adduced, and returned a verdict of Accidental Death. The CORONER impressively cautioned Hateley as to his future conduct. The bodies of the other men lie in another parish and county, and will consequently come within the jurisdiction cf another coroner. DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. SoUTII SIIII LDS, FRIDAY MoaNisu.—Yesterday evening in formation reached this town that an explosion had taken place at an early hour in the colliery at Jarrow, a small milling village on the river Tyne, and about two miles from South Shields. It was reported that about one hundred men were down the pit at the time of the explosion, and that these, with the exception of some men who were at work in the Ilensham Scam, had perished. This report naturally caused the greatest sensation throughout the district. Owing to the confusion and excitement which prevails it is ex. tremely difficult to ascertain minute particulars. The accident took place about two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at which time ninety men and boys were at work. The explosion commenced in the low seam, and its cause it is as yet impossible to ascertain. The Davy lamp and candles were used by the miners. The brat tice having been blown down by the explosion, the current of air was destroyed, and upwards of forty individuals perished from the after-damp. The greatest efforts have been made to bring the bodies to bank, but up to this period (e ght o'clock) only four have been brought out. The pitmen made almost superhuman exertions to rescue their fellow-men, and one noble-minded fellow, an over man, named Jacob Deity, lost his life from the after-damp, in at. tempting to save the lives, or to extricate the bodies of his com rades. A great number of men are now employed in restoring the brattice, and it is expected that during the day all the bodies will be brought out of the pit. This colliery has been in operation since 1804, and is under the superintendence of Mr. Joplin. Drewitt Brown, Esq., who re. sides in the neighbourhood, is the proprietor. (swam a COSRESPONDENT.) NawcASTLl•oN.Tti'Nu, AUGUST 22.—1 t is again our painful duty to record another of those dreadful calamities which so fre quently take place in the coal mines of this neighbourhood. The direful catastrophe occurred at Jarrow Colliery, near South Shields, on Thursday afternoon, at about two o'clock, and having just re. turned from the spot, the best account of the number who have perished by the explosion, as far as It could at that time be ascer tained, is about forty mess and boys, six of whom had been got from the pit, and four of them dead. The rest cannot as yet be brought out, seeing that the blast had broken down the brattice or wooden partition that divides the shaft into two compartments. It appears that two seams of coal are being worked by one shaft, viz. —the Bensham seam and the low main—and from the best informa tion I could gather, the explosion must bare taken place in the low main; but not being very well assured of the manner in which it did occur, I refrain from stating anything hypothetically, but shall not fail to make due enquiries, and forward them accordingly. The bodies of the other unfortunate sufferers will not be got out before to-night or to-morrow morning. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. TEN MEN DROWNED. (From the Caledonian Mercury.) DUNBAR.—A mod distressing catastrophe occurred here yester. day (Wednesday), by which ten individuals have been drowned. The Red Rover dating boat, of Buckhaven, with a crew of six men, William Thomson master, in taking the old harbour, about mid-day, was driven among the rocks and totally wrecked. Three of the crew were instantly drowned. The master got on to a rock and was saved. His brother reached a small rock, near the iron pole, which is surrounded by deep water, and covered at full tide, against which the sea was fearfully breaking. Many fruitless at. tempts were made to rescue him. As a last attempt, Lieutenant Wylde, of the Preventive service ; Mr. Lucas,' chief boatman, with four seafaring men belong to the town, whose names were David Darg, Peter Darg, William Miller, and Wil. Liam Clement, volunteered their services, and, in a fishing boat, boldly ventured out. They had nearly reached the rock when the poor man was washed off, but be kept up for a short time, and neared the boat. The crew had almost succeeded in catching his band, when a sea struck the boat and drove it among the rocks behind the pier, where, melancholy to mention, it was dashed to pieces, and the whole - crew drowned. The object of their solici tude was carried to sea, and met the same fate. It is distressing to think of the extent of affliction which this fearful even: has occasioned. Lieutenant Wylde, Mr. Lucas, Peter Darg, and Wil. Ham Clement, were married men, and all of them except Mr. Lucas, have left families. The two former were excellent seamen, and much respected in Dunbar. The state of excitement and gloom which this melancholy occurrence has occasioned among all classes is very great. It is not known what caused the Red Rover to attempt Dunbar with such a fearful swell in shore. She had not been fishing there for some days, and not more than six boats belonging to the station had ventured to the fishing ground on the preceding evening. It is thought that she was well fished, and from the circumstance of few Dunbar boats being out, expected a more ready market for her cargo. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Extract of a letter from Dunbar, dated August 90 :—" A fish ing boat, in trying to enter this harbour to-day at noon, In a rough sea, struck on a rock and went to pieces ; one man out of five was washed over the rocks and was saved. Another got on a rock with a certainty of being drowned unless a boat could reach him. Lieut. Wylie, of the coast-guard, with five men, made the praise• worthy attempt, but before they could reach him he was washed oil the rock and drowned, and, lamentable to state, a heavy sea struck the boat amongst the rocks, which was dashed to pieces, and all on board perished. Thus perished a brave officer and nine men in a few minutes, in sight of hundreds of persons, who could render no tqsistatice. THE MURDER or Eliza Gantwoon.—A private soldier of the filth regiment, now lying at Portobello Barracks, was charged at College-street police-office, Dublin, on \V • ednesday even ing, with being absent from quarters without leave. On being given into custody, he asked for pen and paper, remarking to the inspector that he would surprise him. His request being complied with, stated that his name was George Hill, was a native of London, as. son of a silversmith residing at Temple-bar, in the city; that he was the murderer of Eliza Grintwood, whose death caused such a sensa tion in London some years ago. The prisoner at the time was under the influence of liquor. The prisoner was brought before the magis trates on Thursday. After proper caution being given, he was asked by Alderman Tyndall if lie had any communication relative to his disclosures of last evening to snake. He replied, after some minutes' hesitation, that he had nothing further to state at present ; but Iv begged to be understood that he retracted nothing that he had stated lie was then remanded. DISCOVERY OF MR. GREEN'S BALLOON.—The remnants of Mr. Green's balloon were picked up on Thursday from the water off the " flats" or sands at Cline, beyond Gravesend, by a man named }Hintz, a shepherd. It was torn to pieces. REVIVAL or Bow 1' AIR.— ancient fair, and once popular place of resort is, after a discontinuance of above twenty years, again to be renewed. On Monday next the fair will be again large and spacious field, adjoining the old field where the in olden times wont to be held. It will be continued the f h air eld l l: as i a Wee Penning day a, LITERATURE. TILE DISPATCHES AND .LSTTET S OF VICE-ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NEL— SON, with Notes by Sir Nic.l.olls Harris N colas, G.C.M. G. Vol. II t._ _ In previous notices of this work we have already indicated our opinion of its merits as a compaaion to the Dispatches of Wellington and Marlborough. We need not delay, therefore, to characterise it again. The time occupied in the present volume is abort twenty months—from January - , 1798, to August, 1799. The contents, the editor remarks, " illustrate, perhaps, the most important, as well as most interesting, events of Nelson's life—the first of his brilliant victories, and the only transaction in his professional career to which blame has ever Leiter attached." The victory was that of the Nile ; the doubtful transaction was the trial of Prince Caraccioli, followed by the execution of that aged man. There is no occasion here to repeat what history has traced upon her adamantine tablet—the details of the defeat of the French fleet in Aboukir Bay, on the lst of August, 1798. Nelson's own dispatch, announcing the triumph, occupies a single page, but Sir H. Nicolas has very judiciously prefaced it by a more explicit narrative from the pen of Sir E. Berry, Captain of Nelson's own ship, the Vanguard—an account which particularly interested George the Third and the Duke of Clarence—by the log of the Vanguard, by letters from several of his cap tains, and by the official account which the French Ad miral Blanquet drew up. Such materials make the fullest and most satisfactory narrative yet submitted to the public. What more particularly has struck us is the fact that Nelson achieved his victories under circum stances of comparative difficulty. The winds, and even the tides, sometimes baffled him. Now, with steam to place a fleeti completely under command, it would seem as if nothing could resist our arms at sea. Yet, whether through carelessness or ill-judged economy, our naval force is not what it might and ought to be. Steam has made our naval force manageable beyond w hat the wildest dream of fancy could have anticipated 20 years ago; but, if the occasion should unhappily arise, might we rest assured that victory would so certainly crown our arms as when Nelson had command? Every man who fought wider him, had a conviction that defeat was impossible ; and perhaps this was the secret of his success. Con sidering our insular position, the best defence of England is to be found in her " Wooden Walls," and the Execu tive should be mindful of keeping these unimpaired; for to be ever prepared for war is the best wey to insure the continuance of peace. Sir Harris Nicolas defends Nelson from the grave charge of cruelty in the case of Caraccioli, publishes Ml the letters and other documents written by his Lordship on that and the preceding events, and puts into an appendix all collateral documents. In all of these he forms an opinion much more favourable to Nelson than has hitherto been entertained,—namely, that he acted only "iu obedience to a scrupulous sense of duty." The facts are very simple. In the summer of 1799 the French were driven out of Naples. Some of them, with certain Neapolitans who had joined them, and borne arms against their Sovereign, placed themselves in the Castles of Uovo and Nuovo. Cardinal Buffo proceeded to invest those castles, and Captain Foote, of the Seahorse frig-ate, with the Perseus bomb and the Sicilian squads n, speedily joined him in that service. An armistice followed, and the invested forts capitulated immediately after, the terms being that " persons and property, both moveable and immoveable, of every individual of the two garrisons, should be respected and guaranteed," and that not only the said garrison, but the Neapolitans who had taken refuge with them, should be conveyed to Toulon. But Cardinal Ruffo's instructions from the King of the Two Sicilies were that he should not treat with the rebels. Nelson came up. He believed that an armistice, and not a capi tulation—a preliminary, rather than a conclusion— had been made, and, acting for King Ferdinand, decided that the capitulation should Lot be carried into effect without the royal sanction, and this he grounded on the fact that he (Lord Nelson) had arrived with a superior force before the capitulation was even begun to be carried into effect. Cardinal Ruffo protested. Nelson insisted, and took the castles. The garrisons and the Neapolitans with them became prisoners. Caraccioli, a noble Neapolitan, had joined the rebels, and com manded the Republican gun-boats that bad fired upon the Minerva, bearing the King's flag. He fled from one of the besieged castles after the capitu lation, but a day or two before Nelson's arrival ; he was taken prisoner—brought on beard an English ship of war—tried there b' a court martial of Sicilian officers, convened by Nelson's warrant—convicted of treason in having borne arms against his sovereign—did not claim any protection front the capPulation—was convicted—sen tenced to death—and executed, by Nelson's warrant, as naval commander-in•chief. Sir H. Nicolas adds, "Lord Nelson's motive for ordering the immediate execution of Caraccioli is unknown ; but the magnitude and notoriety of his crime, and the supposed necessity, from the state of Naples, of an immediate example, seem the probable cause." It does tut appear that Lady Hamilton urged Nelson to severity in this case—indeed, it seems that he was impelled by a sense of duty. But it is a serious question whether the capitulation, once made, should not have been carried out, even though contrary to Nelson's own belief of the King's wishes and instructions. The letters from Nelson in this volume are highly cha racteristic. The postscript of one of them contains the ancient creed of a British sailor: •"There is no way of dealing with a Frenchman but to knock him down. To be civil to them is only to be laughed at, when they are enemies." In the appendix, already referred to, is part of a journal kept a'. Naples, 1798-9, by Miss Knight, daughter of one of Nelson's captains. We tui-juia a few pas- sages:-- " He says, that when he was seventeen years of age, he won 3001. at a gaming -table; but he was so shocked at reflecting that, had he lost them, he should not have known how to pay them, that from that time to this he has never played again." When Admiral Nelson's arm was cut off, the surgeon asked if he should not embalm it, to send it to England to be buried ; but he said, ' throw it into the hammock, with the brave fellow that was killed beside me'—a common seaman." " As WC were going in the Admiral's barge, the other day, looking at the ships and talking of the victory, Sir William Hamilton could not be pacified for the French calling it a drawn Inatle. 'Nay, it war a drawn battle,' said the Admiral, • fur they d.ew the blanks, and we the prizes.' " " The Queen has desired to have a portrait of the Admiral. Little Prince Leopold says, he will get a copy, and stand con tinually opposite to it, saying, ' Dear Nelson, teach me to be co Inlike you.' another passage, alluding to Nelson, whom she first saw after the battle of the Nile. she says, " Admiral Nelson is little, and not remarkable in his person either way ; but he has great animation of countenance and activity its his appearance : his manners are unaffectedly simple and modest." Another volume, we presume, will conclude this work, which really forms almost an autobiography of Nelson. CRI INAL COURT.-(FRIDAY.) - - SENTENCES.— George James ilungier, who pleaded'guilty to three charges of forgery, was brought up for judgment, and sentenced to be transported for life. In reference to the case of this prisoner, who was tried on Thursday with a person named Thomas Parker, who was charged with uttering one of the forged instruments, and which was reported in our paper of esterday, it should be stated that the verdict of guilty only applied to the prisoner Aungier. The evidence against Parker was exceedingly slight, and the jury se turned a verdict of acquittal. Elizabeth Newton aliaa Mitchell, who was yesterday convicted of being accessory before the fact to the forgery of a receipt of 441, with intent to defraud the Paddington Savings' Bank, and Ezra Bass, who pleaded guilty to the offence of actually forging the re ceipt, were brought up for judgment. Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN having commented on the aggravated character of the offence of the male prisoner, who had first in duced his companion to commit the offence, and then deserted her and fled to the continent, said he felt it his duty to order him to be transported for life. With regard to the other prisoner, the sentence upon her was that she should be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for two years, John Taylor, who was also convicted yesterday of a robbery at Buckingham Palace, was sentenced to twelve months' imprison ment and hard labour. DISASTERS AT Havae.—We learn by the Havre journals that the storm of Tuesday caused several disasters on the coast near the mouth of the Seine. Two English vessels were forced from their anchorage and driven ashore, and a sloop from Newcastle, bound ter Rotten, with coals, went down near Leure. The crew was saved in the boat: An English schooner, from Caen, laden with stones, went down in view of the town, and the crew, who had taken refuge in the rigging, owed their safety, in a great measure, to the exertions of 31. Lemetheyer, the lieutenant of the port, who, on the first alarm, proceeded to the jetty, and had the lite-boat launched, proposing a reward to any persons who would man it. Six English men at once offered to proceed to the assistance of their countrymen, on condition that a French pilot would accompany them. A young man, named Lefebvre, immediately offered Ininself, and the party rowed to the wreck. They succeeded, though not without great danger, in rescuing four sailors and the captain, whom they brought safe to land. A little sloop, with two men on board, was capsized near St. Adresse, and one of the men was drowned. The other was taken up, when nearly exhausted with swimming, by a fishing-boat. ERROR OF THE PRESS.—" Fulham-road.—Dear Nneh,—You were facetiously pleased to kill me in your last num ber. I beg you will bring me to life again in your next. My change of name and residence has deceived you. You evidently thought I had gone the way of all Metropolitan turnpikes, but no such luck, old fellow. You will find Inc about fifty yards down the same road, looking all the better for the change of air. The fact is, I could not stand the smoke of town at this time of the year, so I have taken this little box in the country. I shall be very happy to see you when ever you are coming this way. Till then, dear Punch, I remain, on the Fulham-road, your turnpike to conunand, TUE Satirproan-sturatz GATE, late the Queen's Elm, retired."—Punch. EXTENSIVE ROBBERlES.—Yesterday information of the following extensive robberies was circulated throughout the 0. s I i r n . Wild. gold, Me tropolitan and City Police : — Fr om the house of Mr. Rice, No. 27, aQiiltdeet7L-rseetreseit., Striotkinopitozni,,gtillendpronpoetertsy o F f ro 3 m lrs t . h l e Val boost 4 e of Devonport-street, Shoreditch, a small gold watch, with worked back surrounded by twenty pink topazes, a gold key, three gold seals, and a silver guard chain. From the house of Mr. Paul, 10, North-street, Westminster, two 51. Bank of England notes. a number of silver spoons, and other articles. From the house of Mr. Kelton, soap maker, Park-street, Walworth, a Cl. Bank of England note, about 71. in gold, an old crown piece, and 10/. in silver. From the house of Mr. Mitchell, No. 5, Hawley-road, Kentish-town, five 51. Bank of England notes. From a coffee • shop In Robert-street, Grosvenor square, the property of Mr. Avery, of High Wycombe, Bucks, five 101. notes, of the Reading Bank, and sixty , sovereigns. From the house of Sir. J. Spottiswoode, No. 16, Great George-street, West minster, a small gold Geneva chased watch, a short gold chain, a brequet key, and black ribbon, a small gold locket, like a hunting wateiVa gold brooch set with turquoise, a large silver vertical double cased hunting watch, a tortoiseshell double eye-glass, and half a sovereign. Front a house at Warwick, 1,0001., consisting of notes y for 101. of the Warwick and Leamington Banking Company ; and from Mr. Boyce, silversmith and jewe ler, No. 5, Lisson-grove, a a brilliant cluster ring, set with about twelve stones, a brilliant single a . stone pin, pearl pin and g )1(1 chain attached, a brilliant and emerald te union pin, a brilliant ring, a brilliant half hoop ring, a gold lever watch,, a gold guard chain, a brilliant pin, a goal Geneva watch, and ~ aprsocthizigfrisnatlthe morning, between twelve and one o'clock, the housekeeper of Williatn Grayshaw, Esq., residing In Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road, was alarmed by a strong smell of something burning, which she traced to ba p x a . ntry, where the footboy, Joseph Humble, slept. alarmed her he O r ls mi l t l ste E r l , DwihNo,GonieNnteßringED.tle YpaiettSrtyellual I e - S ti li te 'el e 'at u ti r Eo ta n i c n i: s and bed on fire, and the hid fast asleep. Ile at once '• dragged him from the bed, and succeeded in extinguishing the flames, which were confined to the bed an d curtains. It appears that the boy had fallen asleep whilst reading in bed, which he has been in the habit of doing, and the candle falling down had set fire to the curtains. FALL FROM A HOP WAREHOUSE.—OR Thursday evening a frightful accident occurred at Hay's hop warehouse, Tooley-street, Southwark. A man named Edward Thomas Secular was engaged in hoisting a pocket of hops to the third floor loop-hole, when he by some meal's tell out into the street. lie was picked up in an inseasible state and conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where it was ascertained that he had received a fracture of the skull, concussion of tie train, Fuld in;ury to the fi , *. Very slight hopes are.entertaihe4 9f his TecoVerr, 7 ' !: I - ;/i 1 ' 8, 1. 0 cou rt el .I,sre Y•) 0 5* , n or , of ef fit/