The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-07 00:00:00

.1_.,. irAL Con 3 P Bll the nt of /be Its of the • tors' Nrec Andru''' 31, EA.' ould 01119 e 1011 1 you I . ll li the 1 7y11 :cts. ar forw to-d 39 agents l a L I , h iy That loco t to ) owe.o ed r to m ittee. „ er attoll mittee_ .4 Mal lage d; an of ou ,wo of the sin, ma ns h, „i t in 0. 1- 6 1 bas r age kw:4 4- w e G° l To P,„o; .- nou y. ingt4? ) ;:a ye e re , -- f ig 1 vial .1, 11 1 rther, DoroPa i l t ' . by 1 1 '7 0 his am ide° f it exPr ess ajt eting ' t me n line The t wow" • • leci 0 . l g gain r e r - CoroP sl/ „, P !ars ir°"" o i o t Tges i d NA"— 5 the c ° t ri l; r: i f ) ts .e : t f a bi ani l• c •ve • nsti . es, le co l— of twel fe sco ntrY A 00 1198 al. teers Of ngr a ff. vinnell7oool mightbe dec..,aware, had been attended with a great deal of ,'" t Y, but at l as t t h ey had succeeded in coming to terms tr -- "eu were satisfactory to the Grand Junction Com- M Y> and such as would be to the advantage of the .propon and Birmingham. He was sorry that the osition for an amalgamation of the two companies 84chnot been agreed to when first proposed.—(Hear, hear.) ~.., a course would have removed a great amount of ditfi wny out of their way, and saved a great amount of heart bu • desirables was no use reflecting ru ing and foolish squabblinff. But that was past, and on it;' and the subject formerly so amalgam was 0 be submitted to them that day. By the ~„talgaination of all the interests proposed an immense ad ~:`_ntage would be gained. They would then command the ir e st direct line to Liverpool and the north generally, possess trafft ill e ost ample means for the accommodation of the through Die , and have the whole placed under one entire manage -It. Another advantage of this amalgamation would be that c ' t Tathey v,„.. 1 , ‘., kt. get rid of the competition for the Holyhead with. which they had been threatened, and, secondly, t te „, t _ltey . would command the use of the large establish if '" 4 t Urewe for the mechanical purposes of the entire line. be eftpelled to go to Parliament next session, they would w r re4 dY for it by this amalgamation; but, if parties who j_ e disposed to oppose them were sober-minded for that, 13 7 . Y_ .would be also ready. On all hands they would be pre ten 111oreover he would, and he wits sure they would, be ready t„ , . t d e e r s e ir s o ts suu nut to any arrangement to Fecure the public in that Parliament might be disposed to make.. He wag I._ . us that the fullest protection and accommodation should 'a given to the public. (Me meeting had not concluded when our report left.) ThE ANTIQUARIAN DISCO VERIES AT LEWES. relative our last publication, in which we ave some details wn, e to the interesting discoveries of g the remains of 411 aal de Warren and of Gundred his wife, daughter . o . f William the Conqueror in the excavations which the rail tal'el'S contractor is now making through the ruins of the i leier it Priory of St. Pancras, at Lewes, the interest which . e novelty of the discovery was then exciting has greatly t00 r22 ._ rini-7, and . the progress of the excavations, which will grounds i r a considerable distance through. the Priory and the . ro„anciently attached to it, is :daily watched by nume intaPeetators. A number of artists are also on the spot t'ing sketches, probably for publication in the illustrated a PerS. oh The Railway Company pan;sand the contractor, we are If a r''S to add, have lent their aid to the preservation of any Itotaher relics which the shovel and pick-axe of the a` navvy" natT ir ttl _ r n UP, by directing that in every case where b berthe, of the soil indicates a probability of other . relics earib g f all od, the greatest care shall be used in removing the itil'tirtlaer discoveries are thus described by the pen of W. H. - Lasuw, E Wh ose m., one of the magistrates of the Lewes bench, ti antiquarian researches, given to the world a short Me t i n . IVllat ,„ Ce i n his " Barons' War," have thrown a light over P o rtinr . i . % s a co lriparatively obscure, but highly important de 4 -- °L English the Battle of the Barons, under Simon ztel-ieo.tll,hlfeor,rd,anidn the reign of Henry 111. : _ t.Se%eral more skeletons have been found ;lying parallel to to all with their feet to the east. The bonesofprobably thi s a 'lave also been discovered among them, and into i as one of the founder's kin, on that account admitted e t aanctUary of the grateful monks. On the 30th t er d of the the escovery of another body t the ea h s e te r r e n st eg y ! h o rn n.excavation, which was distinguished . from thatnafverY r emarkable leaden chest at its feet. t The fo_r ., m . Il leter, 21. 4 ,ar,a 1 11, Ili inches high, and the same i . n di Ride s , 2;4lg,utly ornamented by straight lines down the -1. Intery i ne w loose -a sof three inehes, with a leaden top, be i nan .., ~but which has been soldered o . n the . lower part ; l IP by'V lt i°a can be detected. The interior . is nearly filled bY 4 quantity l:" l' coarse earthenware, fixed into its oi op and Cof red clay occupying all the space between. it lignicc outer ease --the urn contains a quantity of . saline . AM Y b„ in W hich are the human entrails of the adjoining t t"lrtoNti. thout the heart, according to medical testimony. la 48„,.. inches from the bottom of the leaden . case there Niptar-e'l, projecting tube, now closed at the . t orifice, which Tile p e Z , to have been designed as a drain o the vessel. one, b u r ... n ., thus carefully buried was probably dignified debote. ~,,,peetthter layman or prior nothing numerous w a remains to are yet t!,.4. aces of walls near these . .m r o ous skeletons batt "0 incomplete to justify any opinion as to the form il building which may formerly have covered them, Ilituateci.terna Probable that the Chapter House was here 'th em ee lltaio• new discoveries have been placed, with the cists lii a nl i ng the remains of William de Warren and Gundred . , iller' tilovlr Church, near the black marble tomb . which so nages Y co vered the remains of those distinguished pFr e,itrk o f: e ' , r ile,Y are under the care of Mr. Goldsmith, parish per ter `rontnover who gives an explanation of the in- Vacriptreg relics to ' those visitors who require it. A sub ett i i ( ) ; i ,s, opened for contributions, which are to be ap lighly -;„ Luc provision of a proper receptacl of these gniabi e , “deresting historical remains. This will be . ore the v i ai °r More costly, according to the liberality o kient f .., t qa l and we trust that the sum raised will be s . uf- W ertib."" Provide a place of sepulture to these remains, ber n , e : ( lf the station which the distinguished persons filled tez P r a tT 3sir tg to their mothere arth.-Brighton Gazette. !l cep sider • L INFORMATION FOR MALTSTERS.—We ot, th ,It Advisable on every occasion, to guard and eau ;Ave 2 e a , ,nest trader who mn be unacquainted with the Deitk,7lld therefore be liable to cy violate its provisions without .tater ge a nre of it. On the 27th of September the Board of fr om °e a general order, in rerence to the malt duties, l'i • thos,„le'll,Nve give the follow inc , extractor the information 4ad und ue w aoln it materially concerns :-" The Board have kalste, consideration various representations that many the pi:B compress their grain in the couch frame, and that Of fOrtilations for Preventing and detecting this description thi s nail are not administered uniformly by the officers of eeterVealle; the Board are aware that many maltsters eAr e at it.l?. erroneous views on this subject, supposing that they t tee t ,.l 4 + l3 ,ertY to compress the grain, provided they do not f , et of i 'me Per centages mentioned in the Still section of the be ;,,,. Ist Viet., c. 49. The Board direct that all maltsters lea4pormed that the law does not authorise any, even the pos4colzipression of the grain. The penalty of 1001., ins tep. s2 bY the 33d section of the Act of 7 and 8 George IV, the ~is incurred if the maltster trea or force together I nelitr eb el _,. in the istern or couch frame; and the increases qply ',.,"', in the sth section of the Act of Ist Viet., c. 49, traia 7 - LY in eases where suspicion is entertained that the coocin.L.aa been compressed, and such increase is deemed t,tlln-Z.ve‘ evidence of the fact, when found after the removal tmi ti the gl .O from the cistern or couch frame and Ilie-re return Mo wn Late the vessel from which removed. . t . is well wet State many,. malsters, by throwing the gra . m . in raising ,th turn 0, totae cistern into the couch frame, and by "Y iii n an undue height and letting it fall heavily and eo 4 , l ltri,"Willg it forcibly against the sides of the couch_ frame, `aa t, - " e to o ress it, and thereby subject themselves to theettalt ' C f n l.e statute. That they be also informed that t . e 4t3Y, 1 , 1 M 3 o o st t likely avoid incurring the said penalty if they ° ins i: „`, l4 e grain from . the cistern into the couch frame in the m ore co t a cone, or, if the couch frame be large, in two or 1114 naer, ,I,les, and afterwards level the grain in the usual fine r ,,, , r , , 0 a ;, 'ex HOURS BILL.—MEETING OF DELEGATES. .....4111:-;41443' evening last a meeting of delegates from manufac -",ttt 1,, 4 11 was held at the school-room, in Great Ancoats 111,74111411,- ' A lia tewn wad subsequently by adjournment at the Wood ot`ith°:. for, thelpurpose .of devising plans to promote the pass. b_ ll a it 450 Hours Bill in the next session of Parliament. Ito o 'le deleg a t es utikb,l RYde, 13,',. present from Glasgow, Bradford, Manchester, NI% -.cid, St , Oldham, Waterhead-mills, Lees, Preston, i ll eel, o , ~,, o.ckport, Chorley, Cuerden, Heywood. Rochdale, e_ . 4 's of a ' 4.‘e'ivton, and some other places. Mr. John Fenton, 0 7,41 s F , 4 '/) Was in the chair. The chairman of the Lancashire althe , 'N't Time Committee submitted their plans for carrying bt`alt:fillt4ticali. which were put in the form of six propositions :- 1%4'4,... at a fund of 5001. be forthwith raised; second, that offices la Manchester, te which all correspondence should be ad !Nutt; that a permanent secretary should be appointed to makeht shed,business; fourth, that petitions be sent to Par. I,44tiaos fro business; every mill in the kingdom ; fifth, that ;Non ,"a procured from the clergy and medical pro t,.°lthlos h° each town, and in every case, where prat Z 7 be . °ad, ailed by the dean, vicar, or bishop, as the case nets 'nub. that petition; be procured from as many mill i lac. Possible in favour of an abridgment of the hours of &c -00l ' , Ur ,n,„ that h ob ; Itray th. : ,•_ memorials be sent to the agricultural em %, pr ot 7 ; _`° nt not to prevent the manufacturing , „ e M mbers qt..7ittoo w 42 1 .1 the condition of their own workpeop e. The I‘T kil o , " induced to petition agricultural Mombers, because k et l :ou t ,, p"ritnhat in the great division in March, 1844, when the tit i c ; a lNre,,, htt e u l , in Was three times carried,.. there were 23 Mere. 4 4. hou rs _ gwe m anufacturing districts who voted in favour ), )i new t i n : .41 d . but 10 against it ; therefore it was the Members 4a iots*, agricultural districts, on the subsequent division )14 the g ilt ,ors threatened to resign , who prevented the passing tat % be .. .rwo resolutions were passed ' :-1. " That the above i - eid t o -` Opted ; „ ~ 'at - ta t , '' 2 . " That the necessary funds be fo . rthwit h h to RN% t_Ymthera into execution, and that the committee e il oo p:tfo rth tT_ sdiately to take offices, and to appoint a secretary bu tt %qv" increased duties which must necessarily devo b Ate rr Lord 'than ks being voted 'to the Central Short-time Cor9- R 'bout li A 's,hley, and the chairman, the proceedings tenni. tioh-' 08 4 1 „. ° clock,--M anchester Guardian. 1 ' 0 11 144 cir ' IN t hDE-rAßK.—Yesterday informa l. 4 , 0 1 e'llated throughout the divisions of the Metropolitan 4 r , at 0 , N' :-1111411, W ednesday evening, about half-past six o'clock, to 1 'ldri ") a nialf • • ti, th -e, New .., living at No. ' 12, Bowling : green-buildings, "',14, % et ner _ road, Paddington, was proceeding to Kensingd 4at tae along the %de- park by Victoria-gate, Bayswater, .an t elt.., Sen s _ ° road outside of Kensington -gardens to the bridge th, .. 4 thu-m When she bad gone a short distance she per -1,1411444tip: Mite was following her, and when she arrived nets !i s ,' Pat t ,"3-1.00 the north bank of the Serpentine, which is a ‘tery ~t k ea trer ebl e t ,L e k r° ad, the man came up to her, and puffin out a t oll lo s - k tO eln-;_l'et, presented it at her, at the cause time saying,. ,7 11 4;,,i1l at hems to-night, for I have a wife and family ' l td ~'" Oot t," Mrs. Cantrill although dreadfully alarmed, l hal l 'aiel l w : ute the pistol, and she would .hive him what she , l he ttl ashNl -,,i C h i a few halfpence , and on her giving him what ol, tk .in ak .ker,. 'tut deca mped the way he same. She describes 4 4,,.* 1 11,1,7 °1 11 five feet eight inches high, dark complexion, and ' 411. dressed in a corduroy jacket, dark trousers, and 1'1 1 .t. , 3 11 8 i i .4 104b4V.....,„1311* CAPTAIN LEICESTER.—WINDSOR, Need /1, 0 41 / L.- - "e regret to state that the Hon. Captain Leicester, iljla - 'l . ther to Lord De Tabley, of the Grenadier . Guards sta. ,` taia lt i'als town , of r a hi, 1. whil e .who burst a blood-Ressel in the early part 4 h.i. 1 .1. i,, on duty with his re;SiMellt in the Great Park, is 4;1 lia:tir-C,2aost dangerous state, at his apartments in the In -111,_14 . ", Sheet ki ''''i wt" tela, -street. The unfortunate gentleman, who . 1N0.._ bleb h r"e Yesterday (a considerable hemorrhage taking n h- t; e . r by . ll, 4B l„ m red _.ced him to the very lowest ebb), has been ;•A a , t o __, Decalmii attendants, and his dissolution is hourly tt•rt "'sr 1 44 "" ey the Rev'F. Leicester, and the led l b; 4 l al ti t: e l :4 l, l :g arrived aWir this morning and Dow abip 4" children', w_liart Hotel. Lady Da To h ble (aCcoro. 1 1 . ay ,eg o ti b e Des l' arrived at been . on a v h is i i s t m to orn e Y i r ng m , o f t r h e e m r, 47.1)1.4..7 ore, near Uxbridge, at Windsor this `al t th e tit _ . ge. The Hon. Captain Leicester, who A - Of hie diet Guards for about fifteen years, is in the do t 0 age. toe Flo , _ (1411 rots , 444 OBSERVATIONS --A Parliaref„ntary lt,P'stoe'tcojup,,,st.scte,._fl. printed, in answer: to a , rerurn of M h r. 4 ,' ,01,__`vlat hoz_-4 i nstruction s to astronomers of !me several o - 1. go % hr iNao and abroad in the ear 1837 8 with the number koe'Lthet astre,nomi observations made 1837_E ,with observatory til.' ° of ... 4t. It lit„eroo vadrairldt...appears that no instructions were sent by the 4741 o .' a stror, o34 .', ( O the Astronome'e Royal in 1837.8. One soft A , b stry, or .Cal observations id printed in each year by the 4 ° the Board Y• A report is annually made in the month of t i t ' t the of Visitors by the Astronomer Royal on the or a obse,„ , it ' It l' at°rYiaatnadt the R n Iu n 1 .i 8.,- nornical observoaytiaol ‘ll t go o , ~, - altded h cated to the Board of Ad rttielioktyotir li.:':°°. th'etras° ,trtonomer h O s b h s erv ave ato hee ry h at pr t i h n e ted Ca s p ., e nc o e f lie measurement oaflid his assistants having been chiefly ''t 4 tre i. ° r esti. . an am of the meridian. Diffe tithe R. •.4ve 1.,._ °nominal observations made at Greenwich and " L atio ''''' l Printed since 1 837, under the superintendence 1 44 ';'/' t..,ber)'-orlice. 44 r Txt ta ._ EN ot '44 1 -..7 t I M:4 rl 4" 8 cfo;--WoncEsTER, Nov s.—We th - tria - emend hops on Saturday ; for fine samples 4 itto de s j, be called b,. t rti'llt to lotto . ___, ' s k and high prces were made tor parcels h:til, i ii f ., ti visb,_ 0 _ .1...1, eve es tout brown qualities otre not so , td .. b eid7 o f all last k. the low prices asked being a temp iZs ~; et, ,e"sitht Purcha e a few. The fresh supply was very 1 1_ ° 1: 1 0 . 11 Peettwhat remained unsold the previous Saturday, 4or 01 e tc b e .' Mil show in the market, altogether perhaps ,74t4,.11114,tul o rl Offer , of which, 682 pockets of new and 4%1 ' 4 4? he sc ales, besides those in the week, which t §, !kr A kt ke it' 132 0te of new and 40 of yeplings. Prices - 11 411 Tom. , .4 rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN ING, NOVEMBER, 7, 1845. great reason, their expectations of profit. The means of production, and the wants to be supplied at the places of con sumption, are such that literally the Deudre Canal, intended to transport to the Lower Scheldt coals, stone, and lime, of the Hainault, will find, to make use of an English word, a nearly incalculable traffic. The navigation of the Upper Scheldt alone, employed in 1841 more than 7,000 boats, and the MODS and Conde Canal afforded above 8,000, represent ing above 1,200,000 tons; and a reduction in the price of transport would procure to the coal basin of Mona the sup ply of Holland which is now procured from Newcastle. 'We have often held up to ridicule the " fanfaronnades" of English prospectuses which speak of Belguim, as it would hardly be excusable to speak of China, but we must make an exception to the conscientious report of the Directors of the Dendre, the hopes they hold out to the shareholders in this enterprise, are to our eyes cert a i n ti es , an d th ere i s no t in this pamphlet one single word which is not rather below than above the truth.--Le Politique, Nov. 3, 1845. DVERTISEM ENT. LYME REGIS /TD TAUNTON I RAILWAY AND HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. We have looked, from the first, with a favourable eye upon this undertaking, about which there is an unassuming sound ness that is striking. The Direction is entirely formed of wealthy alid influential parties locally interested, who are about greatly to improve the harbour of Lyme Regis, already the best and most accessible in the western bay. We are in formed, upon unquestionable authority, that her Majesty's Lords of the Admiralty are so favourable to the project as to have written to the Committee to that effect, at the same time requesting an inspection of their plans, which will, of course, be immediately acceded to, as the plans, surveys, &c., are all in a sufficiently forward state for the next session of Parlia ment, and will be duly lodged before the 30th of Nov. The Committee have, however, come to the novelovise, and honest determination of only taking the small deposit of 2s. per share at present, so that should they not, by any untoward circumstance, be able to go to Parliament in the ensuing ses sion, the remainder of the deposit, viz., V. per share, will not be required for twelve calendar months. This judgment and forethought reflects the greatest credit upon the solicitors and managers of the Company. REGENT'S CANAL. Last evening a public meeting of the owners of property, and other persons interested in the Regent's Canal and op posed to its conversion into a railway, was held at the Angel Inn, Islington, for the purpose of receiving the report of a committee appointed on the Bth of October last. Mr. SAMUEL CHARLES WHITBREAD, having been called on to preside, ,said, on the first public announcement of the scheme for converting the canal into a railway, a meeting of the parties interested in the waterway was called at a few hours' notice, and it was the opinion of all present that the proprietors had taken a most unjust course, and were looking to what they should get for their own shares, not caring for their lessees; or the public, who had a right to the waterway. They were acting in direct opposition to their own Act of Parliament, which dir , .. , ,eted that they should make and main tain the water -wily, and watch over the interests of their tenants. The SE LEETARY then read a voluminous report, giving a history of the canal and the cost of its construction, and the powers vested in its proprietors, and contending that t'rie Canal Company had entered into contracts and agree ments to induce parties to expend money on its banks, quite incompatible with the notion of stopping it up or converting it into a railway. The Committee were of opinion that the proposed line would .be most injurious to all engaged in the coal trade, and were of opinion that if full compensation were to be given for the losses that would arise to traders, &c., the proposed railway would never be made, since the cost would be double that of making a railway on another and better site. The present goods traffic on the canal could not be conducted with a passenger traffic in addition, unless there were four lines of rails, for which the canal and tunnels are not wide enough. None of the provisional committee of the proposed railway were engaged in trade on the canal, and the Committee were of opinion that if the owners of pro perty and traders on the banks desired that it should con tinue an open public waterway, the canal would remain a canal for the use of their children's children. Mr. RIGGE moved that the report be received and adopted. Mr. LEA seconded it, and it was carried with but one dissentient. Mr. ESDAILE said he bad been - induced to lay out a large capital on the canal, by the 67th section of the Act of Par liament, which set forth that they were to have "free liberty to navigate."—(Hear, hear.) He moved, " That this meet ing deem it highly necessary to continue to watch the pi o ceedings of the Regent's Canal Company, and oppose that or any other project for stopping up the canal." THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA IN SICILY. PALERMO, OCT. 24.--The Kamschatka and Bessarabia steamers arrived on the 23d, at two o'clock in the afternoon. On board of the former of these vessels were the Emperor and Empress of Russia, the Grand Duchess Olga and Prince Albert of Prussia. The arrival of their Majesties so soon was quite unexpected by the authorities, who, if not caught napping, as has happened in another place on a similar occa sion, were, at all events, not in attendance at the moment. When they did appear, the Emperor not only declined all the usual public honours paid to crowned heads, but even refused to admit the mighty men of Palermo into his pre sence. The Empress has also declined (but in more cour teous terms) the services of the Princess of Partama, who was appointed by the King of Naples to wait upon her Im perial Majesty as lady of honour; and the Emperor has also declined the attendance of the Duke of Serradifalio, one of his Neapolitan Majesty's aides-de-camp, appointed for that purpose. Great crowds assembled on the mole to witness the disem barkation of their Imperial Majesties. The party occupied no less than ten huge carriages, and this independently of the numerous household which arrived some days ago, to prepare for the arrival of the Imperial Family. The Court occupy three splendid villas at Olivarra. Among the fol lowers of the Empress, some Tcherkelds, who are to be in attendance on the Empress during her stay here, attracted particular attention, from the strangeness and wildness of their appearance and costume. The Empress occupies the villa of the Princess Radali-Butera, and arrangements are now making for an apartment for the Emperor in the same villa. Prince Albert and the principal officers are at the villa of the Duke of Serradifalio, while the remainder of the suite occupies that of the Duke of Montelerie. The authorities do all they can to make the residence of the Emperor and Empress in Sicily agreeable, and the town and neighbourhood will long benefit by their visit. The streets through which the Imperial party are likely to pass have been new paved, the roads in the neighbourhood of the Imperial residence have been levelled and improved,, and everything unseemly that could offend the organs of sight or smelling have been, as fr., as possible, removed. Some of the atten tions of the P :athori ties are pushed to an extreme, which has roused sortie feeling of annoyance among the people, as, for instane:e, the sentinels round the Imperial residence are dres se d in the uniform anti carry the colours of Russia, a Degree of politeness which occasioned such indignation that apprehensions were entertained, at one time, of a row. NAPLES, OCT. 4.—The Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived at Palermo on the 23d of October. The telegraph having announced their disembarkation, the King of Naples, accompanied by the Count and Countess of Aquila and the Count of Trapant, embarked from Naples, on board the Tancredi steamer, to pay a visit to his Imperial guests. The Queen of Naples was unable to accompany his Majesty, being on the eve of her confinement. The King of Naples, on his arrival, sent one of his aides-de-camp to ask when he could pay his respects to the Emperor in person, but the Emperor, instead of waiting for the visit, anticipated it, by going im mediately to the palace of the King, and the two sove reigns met on the staircase. The meeting was a very cordial one. It is said that the Emperor will not remain at Palermo for more than a month, end that on leaving it he will pay a visit to the King of Naples in his capital, where he willremain for some days. In anticipation of this visit the King of Naples is already concentrating his troops, well knowing that nothing can afford so much grati fication, to the Imperial Czar as a military spectacle on a large scale. Fortunately for the comfort of both sovereigns, his Majesty of Naples will be able to make a very tolerable ap pearance, even in the eves of the Autocrat of all the Eussias. His army in the neighbourhood of Naples is very numerous, and for appearance and appointments can Vie with almost any troops in Europe, our own not excepted. In a review, no troops make a better tlgure than these of Naples. They are said not tout with equal propriety on the field of battle; but, as a Frenchman said, they cannot be expected to ekcel in everything, and it is not th e i r f au l t that their talent does not lie in lighting. At Palermo the EmperOr and Empress have refused all kinds of public honours, and live in a very retired and in obtrusive manner. The Emperor is to be seen daily in the streets, accompanied only by a valet de place, Aim has the honour of acting as his cicerone, Among the personages in the suite of the Emperor are the Count Nesselrode, Count Orloff, and the Baton de Mavendorff, the Russian Ambassador at Berlin. The Duke of Genoa and the Prince of Carignan have already arrived in Sicily, on a visit to their Imperial Majesties, and one of the Princes of Prussia is daily ex pected. It is also currently reported that the Duke of Bor deaux has expressed his intention of paying a visit to the Emperor. 'hie dispute between the Marquis del Carnetto and the council of the city of Naples has not yet terminated. Not withstanding the earnest request of the King, the Duke de Bagnoli, the syndic of Naples, has refused to withdraw his resignation, which he insists on being accepted. THE BANK AND TIIE CURRENCY.—Yesterday afternoon the Bank of England advanced the rate of Interest on hills at nicety-dive days, discounted by them, to Three.and-a-half per cent. This is a novel way of helping the public out of the effects of the panic—just as if, when a man were drowning, and had succeeded in grasping a plank, some kind person were to push him back into the whirl of waters, and let him quietly sink to the bottom. The Bank of Ireland, we perceive, is playin- ~Ise same game. What the object can be, it is not difficult to imagine. Both, nominally national establish:mts, friendly W thing in their DOP." are doing the most un. - - —viz., tightening the Money Market s The evil effects of . ' ;nil; will be felt for many a lot* day. We hope that 0 ..evernment and these banks have hot had an Untie' , standl7,l; on this subject. It is believed that it is the result of ah .arranEMent with Whitehall. It would be folly to shut °tit eyes to t:ne fact that such a movement as this is caltulated, if not in tended, to renew the panic which had almost subsided. It must throw a shade upon everything, and the effects will be palpable, even this day, in the heavy state of the funds, We fear before this day week some large defaulters will be declared.—Railway Express. [...ADVERTISBMENT.J—ANASPASIA IN THE TREAT. kENT Or CONSUMPTION.—The Dispensary for the Treatment of Consumption, Asthma, and other Afibctions of the Chest (by Atlas pasia), is removed from 113, Strand, to 14, Leicester-place. Dr. Cronin, physician to the Institution, has removed flr'itt 0, Craven street, Strand, to 14, Leicester-place, Leittiter-square. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. BIRMINv'TIAM, THURSDAY EVENINQ.—A fatal accident bet l / 4 irre9 this morning at Stoke Prior, near Bromegrove. It *pears that the mail train left Birmingham at its usual hour, one o'clock A.M., and upon it ifiriVtl near Stoke, the driver observed a man in a whirefl•nA crossing the line, but so near that it was impossible tO stop the train and prevent the fatal consequences which thatted. The than Wad thrown dnw6 : and upon examining the line, the'decettsed W 55 io be most shockingly mutilated. His Ilead telk*i_'6l'Llitetely destroyed, and his limbs found scattered in 01! nections. It is difficult to account for the seasons Vghlth induced the deceased (a journeyman brFek maker) to cross the line at such an early hour of the morning. it is supposed that he must hare been tntOxicated, as there was no crossing of the line where the accides t occurred, and even oh his way home he would have had no right to be in the place where first seen as the train came up. The inquest is to be held to morrow morning, but there does not appear to be the slighest blame attached to the men in charge of the engine. DEATH CAUSED BY A FISH-BONE.--On Thursday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the King's Arms, Frede. rick-street, Regent's-park, on the body of Mary Ann Powell, aged fifty. The deceased, who was a very corpulent woman, and re. sided with her family at No. 19, Fitzroy-place, New-road, was, on the morning of Wednesday last, sitting at breakfast, when a bone of a fish sticking in her throat brought on a violent fit of coughing, which terminated in blood flowing copiously from her nostrils and mouth. A surgeon was sent for, who pronounced her to have broken a blood.vessel, and being unable to stay the bleed. ing, deceased sunk under it, and in half an hour died perfectly sen. sible, and only understood by those around her to articulate, " Pray for me."—Verdict, " Natural Death from the burstin g o f a blood•venel." FLANDERS and HAMBURGH MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. s.—The Moniteur publishes in its official part the programme of the ceremonies at the opening of the session of the Chambers, by his Majesty in person, on the 11th of this month. The receipts of the Custom-house at Antwerp, in the month of October, amounted to 703,967 francs. The Belgian ship Harriet sailed from Antwerp two days ago, for Galveston, with 171 emigrants. By a resolution of the 18th August, 1814, a reduction was made in the rates of postage in the kingdom of Prussia, which was limited to the interior of the kingdom by a late decree. This measure is extended from the Ist of November for letters destined for France and its colonies, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Grand Duchy of Luxem burg, and vice ver sa . It as been in force with respect to England for some time past. " For some time past," says a letter from Bruges, " we havehad such fine weather that we could fancy it was spring. This magnificent weather is extremely favourable to the labours of agriculture, especially to the operation of sowing; it also permits the continuation of the bricklayers' works which have been everywhere undertaken for the purpose of afford ing employment to the poor." A letter from Constantinople, in the'Unirersal German Ga zette, says :—" It is in contemplation to send General Jochmus Pasha as Minister of Turkey to Brussels. The General, a na tive of Hamburgh, who has not been employed since the cam paign in Syria in 1840, is said to have offered his services for that post. M. de Behr, the Belgian Minister at Constantino ple, endeavours to promote this project, which might have advantageous results for Belgium. MaNriEnr, OCT. 28.—The Government official journal of this day publishes the decree of the Grand Duke convoking the Assembly of the Estates for the 21st of next month. num:Fora', OCT. 29.—A French banker of this city and se veral of the principal manufacturers of gold and silver articles of this city and Hanau have been the victims of scandalous frauds, perpetrated by English Jews, who resided for some time at Wiesbaden. These Jews had letters of credit for large sums on our bankers, and had often large sums in advance. This gained them confidence; and the bankers, when applied to, answered that they were good. This enabled them to ob tain from the first gold and silver magazines the valuable articles enriched with jewels and diamonds, for which they paid with bills of exchange, and absconded with their booty. A traveller of this city loses 30,000 florins, others much more, and the Jewish banker the bulk. The total amount is said to be 475,000 florins of which these Englishmen have cheated the confiding Germans. It is reported that they embarked at Marseilles. It must be confessed that these swindlers operated with large sums , and with great dexterity. THE FRONTIER OF BOSNIA AND TURKEY, OCTOBER.— The latest accounts from Serajewa of the 13th inst., as well as the statement of eye-witnesses who have arrived from that place, give particulars of the cruel persecutions to which the Jews were exposed] there. A Turkish girl, having com mitted a theft in the shop of a Jew dealer, was turned out of doors; she fell purposely on the ground, and, screaming ter ribly, assured the Turks who had collected round her, that the Jew had ill-treated her Without any cause. The Turks immediately took their arms, and to the number of 2,000, breathing vengeance against the Jews, repaired to the resi dence of the Pasha, who had the weakness to leave them to avenge themselves. They proceeded accordingly to the Jewish quarter, which was totally pillaged in a few hours. It is easy to conceive the lamentations and the nfiserv_ of the Jewish merchants. Immense quantities of - goods of all kinds were carried off, and it length, when the Christian pop u l a tion began to be: alarmed, and applied to the Pasha for assistance, he caused"! six of the principal Jews to be taken, as he alleged, for their safety, and to be conveyed no one knows whither.' It may indeed be expected that the plundered Jews will • obtain indemnity at Constantinople, whither they have sent petitions to the Chief Rabbi. Meantime, however, they are reduced to beggary. The Greek Rajas at Serajewa are ex tremely kind to them, but the Consuls cannot interfere, 43- they are Turkish subjects.—Hamburgh Papers, Nov. 4. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, Nov. 5. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -...— Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ...... Ditto, ditto, 1840 • ••••. 106% Ditto, ditto, 1842 • • •• • • • • •• • • • ..... •• • • 102% Ditto, 1844. ••• • • ••• •••• • • • . Ditto, 1836.. • .. • 98% Ditto, 1838 ••••.•••••••• • • • • • • • • • • .. 75 Ditto of the City, 1832 • Ditto, 1843 •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • wog Bank of 8e1gium...... •••• • • • • • • • • • •• • • 777 —Brussels Papers. Nov. 6. lIAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nov. 4. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents • Bank Shares •• • • •• • • • • • • • • • •• • • 1620 Anglo-Russian Loan . ...... ••••• • • • • Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103% 103 Ditto Ist series Inscription. •• • • • • • • • • • 104% -- Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96 Ditto, in Certificate ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • 91% Ditto Sticglitz •• • •••• • • • • • ... 90% 90 Spanish New 5 per Cent ••••••• • • • • • .. 20% 20 1 4 Ditto 3 per Cent •••••• • • • • • ..... • • 30 29% Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent.. Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent . Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... 85 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 86 National Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE ARMY. CAVALRY. First Royal Dragoons—DiniTailc.—Half a troop is ordered to march from Belturbet fur Enniskillen, there to occupy the barracks while the cavalry stables are undergoing repairs. Six rank and file are under orders to march from Belturbet for liillishan Ira, tl ere to remain during the repairs of the cavalry stables. Lieut.-Colonel Marten, K.H., is on leave of absence to 30th November. Major Stephens is commanding. Cornet Stephens has joined head quarters on appointment, on the Ist of November. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6. Srocx ExcHANGE.=The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire, 8 1 A—Bolton, Wigan, -and Liverpool, 29—Eastern Counties, 20 3 4—Edinburgh and Perth, .I, E3 — Glasgow and Dumfries, 2 - A —Grand Junction, 233 1 / 2 —Ditto, Quarter Shares, 494—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 3214 — Ditto, Eighth Shares, 20—Grand Union, 21,—Lludders field Canal and Railway, 10—Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 56!4—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 3 / 4 —London and Manchester (Rem.), 2% -Leeds and Thirsk, 93. 4 —Midland, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 112 North Staffordshire, 'sl2—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, 612--Preston and Wyre, 37—Rugby and Hunting don, 2—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford shire, 37g— Scottish Central, 16V,— South Midland, 6—Dublin and Armagh, 20s.—Dutch Rhenish, 8 1 4—Paris and Lyona (Lafitte), MANCHESTER, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian Exten sion, 4—Cambridge and Lincoln, 414—Clithetoe Junction, 31Lancashire, —East No. 1, 19—Edinburgh and Perth, 4:-Y: —Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 618—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 10 c. a.—lnverness and Perth, 48s.—Liverpool and Bury, 30—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 2%—Liverpool, Onnskirk, and Preston, 47/g—Lon don and Manchester (fienaington's), 3 1 4—Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 12 1 % c. n.—Manchester and Birmingham and Welsh Junction, l%—Manchester and Bury Atnospheric, 11/4—Manchester and Southampton, 3% —,Manchester, Wigan, and Southampton, 2%—Mold Junc tion, B—North Staftbrdshire, s'4—Nottingham and Mans- field, 43:x—Nottingham, Boston, and Grantham, 4%-ox ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 71, 1 3 —Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 4 1 4—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 4 1 / 4 —South Midland, 6 1 4—South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, 4 1 %—Welsh Midland, 3. SHEFFIELD, Nov. 6. STOCK Excni.xoE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Shef field, Quarter Shares, 31. 13s. 61—London and Windsor, 1— London and York, s —Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 6—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 4/. Ils. 6d.—South Midland, 51. 12s.—Wakefield and Harrogate, 2/. 15s.—York and Carlisle, 3. BRISTOL, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The stiles are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 814—Great Western, Half Shares, 86—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 164—Manchester and Southampton, 4/. 3s. 9d.— North Devon,24,—SouthWales, 4%—Vale of Neath,3/.Bs. 9d, EXETER, Nov. 6. STOCK E KcHANGE.—The sales are—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, p.—Exeter, Topsham. and Exmouth (Head' s line), p.—Taw Vale xtension, 1 4 p.—Central Cornwall, 1 4 p.—South Wales, s—Eastern Counties, 22. Yesterday being a holiday, there was little or no business transacted. LEEDS, Nov. 6. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Leeds and Bradford, 45 1 ,4—Ditto, Extension, 40—Leeds and Thirsk, 12%—New castle and Berwick, 14—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, 16—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 52 c. n.— London and York, 4 1 / 2 —Cambridge and Lincoln, Extensions, 33—London and York (Bawtry), 3N—Great Eastern and Western, ss. p.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, par—Leeds and York, 3s. 9d. p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 4 1 / 2 —Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 2%—Manchester, and Southampton, 4 —North Western, 34—Nottingharn, Erewash, and Amber gate, 4 1 7 .' 2 —Nottingham and Grantham, 4N—South Mid lands, 3% p.—South Staffordshire, 5 1 / 4—Wakefield and iirad ford, 6s. p.—Wakefield and Harrogate, 265. p.—Welsh Mid land, 2%—York and Carlisle, 3 1 / 2 —Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 13s. p. _ HULL, Nov. 6. STOCK EXCIIINGE.—The , great and unusual influx of orders to sell has caused considerable depression in all kinds of stock, and for cash almost any price would have been sub mitted to in Scrip Shares. Still the opinion seems more generally acquiesced in, that the worst has been got over, and that the accounts from the City will be more cheering to-morrow. The sales are—Hull and Selby (10 per cent. guaranteed), Half Shares, 19%—North British (Carlisle), 3 1 ,4—Axholine, 4—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 38s. 6d.— Derby and Gainsborough 11. 16s. 6d.—Hull a n d B arns l ey Junction, 14 p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 425. Liverpool and Leeds, 2 3 4—London and Birmingham Exten sion, 11. 13s. 9d.—London and York, 4 3 / 4 —London and Nor wich Direct, 4s.—Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 4%—Notting• ham, Belvoir, and Granthan.44%—Nottingham and Boston, 34—Nottingham and Ma'Asfield, 4%—Wakefield and Brad ford, 2 3 / 4 —Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 3/. 3s. 9d. YORK, Nov. 6. STOCK ExcHANGE.-The sales are-Great North of Eng land, New, 50-Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling), 48- York and North Midland, Extension, 23 5 A-London and Ycrk, 5-Leeds and Dewsbury, 13 1 / 2 -Newcastle and Ber wick, 13 1 / 2 -North British (Carlisles), 3%-Coventry, Nun eaton,Birmingham, and Leicester, 21A-G ran d U n i on, 2% - Leicester and Bedford, 23-North Staffordshire, 5 3 4-Welsh Midland, 3 1 A. EDINBURGH, Nov. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 81. 155.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin. 2/. 88.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 41.-Arbroath and Forfar, 25/.-Ditto, Half Shires, 151.- Armagh and Portrusb, 21. 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Dumfries, 31.55. -Ayr and Galloway, 2/. 185 . -Banffshire, 2/. 135.-Belfast and County Down, 3/. 55.-British. and Irish Union, 5/.- Caledonian, 12/. 10s.-Caledoniar. Extension, 41. IN.-Cale donian and Dumbarton, 5 /.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, 3/. 55.-Cambridge and Linco;n, 51. 7s. 6d.-Carnwarth and West Linton, 2/. 10s.-Chelr. is f or d and B ury, 11. 17s. 6d.- Clydesdale unction, 20/.--',>ornwall and Devon, 21. 12s. 6d. -Deeside Railway, 61. 60.-Direct Northern, 2/. 18s.- Dublin and Enniskillen,, 51. 55.-Dundee and A r b roa th, 36/ . I 55.-Ditto, New, 17 1 .-Dundee and Perth, 10/. 10s.-East of Fife, 31.-East I,othian Central, 4/. lls.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 5/. 55.--Edinburgh and Glasgow, ex news, 721.- Ditto, Half Shares, 181.-Ditto, Quarters, 181.-Ditto, Ditto, New, 13/.-2dinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 75.- Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 3/. IN.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 241. IN.-Ditto, Preference, 191.-Edin burgh and Northern, 51. 135.-Ditto, Newport, 11. 145.- Ditto, Lochgelly, 21. 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles, ex new, 3/. 35.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 21.35. 6d. --Edinburgh and Perth, 5/. 10s.-Forth and Clyde Junc tion, 41. Is.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 721.-Ditto, New Stock, 231.-Ditto, Quarter Shares 21/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Bel fast Union, 31. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 3/. ss. -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 3/. IN.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 45/.-Glasgow and Greenock, 22/. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 51.-Great County D own , 3/. -Great North of Scotland, 4/. 75.-Ditto, Extensions, ss. p. -Great North and South Wales, 11.-Inverness and Elgin, 2/. Bs.-Lanark and Lothians, 5/. 12s. 6d.-Larne and Bally mena, 21. 75.-London and Hounslow, 21.-London and Man chester (Rem.), 3/. 155.-London and Manchester (Rastrick), 61.-London and Windsor, 1/. 55.-London and York, 5/. -Midland and Eastern ' unties 24 17s. 6d.-Morayshire, 11.55.-Newry and Londonderry, 21. 10s.-North British, ex news, 241. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, ex news, 61.-Ditto, Fifths, 71.-Ditto, Carlisles, 4/. 125.-North Wales Mineral, New, 6/. -Perth and Crieff, 3/. 35.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Central, 181.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 21. 17s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 4/Aft-Scottish North Western, V. 155.-Scottish South Midland, 31.-Scot tish Western, 2/. 125.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, IL 12-, 6d. -Shrewsbury, Oswestrv, and Chester, 71.-South Midland, BL-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/..65.-Stirling and Midland, 475. 60. p.-Strathern Junction, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Surrey Grand Junction, 11. 7s. 6d.-Tean and Dove Valley, 2/. 108.- Tyne Valley, 3/. 135.-Wishaw and Coltness, 57/. GLASGOW, Nov. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The safes are—koerdeen, 8/. 9s.— Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 5 0 s. —Airdrie and Bathgate, 3;g—Ayr and Galloway, 58 s.—Bar.ifshire, 50—British and Irish Union, 4%—Caledonian, 121 4—Caledonian Extension, 6—Caledonian and Ayrshire :Junction, 56s.—Ditto and Dumbartonshire Junction, 70 s,.—Carnwarth and West Linton, 45s.—Clydesdale Junction, WA—Dundee and Perth, 9% — East Fife, 55s.—East I'adian Railway, 3X--Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarto n, 251.—Edinburgh and Perth, 5 Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 20s. p.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 785.---Glasgow and Belfast Union, 668. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 64s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 6%—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monk land Junc tion, 4—Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 695. 6d.—Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 615.—Great North of Scotland, 80s.—Great Eastern and Wee'..ern, 7s. 6d. p.—lnverness and Elgin, 45s.—Lanark and Lothians, 38s. p.—Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 42s.—Larne and Carrickfergus, 52s.—Lesma hagow,434—Midland and Eastern Counties, 55s.—Paisley, Barrhead. and Hurlet, 8- —Sanquhar and Muirkirk Junction, 475. 6d.—Scottish Centr.al, 17 -Scottish Southern, 51s. 6d.— Scottish Western, 5 2s.—Scottish North Western, 525. Scottish South Midland Junction, 57s.—Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 57s.—South Midland, 6%—Strathern Junction, 70s. DUBLIN, Nov. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bandon and Bantry, 1 1 / 2 —Cork and Waterford, 11—Dublin, and Belfast, June tion, 9—Dublin and Drogheda, 85 1 /2—Ditto, New Shares, WA—Great Southern and Western, 23—Great Southern, Clonmel to Thurles, 21—Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, s—lrish Great Western, Dublin to Galvtay, 4 1 A — Enniskillen and Slip, 2 N i —Killarney Junctions, 2 1 A—New Ross, Carlow, and hilke'Any, I%—Waterford an d Li mer i c k , 9 —Waterford, Wexfor , '„ and Dublin, 13/—Wexford, Water ford, and Valentia, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE D2NDRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. • The Directors of the Dendre Valley yand Canal Company, who have recently visited else locality of this twin undertaking, in company ir;!.:n Mr. George Rennie, their engineer, have just given th Shareholders a most satis factory report upon the prosper s of the enterprise. We give some extracts tcom this report : " Although the Ca'aer des Charges, in Art. 3, allows a period of six mon':as to the Company for depositing the definitive plans o :nd sections of the railway with the depart ment of public, works, after those of the Government engi neer shall have been communicated to them, yet the Direc tors, anxious to meet the views of the Government in affording occupation to hundreds of labourers through the winter, have caused the plans of their own engineers to be proceeded with simultaneously with those of the Govern ment, and in the course of a few weeks the whole will be completed. "The situation of the basins and wharf of the canal has been determined upon, and the necessary notices on 4 :iie land owners along the line are at the present time in the c.`ourse of being served, and it is confidently expected. that 'next month the contractor will be in a position to com: - oe „ e his opera tions on the canal. "Your Directors have also to annopi oce to you that the con struction of a railway from Tourn-4 to Jurbise is conceded to a private company, and as this %me will join that of the DeAdre Valley at Ath, the direct communication wil4 thereby be opened with France by 'Lae Great Northern hallway of that kir:o°m, and with. the South and Wed of Belgium by the the Belgian Government. lines already cor . . zeded b "The rece ,t visit to th is part of Belgium of th e Di rec t ors, commented at the proposed Junction with th e M ons an d Con t .'4 Canal at Jemmapes, and proceeding along the exact c,,urse, through Ath, Lessines, Grammont, Ninove, to Alost, all towns of considerable importance and large population, and almost connected throughout the entire line by villages and hamlets, containing inhabitants of the most industrious habits. " During this inspection, they closely investigated the sources from which the estimated traffic must flow into the projected undertakings, and they can with the greatest satis faction affirm, after viewing the immense collieries of Mons, the quarries of Atli and Lessines, the perfect cultivation of the rich and fertile valley of the Dendre, the active, industrious habits of its dense population, and its numerous manufactories, as well as the great facility offered by the face of the country for the execution of the works, that the prospect of returns that will result to the proprietors of the Dendre Valley Railway and Canal are such as no other similar undertakings in Belgium, or even perhaps in England, can surpass, and which fully bears out, if not exceeds, the favourable report of the engineer. " The province of East Flanders is, in fact, the most fertile and the best cultivated of the whole territory of Belgium. "The statistical returns of population attribute to the pro vince of Antwerp a population of 1,311 souls per square kilometre; to Liege, 1,460; to liairiault, 1,815; to West Flanders, 2,022 ; to Brabant, iutding Brussels, 2,034; while those of East Flanders give As many as 2,633 souls." But above all, it is in the'trans_port of coal and p on d erous goods, that the Dirceors of die Company formed, and Pith COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queer. and Prince Albert walked in the vicinity of the Castle for some time this morning. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness rode out in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving, followed by the Lady Portman, and the Honourable Misses Stanley and Dawson, in a landau and four. Lord Charles Wellesley and Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde were in attendance on horseback. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for their early morning exercise. In the afternoon the Royal Family were all taken again in the grounds adjoining the Castle. The Bishop of Oxford, and Mr. George Edward and the Honourable Mrs. Anson, had the honour of joining the royal circle at dinner yesterday. The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe took her departure from the Castle to-day. There was no addition to the royal dinner party this even ing at the Castle. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday aftermron at the residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall-gardens. ' The Ministers present were—Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, the Earl of Lincoln, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Ripon arrived in town yesterday morning. The Council sat four hours. Summonses were issued to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday, to attend a meeting in the Exchequer Chamber, at West• miuster, on Wednesday, the 12th November, for the purpose of settling the roll of Sheriffs for the ensuing year. The President of the Board of Trade had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar, MAJORITY OP tORD VISCOUNT LAKELLES.—This nobleman completed his twenty-first year on Tuesday last, on which day a grand dinner was given at Harewood, the invitations to which were numerous. On Wednesday a ball was given to the tenants o f t h e E ar l o f H are w oo d and oth ers . The f estivities will be continued until the end of the week. ..-Doncaster Gazette. LIEUT. WAGEfORN'S Exrutss.—The &Torrnal des Debate has the following relative to the transit of the India hied via Trieste and tlerniany t-." the very rapid jourhey effected by Waghorn for the purpose of changing the route of the Indian mail, is in all respects of the highest importance for France, and calls for the solicitude or the tioverhhietit. Letters which *5 have received ftoin Trieste inform us that the Austrian Govern. hied, Which aims at securing the advantages which it woulddetive from the transit of the Indian mail via Trieste, encouraged and powerfully seconded this first attempt on the part of Mr. Waghorn: We repeat, then, that we attach the greatest inipOrtante to dill trial b? Mr. Waghetn, acid we deem it of a nature to merit the entire attention of the Government. The question which it gives rise to is of a primary interest for the country, for it temainS to be seen whether France will preserVe the transit of the Indian than, or whether she will slater hell& tfi be despoiled to the Oat bt Germany." The Dcbats insists upon the expediency of the Go. *eminent resorting to every possible means for Inter/riding the line of railways from the Mediterfaiitan to the Priellsh Channel. by which means, it says, the transit from Alexandria to London, which at present occupies 290 hours, might be perforated in 228 hours, e'en allowing eight days fot the transit froth Aleiandria tb The BrAtett notices the journey accomplished ky Mr. Waghorri, from Alexandria to London, in pine days and seventeen hours; thus anticipating the Indian Mail through Marseilles, rind adds the Ibllowing observations :—" This fact by no means astonishes It is the consequence of the bad organisation of oUr steam-boats, their inferior rate of tailing, tb be attributed to thtif falsity botl situation anti the obstinacy of the Minister of commerce and the Boatel of Health at Matseilles, *hien will not nidditY the system of quarantine. We babe tette/deli tb Satiety, that if a dine be not effected in our sanitary code, .France will lose the Conveyande of the Indian mails, the travellers who return frotn the East, and, shortly, the transit of inerthandiSt. Already bait trithllers Boned our packet-beats. terrified by the quarantine at Marseilles, and new the mails are about to escape us. Shall we wait until the trade of the East shalt have takeh the road through tierinetii to repeal or bandit" bin sanitary leis, the antiquated remains of kir. - tient prejudices ? Stith a *ant of cake hi our Government cannot be conceived, for the titteitiOn refers, not tb political Ptintipied, but to national iiiiefests. floes our oovernmeht wish t ti lietiEte theni to Austria and to England ? The consequences of the obstinacy or the weakness of our Government are beginning already to affect our commerce with the East. In the year 1848 it simoinited tb 88,000,0011, this year it ball debreaked tb 1ic1,000 , 06 . it i s t h e thirtitienteinent of our commercial decadence." FIRE AT THE NORWOOD INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. — About twb o'clock on Wednesddy rrning this establishMent was thrown intb the greatelt bbnbterharlon by the alarm of fire being given in different parts of the building. It appears that upon the members of the estublishment retiring to rest everything seemed perfectly safe, and about tWo o'clock several of the boys, Who were ih bed, awoke, and found themselves surrounded with smoke and almost suffocated. They i m mediately left th e i r b eds, and b egan to search for the cause of the annoyance, when they found it pro ceeded from the gallery in the boys' school, which was enveloped its flames, and that they were fast approaching the ceiling of the dormitory room, where the boys were sleeping. The alarm was immediately given, every member of the establishment waS called up, arid every means:employed to ex tri cate the children from their beds where many of them lay in a ataty of stupor, LilV being con sidered 604- ; ai± h 1.1115 Vvere immediately engaged in allaying the names and preventing their progreis. For a considerable time it was confidently expected that the ivhble range Orbitildifigi would lice !oat, n0r,443' be burnt chiwit . t but niviiir . to th'e Actitity Cf AUbill arid '","Ab'soh, and the resident Dr. Monks, and other members of the 't p n ;:g th r k e l s e sof t h th r e B fi ti ir an i dt i e ll ex ab tet t i establishment (the Whole of Whoin *ere nearly riated) i knel a good san hugrltyillit in p r r b e e v i e n n g ti O n h Flip g the had received such on of the flames was impossible, every part adjoini ng l *eite ' d 'Arita s a e n ri i o m u m si e 7 r l s l i u o r n tl , f 4e o ,v rt e u ra n i at o e i ly t t4ei c e ii i i s i ;o c t 4 one oq pis . slng from their rooms to the yards, but nothing or importance. It is not kneivn how the fire originated; it commenced under the boys' gallery, vihich,iVas made into a On,d, of store-room tor their clothes, Ihd it not been so providefitialls disco+ered; the of life must hav e b een immense, for above th e room where the f i re commenced there sleep nearly 2.00 boys. Th ese, h a d net the f i re bbueeilndicnligscsoavrceriendsuwrhed. and tho damage is estimated a t b e t ween 6011 en it was, must nearly all ha ve p er i s h e d. Th e and 1001. BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—We l as t wee k stated that the wife of J o h n S cu lly, a labouri ng man, had presented him with three children at once. As this large addition to his family threatened to encroach considerably on his limited means, Scully east his eyes about as to how he should beat replenish his purse; and it appearing that his wife was entitled to a severeign from a benefit club each confinement, he made a claim on the stewards for three sovereigns —one for each baby. The stewards objected, contending, that though there were three children, yet it was but one confinement; and the case came before the magistrates, who decided against Scully. To make him, however, some amends fer his disappointment, his worship, the Mayor, generously presented bina With a Sovenign,—Bristol Gazette, INFANTRY. sth (Northumberland) liusileersT—Enniskillen.—The De tachment at Ballyshannon, consisting of Brevet-Major M'Gregor, Ist Lieutenant Scroggs, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 45 rank and file, is ordered to be reinforced to a company. 6th Royal Regimen t.—Mullingar.—A recruiting party is on march to Dublin to embark for Liverpool, cn route to Leeds, there to be stationed. 7th Royal Fusileers.—Depot, Naas.—Captain Cochrane arrived in Dublin from head-quarters on 30th Oct., there to embark per steam-vessel for Cork, to take the command of the draft at Spike Island, Cork harbour, consisting of Lieut. Porter, 1 sergeant, 40 rank and file, and 2 boys, under orders to join their service companies in the West Indies. 30th ( Cambridge) Regim en t.—( Castlebar.—Twe recruit ing parties are ordered to march from head-quarters for Beggar's Bush recruiting depot. Dublin, there to embark per steam-vessel for Bristol, to be stationed at Bristol and Exeter. A recruiting party is ordered to proceed en route from Castle bar, for Dublin, there to embark per steam-vessel for Glas gow, en route to Aberdeen, there to be stationed. 34th (Cumberland) Regiment. The service companies embarked at the Cove of Cork, on the 28th of October, for conveyance to Corfu, on board of the Java freight ship, 1,175 tons, with the following officers and men, &c. :—Lieutenant- Colonel Airey, commanding; Major Brown; Captains Matthews, Kelly, Goodenough, Lang, Simpson, and Gwilt ; Lieutenants llarvey, Packe, Maxwell, Oxley, Talbot, Sitwell, and Burrill ; Ensigns Sir George Henry Scott Douglas, Bart., Best, Warry, and Jordan; Paymaster Roche; Quarter master Williamson; Surgeon Bain, M.D.; Assistant Sur geon Fraser, M.D., 1 regimental sergeant-major, 30 sergeants, 11 drummers, 24 corporals, 576 privates, 4 officers' wives, 2 female servants, 6 officers' children, 36 soldiers' wives, and 46 children. Lieutenant T. A. M. Brisbane is on leave of ab, sence to the 31st March next, at Largo, Brisbane-house, the seat (.f General Sir Thomas Macdougall Brisbane, G.C.8., F.C.11., Colonel of the Regiment. Honorary distinctions, " Albuhera," " Vittoria," " Pyrenees," " Niville Nive," " Orthis," " Peninsula." Major H. Deedes is commanding the depot companies at Fermoy. 40th liegiment.—We are informed that her Majesty's 40th regiment is to embark for England at the end of the present month, on board the Poictiers, Seringapatam, and Scindian. The regiment has acquired an excellent character whilst on service in India. The garrison of Fort William will thus be left without any European corps for a time; but it is expected that the 39th, now at Dinapore, will do duty here. The head• quarters of the 40th will be on board the Seringapatam. The men will be allowed to volunteer for any of her Majesty's regiments in Bengal. The Governor-General gave a dinner on the 19th to the officers of this regiment, on the occasion of their departure from Calcatta.—Bontbay Times, Oct. Ist. 79th highlanders. —The Diadem, (398 tons) freight-ship, will sail from Deptford, for the Cove of Cork, on the 3d Nov. to receive on board drafts of the 72d and 79th High landers for conveyance to Gibraltar, and 88th Connaught Rangers for Malta. 88th Connaught Rangers.—Depot, Boyle.—Ensign Gore has arrived in Dublin from leave of absence, en route to Cork, to join the draft under orders for embarkation for Malta. This regiment is about to sail in the Diadem, 398 tons, for Malta. DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARMY IN OUR AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. 51st Regiment.-5 companies, (head quarters,) Hobart Town ; 4 companies, Tasman's Peninsula. 58th Regiment.-3 companies, (head quarters) Bay of Islands; 3 companies, New Zealand; 2 companies, New foundland. 96th Regiment.-2 companies, (head quarters) Launces. ton ; 2 companies, New Zealand ; 1 company, Adelaide ; company, Oatlands ; 1 company, Campbell Town ; 2 corn. pauies, Tasman's Peninsula. _ _ 99th Regiment -4 companies, (head quarters)'Sydney; 1 company, Blackheath; 1 company, Maitland; 2 companies, New Zealand. ORDNANCE CORPS. Rifle Brigade—Riflei3;ii;d;d;OT,lst battalion, Beggar's Bush Barracks, Dublin. Captain A. S. Murray, has em barked at Southampton, per mail steam-vessel, for the Medi terranean, to join the Service Companies at Corfu. Major Robert Walpole is commanding the depot companies. Re cruiting, 1 sergeant and 8 rank and file. The draft of 1 sergeant and 30 rank and file, and 3 boys, embarked at Cork in the lowa for Corfu, on the Bth October. The Board of Ordnance have recommended that the House of Industry, in Strand-street, Limerick, hired as temporary barracks, and capable of accommodating 7 officers and 236 men, belonging to Mr. Watson, be purchased by Govern ment, and be converted into permanent barracks. A new military hospital is also ordered to be built at Limerick. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. NAVAL RETIREMENT. The following are the actual numbers of post-captains in the list, eligible for the retirement, who have sent in their names to the Admiralty as willing to accept the terms pro posed Of the first 10?) on the list Of the next 150 on the list Of the remainder on the list Total number Thus, it appears that 48 names are required to complete the 300, and the time for receiving the applications is limited to the end of this month. THE SURVEYOR'S 90-GUN SHIP ALl3lON.—Extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Albion, dated Oct. 27, 1845, latitude 47, longitude 10 west.—" Here we ale, having had four trials of sailing, and the Rattler having towed Superb first day, Rodney second day, Albion third day, and Canopus on the 25th, at the rate of 4 1 / 2 knots in the wind's eye, per hour, and the rest of us chasing her—had she been an enemy's ship towed out of action, any good sailer would have taken her. At all events, we are always beaten. Rodney and Albion started with Superb on Friday ; Superb beat us about six miles dead to windward, and Rodney about two miles; to-day we had a little shell practice, and during the time we were firing the senior officer demanded inclination ; and Rodney was 7 degrees port to 9 starboard, ourselves 15 port to 16 starboard; rather a wide difference, is there not, between the two ships? I must say that this ship rolls more and more every day. In the morning before (26th), at eight A.m., the ship rolled many times very heavily, so much so, that it so happened that the lower deck ports were up, and heavy seas came in and floated everything in the after cock pit. It ran over the combings at least two feet deep. To remain till 3d of December, unless the Vanguard brings counter orders."— West of England Conservative. The Apollo troop• ship, Commander Radcliffe, arrived at Santa Cruz on the 12th of October, from Cork, with troops on board, bound to the Cape of Good Hope. THE EXPERIMENTAL TRIALS BETWEEN THE RODNEY, ALBION, CANOPUS, AND SUPERB. We have much gratification in being enabled to lay be fore the public the following detailed account of the latest trials between the above four line-of-battle ships and the Daring 12. gun brig, under the orders of Commodore Fair fax Moresby, C.B. They come to us from an officer of the squadron of distinguished character, and we feel as sured that when the Gallant Commodore's official report shall be published, the subjoined will be corroborated in every respect. • FIRST TRIAL.—As soon at the squadron got outside the Plymouth Breakwater, on th e 21 s t October, the Daring was Ordered by the Commodore. to look out ahead, and when she had proceeded alittle distance from the line-of battle .ships; a general signal was made to chase the Dar ing. This wits at 12:59; the Course was W. by S., and the wind was N., a nice steady breeze; and smooth water. At 1.10 the squadron had made all sail—whole topsails, topgallant, sails; royals, and fore-topmast studding sails. At 1.18 the Rodney and Superb, appeared to be going ahead of the Canopus, when the siglial was made to them to t' Look out ahead of Commodore." The Albion at this time Was right astern under all sail, dropping. At Al the Canopus had gone ahead of the Albion 450 yafds; of the Rodney 560 yards, and of the Daring 750 yards; but the Superb had come up with the Canopus 210 yards, the weather and wind the same. At three P.M., without change of wind and weather, the Superb had come np with the Canopus 1,000 yards, and the Albion had wind tip with Canopus 50 yards. The Canopus bad gone ahead of the Rodney . 120 tafds, and the Daring 880 yards. At 4 P.M. the Canopus had OM tiheall of the Rodney 1 ti yard end Of the Daring 100 yards; the Superb drain-i 1 g up fast with the Canofiiik and the Albion having neared the Canopus 102 yards, the wind and Walther the same. At 4155 the signal Was made by the Commodore to cease the trial, when the Shie *ere in the following positions s•-••• The Superb had beaten the eanor,tiS 2,080 yards, and the ARAM had heat,en the Canopus 200 yards; the hitter bad - gained on the Rodney. during the whole trial, 870 yards, and on the Daring .1,560 yarcits The trial was every good one; and there Can be no doubt that every ship could have fought their lowefteetilt stint during the whole trial. SEOoND TRIAL.—The next trial Was On the 28d of Octo bers At e)gli the Commodore made signal to chase strangers n vie*: All the ships with all their port stuth ding. stills set acid royals; eourse - Ws by S o wind E.S.E,; force of *lntl ti with a eitell from SsEs ; wind on the port quarter. At 8.30 the . stitildrUli had made all sail, and at the, time of starting the ships Were in the following pOsitiOn :.—the Albion distant from the Commodore's ship, the Catitiptfa 1,924 yards, the Rodney 1,446 yards, the Superb; 1;675 yards; and the Daring 736 yards—all astern. At g. 35 the Superb had come tilt with the Canopus 295 yards ; the binepile had increased her distance ahead of the Albion 716 yards, of the Rodney 334 yards, and of the Daring b 54 yards ; wind and weather the same. At 10.35 the Canopus had gene ahead of the Albion 320 yards, and of the Daring 1,150 yardi the Rodney had gamed on the Canopus 70 yards, the Superb had come tip 69 Yards. At 10.40 the Superb carried away her foretopmast stud ding sail boom, which caused her to drop a little: At /OA the Canopus carried away hers also ; but, by the angles taketi, she seemed to held her own with all but the Superb. At eleven the Albion carried away her maintop mast studdingsail halyards, but soon had the sail set again. At 11.85 the Canopus had gained on the Albion 1,140 yards, on the Rodney 70 yards, and on the Daring 1,570 yards. The Superb had also dropped 300 yards; the wind and weather much the same, with a little swell. Within this hour all the ships bad taken in their lower studding-sails, except the Daring. At 12.35 the Canopus had gone ahead of the Albion 810 yards, of the Rodney . 180 yards, and of the Daring 1,560 yards; the Superb had gained on the Canopus 550 yards ; the wind had increased a At 1.0 wind and weather much the same, the Superb had come up with t . lte Canopus 440 yards ; but the lattr bad increased her distariCf.' frc9 the Albion 1,410 yards, from the Rodne j 60 yards, ;2 _4 from.. the Daring 840 • - 1 to f3h or ten yards. At 3.80 the oftinitalore made the ;::nai , sail; When the squadron were in the fedlowing pos;:2°"- Thp t llii tiltftn Of, WO gailo'pitg , 5;680 yardß; the Roam; 7a4 yards, and the 444 *ARS b 1 This. day the i fleet had . it goodicieß Kitt dtitffi . g *Melt tine they ran /2 Miles: ./siething could be fairer elm this trial. The *hitl its .stao in the port quarter chirinff the whole peried, and the gbig 6 . 6/il4 have fought their lower deck guns, the ports having been kept op flaring the tv Tbe *verb was hrsti having beat the Canopus 1,000 yard the Ctindpiis theebtid, (third) 734 yards; and the Albibli 5,660 yllygg : httyMg beat the Rodney d the ttl On two or three occasions, in light win a,_ a er screw steam-sloop was ordered to tow the Albion, Rodney, .• which she did in very good style, taking them and Soper.,, • --ell and breeze. 4 knots, against a bean Rodney Albion, and On the 25th of October, the attler towing three e Daring, had a trial of tailing An a wind, Is.- the Canopus dead to windwar d, a g ainst a good breez e, knots an hour. In about si x hours the Su p erb beat the Rodney dead to windward, and the Rodney beat the Albion. The Daring, on thie occasion, beat the large ships con siderably. Upon the whole, in the abottB files trials, the Superb may be considered first; the Canopus second, the Rodney third, and the Albion last. The Albion and the' Superb rolled very much indeed; and it is the opi nion of every one that if the Superb bad had her p ro per quantity of water and previdop on board the would be as bad as she was on the former trials, As it is, she is now in yacht-trim ; but what is the use of a ship that cannot sail with all her provisions on board? That old Frenchman, the Canopus, seems to combine all the qualities of a thorough good ship—fit to chase or to run away; to fight,or to blockade.—kaiza .~--; THE EXPERIMENTAL BRIGS. (From the Plymouth Times.) It will be within the recollection of our readers that dur ing the time the late squadron of brigs were under trial, and before any official report had become public, the partisans of the Surveyor's department of the navy were constantly endeavouring to mislead the public mind relative to the merits and qualities of th e i r own vesse l, th e Flyi ng Fi s h, which they stated to be the most complete and perfect of the whole; and, not content with this, they endeavoured to strengthen their statements] by most unhandsome misre presentations of the other brigs, particularly L'Espiegle and Daring. The fcrmer was made, more especially, an object of official jealousy and vituperation, solely from the circumstance of her having been built and constructed by three gentlemen of the late school of Naval Architecture, whom they described " as b e i ng o f li tt l e or no use " — " as sauntering about the dockyards and picking their teeth with chips." All this was, of course, only a continuation of the policy pursued by the late First Lord of the Admiralty, who took so active a part in ruining the prospects of these gentle men—certainly the best educated and most talented men in the dockyard service. He stated, as is well known, in his place in Parliament, as an excuse for keeping them in subordinate situations, they had "failed in the science they professed ;" but did not explain how. At last, however, this shallow policy of sacrificing the interests of science upon the altar of a political party, merely to uphold the views and in terests of a few individuals, became so very apparent that the present Board of Admiralty deemed it expedient to em ploy these much-abused gentlemen, for the first time, in the construction and building of ships for the public service, by which it would be seen whether they were fairly open to the mean misrepresentations of those whose very existence de pended on keeping them back in the service, or not. Now, it proved that, so far from their being incompetent to the very highest duties which could be required of them as naval constructors, scientifically educated by the Government, that they sent in very beautiful and perfect designs for a line-of battle ship, a frigate, and a brig, accompanied by a most complete and important report on the general state of our national naval architecture, and which, we are assured, on the best authority, gave the greatest satisfaction to the Ad miralty. The brig, as is well known, when constructed, al though the first vessel ever built by these gentlemen, came very nearly within the line of flotation given by calculation, and differed less from the construction drawing, than any of the other vessels; whereas the Flying Fish, the brig pro posed by the Surveyor of the Navy, and constructed in his department, differed so much from the intended line of flota tion, as , shown in the construction drawing, that if all her ordnance stores, including guns and all her provisions in casks, together with her anchors, had been sent on shore, she would not then have swam upon the lines intended. So much for the comparative merits of the constructors of these two vessels, and so much for the alleged failure in the science professed. Come we now to the reports of the trials of these vessels as men-of•war. The official reports upon these trials, al though called for in the House of Commons, have been de layed and kept back from time to time, in certainly a most extraordinary and suspicious way. At length, however, those who so withheld them have been literally compelled to yield them up; and it will be most gratifying to those who endeavour to maintain th e necess i ty of sc i entific educa tionin the public service, to find that they fully bear out the enlightened and patriotic principles which they so frequently advocate. The first of these reports which claims attention is that of Commodore Corry, who states, that " on a wind," in mode rate weather, there is very little difference between the Flying Fish and Espiegle; that in a head sea, the Daring is the superior vessel ;" whilst in a following sea, " there was little difference between the three." In the thirteenth trial, L'Espiegle "had a decided advantage over the Mutine and rest of the squadron." In fact, any one who will peruse Commodore Corry's very clear, well-arranged, and valuable report, will see that, to say the least possible in favour of this, the first vessel ever constructed by the gentlemen of the School of Naval Architecture, she was in no wise inferior in sailing qualities to the Flying Fish, the latest production of the Surveyor's department of the navy, after fifteen years' empirical experience at shipbuilding at the public expense. And it will be apparent to every one that in this same report it is proved that the Flying Fish was very frequently beaten by the other brigs—not only by L'Espiegle, but by the Waterwitch and Blutine. In the ninth and tenth trials the Flying Fish was third. Upon the whole, Commodore Corry awards superior sailing qualities to the Daring. But in reference to other qualities, viz., capability of firing guns, &c., he remarks, "Whilst al luding to the inclination, I must state that I could not help remarking the extreme stiffness of L'Espiegle when com pared with the other vessels, which must give her a great advantage when firing her guns." Now, when it is consi dered that this brig carries her ports nearly a foot higher out of the water than the Flying Fish, and, by Captain Thomp son's report, she left Plymouth Sound with full five months' provisions under hatches, whilst the Flying Fish could only stow, in a similar way, fourteen weeks', can any one doubt of the superiority of this vessel over the Flying Fish as a British man-of-war? Even the report of Commander Harris, of the Surveyor's own vessel, the Flying Fish, is favourable, and highly honourable to L'Espiegle, admitting, in fact., that each might claim success upon four trials to windward out of seven ; whilst in eight subsequent trials Commander Thomp son states that L'Espiegle beat the Flying Fish five times, and Daring three times. Yet, notwithstanding' these striking facts, the organ of the Surveyor's-office, which seems to keep no terms with either consistency or truth, has the impudence to tell the public that these returns to the House of Commons prove the great supe riority of the Flying Fish over all the ether brigs, as they have repeatedly maintained. Verily, none are so blind as those who won't see. If Captain Corry's report goes for anything, it goes to show directly that the constructors of L'Espiegle have been most unjustly dealt with, both by Lord Minto and the late Board of Admiralty, and tyrannically kept down to subordinate situations in the dockyards against every principle of honourable deal ing. If the Admiralty will only look a little forward there will appear a most melancholy prospect of obtaining in a few years, properly qualified persons for superintending the work of the dockyard ; and from whom can be selected surveyors of the navy and other officers in the higher department of the service. In fact, they have only the wreck of the School of Naval Architecture to depend on. Some of them may be certainly found eminently quali fied as practical and theoretical shipbuilders, extremely well versed in the routine of the dockyard, and who are beside sound mathematicians; but even those are getting far advanced in life, and unless some grand step be taken to train up and educate fitting persons in the science of naval architecture for the Go vernment service, why, as a matter of course, that service must either become degraded i.n its class of shipwright officers, or be left at the mercy of any successful private shipbuilder or amateur, who, through the patronage of the State, can seize upon the office of the Surveyor of the Navy. The Reform Admiralty he7e made a pretty mess of it, they " and their apron men." They have certainly left the Go vernment ship-building in a far worse state than they found it ; with such a man as Sir Byam Martin, comptroller of the Navy, and such men as Sir Robert Seppings, Sir William Rule, Sir Henry Peake, and others, there was at least some guarantee that the public affairs could not be misconducted by underlings and managing men, whilst, at the same time, there was some little regard shown to the progress of science in the establishment of the School of Naval Architecture. We have, in this respect, to use a homely proverb, got out of the frying-pan into the fire. It was remarked by an old stage coachman, in regard to railways, that if you are thrown off a coach into a ditch " there you are. But if ou are smashed in a railway carriage where are ye ?" Now where we are in the naval architecture of the Government by this smash of the reform government in their royal road to learning, we believe it would puzzle any to tell—such a mass of contradictions was never before heard of in any public establishment. With respect to the official reports of the brigs, we earnestly recommend them to the serious attention of naval men, as being quite conclusive to the principles for which we are contending, and as being a complete con tradiction to the numerous attempts of hired writers to mis lead the country upon all the important questions of its government shipbuilding and the melancholy state of its dockyard affairs. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. Last night the monthly meeting of the club was held at the British Coffee-house, W. Harrison, Esq., the Commodore, presiding, faced by Lord A. Paget, the Vice- Commodore, and supported by Lord W. Lennox, and about eighty influential gentletnen of the club. Mr. Iltiritru, brought forward his long-delayed motion for the establishing a new club-house, or removing from their present quarters, and after considerable discussion the motion was unanimously carried, and a committee of thirteen gen. tlemen appointed to inquire as to the best mode of carrying out the same, and to report thereon. Among the gentlemen appointed were the Commodore, Vice-Commodore, Lords W. Lennox and Seaham ; the first meeting to take place on Thursday, the 20th inst., at Cuttriss's Piazza Coffee-house. The great confusion at present existing from the mode of taking the ballot was, on the motion of Mr. GREENWOOD, altered to taking the names collectively, or by balloting singly if one black were found in five It was also decided, upon a motion of Mr. BUCKNALL, that the Society should in future receive 11. for every yacht sold after being placed on its list. The remaining business having been disposed of, thanks were awarded to the Commodore, &c., and the proceedings terminated. SIR ROBERT PEEL.—We are exceedingly happy to state that the answer to inquiries in Whitehall-gardens yesterday was, that Sir Robert had nearly recovered from his recent attack of the gout, and was in excellent health. Tun COURT.—In the event of a continuance of the present fine autumnal weather, her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the infant Royal Family, are expected to proceed 1 to Osborne House about the 20th or 21st inst., where the Court will probably remain for about a fortnight or three weeks. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE' OF LADY ADELA Vittonts.—Bannyrorr, Nov. 6.—Considerable excitement has been caused in this town by the sudden and mysterious disappear ince of Lady Adele Carisanda Maria Villiers, youngest daughter of the Earl of Jersey, who has been missing since yesterday afternoon. His Lordship and family are at present residing at East Lodge, Upper Rock-gardens. It appears that at five o'clock yesterday afternoon her Ladyship retired to her room. with the avowed in tention of dressing for dinner, but as she did not make her ap. pearance at table, inquiries were made, and she was not to be found in the house. On further investigation it was ascertained that her Ladyship passed through the lodge-gate, at a quarter. past five o'clock, with a small bundle in her hand, and turned down St. James's-street ; but nothing further could he learned of her. Inquiries have b e en m ade n s b since h either it at the of h railwayt the tr station, ains wh which h t n lefto per son employed about i t re members any person answering her Lady pshigiph'ts aftcleesrcfirivPetin g lock. Every means have been resorted to to trace . ui fugitive,withouttgdt4uttreshslitnhgerotcocurrence wasa thesed to h forward slightest success. te C ()n I n u te t l e l i s - L ... s hs pence u. s'n was on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, of J e r s ey, ir..- and the Countess returned to East Ledge early at Arendel C astle, . ' ,, la is only 17 years o f age . this ntorning, Lady A. MAKING THE BEST or . IT.—Not long ago the , use, near this town, failed to Mini - stet of a dissenters' meeting...' make hit appearance at the h our appoin 'ed fo r . the commencement ently for some time, of the servia The congregation waite ' d pu. ' - but still he came not ; and anx i ous ly they waste.. on, t, expec t in g butstill each moment that he would be seen ascending the pull: t heir they nailed in vain. They, however, remained quietly it. 4. places, and scarcely a whisper broke the silence of the house ... worship. At length a highly respectable gentlemen of this town, I seeing his son in the lower part of the chapel, and no doubt think ing it time to commence proceedings, called out " Tom I" Tom responded, " Yes, father." " Hadn't we better sing a hymn, Tom ?" " Yes, father, I think so," responded Tom. Accord. ingly a hymn was given out and sung. Still the minister did not appear, and the service came again to a dead standstill. The old gentleman above alluded to, however, came again to the rescue. Calling again to a relative, he said, " Hadn't some one better read a-sermon 7" " I think so," was the reply, ;and forthwith the re. spondent, a sharebroker of this town, wen t into the vestry, found a sermon, ascended the pulpit, and read the discourse with good eraphaeis and discretiothissZstyPool iilbiont ;~. ~,~~_ t_- COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS OF CANADA. (From the Toronto Globe.) The fears which were recently entertained for the com mercial and monetary condition of The province are happily , removed, and there is every prospect of a brisk fall and win ter trade. The first cause of this favourable. state of things is the abundant harvest, with which a benificent Providence has blest the labours of the husbandman. The advance in . the price of wheat is also a large element in this posperity. It is rarely that the cultivator of the soil has both a larger quantity and an increased price, for when the quantitt . zs large the price generally falls, and rises with a short produce.. The advance on the price has been occasioned by the deficie ency of the crop in Britain, but it of course extends to home sales, as well as exports, and renders this a very beneficial year to the farmer. The rise in the price to the domestic consumer, although very valuable and important to the fanner, is not so great as to injure seriously . the paying consumers; all the industrial classes will share in the gain by the additional sums of money which the farmers will be enabled to spend. Annuitants and others, not engaged in business, will pay their part of the advance without any equivalent. As far a* the home consumption extends, there will be merely an ex change from one class of the community to another, with an increase in the amount of the circulating medium ; but the grain exported will bring to Canada a clear addition to her capital of the whole extra produce and extra price upon the quantity shipped. We do not exaggerate when we estimate this at 200,0001., a most important addition to a poor country like Canada. This will aid theconsumers to pay the imports from the mother country with ease and promptitude. The advance of about ls. currency a bushel on wheat, beyond some years past, was required to give a stimulus to the ener gies of the Canadian farmer, to extend his eultivation to other articles, which the British Market will take off, such as flax and hemp, for which Britain pays several millions sterling annually to foreign countries, and which she would readily take from Canada. We know from good authority; that a farmer in the home district this year cleared 251. per acre by those articles, and that he intends to have 100 acres. sown with them for the ensuingyear. We regard the rise on wheat as more beneficial than• if it had been very great, for in that case it would have checked the prosperity of the manufacturing districts of England, and have diminished the consumption of timber and ashes. and other articles exported by Canada. It would, besides; have affected the money-market there, by draining the specie to the European continent in payment of grain, and have so alarmed the capitalists, that the railroads contem plated in Canada must have been delayed to some future day. The risk, we trust, of all these untoward events has passed away. The British crops are not so deficient as to require very large supplies, but the price is such that *Very bushel of wheat that Canada can spare will be sent to the mother country. The railroads of Great Britain are reach ing a magnitude that fills the mind with astonishment. A hundred and fifty millions of capital are embarked, or about to be embarked on them, and twelve millions sterling must. be paid for railway travelling, in order to cover the interest and expenses. The income, we believe, of those finished is actually yielding about half that sum, and there are no ap pearances of a check, although the whole annual Aim is equal to about one-fourth of the Government taxes; and this is but one branch of the expense of travelling. The vast sums required for these undertakings, and the many millions of stock held and to be paid by British capitalists' for French railroads would have placed the country in the' utmost jeopardy, if in addition it had been necessary' to make great remittances for grain. But all fears for the next twelve months are now over. The Bank of England still holds her 15,000,000 or 16,000,000 of specie, the revenue is in an improving state, and the world is astonished with the exhibition of a nation carrying on her shoulders a load of debt which would crush all the civilised world besides. Canada is receiving her share of this pro sperity, through the advantages of her preference in export ing grain. When the million and a half of expenditure on public works comes to an end, which will be next year, we shall have the beginning of the railroad expenditure, which will more than compensate for the loss. Nothing is so ninth wanted in addition as a company or companies who will lower the fare of the steam-boats and take off the tolls, which in point of fact is placed on our magnificent lakes by the present odious monopolies. THE PUNJAUB. (From the Allgemeine Zeitung.) Sir Henry Hardinge's government of India has been hitherto remarkable for its moral policy, its avoidance of all military parade, its serious devotion to the internal interests of the country, and the civilisation of the natives—aline or policy which offers a sufficiently striking contrast to the warlike achievements of his predecessor. Nay, although. one of the best and bravest soldiers of the Peninsular war, it ks said that he has not, since his landing in India, held, as yet, even one review of the troops, and so concealed hits military energies, like his policy, beneath his zeal for schools and colleges, no less than beneath the simplicity of it very retired private life. Meanwhile, however, the moment is approaching' when the Indian mails will bring us intelligence of the moat int• portant movements. Opportunity, and means and ways, for' British intervention in the affairs of the Punjaub may now be more nearly destined and predicted ; and in consequence of the combination of an intelligent policy, supported by an army sufficiently strong to command respect, the kingdom of Lahore is being gradually encircled on all sides by troops. The events which, after the death of Runjeet Singh, rapidly followed one another in this kingdom—the fearful crimes which desolated the palace of Lahore—the lawlessness which allured the army to frequent revolts—and the misery which these revolutions heaped upon the people—are already sum.- ciently known in Europe. There is no present probability that any one of the branches of the family of Runjeet, or the contenders for the dominion of the State, will be able, by means of their own resources, to regain a secure sovereignty over this disrup tured land. During the last three years England observed the strictest neutrality, and the Council of Calcutta did not trouble itself to know who sat on the throne, so long as the nominal Sovereign possessed sufficient strength to keep the army within bounds and to govern the country. The result, however, of this moderation was an uninterrupted succession of violent revolutions and continued blood-sheddings, whilst chance or the will of the army raised some one chieftain to a power which was ruinous to all who possessed it. It has thence been confirmed by experience that the authority and even the lives of the Princes of Lahore are endangered, and it is probably under these circumstances that the assistance of the British Government has been applied for, and the country consented to sacrifice a portion of its firmer inde pendence, so that once more will a kingly house be income, rated into the list of the subsidiary States of the Indian em-. pire. Conformably with the conditions of such a treaty,. these Princes will retain their exalted rank together with. the civil administration of the country, but the military go vernment will be transferred to English officers. In other words, this sort of intermediation is desired by the Princes themselves, and will be very advantageous to their subjects, as it ensures to the country a peaceful government, although it will encounter the most strenuous opposition on the part of the Sikh army. Notwithstanding all the political con vulsions which Lahore has had to endure, the army of Run jeet Singh has not lost much of its strength. It is still sr • parently the finest army ever possessed by a native Asiatic Prince, and it will remain united and strong as well against foreign influence as for the defence of its own existence. Tha cavalry, and especially the artillery, are magnificent, so that it will . be impossible to overthrow these troops without One of the most sanguinary battles ever recorded in the annals af, 1,-2dian history. On the other hand, however, the British arm y, which has long been stationed in the north-western, provinces, 2 . ,as been selected and equipped with the most ex- 7 traordinary csl': for the exigencies of this momentous affair.. The Sikh infantry is perfectly equal to any body Of foot. soldiery in the world, a .2d the army consists in a far greater proportion than has hitherto been customary of European cavalry—l believe not less than five regiments—a species of force in which the preponderance of English strength and.in trepidity in Asiatic warfare has been sverywhere very , powerfully felt. Sir Henry Hardinge is preparing slowly to advance to-, wards the north, and as a rupture with the Siki; army seems now inevitable, we look with the most lively it,terest to wards the further progress of events which ought to crown this long interval of expectation with sudden and sutficeesful activity. A WHALE IN BELFAST LOUGH.—On the morning , of Wednesday last the services of the Coastguard, stationed at Cultra Point, were called into active requisition by the appearance of—not a smuggler, but something " very like a whale," plough. Ing the waters a fcw hundred yards from the pier. " A whale! • whale!" was the cry. The alarm spread far and wide, and, ere long, almost the entire population of the village were gathered on the beach, anxious to catch a sight of the aquatic monster who had voyaged so far from his ocean home. Without loss of time a boat was manned by four or five of the Coast-guard men, armed with. harpoon, cutlass, carbine, and hatchet, resolved to make the stranger pay dearly for his visit. Whether the fish had been tempted by. curiosity or in quest of prey so far as the Lough, can only be guessed at: There, however, he was, his back rising dim and huge above the billows, and furrowing in his way the liquid ele— ment in sport or fury. After a geod deal of maneeuvering, the men succeeded in bringing their boat alongside the enemy, and then commenced their assault upon him without mercy. The fish, accustomed to " do as he liked with his own," namely, the whole of the inferior finny tribes, was, no doubt, surprised to be thus assailed in what he would consider his own dominion, though an o e f xt o r p ero p e s , it a i n o d n , t ti b li e t a h t e t n em , u p n ted visi t t o ed m p ak ar e t o o ir, f , it but, a his d a f ter ende a vour s litt i s w how el. fruitless. After receiving two or three shots, and a good many strokes with the harpoon, a grappling-iron was thrown over him, and the boats were rowed shorewards amid the huzzas of the spectators, with the poor whale vanquished and weltering in his blood, which dyed the waters, and soon the retreating tide left him "high and dry" upon the beach. The fish thus captured proved to be a whale of the bottle-nosed species, and the money realised by its sale will repay the prowess of its captors, as it is computed that it will yield at least 200 gallons of oil. It exhi— bited great tenacity of life, having survived six hours after being brought to land, though cut and hacked in an extreme degree. In length it measures 22 feet, and its girth is nearly 12 feet, the breadth of the tail being 5 % feet. It is of a light lead colour, and, to use a cattle dealer's phrase, it seems in capital condition_ On Wednesday and yesterday crowds of persons docked from this town and other places to see it where it lies on the shore at Cultra ; the attraction consisting fully as much in the rarity of the fish, at least on our shores, as in its dissensions,. as these are, comparatively, not great.—Banner of Ulster. THE LATE FIRE AT PENTONVILLE.—The fire which b aw r ta o sp k ne e no o tt u ou t n nti nearlyil l n i , e stdwayo cont in ue d g o'clockh t t u o p y o eb n sut re t nr h d e afyo p r r m e o m r several n is i e n s g o f b t h o Mr. au the e a m a ndit ' fire ment had succeeded in getting the flames extinguished. In a great measure may be attributed the rapid progress of the conflagration to the fact of there not being a sufficiency of water to supply the whole of the engines. This may appear rather surprising, when tt is stated that the reservoir of the New River Company's works is situate within a few hundred yards of the spot. Had not the fire men exerted themselves to the utmost, the work of destruction must have been far more serious than it has been. The following is a copy of Mr. Superintendent Braidwood's official report of the extent of damage done:—" 15, Lower Queen's-row, PentonYlll4—Mr. Barnes, builder; the workshops, Ike., with their contents, nearly consumed. The cause of fire unknown. Insured in the Sun Fire.office for stock is trade and premises. 15, Lower QUCCA's• row—Mr.lJoseph Barnes ;:dwelling.house, the most part destroyed: The furniture and other contents nearly consumed. UnlnsurecL 14, Lower Queen's-row.—Mr. Salter, confectioner; building sund contents damaged by fire, water, and hasty TCll3ollli ; Insursmese unknown. 13, Lower Queen's.row.—Mrs. Barnes, stationet; furniture much injured by water and remov al ; uninsured. 1..,,„ Lower Queent-row.—Mr. J. Mason, music-seller ; contents of stock in trade and furniture greatly damaged by removal ; insu rance unknown. 16, Lower Queen's -row.—Mr. Petty, hair ef.e—tnhgeMi engines sLo . B tnhd a a r ot n n e sa fire , ten j Jun. ; w f e u r r furniture i t establishment,tuwre adi; dresser and perfumer ; building considerably damaged by fire ; the d stock and furniture extensively injured ; insured in the Phceniz e-office. 20, Penton n. " by water, &c. I, Western.place.—Mr. Hodgkins; roof mageo r t ai h il ic V est of England and County offices." seven of o e oltowfntoghibeenghloot:ugo..tih:egdp...at ora, P&CVISIONS IN GLASGOW.—The retail provision markets are very high ; the best oatmeal, which was lately sold at le. 10d. to 2s. per stone, is now retailed at 2s. &I. to 2.. 10d., being a rise of 10d. per stone in about a month. Bread is higher in price in this city than in other towns in Scotland, while flour is 4d. per stone cheaper than in Edinburgh. Potatoes are retailed It fraM ad , to 44. per atone,Glassow Ceattlutioa4l. ._:.~_ I