The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-01 00:00:00

kIARKET NEWS -(THIS DAY —..„-„,„______ CORN EXCII AN G E.—(i'Olo DAY.)N During the past week the weather has been extremely favourable for the ingathering of the crops; hence the ad vices which have reached us to-day from nearly all parts of England -but more particularly from the forward districts, in which large breadths of wheat and other grain have been already carried in good condition-including Ireland and Scotland, are of a more gratifying character than those which have been received for some time previously. The quality of the grain as yet submitted to the process of thrash ing is stated to be below an average, though the weight is nearly, or quite, equa l to that of former seasons. Since this day se'nnight, up to S aturday evening, the receipts of English Wheat were somewhat liberal for the time of year, and of full average quality. Of Barley, Beans, Peas, and flour the receipts were comparatively small. Fresh up this morning, however, upwards of fi ce hundred quarters of wheat of this year's produce came to - hand, chiefly from Essex with a few parcels from Kent and other parts. The fresh supply of old wheat was small. As the dealers purchased with great caution, the demand for that description of produce ruled dull. New wheat may be quoted from is to 2s; old qualities Is per quarter lower than on Monday last, and a clearance was nut effected. The prices obtained for the former varied from 48s to 60s per quarter, and at which nearly the whole was dis posed ot. A total clearance of the old parcels was not effected. 'rue show of fine foreign wheat was by no means large. Holders were tolerably firm, vet the trade was in a sluggish state, and when sales were forced an abatement of quite Is per quarter was submitted to. Bonded Grain was quite neglected. There was scarcely any English Barley on show, while that of Foreign was by no means large. Grind ing and Distilling parcels commanded a ready sale, at ex • tensive rates. In Malting qualites only a moderate business was doing. Although the supply of Malt was somewhat on th e increase, we had a fair retail demand for it, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, previous figures. From Ireland very few O ats h ave reached us since our last, but we have to report the arrival ofupwards of 37000 in from foreign ports. The Oat trade was very dull, at, in some instances, a decline of 6d per quarter. Be ens and Peas supported late rates; b et Fl our was offering at soewhat easier terms. Several pa rce l s of new Seeds wtre on show, but the business doing was trifling. Wheat- CURR ENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Essex & Kent, - Yorkshiret .. • • 63s to 64 5 Red .....• • • • 465 to 55s Oats Yorkshire and Ditto, White.... • • 51s 62s Lineolnsh., Feed. 22s 23s •Norfolk and Lin_ 6 ` s • 223 24s colt, lied... • • 483 54s Youghar and Cork, Ditto, White ...... 503 GOs Black . ...... 20s 2ls Irish, Red --• • • • s s Cork, White . .... 21s 23s Ditto, White- -• • -s -s Rye-Old ....... ..... -_ Scotch, Feed. .... 20s 22s s -s Beans -Tick . New. • • ...... .. • • 304 32s 38s 43s Pi-eons • • Barley-Grinding, .•• • • 25s 27t Pease-Alrey .•••• • • • • 38s 40s Malting . .... •• .. 30, 33s Chevalier ... •• • • 34s -s Maple. .......... 38s 43s White . ... .. ••• • • 36 s 39 s Malt - Suffolk and Nor 34s ... .•• • • . 4s 43s folk .. .• • . ..... . 583 59s Flou r - Tolvn-made .• • 42s 49s Brown ... • . ...... 52s 5 - 8 s Suffolk •.• .. ..... 375 405 Kingston and Ware 58s G 33 Stoekta & Norfolk 36s 408 - FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. Wheat-Dantzi e -•• • • 4.:s to 48s Beans - ..... .••• • • • . 28s to 36s liamburgh .... •• • 37s 42s Pease- ••-..•• • • • • • . 33s 36. Barley ... ............ 208 21s Flour-American ... • • 19s 21s Oatsyoed ..-New .. • . ....... 19s 21s Baltic - 153 -6; C ...... ••• 19s 215 SIVIZTIIIIIM7.1) Since Monday last, the imports of livestock for this market have been extensive, they having amountedand t&2l,2,sotxenetahnedr Cows from Haniburgb, and 200 Oxe with 76 Sheep, from Rotterdam. W e had on offer 1901)utch Beasts, in excellent condition ; indeed, they were some of the best animals we had seen for some weeks past. At the out ports, the arrivals of stock from the Continent have proved large, viz. 220 Beasts and Sheep, all at Hull. From our own grazing districts, the Bullock sup plies received fresh up this morning were very extensive for the time of year, while a decided improvement was noticed in their quality and condition. Although the attendance of buyers was rather numerous, theßeef trade was in a very de pressed state, at a decline in the currencies obtained last week of quite 2d per 81bs, the highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s per Sibs, and a clearance was not effected. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and C am b ridgeshire we re cortheived ern 600 short horns, S co t s and humebreds; from the n counties, 800 short horns, &c. ; from the western And midland counties, 900 Herefords, runts, Devon; &c. ; fro fromm oth Scot ts potl a arts of an England, 700 of various breeds; d nd 200 The numbers o f s h eep were somewhat horned and Dolled Scots.— ~n the inc rease , t h ough by no means larger for the season. Prime old Downs sup ported previous rates, but all other kinds were 2d per Blbs lower, with a heavy demand. Lambs were in fair average supply and sluggish inquiry, at a decline in the quotations of 2d per Blbs. The Veal trade was in a sluggish state; yet prices were mostly supported. The numbers of Pigs, 132 of which came from Ireland, were moderate. The Pork trade ruled steady at full prices. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts •.• • 2 6 210 quality ditto 3 8 4 2 s. d. to S. Second Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woolled 4 4 4 6 ditto Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 South blethers 4 8 5 0 Southdown Prime Scots Large coarse Calv es 3 6 4 2 Large Hogs ... •• • 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto Buckling Calves lB 0 30 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 2 5 0 0 6 Inferior Sheep .. SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep, I Calve 148 s. I Pigs. 309 28,140 Beasts. 3,650 NEWGATE AND LEADENTIA.I.L. For the time of year a full average :supply of slaughtered meat has reached us from Scot End and various parts of England—it having consisted of 846 carcases of Beef, 1,600 ditto of Mutton, 584 ditto of Veal, and 1,250 ditto of Pork. Generally speaking the trade has ruled dull, and prices had downward tendency. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I s. d. to s. d. 4 4 0 Beef, Inferior— ... 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior . •• 3 40 4 4 middling .. • • 2'lo 3 0 middling• • 4 ... 4 8 —..-- prime large •• 3 2 3 4 --- prima •• . • b ,---- prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 210 310 4 Yea 1.............. 3 8 4 8 small ........ 4 0 4 Lamb, 4s Gd to 5s 6d. WOOL IYEA MMIIT. During th e week the imports of Wool into London have been extensive, viz., 446 bales from Hobart Town, 1,007 ditto from Port Philip, 1,650 ditto from Sydney 279 ditto from Port Beaufort, 56 ditto from Turkey, 200 ditto from llarnburgh, 162 ditto from Spain, and 300 ditto from other quarters. Privately an extensive business is doing in most kinds, and previous rates are steadily supported. The sup plies offering are not heavy. lION.OITGEI AND SP2T.a.LPIELDS. Although the accounts respecting the Potatoe crops con tinue unfavourable, we have large suppiles of Potatoes on offer here the demand is steady at from 31 108 to 61 per ton. ZIOROUGII IZOP We had a very steady demand litrautET. for and previous rates were most kinds of Hops, 175,000/, well su pported. The d u ty i s called TALLOW. This market remains firm, and prices steady. At St. Peters burgh, prices are advancing, and a large business is doing. Fine Y.C. l a id down here ;mild cost 42$ to 423 6d. Town tallow scarce, at 41s 6d to 42s net cash. CLOSING OF THE TRANSFER BOOKS AT THE lIAVIC OF ENEILAND.—The transfer books will be closed and opened as follows :—Bank Stock, Tuesday, September 2 (to !narrow) till Thursday, Octob er 16 ; T hree per Cents. Re duced, Wednesday, September 3, till Tuesday, October 21 ; New IITWe hyee-andd-a-Quarter per Cents., Th ursday, September 4, ti dnesay, October 22 ; Long Annuities, Thursd, Se ptember 4, till T ues d ay, October 21 ; Annuiti es for ter ay ms of years, Thursday, S eptem b er 4, to Tuesday, October 21 • oath Sea Old A nnu i t i es, Thursday, September'' 4, till Thurs day, October 16. USEFUL CIVILITIES.—A letter received at Llo y d' s from their agent at Havre, dated the 27th of A to o n f. s that the Chamber of Commerce there had voteudguasts,ummeonf each to the men, and 1001. to the jilocyto,rcormprising a crew of seven, who hat!, with considerable danger, rescued oeffsclied the crew of the British schooner Hebburhall, wreckedb' avre, from a very perilous situation. Five out of the boat's crew were English sailors. This is one of the manydinstances of the generous feeling of the French Government tsplayed towards those who have been wrecked upon the French have rendered assistance to a shipwreeked coast, o L r l who d' agent also at Gibraltar mentions that the cocemevrmeerawaidoeereaosfoi:tohses Spanish Government steamer Piles, has, on rendered valuable, prompt, and gratuitou ' s aid, in eases of ves- , ▪ lsjptting on shore at that place and neighbourhood. IHE ENGLISH AND THE FP. ON . TH COA . ST OP Aratca--The capta'nf of the D ‘ ryas, trading vessel, which Las a rrived at Bordeaux - zutonhis.osners, that a srhoomrt Sierra tim e before Leon e , hisstates arrivalin his a t the re- Which ' di,ver, the French Government schooner Melange, lta Leen sent by M. Baudin, the commander of the xreach naval station in Africa, entered the river for the pur pose of negotiating with its chiefs a treaty of commerce, by 'which the French the ther nations, were to enjoy the same rights as those granted English heard As soon, says the captain of the Dryas, as chiefs urgin ~ of this proceeding they sent agents to the `wish e n 1 _ g d 'neat to break the treaty, and enter into another Perie n 4,a, , to the exclusion of all other nations. On ex cipai ehie li , the Most energetic refusals from one of the prin 'elt l a t iL' 'l'3ed Amacold, they abandoned their project. Ps'irs to be fatternent of the captain of the Dryas ; but it ap :the et , ?uudd more on supposition than fact. 1,! * h.„.._, ago, t e ,: l , n t fair of Edmonton, which used, thirty 1;4; 1 1 . It's,- "it°,,veri celebrated, is, it is ' said, about to be re 14th .a .form eri "' be held at the same time and in the same S E ° f iSe 1 Y , viz in a field near the Bell Inn, on the O L., l' e raber '' r -E tssi • 1 414 C4 0 ,, °1v „ (31 " T HE Rev. W. G. WARD TO TIIE ruld to . AoVtE.—Mr. Ward has at length made up his ts bee -I_ eue from the Established Church. This, it appears, ! li g h t , but,„" among his personal friends for the last fort- ? -War e that ~• Was not until Saturday that the public were Pear s i he had taken this step. Correspondence, which . rings° . u T t he Oxford Herald, explains the reason of his 'estant co "t is expected that other defections from the Pro . - 11/%4%44 tarnunion will immediately follow by members of this 1 4, r. Icraeav l d who belon g to the Tractarian School. The lette of kill en d ' and its app en d ix , are long-winded affairs; but r ve 4 e t ,_ 8 our to find room for them by to-morrow. We wish 11 e yite bishops w ou ld follow the good example. V given the decoration King of the French has just toi saio ue decoration of the Legion of Honour to a non-com- Wh o ' l ed 'lacer called Kolembeski, of Polish extraction, and of thtrrilled in France with King gtanislaus. Upon the death lem,b at i. Prince, in 1766, he entered the French service. Ko a tl e4 l i i , 101 years old, he has passed through 79 years of peh"%e service , and been engaged in 29 campaigns, among tit!fiu witere.those of America, Spain, .Italy . , Germany, Porten. 'relish' ussia, and France. He is the oldest soldier in the army. titl'llß STORM IN HoLLAND.—At Tienhaven, near 4 r h e a t tr the inhabitants were alarmed on . the 7th . of August, th, "Talt six in the afternoon, by a terrible noise, and in less 4 fiv e .. houses, barns, s and haystacks, were si t i , minutes several arm, i t4 , ll Ped of their root's, and many large and small trees uprooted hrown down. ,„ .. l ars , : c. 4h„ -- SUSPICIOUS CASE AT NORTH ELEET.—On li o r "tiaY the Board of Guardians of the North Aylesford kiss are stated to h ave had a communication from the Ctun (lf t.ioners of P oor -law, to the effect that the further services IsitiZe Medical and relieving officers of the union are dispensed l• 'aap ri nth - , Z,IJEEN'S VISIT TO THE RHINE.—The ex to ti e of the fetes given upon the occasion of the Queen's visit 11n:." Rhine is stated in the German papers to amount to " AT- The • s musicians alone were paid 400,000 f. litre„ AiL l' OF A WIPE.—On Thursday afi - 4-rnoon last a e. 0,711; concourse of people assembled in the Market-place, in lia r , , c loenee of its being understood that a man of Neithrop, Attu" Hemmings, intended to oiler his wife fcr sale. A pur tstZr was ready in the person of a man with whom she had th t " earne time living. The presence of the r olice prevented t ‘ ae being attempted.. In the morning the salesman went il4 rolieitor for his advice. saying he wished to have the mat rpt:4le legally. Th e sol i c i tor, directly on his making his th il lo know n , de s i re d hi m t o go to a p i aco supposed to b e Il k fart her Off than the market-place. —Banbury Guar- THE LAST DAYS of the EMPEROR served to be asleep in the carriage. At Bacheserai, the Emperor also dined alone, and the tollovi inn morning he in formed Sir James Wy , ie that he bad sulF ,ed from an attack ot bilious (liar. 'nee., in !he right, but that he was then perfecely well. "rhos,' he said, all my complaints pass away without the help of medicine.' Sir James did not state to me the circumstances which led the Emperor to believe that medi cal treatment was of no avail in arresting the progress of dis ease and to determine him not to have recourse to its aid. There could be DO doubt that the Emperor had some peculiar views about the doctrine of predestination, but whether his scepticism respecting the eThcacy of medicine originated in these opinions, I could not ascertain. " His Majes; y that day went to Chufut Kali, and returned in the afternoon to Bacheserai to meet the Tartar chiefs. Next day he went to Kosloff, and on arriving there Sir James observed that they had passed some marshes which emitted a most disagreeable odour. The following night he slept near Perecop, and on the next between the Isthmus and Oriekoff. At this place he was observed by his valet de-chambre to be ill, but his Nlajesty did not inform Sir James of the circumstance, and the latter saw nothing unusual in the appearance of the Emperor the next morning during their visit to an hospital close by this village. But the valet afterwards stated that his Majesty had been very ill in the night, and inquired if Sir James did not observe how pale he was. In the carriage with General Diehitch on the road to Marienpole, the Emperor was snacked with violent shiverings, and on arriving there had a strong and distinct paroxysm of fever. A warm bed was prepared for hien, and he took some hot punch. As the place they were in was of a wretched description, Sir James recommended him to push forward to Taganrog on the following day, and there to take the proper remedies. They reached Taganrog on the sth of November, O.S. On the two following days, the Emperor suffered severely from derangement of the liver and digestive organs, and experienced severe paroxysms of fever. It was evident that he was severely attacked with the bilious remittent fever of the Crimea ; but at this time there was no head-ache or any other symptom of the brain being affected. Four grains of calomel were given, and some purgative medicine, with great but tern porary relief of the febrile symptoms, yet his Majesty would not consent to a repetition of these remedies, or to the adoption of any other means. On the Bth, the fever continued with undiminished vielenee, and as the Emperor positively re fused to avail himself of the aid of medicine Sir James re quested that Dr. Stofregen, physician to the Empress, should be called into consultation. His head had now become burn ing hot, and a marked change was perceptible in his Majesty's countenance. When Dr. Stofregen was introduced, he said, ' I am distressed to see your Majesty suffering in this manner.' ' Say nothing of my indisposition,' replied the Emperor, but tell me how the Empress is.' After being satisfied on this point, his Majesty told Dr. Stofregen that Sir James Wylie considered him in a dangerous state, but he added, I feel that I am not seriously ill, and that I shall recover without the employment of medical aid.' It was the opinion of the physicians that the Emperor 'should have been bled at this time, and that calomel and cathartics should have been freely administered, and this opinion they gave to the Emperor in a decided manner, but he would not consent to the employment of any remedies. The paroxysm of fever recurred, but there were occasional remissions when the pulse came down to the natural state ; once to seventy-one and repeatedly to ninety, but it was at all times during the progress of the disease ex tremely email and feeble. " On the 13th of the month, and tenth day of the disease, it was again proposed to take blood from the Emperor, but he would not submit. On the morning of the 14th, Sir James and the other medical attendants again urged him to the same purport, but he refused, even to the application of leeches to the head. He rejected this proposal with the greatest impa tience and obstinacy. The Empress on her knees implored him to consent, but he would nut. At first,' he said, I had only an intermittent fever, and now it has been con verted into a continued fever, and I will trust rather to my constitution than to the means recommended.' As it was now obvious that his life was in imminent danger, and that he was becoming worse and worse, Sir James pro posed, late in the evening, that a priest should be brought to him. Sir James was again desired by the Empress to endeavour to convince his Majrsty that his life was in the greatest danger, and that as he would not submit to medical treatment, he should think seriously, so long as he retained consciousness, of employing spiritual aid. On the morn ing of the 15th, at five o'clock, he was confessed by the priest ; and he requested that in this religious act he should be confessed as a ample individual. When this was finished, the priest strongly urged his Majesty to employ medi cal aid, saying that, unless he did to, he would not fulfil the whole of his Christian duty. 11:tween nine and ten o'clock he consented, for the first time, to the application of leeches to the temples. The brain had now become affected, and lie was 00- easionally delirious, and uttered incoherent expre.sions. For thirty hours before his death the Empress hardly quitted his bed-side. The scene was most affecting when the Emperor, on the 19th, expired. The Empress had been kneeling by his bed-side, with her eyes fixed upon hitn, as he gradually became weaker and weaker, until ail signs of life were gone. Then, rising, she closed his eyes, and with a handkerchief bound up his head, to support the lower jaw. After this, she folded his arms over his brecst, kissed his hand, and then knelt down by the side of the dead body for half an hour in prayer to God. Throughout the whole of his Majesty's ihnesa s he manifested the strongest attachment to her husband, and at his death was inconsolable. " On the post mortem examination of the body being made, the appearances observed were such as are most frequently met with in those dying from bilious remittent fever, with internal congestion. Two ounces of serous fluid were found in the ventricles of the brain, and all the veins and arteries were gorged with blood. There was an old adhesion between the dura and pia mater at the back part, but of no great extent. The heart and lungs were sound, but too vascular. The liver was turgid with blood, and of a much darker colour than natural. The spleen was enlarged, and softened in texture. "The prevalence of:fever in the Crimea during the autumn, the sudden change of the weather when the Emperor left the coast, the usual symptoms appearing in the course of a few days after quitting Perecop, as I had before observed in others, with the subsequent history of the disease and the appearances after death, rendered it certain that the Emperor Alexander was cut off by the bilious remittent fever of the Crimea. During the six weeks I remained at Taganrog after the Emperor's death, 1 never heard that any one entertained a doubt, or expressed a suspicion that his Majesty's death was attributable to any other than a natural cause. The physicians who had the care of los Majesty were accused by some, without the slightest ground, of mismanaging the case; and I heard the question repeatedly put, Why they did not compel his Majesty to submit to their plan of treatment ?' or, in other words, as Sir James Wylie expressed it, why they did not comrnit the crime of lose-Majesty? —a proceeding which no circumstances could ever justify. I - enjoyed the best opportunities in the Crimea of observing the devoted attachment of Sir James Wylie to the Emperor Alex ander, whom he had accompanied in all his campaigns; and I conscientiously believe, that on this trying occasion Sir James Wylie discharged his arduous professional duty in a manner worthy of his high reputation." " There were oysters at dinner, and a small worm was ad hering to the shell of one pie erred to his Majesty. This was shown fo Sir James who said i‘ was quite common ant' harrntess, and he ressinel«l the Emperor of aca etunstacce which had occurred to them at the Congress of Verona. A person at Venice had then sent to the Emperor to intreat that he would abstain from the use of oysters, as there was.a poi sonous marine worm or insect in them. This led the conver sation to the insects of the Crimea and Ukraine, of which I had made a considerable collection, and the Emperor inquired of me if there were scorpions, scolopendras, and tarantulas in the Crimea. I said scorpions of large size were not uncommon and that at Musghor, during our former visit, we found a scor pion of great strength in the apartment where we passed the night, but that it was harmless. Scolopendras of great length I had often seen around Odessa, but not in the Crimea, nor tarantulas, although, as I had been informed, they were not very rare. I heard of no instance during the autumn in which they had inflicted a n y i n j ur y by th e i r bit es or s t ings . H e said, he supposed they were the same as in Italy, and then alluded to the dance for the cure of the bite of the tarantula ; Sir James Wylie reminded his M a j es ty o f th e scor pi on w hi c h was f oun d in his bed at Verona, and of the prescription which he had then written for the cure of the bites of the carbonari. " Again the Emporor expressed how much he was pleased with Orianda, and stated that it it was his determination to have a palace built there as expeditiously as possible. To my amazement he then said, after a pause, When I give in my demission, I will return and fix myself at Orianda, and wear the costume of the Taurida.' Not a word was uttered by any one when this extraordinary resolution was announced, and I thought that I must h ave m i sun d ers t oo d th e E m p eror , b u t this could not be, for in a'short time,when CountWoronzow proposed that the large open flat space of ground to the westward of Orianda should be converted into pleasure-grounds for his Majesty, he replied, I wish this to be purchased for General Diebiteh, as it i s r ight th a t th e c hi e f o f m y etat-major and I should be neighbours.' " His Majesty made a frugal repast, and drank little wine. When champagne was p resen t e d, C oun t W oronzo w . Sire, may we be permitted to drink to the health of her Majesty the Empress ?' He replied, Most certainly ; and all immediately rising, did honour to the toast. On retiring, his Majesty returned thanks to Count Woronzow for the excellent enter tainment he had provided, and, addressing himself to us all, said, with kindness and condescension, Your presence on this occasion has afforded me the greatest satisfaction.' He then walked out, and mounted the steps to the flat roof of the house, around which a number of Tartars were collected. He looked at the groups through his eve-glass, and said, What hand some oriental countenances 1 what a fine race of men ! One of the snout striking peculiarities of the Crimea would be lost if the Tarters were expelled ; I hope they will be encouraged to continue here.' An Effendi was : , introduced to his Majesty to present a petition, which he did by bending down and raising his hands to his head, without removing his turban from it. " The Emperor retired to rest early in the evening. In the middle of the night a courier arrived, when he arose and trans acted business. General Diebitch, who slept in a house close to that in which I was, was twice summoned in the night to wait upon His Majesty. I was afterwards informed that the dispatches brought by the courier were of the highest public importance ; in fact, that they fully revealed to His Majesty the existence of a dangerous and extensive conspiracy, of which he had not been previously aware. " On the morning of the 27th, after breakfast, the Emperor sent a message to say that he desired me to accompany him round the lower garden. After some conversation respecting the illness of the Empress, and the proposal that I should visit her Majesty professionally at Taganrog, he again called my attention to the magificence of the scenery around us, and ex pressed the pleasure he had derived from this visit . to the Crimea, and the hope he entertained that at no very rea ote period its shores should be full of rich vineyards, an contain many flourishing villages and towns. I hinted, in the most delicate manner I could, that the frequent occurrence of vio lent fevers to those who visited the Crimea, and to its constant inhabitants, was the only circumstance which appeared t me likely to prevent his Majesty's anticipations being completely realised. He expressed a strong wish that I should remain in Russia, permanently attached to Count Woronzow, the value of whose public services he appeared justly to appreciate. "At mid-day the Emperor and his attendants were on horse back, and, af er shaking hands with and taking an affectionate leave of all, he set out for Sebastopole. In a few days I re turned with Count Woronzow'to Odessa, by Perecop, Bereslaw, and Nicolaef, where we remained till the 22d November, 1825. " At eight o'clock, on Sunday morning, the 22d November, Count Woronzow expressed a wish to see me in his library. On going there, the Count stated that he had received bad news from Taganrog—that the Emperor was dangerously ill, and that I must set out with him, in two hours, to render my assistance with the other physicians. It appeared from a letter of the 7th inst. that the Emperor had been attacked with symptoms of slight catarrh soon after leaving the Crimea, and that at Oriekoff these had assumed the decided form of re mittent fever—that it had increased in severity, and that his Majesty refused to take any medicine. Another letter, of the 14th, stated that he was much worse—indeed, in great danger —and that still he refused to submit to any medical treatment. A third letter, dated Thursday, the 19th, had also been re ceived, from which it appeared that the malady had been daily growing worse, and that almost all hope of his recovery was past. The Count was much afflicted when he communicated this intelligence, and expressed his fear that we should find all over before we reached Taganrog. We started from Odessa at midday, and when our carriage was going slowly over the deep sands by the sea-shore, the Count said that unpleasant occurrences seldom came alone—that a letter had arrived that morning from London, informing him of an accident that had endangered the life of his father; also, that William Findley, who had been his father's coachman for up wards of thirty years, had been thrown from his hex, and kilted on the spot. I knew William Findley well,' he added, bursting into tears, and feel how much my father must have suffered on the occasion.' We continued our journey to Nicolaef, where we arrived at midnight. The Count retired to rest for two hours ; but I did not, being anxious to learn from Admiral Greig what consequences would be likely to re sult, in the event of the Emperor's death, and the accession of his brother Constantine to the throne. We were, of course, unacquainted with the fact, that in 1822, the Grand Duke Constantine had voluntarily waived his title to the succession, and that the next in the line after him should take his place. Admiral Greig requested me to write to him immediately after Iny arrival at T a g anrog , w hi c h I did , an d communicated all the information I could obtain respecting his Imperial Majesty's illness and death. " We reached Cherson at seveno'clock in the morning. There had been a hard frost during the night, The town was evidently in a state of decay, and many of the houses were roofless. Du ring the previous winter, the fo'age in the Crimea and country cottages oe x ya itutitteeashidtgleed,edisi locustsng along nbtoesto.foemree the t h e spring, northerna and coastd the cropsof the havingßlack b e S e e n a d , es was r 0 y e c e d _ some n tp d hl ae a ie re d se r ,oa to ot g i e h e. t m , tphll employe had d e t o h let previously t r h a a w d t a h c a t utbcaehl been iy:gb informed r c t inh %l dr . that the commerce of the place was ruined that the rise of Odessa had, in fact, been the fall of Cherson. The Dnieper is here as broad as the Danub e a b ove Vi enna, or the Rhone near the Mediterranean. At a sht rt distance from the gate of the town, we saw an obelisk, which had been erected to the me n.ory of John Howard, who died of fever, near Cherson, on the 20th of January, 1790, and was buried in the open steppe, at a short distance from the town. It was his request that a sun dial should be created over his grave ; and Admiral Greig in formed me that this wish had recently been complied with, and through the Admiral's exertions chiefly, as I learn from others. "We arrived at Beresla.v at two o'clock in the afternoon of the 23d, and crossed the Dnieper on a raft, the floating bridge having been removed. In the morning of the 24th, we reac h e d Oriekoff, which is on the high road between Taganrog and Warsaw, where the Grand Duke Constantine then was. The postmaster of this place stated that no account had been re ceived of the Emperor's death ; but he must have wished to con ceal the fact, as at the next post station, we were at once in formed that the news of his decease had been received two days before. " On Wednesday, the 25th, at seven in the morning, we ar rived at Marienpole, a small town on the Sea of Azoff, inha bited by Greeks, who had emigrated from the Crimea forty years before. We remained an hour at the residence of a mi litary officer of rank, who gave me a general account of the Emperor's illness. He informed me that bilious fevers were very common along the whole northern coast of the Sea of Azoff. From Alarieripole to Ta ganrog the country presented a most dreary aspect, and the post-houses and horses were truly wretched. We crossed a small river, and, entering Taganrog at eight o'clock in the evening, were immediately conducted by the governor of the town to the house of one of the most respect.. able merchants. We learned, on arriving, that his Majesty died on the 19th of November, and that he bad been insensible and deprived of the power of swallowing two days before his decease. ALEXANDER. By tWBERT LEE, M.D., F.R.S The following extracts from a memoir of Emperor of Russia, just published by 1)r. Lc e, will be read with deep interest. Coming from such a source they are entitled to implicit credit, and must put an end to all doubts as to the cause of the late Emperor's death. Dr. Lea was placed in such a situation as to be able to ascertain, not only from the reports of the physicians on the spot, but from his own personal observation;, all the real circumstat eec accompanying an event which caused a great sensation throughout the political world. Addi tional weight also is given to his testimony by the rank which he holds in his profession. Dr. Lee is well known to the public for his medical skill ; the important dis coveries which he has made in that branch of anatomical science to which he has long devoted great research and unwearied application, have given him an European character, not likely to be forfeited by any deviation from the truth ; and the interest excited by the death of that benevolent, wise, and patriotic Prince, has long ceased to exist, so that it would hardly be possible to furnish evidence of a more satisfactory character. Alexander, it is admitted, had become weary of political life ; he had been harassed by apprehensions of con spiracies of various kinds, and doubtful in their charac ter, and resolved to end his days in a remote region of his empire as a simple individual, leaving the cares of royalty to his brother, the present Emperor; for Constan tine, from some mysterious cause, had been set aside. One of the outbreaks which Alexander feared took place at St. Petersburgh; soon after his decease, and was speedily put:down by the energy and presence of mind of Nicholas, but, from all authentic accounts, no plots were formed against his life, and his death is to be attributed entirely to the fever so prevalent in the Crimea, and to his obstinacy in refusing to submit to those remedies which, according to Dr. Lee's account, could hardly have failed of success. The picture of this royal pro gress is a melancholy one. At several of the places where the Emperor stopped, there was scarcely any ac commodation suited even to a common traveller, and oc casionally he was left with hardly any attendant but his valet. These circumstances give rise to suspicions, but the facts accompanying his death are so manifest, and the authorities on which they rest are so authentic, that no stretch of rational credulity could attribute his death to any but natural causes. On the post mot tern examina tion of his body, not the slightest symptoms of poison were visible, but all the symptoms of the fatal ague which had carried off so many of his subjects. With these remarks we give the plain statement drawn up by Dr. Lee, which is prefaced by some interesting details of the fever which prevailed in that part of the country, and of the occurrences which took place some day's pre-. vious to the fatal attack of illness : "During the month of September, 1825, the whole population of the Crimea between the mountains and the sea, all the in habitants of "this terrestrial paradise," were in a very sickly condition, and in the villages along the coast between Your souff and Simeis, 1 saw and treated more than a hundred cases of intermittent and remittent fever. Many who had been suffering for months had enlargement of the liver and spleen with jaundice and dropsy, The weather, during the whole time 1 remained on the south coast of the Crimea, was delight ful, and none of those sudden and violent changes were ob served which so frequently occur in all the countries situated along the northern shore of the Black Sea. There could be little doubt that the fever which then prevailed on the coast and in the interior of the Crimea, was produced by noxious exhalations from the earth. "After visiting all the most interesting places in the Crimea, I embarked on board Admiral Greig's yacht at Sevastopole, on the 23d September, and returned to Odessa, with Count F. Pahlen, on the Ist of October. Count Woronzow at the same time set out for Taganrog, to meet the Emperor Alexan der, who had arrived there with the Empress a short time be fore, with the intention of spending the winter on the shores of the sea of Azoff. Before reaching Odessa, Count Pahlen was seized with severe shivering, headache, and the other cha racteristic symptoms of bilious remittent fever. The attack was far mere violent and dangerous than in any of the eases which had before fallen under my observation, and he narrowly escaped with his life. Mr. Rose, an English gentleman, who had been in the Crimea with us, was also attacked after our re turn to Odessa, and died, from effusion into the brain. The health of a considerable number of those who had been on the south coast of the Crimea at the same time, suffered severely for some months after, and in a few fever appeared in a severe form early the following spring. There was evidence to prove that almost all of us had suffered from malaria. " On the 14th October, 1825 (0.8.), at Odessa, I received a letter from Count Woronzow at Taganrog, informing me of the Emperor's determination to visit the Crimea, and request ing me to meet him at Bereslaw: on the Dnieper. I accordingly left Odessa in the afternoon of the same day, with General Bashmakoff, Messrs. Marini and Artemieff. We arrived at Nieolaef in the afternoon of the 15th, and re mained a few hours with Admiral Greig, who had just re turnee from Taganrog. It was a clear, beautiful night, the road was excellent, and vs e reached Bereslaw, the following morning, at seven o'clock, where we remained during the day. This is a large town on the west bank of the Dnieper, which does not differ in appearance from the other towns in the south of Russia. There were many shops or bazaars in it, full of every kind of merchandise. Great numbers of waggons laden with salt from the Crimea, were then passing through, and large bodies of troops marching to join the army on the Turkish frontiers. The country around was extremely fertile, but the locust had committed great havoc the year before, the peasants and landed proprietors being in a state of the greatest distress. We left Bereslaw in the afternoon, for the isthmus of Perecop, and after passing over an extensive plain of sand like the Llandes, near the Pyrenees, we entered the C r i mea and spent the night at the German colony of Nahitchvan. Here all was order, cleanliness, and comfort, the population rapidly increas ing, and additi ona l gran t s o f l an d requ i re d . On quitting these intelligent, happy people, the following morning, we were not long in coming among the Nogay Tartars, were all was igno ranee, poverty, and wretchedness. Light and darkness, civi lization and barbarism, were here almost in contact. We re mained two days and a night at Sympheropole, where I had the satisfaction of giving professional aid to the daughter of Count Rostopschin, a name which will be preserved through all ages in the annals of Russia. na towncee Crimea roadenpassing withwt h, which rapidlyh lhe ad aiundnt mountains, aar o fti nveo lately t. crossedb Slant' ebeen na steppe n my aot these ee st ethoei extending neo soldiers e nan ceac " On the 20th we left Sy m ph eropo l e early in the morning, te ete b hhi n e ee t p, w isob e hy e y : erde t f the completing this a r d uous wor k appeared sickly and depressed. -eef from suffered Upwards of a h un d re d out of five hundred had fever during the autumn, but in none had the disease assumed aj dangerous form. No less than a thousand soldiers had been employed in this important work the year before, and compa ratively few of them, it was reported, had suffered from the effects of fever. The face of the country had changed since our former visit to the Crimea. The woods along the Salgir and on the Chatyr-Dagh were stripped of their leaves, though on entering the valley cif Alushta the trees were still green. From the Isthmus of Perecop to Yoursouff, where we arrived on the 20th, preparations were being made for the reception of the Emperor ; the roads were being repaired, and all the err tages and houses in the line were being cleaned and whitewashed. The principal Tartar of the village of Your souff had been suffering severely from intermittent fever for several weeks, but the fits were speedily arrested by the calo mel and sulphate of quinine which I administered to him. Phis latter remedy, which had never before been employed in the fevers of the Crimea, often stopped their course so quickly, that some of the ignorant Tartars were disposed to attribute the striking effects to supernatural influence. " The followina morning we set out for Aloupka. It was like a summer's day in England, the thermometer in the shade being 17 deg. of Reaumur (70 deg. Fahrenheit). The tops of the mountains were, however, covered with dense clouds. The road along the sea-shore to Orianda from Yoursouff never appeared to me so beautiful before, and I could not pass Nikita and Masandra without halting to admire the glorious scenery. The woods had lost a part of their verdure, but there were still many of the trees as green as during the autumn. The wild vine, which climbs to the lops of the highest trees, and the leaves of which were then of a deep red colour, formed a striking fea ture in the scene. The walnut and fig trees were still fresh and green. At Aloupka, in the evening, we walked around the gardens, the most romantic in the Crimea, where preparations were being made for planting forty lemon trees in the open air, which had been imported the previous year from Italy, and one of them, which had been exposed in the middle of the gar den to the intense frost the preceding winter, was in a flourish ing state. We returned to the Tartar house which was pre pared for the Emperor. Boards had been placed around the front of it, and whitewashed. The walls of the two chambers for his Maj , sty's accommodation, had been surrounded with a coarse white linen cloth, and a very neat bed prepared. There were two chairs, a table, and a couch, and newly glazed win dows had been put in. In that climate one could not have desired a better habitation for a night, though it was a common Tartar cottage. RAILWAY TRAIN ON FIRE. An alarming fire broke out yesterday morning in the seven o'clock train f rom Gl asgow, on th e Edinburgh and Glasgow line. Wh en t h e tra i n ha d arr i ve d a b ou t a m il e from the Castlecary stat i on, dense smoke was observed to rise fr om a catt l e -b ox, filled with househo ld f urn i ture, which, tog e th er w ith a luggage van, was hoo k e d on be tween the engine and the open carriages containing pas sengers. It at once became evident that embers from the grating of the engine had caught upon the furniture, which was only covered. by a sheet of coarse tarpaulin. One of the passengers informs us, that so defective was the grating, that he observed large pieces of red cinders blowing out upon the cattle-box. The passengers in the open carriages becam e alarmed, and the engineer was loudly hailed from all parts of tho train. The guard raised his flag and the passengers their hats and um brellas ; but whether these were imperceptible to the engineer, on account of the dense columns of smoke which were now rising from the burning van, or whether he imagined that the best course to adopt was to make all haste to arrive at Castlecary, where plenty of water could be got to extingui.sh the flames, it is certain, at least, that the train was not stopped until it arrived at that station. The fire ;soon reached a second van, in which the passengers' luggage was stowed, and a burn ing fragment of the cattle-box was blown into one of the open carriages, to the great alarm and danger of the passengers in it. One of the passen g ers, though not i n the carriage nearest th e - fi re , l eape d out, and wa s very much bruised about th e f ace. L uc kily, th e di s t ance to Castlecary was very sho r t, as th e t ra i n arrived at t h at station before the fire h a d fully reached the passen gers . It was found, however, that the first van was completely destroyed, together with. the furniture it contained, to `.he amount, it is said, of 1.50/ or 2001.—Edinburgh " On Thursday, the 26th of November, I went to see his Imperial Majesty lying in state in the house where he had lived and died. '1 he coffin was placed upon a slightly-elevated plat form, and covered by a canopy. The room was hung with black, and the coffin covered with a cloth of gold. There were numerous large wax lights burning in the apartment, and each person present held a slender lighted wax taper. A priest was standing at the head of the coffin reading the Evangelists, and I was told that this was carried on day and night. On each side of the body a sentinel was placed with a drawn sword. In the ante-room there were a number of priests putting an their robes, and preparing for the service or mass, which was celebrated twice every day. There were no symptoms of melancholy in this crowded room, and some young military officers even displayed a degree of levity altogether unsuitable to the solemnity of the scene. The Empress, I was informed, remained constantly in an apartment, the door of which opened into that where the body of the Emperor was lying, and where the service was performed. Guards were stationed around the house, at the door, as also on the stairs, and in the ante-room. " tin the evening of Friday, the 27th of November, I pro ceeded, at the request of Count Woronzow, to the residence of Sir James Wylie, for many years physician to the person of his Imperial Majesty, for the purpose of obtaining an account of the Emperor's illness, and the treatment which would have been pursued, had not his Majesty strenuously refused all medical assistance. Sir James read to me the whole of the reports of his Majesty's case, written down by him from day to day, and which contained the fullest and most satisfactory ex planation of all the attendant circumstances. These reports were also signed by the other physicians, who coincided in the views entertained by Sir James respecting the nature and pro posed treatment of the disease. As these reports were about to be forwarded to St. Petersburgh for the satisfac tion of the Government, - I could not procure a perfect copy, but the following are the most important facts they contained, and were noted down by me in short-hand, as I heard them. Dr. Reinhold, surgeon to the Empress, who had remained with the Emperor during the night of the 12th of November, came in when Sir James Wylie was thus occupied, and declared to me in the most unequivocal manner that he was entirely of the same opinion with the other physicians respecting the nature of the disease ; and of the means that would have been employed. " The weather suddenly changed on the day the Emperor left Aloupka, the 26th of October. A thick mass of clouds covered the mountains in the afternoon, the east wind was cold, and a shower of rain fell. '1 he previous day had been intensely but on the coast, and at the time the Emperor was riding from Yoursouff to Aloupka. His Majesty was accustomed to travel in an open caldche, with alight military cloak, trusting solely to the vigour of his constitution' against the sudden changes of the atmosphere. After quitting Aloupka, he went to that part of the road where the ascent of the Merdveen commences, and hesitated f or some t i me whether to proceed by this difficult pass, over the mountains, which are between three and four thousand feet high, into the valley of Baidar, or by that of Foros. After a little delay he decided for the former, end arrived at Baidar fatigued, perspiring, and unusually irritable on account of the unruliness of his horse. At Baidar, a caldche awaited him, but no refreshment was pre pared—his maitre (Mel having gone on to Sevastopole. From Baidar, he proceeded to Balaclava, and reviewed Colonel Ravilotti's regiment of Greek guards. The Emperor again entered his catehe, and drove to that part where the road turns off to the monastery of St. George. Here he mounted a horse and rode to the monastery alone, a distance of at least ten versts. Sir James had gone forward before him to Sevasto pole, and the Emperor did not arrive there until it was quite dark, having remained upwards of two hours at the monastery, where was a bishop and several priests. He entered Sevasto pole by to, chlight, and before going to the house prepared, went to the chureh, and afterwards reviewed some troops drawn up in a line along the street through which he passed. His Majesty dined alone, and it was said scarcely tasted any thing. The following day, at twelve o'cloa, he examined the barracks, hospital, and forts at Sevastopole, and then I set out for Bacheserai. On the journey he was ob- ,ess. TERRIFIU RAILWAY ACCIDENT. GLOUCESTER, SUNDAY MORNING.—A most terrific accident occurred yesterday evening, about ten o' c l oc k , on the Birmingham and Gl ouces ter Railway, near the Deffurd station, which is situated within 33 miles ofßir mingham and 20 of Gloucester, by which Joseph Ward, a fireman, lost his life, several persons were injured and scalded, two carriages burnt, and two fire-engines very nearly destroyed. F rom t h e impossibility of extracting information from the men employed at the station, the cause of the accident i s not sa ti s f ac t or il y stated, 1) , 1 — the follr)wing vcats upon pretty good authority. A luggage train, in the charge of Joseph Ward, en gine-driver, left Gloucester at nine o'clock fur Birming ham, and it is said that on arriving at Dell Ord he ran into a heavy truck which had most culpably been left in his way. The shock was so great as not only to throw the truck on the opposite rails, but to cause the tender to project above the engine, and fall upon it. Poor Ward_ was pressed against the engine rails by the tender, and twenty m i nutes elapsed ere he was extricated, and not till life was extinct. He was conscious for a good many minut es o f t h e e ff ort which was makin g to save him. The truck, as already noticed, which caused the first accident, w as th rown on the opposite r a ils, a nd t in that p os i t i on a tra i n from Birmingham came dashing The driver jump e d off and escaped, but the carriages were projected above each other, two of them caught fire, some of the passen gers were scalded, and all more or less injured. About three o'clock this morning three of the Umnpany's ser vants arrived ; one of them was conveyed to the in firmary, but the others went home. A gentleman who left Birmingham this morning by the 1 A.m. mail train, states that when the passengers left the station nobody seemed to have heard of the accident. As they ad- Oe t r ild to lea ve th e car -1 On nearin g th e veneer), however, the pace slackened unt il i t b ecame a walk. This led to an inquiry, and th e passengers were fatalt:hl that tin the e were riages and walk across a field a n d regain the rails at another point. Our informant, however, went back, and saw waggon piled upon waggon, and one of them with the bottom burnt out and still on fire ; the tender was also lying upon the lugga.gemgine. The p assengers allhad tie that beenacei acrid; ctv as aone removed ‘ o b c y c this i ti m d e. Another accou n t i s by the meeti ng o f t h e trains. , 6 We rotxrrnod to Yours/Ina' on tha osa mouirtng day one of the Emperor's couriers arrived, and arranged all the apartments in the house for his Majesty and attendants. On the 25th the Emperor arrived at Sympheropole. He went to the service in the cathedral the following morning, and he arrived at Yoursouff about four o'clock in the afternoon, ac companied by General Diebitch, Sir James Wylie, and a few attendants. When he dismounted from his horse in front of the house at Yoursouff, Count Woronzow, his aides-de-camp, secretaries, and myself, were standing in a line to receive him. " Though apparently active, and in the prime and vigour of life, the Emperor stooped a little in walking, and seemed rather inclined to corpulency. He was dressed in a blue military surtout, with epaulettes, and had nothing to dis tinguish him from any general officer. He shook Count Woronzow by the hand, and afterwards warmly saluted him, first on one cheek, and then on the other. He after wards shook hands with us all, and then inquired of me particularly about the health of the Count's children at Biala Cerkie, whom I had seen not long before. He then inquired if I had visited the south coast of the Crimea during the autumn, and if so, how I was pleased with it. Looking up to the mountains above Yoursouff, and then to the calm sea, upon which the sun was shining, his Majesty ex claimed, ' Was there ever such magnificent scenery !' I replied that the ccast of Italy between Genoa and Nice pre sented the only scenery I had ever witnessed that could he compared to it, a part of Italy which his Maj.2sty stated he had never visited. " I set out from Yoursouff on the morning of the 26th of Octeher, before the Emperor, and rode along the coast to Aloupka. It was a sultry day, and the scenery was rendered still more interesting to me than on all former occasions in con sequence of the Tartars having come from all parts of the Crimea to see the Emperor, on his way from Yoursouff to Aloupka, w here he arrived about four o'clock, I was informed that a Tartar female compla,ned to his Majesty, at Orianda, of her having been beaten and ill treated by the superintendent ; when the offender was ordered to appear before his Majesty, he threw himself upon his knees and implored forgive• ne's. Alexander ordered him to be arrested, and said, with great severity, that it was an eternal disgrace to injure any female, more especially one in her situation, she being pregnant. The Emperor was greatly pleased with Orianda, and immediately determined to purchase, the estate from Count Kisseloff, and build a palace there. Before coming to Aloupka he vinttd the vineyards at Martvan, and the Princess Galitzin at Uusghor, distributing liberally to the poor in his way. 4 " Count Weronzow, General Diebitch, Sir James Wylie, and myself, with one or two others, had the honour of dining with the Experor on this occasion, the last he was destined to enjoy. The Emperor addressed himself chiefly to Count Wororizow, who was seated next to his Majesty, and the greater part of the conversation was carried on in French and English. Again his Majesty recurred to the beauties of Orianda, and thanked the Count fur the acquisition he had that day made for him. present time, THE GAME LAWS IN WILTS —lt i s a remar k a b le n o r has there b een one of this descrip 3finNoent fo r s i x weeks past, although fi fa n c e t d th i a n t e tl i i t e h r e e r is o n f ot t , h a e t the present in this Coonuentiyndfiovriduoafflecnocne: preserves a n d coursing grounds as lire in the ki ng d om, and although t a i g o a n i n o s ft offendersthe garn e - i l n a game-laws , 0 , d weekly i n a b out twenty places t m h u e ch co , u p n ro ty bab a l b y o , u ss ni :, s sion w iy,s ith sieij ilbe:edor we a th er Mince our last the f armers to cut a large t w h i e t r h e in ar t e he p c e o tt u y nty. aeatively lit t l e has yet bi en housed. b d r a e t ' a e l d ' il t o h e f o i t ) . :i l l ‘ l vv > i l i h i l e e l a r a t a t i , o h n b i e u t h a c c s o ll nv a e A few more fine days will remove all apprehensions of scarcity, although the yield is not so abundant as at one time antici pated, nor will the conditim of the grain be first-rate,—Kent Ilsrakl. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1 3 , 1845." '3`2 4 B l 'l>l RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RA IL WA Y SHARES Burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 10 1 4-Eastern Union Extension, nz,-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, :57g- Ndirkit Wales, 3/. 36.--Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 24 -Derby and Crewe, 5 1 4-Direct Northern, 24-Dublin anti Galway, 4-East Lincolnshire, 603.-East Coast, 305.-Glas gow and Dumfries, 3/. 2s. 6d.-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 11. 121alfais,.-Graed Union, 335.-Great Eastern and Western, 14sas-Hull and Gainsborougb, 155.-Leicester and Bedford, 3%-Leicester and Birmingham, 415.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 536-London and Bir mingham Extension. 255.-London and York, 7%-Man cheater, Buxton, and Matlock, 9 1 4--Newcastle, Durham and Lancashire, 4%-Nottin g l iam , Erewash, &c., 3/. 10s.-,Not tingham, Belvoir, and Grantham 405.-Nottingham a n d Boston, 325. 6d-N o tti ng h am and Mansfield, 3%-Rugby, ,2 3 / 4 -Rugby and Huntingdon, 355.-South Midland, 7 8 4-- Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 8-Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 5-Tean and Dove Valley, 3-Trent Valley -/" 7 Continuation, 5 1 / 8 -Wakefield and Bradford, 54-Y or k s hi re % 3% and Glasgow Union, 355. YORK, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Union Exten • sion, 31. 6s. 3d.-Manchester and Birmingham New Quar ters, 12 1 / 8 -Midland. New, 264-Newcastle and Darlington, New ( Brandling), 41 1 A -Nort h British, New, 10-York and North Midland Extension, 25-Clitheroe Junction, 54- Grand Union, 3%-Great Grimsby a n d Sh e ffi e ld J unction, 22%-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 64-Leicester and Bedford, 4 3 4-London and York, 7%-Newcastle and Berwick, 26- Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 8-South Midland, 8%-Welsh Midland, 4 4-West Yorkshire, 16%. SHEFFIELD, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.- The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, 61-Newcastle and Carlisle, 112 V,-Derby and Crewe, 4% -Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 5 1 / 4 -Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 10%-London and Windsor, 275.-London and York, 7 1 4-Direct Northern, 24-Man chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 6%-Nottingham and Mansfield,f 3%-Nottingham, Erewash, and Amber gate, 4%-Shrewshury and Herefordshire, 24-Sheffield and Lincolnshire. 7 1 4-York and Carlisle, 5%. lIUDDERSFIELD, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Nottingham and Boston, 3%-Shrewsbury, Hereforo, and North Wales, 5%- Leicester and Bedford, 4 3 4-Grand Unior, 3/. 65.-Glasgow --„„ and Dumfries, 3%-G rea t G r i ms b y and Sheffied Junction, ' Quarter Shares, 6J,4-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 7% --- FA -Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7%. MANCHESTER, SHARE MARKET. The following circular has been issued by Messrs. Railton - of Manchester :- This market continues to attract improving confidence __ since allocated shares not in scrip ceased to be acknowledged. It has thrown dealing more into the hands of capitalists, - where it ought to remain. In stirring times like the present, when so much enterprise is on foot to promot e p rem i ums b y t h e un b ounded i ncrease 2 % of provisional railway directorships, got up by every strained effort-it may be useful to again put before our friends as a 2x, counterpoise what so long stood a part of our circular, at and - after the latter part of the year 1840, as follows :- - " Inexperienced persons purchasing railway stock as a - security for income, sho u ld g i ve pre f erence to well-tried finished works, paying satisfactory dividends, and the least exposed to rivalry from contending lines or canals. They - will answer the best for ityrestment and bring the greatest - value when re-sold. W or k s i n progress are of very uncertain - - issue for profit till l a id oven to t h e pu b lic, and are therefore the best in the handa ot,_t tie original projectors, or persons -.- understanding t1:0 merits; till proved by the traffic they can - secure. Exper 4 shows' that they generally fall to a - heavy discount, howeverspecious in promise, before income - is obtained ; and when pOrripleted, their worth is regulated in - public opinion by A earripriiison with other securities, ac cording to the divithatlA tfiefyipay, and the confidence they command." And with this irervie,w, ley will be hard learners indeed if - they suffer themsralsrear to' go Alaterially astray at the pre - sent time. fo The roving habits of railway diaectors of old boards, now so rife for the promotion of new schemes, in which they are - the most individually concerned, confuse and damage - both the old and th e new , if -abate i kalders do not keep a - watchful eye on the proceedings of timais,gentlemen, so as at any rate to keep all interests moving honourably, equitably, - anti simultaneously together, ansl;a thus prevent those bickerings and mistrusts vi hich are-always so fatal to the _ presperity of their concerns. --r It is much to be feared that established lines are more than - ordinarily suffering by the wild and endless projects hunted - after by individuals That ought to be employed at home - fulfilling the duties they are pledged to for the interests of the shareholders at the public works with which they are - already connected. When their masters are away, railway - subordinates are also tempted to pay less attention to their - duties, and particularly in lines where there is no general manager to direct or be reerred to when occasions occur, and which must be frequent in railway affairs. 25% One railway well managed is quite enough for the conve -11 nient care of a board of directors, to protect the public - against personal disaster on the one hand, and the income to shareholders on the other. O r if they do multiply other - interests under their patronage at all, it should only be in such degree as their original 'undertaking can be served ; but - how to bring back or allay this insatiable thirst for director - ships of the most disjointed nature, and to place them on a - sound working footing, will be a matter for the earliest at - tention of Parliament ; and to avoid mistake in the mean = while, if rail w ay gen tl emen i n t hi s l ocal i ty w i ll i nform us how many concerns they are engaged in as directors, the - shall have a ll th e ho nours ar i s i ng f rom t h e i r , ,s.t 4 € o l; v 43 d pa - - - tronage set before the public, with every nierit az alsayieo emi - neatly deserve. A nicely condensed tabular farm would be convenient f of reference, and would mos t c l ear l y avo i d any future errors in describing them-thus, for instance, from amongst many who eminently figure as aspirants for railway - fame, we may -quote a gentleman lauded in the Hampshire 4% NdependenCaslle Railway Viceroy, and who certainly seems as worthy of extensive fame as any literary or scientific D.D., M.D., or F.R.S. And if abbreviated titles of honour mean anything, this gentleman is entitled to the following appendages to his name, as signifying the relation in which - he stands to diverse railway interests :- - ««a- « * * * *•«• rs s , E sq . ; T. V. M. and G. J. ; G. J. ; D. C. of the 31. B. M. an d M. ; D. of T. V. ; W. L . or L. S. and P. ; D. C. of I. of W.; 6 8% M. and S. ;M. an d W . ;L . and B. ; P. and W. E. and D. - J. ;W.M. ; Y. and C. : and D. and W. and L.; B. S. and - B. ;C.J.; F. P. and W. J. 'Tis not every mortal that is gifted with the attribute of - übiquity. Hail I more than mortal ! ! ! EXETER, AUG. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-North Devon, 2- - South Wales, 6 -South Devon, 36-Exeter, and Yeovil, % - prem.-Bristol, New, 12-Exeter and Crediton, 83/4. EDINBURGH, AUG. 29. STOCK. ExciraiscsE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. ss.- _ Abe r d een , B an ff, and Elgin, 2/. Ms.-Arbroath and For far, V.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/.-Armagh and Port rus h, 2/. - ai-Banffshire, 2/. - British an d I r i sh Union, 3/. Bs. 6d. - &Vast and County Down, 31. 15 5.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 10s. - Caledonian, 11/. -Caledonian Extension, 3Z IN.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Clydesdale _ Junction, 91. 25. 6d.-Direct Northern, 21.45. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 18/. - Dundee and - Perth, 51. - Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 15s.- Edin burgh and Glasgow, 901.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, - New, 151. - Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 11. 10s. - Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 261. - Ditto, Preference, 171. IN.-Edinburgh and Northern, 2/. Is. 6d. - -Ditto, New, IL 6s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 16s. - Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 12s. - Glasgow and Ayr shire, 71/.-Ditto, New Stock, 22/. - Ditto, 17s. 10d.- Glasgow and Belfast Union, 31. 185.-Glasgo w and Gam _ kirk, 411. - Gl asgow , D raf,ri -- es, and Carlisle, 1/. 125.- - Glasgow and Greenock, 211.--= - Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 55.- - Ditto, Preference, 21. - GrEat North of Scotland, 31. 55.- - Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 2s. 6da-Kilmarnock and Ardros - san, 5/. 155.-London and York, 61. 10s.-Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 331.-Morayshire; IL-North British, ex one . fifth, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 55.-Ditto, One-fifth, 8/. 55.- - North Wales Mineral, New, 61. 55.-Perth and Inverness, • 2/. 25.-Scottish Central, 71. 145.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 45.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 41. ss. -Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 145.-Slamannan, 18/. 10s.-South Mid land, 9/.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1L 16s. 6d.-Tean and Dove Valley, 31. 7s. 6d.-Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 3% 1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 391. 2% '056,1, , ' .756c11 74s I 167sGd RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK. YORK, SATURDAY, AUG. 30.—This day, at noon, the first general meeting of the proprietors of the above rail way was held in the Directors'-room, at the York station, G. Hudson, Esq., M.P., in the chair. Several shareholders were present from a distance, and the meet ing was very numerously attended. The Cueee t zaer stated that the meeting had been called pursuant to the Act of Parliament, and certain resolutions would be submitted for their approval. The Directors were not prepared with any report, and in deed they had scarcely anything to report. They had not yet been able to obtain the accounts of the expense of obtaining the Act. He had seen in the public papers the cost stated at 50,0001.1 but he was happy to say it would not be 20,000/.--(Hear, hear.) Probably from 12,0001. to 13,0001. would be the outside.—(Renewed shouts of " Hear, hear.") It was a matter of gratifica tion that they had obtained the Act without any com promise; they parted with no shares except those re served for the landowners ; they fought the battle on principle, and they had won it. He admitted they had done so wider great hazard ; it was a bold step to talee, and he did not think he should again incur such a serious responsibility ; but having been suaceesful it was a sub ject of congratulation. He might eeate that the Direc tors had already let twelve and a half or thirteen miles of the line beginning at North. Shields. Probably the line would not be opened so soon as he bad previously mentioned—he thought it reight be August before this was done, independent of the two bridges, which would take a longer time. He concluded by moving the first resolution—" That the Directors appointed by the Act of Incorporation do continue in office, viz , Mr. Hudson, Mr. IL Davies, Mr. James Richardson, Mr. Nicholas Wood, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Plews, and Mr. Tee. " The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN, having moved other resolutions for the appointment of officers, which were carried unani mously, next brought forward the proposition for con curring with the other railway companies who had agreed to contribute towards the erection of a statue to Mr. George Stephenson, on the proposed bridge over the Tyne, and to the presentation of a piece of plate to that gentleman. The resolution for subscribing 2,000/. for that object was carried unanimously. The Lord Mayor of Yoax then proposed, " That the Board of the Newcastle and Berwick hallway Company be instructed to confer and arrange with the Boards over which Mr. Hudson presides, as to the best mode of offer ing a suitable testimonial to thet gentleman, as an ac knowledgment for his able and efficient services." The resolution was carried with acclamation. The CHAIRMAN, after returNine6 thanks for thi s mar k of their esteem, proceeded to euake the following obser vations respecting the comp e ting line which had been defeated, and on the reckless avidity for railway specu lations. He said that during the few weeks that the cot' hadtest i n n e the ar experienced Parliamentary greater Committee e n ta l the first witness examined ugaim ill'earpralisx.oiepgtio'y'i.ng- oeledwhaes pherie line, and he never f - feeling of heavy responsilid;' sed atmos importance'n his hf with such a of the first the Committee. He "--e'ss spa y .e, the be for he knew the was successful in , :e- e i ee he knew, that he the gratification whit zl nd e d man of the Coneavo r rt e o64' . 7.7- i t 7 trus ted, 14, 6 -. ing an impression n Newcastle -- •' -d e c ue .n he heardothing ou t l h d e that the preamble of the _ and Berwi k e ." way Bill had been proved. —Applause.) ex c eedll rememberalr ffie experienced when right triumphed over wrong.--(II p T I : ) 11 1,1 . 16 e irf it ' i t4 e t itoriod of his life he should ear, hear.) Lord Howick had no doubt a right to brin e forward a competing line, and perhaps he was justified port the atmospheric princip le ; in doing all hecould to sup but when his Lordship IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENG SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. Aberdeen ............ Airdrie and Coatbridge Arbroath and Forfar Ditto Half Shares - Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down Birknird,Lan.&Ches.Jiic. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.) Ditto Half Shares Birminghm & Oxtid.June 5% Blckburn, and Preston — Blekburn, Darwn,& Boltn Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Boston, Stamfrd and Bina Brighton, Lewes, & Bast. Bristol and Exeter Ditto New . • • • 12 Bristol and Gloucester . • Bristol and S. Wales June. •• British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. & Dumbar. June Caleftnian . • • .. ........ Ditto Extension ...... Cambridge and Lincoln. Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto New Shares • ... Ditto Half Shares .... Chester and IP lyhead • . Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley • • • • •• • • Clitheroe Junction • . Clydesdale Junction .... Cork, Blackrck & Passage COrk and Bandon . • • • • • • Cork and Killarney ..... Cork and Waterford .. .. Cork and Youghal .... .. Canterbury and Dovr r... Coventry and Leicester.. Derby and Crewe . .... Direct Lon. and Manchstr Diss, Beecles, & Yarmoth Direct Northern .... .. .. Direct Norwich .• • • • • ... Dublin and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Coli•Le • Dublin and Drogheda.... - Dublin and Galway .• ... Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath.. .. Ditto New ... -•.• • • • Dundee and Perth •-• . Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. I) Ditto (No. 2) ........ Eastern Counties . .... • • 20% Do. New . ........7%p Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No 1 - Do. do. N 0.2 ' East Dereham & Norwich 2 East Union ....... ~ Dittoo Extension .... • • 31 Edinbgh, Glas., and Bum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. 9; Do. Quarter Shares ... Do. New Quarter Shares 15 Edin b. Leith, and Granton -- Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon •••• 4 Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, &W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow .. Glasgow and Ayr. —.. • . Do. Quarter Shares •• .. Glasgow and Greenock.. Ditto New........... Ditto Preference •.. - . Glasgw, Mittens, and Car. Glsgw, Kllmarnck, &Ard . Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction ......... Ditto Half Shares .... Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto New Quarters • . Ditto Eighths ... Grand Union . .... .... Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby &Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrif & Wstrn (Bind) 25% Ditto Extension ••.. • • 12% Great Munster.. • ! ...... Gt Northern of Scotland 3 Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .. 55 Do. New 301. Shares .. - Great Western ... .• •. • • 177 Ditto Half Shares .. • • 98 Ditto Fifths . ... —•• • • 38 Guilthl, Parehm, & Ports. 3 Harwich ... .... .... — Hudrstid& Man. It. & Cant Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough • . Hull and Selby -..-•• .. Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Half Shares .... 1.-- Inverness and Elgin .... . Isle of Jersey •.• . • ..... _ Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray .... _ Killarney Junctions ..... Lancaster and Carlisle .. 55% Lancaster and Preston .. 57, Leeds and Bradford .... Ditto Extension ...... Leeds and Dewsbury 40% 40 Leeds and Thirsk —..• • • . 18 19 Leeds &W. Riding June. 18% 17% Leicester & Birmingham 1 p 4 3% Leicester and Bedford .• • 3% p 4% 4% Limerick and 'Waterford 6 Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc. - Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Halt Shares .... Ditto Quarter Shares.. Liverpl, Ormskrk,St Prstn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds.. • . - Ditto Quarters • ....... _ 1 London and Blackwall • • 10%1 - Lon.&3lan.(Remington'a) I p 4 i London anti Brighton..:. 78 %I 78 Ditto Consolid. Eighths 1 - London and Croydon ..... 27 Ditto New . ........ Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. London and Greenwich . Do. Pref. or Privilege • • 24 London and South Westrn 77% 78% Do. New Cons. Eighths 35 Do. New, 501 Shares• • 15% Do. New, 401. Shares.. 1 l -- LOndon and York .•• • • 7% 7% 148891 Ditto (Bawtry) • London and Windsor - LOndn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry& Ennlskilln 2% Lynn and Ely ...... •• • • 8 Lynn and Dereham ..... 4% Manchester and Leeds • • 217 214% Ditto Half Shares •• • Ditto Quarter Shares.. 39 Ditto Sixteenths .• 14 Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester &Birminghm 71 y, 75 74 - Ditto Quarter Shares.. 13% 13 1 , Ditto New Quarters ... 12 11% 11 Do. Con. & Welsh June. —3% 3 Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury MnehStr, Buxtn, & 3latlk 7%p 9% 9% Man. Shef. and Mid. June. —6% Manchestr & Southamptn 5 41 Midland • ••'.• 174 175% Ditto Fifths •..• • • Ditto New .• ••••• • • • • 26% Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 132% Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newcstl & Daringtn June . De. New (Brandling).. Newcastle and Berwick •• 19 Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwestle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen. • 2% 3 Newark and Sheffield ..• - North British ...... • . • • Ditto New Shares .... Northern and Eastern . Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis. Do. Quarter Shares • North Devon ......... • North Kent .. • • ....... North Staffordshire ... North Ea5tern.......... North Union (A) • • • . Ditto ( 13 )• • • • • • • • North Wales Mineral • • • • Ditto New Shares • • North Western North Wales • Norwich and Brandon Ditto New . • • • Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston.. - Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester • . Oxford and Cambridge .. Perth and Inverness .. Portsmouth Direct. ..• Preston and Wyre ..... Ditto Half Shares ... 7 5 ,4! - 'OAI , 16 9% - 31 31 1 1 ,g1 - 12 1 12 1 41 12% 3, v 1 31. 8/2 4 3% 3% 32% _ - - 1 - 21 - 3% 2% 101‘1 54 2 3, 1 1 2MI - - 5 I -i„ I 23,5856(1.5859d ”il - 5361 - 22% - -- 11 1 . 2 -201 A 2G 27 2% - 15% _ - I - 54 4 1 4 - 1 - 3%1205a 3% 3% t 3 8 , 4 20 20 2y B ,212 -;%i GPI _ 8 7% •• •• 147 - 2% ._ - I 1 5 141 - w: - 5 . % 1 30 132 914 - ~;~al - I J% 5 71 GiA, 61,4 6859 139%1 - - 534 1 6 34 4 - 21AI . %1 _ 3%1-- P; - ;11! - NAMES or RAILWAYS •cs• q, a o g --- ;4 .4 Aug. Aug. lAug. lAt4 30. 30. 30, li I - 448 p 1 Lis pl [9 ► 56 51!,a ? 1 %1 - 160 s pl 8%1- 1 2,1 3 i ;33s p 7%1- !235611 76 1114 - 4% - 9% - 25W - 26M1 - !3 - 4s pl ,• •,, -as t , :L. ,- u. ;LI u •--, ig. !Aug. Aug. Aug. 30. 30. 30. 68s 3 155 s 1288 pi - 614 9 M 9 % 9 % - - - 8%! - - 7 - 413, 43 ' Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. - Preston & Wyre Extens. Richmond &W. End J une 13 Rugby, Worcestr, & Trim; 2% 2% 3 Scottish Central Scottish Midland. Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares — Ditto ditto (No. 2)— Ditto ditty (No. 3) - Sheffield and Lincoln — Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. _ Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe 4% 4 1 4 Shrws.,Wolv.,Dudl,& Bir 7% 8 9 1 4 Shrwsbry & 'Prat Val. Un. 314 5 4 Shrws, II erefd,& N. Wales 4 3 ,4 5 Slaniannan — South Devon. • South South Eastern and Dover 48% 471 i 47% Do. New (iss. 32/.) No. I 22% Do. (iss.33/.65.8d.)., 2 15M 16% Do. (iss. 30/.) „3 8% 8%, 8% Staines and Richmond Sta ffordshl re &Shropshire 114 Stirling and Danfermlime South Wa1e5...... Tean and Dove Valley Trent Valley • • • . Do. and llolyheadJunc Vale of Neath West London, Old Shares West End & Sothru Coun. Wexford a%d Carlow 'arwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub Wakefield and Bradford Waktld, Pontefret, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . West 2y b l 3 %1 18% 184 - 15!4 17% - 8 % - 8 7% - 201 i - 33y 3 - I 3 % 2 1 2% • est Lancashire Worcester and Tring.. Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares.. Welsh .. We- t Cornwall • • • • ...... West Yorkshire Wilsoutwn, M. & Coitness Wilts, Somrst, & Wcynith Yarmouth and Norwich.. 5 5 2% - 6M 6 4%1 4%1 4%1 :8%1 17% Ditto New . •. York and Carlisle .• • ..•• York and North Midland :o half Shares .. Ditto Scarbro' Branch Ditto Selby • • • ...... • Ditto Extension Yorkshire& Glasgow iTn, 7%p HULL, A tiG. SO. OTOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are --Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 22%—London and Croydon, New, 11. 168.—Black- found that, according to their own traffic tables, his lir could nut convey the raffle on the line, he (Mr. Hue son) did consider that the farther steps which were takt in behalf of the Northumberland line were unjustifiab' But he was diverging into matters of detail. All th. was a tale that is told: it was for them to rejoice in zhei; success, and to look forward to making their line worthy of the support which Parliament had given them.— (Hear, hear.) He had the strongest feeling of respect for the gentlemen with whom he was associated, and anything which he could do, by night or by day, should be done. He only hoped that parties would not rashly embark their property in every scheme which was projected, and that they would recollect that, after all, these was only a certain amount of traffic in the country for all the companies to carry. It was quite wonderful to parties behind the scenes to see with what facilities railway companies could be formed ; the names of influ ential parties were lent, without those persons thinking of the responsibility which they thereby incurred ; but a day of reckoning would come, and many of the lin,s now projected will be ruinous concerns.—(Hear, hear.) He did not think that any new company could injure the undertakings from Rugby to Berwick, with which most of them were connected ; the proprietors of these were united together in interest and feelings, and, by continuing to promote the public benefit, they would hest secure their own individual advantage. Had they been speculators, anxious only to accumulate money and gain a short-lived popularity, they might have done so by lending their names to new schemes ; but the Directors with whom he was connected and himself had studiously abstained from this course, and ended. voured to keep a sound and healthy feeling in the country relative to these undertakings. Aj their rail ways were bated on national utility. Their first object was to connect England and Scotland, and then to make such branches as were required by the country. IN'hat ever others might (1., he would never retaliate by the formation of competing branch lines ; he was frequently urged by letter to do so, but he always threw these letters aside, for he thought any Director who allowed passion to mislead him in such a matter, was unworthy of the position which he held.—(flear, hear.) The meeting then separated, the whole business not having occupied three-quarters of an hour. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER. • A general half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was held on Saturday, at the- London bridge station. Mr. Hotham, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided on the occasion. The report set forth that the Worthing branch would be completed by the Ist of October ensuing, and the line completed to Chichester by about February, 184 G. The directors expected also to carry out, ere long, the x tension of the line to Portsmouth. It was cot s 7 dered the arrangement come to at the meeting cf the 5Lh of August, to transfer the line to the London and B ighton Company, would be completed by the 12th of September, when the purchase money would be ready. The Chair man informed the meeting thaf, at the present time, there was only 150/. due upon calls. , On the 30th of June there was an unpaid balance on calls of 7,3.9.0/. The arrangement come to with the Brighton Company, he had little doubt, would prove satisfactory to the pro prietors. He was glad to say that the terms mini:A for the transfer of the line at the previous meeting had been met by the Brighton Company in the mo s t satisfactory manner. The Chairman conclud e d by moving the adop tion of the report, which being seconded, was put and agreed to. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Beard of Directors the meeting adjourned. HUDDER6FIELD AND SHEFFIELD. HUDDERSFIELD, AUGUST 30.—The fist formal cere mony in the construction of the Huddersfield and Shef. field Railway took place yesterday, at Penistone, 14 hero the first sod IA as cut by the Right Hon. Lord Wharn cliff°, Lord President of her Majesty's Privy Council. At one o'clock in the afternoon, a procession was formed to meet Lord Wharncliffe at the Penistone station cf the Sheffield and Manchester Railway. It was headed by a band of music, and was composed of a number of gen tlemen from Huddersfield, Sheffield, and the surrounding locality, and including the whole body of the Directors of the Huddersfield and Sheffield line. On the arrival of the train at Penistone, Lord Wharncliffe was found surrounded by the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, M. 1., Lady Georgiana Wortley, and several other members of his family. His Lordship, attended by the Directors of the Railway and a large concourse of eager spectators, proceeded to remove the sod. He then, without any further observations, proposed " Three cheers for the succes s o f the Sheffield and Huddersfield Railway," which received the most hearty and unanimous response, and were .followed by three cheers for his Lordship. The procession then left the ground and proceeded back to the town. At two o'clock, about seventy of the gentlemen present at the ceremony sat down to a sumptuous collation at the Church School room. Joseph Armitage, Esq., Chairman of the Com pany, presidA. On his right sat Lord Wharncliffe ; Wtu. Bradley, Esq, Manor Oaks, Sheffield ; and George Crosland, Esq., Huddersfield ; and on the left of the chai. man sat the Hon. John Stuart Wortley, the Rev. Mr. Stanhope, John Parker, Esq., M.P. for Sheffield; and Joseph Brook, Esq, of Huddersfield. Many complimentary speeches were made, and Lord Wharncliffe, in returning thanks when his health was drank, said he felt as,atred that the work they had that day commenced would be one of the greatest means of rendering that part of the country prosper ous. The proceedings throughout were very spirited and gratifying. The company rose at about seven o'clock in the evening. STATE OF TRADE. --- BRADFORD.—We had a good attentlance cf buy, rs at our Piece-ball on Thursday, and an average amount of business was done in Orleans and Coburgs. Saxony cloths and Merinos are in request, and, not being abundant, better prices are obtained. In good hog wool suitable for worsted warps, the demand is good, but weft wools are only bought for immediate consumption, prices being considered too high by the spinners. More business is doing in all kinds of yarn, and better prices are ob tained. HALIFAX. —We cannot report any change in the several staple commodities of the market since our last, as regards either demand or price. HUDDERSFIELD this town and neighbourhood there is still an active trade, and a very animated de mand for all kinds of heavy goods, and in all kinds of goods a fair amount of business it being - done at mode rate prices. LEEDS.—The heavy state of the corn-markets, both in London and the country, and the favourable state of the weather, has produced more confidence in our cloth mar kets ; both on Saturday and Tuesday more than an aver age quantity of goods was sold. There have also been more goods delivered during the week than for some time past. The same causes have also induced many buyers to visit the town within the last few days ; in consequence business has been pretty brisk in the warehouses. HECKIeONDWICKE BLANKET MARKET.—The demand for blankets continues good. There was a full attend ance of merchants to-day, and good samples were readily bought up, MANCHESTER,—The tendency downwards of our cloth-market, which was so visible on Tuesday, has, owing to the fine harvest weather, been stayed, and that is all that can well be sad. The demand is pretty good, but not extensive, at the full prices current on Tuesday. There is a good Irish demand for the lower qualities of manufactured goods, such as fustians, do mestics, &c., and will, it is thought, continue. Yarns are still very buoyant and quick of sal. at late prices. EXTRAORDINARY INQUEST.—An inquest, ifl4tituted by letters patent under the great seal, was o pered at the York :Hotel, B r i g ht on , on S aturday, Mr. Is.oratio Wad dington and Mr. G. Maule, barristers, and Mr. H. Upperton, solicitor, being constituted commissioners, for the purpose of ascertaining whether Maurice Alfred Barrow, formerly a solicitor, at East Grinstead, and latterly residing at Brighton, had died seised of freehrild property, which for want of heirs devolved on her Majesty as an escheat by virtue of the royal prerogative. A jury having been empanelled Mr. Waddington stated the nature of the case, which he said had seldom occurred of late yef:.rs, although escheats were fre quent in by-gone days. He then called evidence, which esta blished the following . facti: --The deceased, Mr. Barrow, made his will in 1834, giving certain specific legacies, and devising ar.d bequeathing the residue and remainder of the estate and effects to his wife, under certain conditions. Subsequently, deceased obtained an enfranchisement of certain copyhtild, property, which he possessed in Brighton ; after which. without altering or republishing his will, he died. This property, consisting of a nest of cottages, called France and Durham, at the top of . North-street, were subsequen t ly removed to form an approach to the railway terminus, and a portion of the i site is now in the mar k et as b u ildi ng groun d . On nvesti-, gating the title, it appeared that the enfranchised property did not pass by will to the widow, as part of the residue of the estate, it being freehold property subsequently acquired; and the deceased having no children, inquiry was •made for the collateral heirs, when it was discovered that the de ceased had none, he being an illegitimate child, and, conse quently, by the law of England, having no father or mother, or collateral relations. The only mode of enabling the.widow to complete the title was to take proceedings to declare the property escheated to the Crown, in which event the Crown. has generally been advised to grant the same back again to tree party who appeared to have the best claim to it, and, who e d se a facts v erdic having i e n c g iarina been the d eta - i Pied ' •- generally initiates the proceedings . Th e proceedings in this case were taken by the widow, who failed i n satisfying the nu*. merous applicants for the buildi ng p l ots of the. validity of her rhole ,re o tu f rn th e d t i e t n l en' T e , the he jury YoLicE CHANGES. —We understand Russell, who has so l ong been employ . that Inspector - her Majesty, ha s b een removed trr -d in attendance on . now attached t o th e A division. 3" ,m that office, and , escheat.erope n rty evt an for this removal, and as Insr ..o cause has been a.signed tire confidence of those mer- • ,ector Ru sell enjoyed the en- . had th e b est means of r . I bers of the royal household wh!. we can only ascribe stiniating his zeal and intelligence ; newly-appointed r' his removal to the eaprt.:e of some Howie, of the 1" He is succeeded by Inspector p l ace o f 1-!vie is to be sun- . or Islington division, and the Inspector " s tied by lnspee.tor Tarleton, of the . . A division . enterer' selected for attr the force, was one of the officers duty was ,ndance on the House of Comtvions when that l'arleton has been in this latter division since he aansferred to the metropolitan police. His removal from a district in which he has been so long known a►:d se highly respected will be a matter of much regret to the inhabitants. lie is a zealous, well-informed, and courteous officer.— 6bserver. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOLS.—On Saturday •lish the whole of the children now being educated in the Brits and Foreign Society's School in the Borough-road, St. George's-in-the-Fields, and the number of whom exceed 700, c were taken to the Surrey Zoological Gardens, Mr. Tyler in.the most liberal manner having consented to their admission. The • children, preceded by the teachers of each class, walked in .1 procession from the school to the gardens, when having been, shown the " Carnivori," and seen other s i g hts, after singing • LF. several hymns, departed highly delighted with the treat. afforded them. Their respectable, healthy, and• prderly, sp- •-1 pearance Is as much admired.• MARRIAGE IN BIGII LIFE.--The ITlarriage be tvi•cen Mr. Foljambe, of Osberton Hall , an d Lad y Selina Alilton, Al(lwarkla a l t l (WweidnotwwoorfaithenloauteseV, ten.ou Milontliast..l—) ) Let w as solemnized as Mercury. 3 1 r 1411