The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-16 00:00:00

_ - - "--- - - - -- • --- - -- - - _;:-..,---- _____L_______ ....... _ - _ .... ....... . ___----- - , 4111' / 4 =' , .tt ..., _ , . ~,. . N • TTIE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16 ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET SPORTING INTELLIGENc . c.,% - )MP:\ NY.—(THIS DAY.) NE \ VM..\.111 - Ef, frk:s.riAv Nimrr, rhvELVE ~. i ..';•:. The . belf-vearly ineetieg of the pr, prkters and share- Messrs. Tattersall's sale of blood stock this ne,:liiiig rt - il. holders of this Company took place to-day, at the London ised the tidlowing, prices:— Gs. Tavern: 3 2av Coixtur, E Fq , d eputy-c h a i rman, A chemut y ear li ng co l t b y E uc lid , dam by Taurus ..... 42 Asi) presided, and Eldon, a bay yearling colt by Erynnes, out of Red Tape.. ICO upon taking the chair reeetted being compelled to do so in 'u Mndane, by z-idtan 115 e c ''llsegtence of the indisposition of their worthy chairman, J. Cbesnut mare (foaled in 1839) by Emilius ... lning rfq., m.p. Jonjou (foaled in 1838) by Taurus The Secretary (E. CI:APPEL, Esq.) having read the adver- Retamosa (foaled in 1836) by Reveller 230 tisement calling the meeting, Appleton Less (foaled in 1836) by St. Nicholas 9O The CRAIRMAN said that he suppoeed every gentleman Luxury (foaled in 1837) by Agreeable ..... 70 had read the statement that had be e n sen t roun d t o all the Liberia (foaled in 1841) by Liverpool proprictois ; that statement was not one of the accounts Bettina (foaled in 1838) by Solon .. ... 35 that would be laid before the proprietors at the annual meet- Toy (foaled in 1841) by Liverp00l in g ill NI arch it was merely a comparative statement of the Mi3L.tke (foaled in 1837) by Little Red Rover OO workieg of die ships up to the 30th of Jgne last, giving on Prudence (foaled in 1842) hv Liverpool ... :36 the one side the suns' aid by the Government, and the earning Alecto (foaled in 1842) by Liverpool ... lB of the vessels, and on the other the whole of the expense Previous to the races the following Bbsod Stock was sold - that bad been caused by the operations of the Company. Gentlemen would see from that that there was an increased surplus of the receipts beyond the expenses, and that it was . s? far sa ti sfactory, that it showed that the prosperity- of the t t ; ompany was cn the increase, f o r th e receipts 6.r the last ualf-year were considerably- more than the former. He would noW call up on t h e S ecretary to read the report, which he felt doubt would meet with the approval of all present. Pie SECRETARY then read the following report of the Di rectors of the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company : "The present meeting is convened to exhibit the working account for the first six months i f the current year, by which li . t I T I appear th a t th e C ompany ' s a ff a i rs are proceeding in a s 1 -=a ly and satisfactory manlier. year As contrated w i t h th e correspon di ng h a lf o f the last , there is an increase of expenditure of 354/. 19s. 2d.: roe deducting the proportion applicable to the half-year of , 2 ,000/. per annum, voted by the last general meeting as ~- ` ,l llll neration to the Directors , there is, in the actual working "' tee concern, a saving upon expenditure of 6451. Os. 10d. of 9, 7 5 41 Upon the receipts of the same period there is an increase 9,7 54/. Os. 9d., showing therefore a clear augmentation of liti r “plus of 9,3991. Is. 7d. tn , ''"r the first half of the prese n t y ear th e surp l us i s s h own - be 75 ,556/. 16s 4d., which is applicable to repairs, to re- Plac ' ~eme!it, of capital, to insurance, or to payment of dividend; : 't is satisfactory to add that, up to this period, there has ' ll 110 charge upon the insurance fund for the current Year. ••• .a general review, therefore, of the Company's l i e ,' l lations, the Directors feel warranted in proposing a divi talu, payable on and after the 23d inst., for the first half of co ' 4 B Year, of one pound ten shillings per share, free of in th le `ta-x, being equivalent to five per cent. per annum on e Paid -up eapi:al. tr4 ,_‘ The scheme of racket service, as arranged by the se --E014r3-, and which came into operation two years and a half atigi continues to work with perfect regularity; giving, to aPPearance, entire satisfaction to the various colonies At cou ntries embraced within the limit s of it s opera ti ons , w ell as to the public 'at large, and the different depart ,,ents of her Majesty's Government. ta 'be effects of the plan in question, and of the economical ~,easures adopted by the Board of Management, to improve Ice c ondition of the Company's affairs, may be briefly stated ; 8 follo ws l'or the half year, ended in June, 1843, when the last alters tiou in the routes was made £158,048 14 7 xpenditure 44 , For the half-year ended in June, 1545 X3 : 4 - 341 15 7 L ' l Pts 184,681 17 5 Ir P l us cq)enditure 75,556 16 4 Increase ....£41,215 0 9 41.; ` .. T hat this i ncrease h as not b een t h e result of any sudden b ortultous circumst a n ces , is p rove d by th e f act t h at i t h as b :r ,'en ste adily advancing every half-year, and it will be s e en ee e the working account now presented, that (with one exception') the augmentation is upon each h ea d o f Bight "°flial.and passage money, outward, homeward, and inter irE , W ith a view to promote economy and insure regularity ;tee co nduct of the Company' s aff a i rs a b roa d, i n the month ' Nov ember la s t th e Di rectors di spatched their colonial ;is s'Perin te ndeut to inspect the whole-of the Colonial d e p o t s , . t 'd o t ther fixed establishments ; as well as to observe a n d de t ) , ° 4a ltlion the manner in which the service afloat was con el: utterAf an absence of nearly ten months, and the able ful eeollt,, f all the objects contained in his instructions, this ts „ 'wan has returned to England, and, according to his ar t . good order prevails in every department; the steam-- 4 k 'S ° I . the Compeer are well conducted, arriving at and le.rting front the several places with the utmost punctuality. 1 4..1 As stated at the last general meeting, six of the Corn lensteam-ships were docked, caulked, and re-coered ttle t ” "ing one more than was stipulated for in Mr. Pitcher's r act for their repair. Belo ke e tig the present year four more have had a similar refit,' and the eleventh and last is now in dock at kirall for the same purpose. kee While, therefore the utmost attention end been paid to e e e,, a leet the receipts ' , and to diminish the expiture of the tie - „l i 'anY, the condition of its ships has not only been effi ittipZ uPheld, but in many respects decidedly and materially trae„ lll , 4ll Y, the Directors have to state, that they have just 4r t ,, i ,, eu with the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's it ite,4o.oY. the terms of an amended contract, confirming the ications which had been made (provisionally only) by tie 4ords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and whereby t ote sirs of the Company are placed for the future upon a (),'E'eure and satisfactory basis." • t ,he Proposition that the report be received and adopted, 'oe • id that he could not but express his gra „ fit' NDER sa ^ atlee e eing the report. He hacgattended the meeting; ere emimany amid storms and tempests, and he had ( l ee Prophesied, and that prophecy had turned out to that their seaworthy vessel would right herself.— at,ti !qr..%) t rep i t'GWAY felt anxious to make a few observations on 47,rt b eforeadopted by the meeting. tt‘ t ieli t t i, le a in that document with respect to the manner in ~e o neforts of the passengers had been considered by. Lae ' d . ` 4 l , l He had heard several complaints from passen theca those, too very recently. Great complaints ere made Vage e re el ag transferred three or four times during the the 11ra h " 4l one part to another. He . deprec . ated the course e 3 eursued of putting the Proprietors in possession of at c olite„ ts At 4,1 th of the report at the twelfth hour. He con e le- at the Proprietors ought to have the report eke gs't three days before the meeting took rode ,eas the v would be enabled thereby to eiere ' make such statements with t t eett t o it Prepared to . vtele s i der. as they thought it called for. It might by some 1 4 1 e, b a favur to the Shareholdera to adopt such a ee hi v he, for g one, thought the Proprietors had a right avi, i e it d one. There was a large sum put down for th e I;,ovide °ll a. should like to know how they a O s w he he had heard great complaints made on hie et • k-;omplaints hadalsobeen made of the scarcity opt' • arY accommodation on board the vessel. This, in 111 ° c°l°n, eu ht to be well looked to by the Directors. Then to llt r th 4t, e ,:„ l4 ., t io g eP, somethingought t d o be done, because, looking e t, app ose ?, going on in the radroa world, it side s impos , ible le 4 el; • ' e at Southampton could long be cored as he e at eegible station • indeed, at present, he considered it a ett • "[este 414 Pro of time to ' come to Southampton,. and when pd!ei, 4 ete,Msed railways were in operation, it eyould soon "ether Southampton was a proper station or not. Haven there was to be a railway, and he con btae ttd that that teel 4 „ at place would be a most eligible one. He t 6 it mh o see so large a meeting of the . Proprietors, be- f W e ,, "red that great interest was taken in the affairs . of Guaira t Indi es , • (Hear. ) .The regularity of the arrival of fletetii, beyond all praise. 1144ertly‘e....J.eenren could not sit edent after what had been ten et ie eti Hon. Proprietor who had just ofd e,te, , tiers from the West Indies, in all whiCh the le: L iation of every description on bdard the packets trio praised.—(Hear, hear.) He was surprised to see d '''''')Prietor continuing at every half-yearly meeting . it 4t, a Corn a 'n which he had so great an in `(Qri ‘ ll 11 1 „ at 4 ale e p ro ei .of 110, from Mr. Ridgway.) . The Ho- V i aitte ~Prietor denied that lie did so, but tietwit.ll - lie must consider that it might most happily 1 : 1 ! 4 1 th ) lr this it was an ill bird that fouled its own nest.—• Ces e lo cet eins •-eiltuAN said, that all had been done by the te ll eet et ,.for the comfort of the passengers that could be [l(, -. "; Where complaints had been made, they had into, and if we ll f oun d e d , the i r cause removed. her lilt lr ,t was then received, and adopted unanimously. th ; • ''wev sa i d that he should never be deterred from Se? • what he considered to be his duty, by being told hit a bird that fouled his own nest.—(Hear, hear, -e t%) He should now move, that the report be 14 (i es i(iatif circulated among the Proprietors, and in doing t he rl'at 4 1 1 4 Put it to any person present to say whether he leeee ip whys interested himself strenuously on behalf of the t 4 (14 4 , 11 ,Y ?----( Hear, h ear. ) tleti t he p;',, t ' L lAie thought it quite unnecessary, cons id er i ng vii print had always ki n dly g i ven pu bli c i ty to the i r re -14;, t:tr4it t vekvhe present one. e Net i 1 , felt it to be his duty t owar d s th e P ropr i etors t hh a laai t 's Motion Th of . :A RREN seconded the motion, which, upon a Meet ing 'as declared to be lost. then broke up. he---------- aut - le ° 4 l : STEAMER.—We regret to announce, eat to tee oi a Correspondent, that two seamen be eeleelie i s vessel, which recently arrived at Woolwich b tt t ae "rest of Africa, have died since they were taken ,‘, a arie i; c ause of death has not been ascertained, end 'kite `gt ,as been created, from fear that the disease has !e t ,e1 .14 0• er, which has so fearfully raged in the Eclair. fealoroLe',? certainty exists for this fear, the authorities, we ee'roleie't.are taking due precautions to allay the alarm. b tt rlsto be fumigated, and every exertion made to t l et: N vet t e i t' s 'ibilitv of contagion. et,„,!,e AT XTRAORDINARY CASE OF HOUSE N ‘SBURY.—Two men, on Tuesday, the 30th tes4keeei tittered the dwelling -house of Thomas Wilson, traoc beer brewer, during his absence, and re jhtte:ty biitealc,ks_elY.es to Wilson's wife as being two bailiffs, t ety enaith for sonic work done,_ and they then un `oula cornmenced stripping the house of everything tqe.y get hold ttell i tfth e i re , of, having a horse and cart ready to eae.Fluilder. Thee - then took off Wilson's goods e egg a i nk that they - had seized the goods under a lh i ate;t.'"g; o all o t ti ea_ rid sent a - man into the street, .probably one e: it e,, a4 Zr Pretence of crying a sale ; but this was all t, I,,l,lniElifrerelY to deceive Wilson's neighbours, so as sot they the booty away without exciting staple atitZ, l , e g letft, Wilson's house, to keep Wilson's wife sf 4 are t cent, the should told her that if they found they iad t t t, 4 t Deopt snould return and take more. But almost 'kepi'k e pi "uld get to the place where the sale was th e ' it PP ;114.4 andlvas found to be over, a man having pu s, (.•14, dis,„_the delinquents, together with the 'LA thTvi'L'eared.--Leeds Mercury. k 4P •ti . t ° ' CERTAIN CURE FOR SCRO qh,:e'r;.4tki, Pitt:HE:IL, BY HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS AN i D o O m IN a T n : ( e t ' L er, C.ASE.-- A young man named ete""ilote!rturi (hellion eines-street, Manchester, had . w been 're, ti , iile ee , d with the most malignant kind . o f 44e, eroie_•, covering various parts of his body ; besides t t, , xi ; r ;s a . th ey „ e bad deprived him of the use of his left Q,pele e ,""lary to relate, this poor fellow has not only C.1,,4).A1ete IASe eis,_!soll!!(ly healed, but has likewise regained the klit, t . limbs by means of these two wonderful ere, e latel l at Professor Holloway's Establishment, i-1. 11 . 11'1 ' 10, 1e " eZ d a u 'lvice may be had gratis), and by am) os . t stripe r r s of medicine throughout the civilised Se tt kestlei t , 43 th, t(3) etai he opening of Lincoln's Inn Hall, ~,,pginaii morning collation, not a dinner or ban '‘ia eXCIUSiveIY 1t1vi,141411. Con y i,,Y, posed; and we understand that the 1 i is. i s th: t of her Majesty's Ministers endalit3. ir thus 'limiting the Ah. , 14 4 ) he e pry large umber of members of the Inn sett sty i n vent a:.; of ri.,11,• The Be, wili receive alkl(l:oll,,Professio:ia-1 .:ostune. lords Brougham 11 1 . 5 -4,1 ,', 4 11a i n IL!' liencher,) a-0 expected to be present, lAN i 5 ro t , „ h 'and on the occasion. Ilalrwahin arrived in Grrafton- street front I t pf vi aiv ere his Lordship has been entertaining a tti South Ths Noble Lord intends proceeding eieuth of France. A colt by Assassin, out of Mandane A colt, by Plenipo, dam by Emilius Filly, by Plenipo, cut of Jonjou Colt, by Plenipo, out of Retamosa • Filly, by Henipo, cut of Appleton Lass Colt, by Plenipo, out of Luxury Colt, by Plenipe, out of Liberia .. Filly, by Pienipo, out of Toy by Assassin, out of MiNtake Co , t, by Assassin, out of Voluptuary Colt, by Plenipo, darn by Langer B6 Brown Yearling Colt, by Hetman Platoft; out of Mantle 150 Bay Yearling Filly, by lietman Platoff; out of Amine l4O Bay Yearling Filly, by Iletman Platoff, out of _Green il'ante2so Georgiana (foaled in 1835), by Partisan 5O Matilda, 3 yrs, by Albemarle, out of Eloise ... 15 At a very numerous meeting of the Jockey Club, held this evening after the races, a vote ef thanks was unanimously passed to the Duke of Richmond, fur his eminent services in the House of Lords in procuring a revision of the laws relat ing to the turf. A similar vote was passed to Lord Palmer ston, for his exertions in the - House of Commons; and, the rules and orders of the Club having been suspended for the purpo,e, his Lordship was elected a free and honorary mem ber without a dissentient voice. It was also re:olved, una nimously, that it is not desirable to have stands erected on the race-course. The attention of the Club was next directed to the proposed railroad from Chesterford to Newmarket., and the plans having been submitted and explained, they were unanimously approved. WEDNESDAY. The settling for the Cesarewitch took place this morning, and a:thr ugh rather heavy and unfavourable to the betters mum!, went off well. Two Noble Lords are the principal winners (between four and five thousand pounds), Mr. Watt and the stable having stood to win but small stakes. We would here suggest to speculators that it would be more prudent to pay and receive in the Subscription-room than in the street. Pickpockets were in great force, and one nobleman was eased of 2001. ; that others escaped was more from luck than carefulness. The racing to-day commenced at half-past two, with Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, two yrs old, 7st Sib ; three, 9st ; fillies allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 801., if de manded, &c. T.Y.C. (5 Subs). Mr. Greville's Deer Chase, 2 yrs (Pettit) 1 Mr. Steer's Caroline, 3 yrs Mr. W. Sadler's The Pretender, 2 yrs 3 Lord G. Bentinck's b f Malvoisie, 3 yrs Mr. Worley's b f Syllabub, 3 yrs Betting-2 to 1 agst Syllabub, 2to 1 agst Deer Chase, 3 to 1 agst The Pretender, and 4 to 1 agst Caroline.—Caroline made the running, followed by The Pretender and Deer Chase till half way up the cows. The Pretender then de clined, and Dear Chase challenging, Caroline defeated her, after a fine race, by a head. Match, 200 8017 S. 50 ft. Bst 71b each. First half of Ab.lll. Lord Exeter's Celia (Mann) beat Lord W. Powlett's Espoir. _ _ The Gotland Stakes of 30 soya. each, 10 ft, if declared, &c. B.M. (7 Subs., 4of whom declared.) Lord Exeter's Jet, 3 yrs, 4st Illb ........ Sharp) I Mr. Mciklam'a Trueboy, 5 yrs, Bst 81b Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude, 3 yrs, 6st 31b Betting-6 to 4 against Jet, 6to 4 against Trueboy, and 7 to 2 against Longitude.—Jet took the lead, Trueboy lying at her quarters, Longitude following them, but very soon out of the race. In rising the hill, Trueboy collared the leading mare, headed her at the top, and ought to have won, but shut up a few yards from the post, and was beaten by a The Town Plate of 501. for three yrs old, 7st 41b; four, Bst 41b • five, Bst 111 b; six and age d, 9 s t 11b . Th e w i nner to be sold for 200/. if demanded. T.111.11L Mr. it. J. Shafto's Metal, 3 yrs (Brown) I Mr. Mostyn's bl f St ream , 3 yrs Lord Verulam's Hawksbury, 3 yrs 3 / The following also st ar t e d, b u t were not p l aced : —Si r C. Monck's My Old Hack, aged—Sir S. Spry's Subduer, 5 yrs —Duke of Rutland's Welbeck, 4 yrs—Mr. R. Clifton's b g Little John, 4 yrs—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Longitude, 3 yrs —Mr. Bat!on's f by Plenipotentiary, out of Acacia,:3 yrs— Lord Sandwich's Plaine, 3 yrs—and Mr. W. Sadler's The Cook, 3 rs. betting-5 to 2 agst Welbeck-5 to 1 agst Subduer -5 to 1 agst Metal-5 to 1 agst Hawkcsbury-7 to 1 agst My Old Hack. Ilawkesbury and Longitude made the running fir the first half mile, and then gave place to Prairie, who carried it on to the Ditch, when she resigned it to My 01(1 Heck, who, in his turn, gave way to Metal and Stream,the horseleading. In nearly this way the race continued to the ecd, Metal win ning by a neck, and Stream beating flawkesbury, who came at the last, by half a neck ; My Old Hack fourth, and nothing else up. The winner was claimed. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft. D.M. (3 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Prologue, 7st 101 b Lord Eglinton's Vaudeville, 7st 121 b 6 to 4 on Prologue, who made all the running, and won easily by a length and a half. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET-WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BETTING ON THE CAN 3 to 1 agst The Baron (t) 20 to 1 agst Wolf Dog (0 20 to 1 agst Alarm 20 to 1 agst Ould Ireland 25 to 1 agst Chertsey 25 to 1 agst Titmouse (t) 25 to 1 agst Lothario 25 to 1 agst Clumsy 33 to 1 agst Secundus (t) DER 8 to 1 agst Sting 40 to 1 agst Fan - e'y Boy (t) 40 to 1 agstt Nutleaf BRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 40 to 1 agst Yardley 40 to 1 agst Semiseria (t) 40 to 1 agst Needful 50 to 1 agst Duc an Durras (t 50 to 1 agst Pantasa 50 to 1 agst Everton 66 to 1 agst Remorse (t) 66 to 1 agst Rowena 50 to 1 agst Duke of Rich mond (late Hovingham) I ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Plate. 1001. A.F. Evenus, 5 yrs, ' ' 9st—Example 4 yrs, Bst 61b—Alarm 3 yrs, Bst 51b—Ridiculous blue, 3 yrs, Bst—Sorella , 4 yrs, Ist 121 b Intrepid, 4 yrs, Ist 121b—Croesus, aged, 7st 71b—Plantagenet, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Paultons, 3 yrs, 7st 21b—St. Bernard, 6 yrs, 7st—Duc an Durras, 3 yrs, 7:t— -f by Beiram, out of Manto, 4 yrs, 7st—Foremast, 3 yrs, 7st— Energy, 3 y rs, Est 121b—Elemi, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Laird o'Cock pen, 3 yrs , Est 101b—Sally Brown, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Ruff, 3 yrs, Ost 71b—Alamode, 4 yrs, Est 71b—f by Plenipo, out of Acacia, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Leopard, 3 yrs, Est 51b—Colleen Bawn, 3 yrs, Gst 51b—Minus, 4 yrs, 6st 51b—Lyons, 3 yrs, Est 51b—Sir Harry (h b), 3 yrs, 6st—Correct C ar d, 3 y rs , s s t 101b—Fug net, yrs, sst 4lb-1 . by Velocipede, out of Amaryllis, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. The winner to be sold for 150/. Jell, by Record, out of Alexandria—l; cb3 Slane, out of Voluptuary—Chandelier—Cerbe) us, f by Montreal, out of Balance—c by Clearwell, out of Fidelity. Sweepstakes of 10 sova ea h. The winner to be sold for 3001. Manto filly, 4 yrs—Sister of Johu o' Gaunt, 4 yre—Com rade, 3 yrs—Terrier, 2 yrs—Subscription, 2 yrs—Ohio, 2 yrs —Miss Love, 2 yrs. RIDGWAY AND UNION COURSING CLUBS. The Fleetwood Cup, for 8 all ag..d dogs, was won by Mr. Gar Yen's Grimaldi; Mr. Ridgway's Rowena ran up. The Ridgway Cup, for 8 puppies, was won by 111 r. Ridg way's Renown; ➢lr. Garven's George Koss ran np. The Union Stakes, for 8 all aged dogs, were won by Mr. Ridgway's Royal Oak; Lord Suirdale ns Ruse d'Albret ran up. The Rossall Stakes, for 6 puppies, were won by Mr. Ridg way's Revenge; Mr. Garven's Glendwr ran up. The North Euston Stakes, for 8 all aged dogs, were won by Mr. Woodburn's Will-o'-the-Wisp; Mr. Swan's Sparks of Fire ran up. The Wire Stakes, for 8 puppies, were won by Mr. Swan's Spendthrift; Mr; Hornby's Honoria ran up. THE STAR STEAM-BOAT COM- PANY. The general annual meeting of the Shareholders in the Star Steam-boat Company was held yesterday, at the kite rary Institution, Gravesend, and was numerously attended, the fair sex forming a large portion. The CHAIR3IAN ( Cruden, Esq.) said, in meeting the proprietary he was happy to congratulate them on the fa vourable position of the Company. They had combatted with a variety of difficulties, and it was some considerable consolation to him to find that they had overcome them, and that their property was inapromising condition. Their old deb ey had greatly diminished, and the Directors had de ;ermined, after mature deliberation, now that it was so much defrayed, to give the Shareholders some portion of the re ceipts fur the capital they had invested in the Company.— (Hear.) He had heard it stated that no dividend should be paid until their liabilities were entirely disposed of; but the Directors thought that that would be accomplished, and a dividend declared also. In adopting that step, however, the Directors had taken all responsibility—the Shareholders had paid up all their calls,and further demands could not be made upon them. The Secretary, Mr. DcpsoN, then read the auditors' re port, when a dividend of 2s. 6d. a share on the half-year's account was proposed to be declared. ➢ir. BURN, one of the Directors, said he must be per mitted to offer his protest to the proposition. He certainly should be glad to receive the half-crown upon his shares, but when he found, by so doing, the liabilities to the Company would be considerably increased, it was his bounden duty to oppose such a course, and he trusted the prophetors would see the propriety of refusing the dividend, not only for the purpose of liquidating the demands of the Company, but also to protect their officers. Mr. PALLISTER wanted to know by what hocus- pocus style of business the Directors could free the proprietary of the liabilities spoken of. Mr. blATTniw, the Solicitor to the Company, said, that in the deed that constitutes the Company, there was an in demnity, or covenant, which protected shareholders, after calls had been paid up. Mr. PALLINTER observed that he had heard much of the opposition the Diamond Steam-boat Company was said to have evinced to that of the shareholders, but he really thought such was not the case. Here was a company next to being insolvent from a lengthened contention with a rival company, when in point of fact it ought not to be mixed up in it at all. The question in dispute was really not between the Star and Diamond Steam-boat Companies, but the latter and the Blackwall Railway Company. To prolong the differ ence would promote the non-success of their property, and he really thought the meeting should express an opinion on the subject. He hoped every means would be adopted to avoid the misunderstanding acting to their prejudice. The CHAIRMAN said he understood the Hon. Shareholder had also an interest in the D:amond Company, and he was glad to hear such conciliatory measures broached by a pro vr:etor in this corn: any. When it was said, however, of the contention existing between the Star and Diamond being caused by the Railway Company, let them troth act in concert—put their wheels together—and they would soon find that every arrangement would be made by the railway.—(Hear, hear.) It was the non-compliance, or the unwillingness of the Diamond Company that had led to the difference.. Mr. ItiAratrorr, a Director, begged to say a few words in are•wer to Mr. Pallister's assertion Of that Company being in an iwolveat state. Ile had nude a cJr.ful i~syestigati ,n into their funds, and he found the bona fide property (4 . the Company amounted to betnt•en 13,0001. and 14,0+.,01.; it, liabilities did not exceed 11,0001., and he would put it to the meeting whether a Company having a surplus of property to the extent of near 5,0001. could be said to be in an insolvent state? 10 [55 10 53 After some further diFeussirm, a dividend of 2s. 6d. was (le eid,d upon ; aril on the Lira etors I re-e.ket,?d, tio y un•!e , C•ok tf) r(tit.ce the amoort aliowA i,l- their serv.es to tme-half, as alw the balance mquil ed to be in hand. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Board of Di recto:s, the meeting broke up. L'l E RAT URE. A BOOK FOR A R ALA Y DAY ; or, Recollections of the last Sixty-six Years. By John 'I howls Smith. Mr. John Thothas Smith is assuredly the most in quisitive of mortals, and therefore the most talkative. He seems to have been "everybody's" Boswell, and fortu nate is it for us of the present day, that the " Notabili ties" sif the last three-quarters of a century did not act on the old adage— " Percontaterem fugito nam garrulus idem eat." Had they done so, we should have been deprived of this most amusine. specimen of auto-biography, Mr. Smith was born, and bred, and Heed in London. Ile is a Cockney isles it in cute, and his reminiscences of old London, of the Marylebone tea-gardens for instance, and " the Field of the Brothers' Steps," and of Milbank, when it was the country, in the days when the arrival in London of some great personage from Chelsea was thought a thing worthy to be chronicled, are exceedingly amusing. The following entry occurs under the date 1774 : " I well remember when, in my eighth year, my father's playfellow, Mr. Joseph Nollekens., leading me by the hand to tee end of John-etreet to see the notorious terror of the king's highways, John Rann, commonly called Sixteen string-Jack,' on his way to execution at Tyburn, for robbing Dr. Bell, chaplain to the Princess Amelia, in Gunneshury lane. Rann was a smart fellow, a great favourite with a certain description cf ladies, and had been coachman to Lord Sandwich. The malefactor's coat was a bright pea green : he had an immense nosegay, which he had received from the hand of one of the frail sisterhood, whose practice it was in those days to present flowers to their favourites from the steps of St. Sepulchre's Church, as the last token of what they called their attachment to the condemned, whose worldly accounts were generally brought to a close at Tyburn, in consequence of their associating with abandoned characters. On our return home Mr. Nollekens, stooping close to my car, assured me that had his father-in-law, Mr. Justice Welch, been high-constable, we could have walked all the way to Tyburn by the side of the cart." What would be thought at the present day of a Roya Academician who should take a boy, eight years of age, the nephew of an admiral, to see an execution, by way of a treat ? Nous evens change tout cela, and most as suredly the change Las been fur the better. Mr. Smith, when drawing in Nollekens' studio, had frequent op portunities of seeing Dr. Johnson "He was tall, and must have been, when young, a power ful man : he stooped, with his head inclined to the right shoulder: heavy brows, sleepy eyes, rose ve'y na rrow be tween the eyebrows, b u t broad at the bottom; lips en ormously thick; chin, wide and double. He wore a stock and wristbands; his wig was what is called a 'Busby,' but often wanted powder. His hat, a three -cornered one; coats, one a dark mulberry, the other brown, inclining to the colour of Scotch snuff; large brass, or gilt buttons, black waistcoat, and small-clothes sometimes the latter were corduroy; black stockings, large easy shoes, with buckles; latterly he used a hooked walking stick: his gait was wide and awkwardly sprawling. "I once saw him follow a sturdy thief, who had stolen his handkerchief in Grosvenor-square, seize him by the collar with both hands, and shake him violently, after whi c h h e quickly let him loose, and th en , w ith his open hand, gave him so powerful a smack on the face, that sent him off the pavement staggering." This concluding anecdote is very characteristic. This book contains sundry odd bits of information which we should look in vain for elsewhere;—for instance, we learn incidentally that Voltaire, during his stay in Lon don, lived in Maiden-lane—that Vardervelde painted the tea distances in the portraits ,of the Hampton -court Admirals, at present located in the Painted Hall, Greenwich—that Hugh Honison, the late keeper of York-terrace, was the original Strap of "Roderick Randoen"—that Charles I. was not so liberal a patron of Vandyke as has been commonly sup posed, but that he was in' the constant habit of cutting down Vandyke's charges for pictures frequently to one-half, and that at VatidYke's death Charles owed him large sums, which his heirs could never recover. All these little bits of information are communicated inci dentally ; but as there is neither index nor table of con tents to the work, the reader will have " to search all the day ere he find them." Whether, " when found, they are worth the search," it is for him to determine. Seri ously speaking, an index would add greatly to the value of this book, and we trust, that when it reaches a se cond edition, which no doubt it will, ere long, this hint will not be forgotten. The following anecdote of the marriage of Angelica Kauffmann will probably be new to many of our readers:— "Angelica Kauffmann was a great coquette, and pre tended to be in love with several gentlemen at the same time. Once she professed to be enamoured of Nathaniel Dance; to the next visitor she would divulge the great secret that she was dyinF, for Sir Joshua Reynolds. How ever, she was at last rightly served for her duplicity by marrying a very handsome fellow personating Count Horn. With this alliance site was so pleased, that she made her happy conquest known to her Majesty Queen Charlotte, who was much astonished that the Count should have been so long in England without coming to Court. However, the real Count's arrival was sometime afterwards announced at Dover; and Angelica Kauffmann's husband turned out to be no other than his valet de chambre. He was prevailed upon subsequently to accept a eepdrate maintenance. After this man's death she married Zucci, and settled in Rome." In 1803, Mr. Smith saw Belzoni, afterwards so cele brated as the Egyptian traveller, exhibiting in Bartho lomew fair as " the Young Hercules, or the Patagonian Sampson." Various stories have been current as to the oarly career of Belzoni. Mr. Smith gives tne following account of him, and, as he was personally acquainted with that extraordinary man, there is every reason to believe it is authentic : PROJECTED LINES TO UXB RIDGE. a public meeting of th e i n h a bitalits of Uxbridge and was held in the assembly room, for the pur pose of considering which of the projected lines of railway would be most advantageous to the town. • The meeting was most numerously attended. At twelve o'clock, Major Stuart, of the Grove, Hillingdon, was called to the chair. Some discussion arose with regard to the manner in which the various schemes should be introduced to the meeting. It was ultimately decided that the names of each should be written upon cards And mixed together, and that one at a time be shown by the Chairman. The first line announced was the Oxford, Thame, High Wycombe, and Uxbridge Junction R a il way. ' Mr. LANE said it was the intention of the Company to which he belonged to afford the ioliabiants Of Uxbridge the means of railway communication with Oxford. Of all the various schemes which had co ofme under his notice, though there were no doubt many which he had not heard, he thought the present, if carried into effect, would be the most useful to U:..bridge,. Before issuing their prospectuses the Company thought the best way to pursue was to obtain what local interest they could, and he was happy to say that they had already obtained the support of many persons in the locality. The lineie projected ran from Oxford to Timm°, High Wycombe, am hen to Uxbridge; and there were various proposals to connect it with West Drayton, if they did not themselves carry the line as far as there. As one of the advantages of that line, lie might mention that it would shorten the distance between London and Oxford at least twelve miles. Mr. llEumNo—Yon have not pledged yourself to that. Mr. LANE—Certainly not, but the probability is, that we shall be able to take you there. Arr. HERRING—We want to be sure of it.--(Laughter.) Mr. DEBUEG, also one of the deputation from the same Company, next addressed the meeting in favour of the line. and that the Uxb r id ge In reply to several questions, Mr. D EBURG stated that the s li t i a 'u tio 's n 'ou 'eld would dube upon be as ea the r t The Great Northern, Southern, and E astern Counties, or Ipswich and Southampton Railway, was next commenced, but, there being no o n e p re sent to a d vocate that line, n broadhe centre gauge, of th e t own as possible. The Metropolitan Railways Junction project was pro ceeded with. e was a native of Padua, and educated in order to be come a profound monk; but during the frenzy of war, being noticed by the French army, in consequence of his command ing figure, to be admirably well calculated for a fugleinan, prudently avoided seizure for so deadly a service by getting together what few things time would permit him, and so left Rome. I should have stated to the reader that, upon his arrival in London, in the year 1803, he walked into Smith field dining Bartholomew-fair time, when he was seen by the master of a show, who, it is said, thus questioned his Merry Andrew :--4 Do you see that tall-looking fellow in the midst of the crowd? he is looking about him over the people as if he walked upon stilts; go and see if he's worth our money, and ask him if he wants a job.' Away scrambled Mr. Merryman down the monkey's p os t, and, 'as quick as lightning,' conducted the stranger to his master, who, being satisfied of his personal attractions, immediately engaged, plumed, painted, and put him up. The reader will readily conceive that a man like Belzoni, seriously educated for the duties of the Church, and accustomed to associate with people of good manners, could with no little reluctance en dure the vulgar society his pecuniary circumstances alone compelled him to associate with. However, after the expi raticn of nine years, in the course of which time he had married and saved money, he and his wife were enabled to visit Portugal, Spain, and Malta, from which place they embarked for Egypt. Fortunately for Belzoni, the wife he bad chosen more than equally shared his numerous dangers, by spiritedly joining in all his enterprises, which some of my readers will recollect arc most delightfully described by her self, in what she styles 'A Trifling Account,' printed at the end of her husband's Travels in Egypt, Nubia,' " &c. We must now take our leave of Mr. Smith, assuring him that we consider his very amusing gossip an excel lent " book for a rainy day." Mr. ETHERIDGE briefly stated the claims !his line had upon the support of the meeting. The great benefit to be derived from the line in question was to afford them direct communication with the great trunk lines. It would cross the London and York, and joining the Northern and Eastern at Hertford, would from thence proceed through Essex to Tilbury. Thus the inhabitants would have com munication with Chelmsford, and be enabled to get wheat from thence with very great facility. Coals could by this line be put into their carriages at Mallon or Tilbury, and brought to Uxbridge, thus avoiding all the London coal dues. They would besides have communication with Birmingham, instead of being compelled, as at present, to proceed first to the railway station in Lomb ; cemmunication with Cam bridge, Lincoln, Dover, and Brighton would also be estab lished. With respect to the station at Uxbridg , , he should rather the inhabitants of the town should fix upon the most convenient and desirable spot, than that it should be left with the Company, and he should be happy to hear any sugges tions that might be made upon that subject. Mr. Asnerreat. addressed the meeting on the part of the same Company, pointing out the means the town would pos sess for increasing its trade if that line were adopted. The London, Birmingham, and Buckingham Railway was next brought before the meeting by Captain DARRELL, High Sheriff of the county of Bucking ham, who said that the line would pass at or near Uxbridge; perhaps it would be at a distance of two miles from the town. —(Cries of " Oh, oh.") He would bring it through Ux bridge, even through the main street, if possible, but they must be governed by the engineer. The lire commenced at West Drayton, proceeding through Amersham and Wend over, but the most materixl portion by fir was that which connected the town of Uxbridge with 'London. Mr. BRAMAH also advocated the above scheme, stating th t the line would afford railway accommodation between the important towns from Uxbridge to Aylesbury, and make use of the railway from Drayton to London, thus putting them in comm un i cat i on with Birmingham. If it were pos sible to erect the station of Uxbridge at any one place more agreeable th an anot h er, they might depend upon it it should be done.—(Hear, hear.) The next project mentioned was the London, Oxford, Chel tenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, and Hereford Railway. Mr. Arensox came forward as the advocate of this line. It left the Birmingham line in the valley of the Brent, in the vici nity of Twyford, and proceeded from thence to Uxbridge. There was besides a branch proposed to connect them with Thame. At Uxbridge there would be a tunnel under the cricket ground, of the length of 484 yards. The gradients were exceedingly f avoura b le, none be i ng so steep as 1 in 101. They would have a b ranc h out of the ma in line, forming a junction w ith th e G reat Western line at S out h a ll, an d s h ou ld lay down two gauges, in order to run upon both the lines, the Great Western and the London and Birmingham. His was a perfectly independent line, and was not a branch of the London and Birmingham, as bad been hinted. The Oxford, Whitney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester In dependent Extensi on R a il way was th e n brought before the meeting by Sir JAMES DUKE, w h o sa id th a t the station of their line would be in Windsor-street, and one of its advantages would be, that there would be free communication between the rail way and the canal. They would go by Southall,and, necessary, there would be a s t a ti on in the city. The line in question was the first but one registered, and the matters if were in a very favourable state for its complete success. Mr. JFNKINS next stated the merits of the Northern and Southern Connecting Railways. He said, this line would form a junction with the Metropolitan Railways Junction project, the terminus being at Hertford. It was a connect ing railway, and in the course of time would connect the whole of Great Britain. They might travel by their line in every direction, without making the metropolis the resting-place. The Middlesex and Surrey Junction Railway was the next brought forward. Its claims for support were advocated by Mr. GAL WORTHY. This line, hesaid, would commence at Ux bride, proceed to the Southall station of the Great 'Western Railway, through Whitton, cross the river at Kingston, and go from thence to Epsom. Dr. COSTELLO spoke briefly in favour of this line, after Uxbridge Railway was next intro oßsiaitehtvhaeyTwosaysn-lpiarell. sented I d i w e ij e a l xs er. This li ne was intended to which the plan of the Oxford Dire o c p t p an Mr. CH APPELL, who said that the line to o k as near as pos. Bible the old coach road from London. The point fixed upo n f d o u rt eh h de e bG U yr x e3a b itr r . i l d vß g eo e sbt s ee t station nt t come from West Drayton to Uxbridge. Mr. DEBURG then moved that a Committee should be appointed to inquire further into the. claims of the several lines. . Mr. HENRY HALL, miller, of Uxbridge, spoke in favour of the London, Cheltenham, and Hereford line To show the necessity for increased railway accAnmoclation for this town, he stated that considerable delay was occasioned in obtaining wheat even by the Great Western Railway, for it was a fact, that hundreds of sacks of wheat were kept a considerable time at, the Farringdon station before they could be sent to He therefore moved a resolution to t t i l l e e m etTeCt i t i h ea a r ; the line he had mentioned would be most ser viceable to the town. Dr. BAZELEY seconded the amendment After which a second amendment was moved by Mr. MURRAY, to th:e a f r f:ct that that line should be selected which had its Uxbridge station the nearest to the town, and its London terminus the nearest the City. After considerable discussion, in which Mr. Westmacott, Mr. Wilkinson, Captain Darrell, Sir Edward Pearson, Mr. Etheridge, and others took part. The following motion, moved by Ar r. liEsTorr, and se conded by Mr. WEsTmAcorr, was carried in preference to the former:—"That the meeting should adjourn until the plans arc d e positA, being the first Th urs d ay after the 30:11 of November next." A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman, the meeting separated. PROJECTED LINES IN ESSEX. A numerously-attended public meeting of the inhabitants of Billericay, f;ssex, and adjacent parts, took place on Tues day afternoon, in the large room of the Market-hoase, to con skier how far the .projected lines b f railway would affect the interests of the town, and to adopt such measures as might be considered necessary in relation thereto. Captain ROE was called upon to preside. They had not met, he said, to discuss the question of and f tlieuttli:leitytoolfvnraoilfwßa3ii.., that question was decide d long since; lericay was so situated, that if they did not exert themselves to obtain the means of travelling and communicating by railway, an advantage which other towns possessed, they would soon be left in the lu ch. An ()award movement was now the spirit of the age, and it would be a reproach to them if they did not keep pace with it, and enjoy the same means of speedy communication and intercourse as their neigh bours.—(llear, bear.) The Rochford Hundreds were al ready striving to obtain this ativantage, and if the inhabitants of Billericay . did not join in the move ment, they would be m such a situation as to la. out of communication with any other place, and as far, he might ,rty, from Southend as trim Epping. He was glz.d to see bitch a numerous a.:emblage that day, and assured the ~ ~~ , gentlemen present that it only required their exertions to strengthen the hands of the pretnoters of the lines calculated RA IF. IVA Y INTELLIGENCE. . to be servieeable to tliem, tu be soon placed in es favourable ---_-_,..u— -a position as other towns. (Heer,;bear.) Little need be said OXFORD Al\ I) SALBee i - IZY DIRECT. CoAm m n i ' t i t n eeTif as th ' e tn a d bo i \ r - l e th f l j e ,: i n t t i ;:a l to show them the importance and necessity for adopting eller London Coffee-house, Ledgatetic measures to obtain the means of railway accommoda tion, and he dim! not think that the inhabitants of the Ruch -nlyil t i I I e r e ;a t lit Henry itioeisei he'd the ses : toecr P idc,a ro yE. e: aq s Provisional i t t i T ief l Eeddgelert, North Wales in the chair. make ir. plan they would endeavour to exe.ute.--(Hear, hear.) If fart Hundreds would raise any °ejection, or be averse to the aPiiitiEwsT, tfnertst.itlawte4dytfl,t.,a,mtiththeeothjitef,tooffothxetlCw(a)mt;:atnhye citywa otof they did not adopt some speedy mse sines they would b e en - Salisbury, in a p art of the country in which they had no ' ! tirely shut out from other towns. tie hoped tee projectors - of reason to anticip a t e oppos i t i on, ina . much as the inhabitant:;. the lines calculated to be of service to them would that day receive such suppo r t as t o enable thetn to go before Podia. of all the cni es an d towns through which the line passed had expressed th e i r i ntent i on of supporting it in every way. Four ;Lies were a l ready projected to the port of Poole, which i ment, and effect the obj ec t th ey b ad i n view. Mr. CARTEn then moved the folleeving resolution —"That no doubt w ou ld b ecome in time a formidable rival to South- this meeting having considered th e severa l proposed lines of ampton. From S a li s b ury the lice proceeded through the railway to Southend, give their deeided preference to that Valley of time Bowen up to the town of Hungerford. i front Shentie/d throligh Billericay, which tbllows the accuse Wid alone be of real Front Hungerford the line proceeded to Waritage. From i toned line of traftie and business, and, by passing through \Vantage it praceecied to Ahingdon, a town which had all the towns and poooipoi villages, snared most materially from the neglect of the Great Western Railway Company, who, instead of runnin g advantage to thi s di s t r i c t . " their trunk th roug h the - town, had left it at a The resolution was seconded by Mr. Hume and carried distance of about fair miles, the consequence of which was unanimouely. that the inh a bi tants of that large tradieg town found ex- Mr. G. Rowe move d t h e second vesolution— " That the !hue of ra il way prepseed by the Idet , opolitaa Railways treme difficulty i n convey i ng themselves and goods to the proof I Junction Compaey, connecting the hill:meant towns of districts i n w hi c h their customers resided. A greater Chelmsford and Gravesend, passing thiough Billericay, and of the int eres t w hi ch the inhabitants of that town took in the proposed li ne cou l d not be given than the presence at firming a di rec t commun i cation between the eastern rod that meeting of the Mayor awl one of the Aldermen of that southern counties, is highly calculated to promote the trade town. Pur suan t to a requisition presented to the Mayor, a and interests of thi s t own and neighbourhood, and well de public meting is s h ort l y to be held in support of the line. ' I serves the support of its inhabitants and the agricu l tura l A great am o u n t o f b usiness was transacted at Abingdon; districts adjoinin g ." Mr. WILLIAM OFFIN seconded the resolution, and con handsgthree of th e c l ot hi ng establishments there employed 1,000 gratulated the Chs.irman upon the respecta bili ty of the meeting, and the h o p es o f soon obtaining the m eans o f ra il. each. F rom Abingdon the ine proceeded to Oxford. fnan wh ence li nes were projected to Rugby and several way communicatio n w i t h other parts of the country. other important places. Th e O x f or d an d S a li s b ury R a il way would thus for m a part of a long trunk line from the very The resolution was carr i e d unan i mously. pp south to the no rt h o f England, and become a portion of the Mr. Wiemax R ouni d the next resolution— great integral li ne f rom Poole to Edinburgh. The traffic roos " That the other projected lines e to Southend will affo-d no accommodation to th e inhabitants of this neighbourhood, but between O x f or d and Salisbury at present was not very great, be positively injurious to their interests, and ought to be owing to the great difficulty of transit, but from recent-ex discountenanced and opposed." He thought that all who perience they had a confident expectat:on of a vast were acquainted with the neighbourhood, would easily see increase from the augmen:ed facilities which would that the lines now proposed would be serviceable to the in• be given by the proposed line. Salisbury at present railw habitants of the towns, and th a t t h e ot h ers would be highly ay rem I present day any town which wa s was f disadvantageous. If the Buie from Blackwell, call e d th e . n the twenty to thirty miles distant from an y must be well precluded from th e advantage of a railway South Essex line, was to be secce!-sfal in Parliament, it would nigh extinguished. Th e engineer, Mr. Wees, bad gone ove r not be of the sli g ht es t b ene fi t to them, as it wo oldnot ap the line, and f oun d the engineering difficulTies exceedingly proach them withi n th ree m ik e. slight. The w h o l e length of the -lipe would be fift y -t wo Mr. Wieuaat CROSBY having se con d e d th e resolut i on, miles, but a c ons ide ra bl e portion wThe CHAIRM AN , i n putting it to the meeti ng , remar k e d net and Awn C ana l, an d ot h er ra i lways, leaving the actualwould . run upon the Ken that the inh a bit an t s o f the ' Rochford H un d re d s would, he had little doubt, give them their support, b ecause any li ne work to be ex e c u t e d about forty m i les. A tar greater number of shares had a l rea d y b een appl i ed for than the amount pre- coining through Bille r i cay was as' good for them as an y th at scribed. could be adopted. Dr. Etas; in moving th e appointment of a committee, and Mr. BREES enter e d i n t o an explanation of the engineering the commenc emen t o f a su b ,cription t o promote the foregoing merits a the line, in w hi c h h e stated there were only two resolutions, concurred i n t h e remar k s of the Chairman. paces where any difficulties existed, but whi c h wou ld b oth be easily overcome, the li n e h av i ng ta k en the natural course This resolution having been seconded and carried, of the country. The CHAIRM AN sa id that the immediate b us i ness o f t h e meeting being over, dep u t at i i ens front the London and S ou th ern Resolutions were then passed for th e esta bli shment of the Company, the appointment of officer s , an d ot h er matters, and and Metropolitan R a il ways J unction Companies were pre the meeting separated. sent, to give any inf ormat i on regard i ng their lines which might be desired. Mr. F. W. EntemDGE, of the Metropolitan Junction line, said that some of the advantages the town would derive from their railway \vould he. that the inhabitants would be enabled to obtain coal, lime, and chalk, more speedily and more economically than at present, and that the farmers would hale better markets to go to, for the railway would open many more pats of the country to them. It must be. borne in mind that at Uxbridge, which their railway would pass, there were 2,000 quarters of wheat ground weekly. When that place was put in communication with Essex, it might be fairly expected that one-filth of that quantity would be sent from Essex. Coals, which he believed were sold in the town at from 28s. to 308. per ton, would be reduced to , 18s. 6d.; chalk, which cost from 75. to Bs. per ton, would be had for 45.; and in lime a saving of 2e. Vd in 100 pecks would be effected.—(Hear.) The line would not stop' at ' Tilbury. It was the intention of the company to cross the river, probably by a steam bridge similar to that at South- ' ampton, and thus Kent, Sussex, and Essex Would be united. Mr. Sinew, the solicitor to the London and Southern Com- • party, laid before the meeting some details of that line. He said that this town did not depend so much upon itself as upon communication with other towns; and, in his cpinion, it they did not have railway accommodation, it would soon sink into insignificenee. That induced them to project the railway. In the article of c-a!, they could get none good under 325. the ton. If the railway were mare, they could get then for 245. The amount of carriage at present was Bs. par chaldron. It was calculeted by the company that the carriage of coal would be a source of great profit. At present the price charged for the couveyance of lime along the road was 30s. the waggon, in addition to other expenses, while by the railway the same quantity might be removed the s tine distance for 10s., effecting a saving of more than the cost of the lime.—(Hear, hear.) It would be unnecessary for him to mention the various other articles, the conveyance of which by railway would not only be a great benefit to the town, but a Source of revenue to time Company. The CHA/RMAN begged Mr. Shaw to inform the meeting whet the feeliog of the inhabitants of the Rochford Hun dreds was with regard to the proposed linQs—whether they were disposed to concur with or to oppose them. Mr. SHAW replied that he had conversed with nearly the whole of the principal persons, ard not one of them ex pressed his dissent to the line. Two or three said the pro jects were rather late, and that thee had pledged themselves to another line, but they had nothing to tear from fair com petition. Mr. ETHERIDGE said he should like to know what,was the most suitable place for the Billericay station. Mr. Roune said he had no doubt it would be at the bottom of the town. Mr. ETHERIDGE said the Company was inclined to adopt whatever place the town thought best. Captain SCHNEIDER, of the London and Southend line, next . addressed the meeting, a n d recommended persons me siding in the neighbourhood to purchase shares in the rail t ay, if only five or eix, to let the Legislature see it was not a mere city speculation. 7 hey would appear better before Parliament if their shareholders were actually interested in the success of the railway. The following resolution was then carried :—" That the in habitants of the several towns- in the hundreds of Barnstaple and Rochford be earnestly 4 equ , :sted to concur in the object of this inee'ing." A Committee having been appein fed to carry the resolu tions into effect, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCT[ON AND SOUTLIEND.--A meet ing of the Committee of Management et this undertaking was held on Tuesday, when it was rz.solved " That the report of the engineers is in every respect satiefact, ry, and should be carried into effect fig-tilwith; that the Earl of Morning ton be appointed Chairman of the Company; and that the Lord Viscount Wellesley be appointed a member of the Pro visional Committee." It 'eas statul in the course of the meeting that the promoters fif the scheme had every reason to believe it would be successful when brought before Par liament. DIRECT SHEFFIELD AND YORK, AND WAKEFIELD, PONiriElerLgt%.eCTat,esAtNaDitGocitniollin from modation to an immense mass of pers .ns which it is intended to afford. It will commence at :-heffield, and proceed along t i rr th it e 'N f . a7t T o l f l is the lin . v e aisst. obtain ingaeeent the North Midlai:d Railway to Swindon, and, branching olf in a direct line, pass close: to Pontefract, Brotherton, and Knottingly, and on to Burton Salmon, and will again unite with the North Midland Railway. The scheme is hailed with decided satisfaction, more particularly by the people of Wakefield, and, it not presenting ahy opposing features to existing railways, will be free from opposition from i being a fe e d er o f consideration to the Wakefield, whilst Pontefract,ts and Goole Railway (the Bill for which has been already ob tained), it cannot fail but to command the support and co ope.ration of that Company. The Midland and Birmingham Railways will likewise benefit thereby, as it will render them, Rin conjunction with the South Midland and Erewash Valley ailways, as direct a means of communication northward as is possible. It is cu r i ous t h at, short as is this railway (being only 17 miles in length), it will form a kev of the utmost importance, and a connecting link by which the towns above mentioned will be brought 10 miles nearer to each other, shortening the distance between York and Sheffield, connect thing the latter with the nearest shipping port, and perfecting e transit between numerous towns of magnitude and Not tingham, Birmingham, L e i cester, and Northampton. The line has been surveyed by Mr. Charles Vignolea and Mr. John Bevan, and the returns are all in a state of forwardness for business operations at the commencement of the next ses sion of Parliament. AXHOLME, GAncSBOROUGII, AND GOOLE RAILWAY.-+A very satisfactory arrangement has, we are informed, been made with the York and North Midland Railway Com pany, by which four-and.a-half per cent. will be guaranteed to the shareholders irk this line, besides half the surplus profits, which, it is believed, will raise the dividend to seven or eight per c en t. M r. Hudson will be chairman, and the Right Hon. Sir John Eeckett, deputy-chairman. Other directors from the York and North Midland Company will also be added to t' e board. GREAT NORTH OF INDIA RAILWAY, FROM ALLANAPAD TO DELDL—Si nce t h e first notice of the appearance of this project it would seem that sir George Larpent's Company, (the Indian Railway, of hich Mr. Macdonald Rowland Stephenson is the engineer, and now at Calcutta,) have re published the names of their board, with an intimation to the public that the line of the above Company from Allaha bad to Delhi was contemplated in their great scheme of the Indian Railway Company. The latter Company, as already notified, have a capital of 4,000.0001. entrusted to them for the purpose of carrying out a line Lona Calcutta to Delhi (about 500 miles), and that their preliminary survey is now making to Burdwan (about 140 miles). It is also known, that this small part of the line is to be completed before the Indian Company propose to commence with their works from thence to Mirzapore. It is strongly urged therefore, that although the Indian Company may have proposed to themselves in the outset a succession of Indian railways, yet as they hav e on ly ta k en capital for their first line—from Calcutta to Mirzapore, there exists no good reason, either as affects the European or Indian public, why any new com pany should nut proceed with the important line from Alla ballad to Delhi, so that simultaneously the Great North and West line of India may be in progress—indeed, that it would be a manifest injustice and inconvenience that the public should wait whilst one company can complete their arrange ments for successfully carrying out a given extensive line of the country, which fairly gives employment for the capital and enterprise of many. One Let is most important, that the Indian board is especially favourable to the north-west lines, and that it is nut under a pledge to any particular company. THE TILAMF.S TvxyEr. RAlLWAY.—Negotiations are now going forward between the Directors of the Thames Tunnel ands party of capitalists, headed by a gentleman most fa vourably known in the railway world, for the purelwe of the tunnel, with the view of ca rry ing a railwayeliititsoirsksn:odlmotiirltol:eirncrktle likely to the junction of the Eastein Counties and Blackwall lines trtß u och ) rteip t ug h airliy e ,iiit:o p ai nn c i i ; i tn n ee esr t aein c s : aft n ,rutonii t ipini b rieto e g:h, Greenwich line whence the Croydon, of pr ~r r ii i4 ii ay not rtieen.ttonfrt(ln)irtleedipi,isrboai proprietors, large to Government.. Under these circumstances, an offer of about 10s. in the pound (which is, we believe, the amount named) seems a perfect God-send to the unfortunate Share holders, a meeting of whom will, we hear, be held to-day, to consider the proposal. Should an arrangement be effected, the atmospheric principle will be adopted, Mr. Robert Stephenson will probably be the engineer-in -chief; and Mr. Phipps acting engineer, and the direction will consist of members of the Northern and Eastern Dover, Brighton, and Blackwall bo.irds. 'There can be no question that a " below bridge" junction of this kind would be of great public utility. —Railway Record. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAILWAY.—The promoters of this line have this week obtained a prodigious accession of c s o t r o e , n o g r t lA i b r 3 . • A t he be lasd with,, n o t n o e t h of e i i e s t o sf f es D s r ir s e . e i to t o r t s h o s e f l a u n d ( - 1 half a dozen more capitalists of the highest eminence. It is now become decidedly the first of all the Indian railways.— Railway Record. REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY. —We are informed, and we have reason to believe correctly, that the wharfingers and warehousemen cn the banks of the Regent's Canal, lately sold tin- 1,000,0001. to the Regent's Canal Railway Company, are opposed only ou the grounds if compensation.—Railway Record. , eil iogl v e es 4 4 111'44)1 et Al• 1,111 1 8 , 1,2°°4 • sksC, TIIE uLASS DUTIES. It was decided some time since, on an application of an ex tensive importer of lunette and other glasses used by the watch trade for covering the faces of watches, by the Cus toms' authorities, that these glasses were not be deemed flint cut glass, according to the express terms of the Act of last session, containing the repeal of some, awl alteration and reduction of others, of the Customs' duties, and therefore liable to the duty of Bd. per lb., but were to be admitted under the bead of" wine glasses, tumblers, and all other white flint glass goods, not cut, engraved, or otherwise ornamented," at the lower rate of 4d. per lb. On a subsequent application of some other parties for the Act to be similarly construed in re spect to glasses or discs imported for the purpose of being used as glasses for telescopes, opera-glasses, and various other optical instruments, on the ground that they were of a similar character to the watch glasses alluded to, and were therefore fully and justly entitled to be admitted at the same rate of duty, viz., 4d. perlb., it was decidedafter a considerable amount of deliberation on the matter, and after the opinion ofan eminent metropolitan manufacturer of glass ware had been requested and received on the subject, that they must be considered " flint cut glass " within the meaning of the Act, and must therefore be in future charged with the higher rate of Bd. per lb. Since this decision on the latter description of glasses, considerable difference of opinion, it appears, has existed, even among the revenue officers themselves, as to whether it was intended by this latter order that watch-glasses should be charged with the higher rate, in con t ra di c ti on t o th e pre vious order made in their regard, or whether they were to pay the lower rate, in contradistinction to the glasses for telescopes and optical instruments generally, the intention of the Board being differently construed by the officers—some leaning to the former, and others to the latter opinion. In this state of uncertainty a quantity of watch-glasses, recently imported, were. a few days ago detained by some of the revenue officers for the higher rate, not so much for the pur pose of pressing that rate of duty, as that the question might be satisfactorily settled, in order to guide both the importers and the officers in respect to future importations of the article. The party has since iiiade a representhion to the Board on the matter, setting forth the facts of the case, and urging that these watch-glasses are rot cut within the meaning of the Act, which implies that glass, to be liable to the high rate of Bd., must be cut, as the term is understood by the glass-tr Ade generally, that is, cut for ornament, in various shapes or forms, which greatly enhances its value, and not, as in the case of these articles, when it is simply moulded and cut round the edges, with a machine or otherwise ; in order to make it actually fit for its intended purpose; and it has been decided, after a full consideration of the matter, that these watch-glasses are equally liable with the other description of glasses used for optical instruments, and are to be charged in future also with the higher rate. The Act directs that all flint cut glass, flint coloured glass, and fancy ornamental glass of whatever kind, shall be chargeable with the duty of Bd. per lb. It is considered, therefi re, that it does not follow that glass must he flint cnloured, or fancy ornamental glass, to be chargeable with that duty so long as it be flint and cut glass, each distinctive article being equally chargeable, and that, therefore, watch-glasses, being flint cut glass, are sub ject to that rate of duty, and further, that this duty of Bd. per lb. cannot be legally considered to be confined to glass cut for ornament only, but that the proper construction of the law is, that cut glass, whether for ornament or otherwise, is liable to the high duty, and that glass simply blown. only, is admissible at the low duty. This decision is of much im portance to the glass trade; and watch-glasses will, from the present time, equally with optical glasses generally, be charged on importation with the rated duty, as flint c u t glass, of Bd. per lb. ARMY FORAGE.—A communication has just been made frAn the Horse Guards, by command of his Graoe the Commander-in-Chief, respecting tlie subject and supply of forage for the army, and which proceeds to observe that, "It appearing that appeals continue to be made direct to the Ordnance Department upon the subjects specified in a com munication of October, 1839, instead of being made through the Qua , termaster-General, as therein directed, the Com mander-in-Chid cautions officers against the repetition of an irregularity which is prodcetiva of great inconvenience, and of which his Grace wid therefore take serious notice if here after repeated. The forage for the troops being supplied by the Ordnance, all appeals and other communictvions relative thereto are heticthrth to be made in like manner to the Quartainaster-GrueraL" 1845. '-‘ , TiFiolf-,c U 41,0 7, 7. f flop -4, TIIE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. CLOSING S. Bank Stock .. ... ...... 205 :207 2061 PRICES 206 3 per Cent. Reduced ............ ... 9 96 97 76 3 per Ce n t. C onsols Annuities...... 9 6 3 1 ii % 98 98 \ew 34 per (Ants ................... 99% 1 4 99 99% 99% LJtu.:Annuities toexoireJan.lB6o 1094 h i i 10X 3 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... _..._ 10% India Stock 265 265 South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Ann u iti es Consols Inc A ccount •• .... 97A 93 1 7 § ,:xcl!equer Bills, 1,000/., Iy i d. ... 49 51 Ditto 500/. Ditto Small .- pm. 48 . 5l 52 49 pm. 50 prn. 49 ONE CLOSING Chi NcICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICEs Han Bonds 6 per Cent..... . lOO 991 Z• _ &lex icon, 5 per Cent. 1837 — Ditto, Account 32% Ditto Deferred Ditto, Debentures— ......... Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Accol:nt — Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. 37: 14 / Ditto, Account ..... ••••• Dutch, VA per Cent . ..... .... GO Ditto, Account Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 94 3 / 94 Equador ..... ... 4a 263 k 15 7 y 37% Co 59% 94 PRICES OF ~„ BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES P "' — ' AT uNe: ')'CLOCK. PRICES. Abe rdeen Birmin and Gl o u ces t er. 100 127% 127 ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction 4 ~, 53% Boston, Stain'il, & Birm. 22s Bristol and Ex eter 7O 99 95 94 Ditto New Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 5% 6% 6% Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% 2 • 2 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ...... .... B 3/ Cornwall 4% Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir and Leicester 1 li t ...... 31 /. 4 li i . Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Rackstrick's)... 51%....„ 711 Direct. North ern Eastern Counties 14/. 165....... 24% 23:y 4 24... Ditto New 4/. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 p er Cent, No. 1....6/. 13s. 4d -- Ditto ditto, Nu. 2...2/. 13s. 4d — East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1% 241 1%...... t.dinburgh and Glasgow 50 Glouc., Aberystw ith, and Central of Wales 11...... 3 1 4% Grand Union.... l% 3% Great Eastern & Western 214 ...... 3% 3 4 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension ... 7 11 2 l 6 Great North of England -100 — Great Western Ditto 1 4 Shares Hull and Selby 5O 104% 104% Irish North Midland l% 1 34 . L ncaster and Carlisle... 25 Leicester & Birmingham 225. 2 p 2 p Leicester and Bedford... 225....... Leicester and Tamworth 495. Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. Lpool., Mncbstr, & New . castle Junction London and Birminghmloo 217 .. Do. Quarters Ditto Extension ...... ,', 3.. 3% London and Bl ac k wall. 16/. 14 135.4 d lll4 10:4 Do. New London and Bright0n... 50 Ditto, Sixth s London and Croydon, 134 15s. 9d. 25% 25 1 4 ... Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Hereford .. 1%....,. 1% ...... London and Greenwich 121 1.584 d... 10 10 Lind. &S. Western 41/ 62 10d...... 79 77 . ...... .. 76 Do. New Consol. Sths 20 Do. New Do. New London and York 011 A ... 6% 1 A .. 6 l /3 London, Warwick, and Kidderminster London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londonderry &Coleraine 21.; Lynn and Dereham ...... 5 al anctiester and Leeds... 76 Do. % Shares Manche:ter and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ... 2 Do. Continuation and Welsh Junction ... 1% 3% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 22s. B% p B% P Midland... 100 176 175 Do. New II idland, Birrn., D er b y 1 00 Newcastle and Darling ton 3 atictwri 25 Do. New Brandling l 5 Newnifalt and rerwiek 5 Newaik, Sheffield, and Boston - GI% • . .North Britt.th Do., New ... ..... North Devon ........ .. ..... 2 • a%......... ..... 31( 3 Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. New N. Kent & Direct Dover 2%.. .. 'lli 14....••••••.. 41,i North Staffordshire 425 . 2...... 51 p.... ...... 5 1 4 p Norwich anti Brandon Ditto New 6 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Nottingham and Boston 1% S%S. 5% Oxford and Worcester... 214... 12 13 12 13 1 4... 11% t erth and Inverness ... 2% Portsmouth Direct ...... 2 1 / a - 5 Preston and Wyre Do. 1 /e Shares Rugby and Hu n ti ng d on 2 scottish Central - l4 Scottish Midland l% 5% 5 l /i Shrews., Wolverhamp., • Dudley, and Birm VA..... 7%14 ...... ..... 714 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Shrewsbury, Heref or d, and North Wales 2%' 3%% 3% South Midland 22s. ...... Z 6% p... ..... 614 p south Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 40 3 4 41 1 4 ...... 41 1 4 Do., N 0.2. south Wales 21,4 ...... 71 Tean and Dove V a ll ey 1% 2%% ..... ... . . 2% Vale of Neath ... ........ 2 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wi c kl w , and Dublin 1s at erford, Wexford, and Valeutia Welch Midland Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester, Shrewsbury, •.. 7 1 4 and Crewe Union..... 1%'..... 3% 3% York and Carlisle 2% 4' t ork and Not th Midl an d 5 0 111; 4 117 ll7 Do Selby Do. Extension l% — V t 3 23% 9%p % 5 . '4 3 1 791/:2 21% 85 1 4 . 16 15 f 7 18;< . ; FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A miens... 8 —.... 12 3 % Central of Spain ... .... 2 Dendre Valley ..... .. 2 Dutch Rheni s h East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamers) 2 Great Western Bengal... ss. Jersey Lyons and Avignon '2 Luxembourg... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's )... .. Paris and Rou en Paris and Strasbourg (Ganncron's) 2 ...... 2 1 2 Rouen and Havre A Sambre and Meuse . ..... 6 -- 12% 2% 11 111/0 __ 214 2% altA 7% MINES. Real del Monte Unregd. 4% ...... 4% HOP, CHEESE, AND HORSE FAIR. WEYEILL (NEAR ANDOVER), OCTOBER 13..--The beautiful morning brought a vast concourse of people, on pleasure as well as business, to this vast annual fair and carnival. The roads were literally crowded with people of both sexes ; and the coaches, carts, and vehicles of every description, would lead a Londoner to believe the concourse of people were the outpourings of London, rather than at a fair 66 miles from the great metropolis. HOPS,—FARNHAM Row.—Though on Friday, at twelve o'clock, not more than 300 pockets had been brought in, yet, by twelve o'clock this day (Monday), nearly 4,000 have been placed for sale in that part alone. Twelve guineas per cwt. is the price demanded for the best Farnham ; but few buyers at that price. A reduction must be submitted to, or many will remain unsold. LONDON Rotv.—This is principally occupied by the Lon don merchants—T. D. Evans, Gibbons. ;did Co., Calloway, and others, principally having Hops consigned to them for sale. Cour:Tait Row.—This is occupied by partly country growers and London bop dealers. At least 5,000 pockets and bags were there for sale. The prices demanded were from El. to 91. 10s. pPr cwt., but not many buyers at those prices, they holding back till to-morrow. A reduction must be sub mitted to. CHEESE FAIR.—Not more than 150 tons pitched for sale; very small quantity—one-third less than last year. Prices as follow:—Somerset best Chedder as high as 70s. per cwt., for two or three prime lots ; common Somersa Chedder,' from 565. to 635. per cwt. ; ditto, good cheese, up to 565.; b(st doub!e Gloucester ditto, from 545. to 58s. per cwt.; ditto single ditto, 525. to 545. per cwt.; common ditto, 40s._ from 2s. to 4s. per cwt. cheaper than at h ea di ng large Cheese HORSE Fain.—Though this is the thi r d d ay fair for the sale of horses, a c'instderable quantity are still for s a l e ; from three to four hundred of the cart kind, one hundred coach and nag horses, sixty cobs and ponies. It is with much pleasure we hear that not one act of rioting, disorderly conduct, or ally other offence has hcen committed up to this time at the lair, co as to call for the in terference cf the police. E S' ;TATS OP IRADB, l'A MEL—We are sorry co have to state, that during the present week our trade has been rather duller than it has been f , r some months past—an occurrence which is generally looked fur at the close of the season, and which, it is to be hoped, will be of shoot duration. --Renfrewshire - Advertiser. Lis - patches frAn the Governors-General of Cai ads, ei:d also from the G wernurs of the other Non h Asner:ca i pro vinces, were received yesterday at the Co:ovial-office. 'ERDIENTS IN WOOLWICH MARSIIES. Woormicn, Ocr. 15.—Colonel Cockburn, Lientemul , Colonel Dansev, C. 8., Lieutenant -Colonel Dundas, C. h., 1 Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Assistant Director General of Artillery; Lieutenant Colonel Ilardinge, K. 11., Lieute.irat- Colonel Belson, Captain and Adjutant Tireman, Captain aunt • Adjutant Berm, Captain Heenis, Lieutenant Gardiner, and. Lieutenant Macpherson, with a number of officers of lilt: Royal Artillery, and naval officers, assembled in the Marsh. 3 at one o'clock, P.m., to witness experiments with rocket:, the invention of Mr. Hale, and concussion fasces for eN ploding shell s , i nvente d b y S ergeant-Major Freeburn, of t, I Royal Artillery. The rockets submitted to the members , f the Select Committee on this occasion were .12. pounder, an / the practice commenced by firing them from Lieutettai.t Boxer's tube, at 1,200 yards' range. The first rocket first went over the mound at the extreme end of the range, ant at an apparently considerable elevation, nearly in a line wit 1 . the target. The tube was then lowered, and the sece n / rocket tired fell about twenty yards westward ef the bt:l:,- head or target. The third rocket, without any apparet t change in the elevation, went over the mound at nearlv i.ii equal apparent e l evat i on i n i ts flight to the first. 'Ms fourth rocket fell considerably short, the inventor hiroFe f admitting that it struck ()reground about 400 - cards !bolt ( C the 1,200 yards' range ; it then rebounded, and went nets e the entire distance. The fifth rocket fell at an apparent di__ lance (,f about 80 yards short, and the sixth rocket on eme•- ging from the tube proceeded at a considerable angle to tI, I westward, going over the tops of a belt of trees adjoit:ing ti. lock- gates of the entrance from the Marshes, and stiiking t!..: ground at 152 paces from the lockgate. In consequence of the danger to be apprehended from 0,3 flight of the rockets, should any cf the others proceed in .t similar direction, several persons being employ; d at work opt the arsenal side of the lock-gaits, Colonel Cockburn, ti n senior officer of the select committee present, would not perul.t any more to be fired. Mr. little was very anxlous th. 11.. ..1 should have been allowed to fire more ( f his reck e t s , havi .;come to the Marshes prepared with 21, but C , ,loitel Cocisbu t was decisive in oppo-ting any further exptrimeuts with the. , and the other officers of the select committee present et. - cum (1. as they would not hold themselves re , p,Thsittl.: for 1 ~J :huger. The rocket practice was then; re discontinue,(, a 1 preparations made for trying experiments with Sergeant-;t: aj r Freeburn's fusses. A detachment of the Royal ArtiLe - , - , under the charge of Lieutenant Vernon. had charge of LJ range, and the two 32-pounders and one Ge-poum; r gut s were under the direction of Lientenant.Cot o „4 Chalmer. The first shell front No. 1 gun I..J7:zed 1.,: ground a short distance betl:re it reac h e d t h e entire len.. it of the range. 800 yards, and did not expkde. The secein: A. CS-pounder shell, struck the target and exploded v,•i(l l exr I_ lent effect. The third, a 32-pounder shell, struck the tart , )t or bulk• head, and scattered the splinters on exploding i', . twixt the t'mbers in all directions. the ieutth. fifth, a' d sixth shells fired were all good, bursting instantaneously , a striking with tremendous effect. '1 he seve;ith, eighth; a;.l ninth were excellent, and equally efr(ctive as the three /.1:- vious, and the ninth striking near the top of the bulk-I, al, raised the upper piece of massive timber nearly a loot out . f its original position, tearing the solid timber and bolts it o fragments. The tenth, eleventh, and twelfth were gg (: I, especially the tenth and eleventh, the twelfth appearirg • 0 burn out its powder without bursting the shell. The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth shells burst belt r than any we have ever witnessed, the fourteenth, a cs'_ pounder, actually setting the timber of the bulk-head on firs The sixteenth shell did not strike the bulk-head, having. passed about two feet to the eastward of it, and entered ii.e mound. The seventeenth and eighteenth burst on strik irg the bulk-head with powerful eft'ect. Out of the e:ghte, a shells fired, fifteen burst in as perfect a manner as cuLLI have been wished. COURT (ARC ti LAR. • WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY, The Queen and Prince AIL -i rt walked in the pleasure-grounds within the precincts of Castle this morning. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took equestrian ex ercise about half-past twelve o'clock, atten4ed by the H , u. Miss Kerr, the Hon. Colonel Grey, and Mr. G. E. Ans n. Her Majesty rode out until near two o'clock. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the PrinceFs 1 - %o nl, and the Princess Alice, took their usual riding and waik'ng exercise this morning. All the Royal Family were toi en out again in the afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince George left the Caitle to-d.4y. His Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen and the Earl of Aberdeen also took their departure this morning. A Turkish artist, Mr. Miqurditz Milconian, accomprt.;ed by an interpreter, Mr. Daniel Sands, had the honour cl Witting to the Queen and Prince Albert, for their inspection, his model of Constantinople, of which both her Ma;esty his Royal Highness were pleased to express their al bation. His Royal Highness Prince George arrived at his res:thnee in St. James's Palace yesterday, from a visit to the gilt co t at Windsor Castle. _ _ his Excellency Mr. Moreno, Minister of Burnes Ayres, returned to town last night, from Bolin. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, thmaeted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday fom Windsor Castle. PRESENT FROM HER MAJESTY TO THE EMPEROR OF MOROCCO.—In return for the munificent present cf Afab horses but recently made by the Emperor of Morocco to ;111- gracious Sovereign, it has pleased her Majesty to command that a selection (.f the finest fabrics should be made from the best looms of England and Scotland to acknowledge in a proper national spirit the compliment paid by the Eastern lonarch. The richest velvets—the rarest silks and a., ins, and the choicest shawls of Paisley—the latter through the house of Everington and Graham—have been selected for. the purpose. Report speaks in the most eulogistic te:n:s of the costliness of the several parcels, each in itself of consi,ler able amount ; and the manufacturers, well aware of the value of obtaining a good name both at home and abroad, ave executed in a manner in the highest degree gratifying the important trust confided in them. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—On Tuesday Don Jose de Ciebra introduced, at the Royal Polytec!inie Institution, il-CCture on the music of Spain, ill us t ra t ed b y hi m. self on the guitar. The guitar is an instrument not ge nerally understood, and, consequently not properly o f pre elated, but the enthusiastic mariner in which the lecture was n ceived proves that there is much to be done with thea irti strument in such hands as Senor Ciebra's. His lecture was road by Senor Luigi, whose entertainment, some time ,i delighted the audience at the Scientific lestitution in Ed ward-street, Portman-square. The subject was the or . of Spanish music from the earliest period to the present This course of lectures will, no doubt, prove attractive t-• tl . public, and at the same time diffuse a taste for this t legate. instrument. In conclusion, we mention those airs v appeared to please most :—" Los tires del Puerto," tOl tra bandista, a duet from Robert le Diage, by Don Jot de Ciebra and Don R. de Ciebra, and a solo by Lon Jose e. Ciebra, from the English air of" We have lived and lovt d ti• gether," was received by the numerous audience by thte.dtes of applause. THE LATE FATAL STEAM -BOAT ACCIDENT Or BirrEnsEA.—This morning, about five oVock, the bery, Mr. W. Power, landlord of the Grenadier public-house, Cref, cent-mews, Grosvenor. place, who it will be recollecteo w drowned on the evening of last Sundry week, off ti•e R. House, Battersea, in consequence of the lox: in NVIIIOI I• wes crossing the water beiilg run down IT the Ctiz,n steamer, was found by a dregerman, naint.d Austin, it• t bottom of the river, off the White Hous , , Chelsea, :th 200 yards dare spot where the collision took glace. Bedford, the Coroner - , will hold an inquest upon the bAly morrow forenoon. -- --- STRIKE AMONGST TIIE LAW - WRITERS.--The a proaehing term, and indeed the %%hole of :he ensuing sr• , si of Parliament, will b e th e b us i est that has been I.ue, amongst the law-writers for very many years, and tr.<..st the leading houses have commenced sng.iging hand , , anticipated that the copying and engrossing mattcr. , ec meted with railways will more than fully employ usually engaged in the Ltriiness. Under these eircurnst:zqc a stand is about to be made for an advance tf price; t: p. sent rate of remuneration of ,ixpence per sheet for et:Lim law, thirtv-six lines, and eightpence for Chrncery, of 1)r• two, not being deemed suflicient. The subject is cme H. ,t created considerable interest. in the reighbianimod i.f S rl• place and Chancery-lane, and a meeting is about t o I T veued to settle the matter before th commeucernu term. WIGAN ELECTION. WIGAN, WEDNESDAY.—The nomination of candidates i r the election of a Member to represent this horough, tlxc of the late Peter Greenall, Esq., took place to-:'.4y t 1..; Moot Hall. The can did ates were the Hon. Captari Lindsay, second son of the Earl of Bale:Dies, on the Tory terest ; and R. A. Thicknesse, Esq., son of the late I dith Thicknesse, Esq., of Beech hill, near Wigan, formerly M.l'. for the borough, on the side of the Free-traders, After the usual preliminary proce:dings, - JOSEPH ACTON, Esq., proposed Mr. Tilickresse al a can :1- date for the representation of the boro-iglx. REECE BEVAN, Esq., seconded the nomination. L 1 JOHN JOHN TxtomPsos, E sq , proposed the Hon. Captai y. JOHN LORD, Eq., seconded the nomination. Mr. TntoiliEssE and Captain LINDSAY severally addreis& the electors. The MAYOP, called for a show of hands, which was cle,ir:y in faro r of the captain. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Thic!crie=se, whit It will commence at eight in the morning. Both parties appear confident of success. NAVAL INTELLIGENCI3. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—TiIe Vanguard, 80, Cap!ain Willes, came into harbour under canvass this morning, to be re-coppered and otherwise refitted. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Macdo^a!ii, arrived here last night from the Sussex coast to re-provision and water. The Ardent, steam-sloop, Commander Russell, left this morning for lVeolwich, to be paid off. She will requite a thorough refit before she can again be comatis,ioned, as hi boilers are damaged, and her machinery out of order, so much so as to compel her to sail the greater portion 41 the voyage from the coast ( f Africa. The Comet, steam-vessel, Lieutenant -Commander Pr; ty man, towed two lumps to Spitbead this morning, w 7 th apt a ratus on board, for the purpose of trying the respective m, r.; of Lieutenant Rodger's anchor against the anchor now i,t general use in the navy, upon the Adtaira:ty plan. The Excellent's boats went out. to Sin:heal yesterday, for practice. A target was put up at about three cables' le , gt' and completely riddled. The firing was admirable, p:i. pally from eighteen -;pander carronades. Commod , Te Chat ; superintended the placTien in his gig. The practice contin,,,l for an hour and a half, and attracted a vast concourse spectators to the ramparts of Portsmouth. The Wa-p, 16, Commander U.ssher, was at Ascensiol o the 18th of August, as also the Styx steam-sloop, Commander Hornby. All the pilot flags on board the pilot vessels at ail rot arc hoisted half-mast high to-day, in token of respect for the memory of the late Mr. Saunders, pilot, who died on board the Eclair steam-sloop on Saturday last, having c.:ught th fever whilst piloting the Eclair from this is:)rt to Standg,te Creek. CAPE FINISTERRE, OCT. 7.—About 190 miles to the S.W. of Cape Finisterre the Swedish brig Favourite, Kohl mas'or, from Torrevecchia for Gottenburg, fell in with the br g Atalanta, Captain Stock, from Saldanha Bay to Corti, laden with guano. The Atalanta had 6 feet water in hold, fore-topmast yard broken, and deck seams all op: r,, with only five hands capable of working the ship. As the weather was very squally, and a tr emen d ous sea breakin4- over the At a l anta , the lirvourite was obliged to Leave t,, under her stern, and a rope being passed to her, dragged the men one by one over the taffrail through the sea, and in th:,t manner succeeded in getting the crew on board. They w, r, 16 ia numbsr, but one died shortly after from exhaustion. They are all dreadfully afflicted with the scurvy. having I , :ca nearly three months front Saldanha Bay. The Favourite ar rived at the Motherbank last evening, and having got pr tique, the crew were immediately landed at Portsmouth iu the Batavier, the cutter of the Prussian Vice-Consul here, :W. Vanderberg, from whom, and the Messrs. Garret and Gibbon, the agent for Lloyd's, they received the kindest attention. 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