The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

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SVMMARY OF NEWS i i 4 I j Oktbitr Optitton. " Who runs may read." Ve32.E.tiilf. Accounts from A vallon state that portraits of Louis Philippe, Marshal Vauban, Marshal Davouse and General Hebert, were deposited in the Hotel de Ville of that town. M. Dupin, sen., and the Ptince of Eckmulk were present at the ceremony. The Journal des Debate has advices from Morocco to the end of September, when the inhabitants of Mogadore had re catered that town, after expelling the Kabyis, who had taken possession of it. At Rabat, Larache, and Tengiers, trade, which had been for some time interrupted, „as recovering its activity. `The quarrel between Baron Seguier, First President of the Court Royal of Paris, and the Paris lawyers, is about to be adjuste.i. The Court is to resume its sittings in a few days, when Baron Seguier will express, in a ief address, his affection for the bar, and the batonnier of the avocats will reply in an equally conciliatory tone. The Rhenish Observer announces that the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh had determined to grant a repre sentative constitution to his subjects. A treaty of commerce has been entered into between Hanove r and Denmark, which is to be immediately rati fied. It gives great mutual advantages to the shipping of both countries. A letter from Constantinople, of the 25th of Septem ber, mentions that a fire had broken out near the bazaar in that city, which destroyed upwards of 100 houses and 500 shops. Letters from Algesiras confirm the accounts previously received of the sinking of the Rayo, a galliot, belonging to the Spanish Government, by the guns at Gibraltar, and declare that the Spanish vessel did show her colours. The Moniteur announces that the " adjudication " of the branch railway from Amiens to Boulogne will take place on the 15th of this month. New York papers of the 26th ult. have been received. T he Canadian Parliament was to meet on the 22d of October. A riot h a d t a k en pl ace a t C o b ourg on th e 12th of September, between th e s tud e nts of the Colleg e there, who are inimical to Sir Charles Metcalfe, and the inhabitants of the place, who are friendly to him. The of the riot was Sir Charles's birth-day, in whose Honour a flag was hoisted. This began the riot, which w as, however, unaccompanied with any serious results. LW AND POLI. At Marlborouh A -street, three perso CE ns were charged with creating a disturbance in Regent-street on Saturday. The first person charged gave his name John Conway, l aw stud ent . He had been bailed out b y the Earl of Caledon and the Hon. Charles Grimston, Captains in the Guards. The oth e r d e f en d an t s were Ed war d Skinner Butler and William Hebell. After evidence of the facts had been heard, Mr. Maltby said, for two assaults com mitted by Conway on the constables he should inflict a fine of 51 . and of 51 additional for assisting to rescue the soldier. H e should fine Skinner 5/. for the assault on the police, and nebell 40s. The fines were all paid. J ames Foresman, a sailor, belonging to the Robert a nd Isabella brig, at present lying in the Commercial oh (l ck, was fi na ll y exam i ne d at L am b et h- street , on a ilrgeof cutti ng an d woun di ng Ri c h ar d B rewer , w ith e a c" t ent to d o hi m some gr i evous b o dil y h arm, an d f u ll y com mitted for trial. At the G ravesend Police-court, on M on d ay, twenty -9x c onvictions for the misdemeanour of touting were p al r g e ned by Messrs. Oakes and Spencer (they having been war v ,, i °ltsly signed by Mr. Staff, the Mayor), to be for ued, being appealed against, by the clerk of the ! 3 urt to th e clerk of the peace, for hearing on appea l , at 14 e General Sessions of the Peace for Maidstone. -I.l mothy Re gan , w h o a pp eare d w ith his face swollen band discolou re d f rom b ru i ses recen tly i n flicted, was te ro ght before Mr. Ballantine, at the Thames Police • charged with committing an indecent outrage on a tril3sifan ne g female. The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. trial Committed him in default of bail to take his at the Essex Quarter Sessions. The c 017 Ra —rAsszczomanws. in g at -,?-log of the French was prevented from embark- Waiti nn ; ° ,rtsmouth last evening by rough weather. After of an , - si o etween two and three hours, seeing no prospect don ab atement of the gale, his Majesty set out for Lon wa an d thence proceeded by the South-Eastern Rail at 1, t o neve r , i n or d er to cross th e Chann e l and l an d fo th c ePert or B ou l ogne . Hi s M a j e sty at half-pa s t t wo re morning reached Dover, where he was to remain the night. l e te Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert after taking e of Louis Philippe at Portsmouth, embarked on w eather be favourable, proceed to the Ise of Wight. , T he Marquis of Anglesey, who came expressly to tOw n from Beaudesert, Staffordshire, to be present at the Investiture of the King of the French, at the chapter of C_ ti le . garter, l e f t U x b r id ge H ouse on S atur d ay , f or hi s '?.untry seat. Lo r d Alf re d P aget h as l e ft Uxbridge house to join his regiment at Dudley. The Co un t ess o f M arch and her infant d aug h ter are both progressing as favourably as could be desired. The Earl of Falmouth has returned to Tregothnan, orry a ll, from the family seat in Berks, where the D o,Wager Countess is residing. hr ,,he Earl of Gosford and Lady Olivia Acheson have eZt v ed at Gosford Castle, county Armagh, from the 14,,p0unt Ilawarden, at the expiration of his duties as Iris , t " Waiting t o th e Q ue e n , l e ft f o r Ireland, to visit tal cs in that country. 1 '4 4 4 , t 4,4 Lady Kinnaird and family arrived at Rossie the 'ttr romantic seat in Perthshire, on Friday last, tem Fitte r. ,, llB s eat Bexley has.gone to St. Leonard's-on-Sea, from Rent, the Noble Lord having derived consi resort: nenetit last year by his residence at that marine ilk:` Torri ngton, L a d y C o lli er, C ap t a i n Henry Hope,and I. 'tr , '• and the Misses Power, Mrs.Theophilus Clive, • i ngleton, Esq., are the latest arrivals at Ryde, to e d v ~,,I ght. te 116 l e althorpe and the Hon. Miss Calthorpe proceed s h4"„!° 1 1 the we e k a fter next, for the winter, his Lord 'lug taken Byham House for a term. Th e vs inISCELSALICIIOI7II. k‘ur i • vr° vineial npers from almost every quarter an the i _° severe storms sometimes with thunder, during The 0 t week. In Ireland they did great damage. of . 07h . cor is i,c , xaintne r of the 12th says :—" We have heard b14)(4 of Q:able damage being caused in the neighbour late city s by the floods which have succeeded the rnaci ha 3 rums. One of the bridges on the Mallow !sik.,.4aeso2en carried away,. and vehicles have now to eorr"snlerable round in consequence. A respect s l'hs ee bcr,Rondent, writing from Castletownroche, says c ven a l uges and four houses were swept away, and eres of land inund e 'd on t h , e e Gallery Monday evening was opened S ett.on • L 4 Cri t i with an entertainment of a rather novel • th e r,, ° °, namely, the first of "A Series of Lectures t° the °Polar Dances of all Nations." To give effect the illustrations of these lectures, the propriet . or . of • • e stal• h e or m s h ed da ls n ‘ lnent has not only engaged several the G cers,.but he has also remodelled the interior 441 P1 e r allery, so as to enable the illustrators to have eona for the exhibitions has 1 . LrY handsome, although not . very spacious church eeently be the F ar been erected on the heath. within sight ' of where inuorough station on the South-Western Railwa, ed l i e f i r e Ma siesty meets the rail from Windsor Castle. _e, which is now ready for consecration, is li awit ict for the use of the inhabitants of Cove and South h e Y ' aI/li,biernniaerg:l3)tiaatliona of the Dublin Town Council . with the has been successful, and the interest on hasevnt ,:fr_. been reduced from six per cent. to four per fro in ' f .; - ::' , cmeng a saving of 6221. ; and that on 71,095/. 1 ot , ,:l t Per cent. to four per cent., effecting a saving of is 1 ,3 : 4 ) hat the annual amount saved to the corporation Eir h, late Mr. Thomas Br.:eton of Bilston, says the reia g t i t o v tn G azette, r aft er l eav i ng numerous legacies to Mid e s , . 3 00/. to the Wesl e y an Ch a p e l a t Bil s t on , the thonsiderable sums to various chapels belonging arieleisid"ule'riornfitihvies Methodists," has directed that Will property, which it is supposed di vide` ant to upwards of 20,0001., shall be equally th e ,between the British and Foreign Bible Society, si oria ' r e leyan Mis&onary Society, the London Mis- Dirtti.Y Society, the W o l ver h ampton Dispensary, the r to i n n " b ana General H os pi ta l, t h e Queen's Hospital, ttighttsLhriam, and the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at ti t ! t o n , e ( l ls t dreadful fire broke out last night, about the solar' in the works of the New Cross station, on ewittivn Eastern Railway, which destroyed the octagon, te nd _ 1 I g fmr or five locomotive engines, a number of th e " fi r t s t i_a , nd . other property. It also communicated to Maehi n house, which contained a great quantity of the station valuahle materials. The other parts of vi e were with great difficulty saved from the de er g °l enient. The damage is computed at upwards 25,0004 A l IIGit TIDE BRIGIITON, MONDAY.—During t tl i : e "hole of Yesterday the wind blew a heavy gale from k the e south-west, and as night set in the fishermen too precaution to haul up their light boats upon the 0 4, and it was fortunate they did so, as the sea which washed the base of the cliff must have carried them aw aY• The storm raged incessantly during the night, th e r•• . thunder ala ell in torrents, and was accompanied by and lightning. The violence of the gale has !lightly abated, but there is too much sea for the boats t7iliLo venture out, and not a vessel is to be descried in the nr- Louis sand will be a bold sailor if he yen urei acros s the Channel in such a gale as this. eni yen , CuoLEßA.—When the labourers em -1),"led in the salt pits of Salsburg were attacked with were restored by being plunged into hot salt water baths. The dark skin became red again ; the .311P 1 / 1 1130 , heat of the skin, and consciousness returned ; the pressed urinary secretion re -appeared, and the life of tne Patient was sa ved.—Medical Times. f Aloite Ix save was last night tyrwArded to Bow -street Police-office, for circulation to rpt.ie Other offices, that on the night of Friday last, at tisu,rt leiloeinveans o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of Graham, joiner and builder, Bridge-street, 4.41-witon, which there is every reason to believe was occa ene(.l by evil disposed persons. A reward of 501. for i eie %iscovery of the parties has been offered by Mr. Ro w° irth Aloscrop, agent to the County Fire-office, Bolton, th‘t an intimation that any accomplice giving evidence warti in , ay lead to conviction will receive the above re ,,,nr)tioentn't be in a hurry to " pop the question," young Lil t A friend of ours courted a lady, for twenty 47Yeaa;s, and then married her. She turned out to 11 perfect virago, but died in two years after the wed ts I" SNOW, said our friend, in a self-gratulating t one, ~ Ist eesenger e what I escaped by long courtship. '—Noah's We publish the following from authority. Letters have been received from Dr. Wolff, dated Bokhara, June 27 and August 1. Their contents exhibit thf same magnanimous self•devotion, but they stand in melancholy contrast with those idle reports which have appeared lately in the papers, and which, what ever may be the motives of those who employ them selves in originating them, can answer no other end than mystifying and misleading the public on this very grave affair. In his letter of the 27th, the Rev. Doctor says, " have now been already two months in this place, and, though five or six times the King has promised tc send me instantly to England with one of his ambas sadors, lam in the greatest danger. I cannot sti: out of the house without a guard of three men. Di' Kassa Khan, the fellow sent with me by the Assofi Addaula, has shamefully robbed, deceived, and out raged me. The Persian Ambassador, Abbas Kolle Khan, is kind to me, but I think he will not have it in his power to rescue me. Nayeb Abdool Samet Khan has extorted from me a writing to pay him five thousand tomans to effect my liberation. I suspect him that he was the cause of Stoddart's and Conolly's death, in spite of his continued protestations of friendship. " The Ameer is now at Samarcand, and I am here awaiting the most fatal orders from the King daily to reach me. It is true that poor Stoddart professed openly Christianity after he had made a forced pro fession of Mahommedanism. Do for me what you can, as far as the honour of England is not compro mised. All the inhabitants wish that either Russia or England would take the country. Do not believe any former reports of my speedy departure, for I am in great danger. " JOSEPH IVOLFF." " TO ALL TILE MONARCHS OF EUROPE. Bokhara, Aug. 1, 1844. " Sires! I set out for Bokh to ransom the lives of two officers, Stoddart and Conolly, but both of them were murdered many months previous to my departure, and I do not know whether or not this blood of mine shall be spilt. Ido not supplicate for my own safety ; but, Monarchs ! two hundred thou sand Persian slaves, many of them people of high talent, sigh in the kingdom of Bokhara ! Endeavour to affect their liberation, and I shall rejoice in the grave that my blood has been the cause of the ransom of so many human beings ! lam too much agitated, and watched, besides, to be able to write more. " JOSEPH WOLFF." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR MONDAY.—At the dinner given in St. George's Hall on Sunday, the Queen had on her right his Majesty Louis Philippe, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. On the left of her Majesty were his Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier, the Lady in Waiting, the Countess of Gainsborough, and his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, and Lady Georgiana Bathurst. His Royal Highness Prince Albert sat opposite to the Queen, having on his right her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, Monsieur Guizot, Lady John Russell, and the Marquis of Exeter. On the eft were Madame la Comtesse de St. Aulaire, Ad miral de Mackau, and Lady Beauvale. After dinner the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, gave the health of " his Majesty the King of the French." Also the health of " the Queen. Lord Eilenborough left the Castle early this morn ing for town. Lord and Lady John Russell took their departure in the forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester took leave of the royal circle, and left the Castle in a chariot and four at eleven o'clock. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady. Georgians Bathurst, Lady in Waiting. The Royal Duchess was conducted to her carriage by the Hon. Misses Murray and Kerr, Maids of Honour in Waiting ; the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse ; and Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar took his departure from the Castle this fore noon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Lady Charlotte Dundas, Lady in Waiting, and Sir George Couper, arrived at the Castle at half past eleven o'clock, from her residence, Frogmore Lodge. Viscount Melbourne took his departure soon after eleven o'clock for his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts. Lord and Lady Beauvale left the Castle soon after wards on a visit to the Noble Viscount. The royal and august party quitted the Castle for Gosport to-day. Precisely at twelve o'clock the Queen, and his Majesty the King of the French, descended the grand staircase, preceded by the Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, in the Windsor uniform, and wearing his gold key or bsdge of office. The King was attired in a suit of black, and wore the Ribbon with the George appended, and also the Star of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and the Duke de Montpensie4 accompanied their Majesties. The King's suite followed—Mons. Guizot, Count de St. Aulaire, Count de Jarnac, Mons. Fauquier, Mons. Pasquier, and Mons. Herbet, wearing their respec tive official costume, and the two first-named wearing the decoration of the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. Admiral de Mackau, General Baron de Athalin, General Rumigny, Colonel Dumas, Count de Cha bannes, Mons. Thiery, le Capitaine Page, and le Capitaine Pellion, appeared in military and naval re gimentals. _ _ . The Duchess of Kent accompanied the royal party to the door of the grand entrance, and there took leave of his Majesty and the Duke de Montpensier. Sir Robert Peel and the Earl of Aberdeen also paid their respects to the French Monarch, and took leave of his Majesty at the grand entrance. The Marquis of Exeter, Lord Byron, Viscount Sydney, Lord G. Lennox, Sir Frederick Stovin, the Hon. Captain Duncombe, and Captain Francis Sey mour, who all wore the Windsor uniform, attended the Queen and her august guest to the entrance. The Earl of Jersey, Master of the horse, and Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting on the King, handed their Majesties into the royal carriage. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and his Royal Highness the Duke de Mont pensier sat on the opposite - fide of the carriage. The Countess of Gainsborough, Lady in Waiting, Monsieur Guizot, Admiral de Mackau, and the Lord Steward, followed in the second royal carriage and four. The French Ambassador, the officers and gentle men of the King's suite, and the Count de Jarnac, occupied four royal carriages and four; Major- General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting on the (,due and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting on Prince Albert, following in the last carriage. A party of the Royal Horse Guards formed the escort of the royal party down the Long-walk and through the Park, to Blackness. The illustrious party afterwards proceeded, by way of Bagshot, to- the Farnborough station of the South-Western Railway. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas and Sir George Couper, quitted the Castle immediately after, on her return to her residence, Frogmore House. Soon after the departure of the royal party, Sir Robert Peel acid the Earl of Aberdeen left the Castle for the Slough station of the Great Western Railway, travelling to town by a special train. The Marquis of Exeter, Earl Delawarr, Viscount Sydney, Lord George Lennox, the Countess de St. Aulaire, the Hon. Captain Liddell, the Hon. Captain Duncombe, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Captain Francis Seymour, also left the Castle. The Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Kerr, Lady Byron, and Sir Frederick Stovin, will remain at the Castle with the Royal Family. In the forenoon the Royal Family were taken their accustomed exercise on ponies, and walking in the Slopes and pleasure-grounds of the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, after leaving the Castle this morning, drove to Frog more Lodge, the residence of the Duchess of Kent, on her return to Kew. Sir Robert Peel arrived in town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Sir James Graham and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had interviews with the Right Hon. Baronet at his official residence in Downing-street yesterday. His Excellency M. Dedel transacted business yes terday at the Foreign-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his re sidence in Downing-street yesterday morning, from his seat, Beechworth. Mr. Frederick Ricketts and Mr. Trevenen James had interviews with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Dispatches were' received at the Colonial-orfice yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. THE WE AT [LEL—During the week, although little rain has fallen, we have been visited with storms of wind such as we have seldom experienced. On the nights of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday last it blew a perfect hurricane from the south and south-west ; this was accompanied by such extreme darkness as must have made travelling on all the roads very hazardous. We have not as yet received any intelligence from the prin cipal shipping ports, but we fear that there must have been many disasters at sea.--Carlisle Patriot. THE SUN, _LONDON, TITESDA. EVENIN4, OCTOBER 15 1844. had all the eff ec t o f a gr a n d the fleet at Spith ea d co mme need firing broadsides, which tiaval engagement. The Duke o f W e lli ngton A v a s in the yard on horse back, in his regimentals, but wrapped in a brown great coat (like a sentry's coat), bu. Monad to the chin to keep off the rain, which had fallen heavily at intervals during the time he had been expecti sg the arrival of the royal party. The royal carriages drove into the yard, the hands playing, and salutes being fire 3 in the harbour, and their Majesties alighted at the office of Captain Carter, the superintendent of the Victualling -yard, whence they were ushered into a room on the ground: floor. Up to this time all things had gone on pretty well, with the exception of the heavy Pain at intervals, to which the soldiers had been expose d for a considerable time. But the scene in the Victualling-yard was far from-encouraging or inspiriting. At length, after their Majesties had remained in the room for some minutes, the carriages still standing at the door, and the soldiers still presenting arms, it began to be whispered about that a change was to take place. Such, in fact, was the case ; and a consultation took place, to which the Duke of Wellington was called in, as well as M. Guizot, Count de St. Aulaire, and Sir Hercules Pakenham, Sir Charles Rowley, and Rear-Admiral Parker, as to whether the King should proceed at all by the Gomer, or whether her Majesty and the Prince should not accompany the King back to Windsor, or at all events on his way to France, by some other route than direct to Treport. There was great doubt and confusion for some time. It appeared, that a very heavy sea was running at the harbour's mouth, and from the state of the weather— a gale blowing—it was apprehended, that if the King of the French attempted to cross to Treport, he might not be able to land there, as the coast is most unfavour ble for embarkation in stormy weather. It was under stood that, independently of the 'inconvenience to the King of crossing under such circumstances, he was anxious to be able to relieve her Majesty the Queen of the French from all unnecessary suspense as to his arrival. It had been suggested, that, instead of going over to Treport in the Gomer, that vessel should be sent across to make the passage, and land if practicabl e , w hil e t h e Ki ng o f the French should go up to London by a special train, proceed thence to Dover by railway, and from there to Calais or Boulogne, posting immediately to Treport. In the mean while, should the vessel succeed in landing at Treport, certain intelligence would be conveyed to the Queen of the King's movements. Mr. Town was sent for by the royal command to report as to the state of the weather outside the harbour, and also as to the time at which it would be low water. Some time was spent in these consultations, officers running to and fro with orders and counter-orders, and all fairly bewildered and thoroughly drenched in the rain, when at last the resolution was taken that the King of the French should go by the route already indicated. Colonel Bouverie was immediately dispatched in a spe cial train (which also took the Duke of Wellington) to London, to order the special train to Dover, and send on an engine to order a steamer to be in readiness at the latter place. The train, which took Colonel Bouverie, started nearly an hour in advance of the or dinary half-past five o'clock train, and it was then settled that his Majesty, the Queen, the Prince, and the Duke de Montpensier, together with the prin cipal members of the suite, should go over to the house of Mr. Grant, the storekeeper, which is nearly opposite the offiee of Captain Carter, where a hasty re past had been prepared, and where it was resolved that they should remain for three hours, until the King and the Duke started for London, and the Queen and the Prince embarked on board their yacht, where they had arranged to sleep that night (in the harbour, of course), and to proceed on to the Isle of Wight in the morning. Orders were dispatched to the French steamer, the Caiman, to unship some of the baggage of the King of the French, which he wished to carry with him by the other route, and other orders were sent to ship the Queen's baggage on board the royal yacht. While these proceedings were going on near the su perintendent's offices, the persons collected at the lower end of the Victualling-yard, and even the officers there on duty, were perfectly unable to divine the reason of the sudden stoppage of the royal carriage almost as soon as they had passed through the gates of the yard. The sky at this time was obscured by clouds of the most threatening nature. Even before the arrival of the royal party in the Victualling-yard the rain had already commenced to fall heavily, and the circumstance of a vivid flash of lightning, accompanied by a long roar of thunder, occurring just before their entry, was the cause of some curious observations among the crowd. While the Queen and the King of the French were waiting in the superintendent's offices, the rai n , f ar f rom abat ing, increased in violence, and this, together with the tempest of wind which arose at the same time, compelled the company admitted into the Victualling - yard to fly precipitately to any place they could fi n d for shelter. The soldiers, however, continued to stand in their posi tion, exposed to all the pelting of the storm, which was so furious that it was impossible for any ono to remain in it for one moment without being thoroughly soaked through. After some time the soldiers received permis sion, as there appeared no symptoms that the storm would cease for some time, and no sign of the movement of the royal party towards the pier, to shelter themselves under the sheds and buildings in the yard ; and of this permission they availed themselves with such alacrity. that in a moment the Victualling-yard, which they had previously covered, was left acompletely void space. Not withstanding the sad plight in which the poor fellows appeared to be in from the drenching of the rain, there was something so ludicrous in the rapidity with which they scampered off for shelter that one could scarcely suppress a smile. The rain having at length somewhat ceased, the troops were again formed in line,'but in con sequence of the change in the determination of the royal party, to which we have alluded above, they were soon afterwards dismissed and marched off to their respective barracks. Colonel Bouverie's mission to London also included an intimation to such of the Ministers as might be there of the expected arrival of the King of the French, in order that some one might be at the station to receive him. General Wemyss was deputed to attend the King to Dover, and to see him on board the packet. At a quarter to seven o'clock Lieutenant Prevost, the Flag-Lieutenant to Sir C. Rowley, left the Gosport sta tion in a special train with a dispatch from her Majesty to the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore, and with instruc tions to wait h er R oya l Hi ghness ' s answer , w hi c h h e was to bring b ac k to h er Ma j esty. He was expecte d b ac k at Gosport at one o'clock. All these arrangements made, the royal party took dinner, as already meationed, in Mr. Grant's house, which, as may be supposed, was completely crowded with gentlemen and ladies, and with the officers of the King's suite. Notwithstanding the extreme inconvenience to which they were all put, it was satisfactory to hear every now and then a hearty laugh amongst the party, espe cially from the room where the illustrious travellers themselves were. The royal party remained nearly three hours at Mr. Grant's, until the hour at which the special train was ordered. At a quarter-past seven the King of the French and the Duke de Montpensier took leave of the Queen and the Prince, and proceeded, accompanied by M. Guizot, Count de St. Aulaire, and all of his suite who had not gone on board the steamer, to the station. His Majesty arrived there at half-past seven o'clock, and was saluted with hearty cheers by those who were admitted to wit ness the departure. His Majesty acknowledged the compliment, and entered the carriage followed by all the chief members of the suite, so that the royal carriage was nearly filled. General Weymss accompanied his Majesty. After a short delay, which was caused by fitting some of the luggage, and accommodating the rest of the suite, the train started at a quarter to eight o'clock, and reached the Niue Elms station at thirty-five minutes past ten o'clock. At Nine Elms Sir John Easthorpe, Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Boothby, and some others of the Directors were in waiting to receive the King. Sir James Graham was also in waiting at the station, and as soon as the train stopped the Right Hon. Baronet entered the carriage were the King was, and, conducting him out handed him to a carriage, which, with servants in the royal livery and outriders, was in waiting to re ceive him. Sir James Graham rode in the carriage with the King, as-also did the Duke de Montpensier. The rest of his M ijesty's suite followed in other carriages, and the party drove off immediately to the Dover Railway. Shortly before nine o'clock yesterday evening a notice was sent to the Directors of the South-Eastern Railway that a special train would be required at the New-cross station to convey his Majesty the King of the French to Dover. Preparations were immediately commenced to receive his Majesty in a suitable manner. The platform and entrance were covered with Crimson cloth, and an awning was in the act of being placed over the platform, when an alarm was given that the octagonal building, the upper part of which was used as the painters' shop, and the lower part as a depth for locomotive engines under repair, was on fire. Captain Charlwood, the Superintendent of the Dover Railway, Mr. Rowell, Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, and several other gentlemen con nected with the railway, were on the spot, and gave every assistance possible, but the flames were resistless, and about eleven o'clock, when his Majesty, escorted by a troop of the Life Guards, drove into the station, the whole of that noble building was in flames. It was impossible to describe a state of greater ex citement than that which prevailed throughout the neighbourhood at that moment. Thousands had crowded from all parts on the flames being seen bursting through the lantern at the top of the building, and the arrival of his Majesty and suite shortly after, created the greatest interest. The exertions of Capt. Charlwood, Mr. Cubitt, and Mr. Howell were not paralysed by the rag ing of the fearful element so close to the railway. Every effort, notwithstanding the fire, was made to prepare the special train with the least possible delay, and at about a quarter- past eleven o'clock his Majesty and suite en tered the carriages provided for their reception, and the special train, under the direction of Captain Charlwood and Mr. Cubitt, who took the management of the engine, left the station. As it was impossible, in the midst of the confusion created by the fire, to place his Majesty's carriages upon the trucks without considerable delay, a second special train was immediately ordered to be pre pared for their conveyance, and fur the conveyance of those of his Majesty's attendants who were unable to depart in the first special train. Mr. Whitehead, the secretary, had arrived just after his Majesty's departure, and upon him the duty devolved of directing the neces sary arrangements and expediting the departure of the second special train, and it was not till a quarter-past one o'clock that it started from the station. One of the gentlemen connected with the London and Dover Railway expresed his regret, that the late hour at which the notice for the special train had arrived ren dered it impassible for the Directors to be in attendance to receive his Majesty. The King, in reply, expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the arrangements, and expressed in strong terms his regret at the unfortunate fire then raging on the premises, and concluded by hoping that the cempaily were well insured. DEPARTURE OF THE KING OJ7 ARRIVAL OF HIS MAJESTY AT DOVER. DOVER, TUESDAY, HALF-PAST Two, A.M. His Majesty the King of the French, the Duke de Montpensier, and suite, have this moment ar r i ve d h ere by specialtrain from ew-cross. THE FRENCH. Yesterday morning the visit of the King of the French to her Majesty at Windsor terminated with his dparture for France, accompanied by her Majesty and l rince Al- Iris Majesty and suite were received at the stztion by the Hon. Colonel Bouverie, one of her Majesty's Fquer.- ries, and the Count de Chabannes, who had been dis patched to Dover by the special train which preceded that which conveyed the King, to make preparations for his Majesty's departure. Immediately on arrival the King drove off from the station to the Ship Hotel, where it is his intention to pass the night, previous to embarkation at eleven o'clock this day. Supper was ordered for twenty, of which his Majesty and suite are now partaking, before retiring to rest. Colonel Bouverie and the Count de Chabannes pro ceeded immediately to Calais to make the necessary preparations for his Majesty's reception there. His Majesty will embark in Le Nord, one of the French Post-office steamers, now in the Downs, a mes senger having been dispatched to bring her to Dover. She will be accompanied to the French coast by the Princess Alice and anther Government steamer. The good people of Dover, at least such of them as know anythinr , of the matter, are quite taken by sur prise at so unlooked-for a visit to the hotel. Every one, from the landlord to the boot-black, had retired quietly to rest, when they were aroused by the special courier dispatched to make the customary preparations for royalty. bert, on their way to the Isle of Wight. At 12 o'clock the carriages of her Majesty and of the ling of the French, and of their immediate suite, were drawn up to the door of the great entrance of Windsor Castle, and in a few minutes after, having taken leave of the Duchess of Kent, who accompanied them down to he bottom of the great staircase, their Majesties, the Duke do Montpensier, and Prince Albert, took their departure, attended by M. Guizot, Count de St. Aulaire, Count de Jarnac, the Baron Athalin, General de Ra i migny, the Earl of Liverpool, General Wemvss, Colonel 13ouverie, the Countess of Gainsborough, and the whole if their respective suites. An escort of Horse Guards accompanied the royal party down the Long Walk and through the Park to Blackness. The royal cortege pro seeded to Farnborough by the same route as that by which they came to Windsor, and there were parties of Lancers and Guards to estcort them to the station. At Farnborough every preparation had been made to receive their Majesties. The fittings-up at the station were most elegant. A private carriage-road leading to the chief entrance-door, at the back of the station, had been set apart for their Majesties' sole use, and from the entrance-door to the door which leads to the platform a costly and beautiful carpet of crimson damask, with an elegant border of gold colour, was laid down. Oa either side of the passage-way were reception-rooms, the one on the left as you enter being for the use of the four royal personages, the Queen, the King, the Duke de Montpensier, and Prince Albert, while the opposite room was for the use of their suites. The room prepared for her Majesty was fitted up in a style of remarkable ele gance and taste. The gold fillagree work traced on the ceiling was particularly beautiful, and the furniture of the room was also unostentatiously and appropriately rich and splendid. It is evident that no expense had been spared by the directors in the preparation of this place. The designs were by Mr. Tait. At the station the directors and officers of the railway were assembled to receive their Majesties. There were present Messrs. Chaplin, Humphreys, Boothby, Smith, and Vincent Eyre ; and Sir John Easthope, Bart., M.P. Mr. Locke, the engineer of the line, Mr. Martin, and other officers of the company, were there also. A few ladies were admitted within the station to witness the departure, and outside and around there were assembled a vast number of people, notwithstanding the heavy rain chat was falling at the time. The tricolour flag waved from the station, as well as the royal standard. Owing to some slight delays on the road, the royal carriages did not reach the station till a quarter to two O'clock, the special train having been ordered in readiness at one o'clock. Arrived at the door of the station, her - Kini Louis Philippe has just written a letter to Queen Victoria, which is entrusted to General Wemyss, who accompanied the King to Dover, to deliver to her Majesty. The King looks remarkably well, notwithstanding his fatiguing journey since leaving Windsor yesterday morning. _ _ _ Majesty alighted, and was escorted by the King of the French into her reception-room, followed by the Prince and the Duke de Montpensier. The directors were at the entrance and received Her Majesty. The Earl of Liverpool, the Countess of Gainsborough, M. Guizot, Count de St. Anlake, and the rest of the suite of their Majesties went to the opposite room. The people around the station cheered their Majesties as they alighted. During the interval that elapsed while the train was being finally prepared for starting, the royal party re mained in the reception-room. At a few minutes to two. o'clock they came out, and entered the state carriage amidst the loud cheers of the people. It was still raining heavily when the train started, at five minutes to two o'clock. The engine was driven by Mr. Locke. Upon the engine there was the tri-colour flag, and on the tender the royal standard. The train proceeded at a very rapid pace towards Gosport. Owing to the state of the weather, there were not so many persons assembled at the different places on the wayside as there would have been had the day been fine. Still, there was a considerable number. At several places on the line the tri-colour flag was set up on the wayside. At Basingstoke the tri-colour flag waved from the station, where a con• siderable number of people were assembled, who cheered lustily as the train came up. There was also a rustic band, and the National Anthem was played right loyally. A delay of a minute or two took place hero while the wheels of the carriages were attended to, so that the people had a good opportunity of seeing their Majesties and cheering them, which they did to the top of their voices. At Andover-road there were some per sons, and at Winchester a considerable number, includ ing many soldiers, but not under arms. At Bishop stoke, where the rail branches off to Gosport, there was a considerable number of people, who cheered loudly as the train passed ; and at Botley, a small in termediate station, there was much preparation. Besides the tri-colour flag there was a band of music, and a great crowd of persons. As the train shot by the band played the National Anthem, and the people cheered, but it was, of course, only the work of an instant. At Farn ham, the last station before you reach Gosport, there were also many people. There was also a party of foot soldiers, who presented arms as the royal carriages passed. At Gosport the station presented a most animated appearance as the train came up. The decorations were nearly the same as those which were prepared for the reception of the King of the French. On the triumphal arch at the place of exit, however, there was a fresh in scription, " Welcome Louis Philippe, Victoria and Al bert." The station was filled with well-dressed persons, chiefly ladies ; and there was a party of foot soldiers, who presented arms as the royal carriages came up, the band playing the National Anthem. The directors had come on in the train, and were ready to receive their Majesties as they alighted. It is needless to say that the spectators cheered most enthusiastically. The train entered the station at thirty-five minutes past three o'clock, having left Farnborough at five minutes to two. Their Majesties, with the Prince and the Duke de Montpensier, alighted immediately after their arrival at the station, and proceeded at once to the carriage, fol lowed by their respective suites. They drove off towards the Victualling-yard (the place of the intended embark ation) amidst the cheers of the multitudes of people, who notwithstanding the rain, had assembled on the wayside. The road was lined on either side with foot soldiers from the station to the yard. As the royal cortege passed along, the bands of the different regiments, struck up " God save the Queen," and at a quarter to four o'clock the Admiralty flag was lowered from its staff in the centre of the yard, and the royal standard substituted, as the carriages entered the yard. The Victory and the other vessels in the harbour were at this time dressed out in their gayest colours, and the yards manned. As the day advanced preparations had been made for the reception of the royal party in the Clarence Vic tualling-yard, which, it will be recollected, was the place where his Majesty the King of the French first landed on the shores of England, and which had also been selected fur the embarkation on his return to his domi nions, as being the spot most conveniently situated for that purpose. At the end of the Victualling yard, on the side of the water, was a wooden pier of considerable length, and, as her Majesty and her Royal visitor would have to pass along this pier in order to reach the boat which would convey them to the Queen's yacht, care , had been taken to ornament it on each side with bunt- ing, the footway, which was damp from the rain, being also covered over, as the time when the royal , party were expected, drew near, with a kind of sailcloth. At the extreme point of this pier a great number of boats, filled with per sons anxious to obtain a view of the embarkation, had collected, and in spite of the inclemency of the weather the occupants of these boats maintained their position until nearly the close of the day. From this part of the , pier the view was of an interesting character, during the brief intervals of fine weather. It affords a very exten sive view of the harbour of Portsmouth, and from it all , the principal objects worth seeing are visible. The water in the harbour itself was very rough, and it was not an uninteresting sight to witness the tossing about of the different boats, as they frequently crossed from one side to the other, while the flags flying from the various vessels and buildings gave an appearance of con- , siderable gaiety to the harbour. Shortly after one o'clock some detachments of infantry arrived and took up their assigned position in the Vic- , tualling-yard. The guard of honour was composed of men belonging to the 87th, 59th, and 76th Regiments, having with them the band and colours of the 76th. The guard of honour, amounting in number to about two hundred men, was drawn up in a line from the water• side to wards the offices of the Superintendent, situated in the centre of the yard, and from this point to the gates a line was formed by another portion of the 37th Regiment, while from the outside of the gate the line was continued to the railway station by other bodies of infantry belonging to the regiments above mentioned. It was understood that the royal party would arrive at the Clarence Victualling-yard at three o'clock, and at half-past two o'clock Sir G. Cockburn, Sir W. Gage, Lords of the Admiralty, Rear- Admiral Parker, Captain Hamilton, &c., came across the water from the dock yard, and landed at the pier, in order to be in readiness to receive their Majesties. The Commander-in-Chief of the port, Sir C. Rowley, 'notwithstanding his indisposi tion, was also in attendance, as was likewise Sir H. Pa kenham, Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth garrison. Upon the landing of the Lords of the Admi ralty, the union flag, which had baen previously floating in the centre of the Victualling-yard, was hauled d own ; and the Admiralty flag hoisted in its place. It was arranged that several men-of-war's boats fully manned, and commanded by their respective captains or commanders, should accompany the royal barge from the Victualling-yard steps, as an escort of honour, to the royal yacht, which was lying off the dockyard ; and, as a matter of course, the officers selected for this duty were among the number waiting in the Clarence Victualling yard. All the naval officers were in the fullest costume. The royal party not arriving at Gosport at three o'clock, the period when it was understood they might be expected, there were some who, notwithstanding they saw all the preparations which had been made, and the attendance of so many official characters, still seemed to think that the journey would b 3 postponed on account of the unfavourable state of the weather, the wind being gusty and violent, and adverse to the passage to Tre port ; but all doubt on this head was soon dispelled, for in a very short time the call "Attention " passed quickly along the line of soldiers from the railway-station to the extreme end of the Clarence Victualling-yard ; and the cheers of the multitude outside becoming louder and louder every minute, at last convinced the favoured few who had obtained admission to the Victualling-yard that the Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert and the royal gue s t s , were rapidly approaching. Almost imme diately afterwards a salute, fired from the King's bastion, gave notice to all within hearing of the arrival of the royal party at the Clarence Victualling Establishment, when the ships at Spithead gave their gayest colours to the breeze, and a roar from the guns announce d f urt h er the arrival of the illustrious Sovereigns. All was now bustle and commotion, every one rushing to the ramparts to gain a view of the eceue. At about a quarter to four, PORTSMOUTH. At an early hour yesterday morning the inhabitants of Portsmouth were awakened from their slumbers by the report of repeated salutes in the harbour; and not a few of them were induced thereby to turn out of bed, fancy ing that the Queen, the King of the French, and Prince Albert, had already arrived and taken them by surprise. It turned out, however, that the salutes were fired in honour of the Admiralty flag, which had been hoisted in the port in consequence of the arrival of Sir G. Cockburn, Sir W. Gage, and the Right Hon. IL T. L. Corry, Lords of the Admiralty, on the previous night. In the morning their flag, on being hoisted on board the Victory, was saluted by all the ships at Spithead. At a very early hour the St. Vincent, 120, flag•ship, Caledonia, 120, and Queen, 110, all up topgallantmasts, topgallantyards, run out the life-lines, and dressed ship. The St. Vincent hoisted the royal standard at the main, white ensign at the fore, and union•jack at the mizen ; the Caledonia hoisted the French flag at the main, a red ensign at the fore, and union. jack at th e mizen ; t h e Q ueen hoisted the flag of the Commander-ia-Chief, Sir Charles Rowley (white), at the main, a blue ensign at the fore, and a union-jack at the mizen; and dressed ship in the very gayest colours. On the previous evening the brigs forming the experi mental squadron, with the exception of the Cruiser, all dropped down to St. Helen's to salute the French squadron as they passed. The weather during the whole of , yesterday was very unfavourable. The early morn was ushered in by light ning and thunder, and though there were brief periods of sunshine, the day was, upon th e w h o l e , so rainy and squally, that a pretty general opinion prevailed that the royal party, whose arrival had been expected front Windsor, and who it was conceived must be made ac quainted with the state of the weather through the medium of the telegraph, would postpone their depar ture for another day. The water in the harbour was in a state of great commotion, and it was impossible to cross from Portsmouth to Gosport, without getting a pretty good drenching from the spray. The boisterous state of the sea outside, therefore, might easily be imagined. _ _ About half past ten, the weather being very squally, and the rain descending in torrents, the three line of battle ships above-mentioned, hoisted the French jack and the British ensign alongside, and hauled down as the signal to take in colours. The life-lines for manning yards were still kept out. The flag of Sir Charles Rowley was then removed from the Queen back to his own ship the St. Vincent, and the fleet seemed to have resumed their former appearance. The rain on the pre vious evening was accompanied by loud peals of thunder and vivid lightning. The sea ran very high yesterday, dashing over the ramparts, and, being spring tide, the houses along shore were from one to four feet under water. A more miserable day it were impossible to conceive. At twelve o'clock a body of Artillerymen went over from the .Royal Marine Artillery Barracks to Fort Moncton on the Gosport side, with powder for the battery to salute the royal squadron, as it passed out to Spithead, and at about the same hour three detachments of regiments in garrison on the Portsmouth side, of 500 each, marched down, and passed over the harbour by the floating- bridge to Gosport, to form the guard of honour for the reception of the august party. In consequence of the arrival of the Lords of the Admiralty, the harbour was in a state of animation in the morning ; and several of the vessels in the harbour were dressed out. In the course of the morning, their Lordships paid a visit to the Gomer, when salutes were exchanged between one of the French steamers and the Victory. Shortly after this, about twelve o'clock, the royal steam frigate the Gomer, followed by the Elan and Pluton, left the harbour, and this circumstance served to confirm the notion that prevailed that the royal party would not arrive, as at first expected, yesterday, but would defer their departure from Windsor. It, how ever, turned out that the French steamers merely left the harbour, lest, at low water, there might not be suffi cient to carry them safe out. Thousands of spectators assembled on the walls, to get a view of the noble yacht frigate. She went out with considerable difficulty, how ever, the wind and tide being dead against her. A most lamentable and awful calamity occurred at Portsmouth yesterday evening, at about twenty minutes to four, on the King's Bastion. As the Artillerymen (Royal) were reloading one of the guns, which is sup posed to have hung fire, the charge went off, and blew one of them to pieces, and the other was so horribly mutilated that it is impossible he can live. The guns upon this bastion are 32-pounders, and there are only four of them ; consequently to fire a royal salute r equ i res each gun to b loaded five times and one six. It is usual to use the worm to clear out the gun, we believe, every second charge, and it is supposed some fire had remained in the chamber. The names of the unfortunate men are reported to us as Study Miller and Michael Walker, be tween 25 and 27 years of age. Miller was blown into fragments, and Walker had his thigh broken, his arm blown off into the moat, and his body otherwise dis figured. In the excited state of the town, it has been impossible to arrive at anything like a correct statement of anything further than the bare fact that such a cala mity has happened. (lily five guns had been fired when the awful catastrophe occurred. They instantly ceased firing ; but the bodies being removed, and the fragments of flesh, clothing, &c., gathered, the guns were again loaded for the purpose of saluting the royal yacht as she passed by the standard on the stion. The guns upon the King's Bastion being for heavy metal (32's), they are never used except upon very extraordinary occasions; and we are informed the present is only the fourth time they have been used for royal salutes since they have been mounted ; and the first time they were so used a similar horrible calamity occurred whilst the Artillery men were ramming. down the charge. EMBARKATION OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT. Very soon after his Majesty the King of the French, with the Duke de Montpensier, had taken his most affec tionate leave of the Queen and Prince Albert, her Ma jestp and his Royal Highness proceeded in one of the royal carriages to the place of embarkation, and went on board the royal yacht, the barges of the men-of-war ac companying the royal barge following in the order t-- The royal barge, a superb boat, built expressly for her Majesty, and which contained the Queen, Prince Albert, Lord Liverpool, and others of her Majesty's suite, form ing two lines ; on the right followed the Admiralty barge, in which were Sir G. Cockburn, Sir W. Gage, and Captain Hamilton, steered by Lieutenant Smith ; the barge of Rear-Admiral Parker, steered by Lieute • cant Crayfort ; the barges of Captain Corry, of the Fire brand ; Captain Milne, of the Caledonia ; Commander Sherringham, of the Fearless ; Commander Lowe, of th e Excellent ; Commander Crawford, of the Mutine. On tke right, the barge of the Commander-in-Chief, con taining Sir Charles Rowley, his Secretary, Richard Haig, Esq., steered by Lieutenant Prevost ; the barges of Captain Moburar, of the Victory; Commander \Vil cocks, of the Victory ; Commander Fanshawe, of the Cruizer ; Commander Estcourt, of the Eclair ; Com mander Matson, of the Daring ; with other commanders of vessels iu commissian, right and left. Her Majesty remains on board the Victoria and Albert to-night ; and in the morning the royal yacht will pro ceed on a cruise, and finally return to Osborne House, on which occasion her Majesty will be saluted by the man-of-war as the royal yacht passes through the fleet. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL ESTABLISHMENT AT OSBORNE HOUSE. (Imola OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) OCT. 14.—This long talked-of event is a thing to be doubted no longer. On Saturday some of the servants arrived, on Sunday night a steamer, the Pearl, was hired down from Southampton with some more, and the plate chests, &c., &c. This morning came a royal carriage, two horses, and three ponies, and the stable establishment. Dinner is ordered for her Majesty and suite this even ing. The probability is, that if the King of the French leaves Windsor to-day he will come down to Cowes with the Queen of England. As it blows a gale dead ahead it would be madness to attempt to cross the channel on such a night as this, in such a gale, amidst thunder, lightning, and rain. A servant, came down express by the Gem steamer this morning, to order the horses to be ready in the car riages at Cowes at half-past one o'clock, to convey the Royal Family to Osborne Hous e , but at h a lf-p as t f our o'clock the royal steamer is not in sight. COAL PIT EXPLOSIONS.-With the exception of the Wallsend explosion in 1835, that at Haswell has been more fatal than any on record. The following is a list of all the accidents which have occurred, during the present century, in Northumberland and Durham, in which fifty lives and upwards have been lost :- 1812—May 25. Felling, 92 lives lost by explosion. lives explosion. 1815—May 3. Heaton, 75 lives lost by Inundation. 1815—June 2. Success Pit , N ewbottle, 57 lives lost b y e xplosion. s sby 1821—Oct. 23. Wallsend , 52 lives lost by explosion. una 1823—Nov. une 3 1. . 8 P w lai a n iis P end, Pit, R lo a 2 in i t i o v n e ' lost 9 by lost explosion.:BB339s_j 28. St. Hilda, South Shields, 51 li ves lost— J I by explosion. __ 1844—Sept. 28. Haswell, 95 lives lost by explosion.-- Tyne gercury. RAILWAY SHARES. (From the Share List of John Railton and Son, Man chester, Oct. 14.) Improvement per Cent, in the market value of the lines of Railway, between the end of September, 1843, and September, 1844, upon the same amount of paid up capital, and producing an average of 56 6-10th per Cent. per Share, being more by 6k per Cent. than at the end of August last. Per Cent. Preston and Wyre : . l7l Sheffield and Manchester Chester and Birkenhead Birmingham and Gloucester 9 61 Manchester and Bolton . Great North of England Manchester and Birmingham Hull and Selby - Birmingham and D er by 55 Manchester and Leeds Great Western Northern and Eastern 46 South Eastern 4 51 Newcastle and Carlisle Eastern Counties .. 37N Midland Counties I North Midl an d .... .... Edinburgh and Glasgow Bristol and Exeter . 27 Brighton Lancaster and Pr es t on — 4 22+ South W es t ern .. 151 Grand Junction York and North Midland no change, London and Birmingham Liverpool and Manaiester less 1 9-10 The greatest rise took place in those lines where the eapicity of the works was not enough developed to be re lied on at the former period. There are at the present time plans matured or pre paring to carry before the Board of Trade upwards of ninety new schemes for railway extension, requiring a subscribed capital of upwards of 60,000,0001.—t0 which may be added 20,000,0001. for the authorised one-third that can be borrowed. The present abundance and low value of money (there being no foreign attraction more luring) is highly favourable to the extension of public works at home. No matter to what extent the rifeness of speculation may lead individual adventure, a great national benefit will be secured, available to all, without infringing on the circulation of the country, so long as we continue blessed with the succession of good harvests as the main-spring of prosperity ; but should a failure en sue, and we become impoverished 137 foreign purchase for the repair, we shall be deprived, in a corresponding degree, of the advantages we now enjoy. Manufactures and foreign trade we can expand or curtail at will, but no art of man can put seasons out of course, or alter their result. The Board of Trade has an irksome duty to perform to suit all interests, and keep clear of the confusion to which we are exposed. F - - 1) • - OUNTAINS OF - ARIS—THE FRENCH VISIT.—Out wide-awake neighbours seem disposed to make the royal visit to our Queen useful to them in more ways than one. A French engineer arrived on Wednesday at the Queen's Hotel, and proceeded to Messrs. Ireland and Co.'s foundry to examine the filters now being made by them under Stuckey's patent. He obtained a beautiful model made s ithin two days, and in the meantime visited Mr. Cross's bleach -works at Bolton, where he saw one of the filters, only about five feet in length, producing 200 gal lons per minute, or the enormous quantity of 288,000 gallons per 24 hours. Having obtained a copy of the report of Dr. Ure, as to a cheap and effectual mode of getting rid of the glutinous and adhesive matter occa sionally arising from the much used waters of the Lever and the Medlock, and which sometimes obstructed the self-cleansing machinery of the filters, he returned to Paris via London yesterday. It transpired that General the Marquis de Rumigny , who is now with Loui s Philippe at the British Court, is one of the chief proprie tors of the French Filtration Company, and as it is known that all the public fountains of Paris are con tracted to be filtered under Stuckey's patent, the con• nexion of pleasure and business, the visit to Windsor Castle, and to our Laacashire manufactories is tolerably self-evident.--Manchester Courier. DEATH OF A PROPHETESS.—On Saturday Mr. W. Baker, Deputy Coroner, held an inquest at the Coach and Horses, Homerton, on th e body of Rebecca Paine, aged 60. The deceased lived in Cross -street, and in ad dition to her labours as a charwoman, she had for some years lived upoa the credulity of the superstitious females of Hackney, by the exercise of her assumed power of divination. Although not a duly initiated member of the " nut-brown" fraternity, her character as a prophetess brought her many dupes ; and there are numbers of the fair sex now living in the vicinity of Hackney, whose practical experience of the mutations of connubial life have led them to revile, in no measured terms, the fortune-teller of Cross-street, by whose en chantments they were led to surrender the charms of maidenhood. Last Thursday morning a little girl living in the house with the deceased, lit her fire, and on pro ceeding to awake her, found that she was dead. Medi cal aid was obtaiaed after a lapse of two hours. The Jury returned a verdict of " Natural death." Runham, the summoning officer, stated that owing to the vagaries of the deceased, her husband had for many years parted from her. He had written to him, but had received no answer ; he (Runham) had therefore disposed of her property for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the funeral. LOSS OF LIFE IN THE REGENT'S-PARK.—On Sun day afternoon, about half-past four o'clock, the following melancholy occurrence took place in the Regent's-park. Mr. Norbury, a linendraper, of Crawford-street, Bryan stone-square, was proceeding towards home in his chaise along the outer circle of the Regent's-park, accompanied by his wife and daughter, aged four years, when the horse suddenly took fright, as is supposed, at the noise made in Mrs. Norbury opening her umbrella, and started off at full speed until arriving at Macclesfield-bridge, where the vehicle came in violent contact with a lamp post, and by the concussion Mr. Norbury, with his wife and child, were thrown out. On being picked up, Mr. Norbury was found to be in a state of insensibility, with blood flowing copiously from his mouth, ears, and nos trils. They were, without loss of time, removed to a surgeon at hand, where it was found that Mr. Norbury had sustained a fracture of the skull, and severe internal injuries, while Mrs. Norbury and her daughter had also received serious hurts. The females were, after stimu lants had been administered to them, taken home in a hackney coach, and Mr. Norbury was conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital, almost immediately on entering which institution he expired. THE CLOWNS' SAILING MaTcu.—The third of these, what at one period was considered to be an under taking of very great novelty, that of a person being pulled or drawn down the river by means of four geese being attached to a washing-tub, came off on the river, between the Red House, Battersea, and Vauxhall-bridge, yesterday afternoon. As this was the third within a fortnight, undertaken by persons connected with Astley's Theatre, something of the novelty had declined, when, for the purpose of exciting - the taste of the public, it was announced that upon this occasion A. Nelson and Twist, the pantaloon and clown, would ea c h m a k e a v oyage in different washing-tubs, drawn by their respective teams ; this announcement, accordingly, drew together a large assemblage of persons at the Red-house, when, after a lapse of half an hour, the two aquatics, in full dress, namely, their theatrical costume, took their seats, and having picked up the reins, they each fired a pistol, when the medley procession started. They were accompanied by about 20 boats, which formed a kind of circle round the geese and tubs, and having gained the middle of the stream, they floated down to Vauxhall-bridge, which was reached by half-past five o'clock. After getting about 200 yards through the bridge, the two washing-tubs were brought up to a barge, when Nelson and Twist got out of their craft, and each putting on a great coat, were conveyed to Lyon's yard, Stangate, where they were landed. On the passage down the water was very rough, and as the tubs were passed by the above-bridge steamers the surf from them caused the tubs to perform certain motions which appeared not to be quite agreeable to the heros of the ring of the Amphitheatre. The original intention was to land at Westminster-bridge, but which was very wisely prohibited by the police, as on the first of these novel undertakings, the mob in the Palace-walk was so great, coupled with the disturbances and robbe ries, that it was deemed advisable to prevent repetition. Whatever effect it produces for Nelson and Twist (last night being their joint benefit) it was attended with be neficial results for the proprietors of Vauxhall-bridge, as at the time the party passed beneath it, there could not have been less than 2,000 persons on the bridge, strain ing their eyes to catch a glimpse of the washing-tubs, geese, and buffoons. LONG LIFE IN THE LAKE DISTRICT.—Many and many are the accounts that appear in the newspapers, from time to time, rQlating to longevity, but most of them are only related after the heroes of them are dead. Ours shall be a tale of living wonders. There are at pre sent residing in the neighbourhood of Ilawkshead four women, whose ages average 90 years each, two of whom are never failing attendants at Ilawkshead Church every Sunday. They are all well and hearty, and are as likely for hying as they have been for the last twenty years. — Westmoreland Gazette. NERVOUS DEAFNESS.—By this term I wish to be understood as indicating some peculiar condition of the nervous portion of the auditory apparatus, by which its functions become uninterrupted, suspended, or otherwise so impaired, that it is incapable of affecting the seuso rium, so as to produce those effects necessary to the sensation of hearing. In many eases of this sort there is no apparent alteration in the condition of the parts, even if examined by a lens, and the only evidence of disease is the defect or incapability of distinguishing sountls. In some instances th e p a ti en t f ee l s m erely a confused sn buzzing noise, no matter what the nature of the sound. If addressed, ho feels as if among a number of time on indivi duals, all of whom were conversing at the same different subjects, but the matter in any one i n n d sta in nce th i e t was impossible to recognise. When quiet, a t absence of all noise, the patiehnetesensation of any kind—at least so far as Dr. Cronin on Arnica Montana in Me Cure of Nervous f Den Hess. cars feels are il° 21111 LATE sed in the neighbourhood of this STonst.—We have heard of consider able damage being rains. One o f the bridges on the Mallow road has b een city by the floods w c h a i u ch have succeeded the late heavy carried away, and vehicles have now to take a consider able roucd in consequence. A respectable correspon dent writing from Castletownroche says—" Three bridges and four houses were swept away, and seven acres of land inundated. On the grounds of Ballyduff, near Castletownroche, the flood came down from the mountain with overwhelming force, and caused the greatest apprehension in the neighbourhood ; the con sequences to the poor people have been very disastrous." —Cork Southern Reporter of Saturday. Last evening Lord Teynham, late the Right Hon. R. Curzon, preached at the new Baptist Chapel, corner of Myrtle -street and Hope•street, of which the Rev. Mr. Lister is the minister. His Lordship is a distin guished preacher among the Baptists.—Liverpool _Albion, THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MERSEY. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—The accompanyint , extract from the 4-18 ion of this morning shows that the former scat: Inents respecting this melancholy occurrence are erroneous in some of the particulars ; and also that one circumstance which we at first supposed to be connected with this event is but an attendant upon another fearful accident and loss of life : LOSS OF THIRTEEN LIVES. " Since the above statement was in type, we have as certained that it is erroneous in some particulars, and we have also found that one melancholy circumstance which was supposed to have a connexion with the collision with the Iron Duke is but an °went attendant upon ano ther fearful disaster, resulting in the loss of seven ad ditional lives. "We find that six men left the Hesperus—the chief mate, boatswain, steward, one seaman named Leonard, and the two boatmen—and not five only,:ns above stated. We learn also that about the same time that the above accident occurred, a boat, having on board seven sea men, left the ship Glasgow, a North American vessel, which was then anchored off SeaconAe ; that they have not since been heard of, but that the-boat in which they were is the one described in the fbregeing narrative AS having been cast up near the Magazines. Th e b oa t which was swamped ny th e I ron Duke was found in the Rock-gut. The unfortunate being who hailed the Red. wing was, undoubtedly, therefore, one of the crew of the Glasgow's boat, and we hold the Opinion the afore confidently because any remnant of the boat of the Hes perus could not possibly have reached the anchorage ground of the Redwing, off Monk's-ferry, in the then state of the wind and tide. I "We have inspected the shattered remains of the un fortunate boat which was lost in the fearful collision with the Dublin steamer. The bow is broken, and, towards the stern, the bulwarks on either side, together with the seats and the upper stern-board, are swept away. The most probable exposition of the manner of the occur rence is, that the gig ran bow on to the larboard bow of the Iron Duke, accounting for the shattering of her bow ; and that, brought round parallel to the side of the steamer by the collision, she was carried stern foremost under the paddle-floats, accounting for the extensive damage near the stern. The remnants of the boat may be seen at the south-end of the Prince's-dock outside the walls." , THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, who arrived on Mon day last at Witley-court from town, left on Wednesday for Windsor Castle, having received an invitation from the Queen to meet the King of the French. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipsthal, after a hasty visit to his illustrious relative the Dowager Queen, at the invitation of her Majesty, repaired to Windsor Castle, in order to join the circle assembled to meet Louis Philippe. The Prince has since returned to Witley-court. Earl Howe and Lady Georgians Curzon arrived on Thursday from Gopsall-liall, Leicestershire. Viscountess Barrington has succeeded the Dowager Lady Clinton as Lady in Waiting on the Queen Dow ager, and accompanied by the Noble Viscount, arrived on Tuesday last from Beckett-house, Berks. Sir A. Barnard is prolonging his attendance. On Friday last the Queen Dowager and party staying at Witley-court went to Malvern in three carriages. It was about eleven o'clock when the royal party departed, relays of horses being provided at Renwick. Her Majesty left Malvern shortly before four o'clock. It is uncertain when her Majesty goes to Belton-hall, the Earl of Brownlow's. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Ye4erday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Mr. Dickenson, Anna Horatio Caroline, only daughter of the Rev. J. and Mrs. Sanford, to the Hon. Frederick Paul Methuen, eldest son of Lord Methuen. The ceremony was at tended by the following distinguished parties :—Lady and the lion. Miss Methuen, Sir Percy Shelley, Bart., and Mrs. Shelley, Hon. St. John Methuen, Lord William Leanox, Hon. Leicester Stanhope, Sir Watkin William Wynn, Mr. and the Misses Craven, Mr. and Miss Mor gan, Messrs. Gage, Bailey, &c. The bridesmaids were the Hon. Miss Methuen, Misses Apthorp, Seton, and Morgan. After the ceremony the party adjourned to Mrs. Sanford's residence in Connaught-place, where they partook of an elegant dejeuner. The bride was grace fully attired in a dress of guipure over a rich white silk ; a veil of Brussels lace, wreath of orange flowers and geranium, and ornaments of pearl. At eleven o'clock the happy couple left Connaught-place for Corshane Court, Wiltshire, to pass the honeymoon. Lord Methuen was unavoidably prevented attending by indisposition. ANECDOTE OF LOWS PHILIPPE.— Some thirty years ago his Majesty the King of the French, then Duke of Orleans, was, with the other members of the Royal Family of France, a resident of Cheltenham—occupying the present Cambray Pavilion. At that time his Royal Highness entered familiarly into the society of the place, visiting and being visited by many of our then residents, who were uniformly received by him with marked courtesy, when, as the invited guests of Louis the Eighteenth, they appeared at the weekly breakfasts given by the exiled Monarch to those whom he honoured with his friendship or acquaintance. The Duke of Orleans also patronised most of the public amuse ments of the day, and was, with his uncle, the Count d'Artois, a frequent attendant at the Bazaar sales, when these took place at the old Assembly Rooms—the premises now occupied as Messrs. Hum phris's ironmongery stores in the High-street. but thirty years ag o one of the fashionable l ounges of Cheltenham. We we ll remember being there one day when their Royal Highnesses were present, and attracted consider able notice : the peculiarity of their costume--the little cocked-hat and long queue generally arresting the im mediate attention of strangers. On this occasion a pair of plated telescope candlesticks were put up for sale— the fluent auctioneer expatiating, according to custom, upon their excellent quality and manufacture. There were several bidders—the Count d'Artois was one ; and the Duke outbidding his opponents, the lot was knock?d down to him for 10s. ! Handing over payment for them in the silver tokens of those days, his Royal Highness received his purchase from the porter, and putting a can dlestick in each pocket, walked leisurely away, appa rently well pleased with his bargain.—Cheltenham Looker-on. DARING ESCAPE OF A SOLDIER.—A: private of the Royal Sappers and Miners, named Thomas Field, has just been tried by a general court-martial at Bermuda, and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years for the following offence :—He was in the prison of St. George, Bermuda, under the sentence of a court-martial for being drunk and riotous. In the company of two privates of the 20th Regiment of Foot, he broke out of gaol, and seizing a boat, the confederates made their way to sea with the intention, no doubt, of escaping to the coast of America. The loss of their rudder, how ever, compelled them to put into St. David's Island, where they were recaptured, and having been again tried by a court-martial, are now awaiting their punishment without a chance of a second escape. REMARKABLY QUICK VOYAGE.—That splendid and fast-sailing barque, Lord Mulgrave, Captain Lickiss, sailed from this port on the 25th of July, for Miramichi, with a general cargo, and arrived back in the Humber on Sunday last, with a cargo of timber and deals, thus accomplishing the long voyage in and out in the almost incredible space of two months and twelve days. We believe that this is the quickest sailing voyage of the same distance ever made from this port.—Hall Packet. The following letter has appeared 'in the York Courant:—" Letter from Mr. Handley to the Secretary to the London and York Railway Coinpany.—Culver thorpe, Oct. 5, 184.4.--Sir,—l have observed that, in some recent advertisements, you have re-printed the list of the original Provisional Committee for promoting Mr. Walker's line of railway from London to York, in which my name appears. From the year 1836 to the present, I have most anxiously desired to see Mr. Walker's line through Lincolnshire carried out. It Was therefore with great regret I heard that, through the in delicate interference of a member of the committee, that gentleman was compelled to resign his appointment as your engineer ; but being still more anxious for the completion of one of the proposed lines through Lin colnshire, I acquiesced with my neighbours in confiding the selection to Mr. Locke. That gentleman made his final report, doubtless with his acknowledged ability ; most certainly with impartiality, for he was singularly successful in giving equal dissatisfaction to the three principal towns Stamford, Newark, and , Lincoln. However, his reputation filled your share-lists, and raised your shares to a premium in the market. From some unexplained cause, Mr. Locke,- like Mr. Walker, found it impracticable to act with your com mittee ; and at the eleventh hour Sou again abandon your engineer, your line, and (I must add) your good faith to the County of Lincoln, by removing your rail way westward, to Newark and Tuxford. Ceasing to re cognise in your line of to-day (what it may be next week, no man can foretel) a railway through Lincolnshire, and feeling a conviction that, under such mismanagement as that to which I have referred, no project can succeed, I am compelled to look once again to the union of Cam bridge and Lincoln as the most practicable, economie b a e l, and least competing line, and the one to which I lieve Parliament and the public will ultimately support. I therefore request you to honour om to be, be, your t my give nameth their any future publication.--I have the to this letter, as explaining the s „ h b ael d l i tg , nitvehlto , cma b l Ipeubselireviat;4 _llENar lIANDLET.—P.S. I M tt Esq.. Secretary, FIiONI SWALLOWING A SPONGE. DEATH or A r a i hwta, Railway. veterinary surgeon grounds of my change of views.—J. owa sq., was called in to attend o l f a La P s i e lll36 in a— S t e A c w re hr t ei a wt reyhd,uaLr3c, days ago, ad Monmouthshire, o n_ a : r . York ca t a patonh)a,dbs(y•loninpgtinntng a to e A f fr h . ei V ng ena e b h l o e k s ed o , f a t n h d e theth air passages. The animal only lived eight hours. On examining the pony after death, a sponge 6} inchee long, was found in his windpipe. The sponge had been picked up from out of the stable window and swa ll owed, e regret bdtoyiffilicealudinizisnt connec tion t n o t o i n i t h e l r , e A b r ); i c E a a u s n i g A T s u ß tf t o vr c a . i o l n ‘ . r is s w e 'o g r u t e h n y ee m o a r n e is ng in a v g o e l m ve e d nt i s n e p o e n c t u r n ae ia ted ry ftorur,t N tr i hd t h a pt the rtoh me T pf rt e li ye m n p tdo e s r t a oh n fe c ea temperances r s s f o ta r n m c a e t i o o r n goen i n n ee rw l a r hl e l oy l a hw n a d i 31.1 comemade so many sacrifices in that good cause, and as shown him• self in every action of his life a thoroughly disinterested and devoted philanthropist. —Ipswich Express of this day. A " MONSTER" CABBAGE.—This week another cabbage, of extraordinary dimensions, has been exhibited at the shop of Mr. Ridgway, hair-dresser, of Lowgate, the superintendent of the liessle-road allotments, assigned to operatives by Henry Broadley, Esq., M.P. This re getable curiosity, the Daniel Lambert of the vegetable world, was produced on the allotment of James Wineup, the grower of the one recently alluded to in our columns; it weighs four stones ; its circumference is two yards and eleven inches ; and one of the leaves measures two yards and nine inches round. It was grown from seed procured by Mr. Ridgway, from Stockholm, and had been indulged with guano mixed with refuse of hops.—Hull Packet. o .