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

• A lbeit Prince nice time ,-,•-- o ut in a poi aill auy a °rtiv loud n, i n acolone Alf d ' Priace, f o r ere a l l o re ys! on the "" th. adjoining LO NDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL WAY COMPANY. paispecial general meeting of the Proprietors of this Com ilttv was held yes' erday at the London Bridge terminus, le purpose of considering and determining upon th e ex ,oluPany 1111, 37 of amalgamating the London and Croydon Railway with this Company, and of adopting such rnea ,.4e3 in reference thereto as the meeting sho u ld d eem ad i,;3:l/!e ; and also for the purpos e of au th or i s i ng t h e Di rectors ti, 4 ` B ° on mortgage or bond such sum or sums of money as °J are empowered to borrow under and by virt of _ Brighton and Chichester, and Brighton, Lewes, ue and I F" t ings Railway Acts in respect of the consolidated eighth °area of the Company, authorised to be issued a t a s p ec i a l " 41 meeting, held on the 9th day of Aug us t i n 1844. 4..1% Rawl Hill, Chairman of th e B oar d o f Di rec t ors, was the chair, and in opening the business of the meeting, he !Siwelt upon the importance and expediency of an ;natation,amal- In the early part of the present year tattempt was made to bring about an amal atioa between the two Companies, but the th Y d en Company were too exorbitant in their demands, and ;negotiation fell through. Latterly, these negotiations :l eo a e been renewed, and they had resulled in the two Boards ug to a resolution, whereby each undertook to recom oxe.nd to its Proprietors the necessity and expediency, under 4ti.sting circumstances, of an immediate amalgamation. The '3, it was thought, had better be left to the respective a rds, and therefore the Directors had determined simply Put the question of amalgamation to the meeting. If, de°,w_ever, any Shareholder desired any information upon the kits, he should be happy to answer any questions that' k r ," be Put upon them ; but, in the meantime he begged to 11 ,'e the first resolution which adopted the amalgamation Zurl the general terms of the Brighton shares at CO!. Zod Croydon at 181. 10s., and authorise the Directors to settle ertan2e the other details. 'e -r• LEVY remarked that the Croydon Company had issued of'Stt t hey called an At mosp h er i c K ent l i ne; and in the ev'Z.int had not being abl e t o o bt a i n t h e Bill next sess i or,, they 0;;.' f.naranteed to return the whole of the money, ri t ious 10s. thi s a ?ere. Now he wished to know whether t;ney adopted ,li e a bility if they agree d to t h e amalgamation? th ee CIIAIR3fA N replied that they did, but begged to . remind Proprietor that he had mistsfEen the terms of the 7iTtantee. It was not to return tie money, but that the Tnses should not exceed 10s, per share. to „tr L alu)ssun protester!. that they ought not to .agree .1,,,Qe a gamation with tut having the details before them. The re LEWIN differed with the Honourable Proprietor. th el ,' was no neces4'!,v for their looking to past results, but I,44'znight rather see . what would be the prospective ad ttZges of tilt'. amalgamation. Believing this to be the th e l ' r h in filAn :shich ought to guide them, he wished to ask wh at w"el'ir,an one or two questions.' It had been stated lut e id be the e ff ec t o f t h e amalgamat i on upon the Kent t tk er l ' .ud he sho u ld b e g l a d to know what its effect would be 4.,s he Portsmouth Ateiosphenc, the contemplated line il b orking an d S horeham, and the Kent lines generally. 1 4 , 4 7,! CHAIRM AN replied that, with reference to th e Ports tseet,.' At mospheric line, lie need hardly remind th e th a lg that it was a distinct Company, and consequently thee P ilei gumation did not involve an amalgamation with th e ertsmouth Atmospheric Company. With reference to bet* c ' r king, he might state, that there was no connexion Bri ghton ! e u the gentlemen who promoted that line and the h it the' Croydon. Those gentlemen would have to lessi e - h -e 'r chance of coming before Parliament in the next ,1%." 1 nd to rely upon their own resources to overcome theidulculties which beset them, for he could state that kaltr2 r a not at all bound to help them over those dif , i r e ' wo Fl yd e l° ,.`'Et. Gcamssup asked whether the divid en d o f t h e l etti en - , ,, oaapany was likely to increase under the amalga „kr p, ~'ee / tel , i 'Tnlt CLARKE the manager of the line, replied that uerahi,:"A'nnation would have the effect of causing a consi -44 f„,,' teduction in the expenditure of the two companies ; tlisiCt°,, a calculation he had made he could state that the fli t ; ll `. l of the Croydon Company, for the twelve months gear June June last, would be 6/. per cent. on 18/. 103. c epta 4 . ear, and a pplause). itned riIAM warmly supported the amalgamation, and to the meeting that they lost their West-end Preiseet through the opposition of the Croydon. Mea l . - 4 / Mei ti on would cease with the amalgamation.- 4 ft:r ,g i enst; ‘ , 4° '.ee further discussion, the resolution for the amal `'Bolati,i'' was unanimously adopted, as was also the other ..34 Mentioned in t advertisement. 74 C 3 ' l7 E—Before themeeting broke up wished to know i!r . , m ad been the result of the new system which had lately -th e 'eed of reducing the fairs. Aki/../6/141RtAx said it had proved most successful. tisaelter sx. PROPRIETOR asked when the Brighton and Chi *l‘el3.t ajld the Bri g ht on , L ewes , and Hastings lines were The "_ne completed. 1 4 7.? ce rta lAlß3tast replied texp e hat it was impossible to s with I. ° t read IntS• Theycted, however, that the first would Afo r set by °Pening by the end of the present year, and the ThotiTz next spri r , g. 114 m s Were eetirg then voted to the Chairman and the Directors, terminate d. ward And R i n g the 0, her depart° rty this every tbl moon at ens. , ke d ,t he vni l s ;arnieliff e, 1 S tanle l et ar .quer, A t hi ;o ln, so' Poll agril edit ers 3 edw • iber, at or the Pul , At ) aterview ig from N CS [0 aget i 6l l (28 0 'a l e bets ,M Make. l4 ;0 :her Pr* ,ecounte• rEsDAY• „,40 , r e d ; the " - Di mtered to4ro r 604 1' 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 OSI 1 3 0 di O 0 ' l O 2 0 O 00 41 O 0 • 2 " O 0 fil o ) O le .Jun.) 1 1 ........ v o ........ 1 ........ 4 , t y ........ - ... ..... 0 1 . yrs.- e$ 0 , L dded. 1 0 0 0 O 0 A It l O 1 Af ' 2 4 3 od r 0 oal dr O dr 0 dr I Dso" - , was p op 0 yrs, best' Ur. DWI" ,CSDAT. ith 20 round. 1 ~..•~• 3 .... 1 ....... ....... ....... o ..... ...... Lo, gE DE ,N --LWAY INTELLIGENCE. DRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND CANAL D. COMPANY, t rapao ' r ectors of the Dendre Valley Railway and Canal 11: 11 ; nik,r l , o have recently visited the locality of this fit t - `,„ eivi -441 thlg, in company with Mr. George Rennie, t ry r' e ,. have just given the Shareholders a most satis- Art Upon the prospects of the enterprise. Alti Some extracts from this report 4 0 Pg : h. the Cahier des Charges, in Art. 3, allows a meat ,sB,ocnsmonths t . o the Company for . depositing the of and sections of the railway with the depart . - , ,havoitc works, after those of the Government engi .lk,, nave been communicated to them, yet the Direc anziou loCrdi ar ,. B to meet the views of the Government in ite occupation to hundreds of labourers through the r, h ave ocep 4A. , caused the plans of their own engineers to be to 'htt, with simultaneously with those of the Govern ttlillete"' in the course of a few weeks the whole will be e atttrotZtuation of the basins and wharfof the canal has been be t a! upon, and the necessary notices on the land -IAN s e - ,,; the line are at the present time in the course of • h to nt aud it is confidently expected that next month °lts % s r ,ctor will be in a position to commence his opera t,,,,toio,‘„49 canal. Ottio u "l s rf.ictors have also to announce to- von that the con- Itlaiv lite e l, a railway from Tournay to Jurgise is conceded to ek ki eY at " 3 "l a Pany, and as this line will join that of the Dendre 1; 14 ecl 1,,,„-‘th, the direct communication will thereby be 11 4 N th France by the Great Northern Railway of that i!sithz,,ud with the South and West of Belgium by the eo„,be7Y Conceded by the Belgian Government. ,VlsibZerit visit to this part of Belgium of the Directors, til b _ l4 ,t l t the proposed Junction with the Mons and Sll s, t• tl at at Jernmapes. and proceeding along the exact Saultii4""gll Ath, Lessines, Grammont, Ninove, to Alost, 40 11 1i 4 2f considerable importance and large population,. 444 connected throughout the entire line by villages s, c ontaining inhabitants of the most industrious -4 4' 11 g thi 11 1)),_• Inspection, they closely investigated the fkra tg; am Which the estimated traffic must flow into the °llsatt.."ertakings, and they can with the greatest satin tit ti ' s ltia r .i r lll , after viewing the immense collieries of Mons, 4,ijis Ath and Lessines, the perfect cultivation ' l 4lO l o ' ll rd fertile valley of the Dendre, the active, sP kb . kili t ills a its of its dense population, and its offe i _ lna uufactories, as well as the great ;I t ' . 014 ,7 d by the face of the country for the execution k's r ' B, that the prospect of returns that will result th: 1 1el l toallirietors of the Dendre Valley Railway and Canal °litdpei nap e !lo other similar undertakings in Belgium, or `•iiistaleez'n England, can surpass, and which fully bears ' 4 4 4' l °l p ro j e eds, the favourable report of the eineer. . 4 14 5 best . _ ine of East Flanders is, in fact, the most . fertile ,!4f.„,,Kalltivated of the whole territory of Belgium. klo., • "P•istical returns of population attribute to the pro alitwor ILik e 're ; to T a population of 1,311 souls s p . er to sla e r s e t 2,0 Liege, 1,460; to Hainault, 181 E ast , to Brabant, including Brussels, 2,03 , 4 ; while ab ov :. ,lders ive as man as 2,633 ouls. tii„ t ian tis in the transport of coal s and and ponderous ue Directors of the Company formed, and with 4 4 4 Ztioi: 11, their expectations of profit. The means o f t4l lO O, ap a l l d tile wants to b e su ppli e d a t t h e p l aces of con- % laliaitlauch that lit era ll y t h e D endre Canal, intended Ilsa tt sial itait r" , the Low er S c h e ld t coals, stone, and lime, of ", Will find to make use of an English word, a t --`44loaculable traffic, The navigation of the Upper t k . l 40' 4 a d e4l ,Ployed in 1844 more than 7,000 boats, and Nitiltp,„°'ve 2,,,,0nde Canal afforded above 8,000, represent ten •vv.' uu,oo o tons • and a reduction in the price of 11.31; °Lk ' ke am procure to the coal basin of r Mons the sup 4v, of , aid). is now procured from Newcastle. k t /1y° 444 , h p ro 'en held up to ridicule the " fanfaronnades" sk„,.ol.,Bllectuses which speak of Belguim, as it would b;1 1 ; 104 `-siltsable to speak of China, but we must make 1' 4 44 tedre, t i l ' u the conscientious report of the Directors of h;oterpri...,e hopes they hold out to the shareholders in W it ' i p ka j il are to our eyes certainties, and there is not °Ve thee one single word which is not rather below tr uth. ---L e Politique Nov. 3, 1845. her vj „ li ra eh EL Ramw —We understand that the si W e so .Y. ii iil t het lto w t p h ro e T fit h ia.ni nl e : time since mentioned as having been Tunnel Company for the purchase of reje cte , Project, by paying about 10s. on the outlay, I L Y an oui r' °a ' the plea that a higher offer had been it 4 '4,;, t irif tde . _e_t party. Whether this higher offer was 1.1 1 caii not ,_r not, or merely conjured up to increase the t tc :Y h fo r 'en; but if the latter, it certainly failed in air_,e gentlemen to whom we alluded felt that 14 0 ‘3', an d offered more than the fair value of the Lkua4., /trear',accordingly they retired from the field.— .tab rar C orr„_ s hed's CUMBERLAND JUNCTION.—A protest has V, othq,,ers teethe local papers, signed by upwards of sixty Itit'DilacesueunPrhes of Dacre, Newbiggin, Bleucowe, '1 '1444 4°11 their e projected line, setting forth that they kt i c th rough t o i l l tsFnt, and, are entirely opposed to the en- respective lands and properties. Ztko ItteltkrllBlohlitierineded to commence at the station of Lancaster 4,oth 80 th at Penrith, and proceed to Keswick and a 4tl tlNy' o 7 l l , l .ere it will form a junction with the Cocker ri line, which terminates in,the White 'l4ll4..o(lllllahrAinogt°rt. lit'too:lltyh ri En. mENY.—It is said that no scrip of " in the House," until the broker ,te tte t e ,ertified that the deposit has been fully t s , e a rs, to enable the prompters to go to ,:taa next session for their Bill. No formal Ri t '" l l4 l - 80 r,,Z, Yet come to by the Committee; but the It k o g to --.onahle and we Nu . nip auies c _ proper a course to prevent N1t i , 1 44 „ arr . 3 mg on their nefarious tricks, that kit it; ttl ec re ' e nt Prroa is adopted and acted on the better; tei rtct are a, visional committees keeping back shares 44 0, 4 ri;k a,Preni tlim _ at least, without having first fo r th„n_or Paying deposits on such shares as they 11 1 ,4evopmng trOso; ?„,Tves---The Shareholder . til'e'r• --Mr. Hudson, determined,; apparently, _goods traffic of the Eastern Counties,' tolifi-L. orders for the immediate supply of 200 goods Stkkltt tt-'"ttitT arena market was looking very dull yes :,•ll4t,ll:l° 4,114144er; 1:1, owirpected to mend. This depression it. t.lk t oe.e , i t ! callay , g t.( l , l r i a a great adn.legaraenettosothmeefsaailyurloof,o3ol4. 1 ,1 4 hc, ABht:o4ll.ore‘:er, that h g tt le i Cl".Will and g o , th at who he will pay d 2os. in the pound. last week for 40,000/, matters right. titt, t4l l: 4 a highly ntl Y make Aregrte.respectable firm, anci g th t eir fai?? wre ojeaurrne In thietirishosoakide ittowtmhe o t w an in e g of to i7 a , u o fi o e ra in "kW u l• N., t % 1 ). b et\ zerre states, that in consequence of the 'lle 'Lre Ca itud se "een the Manchester and Leeds Company I t.. e o.- " the the aanshester Company withdraw bliqhnetiZiert with k% • The Y hay Leads and York and East pth i l4l !ar red e handsomely offered to defray .3' the promoters of these projects; ' 4l) We hear, 1 ; 19 4 PAWL It thoght by Father 19' ner. dreds top. rd. .4 Foreni••- met note: Blicho .ET S. Lai CA' ad, .."," LiOn, 'O/ ID dir g 3 1j , ion, k",,eld, irePkol -Livel ester, . 0 01 o June -Liverr.o, rming bi "‘i on don Birnn and G , t i, was:, I3in ll ' ta e f f°l 4 , c — nd gr vaieo-4' pith' 5 8. ern L i n cozi as tern away itEr y i3 o vro roli ii ; LiTerPcf,„ uj tar (M , cr a A W• a • 131 r t , 3urY F , nft ' Ora Cho r o , ind , ttingb —Pro tlY cl 'field tifi T er, 37 anj 13 "; ft j eeds 4 . ad New, -4 1- Lif er orlfr id o ct aster 11 , 10 ; - evi cas• lock , All • , on tiout„,' nds, 37 ro-• tor g , a ,i_ brat - bin All 110' ilbf t;t, Bid)" rotif b i 3ftrus moo' Botol 51 Bast°°' buni ie4 ' 16 I A 1, a _GOP beffi eld 454 1 0 % bv , a ,010. nd rd. 7% 17jr•c Cxete r► ° Fig h t * mere" q l e , 31. ss. —Great North of Sc o tl an d, 41 . 7 s .—l nverness ta d Elgin, 21. 2s. 6d.—London. and York, 51.—North 1t i , 23/. 15 s.—llitto, Halves, 61.—Perth and Inverness, 2/. 128 ' 61 Scottish Central, 181.—Scottish Midland, 4/. 10s. "-Scottish Western, 2/. 12s.—Stirling and Dunfermline, al. Bs. ..... ~ mile. a. tone. ' **" ,47, 0 , y - - • , • • ;••••_:'• THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1845. many that these parties would do well to reconsider what they have rejected, as their prospects of success cannot be very bright." __ _ Sunoistrirte Umox.—The London and Birmingham and the Grand Junction have united in taking the above under taking under their wings; or rather, perhaps, that the Shropshire Union has succeeded in making arrangements with these Companies. THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF RAILWAY DIRECTORS.—The 30th of November rapidly approaches, by which time the mist, which has for a considerable period hung over jnany projects, will be dispelled ; when the chaff will be sepatated from the wheat, and the really sound undertakings distin guished from those having little more than an existence upon paper. From the present demand for railway 'leers, and the increased remuneration expected by ;: ii e tn , the cost of preparing the necessary plans, books of refe rence, &c., cannot be estimated at a les s cos t t:dan 2001, per mile, so that on or before the 30th November tke actual ex penses incurred upon a line to cost 10,0001. per mile, would exceed, on a capital of 5/. per cent., 40 per cent. of the de posits. It would, therefore, be very des . ,rable that the Direc tors of railways would seriously cons:Ader before they deter mine to incur expenses where littl ;chance exists of th e ne cessary Parliamentary preliminar ies being completed. TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY .—COMHENCESIENT OF THE WORKS.—The works of the Trent Valley Railway will be commenced on Tuesday, 11, at Tamworth, with the usual ceremonies. The first sod will be turned on this occa sion by the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P. The Directors and Shareholders of the line may well feel proud that the Prime Minister of the empire confirms the earnest ness of his parliamentary support of this line by officiating at the auspicious commencement of the works.—Railway Record. cADVEPA M ISEE T. N LYME REGIS AND TAUNTON T j RAILWAY AND HARBOUR IMP 110VEMENT COMPANY. We have looked, fr'Jm the first, with a favourable eye upon this undertaking, snout which there is an unassuming sound ness that is F",riking. The Direction is entirely formed of wealthy a'".Ad influential parties locally interested, who are about 'greatly to improve the harbour. of Lyme Regis, already th-, best and most accessible in the western bay. We are in formed, upon unquestionable authority, that her Majesty's Lords of the Admiralty are so favourable to the project as to have written to the Committee to that effect, at the same time requesting an inspection of their plans, which will, of course, be immediately acceded to, as the plans, surveys, &c., are all in a sufficiently forward state for the next session of Parlia ment, and will be duly lodged before the 30th of Nov. The Committee have, however, come to the novel,wise, and honest determination of only taking the small deposit of 2s. per share at present, so that should they not, by any untoward circumstance, be able to go to Parliament in the ensuing ses sion, the remainder of the deposit, viz., 2/. per share, will not be required for twelve calendar months. This judgment and forethought reflects the greatest credit upon the solicitors and managers of the Company. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION THE ,POTATO DISEASE. Dr. Ryan yesterday gave a lecture at the above institu , tion on the potato disease. As this subject has become a matter of great consequerce to the whole kingdom, we deem a notice of a portion of the lecture would be acceptable to our readers. The potato ov;es its nutritious properties to the starch which it contr:ms. 100 parts of a fresh potato, denuded of its skin, are co.Aposed of—water, from 68 to 72 ; mea l, 32 t o 28. The me 8 to ":.,. consists of—starch, from 15 to 17 • fibrous matter, 9 ; mucilage, 5 to 6. . T o ex t rac t the' whole of the st'Arch from 15 to 17 per cent. may be obtained. The idea of employing starch as an article of food may I appear to many exceedingly strange; but the difficulty will perhaps disappear when they learn that arrowroot, tapioca, &c., are merely varieties of starch ; wheat flour, rye, barley, rice, &c., also contain large quan titi es o f t h at su b s t ance . The process of obtaining starch from these substances is comparatively easy and rapid. Formerly all the starch of commerce was obtained from wheat flour or meal. That sub stance contains a considerable amount of gluten, and to sepa rate that entirely from the starch occupied a considerable period of time—upwards of ten days. First of all, the wheat and meal had to be kept in cold water until fermenta tion set in. This fermentation was allowed to go on to the acetous stage, in order that the acetic acid formed might dis solve the gluten and allow the starch to separate. The starch was then removed, and washed repeatedly, and passed through sieves of various degrees of fineness, and this pro cess was continued until sufficient purity was obtained. In obtaining starch from other substances, such as the potato or the sago plant, the gluten offers no annoyance, as simple maceration is sufficient. The skin is first removed, and the potato grated into a pulpy mass; it is then stirred up in cold water, when everything will dissolve, but the fibrous matter, the mucilage, will disappear upon washing , and the fibre is removed by passin g th roug h s i eves. Th starch is deposited at the bottom of the water, is then dried on stones or in an oven, and is then fit for use. When it is intended for immediate use it is not necessary to dry it, but the addition of boiling water affords a highly nutritious and palatable food. During the process of wash ing the diseased portions are removed. The Learned Doctor feared that it would be difficult to convince the poor of the facility with which the process might be done. The Doctor also stated, although the potato disease was ascribed to a variety of causes, that which he considered the most probable was cold and damp, which was quite sufficient to produce the results discovered in the tuber. This disease somewhat resembles that which attacks other plants from long-con tinued rains. It is well to know that vegetable matter, in a state of decomposition, is highly prejudicial to health, and produces serious epidemics. The view taken of the potato disease by Dr. Ryan seems to coincide with that of the Government Commissioners in Ire land, who seem to attribute the disease to a sluggish circula tion in the plant. IRELAND. THE POTATO CROP. —THE ADJOURNED MEETING. DEBLDT, Nov. 4 . —There was a very full attendance to day at the adjourned meeting. At half-past two o'clock the chair was taken, on the motion of " the Liberator," by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. His LORDSHIP read the resolutions of the Committee, sub mitted to the Lord Lieutenant on the preceding day, together with his Excellency's answer. The answer was received with partial hisses. Mr. HAUGIITON expressed his regret that any resolution should be agreed to to stop the exportation of food. They ought not to place any restriction on commercial pursuits ; other steps could be taken to prevent famine. His plan was to call on the Government to place at their disposal money to purchase food in the markets of Europe, guaranteeing the repayment by a tax on the country. He thought the plan of raising money on the Woods and Forests revenue a bad one, as no country or people ought to go in debt. Mr. S. GonDoN thought it a bad move to go to the Lord Lieutenant as he had no power, still he thought they would derive good from the meetings, for they might agree to a call on the Government to repeal the law on the importation of food. Mr. Gordon submitted a resolution embodying the purport of his speech. Mr. Baru seconded the resolution. Mr. J. A. O'NEILL stated that Mr. Haughton's suggestion was that we should purchase in the European markets, but where were the markets open to them to purchase food. The ports of Europe were closed against them. Mr. O'Neill discussed at considerable length the course adopted by the Lord Lieutenant. The Lord Lieutenant should not have contented himself with police reports The - Lords Lieute nants of counties ought to call meetings of their districts or the Deputy lieutenants in their baronies and parishes, to see what could be done. It wasn't enough for them to go about with a potato in their pockets, but be ready to put their hands there when the time came. Mr. O'Neill again ad verted to Mr. Haughton's proposition. He recommended the use of ardent appeals to Almighty God to deal with us in this judgment with clemency. Mr. CLASSON next came forward, and moved as an amend ment on the proposition of Mr. Gordon, the appointment of a Committee, which was seconded by Mr. J. A. O'Neill Mr. HauGirrox asked why they should seek to give the former resolution the go-by ? Mr. O'CONNELL said they were indisposed to introduce a political question into the meeting. He was as sincere a free trader as anybody could be, but he was not for free-trade to the exclusion of the consideration of a question of probable famine to the country. Mr. J. A. O'NEILL said the passing of Mr. Gordon's reso lution would keep from their Committee most respectable and influential People of the country. Mr. DIXON said the disease, he was sorry to say, was pro gressing. The Lord Lieutenant did net say funds would be forthcoming if what he called a necessity should arise. He was in reality one of Mr. O'Connell's best Repealers. The LIBERATOR then came forward, and said his purpose was to support a practical plan for the purpose of carrying out the measures of the Committee, for the purpose of avoiding famine and pestilence. He appealed to Mr. Haugh ton whether the object of the Anti-corn-law League was not to get into the country all the corn they could, without ever thinking of sending it out of the country. Ireland was pe- culiarly circumstanced—her produce went into England, and the price never came back. That was what he supposed was called a union, The Hon. and Learned Gentleman defended the plan of raising money on the Woods and Forests. He then adverted to the interview with the Lord Lieutenant. They were badly treated. The Lord Lieutenant was very uncivil to take the Lord Mayor out of his baili wick. He didn't care if they got anything, but to be put into one cold room and bowed out of another, but he gave them no promise, and he asked no in formation. He (the Liberator) then commented on the Lord Lieutenant's answer, paragraph by paragraph, keeping the assemblage in a continued roar of laughter at the ludicrous light in which Ile placed it before the public. The assertion that there WAS " no pressure in the market" was untrue ;- it was gross and lamentable ignorance on the part of the Lord Lieutenant. The Liberator then proceeded to develope his remedies for the condition of the country. He would pro pose in the next Committee—a Committee of twenty—a tax on absentee property. Every man who went on that Com mittee should show his intention of working by paying his five guineas. They would lose the assistance of one-third of the gentlemen who would support them if they were pledged to abolish the corn-law. He suggested to Mr. Gordon to withdraw his resolution, that their labours should be united to charity alone, in harmony and in union. After some consideration, and an attempt to persevere, which the meeting would not sanction, Mr. Gordon, at the suggestion of his seconder, withdrew the resolution, and the amendment—the appointment of a Committee—was carried nem. eon. The Committee was then named. It is as follows:- - The Lord Mayor, Duke of Leinster, Lord Cloncurry, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Grattan, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. Classon, Mr. Mahony, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Bermingham, Mr. T. Gresham, Mr. Perry, Dr. Gray, Mr. O'Donoughoe, Rev. Dr. Yore, the O'Connor Don, :Sir J. Power, C. Fitzsimon, C. 11PLoughlin, J. Dunn, Alderman Keshea, Alderman G ar di ner , Si r J. Murray, Dr. Kane, Alderman M'Kenna, Alderman O'Brien, M. T. Whelan, M. J. O'Connell, Mr. Tennyson. The Committee is to assemble each day at two o'clock, at the Mansion-house. Mr. FITZSLMON spoke of the course adopted 'in Belgium. They had stored provisions of all kinds in that country in granaries. But the Belgians had adopted one plan in the stubble lands they had already ploughed, and sowed with oats, barley, rye, and here, and that in the hard season, the time between the two crops. They would have food, if the farmers adopt the wise example of the Belgians. The Bel gians have also planted already hundreds of acres of potatoes, which, though the frost is very severe there, they protect by scattering straw over them in winter, and this crop also they will have early next year. Mr. BERMINGHAM said the landlord who did not tell his tenantry to keep his oats in his haggard, could not die easy on his bed. Lord Clonbrock had told him he desired his tenantry not to touch their oats, and the landlord who did otherwise would incur a curse which all the prayers of his household could not stay. Mr. O'Neill was then called to the chair, thanks were voted to the Lord Mayor, and the meeting separated. COLLIERY EXPLOSION. NINE LIVES LOST AND TEN OTHERS DREAD• FULLY BURNT. (ntom A CORRESPONDENT.) WARRINGTON, Nov. s.—This morning at five o'clock,' the No. 3 coal-pit, belonging to iNleisrs. Turner and Evans, at Haydock, near Newton, Lancashire, caught fire, (by some means at present not known,) and a most tremendous ex plosion took place, which uplifted and carried to a consider able distance the planks fastened at the mouth of the pit. These collieries are at work both', night and day; the night men had just returned from the pit,. and the day-men in the act of descending, nineteen of whom had gone down when the explosion occurred; had it happened a few minutes later about twenty more would have shared the same fate as their unfortunate companions. Some were actually hanging by the rope when it took place. As soon, as safety would permit their fellow-men went down to explore the full extent of the mischief, and nine dead bodies were found, amongst whom was that of a boy, who was so dreadfully mutilated that thex. were under the necessity of puttinC.binilrt a sack in order to get him up. Ten men were :got up alive, but all so seri ously burnt, that not the least hopes are entertained of their recovery, except one, who seems to have been more fortunate than the rest. These most unfortunate men are nearly all. married, and have left most of them large families to lament, and it is to be feared grievously suffer this their sudden, unt expected, and to them irretrievable loss. The inquest will take place at Haydock to-morrow. Since writing the above, I have been informed of an acci dent by gunpowder, to a boy in this town, who, having some in his hand it ignited, and he is so seriously burnt that his life is despaired of. 1 THE OVERLAND ROUTE to INDIA v* TRIESTE. TO TIIF EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Briefly I beg to return my thanks for the conspicuou s manner you have been ple ase d to put my name before the public in connexion with the Trieste route. I beg to solicit you will allow your paper to give the public the following particulars of my journey : In the first place, the Semiramis steamer was 19 instead of 17 days between Bombay and Suez, thus a loss of two days to my express. Again, we were six days and a half between Alexandria and Trieste, in consequence of head winds and heavy seas the whole way (the common passage is five days), hence again a loss of one day and a half; thus three days and a half have been lost in this express upon the sea passage, by which the express should have reached London in 26 days, instead of 29i days. It is generally supposed that I arrived at Trieste in the Austrian steamer; such is not the fact. I steamed to the extreme finish of the Adriatic, viz., Dwino, which is 12 miles nearer London than Trieste, and a steamer can reach within 20 yards of that place. I may now mention, Sir, an extraordinary instance of Austrian alacrity and attention. His Excellency the Governor of Trieste, Count Stadion, Chevalier de Bruck, the head of the Austrian Lloyd's Company, and all the elite of the merchants, &c., of Trieste, were waiting for me at Dwino, though at the hour of half-past twelve at night, and one of the darkest I ever experienced; we were guided only to Dwino by the rockets sent up by them. My passport was given by order of the Emperor of Austria, and countersigned at Vienna by the representatives of Belgium, Prussia, Baden and Bavaria, countries th roug h w hi c h I passed; indeed, I was not asked a question throughout the journey. I shall shortly be in a position to offer to her Majesty's Government and East India Company a series of trials again by this route for three or six months certain, as they may think proper, in order to take away those doubts which may yet remain about the Trieste route. My opinion is, that the three or six trials, when determined upon, will avera6e twenty-five days between Bombay and London; and again I have to mention, that when the present steam ships for the Bombay line, now in course of completion in the Thames and Clyde, are placed between Suez and Bombay, the route vid Trieste will then be brought down to five days less; and, ere two years, I feel convinced that dispatches will be in London on the 21st day from Bombay. Again thanking you for the notice you have already taken of my sincere endeavours to shorten the space between India and hngland, and assuring you of my unalterable devotion thereto, I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, THOMAS WAGHORN, Lieutenant, R.N. 34,, Cornbill, Nov. 4. LITERATURE. THE O'DOIVOGHUE ; a Tale of Ireland of Fifty Years Ago. This number brings the very striking story of O'Do noghue to a close. Like most of these periodically-pub lished romances of real life, the catastrophe seems too precipitately brought about; and the charm of probabi lity, therefore, expires at precisely that period of the narrative when its presence is most necessary to vivify and give effect to the closing tahleaux of its action. But with this and other defects there can be no doubt this " O'Donogliue" is still destined to be one of the standard novels of its class. There is just enough admixture of political excitement to enhance, without overlaying, its purely dramatic character. Mark O'Donoghue, after a hair-breadth escape fiom the plot contrived by the exe crable villain Hemsworth to secure his capture, and to subject him to the ignominious fate that would in evitably follow on his being taken, inflicts a signal chastisement on Hemsworth by throwing him out of the window—and after being challenged and pursued by some English dragoons, effects his passage, and is again on the eve of being made prisoner, when his generous rival, Captain Travers, rescues him, makes him mount his own charger, and bids him " God speed !" Mark subsequently gets himself put on board one of the French dispersed squadron near Bantry Bay. Hemsworth dies a violent and appalling death, well merited by his crimes. The spirituelle and beautiful Kate is united to Mark ; and the wedded lovers, after a lapse of some seven or eight years, revisit in peace the desolate but romantic scenes in which the young Irish man had passed his boyhood, and he then returns to his permanent establishment in France as an officer 3n her armies. ON CHRONIC DISEASES of the SKIN; their various Causes and Cure. Dr. de Prati is already so advantageously known to the public as a medical reformer of great sagacity and success, that we were prepared to expect from this Essay on Chronic Diseases much of the careful study, extensive research, and original thinking, in which it certainly abounds. Any man who, having ability and learning abundantly sufficient to give him a comprehensive knowledge of the various systems of pathology which have obtained, both in ancient and modern times, is endowed with that quick ness of perception, and that accuracy in combining re sults, which are constantly invigorated by observation founded on extensive daily experiences, ought to be able to rise superior to the trammels of all systems when his own convictions, thus founded and thus forti fied, happen to be at variance with them. It is Dr. dc Prati's praise to fulfil this notion of what should be looked for from a clear, powerful, and unprejudiced intellect. He passes in review the theories or discoveries of eminent predecessors in that branch of medical in vestigation which he has here selected for discussion ; but while rendering justice to their labours, he preserves a tone of sustained critical discrimination, which, un biassed by all his respect for such great names as those of Malphigi and Cheyne, Willan or Bateman, Alibert or Fohman cannot repress. His painful investigation is divided into many heads, as Tinea Capitis (T. Fur furacea, T. Scatulata, T. Lupinosa, and other forms of that disgusting malady); Herpes, or Tetter; Leprosy; Ichthyosis; Acne and Varus; H. Circinnatus or Ring worm; Mentagra, &c. The "Appendix" contains some important notices of " a few of the medicines employed by the author in the treatment of chronic cutaneous dis orders." This little work supplies a very valuable con tribution towards the remedial treatment of some of the most common, and, at the same time, most cruel diseases that afflict humanity. ANEXP 0 SI 77 ON of the CHURCH of ENGLAND CATECHISM, compiled chiefly from the Bristol Ca techism, and Dr. Burrower' Summary of Christian Faith and Practice. This is an excellent little work for Sunday-schools, more especially for Sunday-school teachers, inasmuch as it will enable them clearly to explain the Church of England Catechism to their scholars. It is, in fact, a popular compendium of Anglican theology. It is, we understand, the production of a young gentleman named Hayden, who, at the time he compiled this tract, was only sixteen years of age. As the work of a youth it is an astonishing production. In these days the Established Church can ill spare the services of such young men as the author of this tract, and it would be well that her dignitaries should seek out such men, and if found in other respects fitting, should afford to them every facility and encouragement for taking on themselves the duty o the ministry. AGAZINES CON rINUED. BLACKWOOD.* " Humboldt" and " The Railways " are both able articles, discursive, it is true, and full of play and fancy, like some of the best productions of Maga, but, at the same time, abounding with information, with a generally correct knowledge of the subject, and if not :always coming to a proper conclusion, throwing forth new ideas and placing common-place matters in an interesting light. The review of Humboldt'slast production is the best instance we have seen of the loose, yet useful and fascinating writing, which distinguishes this Magazine. It is prefaced with a long introduction, and, like the in troduction to Sallust's History of the Cataline Conspi racy, might serve for any work whatever. It would do for a,book of travels, or a novel, or a history, or a treatise on railways, a volume of sermons, a tragedy, a comedy, or a farce, and if the read er were no t l e d t o form an idea of what was to follow from the heading of the article, he would imagine that it was a lecture on edu cation, delivered by some teacher newly installed into the London University, or a Birmingham College, or a Mechanics Institute, while to his surprise he would find it referred to Chimborazo, and Nundidevi, the rapids of Orinoco, the pampas and !Janos of Brazil, and the snakes, alligators, and panthers of the New World. Speaking of the Oxford student the writer says, " His head is full of Homer, and Virgil, and iEschylus ; he could tell you all the amours of Mars aad Venus, of Jupiter and Leda ; he could rival Orpheus or Pindar in the melodies of his Greek verses, and Cicero or Livy in the correctness of his Latin prose, but, as unfortunately he has to write neither about gods nor goddesses, but mere mortals, and neither in Greek verse nor Latin verse, but in good English prose, he is utterly at a loss for thought or expression." This would apply equally well to every trade, profession, or pursuit, with the exception of' perhaps one—the drudgery of an usher at Eton or Harrow ; yet it refers only to the labours of a traveller who takes a fancy for writing a book. Cambridge is treated with the same ceremony. The Cambridge man knows how to solve cubic equations, is a master of loga rithms and the differential calculus, but as the world is neither a geometric world nor an algebraic world, a world of conic sections or fluxions, but a world of plains and mountains, of lakes and rivers, of men and women, flesh and blood, he finds his knowledge of little or no avail. Specimens are then given of the travels of some celebrated scholars, among others Clarke and Heber, and all are thrown into the shade when Humboldt appears, because the system of education in Germany is different ; and an Englishman who has spent the best part of his youth in making " nonsense verses," is totally unable to com pete with the Prussian, or Bavarian, or Saxon instructed in all the elements of useful and general science. We admit the truth of the censure, and only wish that the monks of Oxford and Cambridge would make the same admission, and mend their manners. The article on rail ways furnishes deep matter for reflection, while it posses ses the same discursive character, and displays the same eccentricity. One part of it struck us as peculiarly charac teristic of the Scotsman, prudent, cautious, argumentative, and seldom forgetting either himself or his country. Allusion is made to the countless schemes for new lines, and plans are proposed for making selections which shall bring those most useful into operation. Among others, boards are recommended—one for England, another for Scotland, and another for Ireland ; but Scotland, of the three, has by far the strongest claim for preference on the part of the Prime Minister. And why ? Because the manufacture of kelp was destroyed some ten years aio by a wicked Cabinet Minister (we believe Poulett Thomson is referred to) largely connected with foreign trade ; by whom, without inquiry, and without warning, " the market was thrown open to competition from without, barilla imported, and the staple pro duct of the north of Scotland annihilated." " There is now," adds the writer, " a great opportunity of giving us a reasonable compensation, and " in the event of a restriction, we so far claim pre cedence." This, however, is only a little episode, the article altogether is written in a good spirit, and laughs to scorn those croakers who would crush the enterprising spirit of Englishmen, because one speculation out of twenty might fail. We give here a brief extract in proof, and subjoin some verses from a rhapsody by a " Provincial Committee of Contributors," too long for insertion entire : THE GRAND GENERAL JUNCTION AND INDEFINITE EXTENSION RAILWAY RHAPSODY. Though the farmer's hope may perish, While in floods the harvest lies, Speculation let us cherish, Let the Railway market rise! Honest trader, whosoever, Sick with losses, sad with cares, Quit your burden, now or never, Cut the shop and deal in shares. Spendthrift—short of drink and dinners, Half-pay-captain, younger son, Boldly throw while all are winners, Laugh henceforth at debt and dun. Come, ye saints, whose skill in cavilling, Shock'd at skittles, cards or dice, Thinks, except for Sunday travelling, Railway gaming is no vice. Hither haste, each black-leg fellow, Quit the turf or loaded bone ; Like your brother-black Othello, Ow❑ your occupation's gone. Tribes that live by depredation— Bulls" and. " Bears," and birds of prey See the coming spoliation, Scent the premiums far away. Stags!" your rapid forms revealing, Show awhile your front so bright, Then from your pursuers stealing, Vanish sudden out of sight. ‘s , • Now no more the Ragfair dealer Hints with horrid breath " Old Clo' ; Putting forth another feeler, " Any shares ?" he whispers low. Every paper's a prospectus, nostrums, news, are at an end ; - wing" don't affect us, " The Silent Friend." "Eftv Silent even, • . Morison resigns his hub Lazenby has lost his zest ; Widow Welch has ceased from ittiAling , Weary Moses is at rest. Every station, age, and gender, Deep within the torrent dip ; * We find that this magazine was punctually delivered Bs =all bat mislaid 1;7 some accidtrut iu The Sint sgEce. Even our children, young and tender, Play at games of nursery scrip. • • • 411 Countless lines, from Lewes to Lerwick, Cross like nets the country soon; Soon a railway (Atmospheric,) Speeds our progress to the moon. Traversing yon space between us, Soon the rapid trains will bring Ores from Mars and fires from Venus, Lots of lead from Saturn's Ring; Belts from Jupiter's own factory, Mercury from Maia's Son ; And when summers look refractory, Bottled sunbeams from the sun. If too soaring, too seraphic, Seems to some that heavenward tack, T'other way there's much more traffic, Though not many travel back. What a gradient through Avernus! What a curve will Hades take ! When with joy the Shades discern us, How Hell's terminus will shake! How the Pandemonium Junction, With the Central will combine, Rattling both without compunction Down the Tartarus incline! Phlegethon no more need fright us, For we've bridged its fiery way ; And the steamer on Cocytus Long ago has ceased to pay. Charon —under sequestration— Does the Stygian bark resign, Glad to find a situation As policeman to the line. Thoughts of penance need not haunt us; Who remains our sins to snub? Pluto, Minos, Rhadamanthus, All have joined the " Railway Club." DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE. " Notre Dame des Victoires" is an impressive and romantic story of a dream which has the effect of re claiming from a carber of wild dissipation and impend ing death Casimir Delatour, the last descendant of an ancient and illustrious house in Languedoc. The writer vouches for the truth of this extraordinary vision, its precedents, and its results. It is somewhat too sustained an affair, like the dream in M. Scribe's " Victorine ;" but, otherwise, it is picturesnuely conceived and elo quently told. Mr. S. F. Buckiz. , gham's " Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Brougham" is G, very needless re sumption of the argument which has been raised—and successfully—in twenty other quarters, to prove the bigoted fallacies that have been indulged in• by the noble historian of the " Lives of Men of Letters in the Reign of George the Third." Unless Mr. Buckingham innocently labours under the delusion that the clever ex-Chancellor is an histo rical or polemical authority safely to be trusted,we cannot understand how such a writer as Mr. S. F. Buckingham can have brought himself to suppose that he could evia tribute any new light, or adduce any fresh facts, to corro ! . borate the ample and really able vindication of the unfor tunate and persecuted Mary, which has lately been com pleted by Prince Lubanoff. All that was necessary to be done, in the shape of critical abstract, for the purpose of introducing the extensive work of the distinguished Russian to the great bulk of the English reading public, had been already unexceptionably peformed in the pages of the Atheneum. We are the more disposed to offer this remark, on account of the threat with ',which this paper concludes, "ro be continued." " The Countess Clemence," by the editor, is continued ; and these chapters have some good groupings and clever situa tions. The " Hornpipe" is a mortally long one ; and though its " sketch of the Scariff Mountains" is graphic and fresh, it is disfigured by local politics, and a dash of religion, moreover, that have no interest for the general reader. " A tale of Oxford Life" is a brief but very graceful poem on the untimely fate of a student—the young Vernon—who, having formed an unfortunate connexion, finally destroys himself by plunging into the Isis. Here are some exquisite pencillings of the abode, and of some lineaments of the " frail Ellinor:"— " A little on I pass'd; and stood before A latticed cottage, where a streamlet foams Through cowslipp'd grassplot ; and the jalouse o'er • Hung many a rich red rose or droop'd around the door. " Upon the casement lay a soft white hand, Which ever and anon was rais'd to pull Some odorous bud that dangled from its stand; A dazzling arm it was, right beautiful; • And o'er it were a pair of dark eyes, full And gleaming ;—the eloquent deep passion shone On that wild youthful brow. The beds of Gui Were not more delicate than the tints thereon ; Like rose-ting'd silvery shell, on tropic island thrown. " Too much of dreaminess, perhaps, there lay In the soft form and the voluptuous eyes; The tissued robe, perhaps, was over gay— Yet did I gaze, and gaze in mute surprise, Watching to catch her lips' sweet melodies. .For lips so lovely must speak soft, I trow ! To stand and mark such charms is little wise: But pencill'd lashes, but enchanting brow ! In girlhood's flush, how fair, frail Ellinor, wcrt thou!" A discovery of Vernon's intercourse with this fair one ensues. He rushes forth in all the self-abasement of con.• scious guilt:— How calm, how beautiful ! no wild wind's rage Had stirr'd the baby-bloom upon the trees; But o'er the rose• clad little parsonage Wove they their big green arms :—the odorous breeze Bore to the near churchyard its melodies, There where his steps above his grandame's grave A thousand times had strayed, while round his knee Twin'd the long grass, that all spring through did.wave O'er the grey burial stones that spoke Christ's power to save. " And overhead, a woof of orange light Was shot through the blue vestment of the sky; ' • And there was that deep silence of the night, That rustling of an angel's pinThns by, That wondrous music of tranquili?!y • • . All Nature's lovers love." The catastrophe, although it savours somewhat of too close, but perhaps involuntary, a recollection of, Milton's Lycedas, is eminently poetical:— " Surely this woe is far too great to bear, Surely"twere better, 0 my soul, to die! Ye cold cold waters spread so brightly there, Ye are not colder than earth's charity— Father, no father hast thou been to me— One sin, one shame, and all thy love of old Hath flown for ever, ceas'd for aye to be; My love for thee is changeless and untold— Wherefore thy will so stern, wherefore thy heart so told?' " He said, and pluug'd where fresh and graceful fall The many lilies with their garlands green Upon the waters, like a corona] For nymph, by haunted dreamer dimly seen, Rushing with foam-white foot the waves between.— The waters closed around him and before, And stirr'd the broad-leav'd lilies; and a sheen . Of sparkling drops glitter'd each calyx o'er. Then slept the ruffled lake—and Vernon was no more !" NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral J. R. Dacres, appointed to the command-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope, went out to Spithead to-day in tow of the Echo steamer; the wind being dead against her, she did not unfurl her canvass. A very distinguished party of naval and military officers and their friends went out in her, among them Major-General the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.8., Governor of this gar rison, and the Hon. Lady Pakenham. The President will sail in a day or two to relieve the Winchester, 50, Captain Eden, Hag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, whose period of service has expired. It is expected that the Juno, 26, Captain Blake, will sail at the same time, and try her rate of speed with the President as far as Rio. The Dasher steam surveying vessel, Commander Sherring ham, went out this morning to resume her survey of the Solent, &c. The Edinburgh, 72, was brought down from her moor ings into the basin this morning. Workmen are engaged in stripping her preparatory to her being converted into a block ship for this port. The Ajax, 72, having been cut down and stripped, was t a k en out of dock into the harbour yesterday. She will be towed in a day or two down to Cowes, where she will be fitted for a block-ship for this port under the direction of Mr. White, the eminent ship and yacht builder. The Scourge :Acorn-bomb vessel shipped her mortar, and had it fitted yesterday. She then left the basin, and is now alongside the jetty shipping her tanks and other stores. It is intended to take her in a day or two to the back of the Wight for the purpose of tr 3 ing the effect of firing her mortar. Yesterday a party of Royal Artillery were exercised in gunnery on Southsea Castle in the presence of Colonel Bran dreth, commanding the Royal Engineers in this garrison. The shot practice was from long 24-pounders at a target at point blank range on the water. At the third or fourth shot the staff was shattered. The practice was admirable, and the men performed their various evolutions with much credit to themselves. The man who struck the staff was rewarded. The recoil of the guns was very great. A large quantity of new powder from Purfleet was placed in this fortress yester day, and in the magazine under the King's Bastion, for the service of the garrison. The Nautilus, 10, Lieut.-Commander Macdonald, came up to Spithead from the eastward this evening at sunset. THE ECLAIR STEAM SLOOP. The following is a list of the men lost by this ill-fated vessel by disease, accident, and desertion ; also those who have been dismissed and invalided, from the time she left England up to the 12th ult., from the ship's books :- The initials A.B. signify able seaman ; 0.5., ordinary sea man ; R.M.A., Royal Marine Artillery; R.M., Royal Ma rine; Q.M. quartermaster. April 3. Robert Chipp, R.M.A., was drowned near Plantain Island, whilst on boat service. - 23. William Mageary, A. 8., fever. - 24. Thomas Watson, U.S., ditto. - 25. Michael Cory, U.S., ditto. May 28. William Connor, stoker, ditto. - 29. William Forrest, R.M.A., ditto. June 4 James Fielden, captain of the forecastle, ditto. - 5. James Ward, U.S., ditto. - 7. John Field, boy, ditto. - 11. Benjamin Hill, R.M., ditto. - 15. W. Mills, captain's clerk, ditto. July 7. William Startup, U.S., ditto. - 27. Mr. Davison, passenger from the Albert, ditto. - 27. William Moran, stoker, ditto. - 29. William Kirby, R.M.A ., ditto. Aug. 4. William Wright, purser's steward, ditto. - 6. George Crosstield, A. 8., ditto. - 9. William Hardman. U.S., ditto. - 9. William Kirk, ditto. - 14. William Rice, rope-maker, ditto. - 17. Henry Gauge, caulker, ditto. - 17. Elick - Coe, A. 8., ditto. - 20. Richard Motton, boy, ditto. - 24. William Skinner, A. 8., ditto. - 28. William Gardiner, Q.M., ditto. - 28. Garrott Keeley, stoker, ditto. - 30. Patrick Conuoly, stoker, ditto, • - 30. John Gibson, Q.M. Sept. 2. George Cahlin, R.M.A. - 2. Samuel Craunage, R.M. - 3. John Athorn, boy. - 3. William Brennan, captain's coxswain, fever. - 3. George Brown, U.S., ditto. - 4. William Thomas Stoker, ditto. - 4. Mr. Symonds, naval cadet, ditto. - 4. Henry Harris, boy, ditto. - 5. Mr. Gorman, master's assistant, ditto. - 5. Thom is Davis, leading stoker, ditto. - 5. Mr. Hallett, purser, ditto. -- 6. Richard Martin, ditto. - 6. James' Dillon, boy, ditto. - 6. James Garatty, stoker, ditto. - 7. John Powers, A. 8., ditto. - 7. John Warrick, midshipman's steward, ditto. - 7. Michael Galaghar, A. 8., ditto. - 7. John Hancock, R.M.A., ditto. - 8. John Goodhugh, A. 8., ditto. - 9. Mr. Hartman, doctor's mate, ditto. - 10. Thomas King, captain's cook, ditto. -- 10. Henry Shearman, R.M.A., ditto. - 10. William Claggett, stoker, ditto. - 13. Thomas Loyd, boy, ditto. - 13. William Penn, boy, ditto. - 15. Michael Sullivan, stoker, ditto. - 16. Captain Estcourt, R.N., ditto. - 17. James Steel, A. 8., ditto. - 18. Dr. M'Clure, R.N., ditto. - 18. James Lark, R.M., ditto. - 19. John Long, boy, ditto. - 20. Nicholas Dillon, A. 8., ditto. - 21. Mr. Machonchv, surgeon, ditto. - 21. James Will s , (1.., ditto. - 21. James 111‘Dermott, stoker, ditto. - 25. Charles Monk, stoker, ditto. - 26. Thomas Coleman, 0.5., ditto. - 26. John Culver, R.M.A., ditto. - 29. Hamilton Fudge, captain's steward, ditto. - 30. William Thorp, U.S., ditto. Oct. 3. John Walsh, master-at-arms, ditto. - 3. Thomas Halls, R M., ditto. - 3. Henry Langmead, blacksmith. ditto. - 6. William Henry Fitzgerald, sergeant, R.M.A., ditto. - 9. Mr. Bernard, R.N., surgeon; ditto. - 10. Mr. James Saunders, pilot, ditto. - 11. Mr. Isaacson, third lieutenant, R.N., ditto. LIST OF THOSE WHO RAN AWAY AT SIERRA LEONE. Charles Dunn, A.B. James Taylor, O.S. Henry Hill, A.B. Henry Fielderson, A.B. Thomas Foster, leading Richard Derrick, stoker. stoker. • Thomas Williams, A.B. LIDED. I Thomas Smith, Sierra Leone. A.RGED. William Newman, Sierra Leone. IN'TA] THE COLOSSEUM. The proprietor of the Colosseum has sought to show his gratitude to the public for the patronage hitherto bestowed on him in the best possible manner—by making this mag nificent exhibition yet more attractive. Who does not re member the superb effects of the grand panoratna, of London by moonlight. It would at first sight have appeared impos sible to add to its beauty and its truth to nature. Mr. Bradwell, however, has introduced a new and magnificent dioramic effect—a summer stcrm. Gradually does the sky become gloomy—gradually does the moonbeam cease to play up the rippling waters—the sky becomes obscure-.-the clouds continue to gather—the summer storm bursts in a heavy shower of rain- , the summer lightning flashes in the distance, and the toll of the thunder is heard. The storm is over, the clouds disperse, and again. -do the moonbeams play upon the waters. But this is not the only addition made to the night exhibition. A very sweet-toned finger organ has been erected in the Glyptotheca, on which an accomplished artist performs at intervals doting the course' of the evening. The effect produced by the tones of the organ as they are heard, softened by distance, in the more remote parts of the hullding, is beautiful exceedingly. The conservatories, which have hithetto been closed to the night visitors, are now thrown open; they are illuminated by a countless number of coloured lamps, and look like the en chanted gardens of some palace of " Faerie." The Swiss Cottage too is represented as seen by moonlight, and the effect of the light on the cataract as it falls into the lake, and on the lake itself, is most perfect. So eomplete is the illusion pro duced by this beautiful diorainit deed; 0114 it is really somewhat difficult for the spectator to persuade himself that Whet he beholds is not reality. Such are the additions made to the night exhibition at the Colosseum, and which make it, in fact, almost entirely a new exhibition. A THIRD MAIL FROM NORWICH TO YARMOIJTII.... On Monday last an additional bag ftlr this town was made up at NOCWicts: 'l'he Posts now leave Norwich at I atm , 4.80 MI., and 10.45 p.m.-.-Bury Herald. AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. — On Wednesday a lec ture on the apptieaticin of eliernistry to egritUlttiral infprotement was delivered at the Jews' Literary and Scientific Institution, Sus. sex-hall, Leadenhallatreet, by W. Higgs, Esq., whose scientific labours in this regard has earned fbr him a More than ordinary degree Of protincial tame. Tile audience was not so numerous as respectable, there being not more than 200 Persons present, but these comprised many influential gentlemen who take a great in. tercet and leading part in this most interesting subject. The lec ture, Which did not comtnenee before half-past eight o'clock, occu pied nearly ford hcitlrs, the eiperiMents being of the moat illustra tite and CoMPrehensive Charade'', and, at the conclusion, the ac. ccmplished lecturer received the most flattering acknowledgment of his aertuirements: DEPTFORD Dock-tAnb.—Upwards of 800 men are nBw employed in the dock.yard at Deptford, and the whole of the works therein are proceeding with the utmost activity. In the slip numbered one at the east end of the yard, a fine vessel is in course of building ; she will be fitted as a steamer, aid called the Sidon. tter planks are laid, and the whole of the work is in ac tive progress, so that she will be launched in the ensuing year. a In the slip numbered four, where the Terrible was built, the Odin is in 4 rellt4td 4l4ter Thi4 will be drit.chisi war steamer. the terftiOtliltis building in the 10. Ave slip, recently occui;L'i by the Spitfire. A most commodious new slip has been built, the construction of which is exceedingly graceful. The Phaeton is now being laid down there, which will be the first steam.frigate built under that ereetion. The retfialning tWo slips; under the superintendence of Mr. Baker, of Lambeth, are rapidly approaching completion ; and it is expected that they will be fit for the pur. poses of the service by the spring of 1840. THE LORD MAYOR'S Strow.—The Society for the Protection of Traders from Fraud, of which the Lord Mayor tied is the President, have signified their intention to accompany his Lordship on the 10th of November. • The Distillers' Company will form part of the procession in the morning, as well as the Spectacle. makers' Company, his Lordship belonging to both fraternities. The Distillers' Company will precede the Spectacle-makers'. A portion of the Hon. Artillery Company's band will attend this portion of the procession, which' will exhibit • twenty-one banners, The Master of the Spectacle-makers' Company for the present year is Sir George Carroll; the Renter Warden, the Marquis of Down afire 0 and the Vpper yrafdea, Mr. Olarbon, the barrister. John Week, Shebar. DISCH William Martin, Sierra Leone Henry Copeland, ditto. On board the Benbow, 14. WOOLWICH, Nov. s.—The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Mas ter-Commander S. B. Cook, is to convey his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Saxe Coburg to Lisbon. The Myrtle steam vessel lett Woolwich for Southampton on Saturday, with a party of engine -fitters for Malta I ard. The men are ordered a passage in the mail steam-packet. The Diligence arrived at Portsmouth on Monday, and will sail in a day or two for Portsmouth ) Plymouth, and Cork. The Sindbad is loading for Portsmouth and Plymouth. The Lizard steam-vessel is to be cormnissioned ately, and the under-mentioned officers are appointed to her :—Lieutenant and Commander, H. M. Tylden ; Second Master, Mr. Edward Rowe; Clerk in Charge, Mr. Thomas Pidcock ; Engineers, Messrs, G. G. Bardin, J. M. 011 is, and Thomas Coles. The Fearless steam-vessel is als) to be commissioned im mediately, and the under mentioned officers are appointed to her :—Second Master and Commander, Mr. George Brock man ; Master s Assistant, Mr. Charles A. Scott ; Engineers, Messrs. Henry Chapman and Nicholas C. Chammings. The Monkey steam- vessel. Master Commander W. Byrant, left Woolwich this morning, with a party of men and Mr. Stuart, dockyard pilot, to bring the Avenger steam-frigate down the river to try her engines. STATUE OF SIR JAMES SHAW, THE LATE CHAM BERLAIN OF THE CITY.—It is by no means generally known that a statue is about to be erected to the memory of Sir James Shaw, who preceded Sir William Heygate in the office of Chamberlain of the City of London. The statue is to be male by Mr. Fillans, the sculptor, and to be placed in Kilmarnock, where, we believe, Sir James Shaw was born. A plaster of Paris cast, from a splendid model of the statue, was some weeks ago sent by Mr. Fillans to the committee at Kilmarnock appointed to carry into effect the wishes of the townspeople, for approval. They unanimously approved of the cast, and the sculptor is now at work on the block - . The statue is to be colossal, and to stand on a granite pedestal fourteen feet altitude. The squadron under the orders of Admiral Par seval Deschenes, which was erroneously stated to have been or dered to the coast of Morocco, has arrived at Toulon. CHANGE or Ala.—Dr. M' William relates that, when at Cape Palmas, he met at the Governor's house a missionary who was proceeding to Sierra Leone for the benefit of his health. It appears that the efforts made for the purpose of introducing silkworms into Prussia, have been attended with the happiest results. A great number of rural proprietors, and, parti cularly, some gentlemen of Pomerania, have Made experiments on a Grand FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, Nov. 3.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, with a numerous suite, arrived at Ghent on the Ist of Nov. A letter in. the Gazette of Mons says, "the society of Bois-du-Luc in its meeting, on the 20th of last month, passed a resolution to secure the workmen against the loss of the sums deposited in the savings' banks, which were entrusted to M.Brouet, banker at Fayt, who has become bankrupt." A letter from Antwerp of the 2d says, this morning a cargo of 1,000 sacks of potatoes, of good quality and in excellent condition, arrived from Dundee; a cargo of potatoes also arrived from Londonderry. The police have caused several cart- loads of potatoes from Ireland to be thrown into the river. The Congress of the Customs Union, at Carlsruhe, is terminated; all the members have left the city, and it is affirmed that nothing has been done in favour of German manufactures. The next Congress is to be held at Cassel, but it is affirmed that in the interval there will be an extraordinary Congress at Berlin during the winter. Some persons hope that protective measures will be adopted at this extraordinary meeting, but this hope is ill founded." What has distinguished the Congress which is just closed in a very remarkable manner from that which was held at Stuttgart], three years ago, is the great indifference,or rather the complete despondency manifested by the manufacturers in refraining from addressing any petitions to the Congress, whereas three years ago it was overwhelmed with them. This scheme, observes the Augsburg Gazette, must have had a fearful signification in the eyes of the statesmen assem bled at Carlsruhe. They must have seen that the manufac turers do not expect any useful measure from the Govern ment, and were prepared to help themselves. The German Courier of Nuremberg announces that the new tariff of the Zollverein, as determined in the Congress at Carlsruhe, is now before the several Governments for their ratification, and that it will probably be published before the middle of November. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussEzs, Nov. 4. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent .. Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.• Ditto Three per Cent.. .. Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840 ....... .• Ditto, ditto, 1842 .• .. • • • • • • • • • • 102% Ditto, 1844........ •• .. Ditto, 1836 Ditto, 1838 • 74% Ditto of the City, 1832 ......... ..... Ditto, 1843 .............• • . • • • .••• • • 100% Bank ofßelgium.. .• ..... ........., 765 -Brussels Papers, Vov. 5. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, OCT. 29. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • • • • ••• • • • 111 8-16 4 per Cent. ditto • • •• •• • • • • • • • • •• • • 100% 3 per Cent. ditto.. ••• • • • • ••••••• • • • • • • 76% Loan, 1834 ••• • • ... • • •• • • • 159 Ditto, 1839 . • . • Bank Shares . • Esterhazy's Loan •• •• • . . • • • • • .• • • 58 RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand 193 Gloggnitz • • • • • • • ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 128% Vienna—Milan .. ............... .. Leghorn . Grosotto 98% •Allgemeine Zeitung. Nov. I. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEIDAM, Nov. 4. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •.•••. • • •• • 60 60% Mitt°, 3 per Cent •••• • • • • 724 73% Ditto, 4 per Cent. •••• • • • •••• • • • • 95 96% Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent. ••.•• • • • • 99% 100 Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 91% 9214 Commercial Cozztpany, 4% per Cent • • 1584 1594 East India Loau, 4 per Cent....... 95% 964 Exchange on London, at sight • • •• • 12 80 Two months.— ••. • • • 12 20 On Hamburgh, at sight •• . • 36 37 Two months... .. • . 35 75 On Paris- Two months• . 'Dutch Papers, Nov. b. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bizazur, Nov. I. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent •• • • ...... 98% 97% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent.. Exchange on London, 2 months •.. 6 23% 6 23% 'Universal Prussian Gazette, Nov. 2. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Nov. 1. Bills. Money, kustrian 5 per Cents •• • • • . ... Bank Shares • • ••.. • • . Anglo-Russian Loan .• ••• . • . — Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103 102 Ditto Ist series Inscription. ..... .• • • 103 102 Ditto, Plops and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96 Ditto, in Certificate .. 96 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • 90 Ditto Stieglitz .. - . ••••• • • • • 8814 Spanish New 5 per Cent • • •.• ••••. • • .. 19% 19 1 4 Ditto 3 per Cent •• • ....... •• • . • • 30 29%, Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2 1 % per Cent • . Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent . 5B Ditto 3 per Cent. • .......... ..... Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.... Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • .. National Bank Shares .... . . - LLOYDS SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 6.—Wind S E., light airs and fine. DEAL, Nov. s.—Wind S. to S.S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Hortinsen, Storey, Cape of Good Hope. Arrd. from the River and sailed for, Amy, White, Cape of Good Hope and Valparaiso. Arrd. from the River for Luzon, Pallister, Boston OFF', THE WIGHT, Nov. I.—Brarens, Flor, New York, for Hamburgh. OFF PORTLAND, Ocr. 29.—Richard Fernald, St. John's, New Brunswick, for Antwerp. LivEitroor a Nov. s.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Mary Worrall, Gardner, Valparaiso ; Republic, Landes, New York ; Berenice, New York ; Cornelia, French, New York ; Rose, Barton, Queblic ; Sir H. Douglas, Ogilvy, Quebec. Slel. Nov. 4, Karel, Nieberding, Hayti. 5. Venilia, Martin, Rio Janeiro ; Emma, Weeks, Bahia • St. Vincent, Shepherd, St. V incen t ; Jenny Boysen, St. Thomas ; Harriet and Jesse, Co nnor , Chaileston ; Mary Ann, Peters, Lemon, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Letitia, Africa. The Trinidad, of St. Andrew's, in changing docks yesterday capsized in the Prince's basin, and filled. DOVER, Nov. s.—The Condolliere, Naresca, from Dordt to Naples, got on shore to the westward of Dungeness Light yesterday, and is expected to become a wreck. BALLYWATER, Nov. I.—The Maria, of Aberystwith, from Sligo to London, came on the rocks at Ballferris last night, but got off this morning; is much strained, and Will go to Milford to repair. DUNDEE, Nov. B.—The Nancy has been raised, and brought in. __ SHIELDS, Nov. s.—The Tunstall, Purdy, bound to Bar. celona, put back here 3d inst., leaky, having struck the bar, and must discharge. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 4.—Three pieces of timber, each of about 30 feet long, marked " L Bruen," were picked up yes terday outside the bay. HARWICH, Nov. 4.—The Three Johns, Adely, has been got off, after discharging part of her Cargo, Which has been re-shipped, and she Will proceed. LONDON, NOV. 6.—The Lord Coke, Race, of Hull, arrived in the river, was run foul of Ist inst., whilst riding in the Swims, by a light, collier brig, and received considerable damage. EAST igritA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Nereide, Grant, from Bombay, at Gravesend, sailed July 17 ; Catherine, Brown, from the Cape. of Good Hope, at Falmouth, sailed from Algoa Bay Aug. 15; Table Bay, Aug. 28, St. Helena ; Sept: 10; Coltish, from Van Diemen's Land, off Plymouth, sailed from Launceston, May 31. Departures from Table Bay, Cape of Good Rape e.-Phoenix (steamer), Aug. 23, for T a bl e Bity /filtika, Montgemeiy, 24th, for Angro. Petltiinal Cassandis, Xerr, 25th, for New Orleans; Isabella (American), Matthews ; for Algoa Bay; Majestic, Smith, and RicharkHopkins, for Elephant Rock; Thomas and Joseph Crisp, Potts, for Mauritius; Ceylon, Beazley, for Alga Bay; Swartwick, Hjarne, for Batavia. Departures from Simon's Bay—Her Majesty's ship Lancer, Aug. 22, and Hussar, 23d, for Batavia. Arrivals in Algoa Bay—Prince of Aug. 17 ; Blackaller, Watson, 19th, both front MatifithiS ; Gilbert Hen. derson, Tweedie, from Loudon 1 Chanticleer, Challis, 21, Guard, Paine, and Essex, Rotby, 22d, from T a bl e Ba y . Departures from Algoa Bay—LadyEirinia,Paddi e ,"A u g.l6, to Mauritius; Mary Ann, Guy, 22d, to London. Departure from St. Helena—Julius Caesar, Sept. 7, to Cork. Arrival at Madeira—Maria Somes (transport), King, Sept. 27, from Cork, and sailed 28th, to Ceylon. Arrivals at Madras—Orestes, Fenwick, Sept. 14, from Cud dalore ; Alecto, Anwyl, 21st, from Liverpool. Departures from Madras—Cape (packet), Lamb, Sept: 14, to En nore and Calcutta; Diana, Vincent, 18, to Binilipatalli her Majesty's ship F ox , t o T r i ncoma l ee; C our i er d e I nd i e, to Calcutta. THE HOUSELESS POOR.—During the last season the Committee of the Homeless Poor voted the sum of 1001. for the fitting up of a washing and bathing apparatus for the inmates of the Eastern Asylum, where, in the short space of nineteen evenings, 987 individuals availed themselves of its advantages. On the closing of that asylum the apparatus was placed at the disposal of an Association for Promoting Cleanliness amongst the Poor, which Association commenced its operations by allowing necessitous persons to wash and bathe gratuitously in the building; and such was the avidity with which it had been resorted to, that the number of those who have washed and bathed there amounts now, at the end of twenty-two weeks, .to 24,027. Although a small allow ance of soap is made to each bather, and of soap and soda to each washer, the expense does not quite amount to three- halfpence a-head. > r..ry,, >~~.y, EXTENSIVE FIRE. On - Wednesday the neighbourhood of Pentonville was visited by a most alarming and destructive fire, whi c h, f or th e s p ace of upwards of two hours completely illuminated the district. The scene of its operations was a large superficies, whereon were erected numerous workshops and storehouses, the pro perty of Mr. John Barnes, a builder, situated opposite the Episcopal Chapel, Pentonville-hill. The first discovery was made at a quarter past ten o'clock, by Mr. John Barnes, jun., through seeing a strong light in the paint stores, a building about 20 feet long by 34 wide. He immediately spread an alarm, and Mr. Joseph Barnes, without a moment's loss of time, ran to the parish engine statioa, and gave information of the disaster. On his return, although not more than five minutes had elapsed, the fire had travelled with such fury as to communicate with the whole range of joiners' workshops. These buildings were well stored with building materials, some finished, and some partly so. Owing to the inflammable character of the stock upon the premises, the flames extended almost with the rapidity of lightning, seizing upon everything in the building, including the working tools of the numerous workmen. The parish engine was remarkably quick in arriving, and was got into play; the work of destruction, however, had been so great, that, by the time the first drop of water could be discharged, the fire had extended to the stabling and smith's shop, and was attacking the front dwelling houses, occupied by Mr. Joseph Barnes and several other parties. The parish engineer exerted himself to the utmost in trying to arrest the further progress of the flames ; in that, however, he was unsuccessful, and very speedily two or three houses in Lower Queen's-row were in flames at the back. Messengers were dispatched to the different engine stations in the City, and more distant stations, and as soon as information was received, the Brigade engines from Far ringdon-street, Holborn, Whitecross-street, Watling-street, and Chandos-street depAts arrived, and were set to work under the directions of Mr. Colf, the foreman of the district, and Mr. Braidwood, the Superintendent. At that time several of the brigade, and the West of England engines were at a fire which had previously broken out at Dulwich. The light thrown up by this fire was so great, that it could be distinctly seen from the Surrey hills, and forthwith Mr. Connorton ordered the West of England engine and firemen to return. After some trouble the exact seat of the conflagration was dis covered, and the engine was set to work, but it was not until past one o'clock that the fire could be said to be safely subdued, and not before the whole of Mr. J. Barnes's work shops, storehouses, joiners'-houses, paint-sheds, stabling, coachhouses, smiths' factories, and several other erections, together with a stock-in-trade valued at some thousands of pounds, were entirely consumed. Independently of which, Mr. Joseph Barnes's private dwelling-house is gutted; his furniture, worth upwards of 1,0001., destroyed, and the whole of his wearing apparel consumed. The house occu pied by Mr. Petty, hairdresser, is partially destroyed, as well as that belonging to Mr. Bogg, confectioner, and the backs of several houses at the rear are severely damaged. As" to the origin of the calamity, nothing that could be depended upon could be ascertained, but it, is the opinion of Mr. Joseph Barnes that it was caused by some boys dis charging fireworks in the vicinity. The principal sufferer is insured for, we believe, 3,0001. ; but we were informed that that sum would not half way cover his loss. His son, Mr. Joseph Barnes, who has lost everything, we, regret to state, is not insured for a single farthing. As to whether or not any of the other sufferers were insured we were unable to learn during the excitement which prevailed. The police, under the direction of Inspector Penny, ex erted themselves most admirably in preventing the crowd from impeding the operations of the firemen. • FUNERAL OF DR. BAGGS.—The remains 'of Dr. Baggs lay_in state on Wednesday week; in the vestibule Of Prior. Park College, which was fitted up much in - the same manneras on the occasion of the funeral of Wig predecessor, Dr. Baines. On the coffin were placed the episcopal mitre and crosier, and arranged round were the sacerdotal veSt ments in which the deceased bishop was wont to celebrate the ceremonies of his church. On Wednesday night, by torch-light, the coffin of th e Right Rev. Dr. Baines, which bad been deposited above ground,- in the college chapel, was removed,. and, accompanied by a solemn procession of bishops. priests, and students, was carried to a side chapel of the new church in connexion with the college (which is now in course of completion), where it was interred in the vault destined to be its final resting-place. On Thursday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, a solemn dirge was com menced by the priests, and the following bisheps of the Roman Catholic Church :—Dr. Griffiths, of - London; Dr. Briggs; V.A., of the York District ; Dr. Waring, 'V.A., of the 'Eastern District; Dr. Brown, V.A., of Wales ; Dr. Sharpies, Coaqjutor V.A. of the Lancashire District. MUT' ehe - iiiige the body was removed to, the College Chapel, Where high ,mass for .the dead was celebrated by Dr. G - riffiths. The several' bishops present then by turns, and according to the usages of the Church, incensed the coffin, and sprinkled it' with holy water. At the conclusion of the mass a funeral procession was formed. A cross-bearer, twenty of the choir in surplices, acolytes bearing torches, the priests present, in order, and, the students of the two colleges; 'pr,sweded the Corpse z ,and the processiOn was closed by the,;hishopchefote eiilitherated. Having proceeded around the . otitside of St. Paul's College to the new church, the corpse was there in terred with the usual rites, in a vault adjoining that in which are entombed the remains of Dr. Baines.—Somerset County Gazette, THE FIFTH or NOVEMBER.—More than usual ex• citement prevailed on Wednesday in London and the suburbs. The anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (1605) afforded the boys the customary sport of carrying the effigy of Guy Fawkes about the town, and that of discharging fireworks in the evening, to the great annoyance of many portions of the public—many seemed to encourage the anti-Roman Catholic speeches of the boys; and in the churchei the service appointed for the day was performed. DISPATCH OF BUSINESS AT THE OLD BAILEY.- (The Recorder on the Bench).—The Recorder thought it was very hot. Mr. Clarkson was of a similar opinion. The Recorder said, that he remembered when be was a little boy he had been in the practice of attending school, and he always found himself ex ceedingly hot. Mr. Bodkin said he once had a stick which he was very fond of. Mr. Ballantine thought that sticks were very useful articles. Mr. Payne was of a similar opinion. Mr. Brief. less thought that the law of ejectment was a very important one. The Recorder thought so also. He suggested that one of the windows should be opened, as he felt the draught disagreeable. Mr. Clarkson said, " Talking of windows, I once fell out eta three pair back ; tut, wonderful to relate, I fell on my legs, and was not the least hurt." Mr. Ballantine was surprised to hear that, considering what a heavy man his Learned Friend was. The Re. corder thougl* they were talking on subjects which had no can. sexton with the business of the Court. The case of" John Smith versus Elizabeth Eugene' was then proceeded with, and was merely interrupted by about three hundred and fifty observations from the Bar and the Bench, which had nothing whatever to do with the business before the Court. —Punch. DEATH OF SIR JOHN MoamocK.—The above highly respected gentleman, one of her Majesty's Commissioners of Excise, died at his residence, 11, Dorset. square, on Monday evening last, atter a lingering illness , of several months. Sir John was in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and held the office of Com missioner of Excise for nearly thirty years, and previously to that of Conitttrallet in the General Post-office. By his decease an office of 1,0004 per annum *lll thus be placed at the disposal of the Go vernment. SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE ELECTION.-WARWICK, Want&Met DIENINO.—Lord Brooke, the son of Lord Warwick, was this mOrhing put in nomination, and returned without opposi tion, although nobody knows where his Lordship is, what he is doing, when he will return, or what he will do or say in reference to his Constituents when he comes home. So much for being the noble son of the Noble Lord of an old borough, where family in fluence has always preponderated, and where resistance to the will of the Castle has been unavailing. Lord Brooke himself is a very amiable young man ;#but how far he may be capable of represent ing the borough in the now inevitable arduous struggles in which the Government and Parliament of the country will be engaged Is another consideration. SUPPOSED SUICIDE IN THE RIVER....-011 Wednes day an inquest was held at the Rose and Crown Inn, Putney, be fore Mr. Carter, upon the body of Richard Absalom, aged 61, late gardener to John Fuller, Esq., of Streatham, whose body was found floating in the river off the College of Civil Engineers, Putney. Charles John Absalom, gardener to Mr. Fuller, of Streatham, said he knew the deceased to be his father by his clothing and a scar on the lip. He had been missing since the 14th of October, when he left home as he alleged to seek for work. He had been six years head gardener to Mr. Fuller, but was dis charged by that gentleman on the 11th of October, principally in consequence of his being unable to discharge its duties. Witness was appointed to the situation, and deceased was told that he might continue, with his family, to reside .in one of the lodges, neverthe less he became very desponding. The jury, in the absence of fur asnidis"coneaselq;:ntly ther evidence, returned as their verdict, " That the deceased was found drowned in the river Thames, but how he mine into the water time was 1.; r nie re was very little demand STATE OF TRADE.--.... " .here any business was yesterday, either for goods or yarn ; and, .. -.ding Tuesday. rridence to prove." pales and ; m done, prices were generally lower than on the Prec! -- „. ir,,, spin. 'i'l Ere Itt,. however, so complete an absence of stoci P'"` ~.. nress a rn n a y r in fac de t ed ur:i a ti re ge st n i e ll ra w il o y ri a i r n a g by w no or m de e r an , P i til:*ifiL MARKET, MONDAY , Nov. 3.—We have another dull Very,well able to wait for the chance o f better prices.....--Rocnoaut _ .. wail 911 the preceding Monday.—m ag . market, bUt prices have und er g one little or no chan g e.. Wool is much the same in price cheater Guardian. A letter from Pisa, of the 291 h ult., says 1 . -- , i n 'Mg improvenient in the health of Ibrain . ri Pacha has continued; he is at length perfectly recovered from ht: se r i ou s indisposi tion. He has taken atn ettrtion. to Leglioni to meet his son, Ismael Bey. Them is ts, - y Mason to believ e that Ibrahim Pacha will first exPeCted." . . . . go te Franc,: r kueu. soone . r than was at THE RAILWAY REGISTER. The present number commences with the second or the valuable series of articles on railways in Ireland. This article is illustrated by a map of Ireland, showing all the railways existing or projected. The writer goes at great length into the question of the social miseries of Ireland, their causes, and remedies. The cause is easily perceived ; it is the selfishness of the Irish landocrecy; which has ever considered property and power as every thing, man as nothing, and has deprived man—willing,. hard-working man—of the market for his labour. " The conclusion to be drawn from all these statements is, that there is no market for labour in Ireland, nor for the produce of labour. It has been shown, however, that there are abundance of natural products in Ireland, which, by then application of labour, might become valuable in exchange„ and give a fair return for the labour employed upon them.. The effect of laying down a system of railways in Ireland would be to give immediate employment to labour; in the tirat instance in the necessary works of the lines themselves, and afterwards to open free communication to the labour.; market of the world. Their effect will be to introduce,civili-' nation and the abodes of peace, where landlord's cupidity his sought to civilise by destroying the miserable abodes of his tenants." In this conclusion we entirely agree, and we look upon railways as the forerunners of a long career of pros perity to Ireland. The papers on Indian railways are continued, and we have the first of a series of valuable papers on metropolitan improvements. The various railway schemes of the month are commented on, and in various instances illustrated by ma ps and altogether the present number of the Register fully sustains the high character which this most useful periodical has already acquired. THE BANKERS' MAGAZINE.. No. XX. This useful periodical is continued with great ability. We cannot entirely subscribe to all the notions an nounced in a paper on " The Effect of Railway Calls on the Currency and on Credit;" but it ought t o h ave i ts j ust effect with the public, by disabusing their minds of the foolish fears which have been expressed so vividly, by som e of our contemporaries as to the melancholy effects to be anticipated from the payment to the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery (or rather to the Bank of England), at nearly the same time, of 20,000,000 i. sterling, or more, i n t h e d epos i t o f 10 per cent . on t h e capital of the railway schemes to be submitted lo the next session of Parliament. " Irish Banking under the New Act" is also a very useful paper, drawn up, as we are informed in an introductory , note, by a practical Irish banker of great experience and authority. THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE (Old Series), and Weekly Journal of Proceedings affecting the Agri- cultural Interest. The embellishment of this number is a portrait of long-woolled wether sheep, bred by his Grace the Duke of Bedford, at Oakley Farm, Bedfordshire. We have often expressed our sense of the general utility of this periodical, and of the practical ability and perfect candour with which it is conducted. The present part in every respect sustains the well-merited reputation which the Magazine has acquired with a widely-ex tended community of readers. The melancholy aspect of the potato crop gives a degree of painful, as well as of important interest to two pages, entitled, respectively, " the Potato Murrain," and " the Potato Disease." The Duke Torlonia has left Mivart's Hotel for Rome, after a sojourn of several weeks in this country. . - According to the last census taken of the Austrian empire, its population, including the army, amounted to 38,000,000 of souls, being an increase within a period of 25 years of 21 per cent. GLASGOW COLLLGE.—WO understand that the price paid for the estate of Woodlands, which is understood to h ave been rurchased as the new site of the Glasgow University, was nearly 29,0001., subject to a fen.duty of 1971. Ios. per anence. --Glasgow Herald. Punch, this week, relieves us and rescues himself from some peril, by giving Mrs. Caudle's "last Lecture," an.. nouncing that the lady took cold, the fatal result of Wilds II IN. signated "the tragedy of thin shoes." The landlords of the north and east of Ireland have volunteered to advance 600,000/. fbr the &guars et 4 : 200 6 000 acre'.