The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-19 00:00:00

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Al' ) Q 3(') ) 1t the ) ert illt ereft ar loici cl o le c s cl l ' 1 35 0 5 , cliAr or , ) Th. 7.---------„....... • I ,l 4 " e ?„,.o!efenaant's attorney then contended that as the tabay4,ll,ad actually received the money, they had no right f thel tari `,,eask or alfow the contract without the consent o the p r t i c u eiPal ; beaides there had not been any evidence Italia The s e of the day. hail tie:eelrnaty said it would have been better to . have T he 4; evidence on that point.—Verdict for plantiff. _ _ be itay de4claat's attorney then moved that the writ should t ie *eel,' `a, RooicrianT said th at h e could not do that, but he taigi tta ke a note of the ob ' Q 'e tions made, and defendant PPI S to a judge 1 cas'c't, 01? U INY AND MURDER ON' BOARD THE TORY. l'ea,,_ (ll:4TrA L OF THE PRISONERS. —(THIS DAY.) 41/1417 DelacE-Courer.--To-day the mquiry into d th a i t s ott e , o °8 ease of the crew of the ship Tory was resume kti besieged °elL At an early hour the front of the Court-hous d e kat was With parties eager to obtain admission ; an tl ikea t : B the Pressure, that it was with the greatest Use for Oar reporter gained access to the Court. N . o tilis ;ler many k h h ,, : Years has created such a sensation in Ne h is : uvlith e° l : l ; and the excitement was much in : N I Z Unuours 'current, that certain most startling an h rt t l y ak at ' 4 l , o e,l,osure would be made to-day, inculpating the Ot . e, the To shi of a very serious degre . e. Captain J b 3ai a ., ..u,!asterthe ship, was taken into custody at the '4 arst 6. u E the week horn suspicions raised against h . im at hitte th,,elarliination of the coupled with the circum tio.le4l—Crtet!?,,was nialiing p la re e p a a ' ral ions to leave the country. a, tfotleirri'llP yesterday, and after the brief examine -I,lThee t l, l4 'ess,he was remanded till to-day,to be b . rou . gh n t 6 .-n'''' , <leri,°_ elnen, underwent their second examinatio . ti;', , . of th e t t ' i lice pied ,the bench on the occas_i_on....... a 3 w lr l . e M y ahyis tl„,', am i ‘r n a of Crowder and- Maynard, Mr. Hawley kdl"qa fir Clarkion the barrister, appeared for the li..°fpleihbeaniP ; Mr. ilumphreyrfor Captain Johnstone, It a , and Mr. Ballantine, barristers, for the sea- O te ktr le:Pears that up to a late hour on Saturday evening t tlle e,sThard and Hawley were employed iri ea, '° th' e :,',, r ena it was in consequence of the disclosures xa re debefore the t? e gtrat es e l . ora that 'the statement was 4 Ptet a ''ll Monday, already published , m made on which Two re Was taken into custody. Nite ttee ei;clock was the hour fixed for the examination to P w l ' ll t f . th l 'lt owing to some bungling management on the 115 Op the epolice, Who had not the prisoners ready . C tl e r h 4 lreaal, e n was called on, the inquiry did not begin till the k t -th of t 'lttaainoe(fl.the prisoners, the constable who had Wai t isaci ed fin. erts . called up by Mr. Br deri and severely t aj h eYona th 18 i e , '44 3 of e a gross negligence in ° kee P ing all;parties appointed time. The excuse p offer . ed was the ti lt ed, 1 , 4 me road, but that, the worthy magistrate ob 4411oulan,° eXcuse at all, as in such an im . portant case I N eseaalnuaTe been brought down at the earliest ho • ki.ktri eri ' l l , sixteen in all, were then placed at _t a b s ur e t b o a x ri L u atio e " erluFh improved in appearance since the I q s ir as eh,`_' 4l -r, the wounded man, was also pres s ent,whese ltrelatk'everl and covered all over with patches. kfo,. ll e tnad c4l Pened the case by recapitulating the state tk,:;'44l by e on a former occasion. He said that having been bral)',,,,el frd, h e o wners of the ship, through information taken th e the captain, he had caused the men to be attempting ilii h Nlt oPtillval of the Tory-, on the charge of off the 44; with her e Island of Ascension, and carrying 0,. tilceet3 Iva_ valuable cargo. The object in t ui t r h y e . e thatt'i t 0 obtain the strictest and fullest which had lit o4 4 t,ed oa !a t e certain dis Closures had been made ti the the minds of the owners to abandon the charge to4,e4teethi!taiitinoursrtecthinegmen. He would not make referencetaen tCa t 9oedg e on Which the captain had since been abroad,lr a statement which had gonetoa he was itttilliolatie, ° ,,, t he captain was taken into custody I lite l ni jealieine abroad. Such was not . true . k e tal t o , eto that party. In conclusion, he y w Th as ia no h w e tla 404aandon the charge against all the men. against I,' ti, andt — ln that case there is no evidence aii k : cle t k r i.eY Must be discharged. Il liri e d Co4en was received with loud cheers officers y eers a lifi elk ialle ' hick Was instantly suppressed by the LS left Nita Bianca Zl4g ti t tl e 1-!, l e said he had 'a ' remark to ma r ke_ r b o e in fore th t e h i e r i ir t at f ., ~o ur t. It was tthat d so eo f n a f duct, Passive 15 , t til :II- Cor i seas through their an goo d sailor-like fortitude, ht anholi t t ever tou C l heTl is tl s i l i o s a Country. The men left n t e hA wh i ~lltaiam oulettlia,_ a on their characters, and no party li e th e ' y ,' ee t i 140;64 ii , , , ?.b e ! ) ; l o e Y ng t a h g e e m d. in similar service to that in i:m .it vt)'lD said that, looking at the whole case, he Ilattltn.AlleaiderY strange that the captain, on arrivipg t ~N. th e 11 % have appealed to the civil power, inst o e n adof '414,N. , 1 , 41 ,en in irons. This was a very extraordinary .B ~ Th' itot i "re was now nothing left him but to dis iati sq . 4 4 oie b ar. attl ea ; 1 . 11 t hen left amidst manifestations of the greatest e rn all present. T 4, ti LA ,0.,, TE FIRE AND .LOSS '„klay i t OF LIFE. NoN 4l l ' of '4l.r. William Baker coroner for the eastem lt,,,,rgeatid,tlidlesex held an inquest at the Bl e ac . k Horse, an li led i i i n au , 4necit,h;el bodies .ti I ofar unfortunate ah'l" i r :a i d 42, abed who ttt,,ciititylliettent fire in Tabernacle-square, Shoredith ey li ki e e( ), ee.,a,„llog been sworn, and a foreman chosen, the y W ' 'Or '4l/33Pallied by the coroner, to Shoreditch work- Wll t: t errt L t ile Purpose of viewing the bc . dies. Upon llr k es • ° tile in quest-room, the following evidence the illiC , Pl . ll at', t *,, -r b d. AL Moore said that he was the proprietor of Ve tir7e B Le Clair sw immino--baths, in Tabernacle- Ohe f, Of rOutb..,, lt 1 41"A I The deceased, 'Sarah Moore , eke It ''' g3t. Sued °° ,m, an assistant at the baths. wason the t h e k who wit teieltli4t4hwaltetieclaYblast,. about a quar d ter . before toldloc.k., t,,h th a t th,„„ . , Y his brother Fre erie , ar's (...'" tai, - " , iut ;the place was on fire. . and , i tte,Mie,'',_ aud traced the smoke to the parlour,._ He then ran h '' '' i 1 :11 1.-t 1; 1 Q ) ;Ia r i: i n e theWd°i°tlllo ss tsonildokheisrabsrhoetdhe°ratto, but he co wn in u t ld o ' he t hr:P„ r ocnre a pan of water, ke4 41tT b ri e' eI : 1 ' the direction the smoke arose from. Wit_ which g h o e do did,_an . d . btu. 4 , 11 - I'o_ ti de th - e s ea.bed up stairs and was found nearly suf OtO, ki,.. Th,IT(?V the cold ba th h and was rescued by Parlour. ' Mr. Charles . 11‘L' ro o ,: , wif e, 1 : 1 ur, kitchen adjoin b e .,s , ?e, , b,.. 4 the deceased s George Hall, slept in the k .'icli a ere it,Y were all alarmed ; but Mr. C. Moore and '' tf g' gaffe " °bl e to escape, and they were burnt l in t w th a e s 'IN 51 e,„ a u ° Could not tll how the fire originated. . - :ik4eptt4iiheer:,:iwistlenbathsewere lighted only by nil ana c i an ur g e sti t ell o i o eirei tiir 0 con!bustible ma .n ter t ia h l e i p n ar t l h o e ur pa a r ho o nt feeberheek, emir, Witness w . as i 0., 4tp,e the P the oil-lamp out, but that left a th n; t„ f Lae passage There was a report i;rttil e ise; cigar smokin . but he was positive thatit 'N. o ;:ast Creel that causes' The baths had been insured e )3 'lke ett Ye4re and upwards . in the Royal Exchange 8 Y th e ' No Cott 1 4 a g i lire C*lll--I had not smelt fire during the Previous re ef tT'l, 4l Nl th e bliu d; le s moking and bagatelle room was at o t ru he . d , \\',P g, - -sgli in a different part to where the fire c ''ee ' Dederick Au gave similar testimony.. Dii t e te4erea o, ,„..,sustus Moore trc, 4 , ll N L, am lat:'lce constable 162 G . , de te p s os e ed f t t h o e h h a o v us m e g . i an y 'd n o ,ing aroused the inmates th' tiqr ?t ''' a sori to believe that the fire had arisen tirCea:tioa I, ca use than mere accident. . eI:N '•'lt f a.vl 9g arisen as to the identity of the bodies, ~, 1 1( i ? 4 s to ,heallired of Mr. Charles Moore if he had . a an ny . '44 g iro lle haven e ther the remains were those of his wife a rah. • Jett ilf beg answered in the negative,. _the Coroner . Ill t ' ° l tt could throw any additional light upon the 'Ni t NI e was t o unabl e to do so. b f '4 A_e havin d up, the jury returned a c : , deathme iuental " li. , s A.,,,,;::-......................._ ir„E ENq:pt.LA.IDE GALLE RY. ' •ot ii‘k4ERENT OF PROFESSOR KELT6 —. R. , 11114;Nitt e' el ler and his corps of living s t a t ues r amp mencea Cil):lpctta,gentent at the Adelaide Geller:- on Monday. lik- and ft,..--"Pes of these Nvondrful artic,;(.B are most truly )141k:tilpiltiliitotitrhey 440erreefurel•preWeenh t e a th ti e e r a a t h a the ive us tableaux mans,. equall 1 Professor Keller o r apse I 'Ds ar e , tr k Nei ,„I scane heact of their profession. No on f e o h nn as aster-pieces o f Ntl,, v 4 Of hi," 4° a - 37 g r eat. CertaTn e y nl . both morning Il gi d i) , n ' rho gallery is crowded, 'eti —' o , pproach them eitherin beauty, . , lil t ................_e pe ormances diR tll Performances of Professor Keller. 4 th I Nt t meeting lit, e t . kis Iv vaBtittite tlim.--At the last ordinary that tt'e,, -. `"var ( t trot' British Architects a letter was read from -411tijItica h*.pws, of this establishment, stating _ on I t Ztc ti l'ill 4,,t't appropriated a room solely for the r o ece a pti ... ki kt ilili(.l4 N,,11,,11_t , and inviting the co-opera_t t io w n as f sta re t n e l d i 1 11 a,),,, att,'" notice these chiefl came. I 4tlrl till:0414411 being I i fkii,, Injt, which had Previously been made, had collection of 11 alerqtio e, mho afforded in the extensive introduced for want . of a nucleus, kfit,,l,Vril -natitute. °l eal I °ll g the instrumentality of the British % , s 'Nl A p t3l ; ) Tux Itiv. Da. WADE.—Yesterday , 411 / 4 ,(".1, , ill' "edford held an inquest at the Three CoT ;lktt.thpltreet, Gol den-square, upon the body of the ttlx,'•l2,laes,aage Wade, D.D.. lately residing at _Di n o... Y „'<41',,,,,tv. ,entonville. The deceased, who was j n ai l i t4 lt io ilr of alleall kn 9wn in . ~taet i. e e nio , rch in Warwickshire, and independently the political world. He w l'7l ~ 'l t ltt',l 3 ' e d a private income of 2,0001. per an_nu e m od . ti ol, kk ~ pose that he was in the employ of bit t,' ) tO t i Alel,°,lrB, &e., 114, Regent -street. About ten k ' shop -"aYrilorni th deceased gentleman ca ti 143‘i 1), kti .ng e 4 11 t 4 to w Odt,, /Poing chosen a of the pre y lie, krde ti th e --i e then walked from the rear . pattern, gave an order 4, i,tetila door, and while talking, his foot . slipped, 1.4 t ot o•kre inarnal7.ae.fallen had not witness gone to his assist e lost the bet I:,E.iitle.erelY exclaimed, 1.%:1,1e, q,e,,tdatieo l‘ ee , a ea sed . att . erepted to say be quite incompre k ' 4 44, Ilie aid BSO indistinct as . " Oh 1 I hav something to I,of a medical gentleman was immediately more, ,t. 4 r• "area s called frt7td,vstttter h 0 ton su rgeon,,stated . that he see s the de hite`,4ltl:l;°l4 n Monday mornmg be brt.oWade, having N l , , i!1 irBt:iet illirlat c r!etiobtneizndeetet_ ings. found. t4l.l4aat 1 ,, ' II of deoHa P r e iii pse, and knowing his singular ma aa n . f k , le g •Ittl e har_:_tvoid Tedica.l treatment . if possible, . . tb. sl lr ttt :, bleq 1 .. snness with htm, but finding paralysisin 4„citOtt ie. ii..no at the arm the issue of which seemed '" k ' 'tile r --'e Was sub ' I moved to 29, Silver lart„lhe Was againsevcrilnedYb 1 ;the medical gentleman, k,,,,,,,,, rkleptr, who thensfound him in a dangerous state. Oti; ttrii;,, atnj expired shortly after four o'clock. The t,b,btlettbn'ea. the cause of death to apoplexy. The lie,;Ntli ,7 remaiked on the melancholy nature of the 1 t,, st . Jilry i .„ O d u . . dance with the 10, no t , re a verdict in accordance qiI;„ !) 1, nY, Died from an nlexY " ,' ti ba. k -°- - ' Thames, li i , , tn ~,, 1 8t, It is. Aits.--The steam-ship tit g erit t , i a.s . t'' ennunander, arrived at Southampton at tt4,1Je,,," lteath,revening, after a rapid voyage, with fine and i 2 4d i "erar, „, arriving much before her time.. Her fla l e t i.tl l , , st,",,yetober 2 0th ; Tobago, 21st ; Trinidal,.2 s ittlq,,e'ill?iiiiejetileineent, 2 7th ; St. Lucia, 27th ; Martinique, 4 1 1 1 1 ; St 4 ,,, t ' 29th : 28,91; Guadeloupe, 28th ; Antigua, 29th , Dk ,4 4 '' l lo 4 , a ;, 1\ evis, 29th ; St. Kitt's, 29th ; Tortala, tsst,,,,,_eltiel, Gtp,aoath ; St. Jago de Cuba, 20th ; J . am a aica 40 t:eßorAititlid gean__ .t.id Puerto Rio, 28th. Shebrmg p i p Dec ier,rtipertaZfulY a smell freight. The Thames,. bringsl hv N t ol4 4 )l3 er ' ko aie 'e• The islands were generally nea t ~ . .: the The Tay a for Carthagena and Chagres the 16th ~,IBtll:',.o4nish, was at St. Thomas's on the a Ist of Oc kt,ll th,„",er 'c'oP-ofar Churruca at St. Jago de Cuba ' B, at ' 6 lat AJestY's ships Imaum and Galatea at Port P ut _ , and the " H b era, 16 e k Eal o .. rto 'tie, panish man-of -NI ar aan vr4,o as A e uon the 28th. lAtißillita %eriouil)NT IN PICCA.DILLY.—Yesterda7 L I N„ 3:.of sh _ aCeident occurred in Piccadilly to Captain j . ni 1,?411e-s.treet, Chelsea. He was driving along Os ,‘ . %e tc7; abrioiet at a 'd h the axletree e,ll,ii pt, 4 i ti. le ith e „ , rapi rate,w en . . 11 41 ) t °4 his W 55 throw'l, and the cabriolet fell on one side. it b ,.. Li t , 4 lef t hi,. and into the carriage -road, avid fell tltiOln Se":llind fse ci l i ' 4)41 Shollider. His groom dismounted, hl 'Orlgh t . red the horse. Several persons assisted IN ciritro.ra off the ground, and a cab being Pro " "111 4 it to hi- .- -.4 refildeum THE AM ER.ICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Hibernia, Capt. Ryrie, arrived here this morning shortly after 11 o'clock. She was much beyond her usual time, and fears were beginning to be entertained respecting her safety. On inquiry, we find that the cause cf her delay arose from hav ing touched on the southernmost point of Cape Race, Nova Scotia, during a thick fog on the sth inst., and then was obliged to run into St. John's, Newfoundland, where she ob tained some trifling repairs, and sailed therefrom on the 9th inst. She brings 71 passengers. We have received our usual files of New York and other American papers to the Ist inst.—three days later than by the Great Western. The political news is not important. It was rumoured that Mr. Packenham, the British Minister at Washington, finding there is little hope of adjusting the Oregon question, has proposed to leave the whole territory in its present position f;r 20 years, under the joint protection of England and the States, and with the stipulation that at the end of that period its then inhabitants may attach them selves to either country, or erect themselves into an inde pendent sovereignty as they tray prefer. The New York papers hope that this rumour will prove authentic. We do not believe there is any ground for it. The wish is, no doubt, on the part of our transatlantic neighbours father to the thought. The British Government cannot submit to any more shuffling. The question must be decided forthwith, and that Mr. M‘Lane knows. A correspondent of the Commer cial Advertiser, writing on the 28th ult. from Washington, says :-- " I am informed, on what seems to be good authority, that Mr. M'Lane has written to some of his friends in Maryland that unless the United States shall recede from their posi tion on the Oregon .question, war with England is inevit able." • The Coiriei and hiquiier, of the 31st, usually so temperate in its tone; concludes an, article upon the possession of Cali fornia with the bold remark, "We lay it down as an axiom, to be enforced by war, if necessary, that when Mexico ewes to own California it must constitute an integral part of the American Union." The same journal contains the following intelligence rela tive to the Oregon question, which, according to all accounts received is entitled to'credit. Polk is resolved to talk big in his message to Congress, and yield not one inch to the islanders. In fact, the Americans consider we have no right whatever to be in that quarter at all : " There is a good deal of speculation afloat as to the actual posture of the negotiations between our Government and that of England respecting the Oregan territory, and some little uneasiness lest delay should breed discord. A general impression prevails here, that a proposition to refer the whole matter to arbitration has been refused by this Go vernment ; and as the period approaches for the meeting of Congress, the first week in . December, there is some feverish ness manifested as to how the President may treat this topic in his message. On this point we hazard only this surmise, that the message will not be less decided in maintaining the claim of this country to the whole of the Oregon than was the inaugural message delivered by the President, and to which exception was taken in England. " Whether Congress will go. any further than merely to re-echo in speeches the language of the message, remains to be seen. We venture not to speculate upon what, in any mode in which it can be treated, will prove a ticklish affair." The following extract from a private letter received by the Hibernia was posted in the Underwriters'-room, Liver pool, on Tuesday : " On the subject of the Oregon, the President will main tain fully, and even in stronger language, in his message of December next, the right of the United States to the terri tory than he did in the message of December last, unless, in the meantime some conciliatory proposition emanate from your Government, such as permitting the matter to rest. for twenty or more years, which, as it would be considered here as virtually surrendering the territory, would be accepted by the United States. " The President is very indignant at the remarks made in and out of Parliament, and will use angry language in his forthcoming message. Of course you can decide better than we can whether this course will create difficulty, or, in other words, whether England will maintain her position on this subject. " Of the literal correctness of these remarks regarding the feelings, views, &c., of President Polk rest assured. They come direct to me-through one of our —, who, for two weeks past, has dined daily at the table of the President, and heard him on these occasions express himself openly, unre servedly and determinedly." FROM OREGON.—Within a few days we have read several letters from a gentleman in Oregon, written at the close of the spring, which speak of some suffering in consequence of great freshets, caused by excessive rains during the early part of the season. Lands that had not before been known to overflow were submerged, and a good deal of injury was done to crops and buildings. „ The same letters speak of the conti nued arrival of emigrants over the mountains. Some of these have suffered much during their journey, particularly the latter part of it, from want of food. Cases are mentioned of great destitution, and one instance of a family not having a particle of food remaining when they reached the settlement. The writers give it as their opinion that persons advanced in life should not attempt to pass by land from the States to Oregon. They find unexpected difficulties, and some which their strength cannot surmount. Some of the last emigrants will add energy and strength and moral worth to the present feeble population of Oregon, and there is now a nucleus being formed, which, with discreet managethent, will give-import ance to that fast .wing region. • c • DANGERS OF , A R. POLK'S ADMINisTRATio.s.—Mr. Polk and his administration, and his Cabinet, and its newspaper organ, are gettilig k into a very dangerous position, and may be upon the•bfeakers before those at the helm know where they are. • There is a vast combination of interests throughout the country, comprising all the leaders of the cliques, for the purpose of opposing both Mr. Polk and his organ. The friends of lir. Calhoun, in the south, are dissatisfied because he was rejected from the Cabinet on the, inauguration, and they will make their opposition from the free trade direction. . The friends of Dallas and Buchanan, however, differing - amongst themselves in Pennsyl vania, are beginning to feel very much dissatisfied with Mr :Polk- and his administration, because Mr. Buchanan's removal has been► threatened, and they are determined to get up a general convention in favour of a high tariff, and to oppose the policy of Mr. Polk. Then the old office holders of the Tyler dynasty are also in the field. We may also add the friends of Cass in the West, and those of Van Buren at the North.. A general coalition, indeed, of all the opposing elements temporarily united in the Bal timore Convention that elected Air. Polk, now appears to be forming for the purpose of opposing and thwarting him.— New York Herald, Oct. 20. LAKE SUPERIOR Mrs ES.—A correspondent of the Cleve land Herald writes from the Sault St. Marie as follows : " ' I have seen heading towards this mineral region ex-Cabinet Ministers and Gover: i ors, Congressmen and Pro fessors, Bankers and Capitalt,ts, Adventurers, Woodmen and Miners; and I have seP:a them on their return with their pockets full of rocks.' That this region abounds in ore to an inexhaustible ext,-,nf, and of a quality vastly superior to any elsewhere discr,,vered, are not matters of conjecture. That this is now 'positively known, has become a fixed fact,' and that gol:‘,'- and silver also abound, recent explorations dant;vestablish. In this greedy scramble for sudden wealth, In. which all men are more or less inclined to engage, some will obtain it, and others will be disappointed; but the great truth still remains, that the precious metals here abound, and if energy and enterprise be only tempered with discretion and perseverance, the efforts of such will be crowned with success. But the existence and locality of this mineral wealth are no new discovery, as is generally supposed ; nor are 1 Lake Superior Mining Companies' devices of these modern days. In 1665, Father Allouez heard of the existence of a mass of pure copper' on the southern shore of Lake Supe rior, and searched for it. And as early as 1721, says Char levoix; the bracelets of the Indians, the candlesticks, crosses, and censors were made for the use of the church, by a gold smith at'the ' Soo,' from the masses of pure copper found on the shore of Lake Superior." The writers speak of the excitement pending the first elec tion for Government officers. Although so far removed, as it may be thought here, from political strife, the citizens of Oregon had their caucus meetings and popular meetings, very much the same as they had been accustomed to in the States. There were two parties, as we have before mentioned—the Hudson's Bay Company, and the American emigrants; the result was in favour of the latter by a large majority.— Commercial Advertiser. CANADA. The Montreal Herald of the 27th publishes the follow. ing " It affords us the higjiest gratification to have it in our power to announce, upon official authority, that his Excel lency's health is improving, and that he continues to trans act businees with such official personages as require to see him. We have also much pleasure in learning that his Ex cellency has never for a day been confined to his bed-room, but has been in the daily habit of joining his family at meals." On the 29th the following is given by the same journal : " We are happy to have it in our power to state, on official authority, that Lord Metcalfe's general health continues to improve. His Lordship, yesterday afternoon, took an airing in his carriage." In the present state of the corn market the following very late news from Montreal is of importance : MONTREAL, Ocr. 29.—After the departure of the last steamer, until the arrival of the Great Britain, the flour mar ket was rather quiet, good brands of " fine" bringing only 28s. 6d. The advices by that steamer, however, caused holders to be more firm, but the exorbitant rates of freight tended to keep down prices. On the arrival of the news by the Hibernia, last week, prices advanced materially, and as aconsiderable number of ships arrived together freights de clined, and an advance of 2s. 6d. to 3s. per barrel was esta blished in flour. During the past week the market has been very active, and the demand for flour has been tacreased, from parties having made heavy engagements to ship by a certain date.. Large sales of " superfine" have been made at 325. 6d., which is now the quotation for tkat quality. " Extra fine" and choice brands of " fine" are 'worth 31s. 9d. to 325., and ordinary . brands of " fine" 30s. 6d. t o 31 s. 6 ( 1 . per b arrel. The market is quite bare of ship-z,ing, parcels and flour much wanted to fill chartered vessels; large quantity is, however, reported on the way down. GRAlN.—Upper Canada, white wheat has been coming down pretty freely, and has 411 been taken for shipment on ar r i va l ; ss. 10d. was the priem iAntil the Great Britain ar r i ve d, w h en 6s. 2d. was paid. After the receipt of the advices by th e Hibernia, the r rice went up to 6s. 6d. a 6s. Bd. Seve ra l ve ry superior par'zefs have been placed this week at 6s. 74d. a nd 65. Ba, P'zr 60 lbs. ENAI - angehasdeclined one-half per cent. The banks are drawing at 11 per cent.; and the best private, 90 days 011 London, is only worth 10 per cent. The commercial intelligence, down to the latestlate, we subjoin, we take from one of the New York papers : Since the departure of the Great Britain (on the 28th in stant) the effect of the intelligence received by the Great Western, which arrived on the day of the Great Britain leaving port—has been felt. It is not very significant. Flour and wheat advanced, somewhat—the former about 25 cents. per barrel—but that advance has not been sustained. Several thousand barrels nevertheless charged hands at the increased rates, destined for England, and the price for the best Genessee, for that market, maybe quoted at sdolls. 75 cents. ; this at the present rate of exchange, 9i prenaiura, is equal in sterling to Add to this freight 2s, 6d. Insurance charge, &c. ... Os. 9d. 27a. Od. The list price of best AMeriC4ll taoUrp iu bond, in Liyer- SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1845. pool was 27s.—so that unless there be a rise on the other side, there is no margin for shipments from this. As, however, the least alarm about a short or inferior crop gives always a more than proportionate impulse to mices, it may very well be that flour on the spot may, in the course of the next few weeks, be advantneously placed. • Cotton is dull and unsettled, so as to render it difficla to give accurate quotations. _ Our money market continues very easy. The revenue of this State from its canals will this year; contrary to exPeo--- tation in the earlier part of the season, transcend that of last year, which itself was larger than that of any preceding year. The remarkably fine weather that has prevailed, and is still prevailing here, has afforded every opportunity to forwarders to hurry produce and goods to market, and all the grain and flour that can reach tide water will find ready purchasers. Exchanges on Europe are still drooping. Sales'on London are made at 9, and the extreme range is 9%. On France 5.25 to 5.26%. Cotton—The sales to-day reach 890 bales, The stock for sale being unusually light, holders are enabled to maintain their position. Prices range within % of a cent of what they were before the arrival of the Great 'Western, in fact, several parcels have been disposed of at former prices. We quote Uplands, very ordinary to middling, 6 3 / 4 to 7% cents per pound; fair to good fair and good, 8 1 4 to 8 3 / 4 and 9% cents ' • Tennessees and Alabamas, 6 3 / 4 to 7 3 / 4 cents ; Mo biles, Louisianas, &c., ordinary to middling, 7 t017 3 / 4 cents; fair to good fair, 9 to 10 cents ; good and fine, 11 ;to 12 and 12% cents. The sales since the 14th are estimated at 9,400 bales. The exports, &c., of cotton since the Ist of September, , are as follows :—Total exports, 84,000 bales ; last year, 114,000 bales ; and year before, 19,000 bales. To Great Britain, 56,000 bales; last year, 52,000 bales; and year before, 7,000 bales. Receipts, 149,000 bales ; 'last year, 142,000 bales ; and year before, 115,000 balesi- Stocks, 114,000 bales ; last year, 124,000 hales; and year before, 133,000 bales. The reports from the cotton-growing districts continue to be favourable, and it is expected that the crop will be equal in quantity to that of last year. Flour—All descriptions are dull. 5.75 doll. was asked for Genessee this morning, withoutpinding buyers—a few lots were taken at 4.684 dolls., and subsequently at 5.624 dolls. ; 1,000 barrels Michigan (in poor order) sold at 5.561 dolls. Southern Flour is held at 5.25 dolls. to 5.371 dollse for Balti more, Alexandria, Petersburgh, &c. ; Georgetown 5.50 dolls., Brandywine 5.621 dolls. to 5.75 dolls. 6,0610 - bushels prime GenesseeWheat were taken for export, at 1.23 dolls., and about- 5,500 bushels Southern in lots for milling at 1 doll. to 1.16 doll. ; 8,000 bushels Southern Corn sold at 65 to 66 cents weight, and a small parcel of Northern yellow at 67 cents. 5,000 bushels of Barley brought 57 cents. There has been a good deal of inquiry for Clover Seed, and several parcels of Ohio have been purchasedo-say B,ooolbs. at 8 to 8 1 ,4 cents., and 26,0001b5. at about 9 cents. —now held a.t 9 1 % cents. Nothing of importance was done in provisions. Ashes are steady. Pots, 3.87 dolls. 1-2 ; Pearls, 4.12 dolls. —demand moderate. The rates of freight are—To Liverpool, Ald. per lb. for cotton in square bales, and 7-16 d. in round; turpentine and flour, 25..6d. per barrel. To London, Naval stores and flour, 3s. to 3s. 6d. per barrel. To Havre, Cotton, %to % cents. per lb. ; Ashes, 8 dolls. to 10 dolls. per ton. Rice, 10 dolls. per ton. NEW ORLEANS, OCT. 22.—There was a slightly improved feeling in the cotton market yesterday, but the business continues rather limited, as neither buyers nor sellers are willing to operate largely until the GI eat Britain's advices Come to hand. The sales yesterday amounted to 8,500 bales, and this morning about 1,000 bales have changed bands, at prices ranging from 7% to 7 3 %c. for low middling to good middling; Bc. for mid fair, and 8* to Bic. for fair to fully fair. Corn, in consequence of an export demand, went up yesterday to 40c. to 41c. per bushel, at which about 500 bushels were taken. Nothing was done either in flour or provisions. Exchange is very steady at 8 1 / I to 8 3 / 4 per cent. prem. for sterling ; francs, sf. 20c. to sf. 25c. New York Bonds, 1 3 / 4 to 2 per cent. discount ; checks, % to 3/4 per cent. dis. Freights have given way, a vessel having been taken yesterday for Liverpool at %d. LITEIrAT URE. HONOUR AND SHAME. A Novel. 3 vols. This is a very interesting work, and will prove a great favourite with the general readers of novels. It is not indebted to any historical reminiscences or political in cidents—it is simply a domestic tale, and depends only on its own attractions. It is written in a quiet, unaf fected style, and is in many places full of real feeling. Its chief interest consists in the natural pictures of pri vate life, and the correct delineation of human passions. The story may be divided into two distinct parts, of vary different characters: the first is full of action, the second of feeling ; the first unveils the petty intrigues, rivalries, and jealousies, which make and mar domestic life, while the second displays the contest of opposing passions, and shows the energy and feeling that may dwell in the most gentle. In the commencement the character of Isabella Lorraine, the heroine, is conspicu• ous for sincerity and earnestness, and forms a bright contrast to the cunning and intriguing dispositions of her friends or rivals. It is in the latter part that the full beauty of her character is displayed. She is full of love and self-devotion—two qualities most calculated to ex cite interest and sympathy ; she not only suffers, but feels; her passions are ardent and her sorrows bitter; yet she is resolved to endure, and she does endure, the bitterest trials—she is forsaken by her friends, suspected by him she loves, and called upon to sacrifice all her hopes and joys. The struggle is hard, but she obeys, and sacrifices even love itself for duty— 4 6 And leaves a lover's for a father's arms." The tender and devoted character of Isabella will render her a general favourite ; all must sympathise with her sufferings, and admire her fortitude. Those who love romance, and sorrow, and pathos, and who like to see " The course of true love ne'er run smooth," will be delighted with the latter portions of these volumes; while those who read only to be amused—pour passer le. temps—will find entertainment in the light conversa tions and variety of trifling incidents in which the whole work abounds. Some of the more serious conversations may be of advantage to many; one in particular, on the power of pleasing, and the best means of gaining the af fection of friends and companions, will be found useful to all whom it interests—and who does it not? On the whole, this novel is one which can scarcely do any harm to whosoever reads it ; one which may touch the heart or improve the temper, but which must afford both in terest and amusement. JACK .HORNET; or the March of Intellect. By the Author of "The Adventures of an Irish Gentleman." 3 vols. This is a novel of the humorous class, yet it presents a strange compound of exaggeration and good sense. It is certainly a clever work, and the author is evidently one shrewd enough to penetrate beneath the outward mask of society, and read the secret motives which in spire many, apparently, great and good actions. The hero, - Jack Hornet, is a Welsh Radical—a regular re former—who arrives in London with the intention of regenerating the country on the most approved Chartist and agrarian principles. From the exaggerated descrip tion of this character, we should imagine that the author wished to turn all reformers into ridicule, did not many of his own observations prove that he himself belongs to that numerous and daily increasing class. As it is, his intention is evidently not to ridicule reform itself, but to check the career of those who, styling themselves "friends of the people, regenerators, and reformers," are ever ready to blame the rich, yet the last to assist the poor—who long for equality, not for the sake of raising their inferiors, but in order to abase those above them to their own level. This intention. is laudable enough; there -is too much talkative philanthropy abroad; there are many who love to speak of the " wrongs of the poor," the " rights of the people," &c., but we shall find, on inquiry, that most of these, some perhaps uncon sciously, are acting according to the very 'rules which they are the loudest in blaming. Full many a " village Hampden" would, had he the opportunity, prove an other Charles, and this was the case with our hero, " Jack Hornet." We are told that "He hated the wealthy, not because he was poor, for he took pride 'in his poverty ; but he felt convinced that their wealth must have been acquired by nefarious means. His heart was excellent, yet he suspected every one who ap proached him of obduracy and want of feeling. He hated mankind, yet he liked society ; and while he shunned the world, solitude was irksome; while the whole universe made him wretched, his greatest pride and boast was his utter carelessness of its opinion. In every respect Jack Hornet was an anomaly. He sighed for the happy days of the' golden age, when men ate acorns—yet, to a certain extent he was an epicure. He affected great simplicity in his dress —yet he was most difficult to please in the cut of his coat, and abominated tailors, whord he' called 4 living testimonies of the original sin.' He pretended to scorn the assistance of domestics, who were the type of slavery—yet he expected the most assiduous attendance. Like many persons upon whom fortune has not smiled, he attributed his present posi tion to the injustice and ingratitude of society, and blind to his follies and absurdities, he did not consider that he him self had been the greatest enemy he ever could have had." This strange individual eomes to London, intending to reform the country, his chief object being to improve the relative positions of the " two nations" of rich- and poor.: His constant quarrels and complaints, his strange ideas, and 'his still stranger actions, occasion numerous extraordinary adventures. At one time he disguises himself as a beggar, and accosts a nobleman in the street; he is given in charge to a policeman, and he being a beggar and his opponent a lord, he is of course "locked up." Then he declares that he is himself an earl disguised for a freak; his assertion is believed, and the tables are turned. At•another time, being wounded in the leg in one of his skirmishes, he is attended by a doctor, who charges a guinea a day, and who declares, that if he moves, he will lose the limb. But nothing can deter his love of inquiry; he is resolved to know the difference between medicine for the rich and the poor. He resumes his beggar's dress, and calls on his phy sician, who happens to be doctor for the dispensary of the poor. He shows the wounded leg, which cost a guinea a day, and which was to be destroyed, if he moved, and all the medicine he gets is the following:— "Get about your.business, you lazy vagabond; 'nothing ails you • a walk of ten miles, or a hornpipe on the tread-mill for a day or two, would soon set you to rights." All this is (we hope) exaggerated, but it is amusing, and if it makes people think besides making them laugh, it will not be read in vain. At length our reformer gets an opportunity for trying his powers of improvement. He is given the management of a little country estate, and there he essays his agricultural science. lie lectures the peasants under pretence of teaching them; he tyrannises over them in order to make them " free and happy." The result is, as might be expected, a total failure; and our ultra-Liberal, in his anger and disappointment, becomes a "red-hot Tory." Such is the history of " Jack Hornet;" at least, such is a brief outline of his interesting and ex traordinary adventures. He is accompanied by a Welsh friend, a Sir Thomas Green, who has just succeeded to a baronetcy and a fortune. He is a specimen of country simplicity and vanity; he is taken in charge by some clever knaves, who kindly instruct him in the tortuous paths of London life, till he finds himself minus his ' fortune, and then, of course, he can dispense with their aid., THE POTATO DISEASE ; its Origin, Nature, and Prevention. By G. Phillips, of the Excise, and Member of the London Chemical Sociely. This little pamphlet is the best treatise on the potato disease which has yet appeared. The author, in order to ascertain the nature of the disease, begins by making a quantitative analysis of a sound and of a diseased tuber. The results of these analyses are given, and the effect produced on the potato by the acting of various re-agents are described. The great differences between the healthy and diseased tuber seems to be that the latter contains more water and more gum, but less al bumen, less potateine, than the healthy tuber, which also contains sugar, of which none fis found in the dis eased tuber. The author then gives a minute descrip tion of the appearances presented by the various parts of a potato plant when subjected to microscopical ex amination. With regard to the indications of the ex istence of the disease, Mr. Phillips tells us " The outward appearance of a tuber is no indication of its soundness, for the disease invariably commences in the cuticle of the string or pendulum at the part where it joins the tuber. If a potato be diseased at all (unless by some external in jury), it may be known by cutting a transverse section at and perpendicular to the pendulum. The cutting should be made immediately below the bark or outward skin, and if the tuber be diseased, a brown spot will be seen, more or less extended, according to the severity of the disease, and the length of its duration." Although the starch in diseased tubers is at present still existing, yet Mr. Phillips thinks it probable that after a lengthened attack of the disease, that, too, might disappear, and therefore he recommends that it should be secured as soon as possible after the disease has made its appearance. He ascribes the origin of the disease entirely to the wetness of the season, which gorged the plant with water and prostrated its powers ; and he considers that the disease might have been prevented by trenching the ground to the depth of twelve or four teen inches, so as to have drained off from the plant its superfluous moisture. The following directions for storing the tubers for winter use are well worthy of attention "In storing tubers for winter use, certain conditions should be observed, or the tubers may decay before the disease is outwardly perceptible. " These conditions are— " First. Absence of moisture. "Secondly. Plenty of air—a current passing between the tubers is the most efficacious, as it dries their surfaces. " It is of no moment in what way these conditions are complied, with, so long as they are observed and_ maintained in some form. I would recommend that the tubers be laid in layers, placing between each layer straw and wood, or any other substance by which a current of air may be passed through the layers and between the tubers. I would have extended heaps rather than thick ones, and avoid a close atmosphere. The tubers ought not to be placed in pits, and covered with earth, or shut out from the atmosphere. Pota toes of this season are not to be trusted to pits, or to any of the old modes of storing, for the outward appearance is de ceptive and no criterion of soundness. " Sand, lime, and other substances have been recom mended to be used as a medium in which to store tubers, but I would say, avoid them and trust to the atmosphere. A current of air will always carry off moisture from a damp or wet substance, but sand and lime will not do so; on the contrary they will, although dried before use, soon absorb and retain a portion of moisture natural to them when ex posed to the atmosphere at certain temperatures. But the evil rests not there; they prevent the escape of water from the tubers, and maintain a temperature around them favour able to the spread of the evil they were intended to prevent. " Stored potatoes should be frequently examined, because although the putrefactive fermentation may be checked by the means suggested, yet decay silently proceeds in another form if the tuber be diseased." With regard to seed potatoes, he says : "In selecting tubers for seed, great care should be ob served, all the bruised and brown skinned ones should be re jected, and those only taken that are clean and healthy in appearance. If cuttings be used, all that have brown spots in them are to be refused, and if a suspicious or doubtful one presents itself, cut It open and examine it. The examina tion Iva' occupy time, but it will afford malty and impart knowledge that will be useful and important to the possessor of it. " In selecting cuttings take none that have the slightest brown speck in them, or that are stained beneath• the skin of a brown colour, and if cuttings must be taken from a diseased or suspicious tuber through necessity, cut the brown part away with at least half an inch, if possible, of the white and sound part of the tuber with it. The sooner the seed is selected the better, and where cuttings are made, dip the cut parts immediately the cutting is made into dry plaster of paris, which will unite with the water that issues from the cells, and form a dry coating over the surface of the, potato, that will tend much to preserve it from decay." Mr. Phillips does not consider the present as at all a new disease, and does not believe that it has been pro duced by either fungi or insects. The work con cludes with minute directions for laying out potato fields so as to avoid a recurrence of the disease. The work is illustrated by plates, showing the structure of the potato plant, and the appearances produced in it by the disease. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EXETER AND WEYMOUTH. [The following is a continuation of the report of the meet ing held at the Guildhall, Weymouth, on Monday afternoon, which was not concluded when the post left] : EDWARD STRICK, Esq., on the part of the proposed Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast Junction line, said, while I admire the tact of the Hon. Gentleman who last spoke, yet could not but regard his statements as clap-trap to catch the people of Weymouth—l allude to his putting the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line in opposition to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. We approve of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, and quite agree in all the arguments employed in support of that line : they are so many arguments in our favour. The question is, will not a coast communication westward be of advantage to Weymouth. Our line furnishes facilities for persons coming from North Devon, and other places in that direction, which no other line will so well supply: Your best policy will be to support such a line. The engineer of the Great Western Com pany has stated that it will be to their interest to complete the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line; and why? Be cause it would feed their own trunk line. But he has not said a word about their line from Bridport to Exeter. This new scheme of theirs would be of advantage to Bridport and Dorchester, but it would be death to Weymouth, and I would ask your calm and deliberate opinion whether a line that connects you with the west coast would be detrimental to your interests. The gentlemen representing the Great Western attempt to convince you that their proposed line from Bridport to Exeter provides accommodation equal to that we offer you, but advert to the map. By their route you are to go to Bridport vid Maiden Newton, just ten miles longer than the way we propose to take you. Here then is a saving both in time and expense, and is this no advantage? I would again repeat that it is to the interests of the people of Dorchester and Bridport to support their scheme, but it is to your interests to support us. Give us then your free and frank opinion as to which of these two lines will be most beneficial to yonr interests. . BARLOW, Esq., Director of the Great Western Com pany, on the behalf of that company pledged himself for the fulfilment of whatever promises they made to the people of Weymouth. Does not the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway give you a safe and excellent line ? Which Company was earlist in the field? Did not the Great "Western come for ward and assist you when no other Company would? and common gratitude should lead you to give your support to any line which that Company may carry out. lam quite sure that the Directors of the Great Western will direct their attention to the improvement of the town, and encourage the formation of any Company having that object in view. —(Hear, hear.) I therefore hope that you will be prepared to support the scheme of the Great Western, and rest assured that what they propose will be carried out to its full extent. EDWARD STRICK, Esq., rose to complain of the conduct of the Great Western in coming forward several months after they had possession of the country. When their plans were announced and matured, the Great Western, borrowing the idea, and in the eleventh hour, comes farward with a competing scheme. He very much questioned whether the Great 'Western intended to carry out this as well as many other of their schemes, and in confirmation of his opinion he would read a letter which he received from a Mr. Chap man, at Warminster. (The letter was to the effect that the Great Western Company were ever actuated by a selfish spirit, and never consulted the interests of the community. They projected no new lines until other companies came forward to supply the wants of a district. That in regard to the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway scheme, they had already broken faith, and it was the belief of the Wiltshire people that the Great 'Western Company was not sincere in their proposal of constructing a line to Weymouth.) Some interruption followed the reading of this letter, which, when subsided, the meeting was addressed by C. SANDERS, Esq., Secretary of the Great Western Com pany, after a few preliminary observations, proceeded to direct the attention of the meeting to the relative merits of the va rious schemes introduced to their notice. He said I wish the matter submitted to your reason, and would ask whether it is best for you to be connected with the Great Western, with all its ramifications, or with the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester line? When I had the honour of appearing here a twelvemonth since, I was told that a coast railway was not what you desired, but a communication with Bath, Bristol, the midland counties, and to the north of England. Your language was, Give to us a connexion with the interior of the country that will best subserve the interests of Weymouth. We have given you such a line, and is it now to your interest to neglect us for the purpose of adopting a more direct line to Bridport? The promoters of the Exeter, Dorchester, and 'Weymouth line admit that the Wilts, Somerset, and Wey mouth line will benefit Weymouth, and they wish it success, and yet advocate a line which, if constructed, will intercept the traffic of that line. You are this day called on to make choice what line is best fur 'Weymouth, and not what is best for the Great Western. I maintain that the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, with its continuation to Hungerford and Westbury, and to Exeter in the other direction, will best supply your wants. If by your vote you adopt the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line, you may perhaps lose both lines. (In referring to the letter which was read, charg ing the Great Western with breach of faith and neglecting the public interests, he said it was a most unjustifiable attack, and that it did not contain one word of truth.) Do you think that the Great Western Company, after incurring the expenses of procuring the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill, would abandon it? yet such is the insinuation of that letter, and I cannot refrain from saying that it is a most libellous and infamous letter, and that it ought not to have been in troduced. In again referring to the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth line, I admit that it is a shorter line to Bridport, but that is not the question for you to decide. Will you identify yourselves with that line, and which would de prive you of another line giving you so much greater ad vantages ?—(No, no.) Look then well to your interests, and not take up with a Company who is looking for an alliance with the line to Southampton. Such a connexion cannot benefit you.—(No, no.) 'Would the London and South- Western Company seek the re-establishment of the mail packets to the Channel Islands? We (the Great Western) shall have a clear and undivided interest in doing what we can for Weymouth. We wish you to be a large importing port—(Hear, hear)—and as I believe the day is not far distant when the Government intention of establishing an harbour of refuge at Portland will be carried out, the formation of docks and other improvements will necessarily follow. I look to you to place confidence in us, to support us, and rely upon it you will come to a right conclusion. Mr. HorKixs, in reply, begged again to repeat that they were not opposed to the Great Western. We were first in the field; our surveys were made, our capital subscribed for, and then the Great Western Company, as was usual with them, comes forward, and says we will adopt a line which shall swamp this Company. I will ask why; did the Great Western now come forward to construct a direct line to Exeter, of which the Bridport line forms a branch, —was it with a view of serving the district?—(Bear.) Our Company comes to Weymouth, and says to you, you have a railway to the east, a railway to the north, and we will sup ply you with one to the west. lam told that such devia tions are contemplated in the Wilts, Somerset and 'Weymouth Railway ; that the line cannot be completed without a new Act:of Parliament. Mr. Hopkins then directed attention to the desirableness of a coast communication westward, as offered by the Exeter, Dorchester and Weymouth Company, and as regarded the gauge they intended to adopt, they had not yet decided. They were waiting the report of the Government Commission, who were investigating the relative merits of the two gauges. Sir JOHN AUDREY stated that though the Directors of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway contemplated a deviation of a portion of their line, yet that would not pre- vent them from commencing on those parts of the line where no alterations are intended. Mr. J. F. HODGES thought the meeting was not in a con dition to come to an unbiassed decision. They had heard gen tlemen advocate their several projects, in which each had their separate interests. I will, as a Weymouth man, give my honest and fair opinion. I am not identified with either scheme ; I hold no shares in these or any other railway companies. In looking at the country through which the Exeter, Weymouth, and Dorchester Coast line proposed to pass, I find it is for twenty miles a competing line with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. lam of opinion that the line in itself would be injurious to the interests of Weymouth, and if we act in good filth to the Great Western' we are bound to support their line. The Great Western is called a great monopoly, and why ? because it forms a com bination of talent and enterprise NI hich entitles it to our sup port. They promised us the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, and they have obtained. the sanction of Parliament for that line ; and though there appeared to be some delay in its commencement, we are assu red that the result of that daisy will be an improvement in itl; construction. Is this new line (the Exeter, Dorchester, an.l Weymouth) calculated to benefit Weymouth ? I say no ; I tad for this reason, internal lines are always deemed the most valuable to an importing port.—(Hear.) Look at the lines of country through which the Wilts, Somerset, and Weym outh Railway panes- It also connects you with the middle and the north of England, and it is from these places that the great stream of visitors come to watering-places.—(Hear.) What advantage will it be for Weymouth to be connected with other watering liinnetecroesntnse.ctsTushe wEixth eptlearc,esw.? ey l in V o e u h th a , v a e nd to p co or n eh eu es lt te o r tir c m i Bridport, but what are we to expect from Bridport? and farther westward, what do we meet with but watering places, which are all rivals to Weymouth s ? The distance from Weymout h to Bri,dport, by the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, is f;wenty-five miles, by the Exeter, Dor chester,and Weymout Coast line it is fifteen ; but the po pulation between this and Bridport coastwise is so small, that there is not evt in a turnpike-road, and the only coach from Weymouth to 13ridport is obliged to go through Dor chester in order to in ak it pay. The saving of a few minutes between-Weymouth. and Bridport is a matter of small impor tance ; besides, is V, rey mouth in a condition to take up so many schemes ?—(voice—" We are not called on for our money.") I adtr (it it ; but the construction of a line rested on the prob ability of its paying. I think we shall not be acting judicior isly in separating ourselves from the Great Western, and would urge on you to give them your strenuous support.— (Ilea r.) We cannot better bring out the resources of Weymouth. than by connecting ourselves with such a powerful and. upirited Company.—(Cheers.) He concluded by moving the following resolution : " That tb.4 intoreit§ of this Inrougb, and port gill be COMMISSION OF LUNACY. Yesterday morning a commission for inquiring into the sanity of Mr. Richard Read Parry, of No. 11, Colebrook-row, Islington, was opened at the Angel Inn, before Mr. Barlow and 17 jurymen. Mr. Cockburn and Mr-Prior appeared in support of the commission, and Mr. James in opposition to it. It appeared from the evidence of a number of witnesses, that Mr. Parry was the second son of Mr. Roger Parry, who filled a situation in the Bank of England, and who died in 1838, leaving two sons and a daughter. The gentleman whose state of mind was the subject of inquiry early in life embarked in theatrical pursuits, much against the wishes of his family. He was manager of several provincial theatres, and was himself a performer. His affairs became embarrassed, and in 1822 he went to reside abroad on an allowance of 200/. a-year from his father. On the death of his elder brother, in March, 1844, he returned to this country, and succeeded to the family property, consisting of the freehold residence in. Cole brook row, 4,7001. Three per Cents. Reduced, 4,0001. in vested on mortgage, and furniture appraised at 300/. and odd, including 181. worth of jewellery. Probably the sudden ac cession to this property overturned a mind predisposed to insanity, for early in March last his manners became strange. He had been a man of peculiar habits, liking to be alone; he now dismissed his servants, and appeared for A time to be without food or fire. Mrs. Mayhew, an old friend of the family, sent him a pigeon-pie and some other articles of food, and communicated the circumstance to his married sister,, who had been estranged from her family through marrying contrary to their wish. A person was then engaged to attend_ on him. He began to attach excessive value to; the fainily' plate, and to fancy that pewter articles were silver.: He said he had discovered 10,0001. worth of plate in a closet in the kit chen, and a quantity of china still more valuable; he wore brass curtain rings, and said they were gold. He said he was worth 15,000/. a-year. He announced his intention to keep four horses, and said he could keep them all for 401. a year and the sale of their manure. He professed that he should keep the first society. The Lord Chancellor and his lady, and several of the nobility, were to visit him. The New River, which ran in front of his house, ~he meant to have brought through his garden, and ladies were to bathe before break fast and gentlemen afterwards. He said, he should fit up a gallery with all Wilkie's pictures, and another with Ho garth's ; and he bought some. Me purposed; as he was " immensely rich," to throw his own and the next house into one. He said, one day, that a beggar had been to the doer and he had sent him with a sovereign to get change, and meant to give him something when he returned ; however, no such person returned. When he considered it to be Sunday, he read prayers and a sermon, but he generally fixed on some other day than that which war really Sunday, and was very angry with any one who said it was not Sunday. In the same way he confounded the hours of the day ; at four o'clock in the afternoon he would insist it was nine in the morning; he generally car ried several watches about with him, some of which had stopped, and whatever hour was indicated by the first he looked at, he would insist on that being the time. He had gas laid on in the drawing-rooms and parlours ; this must have cost him 30/., but he said it was only an expense of a few shillings. One night he went to Sadler's-wells ; he sat all the time with his face buried in his hands, and refused for a long time to come away when the performances were over, saying, it was quite early. He said he had become proprietor of Covent-garden Theatre ; that Mr. Macready and Miss Cushman had called on him, and entered into engagements with him ; at another time ho declared that Mr. Bunn had engaged him for Drury-lane at 150/. a-night. He told his friends he was going to be married to a young lady, his cousin ; he bad not asked her, he said, but he had only to go down and put his brother's diamond ring on her finger, and it would be all right, and then he and her father would sit down to dinner on rumpsteak and onions. He wrote to her mother proposing to marry the young lady on the 3d of July, " and then return to Colebrook° mansion, for one hun dred years the seat of the Danes; in case of any impediment, application would be made to the executors of the good and great Sir Hugh ; in jewellery he would present her with 1,000/.; by mere accident he had found the family estate quadrupled, and had discovered in a closet in the kitchen an immensity of china and plate, estimated at 100,000/." His conversation was generally jocular and facetious. During this evidence Mr. Parry was in the room, and ap peared to take great interest in the inquiry; he communicated frequently with his counsel, and conducted himself so properly that the jury were evidently puzzled. After the letter about the marriage was read, he observed that it was a mere pro posal, And was never sent. As to the china and plate, he said he certainly found some; he was an ignoramus as to the value, but the jury might see it; his father said he gave a guinea and a half for the smallest china plate ; it had been 200 years in the family. The jewellery belonged to his mother; the jury might say the articles were copper, but he really believed them to be diamonds; he could not help it if that was called insanity. He believed the tea-kettle to be silver, with marks on it to define it as such; but if his word was not to be taken, let people judge for themselves. It was no great presumption that he was mad that he did not know the quality of such things. At this stage of the inquiry the jury proceeded to visit his house. Two pewter tankards being produced, with a large crown, and the letters "W. R. upon them, he said he was no connoisseur, but he believed them to be silver. A com mon tin tea-kettle was in the parlour, and he expressed his conviction that it was silver. This delusion was so gross as to make an impression on the jury that quite decided the case. Some further evidence was gone into, chiefly medical. ' Mr. Skelly, a surgeon, stated, that he was insane upon sub jects relating to his property, and meditated projects based upon his extravagant notions of it. He would probably never recover. Dr. Hunter also judged him insane, i • he went by the general appearance of th tak, net easil expressed in words, but which medical men have no difficulty in discern ing." Dr. Seaton,:who had had him under his care in the country since July, thought him insanei: bat that under judicious treatment his recovery Vita Vei7 possible. Ile had improved since July. His mind had been kept occupied, and he had not been left alone to have bpportiinity for' delu sive impressions. He had been told last Sunday that his wearing brass rings and calling them gold was to be proved before the jury, and to-day the rings had disappeared. The jury found unanimously that he had been from the 15th of March of unsound mind, and incompetent to take care of himself and his property. SOCIETY OF 1101LER-MAKERS.—The fifth anniver sary of this Society took place last evening at the Star and Garter Tavern, Arbour-square, Stepney; When nearly 250 members of the Society sat tiOwn tb a gond attbstantig din ner, which was aettod Up hi a manner that reflects great credit upon Mt ilubbl% the proprietor of the Tavern. The feast was one of a purely social tharader; dnd yds enjoyed with a gusto that Was trttly gratifying to all who feel a plea sure in witnessing those who contribute so largely to the wealth of the country throwing aside, as it *Pre, the cares and anxieties of life; and maltir* thilmselves, for the moment, merry and-11430 with their fellow-labourers. The practical value of the Society in respect to the trade is generally appre ciated by its members, and binds them together for good and worthy purposes. The dinner, which was presided over by Mr. J. Yah, having been disposed of, the wives and sweet heats of the male portion of the company joined the party, and a dance having been got up, the festivity of the evening was kept up to a late hour, when all retired highly delighted with the arrangements made for their general comfort. PRICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 44; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 60, it follows that gold is 0.63 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 432 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 ; and: the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being ISt it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer in London? .than in Hamburgh. OFFENCES nr THE PARKS DURING THE PAST MoNTrie—Yesterday the usual monthly statement as ordered by the Commi ss i oner , s of Woods and Forests was posted at all the principal Park entrances, from which it appears that only two per4ons have been convicted during October, and who were finecl'in sma ll sums for damaging the trees in Ken sington -gardens. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Queen will hold a Privy Coun cil on Thursday next, the 20th inst., at the Castle. The Council will be held at half-past two o'clock. Her Majesty, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, promenaded in the vicinity of the Castle some time this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken their early morning airings in the grounds around the Castle. At half-past twelve o'clock her Majesty and her Royal Consort, and their Royal Highnesses the Prin4 and Princess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, attended by Lady.: Portman and Madame Angelet, left the Castle in the char-a-hanc, to pay a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Richmond Park, where the royal party partook of luncheon with thellloyal Duchess, andafterwards returned to the Castle. Lord Charles Wellesley was in attendance on horseback. Sir Henry Wheatley left the Castle to-day. In the afternoon the Prince of 'Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing. His Royal Highness Prince George arrived - at the Castle this afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty. , Viscount llawarden has arrived at the Castle, and has suc ceeded Lord Byron as the Lord in Waiting: to the Queen; and Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe has succeeded Major-General Sir Frederic Stovin as the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, LadfiAnlra Dawson, and the Baroness de Speth. The band of the 2d regiment of Life Gustrds%attended during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended at the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince George left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. F. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall-gar dens yesterday afternoon, from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Earl of Lonsdale had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. MR. SHRAPNEL AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. We published on Monday a letter from the Duke of Wel lington to the late Colonel Shrapnel, highly eulogising the merits of the celebrated shell which bears Ins mime, and for the invention of which his Grace thought him entitled to " very ample reward," and professed his readiness " to assist by every means in his power to procure a reward for Lieute nant-Colonel Shrapnel." We now subjoin a letter of some what opposite character, addressed to the representative of Colonel Shrapnel, who during his own lifetime bad been in duced, by the Duke's representations of the advantage to the public service which would arise from the enemy not being made aware of the peculiar effect of the shells, to forbear from pressing his claim : " Strathfieldsaye, April 2, 1842. " Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his com pliments to Mr. Shrapnel. " Colonel Shrapnel was a gerfant of the public, who ren dered services to the public under former Boards of Ordnance. Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington cannot constitute himself, or permit others to constitute him, as the solicitor general for favours for the families of all who have rendered service to the public; they must apply to those who are in office. " Sir George Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance, must be as well informed as the Duke of Wellington of the merits of Colonel Shrapnel. He is the person to be applied to, and not the Duke of Wellington, who is not in office. " He positively declines to apply for Mr. Needham Scrope Shrapnel in any manner, or to any authority."—Times. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. One of the most artistically-constructed dramas that has been represented for years, was last night produced at this theatre, under the title of The Viola. A young lady, too, made her debiit in the character of Blanche, the heroine, " her first appearance on the stage ;" and unlike most young ladies who make their " first appear ance on the stage," the young lady in question is a most accomplished at tiste, possessing every requisite for the stage—a good person, a powerful well-modulated voice, graceful action, and a thorough knowledge of stage business—indeed, it is with great difficulty that we can persuade ourselves that this is " her first appearance on the stage." If it be so, hers is certainly the most promising debiit since the days of Fanny Kemble. The plot is very simple. Andre, a working jeweller (Mr. Wallack), has brought up two girls as his daughters, Blanche (the young debutante), and Blan chette (Mrs. Stirling). He is an old soldier of the Empire, and the two girls were born in 1815. One of them is the daughter of his 4 general, confided 'to his wife to nurse. The general is killed at Waterloo, his wife having died a short time pre viously in giving birth to this daughter. On • his re turn from Waterloo ' Andre receives a letter ,from his wife, stating that she will join him in Paris'on a certain day. Night comes, she arrives not ; morning still she comes not. Andre sets off in search of her. At an auberge be finds the corpse of his wife, who has been murdered by a marauding band of Cossacks, and the two infants. He knows not which is his.own child, and therefore he adopts them both. They grow up to womanhood. Blanche falls in love with Armand (Mr. Leigh Murray) the son of Trenquet (Mr. Granby), a rich jeweller ; the other falls in love with the Due de Lauzac. The Marchioness D'Orville (Mrs. Fosbroke), who, during the revolution has emigrated to Russia, arrives in Paris to be present at the marriage of the Due de Lauzac. Her daughter had married Andre's general, and one of these girls is her grandchild. She demands that the grandchild should be delivered up to her, and it is at this juncture that the action of the play commences. She calls upon Andre and questions him ; he is out rageous in his denunciationof the unfeeling Marchioness, who had left her daughter to perish because she had formed a niesalliance with the soldier of the revolution. She demands her grandchild. Andre claims them both as his ; and Wallack's acting in this scene was very fine. He knows not which to give up—he loves them both alike—they are both his children. In the meantime Trenquet has got some inkling of the real state of affairs, and he at once endeavours to hasten the marriage between his son and Blanche, believing that she is the heiress. The Due is about to contract a marriage for money, and poor Blanchette is au desespoir. Trenquet hastens the marriage between Blanche and his son ; but the Marchioness, in the meantime, gets a legal injunction against the mar riage proceeding, and poor Andre tis obliged to make the girls acquainted with the real state of affairs. He leaves it to them to decide who shall quit him. Neither will consent ; they leave it to him. He is equally un able to decide ; he loves them both. The Marchioness threatens to have him arrested, and Blanchette writes to the Due de Lauzac, demanding his protection for her father and her sister. Andre takes this letter to the Due, who immediately breaks off his intended marriage, and promises to protect Andre and his two girls. In the meantime the Marchio ness discovers a ltter from her daughter to her husband, stating that her child is marked with a violet, the emblem of Napoleon. Thus she is enabled to recognise Blanchette as her grand-daughter. Blanchette gives Blanche a rich portion, which enables her to be united to Armand, and with Blanche and Armand Andre is for the future to live, Blanchette, who is mar ried to the Due, promising to visit Andre every day, but, as Andre pathetically says, "It is not like living with me." The Andre of Wallack is perfect. Never has the kindheartedness, the jovial carelessness, the utter abnegation of self, the pure, the pathetic affection which distinguishes the old moustache.from every other created being, been more beautifully, more feelingly de lineated. The domestic drama is Wallack's forte, and his Andre is certainly his greatest character in that line—it is superior to his Martin Heywood. The debutante was admirable as Blanche. Mrs. Yates, in her palmy days, could not have acted the character better; indeed, we know of no one on the stage who could have surpassed this young lady. She has a bright and brilliant career before her. Her suc cess was complete ; not only complete as regards this one character, but it must have been evident to every one who saw her last evening, that she possesses talents which only require an opportunity of development to secure the highest position in her profession. Mrs. Stirling, too, was excellent. Indeed, the play was ad mirably cast throughout; and it will not only draw crowded houses for the season, but become a stock piece. DRURY.LANE THEATRE.---The new opera of Montana bids fair to become as popular as we had predicted. • The principal singers have acquired smoothness and an im proved knowledge of the nuances of their characters, and the chorus and orchestra have attained unity and precision. The dramatic action has been brought closer together, and the third act excised of its super-abundance and quick succession of ballads.. A second hearing has convinced us that Mr. u'zllace possesses a rich vein of original melody, poetica l i mag n - :ation, and an intimate knowledge of orchestral treat ment. Hj seizes with vigour the dramatic points of his cha racters,and e rsi . es out the thought by picturesque harmonies. Last night the tit:atre was crowded at an early hour — the were numerb -ns, and the applause vigorous. The encores principal performers were called for —and the successful com irtain to receive the loud grata poser summoned before the c; lations of the audience. ;TSB CANTERBURY.— D EAT H OF THE VISCOUN The Viscountess Canterbury, widow of the late Lord Can terbury, who for so many years filled. the office of Speaker of the House of Commons, expired at Rodney"-Place, Clifton, near Bristol, on Sunday evening , at half-past ei ght o'clock. Her Ladyship had been for a long time suffering under a complication of painful disorders. Latterly, by the a,:!'"ico of her sister, the Countess of Blessington (whose attention' during her illness have been unremitting), Dr. Storer, of Bath, attended the deceased Countess, and treated her mes merically, rather, we believe, with a view of alleviating her Ladyship's present suffering, than with any hope 6f effecting a cure. The Countess of Bless in g ton left Clifton, for London, on Saturday forenoon, under the impression that her sister was somewhat better. In the cours e of the day, however an , Lady Canterbury's symptoms be came more urgent, and express messenger was dispatched to the Countess o of B and les sington, who returned by the day mail on Sundy, arrived at Bristol at about half-past two o'clock. A post mortem examination of the deceased Viscountess's remains was made yesterday by Mr. Mortimr, surgeon, . and Dr. Bernard, of Clifton, who discovered. the mortal disease to have been abscesses formed in the live Main ady Canterbury was ir. her 55th year. Her son, Ca Purvis, of the Guards, was in attendance on his mother, and still remains at Clifton. Her Ladyship's remains will be conveyed to o Lndon, ad from thence to the family vault at Addington, in Surrey. n It is un d e rstood that the funeral will be strictly priyate. best consulted by the steady support and encouragement o 11 N _ the inhabitants being given to the Wilts, Somerset, and ps . ss s . s. l--si mouth Railway, upon the reliance of their proceedi rapidly as possible with the construction of their line b Dorchester and Weymouth, and affording assistance - • • f general improvement of the harlaour. . ss: " That it is therefore inexpedient to give any enco 1 - inent to the competing line, proposed as the Exeter, `-- chester, and Weymouth Coast Junction Railway. Itaen'tt A1.:11.- " That the extension proposed from the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, at Yeovil and Bridport, towards Exeter, called the Exeter Great Western, will be serviceable to this port, as affording railway communication with the intermediate towns of Crewkerne, Chard, Axminster and Honiton, as well as with the city of Exeter." Capt. MANNING seconded the resolution. Mr..ARDEN, the local agent for the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line, proposed as an amendment— " That it appears to this meeting highly desirable that a coast railway communication between Weymouth and Exeter be made, in order to afford increased facilities to visitors frequenting Weymouth ; and that a survey of an intended line having been made by the Directors of the Exeter, Dor chester; and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway, and its details fully explained, this meeting considers it perfectly adapted to serve the above purpose, and hereby pledges itself to support the same, and respectfully requests their county and borough Members to further it in Parliament." Seconded by Capt. Maacii. R. GORDON, Esq., requested to be permitted to say a few words before the resolution or the amendment was put. I congratulate Weymouth in having so many companies to court their patronage.—(Laughter.) I hope you will con sider that it is not for your interests alone that they thus came forward.—(Hear.) They have their own interests to serve, and it is for you to consider how you can promote their interests in conjunction with your own.—(Hear, hear.) On a former occasion I recommended you to make the Great Western your friends ; well, have they deceived you ?—(Hear.) I am told they have not began; other lines are being con structed, but the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth show no symptoms of a commencement; but can we wonder at a little delay when we know what a demand there is for efficient hands? Why, the master of our workhouse has just deserted us, and is employed by some railway company at the rate of two or three guineas a day. We have no reason to doubt their sincerity, but as another Company is present, this is a good time to ask them what they intend doing for the im provement of the harbour and the port generally, and I will take this opportunity of urging on the merchants, and those who have the management of the harbour dues, the necessity of reducing those charges so as to place you on an equal foot ing with the competing ports of Bridport and Poole. If the present charges remain until you are connected with Poole and Bridport by railway, I am told that coals can be im ported at either of those places, and conveyed to Weymouth, and sold for a less price than they can be landed for at Wey mouth. If the harbour dues cannot be removed, I want to hear Mr. Sanders and Mr. Brunel say that we shall have a harbour and docks elsewhere, and thus make you indepen dent of the corporation ; and, to carry out those views, I shall propose that a committee be appointed at this meeting, to confer with the Great Western, and see if the port of Wey mouth cannot be materially improved.—(Hear.) WM. ELIOT, Esq., here read a prospectus of a company to be formed for the purpose of constructing docks, and other wise improving the port of Weymouth, but which, not meet ing with general approval, was withdrawn, and a committee was formed in accordance with Mr. Gordon's suggestion. Mr. SANDERS said—l am not prepared to make any spe cific pledge as to the intentions of the Great Western Com pany with regard to the port of Weymouth, but this I will promise, that if you appoint a committee, I will undertake that the Directors of the Great 'Western and the Directors of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway shall appoint a committee; and they shall sit down and examine the case in a business way—(Hear, hear)—and my committee will be quite ready to bear their portion of relieving you from your harbour debt, and also to aid in other ways in the improve ment oryour port. (Mr. Sanders took occasion to deny the statement made by the engineer of the Exeter, Dorchester, and 'Weymouth line, that they (the Great Western) had come forward at the eleventh hour to construct a direct line from London to Exeter. The construction of a direct line had long been contemplated by the Great Western Com pany, even before the commencement of the last session of Parliament. He also denied that the concession of the clause inserted in the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill (that they would not oppose a direct line to Exeter) at all led them into difficulties, or caused them to make alterations in any of their plans.) The Great Western could not in good faith have come out with their scheme at an earlier period, on account of our connexion with the Bristol and Exeter Company, but as soon as their arrangements were made with that Company our plans were announced. And as to the charge of occu pying the ground of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast line, I never knew, until I received a letter from Wey mouth a few days ago, that such a company as the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast Railway was in existence. Our projected line from Bridport to Exeter has already ob tained the sanction arid support of all the noblemen and landowners in that part of the country. In conclusion, I would say, trust to us, and we will not forsake you; we will carry out every plan we project; for though we may be fools enough to make them, we are not knaves enough to forsake them.—(Cheers.) The amendment being put, not half a dozen hands were held up in favour of it.. The resolution, being submitted, was carried with acclamations. ThankS having been given to the Chairman, the meeting was dissolved. NEW SYSTEM OF LOCOMOTION. A system of locomotion on railways, altogether different from any hitherto invented, has recently been put forth ; and, whatever may be its merits or demerits when applied on a working scale, it is important as evidence that there is still a wide field for discovery in the application of power to pro pulsion on railways. We witnessed on Saturday the action of a working model of the new plan, in a large room at Messrs. Keene and Nickells's saw-mills, in the York-read, near Westminster-bridge; but, before we describe the appa ratus, we will insert the account given by Messrs. Keene and Nickells themselves of the wonders to be achieved by their ingenious mode of applying the power of compressed air to propel carriages on railways:— " They can now confidently state that, in addition to the general advantages possessed by competing systems, they may subjoin the following as peculiarly characterising their invention : ,‘ 1. Perfect safety. 2. Great economy, in construction, in simplicity, in motive power, in reparation, in facility of adaptation. 3. Less oscillation. 4. Less vibration. 5. Steeper gradients overcome. 6. No leakage or loss of power beyond the actual amount required for working. 7. Absence of piston, wheels, racks, pinions, and longitudinal valves. 8. Most perfect control." With the exception of the seventh characteristic feature, the working model affords no test whatever whether the ex traordinary advantages held forth will be realised. It is quite true, however. that without travelling piston and longitudinal valve, as in the Clegg and Samuda Atmos pheric Railway, and without racks and pinions, as in Pil brow's invention, the carriage is propelled by the pressure of air with great velocity, and a tractive power is attained superior to that of the working models on the same scale of either the atmospheric railways. We will endeavour to ex plain how this is done, though without drawings we fear the description will not be perfectly intelligible. Between the two rails there is laid down, as in the atmospheric rail ways, a pipe to contain the air which acts as the moving power ; but instead of being a circular rigid iron pipe, it is square, and on each side of this square pipe there is a flat flexible tube, through which the propelling com pressed air passes. Two small wooden wheels fixed upon vertical axles press against these flexible tubes, or air pas sages, so tightly as to arrest the progress of the air along them. The wheels are fixed to the body of the carriage, which is mounted on flanged wheels, as in ordinary railway carriages; no part of the weight resting on the two wooden wheels, which serve merely as propellers. When the com pressed air is admitted into the elastic tubes, they become instantly inflated, and the air presses against the wooden wheels, and forces them onward. It is really extraordinary to witness the force with which the compressed air acts when applied in this manner, like a wedge, and apparently at great disadvantage. Compressed air, with an acting pressure of forty pounds to the square inch, admitted through a pipe not more than one inch and a half in diameter, propelled a car riage holding four persons with great velocity; and the tractive power was so great, that a gentleman standing on the ground could not hold it back. The material of which the flexible tubes are made is a peculiar composition, adapted for the purpose, and the external part, which presses against the wooden wheels, is nearly a quarter of an inch thick, and seems well protected against abrasion. The experiment was perfectly successful, and the tractive force of the compressed air so applied, is very much greater than would, on a first inspection of the apparatus be supposed possible. The mode by which a train in motion is to be con trolled was not explained, as the inventors do not wish at present to make known the whole of their _plans, but we were assured that the most perfect c ontrol may be attained. A RAILWAY RACE. —A railwa y . race is a su ffi ciently exciting and interes tin g event ; but it is rarely witnessed, and scarcely ever in perfect safety. i t a pair of well matched locomotives it would be sufficiently exciting; but between a new system, like the atmospheric, and its rival, the locomotive, the character and reputation of both sys tems for speed depending upon the issue, a well-matched contest would be of no common interest. In this case we were lucky enough to see such a race; and we believe that any of our readers who leave London-bridge station at twenty minutes past two, and take an atmospheric ticket, may do the same. We were standing at the Forest-hill station, preparing to start, when it was announced that the Dover express train was in sight ! Immediately we (the atmospheric) made preparations to 'start, and were just in the act of starting from rest when the locomotive train whisked " past us at probably some thirty-five miles an hour. We started, but before we got into motion at any velocity, the D o ver train was a mile a-head of us, and was evidently gaining rapidly in speed. However, on we went like a whirlwind, and it soon became evident we were gaining on our rival. Three or four minutes decided the race. We passed tha express train at a rate exceeding her own by fif teen or twenty miles an hour. Our velocity could not be less than sixty miles an hour. It was easily and steadily maintained, and we were over the Brighton viaduct and con siderably beyond it before the Dover reached it. But consi derably before this time, the brakes were put on, and the vacuum destroyed by the valve, to avoid danger in running upon the workmen round the sharp curves; and when we reached Croydon in 64 minutes, it was found that thejourney as a whole had occupied more time than it has frequently been performed in.—Railway Chronicle. CONTEMPLATED INCREASE Or TUE FIRE BRIGADE. —lt is in contemplation of t he directors of the various fire insurance offices to increase the number of brigademen, and to form the whole body into a po lice fire brigade. The cause r o e f the e e q t u h i r e keepd increase h a d r i a s y e s and fr from m n t g h h e t h n n u m p r b e e r s. of e s fi re m e wheremen fires have occurred, to guard the property saved until it is removed, or arrangem e nts made with the directors of the tire- offices. The forming the force into a police brigade will be advantageous to the public, as the metropolitan police cm , stables will not be required to remain on the premises. -., .. ent j il prd6.• ctioar e nient i