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The Tav has 72 Passengers, a good cargo, among which is 1,440 oz of silver, 1,899 oz., gold dust, 135 bales of sarsap ulna, 9 bags pimento, 17 tierces and 33 barrels of coffee, and 91 barrels of ginger. The following is the list of passengers :—From Ja maica—The Lord Bishop of Jamaica, two Miss Spen cers and servant, Colonel Bradshaw, Captain Bradshaw, Messrs. Perrier, Price, Rose, Pierce, and Miss Jordan. Mr. Brocket, Mr. Grant, Dr. and Mrs. Hunter, Mr. J. Gro om , sen., Delgardo, sen., Elzaburra, from Porto Rico. From Demerara—Rev. J. H. Bernard and three childre n , Mr. D. Locker, Mr. Richardson and daughter , Captai n Ruett. From Trinidad—Mr. Hearne, Mr. de Barris, Mr. la Costa and servant. From Barbadoes— Mr. Marden, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Parsons. From Grenada --Mr. Fortieur, Mr. Begg, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Bain. From St. Jago de Cuba—Mr. Auguste Fonson, Mr. Boustead. From St. Lucie—Mr. Boschett. From St. Thomas—Dr. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Pettet, Miss Pettet, and child, Mrs. Robles and three children, Miss Victoria. From Fayal—Mr. and Mrs. Dabney and three children, Mr. de Lima, Mr. Bensabal, Mr. Beasande, and Mr. Sabal. The royal West India mail packet the Medway, Capt. Andrews, left this river yesterday evening, with the Windward and Leeward Island mails ; also forty-four Passengers 1,1441. in money, and average ca r g o. Captain passengers, of the Reindeer steam-ship, has come bOlne in the Tay. The Dee will take out the mails of 2d September. The Clyde, Captain Symons, had proceeded to the Ravannah to bring home the Gulf mails of the sth of October ; all well on board. Captain May had assumed the command of the Rein deer. The Severn, Captain Vincent, may be looked for with second Leeward and Windward Island mails, about 21st September. The Peninsular Company's steam - pack et Montrose 101 l the Docks yesterday far Gibraltar, with the Penin sular and other mails, thirty passengers, and a full mixed cargo, and several very fine horses. The Oriental Company's steam-ship Oriental, Captain ,y, will leas the Docks to-morrow, with the East 4 cdia and China mails, and between seventy ;Ind eighty Passengers, among whom are three Arvc,:rs of Sinde The their suite, on their return to their na tive countr y . Me Oriental has also a very full cargo of bale goods, for Constantinople, &c. The Tweed will be the next ship home, with the Mexican mails. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK. — For the firs time, Mr. Pilcher's Committee met on Monday at the Bridge-house Hotel, where arrangements were made to canvass the borough, on behalf of that gentleman, and the m os t con fi dent hopes held out of his return to Par liament. Upon what data did not transpire. The same evening a meeting of Mr. Miali's friends was held at the school-room, Great Suffolk-street, where Mr. Miall blade a declaration of his sentiments on political ques tions, and was submitted to a lengthened questioning on the Suffrage, the New Poor-law, and the Corn-laws, by individuals in the meeting. The business terminated by resolutions being passed, pledging those present to sup- Port him with their votes. A public meeting of the elec tors and friends of Mr. Filcher is arranged for Friday evening, at which that gentleman will give an exposi tion of his political principles. PRICE or GoLn.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. , s l O/d. per ounce for standard gold , g ives an exchan g e of 2 5 40; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 2 5 55, it follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. clearer in London than in Paris. By advises from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 434 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3 /. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 91-; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at Short being 13 10i, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of ex change at New York on London is 110 per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and America being 10 9 23-40 per cent., it follows that the excha n g e is 0.43 p er cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exc han g e at New York b e i n g for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference. PROJECTED DUEL AT ALGIERS.—We read in the Constitutionnel :—" One of the topics of conversation at Algiers at present is an intended duel between two Generals of the African army. The cause of difference goes back as far as two years, but as one of the adversaries was then only Colon e l, it was necessary to wait until the l a tter had obtained his promotion to settle the affair. The Minister of War, it is said, has given his consent, and the place of meeting is to be either the Maison-Carree, or the Fermo-Modele. The com batants are to be on horseback, and, after discharging their 'Pistols, may continue the fight with sabres." The Afrique states that the p ers ons alluded to are General B o ur g on and General liourjolly, the second of the latter being General Korte, and of the former, General Yussuf. Cunious FOOT-RACE.—Yesterday (Friday)asport jog match over 100 yards was run in the Rine Croft, Walling ford, between Mr. Richard Tull and Mr. Alfred Stevens, for a small wager, the former gentleman weighing about eighteen stone, and the latter carrying 721bs. to make him equally weighty. About half-way Mr. Tull put his foot in a hole, and, rolling over, was beaten by his antagonist. Berkshire Chronicle. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On the after noon of Friday last the following fatal accident occurred on the River Thames, off Mortlake, Surrey. About five o'clock, l a a skiff, in which were four pe rsons, three males and one *male, was proceeding up the river, when off the Surrey shore 4 t Mortlake, tile boat by a sudden squall was upset, and the IshOl e party were immersed in the river. Several boatmen ' W ho witnessed the accident immediately put out to their assist ee, and by great exertions t hree of the p art y , two males and the female, were rescued. The fourth, a promising young man, ,t 1 th e name o f Connolly, whose friends reside at Tha y er-street, Manchester-square, had sunk before the boats c ould reach him, 4 4 :u1 although the drags were promptly broug h t into re q uisition, 'Be body of the unfortunate gentleman, who was about twenty brought ashore and conveyed to the dead house at Mortlake Church. Yesterday an inquest was held upon the body, be fore Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, at the Sun public-house, Mortlake, when the above facts having been Proved in evidence, the jury returned a verdict of Accidental death." The Gazette of Tuesday contains an Ordtr in Council, dated June 30, 1845, for the purpose of carrying into e xecution that part of the County Coroner's Act, which relates to the division of counties into districts, within which the office of coroner is to be exercised. By the Act certain conditions are prescribed before this division can be made ; and the county of Oxford having complied with these conditions, that county is accordingly divided into central, northern, western, and southern districts. The Gazette also contains an Order in Council, dated August 3, exempting vessels belonging to the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, under 60 tons burden, from the necessity of taking pilots in all cases where it is not required of British vessels of the same tonnage. Notice is also given of a series of arrangements and regulations for the examination of Masters and Mates in the Merchant Service. TAB FIRES AT QUEBEC. —The Lords of the Ad tairalty have sent instructions to the o ffi cers of the Royal - William Victualling-yard, at Stonehouse, to deliver for the use °tithe sufferers by the fire at Q uebec, 4,395 blankets, 100 blue "''ekets, 200 pairs of shoes, 190 flannel drawers, 200 pairs of worsted stockings, 200 flannel waistcoats, and 400 shirts. a ., MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY OF BA NKERS ' NOTES, ▪ &c,—Yesterday information was forwarded to the police, that a letter, dated the Bth of July, 1845, addressed to R. Twining and Co., bankers, Strand , L ondon, and p osted a i laverfordwest on the same day, did not reach its destination, n or had the slightest clue as yei been received to the property It, contained. The letter contained the followin g remittance, ."z • for 491., of the Bank of Ireland, on the Bank of 1, 'aig'and, i n favour of Mrs. Jane Handcock, dated July 2, 1845, ; ten days date ; bill, 1001. Joseph Tombs, on Thomas E vans, accepted, payable at Wil liams, Deacon, and Co., dated J une 24, 1845, at two months' date; b ill, 1501., William C. T homas Canton, on William Th o m as, acce p ted, payable at ated June 26, 1845, at two months date ; 5/. note, Northland South Wales Bank, No. 2,071 ; 5/. note, ditto, No. 7,644 ; 51. note, Dulgelly Bank, dated Nov. 24, 1838 ; trs Swansea Branch Bank of England , No. 84 , 255; 51., ~econ Old Bank, No. 1,938; and one guinea gold coin, aieo. 111., 1776. I DISCOVERY OF AN OTTER'S NES T IN THE RIVER 2 t n—On Monday afternoon a y oun g man named Wilmot, together with some of his fellow-workmen were angling at rt U lbOUrne, on the river Lee, when be Observed an otter. lo st traced it fora considerable distance, when they suddenly tit among some willows. Shortly aft er, however, their at retion was drawn to one of them by a yo un g terrier, and one of the party declared he heard a noise inside like that of young cater They subsequently procured from an adjoining farmer an adae, and having broken into the root of the tree they dis covered four young otters, the parent otter escaping into the Water. About fifteen years since a similar capture was made Waltham of these destructive creatures. OUNIEUS ACCIDENT.—An alarming accident °e rared on Tuesday morning about nine, to a gentleman named rdaunt, of Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. It appears e was going to his o ffi ces on the o utside of one of Brewer's em nibuses from Notting-bill, when as it was passing the end of Catherine - street , Strand, one of the fore -wheels came o ff , and $e was he was thrown from the top of the omnibus on to his head. Was immediately picked up and conveyed to Charin g -cross Ho spital, when it was found that be had received a compound r io ture of th e le g , but not of such a nature as to make ampu sal2,'”ecessary. He is also much injured on other parts of hisody. • "ONElt's I N QUEST.--SUICIDE THROUGH FEA R • n - RoszCUTION FOR BIGAMY.—On Tuesday Mr. Baker held au aelidnoquest at the City of Norwich, Wentworth-street, Spital , ,on view of the body of Thomas Richards, aged 36 years, 131 ' ailait,er. Elizabeth Richards deposed that deceased had - h a - v - i '2ect her on the Bth November last, at that time tvo havi ng another wife alive, of which she was unaware. About vered mon ths after the marriage deceased ' s first wife disco icte_ nt residence, and caused him to be apprehended and the before a magistrate ; but, in consequence of legal proof of Tim is : marriage being wanting and the absence of the wit agsins. she . baving gone out of the way to avoid appearing shy further charge deceased was discharged upon bail, to answer a h oui ne e r charge which might be brought against him, p ort "ofnit her wife obtain satisfactory testimony in sup- • itt orvie r accusation. Subsequently deceased had several Li m " with his first wife, whom he wished to forgive d o. 'T.o . take him back to live with her, which she refused to queue ? . became very desponding, and latterly feared, in conse tome! o f Witness having returned to live with him, that his e oin _ l , - . 7r e ife would renew her charge and procure him to be r one ` s " .. " dto take his trial for bigamy. This had preyed to h is 1 _1 ) . 011 his mind. On Saturday night he returned home witness about twelve o'clock, but did not go to bed, as t,„ ` t i t i ; i wa s se 2trail by an old shawl. Mr. Protberoe , a surgeon, de son ;t_ l en ! but life was quite extinct. Verdict—Temporary istoorli?drenent7EuldcTt. OF TOO SUDDEN REFORM.—On Tuesday Bedford held an inquest at the Fountain, New-street, IS i n the Nuare, on the body of John Stephens, aged 70, of No. t l lt d zr y 4° Yea above street, pianoforte maker. Deceased had been rs zorrn er i th e employment of the Messrs. Stoddart, and was • y a robust and healthy man, and a very tree liver. he suddenly changed t o s stem of abstemiousness, alive ..earne on Fti pale and sickly and subject y to fits. He was seen • that_ ay evening in the street, when he said jokingly rou rp , lls "L'u a j . ust had " his half gallon," meaning half a pint of o'clock oL t hee, to which he limited himself. About three I.l4adily following morning he was seized with a fit which proved fatal. Verdiet—" Natural death." THE PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION VIENNA, AUG. I.—With the departure of Princ Met ternich the political sun of Vienna has set. Most of the diplomatic stars of the first magnitude have also disap peared from the horizon to follow in the course of the great luminary, and hover, at a greater or lesser dis tance, about the Royal Congress at Stolzenfels, to,eards which all eyes are now turned, to catch the faintest sound of the tittle-tattle for which all ears are now opened, and to which, in fact, in spite of its appearance of a mere friendly visit from the Queen, on her way to Coburg, to the King of Prussia, all the political conjec tures, surmises, and calculations of the day are now di rected. It is generally supposed that this opportunity will be seized upon by Prince Metternich to make a last effort towards persuading the King of Prussia to change his intention of giving a constitution to his people. Such an event, which must ne cessarily bring Prussia nearer in connexion Kith the constitutional states of England and France, and conti nue to a still greater extent the separation effected, in part, between Austria and Prussia, by the great German commercial league, cannot but be looked upon with evil eyes by the former Government. The grant of the Prussian constitution also cannot fail of exciting to a still greater extent the demands made upon Austria by the many people of its sundered provinces. Concessions have already been made in Moravia and Upper Austria. The uneasy kingdoms of Lombardy, Bohemia, &c., will, naturally, not be behindliand in calling for greater privi liges ; and, whatever may be the consequences to the Austrian dominions of this grant of a constitution in Prussia, there can be no doubt that they will be consi derable ; and Austria is necessarily greatly on the ,alert to avert or modify results that may prove injurious to its internal peace. A proof of this anxiety on the part of the Austrian Goverment may be found in the mary new enactments passed to ameliorate the condition of the army and miti gate the rigour of the military service, and in the milder and more paternal regulations lately effected to attach the soldiery more closely, and by a better tie, to the Go vernment. By these conciliatory measures in favour of the army, it evidently hopes to find a poio.t d'appui i❑ the time of need ; and this fact, at such a juncture, is as im portant as it is remarkable. Nevertheless, it is pia surned that Metternich, however aware he may be that Prussia has already advanced too far to retreat—that too much has already been said for nothing to be done—will seek to employ, at the meeting of the Monarchs on the Rhine, his last chance of persuasion upon the King of Prussia to return upon his steps and withdraw the expected constitution. The failure of any such hope can scarcely be doubted for a moment ; but Prince Metternich is not a man to leave a stone unturned. Should events, how ever, run their expected course, it may be surmised that Austria will find itself compelled to follow, although at a distance, in the same course, and instead of severing itself entirely from the other German States, will seek means to approach them nearer, and bind itself with them again snore closely. Among the latest rumours afloat in the political circles of this capital is the renewed supposition of a marriage between the Count de Chambord (the Duke de Bordeaux) and a Princess of Modena. The little court balls lately given at Schcenbrunn in honour of the Modena family, combined with the presence of the members of the elder branch of the Bourbons, have again given rise to these conjectures. The opening of the great line of railroad from Vienna to Prague is definitively fixed for the 20th of this month. The entire corps diplomatique, or rather such of its mem bers as still linger in Vienna as charge d'affaires ad interim, have been invited to accompany the Emperor upon the expedition, which is to take place on the occa sion of the solemnity of opening this new and important line. It will be possible to accomplish the whole distance from Vienna to Prague in one day ; but upon this occa sion the first day's journey will be ended at Brunn, where the Emperor, with his whole brilliant cortege, will be re ceived by the Moravian authorities ; speeches will be made and banquets given. The next day the Austrian Court will arrive at Prague, where festivities and various solemnities will take place for two days. On the sth it is proposed that the Emperor, with his train of distin guished guests, should return to Vienna. — Times. MERCHANT SEAMEN.—There are seventeen provi sions in the Act passed on the Bth inst., for the pfbtection of seamen entering on board merchant ships. It seems that the seamen of this kingdom (according to the preamble of the Act) have been for several years past subjected to grievous imposi tions and great injustice by certain persons who have under taken to procure seamen to enter on board merchant ships who had no interest in the same. It is now provided that, from the Ist of September next, the Board of Trade shall license persons to hire, engage, or provide seamen on board merchant ships, which license shall be revocable by the same authority. From the day mentioned ao person is to engage seamen for the merchant service, except those authorised, nor are persons connected with the vessels, who have power to hire, to receive men from othee than the persons licensed, under penalties de tailed. Persons are not to be permitted on board merchant vessels before their arrival in the dock, or at the place of dis charge of the cargo, without permission. A penalty is to be enforced against persons soliciting sailors to become lodgers in houses of unlicensed persons, or in removing their effects from on board. There is also a provision to prevent sailors being charged a larger sum than due, as also to prevent the detention of their money or effects. These provisions show that sailors require great protection to be afforded them. The Act, with the exception of the licenses to be granted, is to commence on the Ist of November next. THE AFRICAN ROSCIUS.—The statement which has appeared in most of the London and provincial papers, that Mr. Aldridge, the African Roscius, was killed in the neigh bourhood et Llanidloes, by his carriage falling over a precipice 120 feet high, is false, that gentleman having performed at Neath on Wednesday evening last before a highly respectable audience. We suspected the authenticity of the paragraph when we first read it.—Cambrian. HOP INTELLIGENCE.—The weather continues un favourable for the hops. The burr has made no progress dur ing the past week, which has been marked by blights, high winds, and heavy rains. Certainly something has progressed, and that is the vermin. The winds have " whipped" the bine; and as the growth is now arriving at a precarious state we may safely say that, unless settled fine weather speedily come, there will be a failure. The duty has very greatly re ceded since last week ; it now ranges from 172,0001. to 175,0001. General accounts state that the burr hangs back ; but that, on the whole, the grounds look well, and only want fine weather to realise the expectations of a good crop.—Dover Chronicle. GREENWICH REGATTA.—A very excellent rowing match, under the patronage of Earl Fitzhardinge, Admiral Stopford, and the nobility and gentry of the vicinity, amongst six young watermen of the place, came off on Monday, in the presence of some thousands of spectators. It was won, after five heats, by James Allen. FOOT RACE.—On Monday the match between Brittle, of Tottenham, and Tucker, of London, came off on two miles of road at Tottenham. The men were to contest six miles, for 51. a side, and were restricted to walk the distance fair toe and heel. They stetted at a good pace, and performed the first mile together. Two miles were turned in nineteen minutes, and half the dis tance concluded by Tucker in twenty-eight minutes and 1 fifty seconds, and at a lead of thirty yards. At the ter mination of the fifth mile the men were walking abreast, both struggling for the goal. The race was however won by Brittle by eighty yards ; he accomplished the six miles in fifty-eight minutes and ten seconds. Both men walked fair, and were not called upon to turn throught the match. THE CAMP AT BORDEAUX.—Extract of a letter, dated Aug. 13 :—" Yesterday took place the first re view of the troops at the Camp of St. Medard. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours left the Palace at nine o'clock, and reached St. Medard about ten. The review commenced about eleven o'clock, under the command of the Duke d'Aumale, and lasted two hours. It was a mere inspection The camp indeed is a very poor affair, though great sums of money must have been expended in erecting sheds and barracks, and transporting forage and all forts of stores to this sandy desert. About 10,000 men were passed in review. The spectacle was repeatedly interrupted by heavy showers of rain, which added to the :disappoint ment and annoyance of the spectators. It is calculated that 30,090 persons were present to see this fine sight." REMARKABLE FECUNDITY IN THE BLACKBIRD.— Early in the spring of the present year, Captain Stephens discovered, in an evergreen, in his garden, at the front of the house near Presteign, a black bird's nest. He watched the industrious couple regularly, and they brought forth five young ones. In due time the brood took to flight. A short time afterwards the old hen laid four eggs, began to hatch, and the young ones came forth; this second brood also flew. The hen commenced her third hatch, having laid four more eggs, and at this time there are four fine young blackbirds in the nest, making 13 young ones at three broods in the same season. The hen bird is so tame as to allow the captain to place his hand on her when she is on the nest.—Hereford Journal. The Liverpool Albion states, on the authority of Mr. Dowling, that the case of the cabin-boy, which we copied from the Boulogne Annaator, of Boulogne, is a fable. , THE Bistior OF ST. AsAPH.—The Bishop of St. Asaph (Dr. Carey) remains seriously indisposed, and has been ordered not to leave London for his episcopal residence in Wales ; indeed, fears are entertained that he will not survive his present attack. THE MODERN CHEVALIER DTON.—" An imperfect account of this extraordinary case having appeared in the Paris papers," says our Paris correspondent, " I transmit to you details upon which you may implicitly rely. A di minutive English person has under various assumed names presided in or near this capital for many years, and had been a natural child of the late Lord M—. This little personage was for a length of time married, is is said, to a very fine woman, and as Mr. and Mrs. D---, alias Mr. and Mrs. H--, were domiciled at Versailles and Paris ; the fond wife was happy in " the god of her idolatry," as she called him, until she eloped with a bold captain, whose wife she now is. Having soon afterwards for a twofold purpose appoared to be enamoured of, and to fall desperately in love with, a mar ried woman whilst her lodger, and proposed for her as soon as practicable after the death of her husband, the widow became much attached to her Lilliputian admirer. Mais le mariage est &mite en l'eau 1 The individual in question, who appears to have been in straitened circumstances, died on Wednesday last, at his a uldgings, 19, Rue Pontheu; and, lo ! turned out to be woman!"—Times. GLEANING. —The members of the „Agricultural Assoc;ation at Modbury have come to the resolution, for the protection of their property, not to allow the gleaners to enter or remein upon their lands except between the hours of eight in the morning and seven in the evening. A measure which, no doubt, will be followed by the agri culturists generally.—Dero-pot t Telegraph. ADELPIII.—A new pis.ce was announced fur repre sentatation at this theatre on Monday evening—another version of the Caudle Lectures—but, in consequence of the sudden indisposition of Mr. Wright. it could not be produced. In lieu of the previously. arranged enter tainments, the performances seleeted were Sweethearts and Wives, in which Mr. Munyard took (for the first time) the part of Billy Laekaday, and played it amus ingly enough, The Irish Dragoon, and The Patty Girls of Staberg. VAUXHALL GARDENS. NIGHT ASCENT OF MR. GREEN. Last evening the veteran aeronaut, Green, made his second night ascent from these gardens R ith one of his large balloons. The balloon had been inflated during the course of the day, and when the gardens were opened at eight o'clock, it was discovered moored in the Waterloo Ground, and was the obje ct of general attraction. Shortly after eight o'clock the concert commenced in the grand orchestra, and was succeeded by - the per formances in the ballet theatre ; yet not withstanding these attractions many persons lin ger, d near the balloon, fearful that they might miss obtaining a good view of the ascent. At half-past ten o'clock all the preparations having been completed for the ascent, and the firelvork frame having been attached, Mr. Green entered the car, and having released the balloon from its moorings, ascended slowly and majestically. The balloon took a course directly across the gardens. About two minutes after leaving terra firma the dis charge of fireworks commenced, and continued for some time. The effect was brilliant in the extreme. The night was exceedingly beautiful, and the gardens were crowded. We cannot conclude this notice without ex pressing our admiration of the style in which Mr. G. Marshall sung Bellini's beautiful air, " Virmiso," in the early part of the evening. We have never had the pleasure of hearing this gentleman before, and. we believe, that as yet he is comparatively speaking unknown to fame ; but he cannot long remain so, at least it will be his own fault if he does. his voice is cne of the richest basses we have ever heard ; it is flexible and under command. Let him improve by hard study and diligent practice his great natural musical powers, and he cannot fail to attain a high station in his pro fession. RAILWAY SPECULATION.—TO show the extraor dinary nature of railway speculation in Glasgow, we may mention that, on a line near this city, on which a deposit of 21. 10s, was required per share, they soon ran up to a premium of 51. and le/. per share ; and on Monday they were quoted as high as 23/. and 241., but on the day follow ing they fell to 171„ and now they are running up again, in consequence of what is called " time" or " bear" bar gains, ruinous to some, but profitable enough to others ; and this is a feature, we are afarid, which pervades too many of them.—Scorch Reformer's Gazette. FOREIGN CATTLE AND PROVISIONS.—Large quan tities of cattle, fruit, &c., continue to arrive by the steamers from Holland, France, and Belgium, for con sumption in this country. The Dutch steam-ship Ba tavier, which arrived at the St. Katharine's Steam-wharf on Wednesday night from Rotterdam, brought 70 oxen and cows and GO sheep, in excellent condition ; also 213 baskets of plums, several baskets of poultry, melons, yeast, and other articles of Dutch produce and manu facture. The General Steam Navigation Company's ship, Sir William Jolliffe, w hich arrived on the following day, from the same place, at the Brunswick-wharf, Blackwell, had on board 15 oxen, 16 cows, 24 calves, and 48 sheep, 81 baskets of plums, 80 baskets of yeast, a quantity of melons, and other produce. This is the first. importation of plums from Holland this season. They are of inferior quality, and not nearly equal to those brought from France, which have hitherto been of a superior description, and fetch a good price. The same company's vessel Ocean, which also arrived at the Brunswick-wharf from Rotterdam on the same day, and which, from the fact of her having no other kind of cargo or merchandise on board, appears to have been specially employed fur the purpose, brought no less than 110 oxen and cows, and 280 sheep. This immense number of live cattle on board a vessel from the conti nent to London is unprecedented. They all arrived in perfect safety, and in good condition, and were landed at Blackwell and delivered directly. So large a number of live cattle from the continent has not, altogether, been brought to this port in any one week since the tariff came into operation, and it may, we presume, be reason ably anticipated that it will have an effect on the present high price of meat in the metropolis and the suburbs, which is, and has been for a considerable time past, a source of universal complaint and inconvenience. We believe that it is partly accounted for by the enormous consumption of animal food lately by the manufacturing population of the midland counties, thus rendering the supply to the metropolis more scarce and valuable. The company's vessel Tourist, from Calais on the same day, had a large quantity of poultry ; and the Rainbow, which arrived late the same evening at the St. Katha rine's-wharf, from Havre, brought no less than 1,050 baskets of French plums and pears of excellent quality, which were landed and delivered immediately for the markets. The revenue officers stayed both on that and the preceding evening for a consider able time after the legal hours of business, in order that the fruit, &c , might be examined and delivered before they became damaged or deteriorated. ANOTHER DREADFUL CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA. — On the 20th of last month, a young man, the sen of a fisher man, of the name of Arkden, residing in Barking Creek, whilst in a field in the rear of his father's house, was bitten in the leg by a pup of the mastiff breed ; the lad took but little notice of the place, and a few days afterwards it healed up. On Thurs day morning he for the first time complained of a pain in the thigh, which increased until it reached the right side, accompa nied with vomiting to an extent which compelled him to go home, and he was put to bed. In the morning he complained of severe pains in the head, thirst, and a feeling as if being strangled. His parents sent for Mr. Henderson, the nearest medical practitioner, and in the interim the mother desired her son to wash his face, but upon bringing some water he exhi bited the most intense agony, dashing it from him, and faint ing. In that state he was found by Mr. Henderson, who im mediately declared it to he a case of hydrophobia. The usual remedies were applied, but with little effect. At one time it required the united efforts of four men (although but seventeen years of age) to hold him down. He was finally fastened to the bed, and at his own desire his eyes were covered, as even the shutting of a door, or the passage of any one across the room, creating the slightest air, affected him in a most frightful manner. He expired on Sunday morning a few minutes before five o'clock. The following is an extract of a letter dated Zurich, Aug. 12 :—" la to•day's sitting, the report of the Vorort on the execution of the resolution passed by the Diet relative to the free corps was presented. It appears from this document that the greater number of the can tons have prohibited the formation of free corps, and that some have not been able to comply with the resolu tion, from circumstances purely accidental. After some discussion, which was not of a very animated character, the following votes were given :—To call on the states that have not yet passed laws against the free corps, to do so immediately, 19i states :—To invite the states to say whether they have any penal enactments for cases where ordinary offences have been committed in any expedition of free corps, proposed by Lucerne, 7 states." MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—Budleigh Salterton has been the scene of a most thrilling incident. Six infant children, on Wednesday morning, got into a boat on the beach, and a mischievous boy shoved it oft The boat drifted away to sea before the children were missed. Terrible was the agony of the mothers when they knew it. Daylight returned, and still no tidings of the help less children. A Plymouth trawler, fishing yesterday morning, saw something floating at the distance ; he bore down to it, and discovered it to be the boat, and in the bottom - the six children, all cuddled in like a nest of birds, fast asleep. Five of these children were under five years of age, the sixth is but nine years old. — Western Times. DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKELETONS.—LUTTE R.• WORTH, AUG. 17.—Last week the village of Molton, in Northamptonshire, presented a scene of considerable ex citement, caused by the discovery of the skeletons of three human beings. It appears that some men were en gaged in digging a piece of ground adjoining the school house, when they came to the remains of a man who had apparently been hastily buried; and after digging a little further from the same spot, they came to the remains of two more human beings, one lying across the other. As no battle had ever been fought in the neighbourhood, the inference was that all three parties had come unfairly by their deaths. The sexton was informed of the circumstance , when he came to the place, collected the bones together, and buried them in the churchyard, but without commu nicating with the vicar or the civil authorities ; the cir cumstances subsequently coming to the knowledge of the minister, he expressed great displeasure at the conduct adopted by the sexton, but did not give any orders to have the bones exhumed, or, as far as we can learn, give any intimation of the circumstances to the coroner ; as there is no doubt, had the latter been made acquainted with the matter, he would have instituted an inquiry, and thus have obtained some solution of an affair which is at present enveloped in complete mystery. A LIGHT IN THE EAST.—A newspaper is about to be established in the city of Jerusalem. Solomon, with all his wisdom, never dreamt of such a thing. THE GREENLAND FISHERY.—Since our last publi cation no less than four vessels have arrived in this port, after successful fishing, vie., on Sunday, the Jane, with 3 700, seals and one whale, yielding together 40 tuns of oil ; and the Lord Gambier, 1,060 seals, three fish, 25 tuns; on Monday, the Forth, 18 seals, four fish, 60 tuns ; and on Tuesday, the Hebe, two fish, 30 tuns. The latter vessel has made two good fishing voyages this year, since the 28th of March. Several of the vessels brought bears, which are valuable for their skins and oil, and the Forth has on board a sea unicorn dead, the horn or spear of which, issuing from the nose, is three feet long. The creature measured about eight feet, exclusive of the horn. The unicorns are similar in general features, habits, oil, &c., to the whale, with the exception of the horn and that the skin is speckled. The largest measures about thirty-two feet, includ ing their bony weapon, which is one-fourth their entire length. 'the ships bring no news of the Bon Accord, Truelove, Prince of Wales, and Constantia, the latter on her second voyage. — Hull Advertiser. COOKE v. WETHERELL.—The defendant in tills revolting case has been represented, and is supposed by many to be the brother of Sir Charles Wetherell, the ex-Attorney- General. This, however, is 'not the fact. The rev. delin quent is not at all related to the learned and eccentric knight, but is the son of a builder of the same name, who some time ago carried on that business in the vicinity of Kensington. He is at present an inmate of the Queen's Bench Prison, at the suit of his son-in-law, )4r. Cooke, for no less a sum than 14,000/., but was present at the trial on Friday last , o n a " da y rule," being anxious, as it was stated, to afford his counsel his personal assistance and instruction in the cross-examination of the witnesses called against him. At the adjournment of the Court, however, he returned to his former quarters, and did not make his appearance afterwards. SHOCKING ACCIDENT DURING THE FIRE IN ALDERMANBURY.—During the raging of the fire in Alder manbury, on Monday night last, a young man named Stephen Cundick, 27 years of age, was on his way home, and had reached the church of St. Mary the Virgin, in Alderman bury, when, in order to avoid the crowd, he essayed to enter the church-yard, by climbing over the iron spikes. In at tempting this, however, he missed his footing, and fell heavily upon the spikes, lase of which entered the thick part of his right thigh, and he became literally impaled. He was, with some difficulty, removed and conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he remains in great agony. We are informed that Dr. Hooker, son of Sir William Hooker, who lectured for Dr. Graham this summer, is a candidate for the chair of Botany, now vacant in our Uni versity.— Caledonian Mercury. NOVEL SPORT.—A few days since a man, named Edward Smith, was fishing off Dittisham, on the River Dart, with a rod and line, when he caught a lobster which weighed lilb. I—Deronport Telegraph. NAMES os RAILWAYS. ; 6 , 4 4 lAug.lAug. lAug. I A 19. 19, 19. 1 Aberdeen .•••••• • • • • • • • Airdrie and Coatbridge Arbroath and Forfar .... Ditto Half Shares .... Armagh, Coln, & Portrush Bandon and Bantry • • Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birknhd,Lan. &Ches.Jne. Birmingham and Glo'ster 133 Do. New (iss .at 7 die.) Ditto Half Shares 3% Birminglim & Oxfrd.June. Blckburn, Chrly, &N. Ult. Blekburn, l)arwn,& Boltn Bolton, Wigan, & Liver/A. Boston, Stamfrd and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Ilast. Bristol and Exeter ... • Ditto New .. •• • • Bristol and Gloucester .. 61 t v Bristol and S. \Vales June. British and Irish Union.. _ Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. & Dumbar. June 7. % 11% - - 134 Caled Man .• •••••• • • • • • 111!4 1 i 1 Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln— 3% Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto New Shares .. .. Ditto half Shares Chester and 11 lybead 2253 22 21%' Clielt,nhani and Oxford.. %p Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Vabey •• • • ... Clitheroe Junction .... Clydesdale Junction .... Cork, Blackrck & Passage -- Cork and Bandon Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford Cork and Youghal Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester.. 21,..4 Cornwall . • • • • • • • • 3 • 4 - , Derby and Crewe 159sCct Direct Lon. and Manchstr I)iss, Beceles, & Yarmoth Direct Northern •• • . • • • Direct Norwich .• • • • • • • • Dublin and Belfast June. I 81 %1 81 A 1 Dublin, Belfast, & Coire.e Dublin and Drogheda • • • • Dublin and Galw y ... • • Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath • • Ditto New .• • •••• . • • Dundee and Per h •• • • Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) ... • • • • • Eastern Counties . • • .. • • Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No • 1 Do. do. N 0.2 I •3<al ) East Dereham & Norwich East Union 4%1 4 2!ll 2,i 19% G,hp Ditto Extension • • • Edinbgh, Glas., and Dnm Edinburgh and Glasgow.. 89 Do. Quarter Shares •• . 22 Do. New Quarter Shares - Edin b. Leith, and Granton - Do. Pref. 5 per Cent • • - Edinburgh and Northern - Edinburgh and Peebles • • - Edinburgh and Perth •• • • - Ely and Huntingdon •• •• 4 Enniskillen and Sligo •• • • - Exeter, Yeovil, & I)rchstr - Fltwood, Prstn, &W. Rid. - Ganikirk and Glasgow • • - Glasgow and Ayr. ••• • • • - Do. Quarter Shares •• • • - Glasgow and Greenock • • - Ditto New. .. .••• • • • - - Ditto Preference ••• •• - Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. - Glsgw, Kilmanick, & Ard. - Glasgow and Belfast Un. - Goole and Doncaster •• • • - Grand Junction ..... .... - Ditto Half Shares •• • • - Ditto Quarter Shares • • - Ditto New Quarters • • - Ditto Eighths ........- Grand Union . .........- Great Eastern & Western - Gt Grimsby &Dk Extens. - Gt Grimsby and Sheffield - Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Hind) - Ditto Extension .• •• • • 1 Great Munster.. •••• • • • • - Gt Northern of Scotland - Grt Northern of England - Do. New 401. Shares • • 5 Do. New 301. Shares .. - Great Western •• • • • .... 21 Ditto Half Shares •• • • 11 Ditto Fifths • •• • 4 Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. - Idarwich .• • • • • • • • • - • • • II udrstid & Man. R. & Cant - Huddersfield and Sheffield - Hull and Gainsborough • • - Hull and Selby .. •• • • .... 1( I)itto Quarter Shares • • - Ditto Half Shares •• • • • Inverness and Elgin •• • • • Isle of Jersey ••••• • • • • • - Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray •• • • • Killarney Junctions .•• • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • 5G Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford. •• - Ditto Extension .. - .. Leeds and Dewsbury • • • • Leeds and Thirsk • • • . • • • • Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford . • • Limerick and Waterford Limreli, Ennis, & K i ii. gl J z i sa ic tinn . Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & tit N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares • • • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • E L i o N i e d r o p n i , O a r n m a s ß k i r r k . ,sc 222 Ditto Thirds ••••• • • • • • 46 Ditto Quarters .• • - ~, 2 , London and Blackwall • • 10% 9 1 Lon.&Man.(ltemington's) I p London and Brighton •. • . 76% Ditto Consolid. Eighths - London and Croydon .... 24u Ditto New . ......... 1 s z , Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut. - London and Greenwich.. - Do. Pref. or Privilege.. - London and South Westrn 78 Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares.. Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York ....... Ditto (Bantry) . . L on don and Windsor.... o 1 Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl 2% Londonderry & Coleraine 3% Londonderry & Enuiskilin Lynn and Ely .......... Lynn and Dereham ..... Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto Half Shares •. .. Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Sixteenths .. .... Manchstr and Birkenhead - Manchester & Binninghm 0 Ditto Quarter Shares.. 1014 Ditto New Quarters ... _ Do. Con. & Welsh June. - Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk 6%D Man. Shef. and Mid. June. - - Manchestr & Southamptn _ Midland .. •• • • Ditto Fifths • ......... - Ditto New Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 132 Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) . - Do. Extension to Sligo - Newcstl & DaringtnJunc. 52 Do. New (Brandling) . • Newcastle and Berwick.. 24% Newcastle and Carlisle • . _ Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. - Newport & Abergavenny 2 ))4 D Newry and Enniskillen.. Newark and Sheffield •.. 3 1 North British Ditto New Shares - - ,L . Northern and Eastern .. - Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 WA.) - Do. Quarter Shares .. - North Devon ........... North Kent .... ........ = North Staffordshire .... 1 North Ea5tern.......... _ . North Union (A) - .. - Ditto (11) ...... .. - North Wales Mineral.... - .. Ditto New Shares .. - North Western .... - North Wales .......... - Norwich and Brandon • . 23 Ditto New.... ........ Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nott., Erwsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester • • Oxford and Cambridge • • Perth and Inverness .... Portsmouth Direct .. • . .• Preston and Wyre.. Ditto Half Shares • • • • Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extens. Richmond &W. End June 6% Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring 2% Scottish Central .••• • • • • 7% Scottish Midland •••• • • • • - Sheffield and Manchester - Ditto Quarter Shares • • - Ditto ditto (No. 2) • • - Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • - Sheffield and Lincoln •• • • - Sheffield and Rotherham _ Shrewsbry & Grand Junc. _ Slirewsh., Wor., & Crewe _ Shrws.,Wolv., I)udl,& Bir 4% iihrwshry & Trnt Val. Un. 21,4 p Shrws, Ilerefd,& N. Wales _ Slamannan .••••• • " • • • • --..--, South Devon .•••" • • • • • 0 4 5 46 S s o o t u it t i l i i, lt E i a b s l t ia a n i t i l . a . n . d . • D • o • v • e • ' r Do. New (iss.32/.) No. I 22 1)o. (iss.33/.65.841.)., 2 15 Do. (iss. 301.) •• 3 -- Staines and Richmond .• • i% St a ffordshire & Shropshire _ Stirling and Dunfermline - South Wa1e5......... 5 m Teals and Dove Valley • • - Trent Valley .• • • ..... • • - Do. and Holyhead Junc. 4 Vale of Neath . • •• • • • - West London, Old Shares - West End & Suthrn Conn. - Wexford a.: d Carlow •• • • - Warwick and Cheltenham - Waterford and Kilkenny - Watrfil,Wxfil,Wick & Dub - Wakefield and Bradford • • -- Wakfid, Pontefrct, & Gool - Wakefield and Harrogate - Warwick and London .• • - West Lancashire• •••• • • • - Worcester and Tring •• • • - Whitehaven and Furness -- Do. New Half Shares. • - W e lsh Midland ....... .. • 3 We-t C0rnwa11..........- West Yorkshire •••• • • " - Wilson nyn, M. & Coltness - Wilts, Somrst, & Weyinth - Yarmouth and Norwich . • 29 Ditto New . ..........- York and Carlisle .••. • 4• - York k itt a o half Shares Ditto Scarbro' Branc h - Ditto Selby ••••• • • • • • - Ditto Extension .•• • • • 24 Yorkshire & Glasgow 1711._ - rsthhares .. Midland . - . - 1 % 26s 24 8 243 14 15 L 4% 14 2%11 3%1 31A 6%1 sy, 5%1- I 5u 74k1 - 866 -- - 205 91 191 1 - 32% - - ____ - 12% .4%j 14 HULL, AUG 19. STOCK EXCIIANGE. — The sales are.--Hull and Selby, Half Shares, WA—Freston and Wyre, 39%—North British, 31% ~~ , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1845. RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. —Ditto, Half Shares, 9 1 4 —Cambridge and Lincoln, 4 1 4 c. n. —East Lincolnshire, 10s. pm.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 2%—Grand Union, Bs. pm.-Leicester mid Birming ham, 225. pm.—London and Birmingham Extension, 325. 6d. pm.—London and York, s—Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England, 455. pm.—Nottingham, Erewash, &c., 425. 6d. pm.—Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 335. pm.—Rugby, 2%—South Midland, ss. pm.--:Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 3 3 A—Wakefield and Bradford, 555. pm HUDDERSFIELD, AUG. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Armagh, Cole- Aug. Aug. Aug. raine, and Portrush, 25.-Grand Union, Bs. 6d. pm.- -9. 18. 18 'Glasgow and Dumfries, 245.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 15N-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 15 1 A -Liverpool, - Ormskirk, and Preston, 74-Leicester and Bedford, 48s. pm. YORK, AUG. 19. STOCK ExCHANGE.-The sales are-Durham and Sunder -6,, land, 30-Ditto New, guaranteed Five per . Cent., 514- Eastern Union Extension, 3-York and North Midland, - Selby Scrip, 76 ex div.-Ditto Extension, 243q-London - and York, 5-Manchester, Brixton, &c., Sli t -Newcastle and - Berwick, 24 1 / 2 -Scottish Central, 7. EXETER, AUG. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 121.-Exeter and Creditor], 8 1 / 2 -Exeter, Yeovil, - and Dorchester, 6s. 3d prem.-Eastern Counties, 2012-Lon - don and Blackwall, 10 /4 -Ely and Bedford, 4 3 4. EDINBURGH, AUG. 16. STOCK' EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 6s. 6d - _ Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. 11 s. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/.-Armagh and Portrush, 2/.-Banffshire, 2/. 25.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 108.- - Belfast and County Down, 41. 35.-Cambridge and Lincoln, - 31. 10s.-Caledonian, 101. 10s.-Caledonian Extension, 2/. 15s. - -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/.175. 6d.-Clydesdale Junc tion, 91.-Direct Northern, 21. 55.-Dundee and Arbroath, - 37/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181.-Dundee and Perth, 41.45. 6,1. - -Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 65.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, - 861.-Ditto, Quarters, 211. 10s.-Ditto, New, 14/ 10s.- - Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Edin =_- burgh, Leith, and Granton, 241.-Ditto, Preference, 16/. 10s. _ ._ -Edinburgh and Northern, 1/. 125.-Ditto, New, 1/. 6 5 p Is.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. Ils. 6d.-Edinburgh and - 914 - Perth, 1/. 14s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 89/.-Ditto, New 244 Stock, 221.-Glasgow and Belfast. Union, 3/. Ifis. 6d.-Gla.sgow 6 % and Neilston, 21/. 10s.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. Os. 3d.-Glasgow and Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 55.-Ditto, Pre ference, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 21. 16s. 3d.- - Inverness and Elgin, 11.35.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 5/. - 155.-London and York, 4/. 10s.-Londonderry and Cole raine, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3/. 155.- Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 33/.-Morayshire, 11.-North British, 31/. 10s.-ditto, Halves, 91. 10s.-North Wales Mi - neral, New, 61. 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 25.-Scottish 7 Central, 7/. 165.-Scottish Midland, 21. 7s. 6d.-Shrewsbury Oswestry, and Chester, 41. 25.-Slamannan, 181.-South Mid land, 51. 165.-Stirling and Dunfermline, IL 165.-Waterford 24 Wicklow, and Dublin, 1/.165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/.- Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 10s. GBsGd 595. 3% LONDONDERRY and ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY COMPANY. The first general meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held on Tuesday, at the Guildhall Coffee House. The chair was taken shortly after one o'clock by Mr. Ferrers, chairman or the Company. The SECRETARY (Mr. Hemmings) read the report, which was to the effect that the Act of Incorporation had been obtained with comparatively little expense, the only difficulty having been to satisfy the Marquis of Aber corn that his property would not be damaged by the line. Sir John M'Neil had resigned the office of en gineer, and JAI.. Robert Stephenson had been appointed in his stead. Of the new lines proposed in Ireland the only one which would affect the interests of this Company was the Dublin and Enniskillen, which there was reason to hope would be sanctioned by Parliament next session. The works to Strabane and Newtown-Stewart would be shortly finished. A call of 21. would be made in Octo ber next, and three more calls next year. The general account of receipts and disbursements showed a charge of 25,0001., in deposits of 21.105. per share on 10,000 shares. The Disbursements were— Parliamentary Expenses Engineering Expenses 1,500 1 ,11 Salaries Total Leaving a balance of 20,050/.—(liear, hear.) The SECRETARY then read also the rt port of the en - gineers appointed to survey the line after the retirement - of Sir John M‘lsTeil. These gentlemen suggested se veral departures from that engineer's plan, which could _ not be accomplished without application to Parliament. - The report strongly urged the necessity of going on with - the works with as little delay as possible, on the ground that there will, at no distant period, be a great rise in - wages on account of the number of railways about to be - undertaken in Ireland. The surveyors expressed their confidence that the line would be completed at a cost within the capital of the - Company. The report was then unanimously adopted. A PROPRIETOR then moved a resolution, to the effect - " That the thanks of the shareholders be given to - the Directors for their attention and exertions in pro curing the Act of Parliament at so comparatively , - small an expense, and for the satisfactory report and - 2% statements which th:y had laid before this meeting of the proprietors." The resolution was seconded and carried unanimously, - and with applause. The common seal of the Company was then put to the - Register of Shareholders. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was carried in the same manner, and the meeting separated. 5 14 LYNN AND DEREFIAM RAILWAY The first half-yearly meeting of this Company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con _ vening the meeting, proceeded to lay before the Pro - prietors the report, which was merely a recapitulation of the progress of their Bill through Parliament, and men - tioning the necessity of electing auditors and directors. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the report be re - ceived, entered on the minutes, and a copy seat to each shareholder. Mr. W. EVERARD seconded the resolution, which was eat ried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN moved that the seal of the Company be affixed to the register of Shareholders. Mr. H. C. PARTRIDGE seconded the resolution, which was carried without dissent. _ The CHAIRMAN said that the next form to be dis - charged was the election of two auditors, an appointment 3 % which, under the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 2 was rendered imperative. A SHAREHOLDER suggested that, as the Proprietors were comparatively ignorant of each other, it would be better that the Directors should name the gentlemen they considered most suitable for the office. The CHAIRMAN said that the Board could not nominate, but only suggest, gentlemen to discharge the duties of auditors. However, anticipating some difficulty might arise in the selection, he had drawn up a list of those who held the largest amount of shares in the Company. Mr. Tinker was, next to himself (the Chairman), the _ largest holder, having 525 shares ; but as he was the auditor of the Ely and Huntingdon Company, his elec tion would scarcely be advisable. Mr. Lloyd held 400 shares, but he was abroad. Mr. Dawson held 350, but being a sharebroker at Liverpool, it was possible that at 27 '3 any period his interest in the Company might cease ; his election, therefore, would be inexpedient. Mr. Bruce, who held 310, was in the same category as Mr. Tinker, being connected with the Lynn and Ely Company. Mr. R. C. Dawson held 230 shares, but being Secretary of the Milbank Penitentiary, his time would be too 2% much occupied to give his undivided attention to their - - interests. Mr. Lechmere, a solicitor, was the next largest holder, having 225 shares, to whom no objection existed. He therefore suggested that either that gen - tleman and Mr. Teether or Mr. G. Whitley, each holders of 200 shares, should be elected. Mr. BUNTING then moved, and Mr. SMITH seconded, the nomination of Mes-rs. Lechmere and Whitley, who were unanimously elected auditors. Mr. LECHMERE returned thanks, and assured the meeting he would do his duty conscientiously by the Company, which he considered would, when in con _ nexiou with the two collateral lines near them (the Lynn and Ely and the Nottingham and Grantham) become the best among the railway projects of the country. Mr. TABERNER moved that their late Board of Direc . tors, consisting of Henry Charles Lacy (Chairman), Sir Henry R. Calder, Thomas Neville Abdy, William Eve • rard, Henry C. Partridge, and J. B. Whiting, should be re-elected. . Mr. SMITH seconded the resolution, which was car - ried unanimously. Thanks were then passed to the Chairman and Direc - tors, and the meeting separated. MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE MAN CHESTER ♦ND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY.— A numerous and highly-respectable meeting, called by circular, of the shareholders in the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, was held at the Clarence Hotel, on Tuesday after noon, 19th inst. Nathan Lees, Esq., was called to the chair ; and we noticed many of the largest and oldest shareholders in the line present. A strong resolution was passed by the meet ing against the amalgamation with the London and Birming ham Company, on the terms proposed ; and from the deter mined and unanimous feeling manifested, it is quite evident other and more equitable terms must be proposed or admitted by the London and Birmingham Company, or the amalgamation will be broken off altogether. A committee was appointed to correspond with the shareholders resident in other towns, and - to act as may be considered advisable. COUNT KONIGSMARK, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE, BY CArr. FREDERICK CHAMIER, R.N.—They who delight in supernatural agency and the wildest romance, may absot lately . luxuriate in these volumes. In his preface, Capt. - Chamier tells us that Count Rosen suggested the story of - Konigsmark to him as one of . great interest. He could no - easily have recommended a more singularly romantic one. - The strange s'ory of the ring (Capt. Chamier adds) does not belong to the Konigsmark family, but the Barnekows. The - ring was acquired in the manner described in the work, and - when in the riots occasioned by Ankerstrom's murder of his sovereign, the owner of this ring was killed by the populace - the ring which he had never been able to take from his hand, 2 % could not be found after his death. With much of the history t ip of the time, in which the Countess of Northumberland, Mr. - Montagu, her husband, the Lady Elizabeth Percy, her daugh ter, the Dowager Countess of Algernon, the notorious Duchess of Cleveland, the Countess of Sussex, her daughter, and various others are made to play conspicuous parts, we have an abundance of wild and stirring adventures in both love and war, Konigsmark being a devil for fighting, and a perfect Don Giovanni in his amours."— Naval and Military Ga zette. DARING ROBBERY.—Last evening, two men en tered the parlour of the George beer-shop, Burdett-street, Westminster-road, and, having consumed a pint of porter they had called for, went off carrying with them the clock, valued at 41. 10s. They must have been expert thieves, as they had to pass the landlord and his two sons on their exit, they being in the bar at the time. A MAN STRUCK DUMB.—On Tuesday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, as a man named Benjamin Reynolds, residing in St. Andrew-street, Seven-dials, was conversing with some of his companions, he suddenly ex claimed, " I am losing my speech." and the next moment was unable to utter a word, though in full possession of all his other faculties. ..a -,5.-p wh• r.r.,~.r.r ~r . ~- .. ,%1 10 265. 225. —124 s —26 s 8 pl 3s. 15% 14% Is 1 1 45 p, [_ 3456 p 18 - 16591 Pi - 341 - - 2* _ 4 )i i 4,41 _ 3%1- 3%1 -_-. 9856d1 7% 8 776 4 - 0341:Co 1391 ___ - 2 3 d -_-_ L2X,i 1 - 16986,1 4%1 4% - 8 I -8% 141 s pl 11756:11756' z RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE LATE FATAL COLLISION ON THE LON DON AND BIRWNGIIAM RAILWAY. The following official report of Major-General Pasley, the Government Inspector-General of Railways, to the Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the recent collision on the London and Birmingham Railway, detailing the opinion of the gallant General as to the causes which led to such col lision, has, within the last two or three days, been re ceived by the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company:— " Whitehall, August 2, 1845. " My Lord,—Agreeably to your Lordship's directions, I proceeded on the 31st ult. to the Euston-square station of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, where Mr. Creed, the secretary, Mr. litruyeres, the superintendent, met me by appointment ; the latter of whom after wards accompanied me to the spot where an accident by collission occurred, about five o'clock A. a t., on the morning of the 29th ult., when the mail trains from Lancashire ran into a goods train at the crossing near Chalk Farm-bridge, the former being about fifteen mi nutes before, and the latter fifty minutes behind its time. This irregularity in the arrival of one train and the departure of the other was the primary cause of the accident, which, however, would not have taken place but for a thick fog, which rendered it impossible for the engineman of the mail train to see the red disc which was displayed on the occasion by the policeman in charge of the signals at Chalk Farm bridge. This disc by day, and the red lamps by night, which are the appointed danger signals, can always be seen in clear weather by the engineman of the ep-ti sins on emerging from the Primrose-hill tunnel, which is 506 yards from the bridge, so that they have always sufficient time to stop before they reach that point. " Mr. Creed, in his official report, states that he considers the policeman on duty at the Chalk Farm-bridge to blame in Lot having gone to meet and stop the coming mail in foggy weather at the mouth of the tunnel, according to his in • structions ; but this man explained to me that the down goods had actually passed his post at the bridge fifteen minutes before the Lancaster mail was there, which he knew by the clock in his cabin, and therefore he did not anticipate the possibility of a collision, notwithstanding the fog. Unfortunately the goods train, after passing the bridge as aforesaid, did not proceed on its course, but stopped to have a break-waggon put on in the rear of the whole, after which the number of waggons was 50, which curved so long that it obstructed the crossing from the siding' where the goods trains are always marshalled, which crossing lay over the up line of rails on to the down line. While this break-waggon was being added, the mail train, proceeding rather slowly, passed the bridge and ran into the goods train, smashing two of the goods waggons to pieces, breaking down a third, and injuring three others, by which the engine as well as tender and luggage van of the mail train was forced off the rails. The engine had its smoke-box broken, the brass splash plates over the wheels bent, and the tender had a hole on one side of its tank made by the shock. Two second-class carriages were injured by encountering the goods waggons obliquely, one having the lower part of one side carried away, by which, lam sorry to say, that a passenger's leg sitting on that side was broken, and which has since been amputated, the other having the panels on the same side broken. One of the passengers was also much cut by being thrown against a glass window of the first-class coupe, but this carriage itself was not injured. I was informed that these two were the most serious cases, though several other passengers were hurt, but not severely. " I am of opinion that the chief cause of this accident was the neglect and want of judgment on the part of James Uns worth, the engineman of the Lancaster mail train, who knew that the goods train had not passed him, which it ought to have done several miles before he reached the tunnel, and therefore, considering the thick fog, he ought not on any account to have passed the bridge, on the other side o f which the crossing from the goods siding is situate at the distance of only 44 yards beyond it. " C. W. PA SLEY, Major-General, Inspector-General of Railways. " To the Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, President of the Board of Trade, Railway Department, &c.": In consequence of the receipt of the foregoing, and a recommendation to the effect from the Railway Depart ment of the Board of Trade, the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway have felt it their duty to dis miss Unsworth from their service. The board aro a!so taking active measures with respect to a re-arrangement of the signals and other matters, to insure the safety of the public. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS Since our last the weather has been rather unfavour able and wet, which has retarded vegetation considera • bly, and we fear this harvest will be rather a late one. The atmosphere has been still and heavy, and several showers which have fallen, have lodged a good part of the crops, and there is reason to fear permanently. Green crops have grown amazingly full and heavy, from which there will be more than an average return of straw. Barley, if the weather should keep dry for a few days, will be cut in our vicinity and throughout several parts of the country. Turnips and potatoes have met between the drills, and there is no doubt that from the very few failures in the latter, there will be an abundant supply. Mr. Gray, Auchterueed, has planted in one field, and given the like advantage to all—seven different kinds of potatoes, all of which look exceedingly well, and we shall be glad to learn to which of this selec tion he gives the preference, and which is the best adapted to the soil and climate. From Strathspey we learn that the crops are lodged in many places, and that every thing is deteriorating in consequence of the continued raw and humid weather. Some nights ago frost was rather keen in that district, but happily no injury of any consequence has resulted from such an unwelcome visi tation. The crops are well advanced in Morayshire.— Ross-slim e Advelt;ser. During the past week we have happily been favoured with a decided improvement in the state of the weather, with every appearance of its continuing. During the early part of the week this neighbourhood was visited with occasional showers, but by Tuesday, and Wed nesday the rain completely ceased, and, though the atmosphere was cloudy, there were occasional blink 3 of sunshine both days. On Thursday. Friday, and Saturday, we had a continuance of bright dry weather, with the sun rarely obscured by clouds ; indeed, with the exception of some very slight frost during the night, which has done if any damage, the weather is all the best well-wisher of the country could desire. Patches of barley have been cut in various places in the neighbourhood, but for wheat, or oats, there is no appearance of the reaper being required for a week or ten days to come. There is one characteristic of the approaching harvest which wears the indication of our most favoured seasons—that is, the crop is most abundant, with every appearance of being ready nearly about one time. If we have much sun shine, the oat harvest will, in many cases, precede that of the wheat, But, in the forwardness of both these descriptions of grain, we do not recollect of having ever sceu greater uniformity ; and if the weather but keep dry, there is little doubt but the rough part of the harvest will be over in two weeks from its commence ment, or by the middle of September, which may yet place the present amongst the most early and bountiful years on record. Since the above was written, we re gret to say that Sunday throughout was a day of rain, and ill-fitted for harvest purposes.—Glasgow Argus. BALLOON ASCENT. One of the most perilous ascents ever attempted by any aeronaut was accomplished by Mr. Green during the storm on Monday night, and happily without any serious result, in the " Albion" balloon, from the grounds of Cre morne House, Chelsea. At the time Mr. Green entered the car the rain poured in torrents, and he was advised by many gentlemen not to ascend, but he replied that he was determined in spite of wind and weather to make an ascent rather than disappoint the expectant public. To take up the fireworks which had been prepared by the artist of Cremorne House Mr. Green found was impos sible, as the) , were completely saturated with rain. 'The balloon, which took at first a direction almost due north, was visible for some time, from the light emitted by the lamps which Mr. Green had provided to assist him in his descent. After travelling through the storm for an hour, in the most unpleasant predicament, he effected a safe descent, at eleven o'clock, in a field at Harrow. aided by four young ladies, who had followed the balloon for some miles. Mr. Green calculates that at least a ton of water must have fallen during his voyage from the balloon. By ascending during rain he carries with this balloon an additional weight of about 350 pounds by the netting and silk becoming saturated, consequently he did not take up above 200 weight of ballast. The balloon having been packed up, and a conveyance procured, Mr. Green returned to town, at about three the following morn ing. He ascended last night from the Waterloo-ground at about ten o'clock, with fireworks of a splendid and extraordinary character, most ingeniously contrived by Darby, the celebrated pyrotechnist and artist to the gar dens. IMPORTATION OF WHEAT, &C.—OH Tuesday a re turn► was issued, procured by Mr. Trotter, showing the im portation of wheat, &c., from January to July, from Ireland. The wheat was 149,603 quarters ; barley, 26,232 quarters ; oats, 976,644 quarters ; wheatmeal and flour, 816,462 cwt. ; and oatmeal, 607,041 cwt. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. — COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A POLICESAN.—On Tuesday morning the following providential escape of a female from drowning took place at Isleworth, About a quarter before five o'clock police-constable John Sweeny, T 135, who had just come off duty, saw a female struggling in the water in quite an exhausted state. The constable instantly threw off his coat and boots and jumped into the river, and swam towards the woman, who had by that time caught hold of the edge of a small boat ; when he reached her she was fast sinking from exhaustion, but he succeeded in saving her and conveying her to the shore, where she instantly received every attention which her state demanded. Her name is Mrs. Brown, an inhabitant of the neighbourhood, whose garden abutted on the rive►, and who had over-balanced herself and fell into the river. DEATH OF THE DEAN OF LLANDAFF.—We lament to announce the decease of the Very Rev. William Bruce Knight, Dean of Llandaff, which took place, after a long and painful illness, at the Deanery, on the night of Friday, the Bth inst. The late excellent and rev. dignitary, who expired in his 80th year, had literally impaired a naturally robus!, consti tution by a life of unceasing labour in the duties of his sacred calling. The funeral was strictly private. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the diocese was present , an d assisted in the service, which was conducted by the Rev. John Montgomery Traherne, Chancellor of the Cathedral, and brother-in-law of the late dignitary. The chief mourners were Mr. John Bruce Pryce and the Right Hon. Vi ce -Chancellor Knight Bruce, brothers of the deceased.—Bn . stol.fournal. GAS ExmosioN.—On Monday night an explosion from a defective gas-pipe, occurred in t he sho p of Mr. Smith, carpenter, Hosier-lane. In a few minutes the place was filled with flames, which threatened the destruction of the house. A large crowd collected, but no efforts were made to subdue the destructive element; at length a daughter of Mr. Smith, not more than ten years of age, ran into the yard, and, after filling a pail with water, courageously threw it in the midst of the danger, and, with other aid, succeeded in checking the further progress of the fire. No serious injury was done. CALLING HARD NAMES.—The Granite Freeman has a sketch, by a correspondent, of an able lecture on slavery, lately delivered at New 11Iarket, N. IL, by the veteran David Root, i n which he thus meets the charge of using hard lan guage :—ln speaking of the complaints that are made that we call the slaveholder hard names, lie said, " If a man take my cloak clandestinely, I would call him a thief ; if he take it away by violence, I would call him a robber ; but, if he take my cloak and me, body and soul in it, and reduce me to a chat tel, I would call him a slaveholder !".—Boston Chronicle. 4,150 -..--.._......•(..•••--- ....- --- /7 - / LATE FIRE IN ALDERMANBUR FURTHER PARTICULARS. We regret to state that the fire which occurred on Monday night in Aldermanbury, a report of which ap peared in The Sun yesterday, has been attended with a far greater destruction of property than was at first anticipated. From inquiries instituted yesterday, there is good ground for supposing that the loss will not fall much short of 200,000/. The premises in which the fire originated were considered as nearly the largest in the same line of business, and to add to the misfortune up wards of 8,0001. worth of goods had been received into the building during the evening The stock in trade was of a most costly description, and comprised muslin de lanes, several thousand pieces of printed cotton, at t - e lowest computaticn upwards of 80,000 pieces of linen, and several thousand bales of shawls, e4e. At the time of the outbreak the principal portion of the autumn stock Fad been just taken in. Although every inquiry has since been made, nothing that can be depended upon could be ascertained as to the origin of the calamity. When the combustible nature of the goods is taken into eon . ration, is not at all surprising that the fire spread with such surprising rapidity. The Lord Mayor, Mr. Sheriff Sidney, several Com mon Councilmen, the Town clerk, and different officers of the surrounding wards, were early in arriving ai the scene of conflagration, their principal anxiety being to save the Guildhall from destruction. Previous to the - arrival, end before a sufficient body of police came ihmn to clear the roads in front of the fire, the firemen ex- perienerd the greatest difficulty from the populace in get ting their engines to work. About thirty men laid hold of the West of Englard engine, anti before the same was unlocked the party behaved with such violence to the engine as to tear away the handles, and cause injury to the machme. Although the fire was believed to have been safely got under by ten o'clock, the greater part of tie' engines were kept upon the ground the greater part of the night, which was extremely fortunate, for between three and four yesterday morning a large body of tire suddenly shot up, and for some time the greatest fears were entertained lest it should extend to Messrs. Oliver and Co.'s premises. One of the workmen, on entering the third floor, discovered that the flames were jut breaking through the party wall, and in the course of a few minutes longer, had they not been noticed, they must have fired about 40,000 pieces of coloured prints. A piece of lighted paper had descended through one of the apertures, and a bale of cotton was actually smoking at the time when the firemen entered. The damage upon the stock in trade in these. premises, it is believed, will exceed 12,0001. to repair it, and the building will require upwards of 3,000/ During the whole of yesterday work men were employed in affixing poles to keep the front walls from falling forward into the street. The loss upon Messrs. Bradbury, Greatorex, and Co.'s stock, it is computed, will extend to 170,0001. ; and, unfortunately, they are insured only to the amount of 75,000/ The total loss by thii disastrous event, it is stated by those best competent to form a correct esti mate, will amount to between 200,0001. and 300,000/. Too much praise cannot be awarded to Mr. Braidwood and the numerous firemen who acted under his super intendence ; the same remarks will apply to Messrs. Conn( rton and Garwood, the heads of the West of Eng land and County Companies. Had it not been for their skilful exertions, the loss of property would have been far greater than it really has been. The following is a copy of the official report of the damage Aldermanbury, No. 6.—Messrs. Bradbury, Greatorex, and Co., Manchester warehousemen. The whole of the premises destroyed, and contents of stock in trade and furniture burned, and a house adjoining, in Dyer's court, consumed. Insured in the following offic s— Sun, 26,0001. ; the Phoenix, 26,000/. ; the Imperial, Royal Exchange, County, and London offices, in various sums, making the whole 75,0001. Aldermanbury, No. s.—Nicholas Stone, grocer. Back counting-house, kitchen, and window frames burned out. The roof severely damaged by fire and the contents by water. Insured in the Sun. Aldermanbury, Nos. 7 and B.—Messrs. Oliver, Worth ington, and Oliver, warehousemen. Roof of premises and back windows partly burned. The party wall and some rooms seriously damaged by fire, and the stock in trade extensively injured by fire and water. Aldermanbury, No. 4, and Fountain-court.—Messrs. Coster and Co., warehousemen. The back windows and two bed-rooms burnt out. A portion of the roof off and skylight damaged by fire. The stock in trade consi derably injured by water. The firm is insured. Aldermanbury, No. 73.—Mr. John Sidney Smith, warehouseman. Front of premises very severely scorched and windows broken ; insurance unknown. Aldermanbury, No. 73.—Occupied by sundry ware housemen. The front of premises considerably scorched and window-glass broken ; insurance unknown. Aldermanbury, No. 75.—Messrs. Cullum, Brown, and Co. Front of house scorched. Dyer's court, No. 4.—Mr. James Chadwick and brother, small warehousemen. The back windows burnt out of second floor, and the contents considerably damaged by water. The building is the property of I3aron Vongart, and is unknown w here insured. The contents were insured in the Phoenix. Dyer's-court, No. 3.—Henry Dunnington, glover. Back and front windows nurncd out, roof 'of house and back warehouse seriously damaged, and the contents ex tensively injured by water. The contents are supposed to be insured in the Sun and Hand-in-Hand office.. Guibhall-yard.—The Comptroller's office, (he pro. perty of the Corporal ion of London. Lumber-room, the kitchen and bed-room over kitchen, damaged, and the back windows scorched. The Guildhall.—Stained glass window at the western end seriously damaged by heat, and glass broken. The fire was extinguished by ten engines of the London establishment, with those of Ow County and West of England offices, their firemen and assistants, and five or six palish engines, and one belonging to the Guildhall. The C. 11130 ache fire cannot be amounted for. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—The two last d a ys h ave proved more favourable for the hops, which still require much warmth to bring them to perfection. WATERINGBURY, MERF.WORTH, Sce.—The hops have made great improvement within these last two days, in consequence of the change of the warmth of the atmos phere. There is more burr than usual, and should the weather turn favourable, there is no apparent obstacle to there being a large crop. BRENCHLEY.—Great excitement still prevails amongst our planters as to the result of the ungenial weather. The grape hops are very backward in burr, and they make but very little progress. The Jones's are getting out tolerably well. In respect to a crop, all depends on the weather in future ; at present the hops are in a very precarious state, consequently the duty is considered to be much over-rated. ULCOMB.—The hops in this neighbourhood are suf fering very much from the late winds and wet, and for want of sun. The crop will fall short from what was expected, although the bine is looking exceedingly well and healthy at present. They come into hop very in differently, through the unfavourable state of the weather. If we have a change soon, a few days will make a great alteration in them. HORSMONDEN.—The hops in this parish are in nearly the same state that they were a fortnight ago, having made scarcely any perceptible progress ; excepting the Jones's, which, in seine grounds, are coming into hop. The produce must be very limited unless we have an im mediate return of warm weather, as much of the burr will hardly come into hop, and a great part of that which does will undoubtedly weigh very light. IGHTHAM.—The bines in this neighbourhood are still in a very luxuriant state, but the cold and unsettled wea ther prevents them from coming into hop, and unless we have more sun and warmer nights, the crop must fall very short of what has been anticipated. EDENBRIDGE.—Our hops are still progressing, and though the weather has been exceedingly unfavourable, we expect a good crop. CANTERBURY.—A correspondent informs us that at Canterbury market, on Saturday last, there wee a great inquiry for yearling hops, the holders of which re mained firm. Some were requested by several parties to give them the first offer. A heavy duty at this late period is considered by every one as quite out of the question. WADHURST.—Our hops are progressing very slowly, the Jones's are well set with burr, and changing into hop ; the grape seem more growing, and will be much later, should the weather be ever so favourable for them. BREDE.—In consequence of the high winds our hop grounds have been considerably blown about, and many blues and branches broken in exposed situations. The hops in general are in full burr, and are making pro gress as well as can be expected. We have a few lice in some grounds. UDIMORE.—The burr in many gardens does not ad vance so freely as we could wish, and we are looking a little yellow, and rather inclined for a top crop. There is a considerable number of lice at the fag end of the parish. BATTLE.—The bine is looking as well as ever, indeed, it is now thought to be too luxuriant to have a large crop of hops. The burr comes out slowly, and unless there be a great change in the tempera ture of the ear, there will be a great failing in the expected produce. TICEHURST and WADHURSIN—Hartng read in the columns of the Sussex Advertiser, that the hops in this district are evincing a " rusty „ and " blasted" appearance, I have tried to ascertain the truth of the above statement, but I find it to he by no means generally applicable. Here and there a piece presents a yellow appearance, but this is attributed to some local cause. The hop cornea out but slowly owing to ungenial weather. The grounds cer tainly do not present so promising an appearance as a fortnight since, and our late expectations cannot be realised. FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICT, AUG. 17. —All hopes of a large crop are over for Vais year. Since our last we have great increase of . aervain, especially at Farnham. In fact, many grountl,a are growing black, and the young shoots and burr are covered with lice. The picking (should the r e be, env) will be in about five weeks time.—Maidstone Ga-Atte.. PRAGU E.-A colossal. monument, 7 5 feet hig h, h about to be erected to the, memor y of the late Emperor Fran . cis. The equestrian statue of the monarch in the Bohemian garb, surrounded by 24 small figures representing the Bohe mian territories, capital, &c., will be placed under a canopy supported by four co).umns, and terminating in a pierced spire. —Art Union. _ _ •4.,• YANKEE •••• PA. RTNERSI III%—A bloody rencontre oc curred on Saturday week, at Jersey Shore, Lymington County, Pa., 'which terminated in the death of one of the parties. John F. Hunt, of Duck Haven, and John Stewart, of Jersey Shot.e, brothers-in-law, had been partners in busi uess, and had. met to effect a settlement ; a quarrel ensued, and several blows passed between them, when Hunt drew a dirk and stald.ed Stewart to the heart, causing instant death. Hunt immediately gave himself up, and was lodged in gaol. He had an. arm broken by a blew from Stewart before he stabbed him. '"ic - - , '.; I TI F' .IN G 1 yule! - ED? , Libe le r ) Seo j i LerryP' -5 to 11 r agst" goNvi 0 wi de ' ce. J° arch arch 130°4 :b " , fir° .w~i~ ,if 0 in b 1 Se Vell