The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-25 00:00:00

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(THIS DAY ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN. Thy I • nomination being fixefor is morning, the e and Pre.ented scenes of bustle and excitenlint similar to that of a country borough on a contested election. There ', w as a great di sp l ay o f b anners , placards, and two or three hands of iLusic, in the service of the several Committees, Paraded the streets. Since the resignation of Mr. Scales :was made public, the canvass has been carried on with increased activity, indeed with as much earnestness as in a P arliamentary contest. The nomination took place in the yard of the old workhouse in Houndsditch. Tile Lord M a y or arr i ve d a t t we l ve o' c l oc k precisely. „ 'le Was preceded by the candidates, Mr. Sheriff Moon an d Mr. David Salomons, who were warmly cheered by their respective supporters. The usual preliminary forms having been gone t he in the board-ro om , the w a rdmote adjourned to e yard. I n answer to rat h er storm y cr i es f or M r . Salomons, that gentleman said that, although Mr. Sheriff ; 10 011 courteously offered to give way to him, he consi "reit his opponent, as Sheriff of London, was entitled to precedence.—(Cheers.) that W OOD , i n p ro p os i ng M r . Sh er iff Moon, observed I nftt the courtesy just shown by Mr. Salomons was a guarantee that the contest would be carried on with good feeling on both sides.—(Cheers.) He would not occupy the time of the wardmote unnecessarily long, but he must remind them that Mr. Moon had resided in the C ity of London for thirty years, during a great Part of which he had represented the Ward of Bread street in the Common Council. Mr. Wood was proceeding to "large upon the Sheriff's fitness to fill the office of a ma tist%.ate of the City of Loudon, when he was interrupted repeated cries of "Cut it short." He would cut it as i 'llort as they would let him, but he had got his speech and he must go through it.—(Great laughter.) _i.!lere were many gentlemen present who had not pro tlsed th e i r vo t es , an d to t h em h e wou ld sa y th a t M r . " I. ° ol l 'would be in effect a resident of the ward, .tle! lived close to it, and was of such active tailless habits that his personal attention to the interests 14 the ward would be constant and effective.—(Cheers 1411 d great interruption.) As to Mr. Salomons—(Cheers) there was not a gentleman of higher respectability in L 'ee City. But he had been elected Alderman of a neigh *During ward, and could not fill the office, because from a ee liscientious feeling he could not sign the declaration re pired by law.—(Cheers, groans and great interruption, t° which Mr. Salomons sed a temporary cessation f 3; appealing to the good sense and courtesy of his 'lends.) Mr. Wood insisted at much length, but amidst Peat confusion, that in the present state of the law Mr. 2 11 01110ns could not be admitted to the Court of Alder- Zn. A barrister of high standing (Mr. M. D. Hill) t 0 say, on the platform, and he appealed to that gentleman Say, had the law been altered since Mr. Salomons ;4 rejected?—(Gr ea t hissing, hooting, cheers, &c.) the had a r i g ht t o as k M r . S a l omons now , wou ld he take 'lac declaration of a Christian ?—(lndescribable uproar.) The LORD MAYOR said that, unless the persons in the Interest of his esteemed friend Mr. Salomans, yielded to t he request of' that gentleman, and allowed his opponents (t h ave a fair hearing, they could scarcely expect that he Lord Mayor) would be able to secure a hearing for Salomons, when that gentleman would have to say rhething more agreeable to them than the speech of Wood.—(Cheers and laughter.) It was impossible the the pr o p os er of a can didate could a dequately inform `ue wardmote of the grounds upon which he recom zeecded Mr. Sheriff Moon to their suffrages, unless every 1. 7 erd h e h a d t o sa y were h ear d.—(Hear.) His (the 440 rd Mayor's) time belonged to the public, and he would let th ere unt il M r . Wood should be heard out to the fullest extent.—(Cheers.) Mr. Wow) (who (lid nut obtain a very quiet audience) as understood to say that he held in his hand a paper, a Which it was asserted on the part of Mr. Salomons, , that 1, : any subject of her Majesty, whether he was Turk, - 1 - ,‘ , hdoo, or J ew , was qua lified to administer the laws of t he Christian Sabbath.—(Confusion.) Now it had been Z r ead y decided in the case of Mr. Salomons that this was ` l o. ?t the case.—(Hisses and cheers.) He would again cl l ttion the inhabitants of the ward not to give their °les in a way that would be sure to involve them in a Protracted and expensive litigation. They all knew the sources of the gentlemen on the other side, and what 4 1 ,filience they could command.—(Renewed uproar.) O . tl 4 4e Y had heard much of the glorious uncertainty of the aw. but it was only very recentiy they had learned what t. at uncertainty really was, and it was such as they had "ever dreamed of before.—(Cheers and laughter.) The .Aldermange was, whom should they have for their ,?—(Cheers, and cries of " That's just it," t i 'alomons," " Moon," &c.) The precept directed them v ? elect a fit and proper person. Now, who was ti u e fit and proper person ?—(Renewed interrup- Z. ° ?,•) Mr. Salomons had already had an opportunity 0 - b ecoming an Alderman, and had not chosen to become e a e * . " - (" More to his honour.") He (Mr. W.) acknow -1,-"oged with pleasure that Mr. Salomons very properly th e to violate his conscience—(Hear, hear)—but t i l l e question for them to consider was this, could a gen tleman of the Jewish persuasion administer the law c f t !"s Christian country ?—(Hisses.) That was a ques klical which could not be settled in that court, but it must settled on the floor of the Legislature.—(Hisses.) 41 e did not speak as a lawyer, but he put it to the good s ense o f plain men like himself, to consider whether arr. Salomons could act as Alderman if the statute had tlot been repealed since he was elected for another ward? It was not fair to bring on that hustings an eminent , „ )er , to put himself against mer e men o f b us i ness .— ' ll alighter.) He concluded by calling on them to elect ti, Z sas G. Moon, Esq., whom they would find an efli krreagistrate and an estimable neighbour. 13 1.3.14 said that ite would be superfluous for him to a n ,i ( k a nything to the excellent observations of Mr. Woo d, ne would only second the motion.—(A laugh.) an - Zt S. S. HALL, who was received with mingled cheers eootings, came forward to propose David Salomons, (1 . Re would not follow Mr. Wood in all the topics :OW introduced, but confine himself to the matter on ill th ey were assembled, that is, to elect an Alder /1.4n in the room of Mr. Johnson, who had resigned. he had come forward to introduce a stranger, his task A Ould be difficult. But it was not so. The gentleman had to propose was one of the best known, most re tetable, an d mos t highly esteemed men in the City of e doti.—(Great cheering.) He was no stranger in the ward, for he was born within a stone's-throw of that; C ourt, as were his ancestors before him.—(Cheers.) ' e had served the office of Sheriff of London } l 9 Middlesex. He had been appointed by the hi ghest authority in the land to the office of Sheriff of t he county of K e nt—and he was now a magistrate of t counties.—(Cheers.) That was the gentleman A hem Mr. Wood described as disqualified from adminis tiellig the laws of this country.—(Cheers and laughter.) r • H. concluded by proposing Mr. Salomons, amidst re peated cheering. Mr. W. SCALES briefly seconded the nomination. After some remarks from the rival candidates, which n 1 be given in our Third Edition, the Lord Mayor took Ls,llow of hands, which exhibited a majority for Mr. D. lomons. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Sheriff fthe Lord Mayor appointed to-morrow, at ten, or th e election. BAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) East Quarterly General Meeting of the Proprietors of :ast India Stock was held this day, at their house in 4- kadeahall-street, and it was made special, for the pur poseL of submitting to the Proprietors for confirmation the resol u ti on o f the General Court, held on the 18th of 8 month approving the resolution of the Court of 11D irectors of the 21st of August last, granting an annuity °II ,OOO/. to Major. General Sir William Nott, G.C.B. T he Court was also held for the purpose of taking into etl nsideration the dispatch of Lord Auckland, recom mending the annual money payment of 6,000/. to the k e FnPle of Juggernaut ; the treatment of his Majesty the „ L .lng of Delhi by the Indian Government ; and also the state the police in the Presidencies of Bengal and Agra ; a nd„ the s t a t e o f the gaols generally in the Indian Presi mene,es. l Captain Shepherd, the Chairman of the Court of Di 'ectors, took the chair at twelve o'clock. I'aPers relative to compensation to persons connected Zith the I n di a House, and to the College of Haleybury ; " also papers presented to the House of Commons, w ere laid on the table for the use of Proprietors. -uhe CHAIRMAN stated that the present was a General ft,t l rt, which was made special for the purpose of con uing the grant of an annuity of 1 , 0001 . a year to Ma - C 1 * - General Sir William Nott, which was agreed to by a lesolution of the Court of Directors of the 21st of August n as t• He had before stated the grounds on which the `'° l lrt came to this resolution. He would not, therefore, over them again, especially as he did not expect any ~?Position on the part of the Proprietors. The Chair man then put the resolution. The D EPUTY -CHAIRMAN seconded the resolution, Which was unanimously agreed to. TEMPLE OF JUGGERNAUT. The CHAIRMAN said that the next notice on the paper h ad reference to the money payment which was annually In st 41 e for the worship connected with the Temle of ggernaut. Papers relative to this subject had p been i ps rec eived by the last India mail, and as they were not yet :a state to lay before the Proprietors, he would suggest 'blether it would not be desirable to postpone the motion "s subject till the papers alludto were read. 41 r. POYNDER, who gave notice of motion on y the 811b ie t C assented. Ta - -, -.TBIENT OF THE KING OF DELHI, AND STATE OF THE GAOLS IN INDIA. Mr . G. THOMPSON said that, in consequence of the tapers which he had expected on this subject not having eon in his bands, he felt compelled to postpone the motion of which he had given notice till the next quar terly meeting. Mr. M ARRIOTT proteste d aga i nst th e p os tp onemen t of m otions which were prejudicial to the Company from Court to Court. The CHAIRMAN said that it was altogether in the 12°Iver of the Proprietors to take their own course with regard to the postponements of motions. Mr. THOMPSON said that it was not his wish that the t °l7° Pany should be prejudiced by the postponement, but L fact was, he had not received the papers which had den promised him, and he could not well go on without them. In answer to a question from Mr. THOMPSON, The CuAiRmAN said that a letter had been received on the subject of which the Hon. Proprietor had given notic e of a later date than that to which he referred. The meeting then adjourned. YV e understand that a Chapter of the Noble and Illustrious Order o f th e G ar t er will be held at Windsor e "tle, on Frid a y, the 11th of October, for the election oftwo knights. The summonses from the office of the l'lng-at-Arms for the kni g hts t o a ttend in their robes 01 ) th, UdjiC !'h , BrP daV, ivCry &livered at th, , ir tov , ,rl Lilt ic:.iug of the ri,:ach, i;, :s k..- t e o c ktl, will, as a E uropean Sovere i gn, be elected an "rary knight of th e or d er d ur i ng hi s so j ourn in this coutrys ,ocg. THE . SUN, 'tiONDON, WEDNESDA I .7V EVENING, S_EPT_EMBER 25, i 844, excellence and beauty of the manufactures is admitted. A most superb dinner and dessert service has just been completed by Mr. Smith, of Conduit-street, fcr a Rus sian nobleman, which will tend to increase the apprecia tion of English porcelain manufactures on the Continent. At St. Margaret's Church, Leicester, on Friday last, the officiating curate was about to inter a child of a car penter, named Webster, when he asked by whom it had been baptised. He was told that it had not been bap tised at all. He then refused to perform the service, vir tually excommunicating the deceased; and the interment was prevented by the sexton. The parents are respect able members of a Baptist church in the town, the chapel belonging to which has no burying ground. The scholars of Christ's Hospital (Blue-coat School) 700 in number, and the children of the British Orphan Asylum, Clapham-rise, will visit Vauxhall-gardens this day, to witness the exhibition of the loway Indians. The gala in the evening will be on a scale of extended splendour. HER MAJESTY AT BLAIR ATHOL. at Brigstock-tcrrace, from a tour ; the Earl of Orkney, at C wes, from a cruise off the coast of Scotland, in the Jack-o'-Lantern yacht ; Lieut.-General Sir 11. Bayley, from Leamington Spa, on a tour ; Countess Grosvenor and the Ladies Gr ;svenor, at BJurnemouth, from Mot comb Park, Dorset, .13LAIR ATIIOL, MONDAY. The appearance of the parish church yesterday dif fered widely from tht.t of last Sunday. The congre gation then consisted of the resident parishioners alone, and many of them were deterred from going to the kirk by the in clemency of the weather. Yes terday, however, all parts of the country, within a circuit of forty miles, sent their bevies of holiday folk. At an early hour in the morning vehicles of every description, in as a great a variety as are to be seen at the Cock at Sutton on a Derby day, rattled into the quiet village of Blair Athol, and groups of humble pedestrians niaxle their way at once to the church, which was literally in a state of siege at ten o'clock in the morning. The service does not com mence until twelve o'clor:a, but when the doors were thrown open at eleven, every pew in the church was indiscriminately i'avaded, and Lord Glenlyon's tenantry, the quiet country villagers, who had an undoubted priority of right to accommodation, were elbowed as;.de, an d were pus h e d f rom th e i r s t oo l s which they had occup i e d f rom c hildh oo d , b y th e substantifit burghers from the towns in the neighbour hood. OPENING of MAIDSTONE BRANCH RAILWAY. Yesterday a general holiday was observed at Maid stone, to celebrate the opening of the branch line to , that town from the London and Dover Railway, at Paddock's-wood, a distance of ten miles, and forty six from London. bridge. At eleven, A.m., a special train started from the Bricklayers' Arm Station, drawn by the engine, " Kentishman," decorated with flags and evergreens; containing, amongst others, Mr. J. P. Richards, the deputy-chairman ; Captain Tyndale, R.N., Mr. Davis, Mr. Smale, Mr. Lewis Cubitt, Directors of the Company; Mr. Whitehead, the Secretary; Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P., Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes, Mr. Salomons, and others. The train stopped at the Tonbridge gation, where a branch now in course of construction, and which will be opened in May next, diverges to Ton bridge Wells, whence it is proposed to carry an other branch to llastings. The Maidstone branch is ten miles in length, has cost 100,000/. and consists of a single line of way, sufficient land having been taken for a double. The works were commenced about twelve months since, under the superintendence of Mr. Robert Stephenson. There are no remarkable engineering features, the line running parallel with the Medway for a considerable distance, on a dead level, and through spacious hop plantations. Taking a curve in a south-easterly course, it passes through the property of Lady de Spencer ; at Mereworth. It then pursues the western bank of the Medway until It arrives at Yalding, where there is a neat station in the neighbourhood of Sir John Shaw's estate. The line, which is extremely picturesque in many parts, then commands a fine open view down the valley to Water ingbury, where it skirts Barham Court, the seat of the Earl of Gainsborough. Here the train, on stopping to take up Mr. Alderman Lucas and visitors, was re ceived with a hearty cheer from the inhabitants. Sweeping through the property of Sir Henry Fitz herbert, the line passes to Barming and East and West Farleigh, three of the largest fruit-growing districts in Kent; and after a short circuit enters Maidstone on the western side, at the foot of the amphitheatre of hills by which it is surrounded. At the Maidstone terminus the Directors were received by the: Mayor and Corporation and townspeople. Accompanied by the Canterbury band, they pro ceeded to the Town-hall, and from thence to the Corn Exchange, where 250 of the inhabitants sat down to dinner, the Mayor (Mr: Thomas Day) pre siding, supported by Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., M.P.; Mr. Hope, M.P.; Mr. Marton, M.P.; Mr. Pott, late High Sheriff; the company which came by the train, and a large number of the residents. The train returned at half-past nine, reaching Lon don-bridge at twelve o'clock. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, SEPT. 23.—The King has received two letters from their Majesties, the Emperor of Brazil, and the King of the Two Sicilies, announcing the marriage of his Royal Highness Louis Charles Maria, Count of Aquila, Prince of the Two Sicilies, with her Imperial Highness the Princess Donna Janeraria of Brazil. Great preparations are made at Neuport, to give all possible eclat to the ceremony of laying the stones of the new sluice, on which the inscriptions are to be en graved. The sluice is to be called " The sluice of the Dukes," from the two young Princes. _ _ As twelve o'clock approached, the congregation waxed hnpat;.ent, but before Divine service com menced, her Majesty, with her accustomed punc tuality, had already arrived at the church. Her Ma jesty carte in the low close carriage, which was thrown o pe n; Prince Albert, Lady Canning, and Lady Caroline Cocks were also in the carriage, which wP.s drawn by a pair of horses, and preceded by a single out-rider; Lord Glenlyon's phaeton fol lowed. As her Majesty entered the church the curiosity of the congregation overcame their discretion, the majority of them forthwith rose and stared at the Queen and the Prince with unseemly per tinacity, notwithstanding thehushing murmurs of the gentry of the neighbourhood. Her Majesty came into the royal pew leaning on the arm of Prince Al bert. Lady Canning, Lady Glenyon, Lady Caroline Cocks, and Lord Glenlyon, attired in his Highland dress, occupied the front seats of the pew. In the back seats were Lord Aberdeen, Lord Liverpool, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir Edward Bowater, and Sir James Clark. Her Majesty wore a black silk dress, with a shepherd's plaid thrown over her shoulders, and a white crape bonnet. A guard of honour of the Athol Highlanders, but without arms, received her Majesty, and were stationed from the high road to the church. The officers consisting of the Hon. Captain Drummond, the master of Strathallan ; Mr. Drummond, the younger, of Megginch ; Mr. Oswald, of Dunnikier ; Mr. Small Kier, of Kindrog ga n ; Mr. Way, and Captain Macduff, afterwards en tered the church. BERLIN, SEPT. 14.- 1 -Ali - accounts from St. Peters burgh speak of the continuance of the profound affliction of the imperial Family on account of the death of the Grand Duchess Alexandra. The melancholy event made the deepest impression on the mind. of the Em peror. His Majesty has since been suffering from deter mination of blood to the head. The Princess, not know ing that the Emperor, who had left her bedside, was still in the chamber, asked for her father's portrait,, kissed it repeatedly, and requested the attendants to place it by her side in her coffin. The Emperor was so overcome by this, last proof of the affection of his daughter, that he fainted. The Imperial Family is now at Peterhof, and it is doubtful whether the Emperor will go this autumn to the southern provinces of the empire, as he intended. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, sErr. 22. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent., Rothschild's Loan, Fire per Cent 10 2 3A Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent 93% Three per Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ----------- (18401 1844 lO4 ki Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent 102% Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6l Issue of 1841 —Brassels Paper; S ept. 23. AUSTRIAN FUNDS..—VIENNA, SEPT 17. Five par Cents. Metalliques Four par Cents. lOO% Three per Cents. Bank Shares Allgemeine &thing, Sept. 20. DINNER TO MR. TEMPLETON. (Abridged from the Caledonian Mercury.) On Friday evening, about eighty of our most re spectable citizens entertained Mr. Templeton at dinner in the Waterloo Hotel, in testimony of their admira tion of his commanding talents as a vocalist, and re spectability of character as a gentleman. Alexander M'Neil, Esq., advocate, filled the chair, supported on the right and left by . Messrs. Templeton and Blewitt, the Lord Dean of Guild, Bailie Maclachlan, Mode rator Scott, Alexander Jamieson, Esq., &c., &c. Alexander Robertson, Esq., of Eldin, and Peter M'Leod, Esq., of Polbeth, acted as croupiers. After an excellent dinner, the usual loyal toasts having been drunk with all the honours, The CHAIRMAN rose to give the toast of the even ing, and in an eloquent speech traced the history and musical career of Mr. Templeton, from his birth in " the land of Burns," to the present moment--from his first advent as a vocalist, leading the sacred me lody in one of our churches, till he found him under taking the most arduous characters in the English version of the Italian opera in the provinces. He adverted particularly to the characters performed by Mr. Templeton in the operas of Gustavus, La Sonnambula, Love in a Village, &c. ; and stated that while Auber's celebrated work had failed in Paris, the author himself was astonished at the success of his scena, " I love her, how I love her !" when per formed by their talented guest. They next found him selected by the lamented Malibran, as the only tenor singer with whom she would appear on the British stage, a choice, said the Chairman, which was equally creditable to her discernment as to Mr. Templeton's deserts—and one which was confirmed by the united voice of the whole nation. With Malibran as Amina, and Templeton, E)vino, the author, Bellini, was both astonished and de lighted at the success of his own great work. Mr. Templeton afterwards, during one season, per.- formed as principal tenor at both the great theatres in the metropolis—appearing on one part of the evening at Drury-lane, in La Sonnambula, and on the after part at Covent-garden, in Der Freischutz. The Learned Chairman then adverted to Mr. Templeton's engagements along with Miss Shir reff, Miss Romer, and Garcia, and, after the death of Malibran, which came over the musical world like a shock of thunder, to his commencing his own novel entertainments. In one of these—Mary Queen of Scots—the song of "Put off, put off," which was his own composition, stamped him alike a master, as a composer, or a vocalist. The Chairman then passed a high eulogium on the private character of their dis tinguished guest, and concluded by proposing a bumper to his health and prosperity, which was drunk by the company standing, and followed by long con tinued cheering. Mr. TEMPLETON, under evidently overpowered feelings, shortly expressed the pride as well as the gratitude he felt at the honour bestowed upon him by so distinguished a company of his fellow -countrymen. If anything could stimulate him to greater exertions in order to merit their favour, it mast be the flatter ing reception he had met with brae, and the kindness —the overpowering kindness, --shown to him on the present occasion. Glee—" Glorious Apollo." The " Memory of Burns, Campbell, and the Poets of Scotland," " The health of Mr. Blewitt," " The living vocalists, Mrs. Wood, Mr. 'Wilson," &c., " The Duke of Buccleuch, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county," and a number of other toasts, were given. The festivity was wound up by Mr. Templeton sing ' ing " Auld La ng Syne," the company joining in chorus. Before the minister entered the pulpit, Mr. Pea cock, the precentor, pOlished the banns of marriage for the first, second, and third times of asking, be tween Mr. Irvine, the minister of the parish church, and one of his fair parishioners. After this matrimo nial proclamation, Divine service was resumed by the Rev. Dr. Macleod, one of her Majesty's chaplains for Scot and, and minister of the St. Columbia Church, at Glasgow, where the service is delivered in Gallic, for the accommodation of the vast number of High landers who throng the streets of that commercial city. Dr. Macleod attended at the request of Mr. Irvine, who did not care to make his public appear ance in the pulpit immediately after the whole con gregation had been informed that he was on the ex treme verge of a matrimonial precipice. After the usual service, according to the Presby terian form of worship, Dr. Macleod preached an excellent sermon from the eleventh to the fourteenth verses of the second chapter of Titus. The sermon was delivered in a broad Scotch accent, and was a favourable specimen of the style of preaching which at present prevails in the Scottish Presbyterian Church. It contained a defence of the doctrine of Calvanistic Christianity,, and we are happy to find that Dr. Macleod, like his predecessor, had the good taste to abstain from any allusion to the presence of her Majesty among the congregatio n . The con chiding prayer was delivered with an earnestness which came home to the business and bosom of every member of the congregation, and a distinctly audible "amen " was heard from every corner of the church when the clergyman prayed with heartfelt fervour that her Majesty Queen Victoria might long wear her crown, and that she might yet see many happy days, and that at the last, when she left her earthly throne, she might ascend a throne of imperishable glory. The service concluded, as before, with a benedic tion, after which her Majesty with Prince Albert, the noble host and hostess, and the members of the suite returned to the Castle in the same order as they arrived. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The direct line from London by Bedford, Lincoln, and Doncaster, to York, joining there the North of England line to Edinburgh, cannot but be hailed as a great boon by both the manufacturing and agricul tural interests of the central and eastern districts of England. The capital embarked in the present route to Leeds alone is said to exceed eleven millions ; in the present improved state of engineering science it is not too much to presume that the York and London, by passing through the Leeds and Selby line, will bring the town of Leeds nearer London by an in vestment of not more than a fourth of the above amount—(thus it is impossible to avoid some degree of injury to existing interests). On the other hand, the town of Hull, the third port in the kingdom, will be brought nearly fifty miles nearer to London ; and all the towns between these two will be directly benefited, while the towns on the line at right angles to that direction, that is to say between York and London, will, for the first time, participate in those facilities of locomotion which have already reached every other portion of England. The country between London and York (over which the Savans who are proceeding to-morrow to the British Association must, if they wish to travel direct, travel in postchaises or in their own carriages) presents great natural facilities for railway construc tion. The entire line will not have a greater devia tion from a level than 1 in 800 ; it will demand neither a tunnel, nor a cutting exceeding 13 feet; and with these advantages it may well be expected that the experience and errors of others will save the projec tors at least 2,000,0001. in their investment. We are not surprised to observe that Mr. Locke has retired from the superintendence of a work so likely to affect the position of the western lines, in which he is understood to be largely interested. He is succeeded by the energetic William Cubitt, under whose auspices this important and national under taking cannot fail of success. Her Majesty and the Prince did not leave the precincts of the Castle during the remainder of the day, but walked in the grounds in the afternoon with Prince Albert to the falls of the Fender. On the preceding day (Saturday) her Majesty had been out in the Glen Tilt from eleven in the morning until seven in the evening, and passed six hours on her pony, luncheon having been brought to her Majesty on the summit of the mountain of Cairnchlamman. The Prince has again left the Castle this morning for the deer -stalking in Glen Tilt; and, as the wind is favourable, it is expected that his Royal Highness will enjoy some excellent sport. Her Majesty will not leave Scotland, in all probability, before Tuesday next, the Ist of October, as her Majesty will be thus enabled to reach Windsor before the (arrival of Louis Philippe on the 6th instant. The royal route towards the sea is not yet definitively settled, but the good people of Perth are anxious that her Majesty should embark on the Tay from their fair city. Lord A. Fitzclarence has pronounced it to be utterly imprac ticable for the royal yacht to get over the shallows in the river, but there are smaller steamers, drawing less water, in the royal squadron, and her Majesty could avail herself of one of these vessels to embark at Perth, and view the beautiful scenery on the banks of the Tay, as far as Dundee, where the royal yacht is lying in readiness to receive the Royal travellers. There will be a grand golf match on the North Inch at Perth, on Wednesday next, at which the Duke of Cambridge will be present, as his Royal Highness will arrive on that day at Scone Palace, on a visit to Lord Mansfield. Her Majesty and the Prince will drive to Dunkeld before their departure, to view Lord Glenlyon's beautiful grounds in that part of the county.—Post. PRIZE MONEY. (From Tuesday Night's Gazette.) London, Sept. 13, 1844. Notice is hereby given to the officers and crews of her Majesty's ships Princess Charlotte, Bellerophon, Benbow, Edinburgh, Ganges, Hastings, Powerful, Revenge, Thunderer, Cyclops, Gorgon, Carysfort, Caistor, Dido, Magicienne, Pique, Talbot, Hydra, Phoenix, Stromboli, Hazard, Vesuvius, Wasp, and Zebra, and a battalion of Royal Marines, who were actually present at the operations on the coast of Syria, under Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., between the 9th of September and the 10th of October, 1840; and at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre on the 3d of November, 1840, that they will be paid their respective proportions of the grant voted by Parliament for the said services, at No. 33, Abchurch-lane, London, on Wednesday, the 16th of October next, between he hours of eleven and three o'clock ; and all shares not then paid will be recalled at the same place, every Wednesday and Friday, for three months, agreeably to Act of Parliament : Shares of those present from the 9th of September to the 10th of October, 1840. X. s. (1. Comman.-in-Chf 1,206 4 5 Commodore Captains Commanders First Class ... 20 7 11 Second Class l2 4 9 Shares of those present on s. d. Third Class 6 2 4 i Fourth Class Fifth Class Sixth Class 1 7 21 'Seventh Class 0 13 7 Among the, company present was Mr. Begg, a nephew of Burns, whose health was drunk with great applause daring the course of the evening. the 3d of November, 1840. s. d. Comman.-in-Clif. 1,206 2 7 Captains 173 19 3 Commanders B6 19 7 First Clas. 25 15 Second Class l5 9 3' J. PETTI X. s. d. Third Class 7 14 7i Fourth Class Fifth Class Sixth Class 1 14 44 , Seventh Class MUSPRArI, Substituted Attorney of John Loudon, Esq. DE . 4 TH OF CAPTAIN SMITH, R.N.—Captain Mat'aiew Smith (b), died on Saturday, at Richmond b.;:ll, in the 76th year of his age. Captain Smith was number four on the list of seniority, and was only junior from the first by about ten months. On the 14th of Ja nuary, 1839, he received a good-service pension of 1501. per annum, when the following official account of his services was recorded :—" Captain Matthew Smith en tered the service in 1779, was made a lieutenant in 1794, commander, 1801, captain, 24th April, 1808. Ho com manded the Millbrook in the expedition against Ferrol, under Sir J. B. Warren ; he engaged and beat off a French privateer of very superior force, after an action of nearly two hours, for which he was promoted to the rank of commander. As captain, he commanded the Comus and Nymphen frigates. He had been in actual service as a commissioned officer fifteen years." PUBLIC DINNER TO DR. BOWRING, M.P., IN THE ISLE OF MAN.—The Hon. Member for Bolton is now on a visit to the Isle of Man, and has accepted an invi tation to dine with the inhabitants of Douglas this (Wednesday) afternoon. To-morrow and Friday he is to make a tour of the island, accompanied by Mrs.Bow ring, and will leave for London by the steam-packet from Douglas for Liverpool on Saturday morning. It will be remembered that Dr. Bowring was, in the late session of Parliament, mainly instrumental in obtaining for the Isle of Man alterations in their fiscal regulations most beneficial to the island, and hence the present de monstration. PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER FOR 301.—Yesterday the fight between Trigg (the Paddington Champion) and Heffernan came off at Greenhithe. The parties engaged a steamer to convey them to the selected locality, and having arrived, the usual preliminaries were arranged, and the combatants made their appearance in the ring. They are of heavy weight, being upwards of twelve stone, and exhibited great muscular shape and form. Trigg has for some time been the terror at Paddington, owing to his apparent power and pugilistic pretensions. Heffernan is an athletic man, about twenty-four years of age, and had never fought in a prize-ring. In betting Trigg was in favour. M'lntyre acted as second to Hef fernan, and Trigg was waited upon by Crony. The fight commenced with severity, when Heffernan soon displayed much courage, while his opponent fought with shyness. Heffernan drew first blood, and they fought with great desperation, Trigg falling frequently. It was quite evi dent that Heffernan was the best " General," and after fighting rapidly seventeen minutes, Heffernan was de , Glared the winner. There was a strong muster of spec tators, and a good deal of money speculated. WATERMEN AND LIGHTERMEN'S ALMSHOUSES. — Yesterday, a special general meeting of the donors and subscribers of this institution was held at the Bridge house Hotel, London-bridge, for the election of four additional inmates to the asylum, out of a list of thir teen candidates. John Duden Brown, Esq., vice-presi dent, in the chair. This institution, which is situate at Penge-common, Surrey, was founded for the reception of poor, aged, decayed, and maimed freemen of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames, and their wives or widows. The report stated that the Committee had much pleasure in announcing that they have completed all their buildings, and are free from debt ; that there are now forty-one houses occu pied, one of which, being a double house, accommodates two inmates, and that there arc therein fifty-nine poor old watermen and lightermen, and their wives or widows. The allowance to the inmates is Gs. per week for married persons, and 4s. 6d. per week for single persons, with two two tons of coals for each house. The expenses of the allowance and coals amounts to about 7001. per annum. The annual subscriptions and the interest of the endowment fund produces together about 4001. per annum, thus leaving an annual deficiency of 300/. The Committee are very anxious to make up the deficiency, as they would be most unwilling to make any reduction in the small allowance granted to the inmates. The business of the day having been concluded, and the names of the successful candidates announced, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up, MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday the mar riage of Henry Tufaell, M.P. for Devonport, and the Hon. Frances Byng, second daughter of Lord and Lady Strafford, and niece of Mr. G. Byng, M.P. for Middle sex, was solemnized at Marylebone Church, in the pre sence of the principal family connexions. The Rev. Lord John Thynne, Prebendary of Westminster, offi ciated at the religious ceremony. The bride was at tended to the altar by the Misses Hope Vere, Miss Tuf nell, and Miss Stirling, as bridesmaids. The wedding circle subsequently adjourned to Lord and Lady Straf ford's mansion in Portman-square, to partake of a dejeuner, at which Mr. Byng, M.P., and Mrs. Byng, the Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, M.P., and Lady Agnes Byng, Sir Walter George and the Hon. Lady Stirling, Miss Byng, Colonel Byng, and a select family circle were present. The bride and bridegroom left town in the afternoon for Miss Byng's villa, at Twickenham, to pass the honeymoon. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TOWER.—After consider able delay preparations commenced yesterday morning for the extensive improvements about to be made in the Tower, agreeably to plans submitted to, and approved of by, the Government. Barracks are to be built on the site of the small armouries which were destroyed by fire in 1841, but as their width will be greater than the late buildings, the frontage of the new barracks will encroach several feet upon the consecrated ground extending eastward from the Royal Chapel of St. Peter, in which are deposited the mortal remains of many distinguished and respected personages. Their hallowed remains are, however, to be carefully raised and placed in a vault at the rear of the Royal Chapel, and for that purpose a wooden barricade, to be covered, is now in course of erection (to prevent the idle gaze of the public) on the parade at the White Tower. When this solemn duty is completed, the erection of the barracks will commence, along with many other improvements is the garrison, for which a grant of money was included in the estimates last session of Parliament. The alterations in the Jewel office proceed with snail-pace rapidity, to the great dis appointment of strangers visiting the Tower desirous of viewing the Crown jewels, &c., at present deposited in the Haymarket. Notwithstanding the abolition of fees from visiters to the warders, in lieu of which they re ceive full compensation, these worthies seldom or ever refuse to accept a gratuity when it is tendered to them ; they, in fact, expectsemething, and if disappointed, their snarling propensities are not unfrequently exercised. We believe his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who is Constable of the Tower, is totally ignorant of these il legal practices. The Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) who exerted himself in getting the charges for the ad mission of the public to the Armouries and Jewel-office greatly reduced, and the warders' perquisites entirely abolished, should inquire into the matter. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE SHAFTS OF A WlND- MlLL—Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, Mr. George Sidingham, an extensive miller, residing at Datchet, near Windsor, met his death from a stroke of the shafts of his windmill. The mill had been stopped, and while Mr. Sidingham was standing at the door, giving some change to a customer, a sudden gust of A ind sprung up, which sent round the sails of the mill. with great velocity. The shaft struck the unfortunate deceased on the temple, hurling him to a considerable distance, and when picked up, life was extinct. SUMMARY OF NE , 'S AND Vubitt Opttuati. " 'Who runs may read." POZETUIV. On Saturday evening their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received the Minister of Sweden, the Duke de Marmier, and M. Jubelin, Under-Secretary of State of the Marine. The Constitutionnel mentions that some of the equi pages of Marshal Soult, accompanied by an Aide-de- Camp, arrived in Paris on Sunday morning, and that the Marshal would return to assume the Presidency of the Council during the King's journey to England. Marshal Bugeaud is expected to arrive in Paris about the same time, with six Algerian chiefs, who are to travel through France at the expense of the Government. Accounts — from Toulon of the 18th inst. announce, that the schooner Etoile had been dispatched on a mis sion to Tunis. It was believed that she was the bearer of au order to Admiral Parseval Deschines to return to Toulon with the naval division under his command. The Berlin State Gazette informs us that there will be an exhibition of the products of industry next year at Vienna, but that it will be confined to the manufactures of Austria, whereas the Berlin exhibition includes the products of the whole of Germany. The Emperor of Austria intends, it is said, to create a special order of merit for the manufacturers who shall be declared worthy of it, ar, d the possessor of the decoration will be declared noble, lut his nobility is not to be hereditary. A let ter from Gibraltar of the 11th, states that the frigate Belle Poule and three steamers sailed on that day for Ivlogadore, to take on board the French garrison left on that island. On the 12th the Spanish Charge d'Af faires vvas to proceed in the Christina frigate to Tan-, giers, to terminate finally all the differences between Spain. and Morocco. One of the luggage vans of the Prince de Joinville ar rived at the Tuileries on Saturday. Thte Hanover journals state that in the night of the 15th instant a frightful conflagration, rendered unre strains blo by a violent gale from the south-west, de stroyk i, in the space of six hours, no fewer than 300 buildin gs in the town of Clausthal. Several persons lost their lives. The Count de St. Aulaire has returned to Paris from his sett of Perigord, and will in a few days take his de paean e for England, to be ready to receive the King on his arrival. The Hospital steamer Cerl ere arrived on the 18th inst ant at Toulon from Algiers, which port she left on the 15th. She brought 255 passengers, 90 of whom wer e sick soldiers from the hospitals at Algiers. She has also brought cases containing the tents of the son of the Emperor of Morocco taken at the battle of Illy. Stockholm journal of the 10th instant says it is generally understood in Sweden that the Emperor of Morocco has abandoned all claim to tribute from Sweden and Denmark. The Emperor of Russia, says the Augsburg Gazette, has sanctioned the decisio❑ of the Diet of Frankfort per mitting certain German Princes to take the title of Royal Rig' mess. LAAV AND POLICE. The Middlesex Sessions commenced yesterday before Mr. Sergeant Adams, Assistant Judge, and a Bench of Me.gistrates. The calendar is heavy, considering the she in time that has elapsed since the last session. It contains the name of forty prisoners fur trial, thirty sev en of whom are indicted for felony, and the remainder for assault and misdemeanonr. At the Mansion-house a respectable-looking and well dre ssed young man, named George William Moore, was bro ught up for re-examination before Mr. Alderman T. Wt rod, charged by a Mr. Edgar White with forging his (th.e prosecutor's) name to two wine warrants. The pri sceaer had been remanded from Saturday last. The pro se.cutor, on being cross-examined, so prevaricated and fmced with the questions, that Mr. Alderman T. Wood stopped the case, and observed that, after the evidence the prosecutor had given to-day, as compared with that he had sworn to on the fit st examination ; it was impossi ble that any jury could believe him. The exhibition he had made to-day did not show that he possessed the least pretensions to respectability. The prisoner must be discharged, and in making that order he (Mr. Alder m auT.Wood) must add that he retired from the bar with out the slightest stain or imputation upon his character. Owen Driscol, charged before Mr. Jardine, at Bow street, with having committed an assanit upon an officer of the F division, named Charles Collins, 97, by which he was rendered unable to resume his duties, was re m anded, in order to ascertain whether the Coormissioners of Police would prosecute. John Manis, a young man of melancholy appearance, was charged at Clerkenwell, with knocking at the door of the house of Mrs. Hughes, 26, Frederick-street, Gray's Inn-road, without lawful excuse. The prisoner, who was an engraver, said that he was starving, and had knocked at the door to get sent to prison. Mr. Combe sent him to St. Pancras workhouse, with direc tions that his case might be attended to. At Queen-square, yesterday, Captian George Beau clerk, of 23, Grosvenor-street West, preferred a com plaint against Thomas Lewsey, a toll-collector in the Vauxhall-bridge-road, for making use of very insulting and abusive language to him. The offence was proved, and the defendant fined 40s. Mr. Bond thanked the gentleman in the name of the public for prosecuting this inquiry. A well-dressed woman, named Ellen Burge, residing in Praed-street, Paddington, charged with having stolen a boa from from the person of Susan Barnes, a child aged ten years, was fully committed from Marylebone. Edward Watson, a fashionably-attired young man, who stood charged with having stolen two valuable gold watches from the shops of Messss. Hart and Son, chronometer-makers, in Cornhill, and Mr. Payne, a watchmaker, in New Bond-street, under circumstances that have already been detailed, was finally brought up, and fully committed on both the charges, from Worship street ; and Alfred Edwards, charged with poisoning Jane Gregory, with whom he cohabited, was remanded until Saturday, from the same police-court. At Lambeth-street, Richard Kingaby, late a mes senger at the Sailors' Home, brought up for final exami nation, on a charge of embezzling upwards of 201., the property of Captain Elliott and others, trustees of the institution, was fully committed. Harriet Thorpe, a young girl three feet in height, and denominated the " Somersetshire Dwarf," charged with swallowing a quantity of laudanum, for the purpose of destroying herself ; and who has before been examined at Union-hall on the same charge, was set at liberty on her promise not to repeat the offence. A person present undertook to get plenty of work for her from Astley's. At Greenwich, Henry Read, a respectably attired young man, residing with his mother in Trafalgar grove, Greenwich, was charged with being associated with many other persons in breaking into an inclosed garden belonging to a lady named Collins, residing on Maize-hill, Blackheath, aid stealing a quantity of choice wall and other fruits, was sentenced to 14 day's impri sonment, with hard labour, in the House of Correction. Mr. Jeremy then intimated to him that for the second offence he would be liable to transportation. Mr. John Ogilvie, the master of the coal ship Phcenix, , was fined 40s. at the Thames Police-court for employing a man to deliver the cargo of his vessel who had not been sent front the Coal-whippers' Register office, and who was not one of the crew of the vessel, or a bona fide servant of the owner of the cargo for fourteen days previous. COUTZT-ra.SEXONABLEI. The Dowager Lady Holland leaves town to-day for Woburn Abbey, on a visit to thr. Duke and Duchess of Bedford, who are entertaining a succession of visitors at that splendid mansion. Lord and Lady William Hervey have gone on a visit to Sir W. Freemantle, at his seat at Englefield-green. In the course of a few days the Noble Lord and Lady re pair to Eli worth Park, near Bury St. Edmund's, to join the family circle staying with the Marquis of Bristol. Lord and Lady Worsley and family arrived in town, at the close of the last week, from Manby Hall, Lincoln shire, and yesterday took their departure for the Con tinent. The Noble Lord and Lady purpose to pass the winter in Italy, and have made arrangements to be absent from this country six months. Lord and Lady Beresford are entertaining a family circle, at Bedgebury Park ' near Lamberhurst, including Mr. Alexander and Lady Mildred Hope. Lord and Lady Beaumont have arrived at Carlton Hall, Yorkshire. General Count Maltzoff, the distinguished Russian military commander, is. prolonging his stay at Mivart's Hotel. His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Everett and Miss Everett have arrived at Wishaw House. on a visit to Lord and Lady Belhaven, from Tay-mouth Castle, the seat of the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane. _ _ Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili Landi and family closed their visit to the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, at Wimbledon Park, at the end of the past week, and have since left Mivart's Hotel for Rome, intending to proceed direct to Paris, and from thence to Italy. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch purpose re maining at Drumlanrig Castle for about a fortnight longer, and will then leave for Dalkeith Palace, and re side there until after the Duchess's accouchement. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady:Clemen tina Villiers have arrived at Willey Park, Shropshire, on a visit to Lord Forester. The Earl and Countess of Zetland have returned, within the last week, to Aske Hall, Yorkshire, from Scotland. The Countess's health has been restored, and a large party will shortly participate in the hospitalities at Upleatham. The Countess of Clare and Miss Elliott have left Mi vart's Hotel for Hyde, Isle of Wight, where the Countess has taken a marine residence. Countess Flahault (Baroness Keith and Nairne) and family have removed to Richmond from Mivart's Hotel. The Countess has come from Vienna to England on ac count of the health of Miss Flahault, a change of air being considered necessary by her medical attendants. Earl Somers has purchased Lord Hatherton's mansion in Grosvenor-place, opposite to his Excellency Count Kielmansegge's. CZNAULICEOII7II. It is now considered more than probable that the Conrt will proceed to the Isle of Wight, there to sojourn for a brief period, immediately after the departure of the King of the French. Madame Taglioni is said to have accepted an engage ment in the United States for one year ; 10,0001. being secured to the fair Sylphide, with probable contingencies of a much larger sum. With this tour La Sylphide takes leave of the stage, and settles down for life at her villa on the banks of the lake of Como. lilt 6 - Trat imptoventents recently made in the manu facture of porcelain in this country have enabled the English to rival the celebrated Sevres china ; and it is gratifying to find that in foreign countries at least the COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz have arrived at Scone Palace, Perth, the resi dence of the Earl of Mansfield. The Chancellor of the Exchequer returned to his residence, Beech worth House, Surrey, from town, on Monday afternoon. WINDSOR-T UESD I Y. Intelligence was received at the Castle this morn ing, from Blair Athol, announcing that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert may be ex pected to arrive at Windsor from the North on Thursday, the 3d proximo, or in the morning of the following day. This being the last day for the State apartments to be open to the public until after the departure of the King of the French (who is expected to arrive on Monday se'nnight), nearly 800 persons visited the rooms previously to their closing at six o'clock this evening. At an early hour to-morrow morning 20 workmen will be engaged in making the necessary preparations for the reception of his Majesty the King of the French, who will occupy a suite of five rooms on the north side of the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred, will leave the Pavilion at Brighton, for the Castle, on Monday or Tuesday next ; her Majesty, it is stated, having aban doned the intention of visiting Brighton in the royal yacht previously to returning to Windsor. It is now considered more than probable that the Court will proceed to the Isle of Wight, there to sojourn for a brief period, immediately after the de parture of the King of the French. A gentleman in the department of the Lord Chamberlain, proceeded to Osborne House this morning for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements at her Majesty's marine residence in the island, for the reception of the Court, in the event of the contemplated visit taking place. Indeed, it is stated that her Majesty and the Prince Consort will accompany the King of the French, in the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, across the English Channel to within a league of the French coast. _ _ . _ The stay of his Majesty in England will certainly not be prolonged beyond seven or eight days. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Belgrave, a Earl Grosvenor's, Grosvenor-square, from a tour in Belgium ; Mr. and Mrs. George Byng, in St. James's-square, from Wrotham Park, near Barnet ; Mr. and Mrs. M‘Gregor, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James'- street, from the North ; Sir J. and Lady Fitzgerald, from a tour in Germany ; the Rev. Lord J. Thynne, from Glastonbury Rectory, Somerset ; Lord E. Bruce, from Castle-terrace, Cowes. DEPARTURES. Colonel Charles Rowley, for the Norfolk Hotel, Brighton ; the Earl of Glengall, from Grosvenor-street, for Caber Castle, Tipperary ; the Hon. Gifford, for Ryde, Isle of Wight ; Sir Archibald Murray, Bart., for Castle-terrace, Cowes. CHANGES. Lord and and Lady Robert Grosvenor, from the Mar quis of Westminster's, Moor Park, Rickmansworth, on a visit to Lord and Lady Cowley, at the British Em busy, at Paris ; the youtess of Clare and Miss Elliott, THE LORD MAYOR. A meeting was held at the Swan-with-Two-Necks, Lad-lane, of the friends of Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood, to support his election for the office of Lord Mayor on the ensuing day of nomination, which NA as most numerously and respectably attended. Mr. Coates in the chair. Mr. CoaTEs, having taken the chair, stated that they were assembled together as a few of the per sonal and private friends of Mr. Alderman Wood, with a view of promoting his election to the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London at the next an nual period of election. And they did this, first, be cause he was the senior Alderman, and, secondly, because they believed he had never, in word or deed, done one thing which should prevent that distinction being awarded him by the Livery of London.— (Loud cheers.) The question now to be tried was, ' whether a gentleman, supported by men of the highest respectability, men of all opinions (whether in politics or religion), was, through gross and false charges, to be driven from those honours which were not only due to him, but to those whom he represented ? (Cheers.) It had been said that the worthy Alder man was not qualified to be Lord Mayor of London ; for what then was he qualified ? What was his pre sent position ? He was an Alderman of the City of London, with the approbation and support of one of the most respectable and wealthy wards in the City. Ile was chairman of some of the most important Committees in the Corporation ; and he was daily engaged in administering justice with honour to himself and advantage to his fellow citizens.—(Cheers.) And yet he was told that, though fitted for all these offices, he was not fit to be Lord Mayor with its tinsel finery. Every attempt to prove a charge against him had signally failed. He had passed through a very trying ordeai, and yet he was to be denied the privileges and honours to which his seniority and position entitled him. He cou1:1 assure them, that so far as the worthy Alderman himself ' was concerned, he had little ambition to serve the office ; but there were ttvo considerations moving him. So long as a charge was made a reason for an exclu sion, if he submitted to it he would acquiesce in the justice of the accusation ; and, in the next place, be ing the Aldei man of a wealthy and respectable ward, he could not be denied the privilege of rising to the civic chair without some reproach upon that ward itself.—(Hear, hear.) . The friends of Alderman Wood had gone into the whole of the case against him as well as the answers he had made to it, and they were one and all perfectly satisfied of the in jus tice of the charges ; and the whole he could collect was, that in Mr. Wood's connexion with the Talacre Company he had been an unfortunate man, but that he had never, in a single instance, dishonoured him self.—(Cheers.) Alderman Wood had come out of that trying business with no loss of character, honour, or reputation whatsoever. In supporting Alderman Wood they must understand that his friends opposed no other candidate, nor would they coalesce with any one ; they stood on their own ground. Should he be elected, he would venture to assert that as Lord Mayor, he would prove himself to be a man of educa tion in mind and manner, and in the duties he would have to perform, a perfect gentleman.—(Cheers.) Mr. Alderman WOOD then rose, and was re ceived with loud cheers. He said it would ill become him to let this meeting pass without some few observations from himself. It was true he had been assailed in a transaction which, so far as regarded himself, was as honest and fair as ever man entered into. He . might have been the credulous dupe of others, but he had been conscientiously acquitted of intentional wrong. He was the last man to be in duced to retire from a position in which he had been placed by the suffrages of his fellow-citizens. He did not merely represent the ward, but of its honours and character he was as jealous as of his own. Looking at the show of hands at the time of the last election, he felt that lie still possessed the confidence of the Livery. With regard to the Talacre Company, the matter had been investigated by his friends, who were satisfied with his explanation, and he found that other gentlemen, residing in Liverpool, were now in pos session of a part of the Talacre property; and though it had been sworn that there were no coals there, those gentlemen were finding them in great abun dance, and he hoped they would make a:rich and suc cessful harvest. The affairs of that Company spread over a wide field, and it had been found impossible to bring them fairly and fully before the public. There were those who would read only a distorted account, but would omit to read any answer or explanation. His friends, however, had gone fully into the facts, and minutely examined all the evidence; and they, judging as honest men would judge, had come to the conclusion that he had been grossly deceived.—(Loud cheers.) Some persons had told him he ought to re tire and wait till called forward; but, with a clear conscience, as long as he lived he was determined to fight for his own character and honour. If they could make a charge, he was ready to meet it, but be was not to be silenced by sarcasm, or put down by slanderous misstatements.—(Hear, hear.) Should he be elected, they would find in him a person deter mined to support the rights and dignities of the City, not regardless of those duties he owed his poorer brethren, to administer justice with firmness and de termination, but with mercy and kindness. Mr. Under-Sheriff ANDERTON said he thought they had heard enough. He had left the p er f ormance o f duties at another place, to come there to perform a greater duty—that of doing justice to a persecuted man.—(Hear, hear.) He had for some years narrowly watched the worthy Alderman as a private indi vidual, as a magistrate, and as a professional man, and he would defy any one to put a finger upon any one act dishonourable to him, either as a magistrate, a soli citor, or a private individual. In all the relations of life there was not a single act which his enemies h,ad ever pointed against him. They had made charges, and confined them to one unfortunate act in his life— that of being connected with bad men ; but if it was to be said that, because men chose to embark in un successful speculations, they were to be unfit for any public office, what would become of three-fourths of our public men ?—(Cheers.) There was not a single advertisement for a bubble company in which they would not find an alderman's name. He did not oppose any other alderman, because they were all his personal friends ; but he supported the gentleman who by right was entitled to the honour. No man had performed the several duties of the Corporation with mere credit or honour than Mr. Wood, and he trusted the Livery would support him. He begged to pro pose the first resolution. Mr. llAuitisoN, in seconding the resolution, felt assured that it would be unanimously adopted. He had felt it his duty to come forward to support Mr. Wood, because he considered he had been unjustly persecuted. He had no doubt they would be suc cessful in their efforts, and that Mr. Wood would be elected. He had everything to recommend him, and was an honour to the City and Corporation.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put, and carried unani mously. Mr. Deputy MUDDELL proposed the next resolu tion, which wat. seconded by Mr. HoLT. Mr. HARitii would take the liberty of saying a few words before this resolution was put. There were many charges, as they were aware, which had been made against Mr. Wood; some of them were of great magnitude, others were but trivial ; he would, therefore, only allude to the former. The first charge was that Alderman Wood, with the other Directors, had passed a resolution that a cer tain quantity of shares in the Talacre Mining Com pany were to be appropriated to him, as paid-up shares, with the view of putting the produce into his own pocket. Now, that was false.—(Cheers.) It was done by the other Directors, but refused by Mr. Wood. In his absence from London an opportunity was taken to send for his son, and ask him to receive those shares ; he, young as he was, hesitated—it was insisted that he should take them ; he said, " I know nothing about them," but, ultimately, he said he would take them, and sealed them up and put them into his strong box. On his father's return he de sired them to be sent back, and back they went— (Cheers)—stating that the Directors had no right to treat the proprietory so unjustly. He (Mr. Harris) thought that was a sufficient answer to that charge. —(Cheers.) The next charge against Mr. Wood was, that he held various offices under this Company —he was a Proprietor, a Director, a Trustee, and Chairman. Now, one thing he certainly was not, and that was auditor of his own accounts, which the man was who had made these charges.—(Cheers.) But he believed there was nothing unusual in this. Mr. Wood had taken his shares and paid his money. At a meeting of the Proprietors he was elected a Di rector, and the Directors had selected him for their Chairman, knowing him to be a man of judgment.— expe rience, deep knowledge, and sound (Cheers.) If men were to be assailed with lies and slander in this manner, who was safe ?—(lfear, hear.) There was another charge—it was stated most wickedly that Mr. Wood had lent himself to get coals of a most excellent quality from some pit not belong ing to - the Talacre Company, and had se n t that coal over to Dublin, as Talacre coal, with a view of inducing persons there to take shares in the Company, now, a grosser falsehood never was uttered; there were three pits belonging to this com pany known by the names of the Pictou, the Bryn, and the Marsh, but there was no mine called by the name of Talacre—that was merely the name of the Company, and the coals in question came out of the Bryn pit, and did belong to the Company, so that the public were fairly dealt with in this matter,(Cheers.) There was but one other charge. It must be under stood that Levason and Baker had assigned their in • terest in this property to the Talacre Company, for which they were to receive a considerable sum of money, and the charge against Mr. Wood was that he, as chairman o f th e Di rec t ors , had refused to sign pro missory notes for the payment of that money, alleging that he could not do so on account of an arrangement between himself and partner ; but it had been clearly proved that Mr. Wood had previously entered into a deed with Levason and Baker, in which he had cove nanted to pay this mopey - -so that he was liable with;.out signing these notes, L ui:i had actually Wen sued . for the money, so that, therr was no bread-of faith y with any persons.—(Hear, hear.) : persona would " read this statement of; facts ;without a jaundied ee, and with a desire to understan. , the truth:avit really , an must come to th e was, he thought every honest n. conclusion that Mr. Wood ix 1 in-Used 'man, and fairly entitled to be placed in that .situation in I vhith the Livery were anxious to place him. —(Cheers. ) The resolution was then put an tarried ut guli mou sly. , Mr. CURTIS proposed the next resolution. Mr. MOWBRAY rose with great pleasuro to second this resolution. There ought to be some principle by which these elections should be guided, and be c on sidered that the principle of seniority had hithe Tito . carried the day, and he thought that it should be ,For ne thing very extraordinary that should prevent ts/at principle being carried out upon the present oceasiop. He had gone carefully through all the papers relating to this unfortunate transaction, and he felt that tile friends of the Alderman had easily disproved the so, and were ready to meet the calumnies. Every watin felt himself pledged to prove their falsehood,--- (Cheers.) He begged them not to rest satisfied wih placing the Alderman in the chair, but let them prove all the calumnies and slanders which had help issued against him.—(Cheers.) The resolution was put and carried unanimousl:f. Mr. SMITH then proposed the next resolution, which was seconded by Mr. JOYCE, and carried un ant% mously. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then pro roscd, and carried with acclamation. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS; FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 9)k permille, whjch, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10hd. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 39 ; aid the exchange at Paris on London at short b e i ng 2,5 47k, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cent. dearef i n 1,o.; don than in Paris. a d v i ees t r , - sm Hamburgh the price of gold is 4344- per mark, whict, at:r English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standara (Told, gives an ex•change of 13 9i ; and the exchange at lia2nburgh on lioridon at short being 13 102, it follows that sold is 0.34 pot. cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. SUN.—The public Securities citzse flatly, Consols at 994 sellers for Money, and 99i- sellers for Accou'ut• In the other English Securities there was not the slightest variation. Spanish Bonds continued rather heavy, the Five* per Cents. at 231 -11-, and the Three per Cents. at 34i t. Vie Deferred were 13* to f i . Peruvian were supported as.t 251 to 26. Colombian realised rather fuller prices, and Brazilian touched 904. Mexican were 37 for Money. • The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 4 to 3f; Dublin and Belfast, 2+ to 1 ; Ditto and Cashel, 8 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter, 31 ; Great Western, 69 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 1111 ; Birmingham, 116 ; South-Western, 30-8- ; Croydon, 2)s ; London and York, li to 7-, ; Newcastle and Darlington, 26 ; South Devon, 4 to 3i ; Whitehaven and Maryport, 1 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 8 ; York and North Midland, 54i to 53 ; Ditto, Half, 25f to 261 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, : Paris and Lyons, i premium ; Midland , Birming ham,4 ; and Derby were 24 discount ; British North Ame rican Bank Shares were 7 discount; and Union of Aus tralia, 1+ premium. The exchange was firm for bills at three months in the principal continental cities. Antwerp was scarcely so high perhaps, but Amsterdam advanced. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London fur the week ending Thursday last : Silver coin to Rotterdam slleo coin to St. Petersburgh 87,000 oz. Silver bars to St. Petersburgh 6,000 oz. Silver bars to Ilotterdam Gold coin to New York , 947 oz. COURSE OF EXCHANGE:—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar. Ditto, at sight l2 31 Leghorn .,... 30 50 R o tterdam 2U.12 6 Genoa Antwerp 25 85 Milan . fiamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice Altona l3 14 Naples 39i Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 60 Palermo, per oz llfc Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Lisbon 55 Marseilles 25 90 Oporto 55 Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine.. 121 Bahia 23 Petersburgh, S tit)... 37 Buenos Ayres — Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldyssiglat Vienna, effec. fl. 8 M ;1 52 Philadelphia ........ Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i I Foreign Gold, bars—La 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Nov Doubloons..... 1 0 0 Barcelona 36 New Dollars 0 4 10 Sevilla Silver in Bars 0 4 .111 • THE GREAT ST. LEGE STAKES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE read in your valuable newsi,aper laseweek, under the head of" Sporting Intelligence,' p, n ace ° • int of a discussion at Doncaster about the prizes for tLe fonvatrd horses in the Great St. Leger Stakes. Tllf Corrixite s e who debated the point were anxious to obtain tt gre:tt 4r. number of starters for the northern race—eG,nld not this be the best effected by making the en try for the Leger 30 sovs. each, p.p. ? —I remain. Sir, your obe. iieP.t servant, A * * * *;:s Liverpool, Sept. 24, 1844. DIE ROYAL MINT.—The workmen of this import— . ant establishment are busily at work in striking off a considerable quantity of new sovereigns and hall-sove reigns on account of the Bank of England preparatory to the payment of the October dividends, which will be in course of settlement in the Rotunda on the 14th of next month, The amount of bullion at present in the Bank is 15,197,0001 sterling. A large quantity of geld coinage has also been struck for Government during the last fortnight for the payment of the Army and Navy, the half-pay and pensions and pay of the officials of the Treasury, Foreign, Colonial, and Home-offices, Stamps, Customs, Excise, &c., which are now in course of pay ment. An immense number of the new half-farthing coinage, which for the last ten days have been selling in the different thoroughfares of the metropolis at four and six a penny by the itinerant street venders, have been struck at the Mint for the last month, and will be issued as legal tenders of our copper circulation in currency on Tuesday next, the Ist of October, according to the Royal proclamation announcing their issue a year and a half ago, but which had been delayed in the United King dom, although in our colonies they have been for some time current. The various shopkeepers, grocers, and tea-dealers, in the Borough and different parte of the metropolis, have large bowls full of this new but useful, coinage to the working or poorer classes in their win dows, as " half-farthings saved are penneys i gained." THE ARCHBISHOP or CANTERBURY'S VISITATION. —Yesterday morning the Archbishop of Canterbury held his triennial visitation at All Saints' Church, Maidstone. Thera were present, A. B. Hope, Esq., M.P. ; Arch deacon Lyon, Dr. Burnaby, and upwards of 100 clergy - men. The usual ecclesiastical preliminaries having beon arranged, the Archbishop delivered a lengthened charge;, in the course of which he directed attention to the state of education in this county, and to the prospects of the Church generally. He stated that, from what he could hear and see, and from what he could gather from the speeches of the Dissenters at their various meetings, that there was a growing dislike on their part towards the Church, and that some serious designs for its overthrow were in contemplation. From external violenco or the internal dissensions which at present agitate the Church ? the Archbishop anticipated no ill consequences, althmigh he admitted that it was in the highest degree painful to contemplate them. After discussing at some length ele subject of Church extension, the Archbishop recom- , mended the formation of auxiliary branches on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and concluded with sundry points of advice to the younger clergy as to the manner of conducting their mi nistrations. A dinner was given to the Archbishop in the evening at the Star Hotel. FATAL FIGHT.—MR. WAKLEY AND THE POLICE MAGISTRATES.--Last evening Mr. Wakley, M.P., com menced an inquiry at the Warwick Arms, Warwick road, Kensington, touching the death of George Benson,. killed on Sunday morning last, in a pugilistic encounter near the Kensington canal basin ; fourteen jurymen having been sworn, the coroner asked whether then were any persons in custody in this case. Inspector Morgan replied that there were five persons in the New Prison, Clerkenwell, remanded by Mr. Paynter, of Ham mersmith Police-court, until Thursday, when one of them, named Jones, would be committed for murder as a principal, and the others as accessories. The coroner -1 requested that the men should be brought before me, if there was any charge against them. The inspector — I mentioned the matter to Mr. Paynter, ae , d be desired me to present his compliments to you, and to say that he had no power in the case. The coroner—What are your directions from the Commissioners of Police and the ma gistrates, with respect to coroner's courts, and the pro duction in them of remanded prisoners ? The inspector —None with respect to the production of prisoners ; but we are directed by the Commissioners, in cases of tbis sort, and in cases of accident, to give every information and assistance in our power. The coroner then said ho would not enter into the inquiry in the absence of per sons charged with deceased's death. He did not itziow what the feelings of the jury were, but his were most repugnant to going into an inquiry of that kind when the parties accused were not present to hear the evidence against them, and could not suggest a single question or observation in their defence. He would call a witness to prove simply the death of deceased ; and he would hear some of the medical evidence, and then adjourn the inquiry. Samuel Robshaw proved the death of , de ceased, and identified the body. Mr. Waller, a surgeon, who had opened the body, said deceased probably died from external violence—apparently a blow. A named Browning, who saw the whole of the fight, said he did not know the parties engaged in it, but should recognise them if he saw them again. The inquiry was then adjourned to Tuesday next, the coroner saying he should in the interim communicate with Sir James Graham. _ _ It is understood that the Custom-house authorities have it in contemplation to place officers on board the . steamers from the Continent, as soon as the vessels ar rive off Gravesend, so that the inspection of luggage, &c., may be completed during the passage up the river. The object of this experiment is to prevent the detentio n of passengers after their arriva l, and if it is found to 41 - ive it • adequate protection to the revenue, doubtless will be continued, and be a most unportant improvement. CL EMIIMMI - 10 60 fob l's ' i idler here efeir i b e tb, >TA ' l ti' iii rOm