The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-16 00:00:00

- ROYAL MAIL STE.4III-I',.4.CKET the comPANY.—cisiiis DAY.) bolder half -yearly meeting of the proprietors and share. Tarer I n s . of this Company took place to-day, at the London l'attww CoLviLL, Esq , deputy-ch a i rman , p res id e d, an d -LePon taking the chair regretted being compelled to do so in n.,sequence f the indisposition of their worthy chairman, J. .41111 g, N ., M. p. Thee Secretary (E. CHAPPEL, Esq.) having read the adver nt calling the meeting, had e CHAIRMAN said that he suppose.l every d gentleman pr o lea d the stateme n t th at Lad been sent roun to all the prieto rs ; that statement was not one of the accounts L.l.:llat. would be laid before the proprietors at the annual meet tiif I t '? March, it was merely a comparative statement of the rroing of the ships up to the 30th of June last, giving . on o f e ne side the sumepaid by th t Government, and the earning that t hie sels, and on the by the whole of the expense Gentlemen d been caused by the operations of the Company. Weird see from that that there was an increased rp a ltii of the receipts beyond the expenses, and that it was satisfactory, that it showed that the prosperity of the Ro l f P a n.Y was on the increase, fur the re :eipts fur the last 116;ear were considerably more than the former. He would nod al l uP9n the Se,:retary to read the report, which he felt rioubt would meet with the approval of all present. reealtoe SECRETARY then read the following report of the Di- of the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company : keo 'ne present meeting is convened to exhibit the working . it Rill fur the first six months f the cm rent year, by which it te l t appear that the Company's affairs are proceeding in a 4. . y and sat it-factory mdnner. contrasted with the corresponding half of the last qtt% there is an increase of expenditure of 3541. 19s. 2d.; th e ,le.tneting the proportion applicable to the half-year of toroper annum, voted by the last general meeting as ofti;leration to the Directors, there is, in the actual working '1!. con cern, a saving upon expenditure of 645/. Os. 10d. 0f9 , .,'..P 01 1 the receipts of the same period there is an increase 1,1,104/. s. 9d., showing therefore a clear augmentation of TllB "9 , 3 991. Is. 7d. to I ; r , the first h a lf o f t h e present year the surplus is shown lAk e , t ' ,ss6 /. 16s. 4d., w hi c h i s app li ca bl e to repairs, to re ski of capital, to i nuurance , or t o payment o f di v id en d ; tko u la sa tisfactory to add that, up to thi s p er i o d, th ere h as •e4r 40 charge upon the insurance fund for the current . ‘ ) Ptr a rn a genet . ..al review, therefore, of the Company's de . ,aats, the Directors feel warranted in proposing a divi thit't,PaYahle on and after the 23d inst., for the first half of a4 , 1 11,,', ar, of one pound ten shillings per share, free of in t4t44,lr..,,being equivalent - to five per cent. per annum on h e al) capital. ea elar t . scheme of packet service, as arranged by the se ago, and which came into operation two years and a half 4114,, Ini nues to work w ith p er f ec t regularity; giving, to and e":De ar ance, entire satisfaction to the v ar i ou s co l on i es a lle t ii lla tr:es embraced within the limit s o f it s opera ti ons , I llent, as 10 the public at large, and the different depart- Th; of her Majesty's Government. eas u , eff, cts of the plan in question, and of the economical the • adopted by the Board of Management, to improve ki f u ji"uttin of the Company's affairs, may be briefly stated evo, p or —ehalfyear, ended in June, 1843, when the last altera getei,,,_ tion in the routes was made : tkm_ • ........ £158,048 14 7 • Soi.7`taitare ***************** 123,706 19 0 Ala ......... ..... e'er ..................... Eteip ts the half-year ended in June, 1645 : ...................... 184681 17 5 14 1 h, "Ire ........ ..... 109, , 125 1 1 75,556 16 4 Increase 4 f tt ?t this increase has not been the result of any sudden tuel!,,c.as circumstances, is proved by the fact that it has t s 6 4 ` l 3' advancing every half•year, and it will be seen l i rifiu ) ; working account now presented, that (with one , r eigh "caption) the augmentation is upon each head of 10 ai k i au el Passage money, outward, homeward, and inter ll„\Vith • it a view to pro mote economy and insure regularity Seonduct of the Company's affairs abroad, in the month e4t enTh er last the Directors dispatched their colonial kai t to inspect the whole of the Colonial depots, t P / ett ti- xed establishments ;as well as to observe and 44 . Pon the manner in which the service afloat was con 4eeuter c an absen ce o f nearly ten months, and the able ful gAtlea°' all the objects contained in his instructions, this I)4 t all has returned to England, and, according to his GPs o ' f ()( 2 ,1 Order prevails in every department ; the steam Pattinglue Company are well conducted, arriving at and A s from the several places with the utmost punctuality. fii:uys gated at the last general meeting, six of the Com beani-ships were docked, caulked, and re-coppered in tp a ` l e ag one more than was stipulated for in Mr. Pitcher's '1) - ler their repair. gr ing th h i4 ldet e Present year four more have had a similar 1 ‘ hile eoht the same p ,, and the eleventh and last is now in dock at ' l urpose. re l beu t t herefore, the utmost attention has been paid to .tbe receipts and to diminish the expenditure of the the condition of its ships has not only been effi- NyllPheld, but in many respects decidedly and materially Flea4 l llll Y the Directors have to state, that they have just , r ak ih . With the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's ' 1 )4 2 t4terms of an amended contract, confirming the bu tr in% which had been made (provisionally only) by DiOffair: C ommissioners of the Admiralty ; and whereby re et : of the Company are placed for the future upon a i ) ,ett i - j, r e and satisfactory basis." pefoPosition that the report be received and adopted, a t;01 l anun said that he could not but express his gra eatihearing the report. He had:attended the meeting s%ll PanY amid storms and tempests, and he h d l!rophesied, and that prophecy had pirnedou el t a — to y tsothyat their seaworthy vessel would right hersf. ,T v AY felt anxious to make a few observations on u efure it was adopted by the meeting. There was L e e th'r l in that document with respect to the manner in N ii itt: to c . onifort s of the passengers had been considered by r, t , L L S. He had heard several complaints from pawn -1 em iZ e se, too, very recently. Great complaints were made 41 4 e f t , l 'ng transferred three or four times during the 11 1 e t Za.;p x , ll ,,, ° . tle part to another.. He deprecated the course tidereitteil of putting the Proprietors in possession of at d th at "1 the report at the twelfth hour. He con !laep`eag that Proprietors ought to have the report ) ,.` 51 24 th ree days before the meeting took N e „`aer Lney would be enabled thereby with o "'to e "to it Prepared to make such statements i et t4 „ . -t isid er ,as they thought it called fn.. It might by some ,', bu t " L a favour to the Shareholders to adopt such a 14 0 ,,ve . t for one, thought the Proprietors had a ri_ht 44 )4 There ' was a large sum put down for 'etti s Pror : d a ,Pow he should like to know how they 4 cad l- '," , as lie had heard great complaints made . on a ‘ -o lolaints had also been made of the scarcity , o t „ ,eary mt,Ptliou ac commodation on board the vessel. This, in 4 14 t wi l t a l l , e w st' a ° ti a o gh t to be well looked to by the Directors. Then I a, 'IN something ought to be done, because, looking N - ,PPou e ,going on in the railroad world, it was impos •ible itt t ;, tliu.;),',"at Southampton could long be considered as the te tt , Wit7e station ; indeed, at present, he considered it a ot p r ,„` e of time to come to Southampton, and when kV% I‘. - I, !'cise d railways were in operation, it would soon kitlr„-ether Southampton was a proper station or not. WOO 44'41'm-en there was to be a railway, and he con iii„klad that that place would be a most eligible one. He t hA i tsl u t , ° , w a e,e sO large a meeting of the P . roprietors, be that great interest was taken in the affairs of Cf ma ils ' teB .--(1 - 1.ear.) The regularity of the arrival of ittL4lihii„Las beyond all praise. 4 44' 1 , by insti co ld t sit silent after what had been Hon. 'l Proprietor ne who had just sat down. He \,l l / l ad 4, tt rei from the West Indies, in all of which the t ileheiehi 4ll ° l l of every description on board the pack( is tO otui Praised (ar : har ) He was surprised to see 4;ils:ll;opri_etor. continuing e . at . every half-yearly meeting r'` . •( ‘Annpany in which he had so great an in prlea of No, no," from Mr. Ridgway.) The Ho ett.;l.llsit ti .ePrietor denied that he did so, but notwith -41411 afa r l i he must consider that it might most happily 01 1 4 R11) th is it was an ill bird that fouled its own nest. — Q t ; h . 90 't t : { o , s -A c ! ttN IAN said that all had been done by the 'ep"tt,f. f-r „tte comfOrt of the passengers that could be IhNittireprhere complaints had been . mad they had report" into, and if well founded, their cause remo_ved. I t h, :was then received, and adopted unanimously. h?t ti mi ng „, 4 , 4 • 1- said that he should never be deterred from and ,41,„ -"at he considered to be his duty, by being told l ed a bird that fouled his own nest.—(Hear, hear, f'd l ' er •.) He sh ld now move, that the report be ki 4 e wOl4l cwou late t d o it a e m n u y ong the Proprietors, and in doing the t . _!let Put it person resent to say whether he q'll'u,,a)p-4.,",,.43;8 interested p strenuously on behalf of t t .,• 1 • — Meat., hear.) krt,Lat Prins thought it quite unnecessary, considering 15 „If t ! , t i n: t ; ri always kindly given publicity to their re- Pe r the present one. „Viet ,Y felt it to be his duty towards the Proprietors 'efu,i ) tai tt l':;° motion. he tf h arl ` t ii ARitrzs seconded the motion, which, upon a I neeti:' was declare up be lost. g then broke 13 4 th ; 41 4 gtith i , STEAMER.—We regret to announce, 4 0 4 - R t c , ~,- rlt Y of a Corres ondent, that two seamen be- IN th e ""is vessel, which p recently arrived at Woolwich k„. re. ,eoust of Africa, have died since they were taken 1;4 t tarto h cause of death has not been ascertained, end ne f e% , as been created, from fear that the disease has tti,Ngh er i which has so fearfully raged in the Eclair. 44,,,Trn12 certainty exists for this fear, the authorities, we let„,irowly,_ are taking due precautions to allay the alarm. 6 1 1 t ttZ 15 to be fumio•ated, and every exertion made to L ltA h tW , suulaalcesibility of ' contagion. pt RT AT Tr' sE XTRAORDINARY CASE OF HOUSE 41S,''uer, '''' v snunv.—Two men, on Tuesday, the 30th le t . 41.41; entered the dwelling-house of Thomas Wilson, It e - tZ t eil ti t tab le beer brewer, during his absence, and re tiN,,oV tit to Wilson's wife as being two bailiffs, °rlqusritstnith for some work done, and they then un 4•4;'enla „.31 commenced stripping the house of everything °Fr thl e h.‘ 11 ° 41 a, having a horse and cart ready to Ntr,, l %, .Plunder. They then took off Wilson's goods '4lth,4l%•urr,lag; that the seized the goods under a tt l:k tte .! . a! *, at: sent a men into the street, probably one , „Tlder pretence of crying a sale; but this was all f i t l°ll . \ ll ,, ll li4 s , n 'erely to deceive Wilson's neighbours, so as 4 get the booty away without exciting suspi k!et;sing il eY left Wilson's house, to keep Wilson's wife ,7 1. o'ocie t „."',a,rni, they t Id h that if they found they had '44,4 tb e iiiey t 4 t uld e return er and take more. But almost °be b could get to the place where the sale was t er it e cid • NI ; I t he it was found to be over, a man having pur [A, 'lad c h;Le, and the delinquents, together with the 4 1.4 41;44 9Peared.—Leeds Mercury. !I Bl{,,slsEMENT.]....__A CERTAIN CURE FOR SCRO qII44 g k ?S E VIL, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINT•• kt,,rinek,r, ii-Prux.. CASE.— A young man named Bowman, fre rn T i ng in James-street , Manchester, had been I:llqtts u i e thing in with the most malignant kind o f 116; Set, pin el.', covering various parts of his body ; besides xt%' o t)?ey had deprived him of the use of his left 41114t:e IllerruinarY to relate, this poor fellow has not only 1144 /i!onodly healed, but has likewise regained the ti ll, O. Itrfibs by means of these two wonderful te s N ad at Professor Holloway's Establishment, k 4 tld . Deet a b i "ere advice ma be h d ratis) and by a.most 1 4 . 11 e /end y a g ors of medicine throughout the civilised 411 t f eSt' • 4 hie ek lvity at t k t , 4 , t o the opening of Lincoln's Inn Hall, ap I ,,Zigi nali r a morning collation, not a dinner or ban ten,i4. proposed; and we understand that the e44,t4th)eiliute exclusively of her Majesty's Ministers th e vtendants. The reason for thus limiting the Ip ti tl 4. r e to b e , r „e , ry . large number of members of the Inn apd din) yj a ii ti ‘ei.t al of right, The Benchers will receive Lwalklhcll (bicieofessional costume. Lords Brougham 4 (1. e ll ea handers) are expected to be present, '4 On the occasion. 1,4 1 ,144 141 r w ri has a rr i ve d in Grafton. street from 9f N , • ere il ia Lordship has b ee n en t er t a i n i ng a 410 The Noble Lord i n t en d s p rocee di ng 'MU of Trance, ' NV VSI 7WI ?1 , , 14 0 rdas' were ration in prices re lower. mor e care Or C om mittq b ut casual u", vr very pub: [osoked that the. t h e clta!:a.ttee!. ontinued. In C e that ough t to e s , n al " Coutt nitt ed " Dir ectors,. t h e most esscllll'.! reposed i t e l s: assumed but but I, it requir i e 0 e projects, b is su pport. o f COnneCted,nd 19174 by e-% c interests of ► t rary courseu _1:1101i would be a s , o f Dr ;he n itre , r bad to he!' do announced al c' cic o f Mole: St the :ent. ce rccovei rti, Aon Ye ;11 ,1 2 205 to 0k , reacile! . .l e en done 4 , but th= t. 11 1 15 . 3c. s no t require:Ll! rket h as " 0 1' 1; 1 0 p firm, gE O'CL°C.S - 907 061*11 96t- 97 i 9 5 *,, 99 1, 9 1 4 ),„ 9634 9s v 97 4 5 9 1 5 52 1 5 2 10 S. gE CYCLy" ne 100 nt. 3278 ".. 17%2 .••• )... 151 4 1111 60 . „1 ▪ 94.Ys „ji • AT ORES __ pa SOAI4. to yi 'A ..... to 1 ' 1,4, ...... , .. ' to t o .... • to •• • to .... t o? ••••" to ' •••" o' Yr - - ' O5 P.' to • ..... to SIA ... ... to 3i,3147::; 1 %lA- . to' •••"' to .... • to •••••• to ", 14....•• to y.• ~ to A7S'', to 4 il P.... to •••"*. to . ..... to y - r • /9•• to to ' • t t6Vs t° t° r •••••: to r 11 ' ..... to t o- I -to-, %,i t o . to it " L A ..... • to .... .. to 5 3 ,, , ,76••• • t o h. .... t o 1 ,4; •"" to ..... t o •• to • t o " to ..... t o 1,4•,•.•• t o '" 4 .... to • r.. 2 65 TRE SUN, LONDON' THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1845. SPORTING INTELLIGENCL. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGIIT, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Messrs. Tattersall's sale of blood stock this morning real. ised the following prices:— Gs. A chesnut yearling cult by Euclid, darn by Taurus 42 Eldon, a bay yearling cult by Ervnnes, out of Red Tape 160 Mandane, by Sultan Chesnut mare (foaled in 1839) by Emilius .... Jonjou (foaled in 1838) by Taurus Retamosa (fueled in 1836) by Reveller Appleton Lass (foaled in 183 G) by St. Nicholas Luxury (foaled in 1837) byAgreeable Liberia (foaled in 1841) by Liverp00l Bettina (foaled in 1838) by Sub an .. Toy (foaled in 1841) by Lives pool ... 31 Mist. ke (foaled in 1837) by Little Red Rover 6O Prudence (foaled in 1842) by Liverpool 36 Alecto (foaled in 1842) by Liverpool ... lB Previous to the races the following Blood Stock was sold : Gs. A colt by Assassin, out of Mandane A colt, by Plenipo, darn by Emilius 57 Filly, by Plenipo, out of Joojou Colt, by Plenipo, out of Retamosa Filly, by Plenipo, out of Appleton Lass Colt, by Plenipo, out of Luxury Colt, by Plenipu, out of Liberia ... Filly, by Pleuipo, out of Toy Coli,bi Assassin, out of Mistake Colt, by Assassin, out of Voluptuary Colt, by Plenipo, dam by Langar B6 Brown Yearling Colt, by Hetman Platoff, out of Mantle 150 Bay Yearling Filly, by Hetman Platoff, out of Amina l4O Bay Yearling Filly, by Hetman_ Platoff, out of ~Green ___ 11l antle Georgiana (foaled in 1835), by Partisan 5O Matilda, 3 yrs, by Albemarle, out of Eloisa ... 15 At a very numerous meeting of the Jockey Club, held this evening after the races, a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the Duke of Richmond, fur his eminent services in the House of Lords in procuring a revision of the laws relat ing to the turf. A similar vote was passed to Lord Palmer ston, for his exertions in the House of Commons; and, the rules and orders of the Club having been suspended for the purpose, his Lordship was elected a free and honorary mem ber without a dissentient voice. It was also resolved, una nimously, that it is not desirable to have stands erected on the race-course. The attention of the Club was next directed to the proposed railroad from Chesterford to Newmarket., and the plans having been submitted and explained, they were unanimously approved. WEDNESDAY. The settling for the Cesarewitch took place this morning, and a:tb► ugh rather heavy and unfavourable to the betters round, went off well. Two Noble Lords are the principal winners (between four and five thousand pounds), Mr. Watt and the stable having stood to win but small stakes. We would here suggest to speculators that it would be more prudent to pay and receive in the Subscription-room than in the street. Pickpockets were in great force, and one nobleman was eased of 200/. ; that others escaped was more from luck than carefulness. The racing to-day commenced at half-past two, with Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, two yrs old, 7st 3lb ; three, 9st ; fillies allowed 31b. The winner to be sold fur SO!., if de manded, &c. T.Y.C. (5 Subs). Mr. Greville's Deer Chase, 2 yrs (Pettit) 1 Mr. Steer's Caroline, 3 yrs Mr. W. Sadler's The Pretender, 2 yrs 3 Lord G. Bentinck's b f Malvoiie, 3 yrs Mr. Worley's b f Syllabub, 3 yrs Betting-2 to 1 agst Syllabub, 2to 1 agst Deer Chase, 3 to 1 agst The Pretender, and 4 to 1 agst Caroline.—Caroline made the running, followed by The Pretender. and Deer Chase till half way up the cores. The Pretender then de clined, and Dear Chase challenging,. Caroline defeated her, after a line race, by a head. Match, 200 soy's. 50 ft. Bst 71b each. First half of Ab. M.— Lord Exeter's Celia (Mann) beat Lord W. Powlett's Espoir. Tlie Oatlaud Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft, if declared, &c. B.M. (7 Subs., 4of whom declared.) Lord Exeter's Jet, .3 yrs, 4St lllb ... .........(J. Sharp) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 5 yrs, Bst 81b Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude, 3 yrs, 6st 31b Betting-6 to 4 against Jet, 6 to 4 against Trueboy, and 7 to 2 against Longitude.—Jet took the lead, Trueboy lying at her quarters, Longitude following them, but very soon out of the race. In rising the bill, Trueboy collared the leading mare, headed her at the top, and ought to have won, but shut up a few yards from the post, and was beaten by a neck. The Town Plate of 501. for three yrs old, 7st 41b; four, Bst 4lb ; five, Bst 111 b; six and aged, 9st Ilb. The winner . . to be sold for 2001. if demanded. — T.M.M. Mr. R. J. Shafto's Metal, 3 yrs (Brown) 1 Mr. Mostyn's bl f Stream, 3 yrs Lord Verulam's Hawksbury, 3 yrs 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Sir C. Monck's My Old Hack, aged—Sir S. Spry's Subduer, 5 yrs —Duke of Ru:land's Welbeck, 4 yrs—Mr. R. Clifton's b g Little John, 4 yrs—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Longitude, 3 yrs —Mr. Bats.on's f by Plenipotentiary, out of Acacia,:3 yrs— Lord Sandwich's Prairie, 3 yrs—and Mr. W. Sadler's The Cook, 3 y rs. Betting-5 to 2 agst Welbeck-5 to 1 agst Subduer -sto 1 agst Metal-5 to 1 agst Hawkesbury-7 to 1 agst My Old Hack. _ _ _ Hawkesbury and Longitude made the running for the first half mile, and then gave place to Prairie, who carried it on to the Ditch, when she resigned it to My Old Heck, who, In his turn, gave way to Metal and Stream, the horseleading. In nearly this way the race continued to the end, Metal win ning by a neck, and Stream beating Hawkesbury, who came at the last, by half a neck ; My Old Hack fourth, and nothing else up. The winner was claimed. Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h ft. D.M. (3 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Prologue, 7st 101 b (Whitehouse 1 Lord Eglinton's Vaudeville, 7st 121 b 6 to 4 on Prologue, who made all the running, and won easily by a length and a half. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEW MARKET—WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BETTING ON THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 3to 1 agst The Baron (t) 40 to 1 agst Yardley 20 to 1 agst Wolf Dog (t) 40 to 1 agst Semiseria (t) 20 to 1 agst Alarm 40 to 1 agst Needful 20 to 1 agst Ould Ireland 50 to 1 agst DucanDurras(t) 25 to 1 agst Chertsey 50 to 1 agst Pantasa 25 to 1 agst Titmouse (t) 50 to 1 agst Everton 25 to 1 agst Lothario 66 to 1 agst Remorse (t) 25 to 1 agst Clumsy 66 to 1 agst Rowena 33 to 1 agst Secundus (t) 8 to 1 agst Sting 40 to 1 agst Fancy Boy (t) 50 to 1 agst Duke of Rich mond (late Hovingham) t 40 to 1 agstt Nutleaf ENTRIES FOI Plate. 11 : THURSDAY. 101. A.F. Evenus, 5 yrs, 9st—Example, 4 yrs, Bst 61b—Alarm, 3 yrs, Bst 51b—Ridiculous Mus, 3 yrsBst--Sorella, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Intrepid, 4 yrs., 7st 121b—Croesus, aged, 7st 71b—Plantagenet, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Paultons, 3 yrs, 7st 21b—St. Bernard, 6 yrs, 7st—Duc an Durras, 3 yrs, 74 f by Beiram, out of Manto, 4 yrs, 7st—Foremast, 3 yrs, 7st— Energy, 3 vrs, Est 121b—Elemi, 4 yrs, Est 12ib—Laird o'Cock• pen, 3 yrs, 6$ 101b—Sally Brown, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Ruff, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Alamode, 4 yrs, Est 71b—f by Plenipo, out of Acacia, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Leopard, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Colleen Bawn, 3 yrs, Est 51b—Minus, 4 yrs, Est 51b—Lyons, 3 yrs, Est 51b—Sir Harry (h b), 3 yrs, 6st—Correct Card, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Fug net, 3 yrs, sst 41b—f by Velocipede, out of Amaryllis, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each. The winner to be sold for 150/. Jell, by Record, out of Alexandria—b cby Slane, out of Voluptuary—Chandelier—Cerberus, f by Montreal, out of Balance—c by Clearwell, out of Fidelity. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. ea h. The winner to be sold for 3001. Manto filly, 4 yrs—Sister of Joha Cf Gaunt, 4 yrs—Com rade, 3 yrs—Terrier, 2 yrs—Subscription, 2 yrs—Oleo, 2 yrs —Miss love, 2 yrs. RIDGkVAY AND UNION COURSING CLUBS. The Fleetwood Cup, for 8 all aged dogs, was won by Mr. Garven's Grimaldi; Mr. Ridgway's Rowena ran up. The Ridgway Cup, for 8 puppies, was won by Mr. Ridg way's Renown ; Mr. Garven's George Ross ran np. The Union Stakes, for 8 all aged dogs, were won by Mr. Ridgway's Royal Oak; Lord Suirdale ns Rose d'Albret ran up. The Rossall Stakes, for 6 puppies, were won by Mr. Ridg.. way's Revenge ; Mr. Garven's Glendwr ran up. The North Euston Stakes, for 8 all aged dogs, were won by Mr. Woodburn's Will-o'-the-Wisp; Mr. Swan's Sparks of Fire ran up. The Wyre Stakes,_ for 8 puppies, were won by Mr. Swan's Spendthrift; Mr. Hornby's Honoria ran up. THE STAR STEAM-BOAT COM- PANY. The general annual meeting of the Shareholders in the Star Steam-boat Company was held yesterday, at the Lite rary Institution, Gravesend, and was numerously attended, the fair sex forming a large portion. The CHAIRMAN ( Cruden, Esq.) said, in meeting the proprietary he was happy to congratulate them on the fa vourable position of the Company. They had combatted with a variety of difficulties, and it was some considerable consolation to him to find that they . had overcome them, and that their property was in a promising condition. Their old debt they had greatly diminished, and the Directors had de termined, after mature deliberation, now that it was so much defrayed, to give the Shareholders some portion of the re ceipts for the capital they had invested in the Company.— (Hear.) He had heard it stated that no dividend should be paid until their liabilities were entirely disposed of; but the Directors thought that that would be accomplished, and a dividend declared also. In adopting that step, however, the Directors had taken all responsibility—the Shareholders had paid up all their calls, and further demands could not be made upon them. The Secretary, Mr. DQRSON, then read the auditors' re port, when a dividend of 2s. 6d. a share on the half-year's account was proposed to be declared. Mr. BURN one of the Directors, said he must be per mitted to offer his protest to the proposition. He certainly should be glad to receive the half-crown upon his shares, but when he found, by so doing, the liabilities to the Company would be considerably increased, it was his bounden duty to oppose such a course, and he trusted the proprietors would see the propriety of refusing the dividend, not only for the purpose of liquidating the demands of the Company, but also to protect their officers. _ . Mr. PALLISTER wanted to know by what hocus-pocus style of business the Directors could free the proprietary of the liabilities spoken of. Mr. MATTnnw, the Solicitor to the Company, said, that in the deed that constitutes the Company, there was an in demnity, or covenant, which protected shareholders, after calls had been paid up. Mr. PALLISTER observed that he had heard much of the opposition the Diamond Steam-boat Company was sari to have evinced to that of the shareholders, but he really thought such was not the case. Here was a company next to being insolvent from a lengthened contention with a rival company, when in point of fact it ought not to be mixed up in it at all. The question in dispute was really not between the Star and Diamond Steam-boat Companies, but the latter and the Blackwall Railway Company_ To prolong the differ ence would promote the non-success o f their property, and he really thought the meeting should e 2 :press an opinion ou the subject. He hoped every means wo•ald be adopted to avoid the misunderstanding acting to their prejudice. The CHAIRMAN said he understoci d the Hon. Shareholder had also an interest in the Diamond Company, and he was glad to hear such conciliatory melt.% ires broached by a pro prietor in this corn: any. When it was said, however, of the contention existing between tihe Star and Diamone being caused by the Railway Co•,npa.ny, let them Loth act in concert—put their wheels ' ‘ , o crettier—and they would soon find that every arrangem' ant woui s i be made by the railway.—(hear, hear.) It w; ,s the n on . c ompliance, or the unwillingness of the Diamond Company that had led to the difference. Mr. MARmorr, a Directo; begged to :say a few words in answer to Mr. Pallister's assertion of a kat Company being in an insolvent state. He had made a • careful investigation into their funds, and he found the bona fide property of the Company amouttted to between 13,000 I. ant :: 14,000 L ; its liabilities did not exceed 9,0001., and h. a would meeting whether a Company having a surplus of n 11 3 ; p :t it toner he to the extent uoar 5,000 L could be said .0 b e i n -- in an ins onts state? . After some further discus ion, a divide id of 2s. 6d. was de cided upon ; and on the Directors being re-elected, they undertook to reduce the amount allowed for their services to one-half, as also the balance requited to be in hand. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Board of Di rectors, the meeting broke up. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT. A numerous and influential meeting of the Provisional Committee of the above Company was held yesterday, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill; Henry Stock, Esq., of Beddgelert, North Wales, in the chair. Mr. PRESTON stated that the object of the Company was to make a line of railway from the city of Oxford to the city of Salisbury, in a part of the co u ntry in which they had no reason to anticipate opposition, inasmuch as the inhabitants of all the cities and towns through which the line passed had expressed their intention of supporting it in every way. Four lines were already projected to the port of Poole, which no doubt would become in time a formidable rival to South ampton. From Salisbury the line proceeded through the Valley of the Bowen up to the town of Hungerford. From Hungerford the line proceeded to Wantage. From (Vantage it pr tceeded to Abingdon, a town which had suffered most materially from the neglect of the Great Western Railway Company, who, instead of running their trunk through the town, had left it at a distance of about four miles, the consequence of which was that the inhabitants of that large trading town found ex treme difficulty in conveying themselves and goods to the districts in which their customers resided. A greater proof of the interest which the inhabitants of that town took in the proposed line could not be given than the presence at that meeting of the Mayor and one of the Aldermen of that town. Pursuant to a requisition presented to the Mayor, a public meting is shortly to be held in support of the line. A great amount of business was transacted at Abingdon; three of the clothing establishments there employed 1,000 hands each. From Abingdon the mine proceeded to Oxford. from whence lines were projected to Rugby and several other important places. The Oxford and Salisbury Railway would thus form a part of a long trunk line from the very south to the north of England, and become a portion of the great integral line from Poole to Edinburgh. The traffic between Oxford and Salisbury at present was not very great, owing to the great difficulty of transit, but from recent ex perience they had a confident expectation of a vast increase from the augmented facilities which would be given by the proposed line. Salisbury at present was from twenty to thirty miles distant from any railway. In the present day any town which was precluded from the advantage of a railway must be well nigh extinguished. The engineer, Mr. 13rees, had gone over the line, and found the engineering difficulties exceedingly slight. The whole length of the line would be fifty-two miles, but a considerable portion would run upon the Ken net and Avon Canal, and other railways, leaving the actual work to be executed about forty miles. A far greater number of shares had already been applied for than the amount pre scribed. Mr. BREES entered into an explanation of the engineering merits of the line, in which he stated there were only two places where any difficulties existed, but which would both be easily overcome, the line having taken the natural course of the country. Resolutions were then passed for the establishment of the Company, the appointment of officers, and other matters, and the meeting separated. gentlemen present that it only required their exertions to strengthen the hands of the promoters or the lines calculated to be serviceable to them, to be soon placed in as favourable a position as other towns. (Hear,:hear.) Little need be said to show them the importance and necessity for adopting titer (retie measures to obtain the means of railway accommoda tion, and he did not think that the inhabitants of the Koch ford Hundreds would raise any objection, or be averse to the plan they would endeavour to execute.—(Hear, hear.) If they did not adopt some speedy messures they would be en tirely shut out from other towns. He hoped the projectors of the lines calculated to be of service to them would that day receive such support as to enable them to go before Parlic. ment, and effect the object they had in view. • Mr. CARTER then moved the following resolution—" That this meeting having considered the several proposed lines of railway to Southend, give their decided preference to that from Shenfield through Billericay, which follows the accus tomed line of traffic and business, and, by passing through all the towns and principal villages, will alone be of real advantage to this district. The resolution was seconded by Mr. HUNT, and carried unanimously. Mr. G. Romr moved the second resolution— " That the line of railway proposed by :the Metropolitan Railways Junction Company, connecting the important towns of Chelmsford and Gravesend, passing through Billericay, and forming a direct communication between the eastern and southern counties, is highly calculated to promote the trade and interests of this town and neighbourhood, and well de serves the support of its inhabitants and the agricultural districts adjoining." Mr. 'WILLIAM OFFIN seconded the resolution, and con gratulated the Chairman upon the respectability of the meeting, and the hopes of soon obtaining the means of rail way communication with other parts of the country. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. 'WILLIAM ROLPH proposed the next resolution— " That the other projected lines to Southend will afford no accommodation td the inhabitants of this neighbourhood, bnt be positively injurious to their interests, an ought to be discountenanced and opposed." He thought that all who were acquainted with the neighbourhood, would easily see that the lines now proposed would be serviceable to the in habitants of the towns, and that the others would be highly disadvantageous. If -the line from Blackwall, called the South Essex line, was to be successful in Parliament, it would not be of the slightest benefit to them, as it would not ap proach them within three miles. Mr. WILLIAM CROSBY having seconded the resolution, The CHAIRMAN, in putting it to the meeting, rem ar k e d that the inhabitants of the Rochford Hundreds would, lie had little doubt, give them their support, because any line coining through Billericay was as good for them as any that could be adopted. Dr. Hurr, in moving the appointment of a committee, and the commencement of a subscription to promote the foregoing resolutions, concurred in the remarks of the Chairman. This resolution having been seconded and carried, The CHAIRMAN said that the immediate business of the meeting being over, deputations from the London and Southern and Metropolitan Railways Junction Companies were pre sent, to give any information regarding their lines which might be.desired. _ _ _ Mr. F. W. ETHERIDGE, of the Metropolitan Junction line, said that some of the advantages the town would derive from their railway would be, that the inhabitants would be enabled to obtain coal, lime, and chalk. more speedily and more economically than at present, and that the tanners would have better markets to go to, for the railway would open many more parts of the country to them. It must be borne in mind that at Uxbridge, which their railway would pass, there were 2,000 quarters of wheat ground weekly. When that place was put in communication with Essex, i 6 might be fairly expected that one-fifth of that quantity would be sent from Essex. Coals, which he believed were sold in the town at from 28s. to 30s. per ton, would be reduced to 18s. Gd.; chalk, which cost from 7s. to Bs. per ton, would be had for 45.; and in lime a saving 'of 2s. 9d in 100 pecks „... would be effected.--(Hear.) The - line would not stop at Tilbury. It was the intention of the company to cross the river, probably by a steam bridge similar to that at South ampton, and thus Kent, Sussex, and Essex would be united. Mr. SrrAw, the solicitor to the London and Southern Com pany, laid before the meeting some details of that line. He said that this town did not depend so much upon itself as i:nen communication with other towns; and, in his cpinion, je they did not have railway accommodation, it would soon sink bto insignificence. That induced them to project the railway. In the article of coal, they could get none good under 325. the ton. If the railway were made, they could kcon. It was calculated by the company that the carriage of get them pz24s. The amount of carriage at present was Bs. per cha coal would be a source of great profit. At present the price charged for the conveyance of lime along the road was 30s. 1... e waggon, in addition to other expenses, while by the railway .the same quantity might be removed the sane distance for 10s., effecting a saving of more than the cost of the lime.—(nor , hear.) It would be unnecessary for him to mention the varit. us other articles, the conveyance of which by railway would ns lt only be a great benefit to the town, but a source of revenwt tO the Company. The CHAIRMAN begged Mr. 511, 1 w to inform the meeting what. the feeling of the inhabi,.`ant:s of the Rochford Hun dreds was with regard to the propost'd lines—whether they were disposed to concur with or to opposc them. Mr. SitAw replied that he had convorsod with nearly the whole of the principal persons, arid not pne of them ex pressed his dissent to the line. Two or flar..e said the pro jects were rather late, and that they had pleclgc'd themselves to another line, but they had nothing to fear iroin fair com petition. Mr. ETHERIDGE said he should like to know what iYas the most suitable place for the Billericay station. Mr. bent said he had no doubt it would be at the bottom of the town. _ _ • _ _ Mr. ETHERIDGE said the Company was inclined to adopt whatever place the town thought best. Captain SCIINEIDER, of the London and Southend line, next addressed the meeting, and recommended persons re siding in the neighbourhood to purchase shares in the rail way, if only five or six, to let the Legislature see it was not a mere, city speculation. They would appear better before Parliament if their shareholders were actually interested in the success of the railway. The habitants of the several towns in the hundreds of Barnstaple and Rockford be earnestly requested to concur in the object of this meeting." A Committee having been appointed to carry the resolu tions into effect, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION AND SOUTIIEND.—A meet ing of the Committee of Management of this undertaking was held on Tuesday, when it was resolved " That the report of the engineers is in every respect satisfactory, and should be carried into effect forthwith; that the Earl of Morning ton be appointed Chairman of the Company; and that the Lord Viscount Wellesley be appointed a member of the Pro visional Committee." It was stated in the course of the meeting that the promoters of the scheme had every reason to believe it would be successful when brought before Par liament. DIRECT SHEFFIELD AND YORK, AND WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE JUNCTION.— This line is obtain ing the grea►est attention from the fact of the vast accom modation to au immense mass of pers , ,ns which it is intended to afford. It will commence at .c.: , heffield, and proceed along the North Midland Railway to Swindon, and, branching off in a direct line, pass close to Pontefract, Brotherton, and Knottingly, and on to Burton Salmon, and will again unite with the North Midland Railway. The scheme is hailed with decided antisfaction, more particularly by the people of Wakefield, and, it not presenting any opposing features to existing railways, will be free from opposition, whilst from its being a feeder of consideration to the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway (the Bill for which has been already ob tained), it cannot fail but to command the support and co operation of that Company. The Midland and Birmingham Railways will likewise benefit thereby, as it will render them, in conjunction with the South Midland and Erewash Valley Railways, as direct a means of communication northward as is possible. It is curious that, short as is this railway (being only 17 miles in length), it will form a key of the utmost importance, and a connecting link by which the towns above mentioned will be brought 10 miles nearer to each other, shortening the distance between York and Sheffield, connect ing the latter with, the nearest shipping port, and perfecting the transit between numerous towns of magnitude and Not tingham, Birmingham, Leicester, and Northampton. The line has been surveyed by Mr. Charles Vignoles and Mr. John Bevan, and the returns are all in a state of forwardness for business operations at the commencement of the next ses sion of Parliament. Axnoi.uE, GAINSBOROUGIT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY.—A very satisfactory arrangement has, we are informed, been made with the York and North Midland Railway Com pany, by which four-and-a-half per cent. will be guaranteed to the shareholders in this line, besides half the surplus profits, which, it is believed, will raise the dividend to seven or eight per ce n t. M r. H udson will be chairman, and the Right Hon. Si r J o h n Beckett, deputy-chairman. Other directors from the York and North Midland Company will also be added to t` e board. GREAT NORTII OF INDIA RAILWAY, FROM ALLANAPAD TO DELHl.—:. , ince the first notice of the appearance of this project it would seem that Sir George Larpent's Company, (the Indian Railway, of which Mr. Macdonald Rowland Stephenson is the engineer, and now at Calcutta,) have re published the names of their board, with an intimation to the public that the line of the above Company from Allaha had to Delhi was contemplated in their great scheme of the Indian Railway Company. The latter Company, as already notified, have a capital of 4,000.0001. entrusted to them for the purpose of carrying out a line from Calcutta to Delhi (about 500 miles), and that their preliminary survey is now making to Burdwan (about 140 miles). It is also known, that this small part of the line is to be completed before the Indian Company propose to commence with their works from thence to Mirzapore. It is strongly urged therefore, that although the Indian Company may have proposed to themselves in the outset a succession of Indian railways, yet as they have only taken capital for their first line—from Calcutta to Mirzapore, there exists no good reason, either as affects the European or Indian public, why any new com pany should not proceed with the important line from Alla ballad to Delhi, so that simultaneously the Great North and West line of India may be in progress—indeed, that it would be a manifest injustice and inconvenience that the public should wait whilst one company can complete their arrange ments for succesfully carrying out a given extensive line of the country, which fairly gives employment for the capital and enterprise of many. One fact is most important, that the Indian board is especially favourable to the north-west lines, and that it is not under a pledge to any particular company. THE THAMES TUNNEL RAlLWAY.—Negotiations are now going forward between the Directors of the Thames Tunnel and a party of capitalists, headed by a gentleman most fa vourably known in the railway world, for the purchase of the tannel, with the view of carrying a railway direct from the junction of the Eastern Counties and Blackwall lines to the point on the Greenwich line whence the Croydon, Brighton, and Dover diverge. It is well known that the Thames Tunnel has not returned, and is not likely to return, one farthing of profit to the proprietors, nor even to pay interest on the large sum for which it is mortgaged to Government. Under these circumstances, an offer of about 10s: in the pound (which is, we believe, the amount named) seems a perfect God-send to the unfortunate Share holders, a meeting of whom will, we hear, be held to-day, to consider the proposal. Should an arrangement be effected, the atmospheric principle will be adopted. Mr. Robert Stephenson will probably be the engineer-in -chief, and Mr. Phipps acting engineer, and the direction will consist of members of the Northern and Eastern Dover, Brighton, and Blackwall boards. There can be no question that a " below bridge" junction of this kind would be of great public utility. —Railway Record. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAILWAY.—The promoters of this line have this week obtained a prodigious accession of strength by the addition to their list of Directors of Mr. Hud- I o o f dm Mr. eo Abel Smith, p ita one of V i r e g h M e ssrs. est t i l o rs e c o h c i e l d . s , and is now become decidedly the first of all the Indian railways.— Railway Record. REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY. —We are informed, and we have reason to believe correctly, that the wharfingers and asworealdropef h ooporul s ,e c oa m oo : ooiy o ,o n io.n t t h oth e teh b ogr a n n o k eug s ned o lis f cas th e e ctont ß 4 e ri g eß e nsa n i a t i a C ny a ._ i c o ra ß l, ma l pi a lan t x e .av l y y , I Board. ,r'~...f~t;. LI ERATURE. A BOOK FOR A RAINY DAY ; or, Recollections of the last Siaty-six Years. By John 7 homas Smith. Mr. John Thomas Smith is assuredly the most in quisitive of mortals, and therefore the most talkative. He seems to have been "everybody's" Boswell, and fortu nate is it for us of the present day, that the " Notabili ties" of the last three-quarters of a century did not ael on the old adage— " Percontatorem fugito nam garrulus ideal est." Had thi•y dune so, we sliould have been deprived of this most amusinz specimen of auto-biography. Mr. Smith was born, and bred, and lived in London. Be is a Cockney iatus it in cute, and his reminiscences of old London, of the Marylebone tea-gardens for instance, and " the Field of the Brothers' Steps," and of Milbank, when it was the country, in the days when the arrival in London of some great personage from Chelsea was thought a thing worthy to be chronicled, are exceedingly amusing. The following entry occurs under the date 1774 " I well remember when, in my eighth year, my father's playfellow, Mr. Joseph Nollekens, leading me by the hand to tt,e end of John-street to see the notorious terror of the king's highways, John Rann, commonly called ' Sixteen string-Jack,' on his way to execution at Tyburn, for robbing Dr. Bell, chiplain to the Princess Amelia, in Gunnehury lane. Rann was a smart fellow, a great favourite with a certain description of ladies, and had been coachman to LOrd Sandwich. The malefactor's coat was a bright pea green: he had an immense nosegay, which he had received from the hand of one of the frail sisterhood, whose practice it was il7 those days to present flowers to their favourites from the steps of St. Sepulchre's Church, as the last token of what they called their attachment to the condemned, whose worldly accounts were generally brought to a close at Tyburn, in consequence of their associating with abandoned characters. On • our return home Mr. Nollekens, stooping close to my ear, assured me that had his father-in-law, Mr. Justice Welch, been high-constable, we could have walked all the way to Tyburn by the side of the cart." What would be thought at the present day of a Royal Academician who should take a boy, eight years of age, the nephew of an admiral, to see an execution, by way of a treat ? Nuus aeons change tout cela, and most as suredly the change has been for the better. Mr. Smith, when drawing in Nollekens' studio, had frequent op portunities of seeing Dr. Johnson : "He was tall, and must have been, when young, a power ful man : he stooped, with his head inclined to the right shoulder: heavy bross s, sleepy eyes, nose ve'y narrow be een the eyebrows, but broad at the bottom ; lips en ormously thick; chin, wide and double. He wore a stock and wristbands; his wig was what is called a 'Busby,' but often wanted powder. His hat, a three-cornered one; coats, one a dark mulberry, the other brown, inclining to the colour of Scotch snuff; large brass, or gilt buttons, black waistcoat, and small-clothes sometimes the latter were corduroy; black stockings, large easy shoes, with buckles; latterly he used a hooked walking stick: his gait was wide and awkwardly sprawling. " I once saw him follow a sturdy thief, who had stolen Isis handkerchief in Grosvenor-square, seize him by the collar with both hands, and shake him violently, after which he quickly let him loose, and then, with his open hand, gave him so powerful a smack on the face, that sent him off the pavement staggering." This concluding anecdote is very characteristic. This hook contains sundry odd bits of information which we should look in vain for elsewhere;—for instance, we learn incidentally that Voltaire, during his stay in Lon don, lived in Maiden-lane—that Vandervelde painted the sea distances in the portraits of the Hampton-court Admirals, at present located in the Painted Hall, Greenwich—that Hugh Honison, the late keeper of York-terrace, was the_ original Strap of "Roderick Random "—that Charles I. was not so liberal a patron of Vandyke as has been commonty sup posed, but that he was in the constant habit of cutting down Vandyke's charges for pictures frequently to one-half, and that at Vandyke's death Charles owed him large sums, which his heirs could never recover. All these little bits of information are communicated inci• deutally ; but as there is neither index nor table of con tents to the work, the reader will have " to search all the day ere he find them." Whether, " when found, they are worth the search," it is for him to determine. Seri ously speaking, an index would add greatly to the value of this book, and we trust, that when it reaches a se cond edition, which no doubt it will, ere long, this hint will not be forgotten. The following anecdote of the marriage of Angelica Kauffmann still probably be new to many of our readers: — "Angelica Kauffinann was a great coquette, and pre tended to be in love_ with several gentlemen at the same time. Once she professed to be enamoured of Nathaniel Dance; to the next visitor she would divulge the great secret that she was dying for Sir Joshua Reynolds. How ever, she was at last rightly served for her duplicity by marrying a very handsome fellow personating Count Horn. With this alliance she was so pleased, that she made her happy conquest known to her Majesty Queen Charlotte, who was much astonished that the Count should have been so long in England without coming to Court. However, the real Count's arrival was sometime afterwards announced at Dover; and Angelica Kauffmann's husband turned out to be no other than his valet de chambre. He was prevailed upon subsequently to accept a separate maintenance. After this man's death she married Zucci, and settled in Rome." In 1803, Mr. Smith saw Belzoni, afterwards so cele brated as the Egyptian traveller, exhibiting in Bartho lomew fair as " the Young Hercules, or the Patagonian Sampan." Various stories have been current as to the Gary career of Belzoni. Mr. Smith gives t:le following account of him, and, as he was personally acquainted with that extraordinary man, there is every reason to believe it is authentic : " He was a native of Padua, and educated in order to be come a profound monk; but during the frenzy of war, being noticed by the French army, in consequence of his command ing figure, to be admirably well calculated for a fugletnan, prudently avoided seizure for so deadly a service by getting together what few things time would permit him, and so left Rome. I should have stated to the reader that, upon his arrival in London, in the year 1803, he walked into Smith field during Bartholomew-fair time, when he was seen by the master of a show, who. it is said, thus questioned his Merry Andrew :—' Do you see that tall-looking fellow in the midst of the crowd? he is looking about him over the people as if he walked upon stilts; go and see if he's worth our money, and ask him if he wants a job.' Away scrambled Mr. Merryman down the monkey's post, and, 'as quick as lightning,' conducted the stranger to his master, who, being satisfied of his personal attractions, immediately engaged, plumed, painted, and put him up. The reader will readily conceive that a man like Belzoni, seriously educated for the duties of the Church, and accustomed to 'associate with people of good manners, could with no little reluctance en dure the vulgar society his pecuniary circumstances alone compelled him to associate with. However, after the expi ration of nine years, in the course of which time he had married and saved money, he and his wife were enabled to visit Portugal, Spain, and Malta, from which place they embarked for Egypt Fortunately for Belzoni, the wife he had chosen more than equally shared his numerous dangers, by spiritedly joining in ail his enterprises, which some of my readers will recollect are most delightfully described by her self, in what she styles A Trifling Account,' printed at the end of her husband's Travels in Egypt, Nubia,' " &c. • We must now take our leave of Mr. Smith, assuring him that we consider 'his very amusing gossip an excel lent " book for a rainy day." THE GLASS DUTIES. it was decided some time since, on an application of an ex ,ensive importer of lunette and other glasses used by the watch trade for covering•the faces of watches, by the Cus toms' authorities, that these glasses were not be deemed flint cut glass, according to the express terms of the Act of last session, containing the repeal of some, and alteration and reduction of others, of the Customs' duties,and therefore liable to the duty of Bd. per lb., but were to be admitted under the head of" wine glasses, tumblers, and all other white flint glass goods, not cut, engraved, or otherwise ornamented," at the lower rate of 4d. per lb On a subsequent application of some other parties for the Act to be similarly construed in re spect to glasses or discs imported for the purpose of being used as glasst s for telescopes, opera-glasses, and various other optical instruments, on the ground that they were of a similar character to the watch glasses alluded to, and were therefore fully and justly entitled to be admitted at the same rate of duty, viz., 4d. per lb., it was decided after a considerable amount of deliberation on the matter, and after the opinion ofan eminent metropolitan manufacturer of glass ware had been requested and received on the subject, that they must be considered " flint cut glats " within the meaning of the Act, and must therefore be in future charged with the higher rate of Bd. per lb. Since this decision on the latter description of glasses, considerable difference of opinion, it appears, has existed, even among the revenue officers themselves, as to whether it was intended by this latter order that watch-glasses should be charged with the higher rate, in contradiction to the pre vious order made in their regard, or whether they were to pay the lower rate, in contradistinction to the glasses for telescopes and optical instruments generally, the intention of the Board being differently construed by the officers—some leaning to the former, and others to the latter opinion. In this state of uncertainty a quantity of watch-glasses, recently imported, were a few days ago detained by some of the revenue officers for the higher rate, not so much for the pur pose of pressing that rate of duty, as that the question might be satisfactorily settled, in order to guide both the importers and the officers in respect to future importations of the article. The party has since made a representation to the Board on the matter, setting forth the facts of the case, ar.d urging that these watch-glasses are not cut within the meaning of the Act, which implies that glass, to be liable to the high rate of Bd., must be cut, as the term is understood by the glass-trade generally, that is, cut for ornament, in various shapes or forms, which greatly enhances its value, and not, as in the case of these articles, when it is simply moulded and cut round the edges, with a machine or otherwise ; in order to make it actually fit for its intended purpose; and it has been decided, after a full consideration of the matter, that these watch-glasses are equally liable with the other description of glasses used for optical instruments, and are to be charged in future also with the higher rate. The Act directs that all flint cut glass, flint coloured glass, and fancy ornamental glass of whatever kind, shall be chargeable with the duty of Bd. per lb. It is considered, thereft re, that it does not follow that glass must be flint coloured, or fancy ornamental glass, to be chargeable with that duty. so long as it be flint and cut glass, each distinctive article being equally chargeable, and that, therefore, watch-glasses, being flint cut glass, are sub ject to that rate of duty, and further, that this duty of Bd. per lb. cannot be legally considered to be confined to glass cut fir ornament only, but that the proper construction of the law is, that cut glass, whether for ornament or otherwise, is liable to the high duty, and that glass simply blown, only, is admissible at the low duty. This decision is of much im portance to the glass trade; and watch-glasses will, from the present time, equally with optical glasses generally, be charged on importation with the rated duty, as flint cut . I glass, of Bd. per lb.. ARMY FORAGE.—A communication has just been made from the Horse Guards, by command of his Grace the Commander-in-Chief, respecting ale subject and supply of forage for the army, and which proceeds to observe that, "It appearing that appeals continue to be made direct to .the Ordnance Department upon the subjects specified in a com munication of October, 1839, instead of being made through the Quartermaster-General, as therein directed, the Com mander-in-Chief cautions officers against the repetition of an irregularity which is productive of great inconvenience, and of which his Grace will therefore take serious notice if here after repeated. The forage for the troops being supplied by the Ordnance, all appeals and other communications relative thereto are henceforth to be made in like manner to the ''''UtelMl6trOZ-GOneral," 1- PROJECTED LINES TO UXBRIDGE. Yesterday a public meeting of the inhabitants of Uxbridge and its vicinity was held in the assembly room, for the pur pose of considering which of the projected lines of railway would be most advantageous to the town. The meeting was most numerously attended. At twelve o'clock, Major Stuart, of the Grove, Hillingdon, was called to the chair. . Some discussion arose with regard to the manner in which the various schemes should be introduced to the meeting. It was ultimately decided that the names of each should .be written upon cards and mixed together, and that one at a time be shewn by the Chairman. The first line announced *as the Oxford, Thame, High Wycombe, and Uxbridge Junction Railway. Mr. LANE said it was the intention of the Company to which he belonged to afford the inhabitants of Uxbridge the means of railway communication with Oxford. Of all the various schemes which had come under his notice though there were no doubt many . of which he had not heard, he thought the present, if carried into effect, would be the most useful to Uxbridge. Before issuing their prospectuses the Company thought the best way to pursue was to obtain what local interest they could, and he was happy to say that they had already obtained the support of many persons in the locality. The line projected ran from Oxford to Thame, High Wycombe, and then to Uxbridge ; and there were various proposals to connect it with West Drayton, if they did not themselves carry the line as far as there. As one of the advantages of that line, he might mention that it would shorten the distance between London and Oxford at least twelve miles. Mr. HERRING—YOU have not pledged yourself to that. Mr. LANE—Certainly not, but the probability is, that we shall be able to take you there. Mr. HERRING—We want to be sure of it.—(Laughter.) Mr. DEBURG, also one of the deputation from the same Company, next addressed the meeting in favour of the line. In reply to several questions, Mr. DEBURG stated that the line would be upon the broad gauge, and that the Uxbridge station would be as near the centre of the town as possible. The Great Northern, Southern, and Eastern Counties, or Ipswich and Southampton Railway, was next commenced, but, there being no one present to advocate that line, The Metropolitan Railways Junction project was pro ceeded with. Mr. ETHERIDGE briefly stated the claims this line had upon the support of the meeting. The great benefit to be derived from the line in question was to afford them direct communication with the great trunk lines. It would cross the London and York, and joining the Northern and Eastern at Hertford, would from thence proceed through asex to Tilbury. Thus the inhabitants would have com munication with Chelmsford, and be enabled to get wheat from thence with very great facility. Coals could by this line be put into their carriages at Maldon or Tilbury, and brought to Uxbridge, thus avoiding all the London coal dues. They would besides have communication with Birmingham, instead of being compelled, as at present, to proceed first to the railway station in London ; communication with Cam bridge, Lincoln, Dover, and Brighton would also be estab- lishe - d; With respect to the station at Uxbridge, he should rather the inhabitants ef the town should fix upon the most convenient and desirable spot, than that it should be left with the Company, and he should be happy to hear any sugges tions that might be made upon that subject. Mr. ASIIPITTAL addressed the meeting on the part of the same Company, pointing out the means the town would pos sessDdhoAtnßb, Re ß fro i L i r • e m r,.t i g ei I g i m a h m ese , iti a iei n r) gi d ffb ß ti u i. c kin gh am Railway was for increasing its trade if that line were adopted. next T Captainheb L the county of Bucking ham, who said that the line would pass at or near Uxbridge ; perhaps it would be at a distance of two miles from the town. —(Cries of " Oh, oh.") He would bring it through Ux bridge, even through the main street, if possible, but they must be governed by the engineer. The commenced at West Drayton, proceeding through Amersham and Wend over, but the most material portion by far was that which connected the town of Uxbridge with London. Mr. BRAMAR also advocated the above scheme, stating the t the line would afford railway accommodation between the important towns from Uxbridge to Aylesbury, and make use of the railway from Drayton to London, thus putting them in communication with Birmingham. If it were pos sible to erect the station of Uxbridge at any one place more agreeable than another, they might depend upon it it should be done.—(Hear, hear.) The next project mentioned was the London, Oxford, Chel tenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, and Hereford Railway. Mr. ADDISON came forward as the advocate of this line. It left the Birmingham line in the valley of the Brent, in the vici nity of Twyferd, and proceeded from thence to Uxbridge. There was besides a branch proposed to connect them with Theme. At Uxbridge there would be a tunnel under the cricket ground, of the length of 484 yards. The gradients were exceedingly favourable, none being so steep as 1 in 101. They would have a branch out of the main line, forming a junction with the Great Western line at Southall, and should lay down two gauges, in order to run upon both the lines, the Great Western and the London and Birmingham. His was a perfectly independent line, and was not a branch of the London and Birmingham, as had been hinted. The Oxford, Whitney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester In dependent Extension Railway was then brought before the meeting by Sir JAMES DUKE, who said that the station of their line would be in Windsor-street, and one of its advantages would be, that there would be free communication between the rail way and the canal. They would go by Southall, and, if necessary, there would be a station in the city. The line in question was the first but one registered, and the matters were in a very favourable state for its complete success. Mr. JENKINS next stated the merits of the Northern and Southern Connecting Railways. He said, this line would form a junction with the Metropolitan Railways Junction project, the terminus being at Hertford. It was a connect ing railway, and in the course of time would co heir lFt_tinhe whole of Great Britain. They might trave l by t e in every direction , without maki n g the metropolis the resting- place. The Middlesex and Surrey Junction Railway tires the next brought forward. Its claims for support were advocated by Mr. GALSWORTIIY. This line, he said, would commence at Ux bride, proceed to the Southall station of the Great Western Railway, through Whitton, cross the river at Kingston, and go from thence to Epsom. Dr. COSTELLO spoke briefly in favour of this line, after which the plan of the Oxford Direct Railway was pre sented by Mr. CHAPPELL, who said that the line took as near as p os . sible the old coach road from London. The point fixed upon for the Uxbridge station was nearly opposite the Town-hall. The Great Western and Uxbridge Railway was next intro duced by Mr. Robert Wheeler. This line we* intended to corns from West Drayton to Uxbridge. Mr. DEEM; then moved that a Committee should be appointed to inquire further into the claims of the several lines. Mr. HENRY. HALL, miller, of Uxbridge, spoke in favour of the London, Cheltenham, and Hereford line To show the necessity for increased railway accommodation for this town, he stated that considerable delay was occasioned in obtaining Z s wheat even by the Great Western Railway, for it was a fact, that hundreds of sacks of wheat were kept a considerable time at the Farringdon station before they could be sent to them.—(Hear, hear.) He therefore moved a resolution to b moved e d b y w 1 11. 1 i i c r h . the effect that the line he had mentioned would be most ser viceable to the town. Dr. BAZELEY seconded the amendment. h its Uxbridge station the nearest to the town, and its London terminus the nearest the City. hadA lel y - s , v t h o i which e a e ffseecctotnhdat amendment atli nesh After considerable discussion, in which Mr. Westmacott, Mr. Wilkinson, Captain Darrell, Sir Edward Pearson, Mr. Etheridge, and others took part. The following mot i o n, moved by Alr. KENTON, and se conded by blr. WEsTmAcorr, was carried in preference to the former :—" That the meeting should adjourn until the plans are deposited, being the first Thursday af te r the 30th o f November next." A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman, the meeting separated. I, , , sse x, and adjacent parts, took place on Tues jarge room of the Market-horse, to con - PROJ ECTED LINES IN ESSEX. A numero usly-attended p ublic m eeting of the inhabitants d of ay ß a il i l t e e r rn ica o y m , sitter how far'the projected lines Of railway would affect the interests Of the tow n, and to adopt such measures as mi g ht be cons id ere d necessary in relation theret o. Captain Erns was called upon to preside. Th e y h a d no t met, he said, to discuss the question of the utilit y of railways, that question was decided long since; and the town of Bil lericay was so si tuated, that if they did not exert th e msel ve s in the to obtain the means of travelling and communicating by railway, an advantage which other towns possessed, they would soon be left in the lir ch. An onward movement was now the spirit of the age, and it would be a reproach to them if they did not keep pace with it, and enjoy the same means of speedy commu nication and intercourse as their neigh bours.—Ofear, bear.) The Rochford Hundreds were al• ready striving to obtain this advantage, anti if the inhabitants of Billericay did not join in the move ment, they would be in such a situation as to to out of communication with any other place, and as far, he might say, from Southend as from E pp i n ..... 8 He was glad to ace such a nuulerous aseniblage that d'ay, and assured the IMPORTANT APPLICATION. BLACKWALL RAILWAY EXTENSION ACT. 1 At the Thames Police-court yesterday, Mr. Tyerman, a solicitor, accompanied by Mr. Wightman, the superintendent of the Lonlion and Blackwall Railway Company, and John Stock, Esq., a county magistrate, came before Mr. Ballantine for the purpose of obtaining the magistrate's signature to a declaration that the whole of the capital of the Blackwall Extension Railway Company had been paid up previous to the commencement of the formation of the new line. The Solicitor, who was provided with sundry forms and Acts of Parliament, stated that he appeared as the represen tative of the Blackwall Railway Extension Company. The Bth of Victoria, cap. 18, which was called "An Act for Con solidating in one Act certain provisions usually inserted in Acts, authorising the taking of lands fur undertakings of a public nature," provided among other things that the certifi cate of two justices of the peace, certifying that the whole of the capital that had been subscribed should be obtained be fore any new line of railway should be commenced. He had now come prepared with the necessary proofs, and requested the magistrate to take evidencp on the subject. Mr. Ballantine—What do you intend to do when you ob tain the certificate? Mr. Tyerman replied, to commence the new line of rail way from Stepney to Old lord. The Act authorising the making of the railway was passed last session, and had re ceived the royal assent. The company was registered under the 7th and Bth Victoria, the capital all paid up, and every thing was in readiness to commence operations. The Police Act gave any one magistrate of the police -courts the same power as any other two justices of the peace. Mr. Ballantine asked the solicitor how he was prepared to prove the capital was paid up? Mr. Tyerman said he could do so by his own evidence. Mr. Ballantine—ln what capacity do you stand? Mr. Tyerman—As the authorised solicitor of the company. Mr. Ballantine supposed the company was an incorporated one, and power was given to them to sue and be sued in their corporate capacity. It struck him that the secretary, or some other recognised officer of the society, should have made this application to him. Mr. Tyerman said the company was incorporated. The capital was 600,0001., three-fourths of which was required to be paid up before the Act received the royal assent, and one fourth afterwards. He had the Parliamentary contract with him; it was signed by several parties, and everything was prepared in a regular and formal manner. Mr. liallantine—liiit you are not incorporated in the Act. Mr. Tyerman said he was not, but he submitted that his evidence could be taken. He would read the 16th and 17th clauses of the Land Clauses Consolidation Act. They enacted " that where the undertaking is to be carried into effect by means of a capital to be subscribed by the promoters of the undertaking the whole of the capital or estimated sum for defraying the expenses of the undertaking shall be sub scribed under contract, binding the parties thereto, their heirs, executors, and administrators, fur the payment of the several sums by them respectively subscribed, before it shall be lawful to put in force any of the powers of this or the special Act, or any Act incorporated therewith in relation to the compulsory taking of land for the purposes of the undertaking. A certificate under the hands of two justices, . . certifying that the whole of the prescribed sum gas been subscribed, shall be sufficient evidence thereof, and on the application of the promoters of the undertaking, and on the production of such evidence as such justices think proper and sufficient, such justices shall grant such certificate ac cordingly." These clauses applied to the purchase and taking of land otherwise than by agreement. Mr. Ballantine looked over several Acts of Parliament and the one quoted by the solicitor, and said he thought lie ought to have the secr.ttary to prove the capital was paid up, and be did not like to affix his signature to the certificate as a mere matter of form. By so doing, he should confer on the company very extensive powers; and if he did wrong, might put those persons through whose property the railway was to pass to great inconvenience. Mr. Tyerman, in reply to the objections of the worthy magistrate, said he had frequently done this before. Here was the Parliamentary contract, evidence in itself that three fourths of the capital was paid. Mr. Ballantine—l am to be satisfied it is all subscribed and paid up. Mr. Tyerman—l can do that, sir. I 'produce the c eed, which is in itself evidence, and I can prove its authenticity. Mr. Ballantine—Yon can't prove you saw the money paid. Mr. Tyerman said if such evidence as that was required, every director and every shareholder Must be produced. He knew of his own knowledge the whole of the capital was subscribed and paid up. The company could not have ob tained the Act of Parliament unless three-fourths of the esti mated capital was paid up. The Act requires the remaining fourth bet; re the company could put the compulsory clauses. of their Act into effect. Mr. Ballantine said he did not think _the solicitor was the party who ought to - have come before him. He might be wrong; indeed, he hoped he was wrong. At present he had a difficulty; without intending to give offence to the solicitor, his opinion was, that Mr. Tyerman was not the proper representative of the company under the circum stances. ➢ir. Tyerman contended, at some length, that it was a matter entirely of evidence, and that no one could be better acquainted with the facts than himself. The secretary of the company allotted the Parliamentary grant, and verified certain acts, but he believed he was not so well acquainted with the financial affairs of tie company as he (Mr. Tyer man) was. Mr. Ballantine said, he must be quite satisfied that all the necessary forms had been complied with before he received the evidence of the solicitor. He would consider of the sub ject, and Mr. Tyennan could repeat his application in a few - days. Mr. Tyerman—lt is a matter which presses. We want to commence operations and the new line immediately. Mr. Ballautine—l am sorry to disappoint you. Come in a day or two. Mr. Tyerman then took up his papers, and intimated that he should, if possible, make an aPplication to two of the county magistrates. He then retired, apparently much dis appointed at the result of his application. He had previously appiK d at the Sessions House on Clerkenwell-green, but cou ld L , ot find a county magistrate to act with Mr. Stock, who, by-t: l3 -e - bY , attended for t h e p ur p o se o f acting in concert witf, Mr. i lallantine, the forms being made out for " two justices f t h e peace," and was informed that the Police Act did not recoguis 3 him as a magistrate in any of the Police courts.. HOP, CHEESE , AND HORSE FAIR. WEIDILL (NEAR ANDt. AVER), OCTOBER 13.—The beautiful morning brought a vast concourse of people, on pleasure as well as business, to this vast annual fair and carnival. The roads were literally crowded it.'th people of both sexes; and the coaches, carts, and vehicles ^f every description, would lead a Londoner to believe the conc.,muse of people were the . outpourings of London, rather than at a fair 66 miles from the great metropolis. HOPS.—FARNIIAM Row.—Though on Friday, at twelve o'clock, not more than 300 pockets had bee. n brought in, yet, by twelve o'clock this day (Monday), nearly 4,000 have been placed for sale in that part alone. Twelve gm: fleas per cwt. is the price demanded for the best Farnham ; bat few buyers at that price. A reduction must be submitted to, or many will remain unsold. LONDON, Row.—This is principally occupied by tbe Lon don merchants—T. D. Evans, Gibbons. end Co., Calk way, and others, principally having Hops consigned to them for sale. COUNTRY Row.—This is occupied by partly country growers and London hop dealers. At least 5,000 pockets and bags were there for sale. The prices demanded were from 8/. to 9/. 10s. per cwt., but not many buyers at those prices, they holding back till to-morrow. A reduction must be sub mitted to. CHEESE FAIR.—Not more than 150 tons pitched for sale; very small quantity—one-third less than last year. Prices as follow :—Somerset best Chedder as high as 70s. per cwt., for two or three prime lots; common Somerset Chedder, from 565. to 635. per cwt. ; ditto, good cheese, up to 565. ; best double Gloucester ditto, from 545. to 58s. per cwt.; ditto single ditto, 525. to 545. per cwt..; common ditto, 40s.— from 2s. to 4s. per cwt. cheaper than at Reading large Cheese Fair. HORSE FAlR.—Though this is the third day fair for the sale of horses, a c,nsiderable quantity are still for sale ; from three to four hundred of the cart kind, one hundred coach and nag horses, sixty cobs and ponies. It is with much pleasure we hear that not one act of rioting, disorderly conduct, or any other offence has been committed up to this time at the fair, so as to call for the in terference of the police. CHARGI OF INCENDIARISM.—At Chelmsford Petty Sessions on Tuesday, Charles Murrells, labourer, was brought up for final examination, on the charge of having wilfully caused the fire which occurred on the 13th ult. at Old Park Farm, Great Witham, in the occupation of Mr. Isaac Livermore. The evidence in this case was extremely volu minous, but the facts may be gathered from the following abstract:—The fire occurred a few minutes after one o'clock, A.M., and was first discovered by Edward Lake, the bailiff. who lodged in the house. On the first alarm being given, Mr. Livermore mounted a horse and proceeded to Dunmow for the engine belonging to that parish. On his return, nearly the whole of the farm premises, with a large quantity of grain, had been reduced to ashes. He saw the prisoner near the pond, and, observing him to be in a state of per spiration, remarked that he appeared very hot, to which the prisoner rejoined that he had been running. Mr. Liver more's reasons for suspecting the prisoner arose from a threat which he used when discharged from his service for some misconduct- The prisoner upon that occasion re marked, that it was all very well, but it should not end there, and that he would make him remember it. The pri soner, it was stated, lived at North End, about a mile from the farm, through the yard of which there is a thorough fare from Pleshey to North End. Police-constable Peck, who was at the premises a short time after the fire broke out, stated that the prisoner came into the yard in about an hour after. Witness had not seen him there before. About two months previously witness was sent for to turn the prisoner off Mr. Livermore's premises, when he said, "Never mind ; I'm if I don't fix you. This shan't end here. I'll cer tainly make you remember this." Another threat made use of by the prisoner was proved by William Bell, who stat e d that in a conversation with the prisoner during the harvest the latter said that he might have gone back to Mr. Liver more's again, but that there would be no work there in the winter, because the corn would soon be out. John Witney stated that he saw the prisoner at the Butchers' Arms beer shop about ten days after the fire. He asked witness why the people suspected him, when witness told him the reason was because he had threatened Mr. Livermore; on which prisoner implied that he bad threatened to burn him up, but did not mean it. Other „witnesses were examined to show that the prisoner left Fleshy about a quarter to 12 o'clock on the night of the fire. He was then about three miles distant from his house. The prisoner's defence was merely the general denial of the charge. The Bench decided upon com mitting him for trial at the next assizes. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—It is the intention of the commit tee of management to hold a second bazaar in the spring of next year, on the occasion of the opening of the west wing of the new hospital of Bronipton. It is stated that the bazaar held last year at Chelsea, in honour of his Royal Highness Prince - Albert laying the foundation-stone, was one of the most successful efforts of the kind ever attempted. ‘ Two thousand pounds were r aised by s. i 1 dii:l means, ri c s o , m i tn . i hiclt teie added to the building fund, enabled i th e i vigour the ra p idity, that arrange to proceed with so much v a ments have been enter ed i nto for eomplettoll, .by next June, of the west wing and p a rt of time centre, i ncluding the principal enirance. The western Is ins o tus eauti u s rue be re ‘ ready for the. reception of patients about thee Lure v.'illmiddle of the ensuing spring, and under arrangements of the committee of management everything has been made con ducive to the restoration of-health of the patients, and -alo to promote the efforts of the medical gentlemen who grapple with this most fearful malady. When fully completed, the institution will afford accommodation to upwards of 200 in patients. TIrE STATE OF TRADE, PAISLEY.—We are sorry to have to state, that during the present week o ur t ra d e has been rather duller than it has been for Some months past —au occurrence which is generally l oo k e d f or at the close of the season, and which, it is to be hoped, will be of short duration. —Renfrewshire Advertiser. Dispatches fram the Gimernors-General of Canada, and. also frott the-To/ernors of the othe r N or th American' pro y.4cei; wen . received yesterday at the Colonial-office. WIGAN ELECTION. WIGAN, WEDNESDAY.—The nomination of candidates for the electi on of a Member to represent this borough, in the placo of the late Peter Greene% Esq., took place to-day at the Moot Hall. The candidates were the Hon. Captain James Lindsay, second son of the Earl of Balcarres, on the Tory in terest; and R. Thicknesse, Esq., son of the late Ralph . Thicknesse, Esq., of Beech-hill, near Wigan, formerly I.P. fur the borough, on the ;ide of the Free-traders. After the usual preliminary proceedings, JOSEPH ACTON, Efq., proposed Mr. Thicknesse as a candi date for the representation of the borough. REECE BEVAN, Esq., seco n d e d the nomination. JOHN Tnommbs, Esq , proposed the Hon. Captain Lindsay. JOHN LORD, Esq,., seconded the nomination. Mr. TIIICKNESSE and Captain LINDSAY severally addressed the electors. The MAYOR called for a show of hands, which was clearly in favo r of the captain. A poll was demanaed on behalf of Mr. Thickuesse, which will commence at eight in the morning. Both parties appear confident of success. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDIS ESDAY.—The Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, came into harbour under canvass this morning, to be re-coppered and otherwise refitted. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander Macdonald, arrived here last night from the Sussex - coast to re-provision and water. The - --- 1 Ardent, steam-sloop, Commander Russell, left this morning for Woolwich, to be paid off. She will require a thorough refit before she can again be commissioned, as her boilers are damaged, and her machinery out of order, so much so as to compel her to sail the greater portion of the voyage from the coast of Africa. The Comet, steam-vessel, Lieutenant -Commander Prety man, towed two lumps to Spithead this morning, with appa ratus on board, for the purpose of trying the respective merits of Lieutenant Rodger's anchor against the anchor now in general use in the navy, upon the Admiralty plan. The Excellent's boats went out to Spithea I yes'erday, for practice. A target was put up at about three cables' length, and completely riddled. The firing was admirable, princi pally from eighteen-pounder carronadas. Commodore Chads superintended the practice in his gig. The practice continued for an hour and a half, and attracted a vast concourse of spectators to the ramparts of Portsmouth. The Waqp, 16, Commander Usaher, was at Ascension on the 18th of August, as also the Styx steam-sloop, Commander Hornby. All the pilot flags on board the pilot vessels at this port are hoisted half-mast high to-day, in token of respect for the memory of the late Mr. Saunders, pilot, who died on board the Eclair steam-sloop on Saturday last, having caught the fever whilst piloting the Eclair from this port to Standgate Creek. CAPE FINISTERRE, OCT. 7.—About 190 miles to the S.W. of Cape Finisterre the Swedish brig Favourite, Kohl maser, from Torrevecchia fcr Gottenburg, fell in with the brig Atalanta, Captain Stock, from Saldanha Bay to Cork, laden with guano. The Atalanta had 6 feet water in her hold, fore-topmast yard broken, and deck seams all op en , with only fiv e h an d s capa bl e of? working the ship. As the weather was very squally and a tremendous sea breaking ii over the Atalant a , the iivourne was obliged to heave to under her stern, and a rope being passed to her, dragged the men one by one over the taffrail through the sea, and in that manner succeeded in getting the crew on board. They were 16 in numb : r, but one died shortly after from exhaustion. They are all dreadfully afflicted with the scurvy, having been nearly three months from Sald an h a B ay. The Favourite ar rived at the Motherbank last evening, and having got pra tique, the crew were im me di ate l y l anded at Portsmouth in the liaravier, the cutter of the Pi : ussian Vice-Consul here, M. Vanderberg, from whom, an d t h e M essrs. Garret and Gibbon, the agent for Lloyd's, they received the kindest attention. EXPERIMENTS IN WOOLWICH MARSHES. Woomvlcx, Oar. 15.—Colonel - Cockburn, Lieutenant- Colonel Dansey, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Assistant Director-G enera l o f Artillery; Lieutenant Colonel Hardinge, K.H., Lieutenant- Colonel Belson, Captain and Adjutant Tireman, Captain and Adjutant Benn, Captain Henn's, Lieutenant Gardiner, and Lieutenant Macpherson, with a number of o ffi cers of the Royal Artillery, and naval officers, assembled in the Marshes at one o'clock, P.M., to witness experiments with rockets, the invention of Mr. Hale, and concussion fdsees for ex ploding shells, invented by Sergeant-Major Freeburn, ...of the. Royal Artillery. The rockets submitt e d t o the members of the Select Committee on this occasion were 12-pounders, and the practice commenced by firing them from Lieutenant Boxer's tube, at 1,200 yards' range. The first rocket fired went over the mound at the extreme end of the range, and at an apparently considerable elevation, nearly in a line with the target. The tube was then lowered, and the second rocket fired fell about twenty yards westward of the bulk head or target. The third rocket, without any apparent change in the elevation, went over the mound at nearly an equal apparent elevation in its flight to the first. The fourth rocket fell considerably short, the inventor himself admitting that it struck the ground about 400 yards short of the 1,200 yards' range; it then rebounded, and went nearly the entire distance. The fifth rocket fell at an apparent dis tance of about 30 yards short, and the sixth rocket on emer ging from the tube proceeded at a considerable angle to the westward, goinr , over the tops of a b e lt o f t rees a dj o i n i ng the lock-gates of the entrance from the Marshes, and striking the grOund at 152 paces from the lockgate. In consequence of the danger to be apprehended from the flight of the rockets, should any. of the others proceed in a similar direction, several persons being employed at work on the arsenal side of the lock-gates, Colonel Cockburn, the senior officer of the select committee present, would net permit any more to be fired. Mr. Hale was very anxious that he should have been allowed to fire more of his rockets, having come to the Marshes prep are d w ith 24 , b ut Colonel ockburn was decisive in opposing any further experiments with them, and the other officers of the select committee present con curred, as they would not hold themselves responsible for the danger. The rocket practice was therefore discontinued, and preparations made for trying experiments with Sergeant-Major Freeburn's fusees. A detachment of the Royal Artillery, under the charge of Lieutenant Vernon, had charge of the range, and the two 32-pounders and one 68-pounder guns were under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer. The first shell from No. 1 gun grazed the ground a short distance before it reached the entire length of the range, 800 yards, and did not explode. Th e secon d a 68-pounder shell, struck the target and expkgd with excel lent effect. The third, a 32-pounder shell, struck the target or bulk• head, and scattered the splinters on exploding be twixt the timbers in all directions. The fourth, fifth, and sixth shells fired were all good, bursting instantaneously on striking with tremendous effect. The seventh, eighth, and ninth were excellent, and equally effective as the three pre vious, and the ninth striking near the top of the bulk-head, raised the upper piece of massive timber nearly a foot out of its original position, tearing the solid timber awl bolts into fragments. The tenth, eleventh, and twelfth were good, especially the tenth and eleventh, the tv.elith appearing to burn out its powder without bursting the shell. The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth shells burst better than any we have ever witnessed, the fourteenth, a 68- pounder, actually setting the timber of th e b u lk-h ea d on fi re ' The sixteenth shell did not strike the bulk-head, having passed about two feet to the eastward of it, and entered the mound. The seventeenth and eighteenth burst on striking th e bulk-head with powerful effect. Out of the eighteen sheL'a fired, fifteen burst in as perfect a manner as could h ave been wished. COURT UIRCu LAR. Witmsen, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the pleasure-grounds within the precincts of the Castle this morning. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort took equestrian ex ercise about helf-past twelve o'clock, attended by the Hon. Miss Kerr, the Hon. Colonel Grey, and Mr. G. E. Anson. Her Majesty rode out until near two o'clock. The Prince of Vales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess All'ce, took their usual riding and walking exercise this morning. All the Royal - Family were taken out again in the afternoon. His Royal Highness Erince George left the Castle to-day. His Excellency the Che valier Bunsen and the Earl of Aberdeen also took their departure this morning. A Turkish artist, Mr. Miqn.rditz Milconian, accompanied by an interpreter, Mr. Daniel St.mds, had the honour of sub mitting to the Queen and Prince ,Nlbert, for their inspection, his model of Constantinople, of which both her Blajesty and his Royal Highness were pleased to express their appro. , bation. His Royal Highness Prince George arrived at his residence in St. James's Palace yesterday, from a viral to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. His Excellency Mr. Moreno, Minister of Buenos Ayres, returned to town last night, from Berlin. Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday from Windsor Castle. PRESENT FROM HER MAJESTY TO THE EMPEROR OF 310nocco.—In returi a i s fo p r le t a h s e edher munificenti‘laj Majesty pt3rresteontof command Arab horses but recently mad e by the Em p ero r of Morocco to our Sovereign,of it h the finest fabrics should b e ma d e f rom the gracious a selection best looms of England and Scotland to acknowledge in a proper national spirit the compliment paid by the Eastern Monarch. The richest velvets—the rarest silks and satins, and the choicest shawls of Paisley —the latter through the house of Everington and Graham—have been selected for the purpose. Report speaks in the most eulogistic terms of the costliness of the several parcels, each in itself of consider able amount ; and the manufacturers, well aware of the value of obtaining a good name both at home and abroad, have executed in a manner in the highest degree gratifying the important trust confided in them. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—On Tuesday Don Jose de Ciebra introduced, at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, a lecture on the music of Spain, illustrated by him self on the guitar. The guitar is an instrument not appre ciated, wasge nerally understood, and consequently properlylioiteEtile but the enthusiastic manner in which be done with that in strument lecture received proves that there is much to hose entertainment, some time read by Senor Luigi, w in such hands as Senor Ciebra's. His lecture. since,was delighted the audience at .the Scientific Institution in Ed ward-street, The subject was the history P ortman -squat e. of Spanish music fro m the. earliest period to the present time. This course of lectu res m ill , no doubt, prove attractive to the public, those a irs wh i ch In conclusion, w e mention public, and at the same time diffuse , a taste for this elegant instrument. appeared to please most . :—" Los toros del Puerto," "El con tra bandista," a duet from Robert le Diable, by Don Jose de Ciebra and Don R. de Ciebra, and a solo by Don Jose de Ciebra, from the English sir of " We have lived and loved to gether," was received by the numerous audience by thunders of applause. THE LATE FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT OFF BATTEBSEA.—This morning, about rive o'clock, the body of Mr. W. Power, landlord of the Grenadier public-house, Cres cent-mews, Grosvenor place, who it will be recollected was drowned on the evening of last Sunday week, off the Red House, Battersea, in consequence of the boat in which he was crossing the water being run down by the Citizen C steamer, was found by a dredgerman, named Austin, at the bottom of the river, off the White house, Chelsea, within 200 yards of the spot where the collision took place. Mr. Bedford, the Coroner, will hold an inquest upon the Lady to morrow forenoon. STRIKE AMONGST THE LAW-WitiTEßS.—The ap proaching term, and indeed the w hole of the ensaing session of Parliament, will be the 'busiest that has been known amongst the law-writers for very many years, and most of the leading houses have commenced. engaging hands, as it is anticipated that the copying and engrossing of -matters con nected with railways will more than $41115-`'...tthploy those usually engaged in the business. Uncleept •e-cireumstances, a stand is about to be made for an advaere i Jive ;the pre sent% rate of remuneration of sixpence pep " t for common. law, thirty-six lines, and eightpence foitT Akceyy, of forty- F . two, not being deemed sufficient. The silk; et is ooe that has crated considerable interest in the neigkbotiThOod of `.".`l‘ efle s ' place and cam ` y and a nyeeti4ris•‘4,o,4, to b,'. ol: . , v.e - ..;.ed to settle the matter hare til .. pos4 . syvent 0 ' - 4, . term. z ' 4.91-:-':-. , ~` ~. ~.~' /. 5 _ 1 1( I Ii /~. ~,,_