The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

ice Albert, too ivate pleasurk ?' o f her 'Mai es 7, ade, his 11 0 3 of shoot lug of Ornwnd e st l e about t 7. Princess 111 %.,. cs i s i ' ta l airings i f,d ponies, on ta ken ss , were )n. attended b): L i t g more I,; The Q uee t rn a m. n ore re a t to Pc 3 I I • thnet? A°, 14 )uchess ofd ea Spaeth) am ' • c loe ber • .01 st tw elve ° net 7ontinent. erday ' On" _ A an-F- - na ibesy, astern ice t" tom 41 ' 2 en atil ness de Pr- T;oh royalleft de Spaet h, m ps the St a• - i o be of the ~street• Dowtu n b Witt with tbe K ob e. tha ' o i t t o od a wer e recel. EN CE. e leading' i1)13 to; T.! the 313 " op rieti Cr the Pr ding to 'rout Beau Guildord!. i le ich Cid' a in t h e Cow l Ling. ro f Mr. thfi3ev;:e(s)turch3loc°l7: ne . gi ° T he Pr. ° , Per t ' fy•V to cl' A e cowl— deny- - that ge n o . i i s ed, e had Pr ° los Le w th t he estia l3te l, s. t th e effect t ,0" 3 ;s 0 geg ate iding . ro ute it] ; theelve s s r ival 5 , u e 7osi de the ea2 A,ro llj -tern t th e 3 ' hill a ell r the be taken 6-ould ef east sill' . ile eln I' " Pl, n t he bf 11136 the bill 9 At hcia t han tbe othe r eet e ArastnPt tellt h e o e r ha l :Li u:oo Y . vi ere me leof t o $ ll a°„„ ru e Ar `,' n, for - 1 to ta rt ling s su ch a hs es c a were t ot ut al by be t ° ,l „. 4 was Ore et ss bo,iihi o beroug o li of tu e us e to th e "u es• esP,. 0 00 , 05 6 ' 0 00 • I,° Vy I, 6e4 Y ° 0° • 6 00 Ap, ••• ipv-• 4 0°0 co) '11 05,00, ;AA - $ , r W ed 00 i tq ~tr chf' n, ( lir " P e ti i ,ll' r 53 .04 ol i e re j ; e : Wit t e" r oCe d i pi el P rtir bider'"e than, Dolfogll‘,#, $lllO %Y , t bi s ijer 3 i l ; h or'' De e d v ise, 6 that 03; tli° l pat ' ( 00 ar e a t t lero, to a g;aPP. ~ • 0 .00 0, Of h , . t o ?t ea t 0 0 ,00 i 3 os lie' O a). Lice- ,iifer le , o' l frst S: o lf r A • a' ~/ t4e're ---—.----- Was no b usine3s for th e meeting. to transact They had been ca t o lea lled to gether in co m pli ance with the deed of settlement, 1411 rn the progress which had been made in carrying 1 01 1 the objects of the Company. The report which would be tted to them would furnish The necessary information. 11,01 e Serer then read the report, to the effect that ridi,3 shares had been issued, on which 41. each had been p, realising a capital of 44,172/. The Company bad got „ze e iron boats constructed, and others were in progress. the rQ was no time yet for a dividend to be declared, but by 1111' 11 :1 1 F r e e t 7:w rt e o t u in libe n o t . e e ulimediately .bruary ensuing, it ss as fully expected ahfta:min,agrbdseeand j r o e u c r e n iv e e d t! and adopted, the meeting PROMISSORY NOTES. (From Last Night's Gazette.) . An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Proms t.'°tY Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been llt:reolation by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ire weetli and by all other Banks in Ireland, during the four th e ; ending the 13th day of September, 1845, pursuant to et of 4th and sth Victoria,. cap. 50 SCOTLAND. Pt Of Ireland.. IRELAND. Ch rain art k ered PrivatNDe, and Joint-Stock . Banks £3,341,397 t 3,719,725 ate and J o i nt -Stock Banks . 2,547,130 £9,601,252 Total ............ - •••- Stamps and Taiies.... , Sept. 26, 1845. ' 7.* JOHN THORNTON. Islo`loD • * ' NEWS -.4V and' CONIMERC IAL (Froth The Sun of Last Night.) . 4 000 to The gales were , 5A Ob es ef Cotton at Liverpool tl lano '6B, all to the trade. In prices there _ . d 300 Surat, %v i e. • 300 Maranhain realised 5%d. to 634 • ! from 3,000 yesterday were • 1044,4 P a3/4 ; 400 Egyptian, 0,0,. to rAti., ; and not the lea 4 1 Alp Atserican, 3%d.. to sd. • • Itil,aLes arnoderate busaieSS was doing.. • ent of salt has Alst b e-rtdinary fact ? that *a large shi P1 : 1-1- The fact is so, , as a n ,"'e t n mentioned by almost all our Contemporaries, and ineell Inadefroin Liverpool to Calcutta. _ Shipowners' that at attention to. the matter, it ought to be stated So e ij t : t he last auraial ' meeting ut the General gia*llih..e ep , ,rt of the Committee state t cl e -- 0 _ s „ . pp . ng i have eagsged3.,!abiects involving the inter,:s t e : t 111 Among them }bee ',le attention of your COMM?, e • ' tlark„A tu ed a Proposal tO endeavour tured salt, &c.r \ ThereYeit.: I t i'''' "t India and China for British manufac he Committee are iii,eslatisfictory to find that the objects of a t be realised. announced in the City to day of ievenricateacney late arrivals - - of railway ap,,C(4!'Petitio'n f(ii the • constrifclion of foreign lines DatieTrasd: be as Strong, as. this 4 on the Continent is concerned, field, and ath 410,, country. A. new party is in • far as tbe . extension of of ee com ii; for the- Lyons 't Powerful b / • • d to compete • Coin= • am A li b° , Iv too, in or order s of the list of the ad Si Railway'. At'the head NI P., and there ar e th et kanagement isir John Eastliop!,,e.r,- lt Mr. Ardonin,. sr„ antains ofll.lr. J. L.Rica. - do, Mr. \Va of the line. • • - -- i ir : re is .io question as to the importance of the name of w et re' desirous of noticing that the party r for an assault, is 4,t.pha11., brought before the Lord Mayo the Stock Ex ' th an 4,r• James Wetenhall the puhlisher of . of this Chy 4 . ge LiSts A s f ' the writer tters - hot has .. or very man y years n m ,• he y. ma , ke, , fro as !ecepted much information up? . shown' to " place the sad I° on ready desire ought to be iek?sdle on the right horse." • '. - ' and for ols have receded to 98 1 4 for the Accou nt, shade better. k . ,7,_Y to SBl. The notations are no . w , a d at 268. .K.•aequer-bills keep tint. India Stock ts ste . e .y.‘__ foreign fut;d c) , t , i lalf a dozen harming were reported' In lee 90'" . Fi'. S ki ': `°-dav• The °Wy e ' fresh' prices are, for Danish, per Cen t s h Tlitee 'e - , - - 'Dutch Two-and Half 6 , . Per uts., 38 ; tor ~ • ,-, . . I ) ,__ y, and for Equador, 5. ' -- the railway shares There is a heavy market for nearly all , The quo tatiu Y. The Cambridge and Lincoln' look 17m. . nBof the French lines are also pretty steady. CLOSING Iltie,,, cwt.' PRICES r'6OOP EItITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 98 1 % 3 Per ft. " ' e°llsels Annuities 9B L AA 97% • Le nn , A - -It. Annuities, 1726 - • - gme n • 11% bitte hies toe xnireJan.lB6o - Indialadi 3° Years, Jan. 5; 1860 -- • 1145 . . 268 - il htl( ..... . 62 • tro ntu, ........ .......... _, t t 98% t x u a he is for Account - .......... ' 981 A A pm. 49 bitettiller 13i11511 00 0/. I%cl. - 47 9 •• T, m , 47. IT ° 500/. 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'f' wlnqx,th ,NN ey "Qe4. -.: . t• ... ... e : -• 1 4% 4to • • ,cr, shrew, ... % .... ...54 4% • tki;•. Clew, unionrh -- - ' 4 1 ' 1 () r . k :rid Carlisle. . ....- l ' '/... .. %I% bithr.,lll.Ntlrth Midi . .. .. 24-- - . s'B '''." '..- - 54 b - 4 Shar 1 and 50 ...... 115 • .. 11 ° e t ••••••,. 25 ..... 57% og .. 57 •• II ....... ....... 21, ___. , . €O.• .... 7,deat0c.,1,0 i /, 0111 N RAILWA y • = '• i li ett* (Me e l i r' i ";e, and .. . ih tto(t)* (PAtieleteczie's)- . 2 " -* 2% 2 r b, , a, or s . , •-• 2 ~_ . 2t, . . 24 raerar4 ~P a' n -• • ••• 2 2 - .... 2 ... ......... 2% ...... 5 .. 27 15Th 60!i 3% 5 1 / 2 21 7p • • - I , • • . • ‘ 1 11111.1.11111101.1.1■C 0. 1 OP! • , t. '3; 4'4 °' • • 74 • Dendre Valley ..... 2 ....., 24 2... Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ss. Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Great Paris and Lyons 2 Ns Great Western Bengal... ss. Jersey 1 / 2 VA Lyons and Avignon Luxembourg... Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... 19 3 44 l 9 l/ Orleans and BorcleAux... 4 Over Yssel '4/ 3s 4d IA p •.. ..... ... par Faris & Lyons, Laffitte's z Paris and Lyons (Gan neron's) Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 Paris and Rouen Royal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse ...„ 6 ...... 73 Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's ..... ........ ..... 4 West Flanders .. .2 MINES. Bolan os Scrip Real. del Monte Unregd •. • • 6...... 6 4 3 4 549 BANKS. JOINT STOI British North American 50 . London & Westminster. 20 . COURSE OF EXCHAD Amsterdam CF. 12 91 Ditto, at sight l2 74 Rotterdam 2U. 12 I 0 Antwerp 26 10 Hamburgh l3 144 Altona 48 GE.—(YESTERDA) ) Gibraltar._ . Leghorn SO 65 Genoa ..... 26 5 Milan Venice ............ - Paris,3 days" sight 25 75 Ditto. 3 months 26 0 Marseilles 26 5. Bourdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Naples . Palermo, 0z...., i2O Lisbon ... ....... 534 Oporto . Rio Janenq .... Bahia • . Buenos Ay. Berlin Vienna, effee. 13.3 M. 10 4 frieste, ditto • 10 5 Nfadricl., 36/ • Cadiz Bilbao NernYo, 1 tlyssight Philad? , rhis .3ULLtON, PER OZ Foreign .I.lll,bars. 17 9 Portuga Coin 3 27 5 New Doubloons 0 0 ' 0 New 0 4 S 'tars .• : 4 11, Barcelona • • Seville . FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 23.—The average price of wheat in the weekending on Saturday, the 20th of September, was 23f. 15c., and that of rye 15f. 78c. The general discussion ofthe project of law relative to corn, &c., was opened in the Senate to-day, and closed in the same sitting. The Senate will proceed to -morrow with the dis cussion of the articles. The report presented by the Duke d'Ursel, in the name of the Committee charged with the .examination of the law, shows that the members of the Com mittee unanimously approve it. The discussion commenced immediately after the reading of the report. As in the Chamber of Representatives several members dwelt on the necessity of executing the public works already decreed, the discussion was well supported, but did not go into any details which have not already been the subject of observation in the other Chamber. The Senate will likewise proceed to the project of law for a vote of credit to finish the works of the Canal of Campine. This morning, at eight o'clock, a salute of twenty-one guns, fired by the artillery of the civic guard, and the ringing of the bells of all the churches of the capital, announced the solemnity of the first day of the anniversary of September. The G r azetteof Aix-la Chapelle announces that the King of Prussia has consented to the construction of the railway from Aix-la-Chapelle to Dusseldorf by way of Herzogenrath and Gludbach. The King has also consented to a line from Cre velt to Ruhrart, and to that from Maestricht to Aix-la- Chapelle. Besides the importance of these new lines to the manufactories and trade of • that part of the Rhenish pro vinces, the works will provide employment during the winter to many families, who will thus be secured against want. For these two reasons we owe much gratitude to the King for having granted these measures at this moment. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Biussms, SEPT. 24. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • . ••••• • • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ...• •• • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -.. • Ditto Three per Cent• •• • ••••.•• • • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .... • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 . 10136 Ditto, ditto, 1842 1043{ Ditto of the City, 1844 ........... lOl3 Ditto, 1843 . . . Bank ofßelgium. . . . . —Brussels Papers. Sept. 25. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. 17. 5 per Cent. Metalliques •. • • ..... • • • 112 1-16 4 per Cent. ditto.• •.•.•. • • • • • . ••• .. •• • 10134 3 per Cent. ditt0...... •.•• • • • ....... •. • • 77 1 4 Loan, 1834 •••• •••••• • • .• •• • • • • •••• • • • • 158 34 Ditto, 1839 .. • • • • • • • • • • • Bank Shares • • •• • • • • ••• • • • • 1640 Esterhazy's Loan .. ••• • . • • • •• • • •• .• RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand • ... • • •••,. . Gloggnitz .• • • 158 Leghorn -Allgemeine Zeltung, Sept. 21. COACH ACCIDENT.—NARROW ESCAPE.—A few evenings ago an accident took place between the towns of Watford and Harpenden, by the upsetting of a coach which had nearly proved of serious consequences to a number of passengers. It appears that about eight o'clock the Beehive pair -horse coach, belonging to Messrs. Bryant and Seymour, had taken up a number of passengers at the Watford sta tion of the London and Birmingham Railway, to proceed to St. Alban's and Luton,• and had arrived between Harpen den and the latter, when the coachman, in carelessly and negligently taking too wide a turn to pass a cart, ran the coach upon a bank, which caused it instantly to upset, and nine outside passengers were thrown on the road with great violence. Fortunately there were no fractures or broken limbs, but two of the passengers, a lady and a gentleman, Mr. Baldwin (of the respectable firm of Baldwin and Aders, of Bishopsgate-churchyard), were seriously bruised by the fall ; however, not so much so as to prevent their proceeding o their journey. Mr. Baldwin was, however, so much bruised and shaken, that he was obliged to keep his bed for three days, but is now nearly recovered. It is his impression, from the night being moonlight - and fine, that much blame is attributable to the coachman, whose name it appears is Reeves. PRODIGIOUS MUSHROOM.--A short time since a mushroom was gathered in a pasture adjoining Brightwell park, Oxon, the seat of W. F. Lowndes Stone, Esq., which measured 1 yard 4 inches in circumference, and weighed lilb. POISONING BY COPPER.—At the present season, I when preserving operations are usually in active practice, it may not be amiss to notice a subject adverted to at Guy's Hospital by Mr. Alfred Taylor. who in the course of his discourse observed upon the reprehensible practice of using poisonous substances in the manufacture of preserves. The lecturer observed that "itis a common practice for people to colour their preserved green fruits by adding to them a quantity of the sulphate or the acetate of copper, and the presence of either may easily be tested by introducing into it a needle, which in a very short time will be coated with metallic copper. Copper may also be detected in such 'substances by galvanism by aid of a platina capsule and a piece of zinc:" In respect ofusing copper vessels for culinary purposes, he observes that " these vessels are liable to become impregnated with the poison, and if common salt be pre sent, the chloride of copper is readily formed. But there is this important fact to be considered—any liquid boiled in copper vessels is only liable to be poisoned if it is allowed to cool in them, otherwise no injury is created. Copper utensils are sometimes lined with tin, but it is far better to keep them in:dinned for this season, unless they be well tinned and kept 'in a proper condition ; if a portion of the surface of the copper becomes exposed, the tin and the copper together will excite a galvanic action, and any acid liquid will displace the salts v f the copper formed. .If soups be boiled in copper vessels, .iti s fiNessary, in order to prevent any accident,. to pour the soup out while hot, and allow it to cool in another vessel." THE GRAND LONDON AND DUBLIN APPROXIMA TION RAILWAY.—The project of forming a. direct railway commu nication from London to Holyhead is not altogether new, but it has.hitherto been considered to be so surrounded by difficulties. that it has been deemed all but impracticable. At no period, however,. were men's minds so determinately set upon overcoming difficulties (physical as well as moral) as the press-nt. The undertaking for uniting the two capitals, which is now contemplated. could not have been submitted to the public at - a mote " - favourable moment. - The map that has been published to accompany the pros pectus, indicates very clearly the proposed line of route, and shows the great saving that will be effected in the distance from one metropolis to the other. It not less evidently demonstrates the numerous other advantages which will result from the.adoption of this grand and noble scheme. From the intercourse which has already taken place between the two countries in consequence of the great woiks commenced in Ireland, and that which is certain to take place from those in projection, we feel fully justified in the belief that the shareholders in this railway will derive a far larger profit from their investments than from any other line in the kingdom. The Government alone will avail themselves of this railway as a vehicle for the transmission to Ireland of troops and- military stores. . Merchants and travellers of every description will select it as a route by far the most con venient in every point of view, whether regarded as- to cheapness, distance, or expedition, The rich and populous counties through which it will pass will have a direct inte rest in promoting it to the utmost of their power, as they will derive a corresponding advantage from its immediate con nexion with the metropolis. We cannot conclude these oh ' servations without expressing a sincere hope that the Directors will listen to BO remonstrance or persnasien that would induce them to • abandon that independency of character which they have thotight it right to assume from any apprehension of the ;powerful opposition they may meet with from different com panies, and be thereby prevailed upon to unite themselves with interests which would at once mar the integrity of tire scheMe. They may be assured that so long as they bold ont such certain prospects of advantage as this line offers to the 'public, they will receive, as they are well entitled to do, public support and confidence, and we do not hesitate to say that the sanction of the Legislature will be obtained, not withstanding the most factious opposition to a scheme fraught with such manifest advantages to the nation at large. The shareholders will then have no reason to repent their having lent their aid in furtherance of a great.national un detaking, and we fearlessly anticipate the period, perhaps not Car distant, when this •Company will become one of the most powerful and lucrative associations in the kingd6m, OLDHAM.—THE FACTORY HANDS AND THEIR Eiko 'rLoYEBS::—We are glad to hear that the factory hands of this town-have invited their employers to a tea-party and ball, the object of which they state in their addreAs to be, "to return to them their most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the liberal manner in which they have acceded to their re qitest for an advance of wages." The festival is fixed for Monday next, and the operatives request the favour of a half holiday on that day. We trust that the effect of this meet ing may be to cement the gnod feeling which now exists be 'Weft masters and men.—Manchester Guardian , OWING lATCU BETWEEN ROBERT NEWEL AND HeNRY CLasPea ...The scullers contest between Henry Clasper, the champion of the Tyne, and Robert Newel, the crack London Waterman, who twice rowed agjinst Robert Coombe' for the Thames championship, has at length been agr,eql upon. The stake is to be 501. a side, Newel giving Clasper 10/. to come tp Jlondon and the event is to coshe off on the 18th of October. The 4rist deposit of 201. a-side is to be made at jfem Parish's, the Spotted Dog, in Strand.lane, where other preliminaries Will be arranged with respect to;thia great event. It will be a rare race, awiNke considerable sporting interest, The di s t ane e Is to be from Putper to Kew, _ - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD RACES-THURSDAY. The Bedfordshire Stakes of 50 sovs., added to a Handicap cf 10 SON'S. each, 5 ft. Two miles. Hon. G. Ong ley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs (Sly) 0 1 Hon. G. Ongley's Fama aged Mr. Coleman's 131 g The Deiil-among-the 7 Tailors, 6 yrs 3 0 Mr. Coleman's ch c Young Eclipse, 3 yrs The Town Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, One mile and a quarter. Mr. Coape's'ch cby Bentley— Emma, 3 yrs (Marlon) 1- 1 Mr. Stephenson's bf by Jerry, out of Pastile ? 3 yrs - 3 2 Mr. Coleman's br g The Devil-among the-Tailor, 6 yrs. 0 3 Mr. Death's b h bileworth, 6 yrs • ... 2 0 Hon. G. Ongley's bk f Symmetry, 3 yrs Mr. Turner's ch h. Hampton, 6 yrs Mr. Messer's b c_Chatham, 3 yrs The Corporation Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added. Three quarters of a mile. Hon. G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs (Sly) 1 Mr. Messer's b c Chatham, 3 yrs ... Mr. Coape's oh cby Bentley, out of Emma, 3 yrs . Hon. G. Onglev's b m Mouse, 4 yrs dis The Farmer-' Plate of 60 sovs; The second to receive. 10 sovs. ont . of the stakes. Heats, from the distance-post once round. . Mr. G. Higgins br g Corregio, 6 yrs.. ...... ....(Owner) . 1 1 Mr. Westley's b f Solitude, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Price's br fby Saracen, 3 yrs 4 3 Mr. H. D. Bolton's gr gby Voltaire, 6 yrs ... 3 4 OS‘VESTRY RACES—WEDNESDAY. The_North. Shropshire County Members' Stake of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added. cleats, a mile and a half. Mr. Worthington's b c Dr. Husband, 4 yrs...(Marlow) 1 1 Mr. Standish's ch c Little Hampton, 4 yrs ..2 '2 The Oswestry Stakes - of 5-•so - Vs. each, -with 30. added.. One mile and a half. Mr. Standish's ch f Susan, 4 yrs ' • (Marlow) 1 Mr. Collins's br g Brunel 4 yrs • 2 The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 40 added. Two miles and a. quarter. Mr. W. U. SL.4ndish's ch c Little Hampton, 4- yrs Hon. E. M. L. Me.styn's b f Stream, 3 yrs 2 The Town Plate of N sots. Heats, a mile and a half Mr. Standish's ch f Susan, 4 yrs... ........ (Marlow) 1 1 Mr. C. Phillips's bf by Physician, 3 yrs 3 2 Mr. Collins's br g Brunel, 4 yra 2 3 WALSALL BACES-.—THURSDAY. • - • .. The Walsall Handicap Sakes of 10 soya. 5 ft, with 20 added, A mile and a half. ' Mr. Hawkins's Nix-my-Dolly, 6 yrs ....(G. Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Flintoft's The Rhine, 5 yrs. , 2 Mr. Raworth's Kilgram, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Tempest's b g•T'AUId Squire, 4 yrs.: -- . J ' 4 A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Raworth's b c Idolater, 3 yrs --(Wadley, jun.) 1 1 Mr. Flintoff's ch f The Elbe, 4 yrs ,... 2 dr A Sweepstakes of 5 sots. , each, with 25 added. Heats, Once round and a distance. Mr. Sheppard's March-the-Pirst filly, 3 yrs ..(Styche) 1 • 1 Mr. C. A. Parker's ch f Whitelock, 4 yrs 3 2 kr. Raworth's Kilgram, 4 yrs LEINTER DINE RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Warden Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 10- adt:ed, were won; in two heats, by Mr. Wollaston's ch g Firmin, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Warman's ch m Victress, - aged, and Mr. Gill's b m Drops of Brandy, 5 yrs. The Hurdle Race, of one sou. each, with 5 sovs. and a whip added, was won in three heats by Mr. William's Tinker beating 'Mr. Warman's Victress, and Mr. Cresswell's Kate Nickleby. A Sweepstakes of one soy. each, with a saddle, bridle, and purse added, was won in two heats by Mr. Wollaston's Firmin beating Mr. Oseland's Linnae, Mr. 'Williams's Tinker, Mr. Gill's Drops of Brandy, and Mr. Hall's Harkaway. ORSE-14 RACES. . The Ladies' Whip, added to a sweepstakes of 10s. each, was won by Mr. W. Borthwick's b g Scott, aged, beating Mr. Creed's Queen of Trumps, aged, and Mr. Newcome's ch f British Yeoman, aged. The Orsell Stakes of 2 covs. each, with 10 added, were won, in two heats, by Mr. Barry's Malvina,beating Mr. Creed's Old England, Mr. Wolton's Chance, Mr. Stevens's Miss Prettyman, Mr. Shackell's Orsell Lass, and Mr. Newcome's British Yeoman. The Club Stakes of 1 soy. each, with 5 added, were won in three heats by Mr. Wordley's The Artist, beating Scott, Miss Prettyman. British Yeoman, and Old England. MONMOUTH RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Monmouthshire Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 40 added ; the second to save his stake. Heats, twice round and. a distance. Mr. Ball's b c Rein Deer, 3 yrs 3 0 1 1 Mr. Morris's f Eveline, 4 yrs 0 3 2 2 Mr. Gough na Mazeppa, 4 yrs 0 1 dr Mr. Killard na Norna Creina l-• 2 4:lr Mr. Knowles's ch h Tariff, 6 yrs ... 2 dr The Heridie Hurdle Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added. Heats, a mile and a half. Mr. Smith's ch g Sands, 5 yrs Mr. ml ' Powells Deaere, 5 yrs 3 2 yrs Mr. Knowles's ch h Tariff. 6 yrs ....... Mr. H. Dyke's bk h Myitic, aged 2 3 4 4 The Hack Stakes of 3 sons. each, with 15 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mi. Maul's Charity, 5 yrs Mr. Rogers' Chevy Chase, 3 yrs Mr. Hall's Eve, aged 0 1 dr ___ - Mr. Vivian's Jack Easy, aged TnumnAY. 3 3 dr The Chippenham Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added. Heats, twice round, Mr. Parr's Ninety-one, 4 yrs Mr. Morris's Eveline, 4 yrs 1 1 2 dr Mr. Southby's'Euroia, 5 yr; The Monmouth Hunt Hurdle Race of 3 soya. each, with 10 added, two miles, was won by Mr. George's Gipsey, beating Mr. Dyke's Mystic, Capt. Jones's Novice, and Mr. Newman's Ragged Jack. A Handicap of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added, for bet! - Leu horses. was won in two heats by Mr. Rogers's Chevy Cho:, - .3, beating Mr. Day's Mazeppa colt, Mr. Powell's Delamere, and Mr. Hall's Eve. CANTERBURY RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, 12st each, winners extra. If entered to be sold for 200 sovs., allowed 31b ; for 1504, _7lb ; for 1001., 141 b; for 501. 211 b. The second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. Robinson's b m Wasp, aged,loo/. Mr. J. Hornsby's br g Donald Caird, 50/. 2 Captain Boucherett's King of Rome, h b, 100/. The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs., if demanded,.&c. Heats two miles. Mr. Shelley's b f Alkali, 3 yrs .........(J. Brown, jun;) 1 1 Mr. Nunn's b c Dalesman, 4 yrs Mr. Scott's ch g Bonnet Rouge Mr. Shakspeare's b f Tipoe 4 dr A Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 25 added ; the second to save 11s stake, and the winnner to be sold. for 80 sous. if demanded, &c. Heats, a mile and a quarter. Mr. White's br f Teresa,. 4 yrs (J. Brown, jun.) 1 1 ➢ir. Sherrard's c Jew Boy, 3 yrs The folloi,Ving also staiied, but bolted :—Mr. Plant's Can terbury, 3 yrs ; Mr. Cook's Petrowna, 3 yrs ; and Mr. Hobbs' Bavarian, aged THURSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs., three-year-olds Bst 21b ; four, 9st 61b ; five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst 31b. Heats, two miles. Duke of Richmond's Red Deer, 4 yrs (Bell) 2 1 1 Mr. Dockeray's bl f Lady Charlotte, 4 yrs ... ...... 1 2 2 Lord Caledon's b h Auld Lang Syne, 5 yrs 3 3 3 Mr. Lumley's br c Correct Card, 3 yrs •• 4 4 dr The City Plate. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs. if de manded, &c Heats, two miles. Mr. Shelly's b f Alkali. 3 yrs ..(Hornsby) 1 1 Lord Caledon's b h Auld Lang Syne, 5 yrs 2 2 Mr. Scott's ch g Bonnet Rouge, aged.... 3 3 A Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each, with 20 added, one mile, was won, in two heats, by Mr. White's Teresa, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Hobbs's Bavarian, Mr. Cook's Petrowna, Mr. Plant's Can terbury, and Mr. Shakspeare's Tipoe. The Hunters Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added, two miles, were won, in three heats. byMr. Wolton's Lady Susan, beating Mr. Mount's Gaylass, Mr. Minter's Lady Viper, and Mr. Hornby's Donald Caird. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. . The following is an outline of the best looking First Oc tober list that has been seen for many years : TUESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sot's. each, for three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 61b. A.F. _ _ Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old, 6st 71b ; three, Bst 71b ; four and upwards, 9st. T.Y.Q. _The winner to be sold for 50 sovs.: if demanded, &c. . The Buckenham:Stakes of 300 Bova. each, h ft, for the pro duce 'of mares covered in 1842 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. One to the post. Lord Exeter's c (dead) by Colwick, out of Macremma— *Lord Exeter's el* Colwick, out of Mecca—*Lord Exeter's c by Colwick, out of Lucetta—*Colonel Peel's f Samphire— Colonel Peel's ch Elnathan—Mr. Wreford's, junior, b c West Countryman—Mr. Wreford's, junior, b f Wit's-end— Mr. Wreford's, junior b Wooden. Wall. The Grand Duke . Michael Stakes of 50 sous. each, for three years old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. A.F. Lord Exeter's Golden Fleece—*Lord Exeter's c.Adrianople —'''Lord Exeter's c Wood Pigeon—*Lord Lonsdale's c by Jerry, out of Turquoise—Colonel Anson's b c Redger—Colonel Peel's Semi). in-=. 0 Colonel• Peel's c by Slane, out of Cobweb— Mr. Watt's b c Adonis—*Duke of Bedford's Leopard--'Lord Stradbroke's Idas—Lord Albemarle's Scarmeutado—Mr. Payne's c Sir Francis—Mr. Wreford, jun.'s, b c Worthless — Lord G. Bmtinek's-b f Pug—Lord G. Bentinck's b f *Mr. Newton's f sister to Ma Mie—Lord Albemarle's Zadig (dead)—Mr. John Dity's Nutbourne (dead). • The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs. each, h ft, for two-year olds ; colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b. The last half of Ab. M. The winner of the July or Chesterfield Stakes to carry 61bq ; of both 91b extra. The winner of any other sweep stakes or plate Bibs extra ; those by Arabians, or out of . Arabian mares, allowed 51bs. 'Lord G. Bentincles b f Princess 'Alice (31bs extra)—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Dawdle—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Malvoisie— Lord G. Bentinck's b f Ennui (Bibs extra) —Lord Chester field's eh c Snake—Mr. Cooper's Madcap (31b extra)—Mr. Gratwick's f . by Elis, cut' of Cestus—Mr.. Gratwick's f by Ells, out of Frederica—Mr. Herbert's ch f by Ells out of Delightful My, Herbert's b c by Venison, out of Pet--*Mr. Marson's Nwnbroker—Mr. Matthew's b f by Venisen, dam by Litrabtoniato--Pake of Richmond's ch f Cuckoo t3lb extra)...Mr, Watt's Bitt—kfp. Watt's by Mel bourne, out of Nitocris—Mr. Watt's :b p (dead) I.)y Alltlatta, out of sister to Baveno. Mgt ch--Duke of Bedford's I r 3 d i s b. P r , o r l . o y gu c e . , 8 2 s 00 t . 1 131 b, asst Mr. 00 8 , Payne's CoiliPlim WizroptspaT. Fifty Pounds for three yrs old, .7st . 51b; four, .k 3 st Bst 131 b; six and aged, 9st. D.I. H an dicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous.. each, 10, ft; for two yrs old, T.Y.C. . Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 SOVI3, etlch, and only 5 ft„ if de clared by ten o'ehick the evening before running, to go to the second horse, for three yrs old and upwards. px. Sweepstakes' n r JO sous. ' each, for two year olds, 6st ; three Bst 41b ; four, Bst 1414 fWe and upwards, 9st Ilb. Rll. The winner to t* sold for 1501., If Proem:led, &c. The St. Leger Stakes of 2 5 sous. each ,. fj tlgep yept. old colts, Bst 7 1 b; fillies , B s t 41b. I),I. Lord LonsdaW4 bc by Jerry, out of Turquoise—Mr. Ford's The Attornev-=Lord (1. lieuttrteleg b c Co•wl—Lord G. Ben tinck's br f Lonaltude--nolie of Richl}l9O/4'e 14ird o' Cock pen—Duke of Richmond's br f Reffact l o4-,/dr, Alarm. . • Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, for two year olds, 6st 101 b ; three Bst 81b ; four and upwards, 9st. Rutland Stakes Course. The winner to be sold for 70 sous., if demanded, &c. The Rutland Stakes of 30 soya. each, 20 ft ; for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b, From the Turn of the Lands in. The winner of the July or Chesterfield Stakes, 71b extra; all other winners previous to the day of running, 31b extra. Lord G. Bentinck's b - c Green Pea—Mr. W. R. Brown's b f Moonbeam—Mr. Hook's b f Buttress—*Mr. Phillimore's Oxberry—*Mr. F. Powell's b c Holloway—Duke of. Rich mond's b c Tug-net—*Duke of Richmond's b c by Slane, out of Voluptuary,—Mr. W. Sudler's The Pretender. The Town. Plate of 50/.. for three year old colts, Bst 71b ; fil lies, est 31b. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs, each.; for three yrs old colts, Bst 91b; fillies, Bst 61b. Cambridgeshire Course. The - winner of the Derby or Doncaster .St. Leger, 101 b extra; of the 2,000 Guineas, Grand Duke Michael, or Great Yorkshire Stakcs, 61b extra. Lord Albemarle's Alexandrina—*Duke of Bedford's Pro logue—Lord Glasgow's br f by Bay Middleton, out of Im pertinence—*Mr. S.. Stanley's c.Paultons—Mr. Jaquei's b c Moulton—Lord Verulsm's c Alaynooth. Match—Duke of Bedford's Captain Phcebus, Bst 131 b, agst fir Payne's Collingwood, sst 131 b. T.Y.C. 200, h ft. • We have placed an asterisk against the horses n:Av atNew market and - in training. Dill y ' s, K ent ' s, J . Day ' s, and Mr. Osbaldeston's are expected.dally. FIELD LABOURERS. • - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. the conclusion of a most bountiful har vest, my attention has been called to • the state of the field labotirers in harve-ting 'the allotments of their half acre, quarter of an acre, and some few from one to three acres. Their httle ricks of corn, safely gathered, the spade is immediately at work, women and children busily engaged in getting potatoes and beans.:.: Hundreds of families here have allotments. All hands are employed. Viewing the country frinn a fine eminence, it looked like a terrestrial paradise, but seeing no labourers' cottages, asked where are th e p oor wo-kmen ? r oue said, driv 3n into towns or large villages, sleepfng four or five in a bed. The Duke, said the man, would build us cottages, but great objections are made by the farmers, who are afraid of having too many of us, and cannot allow us to get a little food and comfort. Three hundred labourers left - here for Australia a few years ago ;- they blessed the day that caused them to go, where land could be had. Meeting the Rev. Mr. Hawkesley, (if Souldrop, he told me - he had fifty tenants; the Rev. Mr. Thornton, of this parish, the same ;• John Gibbard, Esq., the same, and many others.--Yours, &c., MATTHEW PHILLIPS. Sharnbrook, Bedford4hire, Sept. 24, 1845. NA JAL INTELLIGENCE. THE EXPEUISIENTAL . FLEET AT . DEVOSPORT.—The expe rhnental'fleet is fast prcgressink in its refit in Plymouth South." Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., the•newly appointed Commander-in 7 Chief, has taken up his quarters on board his flag-ship, the St.:Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, bur. still continues his superintendent-hip of the dockyard, which duties he will not relinquish until the fleet sails. The Port .Admiral, Sir John West, - K.C.8., went off in his barge to pay a visit to Sir Samuel pyin, on Wednesday. The court-martial on Lieutenant Frederick Leigh, of the Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Fisher, was commenced yesterday.. Mr. Thorn, the -experienced Paymaster and. Purser of the Superb, SO, Captain Corry, will assist the pri soner in his defence. • THE CO3I3IAND IN CHIEF AT PORTSMOUTIT.--AdMiTal S:f Charles Ogle, Bart., will hoist his flag as Commander-in- Chief at Portsmouth on the Ist of October. The Conway, 26, Captain Kelly, arrived at the Mauritius, July 17, from Bourbon. The. Vulture, steam frigate, Captain Macdougal, arrived at Rio Janeiro, on the 23d of July, from Devonport. The Porcupine, steam surveying vessel Captain Bullock, left Boulogne on the 23d inst., to commence a survey of the French coast. _ _ _ The Comet steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Prettyman, left Devonport, on Wednesday, for Portsmouth. The Bloodhound steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Phillips, drew charts for the Mediterranean, at Devonport, on Wed nesday, was paid advance yesterday, and was then to have sailed. The Dee troop transport, Master Commander Driver with a portion of the 49th Regiment on board, started again from Devortport for Kingstown on Wednesday morning. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, arrived at Port;-- mouth, from Plymouth, on Wednesday. When in the offing she saluted the flag of Hear-Admiral Hyde Parker. The Victory returned the salute, and telegraphed the Daring to keep under weigh (the order for her being docked at this port having been cancelled). After lying to at Spithead for a short time, she received orders to proceed back again to Plymouth, and made sail through the Needles for that place. Two French steamers, the Caiman, Captain Du Tor and the Pluton, Captain -La Marche, arrived at Sheerness on Tuesday, from Treport. Having taken on board a sup ply of coals and water, the Caiman left on Wednesday to return to Treport. The Pluton was to have left yesterday. A sapient "Observer," of Sheerness, asks the editor of a morning contemporary the reason •why no salute was re turned by the Britisn Admiral to that fired by the French steamers? One would suppose that, being on the spot, this close " observer" would have known that the flag-ship, the Trafalgar, 120, is with the experimental squadron; that the, ordinary guard-ship, the Ocean, 80, Captain Arthur, C. 8., is in dock, with her guns out ; the June, 26, in commission by Captain Blake, but fitting out, with no powder. on board ; and the Snake, 16, Commander Devereux, with her powder and stores, returned to the dock yard. A TABLE • SPOON FOUND IN THE BODY OF A LIVING Cow.—A cow, the property of R. H. Blundell, Esq., of Deysbrook, has for some past been in a sickly condition. Mr. George Kirkham, veterinary surgeon, West Derby, having been called in to give his advice, found that an abscess was forming on the left side, between the sixth and seventh ribs. Having lanced the part, he discovered the handle of a spoon protruding, and, with the aid of forceps, succeeded in extricating the instrument. which is nine inches long. 'The cow was first observed to be unwell about twelve months ago, and there is no doubt she swallowed the spoon about that time. It must since then have been making its way from the stomach to the position in which it was found, near to the surface of the skin. It was origi nally an iron-plated spoon, but the gastric juice has corn. pletely dislodged the plating, and a portion of the iron mouth of the spoon has also been dissolved by the same powerful agent. What remains is almost as thin as a wafer. The cow is now in ,a fair way of recovery. The operation was skilfully performed in about ten minutes.—r Glasgow Courier. PROGRESS OF RAILWAY SPECULATION IN BIR" MINGHAI4L—Since our last' number several new railway pro jects, many of them directly, and others not very remotely connected with Birmingham, have made their appearance, under the auspices of .names of well known wealth a - d influence, affording a fair guarantee for the bond fide character of the• undertakings with which the gen tlemen referred to are associated. The prospectuses of most of these new companies, and others of national and local importance, appear in our columns to-day, and in the present state of public feeling, and the general disposition to make investments in railways, we know of no matter which will .engross a larger share of attention, or be perused with deeper interest by the commercial and monied classes in our town and district. The," Railway Fever," as it may be termed, has fairly laid hold. of Birmingham. All classes of tradesmen, and all grades and professiors, are embarking their disposable capital in these adventure- ; mray with a view to permanent investment in local lines, t the greater number, we need scarcely say, with the object of reaping immediate benefit by successful .speculation. To a'l we would repeat the caution which we offered last week, look well to the character, 'station, and respectability of the parties whose names appear in the undertakings in 'which you propose to embark your money. We give in anothe r co l umn a short notice of the new lines which have made their appearance since our last, and we shall continue our notices next week.—Birmingham Journal. THE ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEM AND THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—The atmospheric system still continues to increase in public favour, and many advantages are likely to be obtained on the South Devon line by this delay. Mr. Samuda; the talented engineer, who has the contract for the South Devon line, will still further test its efficiency on the Croydon line before the South Devon Directors during the• ensuing week. We hope to be able to give some account of the experiments in our next.—Plymauei Journal. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANeEi—Last week, when her. Majesty's steamer Jackall was lying at Barnpool, a very large snake, measuring about two feet and a half in length, was discovered in the commander's cabin. It was killed by the master, by thrusting a fork through its head, and has since been placed in a bottle of spirits for preservation. The Jackall is one - of the new iron steamers, and the snake is supposed to have swam over from Mount Edgcumbe, and obtained entrance into the vessel through the cable window. —Plymouth Journal: • FOREIGN CATTLE AND FRUIT.—The steam-ship Atwood, from Rotterdam, which had been specially char tered by the importer& of Dutch cattle for the express pur-. pose, has brought 92 head of horned cattle and 160 sheep ; the whole of which, notwithstanding the roughness of the weather at the time, arrived at the Brunswick Wharf, Black well, in perfect safety and excellent condition, and were landed and delivered immediately to their destination. The Caledonian, from Hainburgh, brought 31 oxen and 999 bas kers of diffe - -ent descriptions of fruit. The James Watt, from Havre, 113 baske,s of pe,.rs, plums, and other descriptions of ripe fruit, besides a variety of other French produce. The William Jolliffe, froM Rotterdam, also brought 154 sheep, 24 calves, several cows, 106 baskets of different descriptions of fruit, a quantity of fitdi, yeast, pickles, and other articles, the produce of Holland. The John Mull, from Hainburgh, brought, in aCclition to 28 oxen, 396 sieves of plums, and 30 baskets of other kinds of ripe fruit ;, and the Soho, from Antweip, brought no less than upwards of 1,830 packages of ripe wal nuts of first-rate quality and quite fit for use, besides 141 package's of ripe pears and other articles. ,„ FIRE AT LEWES.:- . --Intelligence reached us late last night from Lewes, of a destructive fire on the farm premiSsa Of John Ellman, Esq, the eminent breed er o f S outhdow n sheep, at Glynde. The flames were visible at Falmer, a dis tance of eight miles. We regret to say that a large barn was entirely consumed.; but none of the inhabitants of Lewes, who flocked to the spot to render assistance as soon as the alarm was given,' had returned when our informant left Lewes (at half-past nine o'clock) —Brighton Gazette. • STATISTICS OF BRITISH SHIPWRECKS. ---A writer in the /Veto Q uar terly Review states that the average number of lyres s co -4lertikant-shiils 4 Year is 600. The k average anon losti above •otro minions an 4 4 half sterling. The average of lives lost, the lamentable number of 1,560, The wrecks of fifteen out of every twenty ships are attribut able to some incompetency or other on the part of the master. Al 4Ty or Two BROTBEIIS BY DitowNiNch—on Thuisday Ur. Baker held an inquest at the Duke of Susses, Hag, gerstone-bridge, on the bodies of Xdwin William and William . Adolphus Payne, of the respective ages of eight and eleven years. It appeared from the , e vidence.,that about half. past one o'clock on Wednesday morning, a ma" flamed B lack was employed in paint. ing and glasing at 1,10,09 Bridge-place, liaggergone, when his attention was suddenly drawn bye observing t i h n e lf a t rc h t o h rthe a b n i d id h g a e n . 4 oh a boy in the water struggling beneath July who was also passing at the time gave an alarm. Several p erKaa 4 447e di a t e iy ran to the rescue, amongst whom was a young man named John Rerereo*t empplofed in the East India Cqu panY'a warehouses, At rnplar, who , teeing the danger of the chit- Oen, threw eft' his coat and plunged into the water. He direct nccessiVeY a f ter the bodies for about two or three minutes, he wo taiien no i n 4 * gat Opior4tle state of etshanstign. Atttll bodies were ultimately taken out by a "merman bay s 14qat-hO4, and conveyed to the Duke of Sussex, where several medical gen. tiemen were proreptlY in attendance, who fo r upwardsof two e hours ineffectually ende a voured to ream n e mutton. How the . children came into th e water 'was a ma tter of perfect conjecture,. and the jur at the s uggestion of the Coroner, returne d an o p en y, " tat in both ; " ow round drowned. . Match. Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, Bst 61b, agst Lord Maidstone's 4re4IPP., G x 131 b. T.T.C. 60, h ft. TnunsPAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 1.140 guineas, for three year olds, 14.t21b; four, 10st 716; li.ve,llst.; avd ? 11 . st 41b. 41.1.111 EXPORTS .AND IMPORTS , - • A very valuable Pa'rliamentary paper has just been issued from the Vote-office, for which the public .are indebted to a motion of Mr. Hams's, made . on the Bth 'of August la't. No document could have been better Calculated to escls'a't th s present condition of the several main branches. of Is Indian, Colonial. and ,general American trade than tli;s. , Under the heading of " Exports - and Imports," it exh:iy - 3 an account of " the declared value of the various articles British produce and manufactures exported to the Br'.C.,h. West. India Colonies, for. each the, past five yea's, ending the. sth day of January, .1845, with the rate of duty imposed on each article In the colonies ; and of t'e quantities of the principal articles of the growth and facture of .the British. West India Colonies imOrted into United . Kingdom ; and of the' quantities cleared for ho consumption, and the rate of duty charged:upon each arti cle, &c.; also the - number of ships, distinguishing British and Foreign, with their tonnage that have entered and c'eared for the British West India Colonies from the U ited Kingdom 'during the same period." From this wellscligested mass of statistics, it results that the aggregate value of British and Irish . produce - and manufactures ex?orted in 1840 wa5:73,574,9704 ; in 1844, 2,451,4774 ; showing a &- creeee in otmexportsto.our West India colonies oh the latter, as compared with, the fermer year, 0f1,123,4934 This aggs•es gate decline in 1841 improved in 4842; again in 1843, when it reached .the -amount 0f,1840 'by less than 700,0001.' In lc ficin3 fiver the .articles which compose • these exports we have been struck by the. getter - al precision •of the . relations which they bear . the transition • state • of these colonies in their progress from sliVery to freedom. It is painful • to : remark --,aow large decrease there is in ar.icles :necessary to:, the culture or the manufactur ing ; processes of the, priaCipal• staple products of de. e islands, and also to those commodities of luxury or refineme t which were till' withip these ;few years. so largely expor: from this country for the enjoyment or consumption of t planters and proprietors, ACin the other hand, it is at or crsious and satisfactory : to remark how marked an increr .e. Ins gradually manifested itself in our_ exports of those ar i dles, not, as 'heretofore,. almost exclUsiVely of necessity, bat o 7 what may lie called coarse luxury.and finery, such as IN 7 :fty well suppose would: be among the most favourite al earlfest , 'gratificatione rif-a, newly enfranchised race c a rude people, , .To 4 begin 'with • this-_ last Class of expo; i 3 first, we find, accordingly, a decided increase in "apparel, slops, and—baberashery." In. 1840 they were 231,000/. odd ; in 1844, 2 ,1 .4,437/. Of manual instruments, within the same period, the exports rose from 5,951!. to 7,045/. Of perfumery (always 'extravagantly prized by the negro races), from 7,4664-to 9,543/. Earthenware of all sorts, 33,0001_ odd, to 35,7001.. Against this pleasant empce of inprovem.ent we must place, with pain, such significant in cations of. decaying tillage and impoverished means on the part of the plantese as we fear these must be taken Cur The.declum on =the declared value of oar e:lpoi w t 3 ;;he same colonies in manure ,was from 9,459/. to 5,8:A/ ; oi'.. cake. 8,7471. to 7,298/. -; dime, 7,537/. to 6,:)17 ; bacon and hams, :;39,492/.: ,to, .20,93 . 1 L ; - beef and Pork (the most. enormous'. decrease• on, any of . the items), from 104,6181. to 15,8771., or 600 per cent. on the five years. Then cabinet and Upholstery ,ware dropped from 15.814/. in the year 1840, t 0.9,678/. in 1845...8utter and cheese from 111,8081. to 64,707/. - Beerand ala from 81,6.891:to 67,923/. Cordage from 19,005 i. to 154301/. Cotton. manufactir es, including cottoas yarn, from 1,234,687/. to - 637,9624 Linen manufactures and yarn Crrm 332,041/. - tcr,21.7,071/. Plate, 'plated ware, wait &c., from 23,220. t 0•13,122/.. Silk manufactures florn.C6,2` to 25,378/. Woo'lea. -,Panulctures and yarn :tor 90,9i6/.. tp 78,695/. . Then there, is a fall in br: and copper manufactnres—in • the same. period .of s - ma 12,000 i. ; iu coals, celm, and' ciadeis of more than 11,000/. ; in machinery and minus:ilk, of 20,0001. (this item in 124) wa5:44,3884 . 1a5t Yearonty 24,1100; in painters' colows, of T 5.0001. ; tin and pewter wares, and tin-plates, of 2,003. These are; all Of - them, commodities which in a sounder CO7l - of our West India trade ought to have shown a las: . rate of increase instead orsuch a fearful diminution. In a lion to the very few items of " improvement," we scar know whether we °trait to take account of so uc . y • Lam as apothecary wares, which. have gradually extra. - from 18,1231. to 20,385/. ' " Hardware and • cutie.. has risen from .70,8794 to 77,529/. Our inr7s from these colonies, for . the. same term, show some con.: dictory results which it' is-not. very easy to reconcile. :. example, whilst cocoa,. at a duty of 2d. and a fraction per rose from 2,045,2441b5. in 1840, to 2,583,4) lbs. in 1845, et just half that duty per 1b.,. coffee, which, at a duty of 6d. and a :action per 16., was imported to. the extent of nearly :en millions - of pounds in 1840, and upwards of ten millions and a half in 1841, last-3 - ear, at the diminished dit;,3 , of.4d. mi. a fraction, - had rapidly run down to 7,712,211 lbs. only, in eontempt- of the Chancellor of _the Eschewer, the poli tical economists, and everybody else who had predicted a concurient rise of consumption with lowering of !'ie duty. In !;Ite manner, in 1340. we in)orted of ginger, from these cJ.on'es 7,935 cw.;., .at the duty .of Ils. 6 3-51. per cwt., b it di-.-ectly this. duty was reduced to ss. 3d., in 1842, the import Cali to 5,033 ,cwt. It is now so far. tecoveied as to have been, last year., 6,100 cwt. The rum impo led in 1840 was 3,. 72.047 gallons, of which. there .were ea:kreci, for home cons :mption, 2,498,255 gallons. In 1844 these quantities respecavely,• only' 2,506,941 and .1,987,C70 gallons (this latter quantity exclusive of 104,793 gallons East and West india rum Tatted together). Sugar shows an increase in the same period of. about 50,000 cwt., at the duty of. 1/. its. 2 2-sd. per cwt.• • I_Tpon the whole, these statistics of our trade with the British possessions .in the West Indies apear not only unsatisfactory, but alarming. We shal soon have occasion, however, to.recur more largely Lo this interest ing point. . . „ • The return of British and Irish produce and manufactres exported from the -United Kingdom to the East Ineda pary's territories and Ceylon is-far more encouraging. aggregate in 1840 was 6,023,1924 (declared value) ; fo , l it: was 7,695;6064 The importations Emil, and ex7 - ,or;?,tiiais to China, .present an, interesting feattue in the docum.:_ , ,t. The articles of Bridsb.- and Irish ,produce and manufaCta, exported from the United Kingdom. to China, consised of a..parel, slope- and haberdashery, arms and atmtunidon, bry.r: end ale, printed books, brass and copper manufactures ; cotL)n manufactures, cotton yarn, earthenware of all sor'A, Oa 3, nardware, - and cutlery, P.on and steel, lead and sho;:, linen manufactures, pick ieF.; and sauces, pla;,e, plated ware,jeWe'.,e - iy r. Id watches, stationery, tin, and pewter, wares and tin plates, woollen manufactures,_ and other articles. There has b:-cn a great increase is the last year. The Thilowing figures si.ow aggregate value of British and Irish produce and warm- Letures during the. five years 524,198/. ; 1841, f.::2,570/.; 1842, 969,3814 ; 1843;1,456,108L ; 1844,2-305 ; 617/. declared value of hardware and -cutlery exp3ti.ed ios:; year was -16,2811. The exportations have increased s:nee establishment .of- the tariff with China in a sur7r!An3 manner, and.must have given a- peat impetus to trade. The articles imported from China are likewise. given. Of c'7u,.se :t'le article." tea".is a great feature in the list. For the five years .the, :following return .is given.: -1840, 22,576,4057.b5.; 1841, :27,639,81711 . ; 1842, 37,409,5441b5.; 1843, 42,779,265 lbs.; 1844051,754,4851 h% The, quantities entered for borne consumption ate for the years,:respectively 31,009,966:b5.. 83,588,1221b5.. 36,003,4671;8., 38,685,2621b5., and 40,118,782 lbs. the rave of duty charged is 2s. 2 1 / 2 d. per lb. In the seconds rendered of shipping, it appears, with respect to China, :that the vessels that ,have entered and cleared for China from the United„ Kingdom,' in the last. two ye.i. end:leg in Janemy last, numbered, as "entered inwards - '•1 1844, was 84, and i n 1845' 104, British; and "clewed o. - wards," in 1844, 73; and.in 1845, 73 Br4ish; and of there were 3in 1844, and-5 in :1845._ Our exports to the Mau it; us in ,thesameterm had declined rrom 315,81 9.1. t 0 .235,6501., .whi!st there in the British Nor,h American Colonies inmas ?.1 from 2,874,913/. - to 3,04,8614, A bad account, indeej, is shown of exports to New South Wales end. the Austra,ian Colonies. ,In 1840 they reached 2,004,3834 In 1844 they down-to 744,0601. :Our export trade to the United St,.. after declining from its amount in 1840 (viz. 5,233,0201. mealy the sum 0f.2 4 30,000/.- in 1842, had risen at the c: of the last commercial year to 7,008,0791. Our trade tc C' stood as 514,7821. in 1840; at the end of 184.1 it was 654.,.1. To Brazil, it wasinthe that year of the same term 2,625.56 in the last. 2,413,538/. ; to Mexico and the States of and South America exhorted, in 1840, to the aino.i 3,576,357/. ; in 1844, to 3,013,267/. HOP INTELLIGENCE. BURWASIL—Hop-picking commenced here on Tuesday last; and will be general in this neighbourhood to-morrow. it is now beyond doubt that the crop has been, by many of our planters, much over-estimated. Almost every planter who has begun is inquiring for more pickers, his usual number of hands being insufficient tosupply his oast daily with the re quisite quantity• of hops. "We can't get on at all," say the pickers, " the hops don't rise, they are so small—so very small." The sweeping. winds f the last week have done an amount of injury in the gardens, to which the farmers and labourers here say they do not remember a parallel. Great numbers of labourers, male and female, are employed daily, propping up poles'and gathering up the large quantities of scattered hops. A common expression with us is, " Depe , cl upon it, these winds have blown away twenty thousand duty." FARNHAM.—It is said the crop of hops is never safe until they are picked and dried.; and so it would appear this year, for where there is a tolerable crop they have been sadly knocked about by the tempestuous weather which prevailed from the 15th to the 18:1 inst.; this .must much detract from the :quantity to be picked in the Farnham district ; the wind was so violent that many branches have been blown off, and ehousands . of Poles blown down: The picking would bave begun on the 15th generally, but many hare waited until the violence had abated on the 19th. There has been no mould throughout the year : bur of the Aphilice, they have now laid prostrate the foliage, of many. trees, assisted by the wind.. The 'gardens are carpetad with the decayed and in fected leaves, and the poles are as if plain wires were twisted up them; and 'this appearance occurs more particularly in the deep rich barns of the vale of Farnham, always caded the best grounds in the district._ _ HEATIIFIELD.—The all-absorbing topic of conversation at our Market .on .Thnrsday . last was the wet and boisterous state of the Weather during that day and the few previous ones, and the„consequent havoc and. dismantlement of the hop plantations, whereby each garden, without exception, is truly . emblematical of a field ,of battle, with the slain, maimed, and wounded, }wing cross and pile in all directions. The decrease ,of : ditty on this account was .variously esti mated at from :(:),000/. to 80,0001, and there were those who, in consideration of the immediate and premature piek ing that mast ensue, even ventured 41 1 .1 opinion of 40,000/. de crease. Mr. James choice garden of pockets are of good condition, and weigh Well. One of them weighed 1 cwt. 2.qrs. 27.1b5,, and required 66 or 67 bttsliels to the cwt. Far different will it be with thebackworti sorts. HORSMONDEN --,-The beautiful appearance which our hop gardens presented igst.,week has v anished, and a scene of de vastation now presents Itself, the ' wind having committed ter rible pavageti.-. Tiginaande of poles are torn down in this parish, uid the crop must be lessened.to a great extent. Picking has become general, but they do not answer the ex, peetations of tile planters, being, smaller and tilfflettit to pick, consequently great difficulty is experienced in supplying the pasta.. Duty here is now "Alleged at 155,0001. Fax.-,The hop-picking has partially commenced in this neighbourhood, and in, a few da ; ys will become general. The violent gales during Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last , did considerable damage in some of the plantations, and it is conjectured will materially affect the duty. •WATilfUlifilT.—The heavy gales of last week have com pletely: changed the appearance of the hop , gardens in on}' neighbourhood: those . grounds that ,4 week ago leaked like growing from Lit to t 5 Glft• per acre, will now in many in, enlaces polite flown twit • T to lasw:t, per acre. So great is the.havec zn..our parish, that we think if other plantations ate injured in.proportion, the duty naustcome short atiast week's quotation from;. 20,0001..ta:30,600L Picking will become general to4-411:6Mw.7----$/tsscr .44ver TiTe- A t erggsshi__ x 4/ E nygjoliSTlL works parish..of iCilwinniug, twenty-four thousand tiles "27 day can be .mnde Oy . single acting machine,, attendee. .1)y five men. The m.achine was made by Mr. James ISPN:Ib Old. Toll, .Ayr, , The. clayrpecives no more prepa ra ti on t h an it did previous to the adoption of the machine at said tile t Obaerytr, • , ~ , • / ~-- e" 7 e //. NEW RAILWAY STATION IN , BELGIUM. A Company, called the Anglo-Belgian Company," has formed a plan fur establishing a new port in the Belgian territory, at a short distance from Dunkirk. The scheme has caused great excitement among certain parties in 'France, who seem to regard Belgium as too much under the influence of England. The following I are extracts from some of the Paris journals on the subject : Nationd.—" The Commerce de Dunque, ke has drawn attention to a prospectus which has been issued with some mystery by- an Anglo-Belgian Company. This Company proposes to construct, within a kilorr etre of our frontier on the Belgian coast, a port for merchant shipping, to be called Adinkerque Point, and to serve as the head of the Belgian railroads, communicating with Dover by a regular packet service, and thus assuring to our neighbours the whole transit of goods and pas sengers which takes place between England and a great part of the Continent. The establishment of a Belgian port at the extremity of the harbour of Dunkirk is a fact which, if executed,' loudly accuses our Ministers of incapacity; it proves that,. notwithstanding all th e sacri fices made by us in faVour of Belgian), this little king dom is quite under the control of the English policy. Yet is it just to say that the Belgian Government has not a right to establish a,port on any point of its shores that it may think fit? We think it eertainy has. This fact causes us an immense prejudice, and our Ministers ought to do all they can to prevent it being carried into effect, but since Belgium has been made a kingdom, that kingdom has the incontestable right to make docks, build jetties, and facilitate on its coasts the arrival of merchant vessels. This is an evil, but one which is a necessary consequence of all the faults that have been heaped on each other for the last fifteen years on the subject of Belgium. In 1830, nothing was easier than to unite Belgium to France, or at'least to bind the two countries •together by tresties,..such as would prevent either from entering into enterprises unfavourable to the other. Since then we took up arms in the most chivalrous manner to free King Leopold froth the dis agreeable presence, of the Dutch. Wo there spent much money and the .blood of many brave soldiers of our army. In exchangefor our sacrifices, we could and ought to have exacted some guarantees for the future, and taken precautions to assure the .well-being of our commerce. We did not do so * preferring to trust to the gratitude of King Leopold, whom we had taken in the mud of the rout of Louvain to fix on his little throne. Leopold has no memory of the heart. We can reproach him with the fact. But Where is the treaty which pre vents him from placing his Government and his new country at the service .of the . Faiglish, his . real country men ? In fine, four years 'back nothing was more easy than.to form with Belgium Customs'. Union which would have served as a counterpoise to the. Zollverein. Here it was not alone bel'oi 3 the English interest that the French 'Government gave way. It wished for the Union, but did riot dare pronounce in favour of' it, because twenty or thirty manufacturers who supported the Minis try were unwilling to see their produce competed with by Belgium. The leaf of the English, the leaf of M. Minerel and of M. Fulehiroh, was the cause of our leaving Belgium in a state of isolation. And yet is it not true that if the Customs' Union existed, no person would ever have thought , of making a Belgian po.;; within a few steps of 'Dunkirk, and thus ruining the: port, so dangerous to our commerce, and so full of glo- . rious reminiscences of our naval power? Now that the fault is committed, its consequences must be put up with. But the fact of the project of establishing the port of Adinkerque being authorised by the Belgian Govern ment shows that that country has entered heart and soul into the alliance of the Governments which we have most cause to distrust. Belgium, notwithstanding all that she owes us. acts prejudicially to our interests. What we have to do is to use reprisals, to withdraw from her the commercial advantages which we have too libe rally accorded her, and to require that the works, if they be executed, be carried out under the surveillance of Frerch Commissioners, in order that in case of war and disembarking no danger may result to us. We are much mistaken, if, in case we assumed such an attitude with respect to Leopold, the Belgian Chambers would permit him to expose himself to the just reprisals of France." _ Commerce.—" Some journals, in speaking of this pro ject, appear to us to have much exaggeratedits conse quences in a commercial point of view. We cannot see that the competition presented by the new port can be more dangerous than that of Neuport and Ostend. We cannot, besides, prevent Belgium from reaping all pos sible advantages from her situation. It is our business, on the other hand, to profit as much as we can from our own position. The only point of view on which we could oppose the construction of this port near our frontiers is the military one. There is not any doubt that the French Government ought to demand explana tions from the Belgian Government on this subject. We cannot allow an establishment, which may be made in the hands of our enemies a means of aggression, to be constructed at our very doors." Courrier Francais.—"Adinkerque, become the centre of the communications of England and the Continent, would not only ruin the Belgian port of Ostend, but its competition would be fatal to Dunkirk. The danger is imminent, and the Government ought to think of pre venting it. But how? Will it forbid the Belgian Go vernment to allow a maritime establishment to be opened at Adinkerque, under the pretext that it would augment the prosperity of Belgium ? Will it endeavour to oppose the progress of communications amongst our northern neighbours? Would that be an equitable and in telligent intervention ? Would not Belgium have a right to reply.:—' Improve your own com munications if you dread our zivalry, but allow us to ameliorate ours. If you do not wish to enter into the path of material improvement, if your Government has allowed itself to be passed in this course by all the Governments of Europe, is that a reason why we should remain behiudhand also ? If you will not yourselves go in advance, do not throw obstacles in our way. You have no right to do so.' Assuredly it would be difficult to reply to such objections. But are we re duced to such a state of abasement as to be obliged to oppose advancement amongst others, because we cannot realise it ourselves ? If such be the case, let us sign our abdication as a civilised and progressive people ! We are the very lowest of nations. We are afraid of the prosperity of Belgium, and want to prevent her from progressing! In truth that would be too shameful ! Fortunately there are other means of opposing this ruinous project.. Why has this project been started when Dunkirk is close to Adinkerque? Is not Dunkirk the natural point of junction of. the transit line from London to Brussels ? Why then found an additional port? Is it not because the travellers and goods pass ing from England to Belgium are stopped by our cus toms' line? Remove that barrier, throw the communi cation open, and certainly the port of Dunkirk will have nothing to fear from the Anglo-Belgian speculation. The line of transit will choose the port ready-made to that which is to be yet formed. That is the true means of preventing the competition with which we are menaced; every other expedient would be unworthy of us. It is by progress that progress must be coped with !" We are authorised to state that Mr. James. Wet tenhall, the publisher of " Wettenhall's List" for the Stock Exchange Committee, is not the Mr. Wettenhall who was accused a few days ago of having spat upon a Mr. Street, and that the defendant upon that occasion never has had any thing to do with the publication of that list, The Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the Marquis of Downshire, the Earl of Erne, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Leitrim, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Thomas and Lady- Louisa Fortescue, &c., aro among the guests of the Earl and Countess of Clancat ty, at Garbally Park, county Galway. EXTRAORDINARY CROP or PEARS.—In the orchard of Mr. Cowliag, of Maiseyhampton, Gloucestershire, there is now growing a fine crop of pears, being the second on the same tree this year. Viscount and Viscountess Newport and the Hon. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Anson will reside at Egerton Lodge, the hunting-box of the Earl of Wilton, at Melton Mowbray, during the approaching hunting season, as the Earl and Countess of Wilton have made arrangements to visit Italy this winter. THs PENINSULAR MAIL.—The • steam-ship Pacha arrived at Southampton on Thursday with the mails from Gibraltar to the •17th instant, Cadiz l ' Etth, and Lisbon 20th. She did not call at Oporto. The news is not of much import ance. The Queen of Portugal, and , the Xing Consort re turned to the capital from their visit to Thomar, on the 12th. Costa Cabral had been raised-totke peerage, with the title of Count de Thomar. TheCourtieft for Cintra on the 13th, where the Queen heldd-a leVee and drawing-room on the 16th to celebrate the birth-day of the ,Prince .Itoyal,.who completed his eighth year. The importation of English cotton goods into Portugal is said to be rapidly declining, in consequence of the vigorous measures which the Spanish Government has taken for the prevention of smuggling from the Portuguese frontier. . • Mesi'gos.'-or THE' ROYAL WAVY.-It is- the inten tion of that gallant and meritorious - class of officers, the masters in the Royal Navy, topetition the Lords of the Ad , miralty for a complete removal of the barrier between them 1 and promotion, : which they have endured so long with such 1 exemplary patience. 'These' °Moors are thorough practical seamen and skilful - navigators, and to amalgamate them with the executive branch of the' navy, instead of continuing them as 'a separate and anOmalous class, would tend very-- materially to benefit the service, taking it either as a. whole of or in detail. The petition' lies 413 r! signature at the olgc the Unite./ S'frvice Gaiette. DESTRUoTIVEFIIti•; dreadfui fi re was (Y-PVERVAT.)-.Betveen the hours of four and five yesterdaLmonino 4l boot and shoe maker, discovered in the shop of Mr, h W e rg i n i ! , vay , II Mart. The utmost Wandswortlirroad, }mown t la s t the .neighbours and police to promptitude was save the family, in e- w r h i h!h a t u li f e o y y , succeeded, and in five minutes - 3 chemical merchants, was in the engine of Messrs. Be . full operation on the burningn ' ass . . Every exertion was for m . . top to bottom was all on a time useless, and, the house fire, The deatruotion of the adjoining houses was Considered Irevltable,'when, at this -juncture, two of tho London Esta•• . blishment; with a WeSt of •England engine arrived. Water was sufficient for all, and by half past four the. fire was ex tinguished, but ail the propertyof Mr. Wright was consumed, and serious damage was also the consequence to the adj o i n i ng houses. Mr. Wright is insured iu the Sun and Phoenix Fire offices. Tam .LATtI FIGHT.--PAYMEN T OF THB STARES.-- This disputed affair in reference to the stakes in the fight between Caunt and. Bendigq. is now settled by the stakeholder yesterday giving up the, battle Money, via', 410 q., to Ftendigo, who gave a bond of indemnity to tho stakeholder to told Mai. harmless in the event ofany nronem; . -----, —ings being AdOpted against him by Caunt. Tom .iiprit,g has hitherto acted as the representative of Caunt, and dis. claims any intention of taking legal proceedings is the matter, so that under this declaration the matter is now likely to end. Ben digo now retires from the ring, as the Champkon of England, in the possession, of the 44_ aiN,tog pecuniary accompaniment. He has belt Ilk* intentien 9( pot 60ting main, .but,will give stp the i ***lli 0a. 11 4,4, • ,:; 1 - . - - • -."! : :;t:' -- :!_ „, ~ • , ...4,. iii; ~::~ _;rL: le ~2 ~ BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 20th day of September, 1845. -,,' ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued I Other securities... 2,964,900 Gold coin and bul lion 12,863,507 Silver bullion 1,934,723 X 28,798,230 M. Dated the 25th day of Septi £28;798,230 fARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. !Luber, 1845. :PARTMENT. BANKING DI X. Proprietors eapita1,14,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in eluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners ofNational ' Debt, and divi- Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 13,297,048 Notes 8,327,895 Gold and silver coin 549,319 dend : accounts) 8,222,109 Other deposits-- 8,110,787 Seven day andother - bills £35,522,9051 M. MA Dated the 25th day of Septei £35,522,905 LusHALL, Chief Cashier ;tuber, 1845. THE MURDER OF MR. PEACOP. • CHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The four prisoners charged with the murder of Mr. Peacop, at Rock-ferry, about a mile and a half from Birkenhead, having been at the . close of the last examination removed to Chester Castle, it was determined by the magistrates to take their further examination here, instead of at Birkenhead, and accordingly the Nisi Prius Court Was fixed upon. Distance, however, did not damp the ardour of the lower class of Irish to be present. Such as could afford travelled by the railway, but great numbers left their homes as early as five and six o'clock in the morning, and walked •to this city, the road being at one time actually crowded with pedestrians ; and at Chester the court doors were besieged long before the hour appointed for the examination. About lialf-past eleven o'clock the following magistrates took their seats on the bench :—The Rev. R. M. Fielden, the Venerable Archdeacon Clark, Messrs. ' J. D. Case, J. R. Shaw, •W. Jackson, and W. Potter. ' • The prisoneiss Tallant, Lynch, and Nowlan were then placed at the bar, as was also the approver Burns. The depositions of the witnesses taken at the first exami nation were then read over, the only additional fact affecting any of the prisoners being an answer from Mr. Keyzar, the witness who went up to Mr. Peaeop at the time of the rob.: berysand who received a blow on the forehead which ren dered him for a time insensible. He stated that the head of the hammer, which was found in the house of Lynch, would fit such a stick as he was struck with. Mr. Chew; the attorney for the prisoners, then requested permission to ask Burns (the approver) a few additional questions, which was granted by the bench, with an intima tion that he must confine himself to questions pertinent to the subject before them. Burns then stated that he left his lodgings in Liverpool on the 31st of December last, at half-past seven o'clock in the morning; that he walked to Chester all the way, and when there only saw some " navies," whom he did not know, who told him there was no chance of his getting work, as people were working for Bd. and 10d. per day. He did not remain in Chester many minutes. Went into no house, walked back, and reached Birkenhead about half-past five o'clock in the evening. Was never in any prison in Ireland. Never committed any robbery on his brother or sister. Did take a pair of trousers belonging to his brother-in-law, and pledged. them, but did not account that robbery, as it was done for his sister. Does not know a man named Macnamara. Never read pamphlets in his presence. Was at school twelve months, but could not be taught to read. Whea in Ireland was kept by money obtained from his friends, but would not tell who those friends were. Several witnesses were then called, who had passed along the road on the night of the robbery, and who deposed to having seen persons about the shop and near the spot where Burns stated he and his fellow-prisoners had met, but they were unable to identify the prisoners as being any of those persons. The night, however, was very dark and foggy. Thomas M'Convill was then called, and he said the pri soner lodged with him about three weeks in the month of December last, and for four or five days in the month of January. On the 31st of December he left home about two o'clock in the day, and did not return until after one o'clock in the morning. Witness saw him at eight o'clock, and asked. where he bad been so late, and he replied " getting in coals." He was never out so late except on that occasion, Joseph Farrell, a mason, living at Oxton, deposed to the prisoner Burns having worked for hire, ; that he was sober and industrious during that time, and left without being dis charged. It was then proved by Mr. Vickery, manager of the gas works at Birkenhead, that the prisoners had worked for that company. Tallant, Lynch, and Nowlan worked in the same gang in laying pipes in the streets. Lynch was at the head of the gang, and was entrusted with the control of the rest. On the 23d of December Lynch worked at Rock-ferry. In cross-examination lilr. 'Vickery gave the prisoners a good character, as sober and industrious men. The prisoners were then asked whether they had anything to say ?—They said they should leave it to their attorney. Mr. Chew said, in law there was no case whatever against the prisoners, as it was impossible to believe the testimony of that villain Burns, unless substantially corroborated ; so far from that being the case, he was positively contradicted by the person with whom he had lodged in Liverpool. The Bench inquired whether Mr. Chew intended to call witnesses? Mr. Chew wished first to know whether the magistrates intended to commit the prisoners? Mr. Fielden s .-That is a question you have no business to ask at present. Mr. Chew then called Elizabeth Hughes, who stated that she lived near the prisoner Lynch, and was in his house on the 31st of December last ; that she went in for 35., which Mrs. Lynch owed her, She knew the day because She had been in Liverpool to a christening, and crossed the river by the eight o'clock boat, and went direct to his house. Lynch was reading a tale called " The Wandering Jew." Stayed there an hour or an hour an half, until it was finished, when Lynch and his wife accompanied her home. Ile there lighted his pipe, and he and his wife went away. Mary Williams, another neighbour to Lynch, deposed to going into the house at nine o'clock, on New Year's eve, She saw the last witness sitting in the house with a book in her hand, and Lynch was reading a paper. Went to borrow ls. from Mrs. Lynch, which she got and went away. Lynch was In the habit of reading aloud to his neighbours. Thomas Macnamara stated that he lodged with Burns, at the house of a man named Halfpenny, and was in the habit of lending Lloyd's Miscellany, and such publications to him, which he (witness) has heard him read, though imperfectly. John Walnut, a person employed at the gas-works, Birken head, stated that he was in the habit of watching the works, and on one occasion Lynch lent him for his defence a stick loaded with lead at one end. Mr. Chew stated, that the brother of Burns was present to prove the utter worthlessness of his character, but he would not call Lim, The Magistrates then retired, and after being out of court about a quarter of an hour they returned, when the Rev. Mr. Fielden said, they had taken into their consideration the evidence adduced on both sides, and as they could have no previous knowledge of that to be produced in behalf of the prisoners, it would perhaps be most satistactory to all parties that time should be afforded to inquire into it. The Bench had, therefore, come to the determination of further remanding the prisoners until Saturday next. The prisoners were then remanded accordingly, THE MINERALS OF ALGIERS. The Commerce gives some remarks on the mining resources of Algeria, with the expression of a fear that they will- be made the object of excessive speculation and jobbing, It then says : . _ "The principal veins discovered in Algeria are of copper. iron, and lead. Those of copper and iron may give good re sults if they are v, - orked with intelligence. As to the lead, however abundant it may be, it appears to be situated in positions little accessible to industry, and could not probably sustain a competition with the rich mines of Spain and the United States of America." The copper mine of the Teniah of Mouzaia, adds the Com merce, is the only one fur which there has been as yet a Go - vernment concession, but the wonders related of it have led to numerous demands for other grants. It appears, however, that the yield is by no means so rich as has been stated. The ore is in a very mixed state, and only a small portion of it gives 25 per cent.; whereas it had been reported that this was the produce of the entire mass, and in order to obtain the 25 per cent. from the richest portion of the ore it has to undergo a very tedious and expensive process, and has to be carried at a great expense to Blidah, and from thence to Algiers. As the average yield of the ore is, according to the Commerce, only 10 to 12 per cent., the speculation cannot be a very lu crative one, when the expense of carriage to Algiers, and of transport to Marseilles is taken into account. There are other veins of copper, says our Contemporary, in the environs of Tenez, close to the sea, but the works that have been under taken in order to ascertain their value, are not yet sufficiently advanced for any just notion to be formed, on the subject._ Algeria is richer in iron than in copper. In the environs or Blidah there is a compact iron ore, and on the crown the_nf eo Atlas, between Blidah and:Medeah, there are . iron m an y d oth p e ; per to a great extent. This is also the cas ore em anxious to parts of Algeria, and speculators are not m cient to have iron ore, ob tain grants for iron mines than for s those u the Commerce observes, it is not of copper; but, as iron with speed and eco nomy.rce resourcesitbn t for A l Algeria smelting,d o er but to know how to convert_ as rega rds mines, vast ideas not present, . The conclusiono justify the vast that have been con carriage, &c., as tofore, it recommends caution and pru iltheiterucr speculators. d ce e t u v e ed e t o o fi p t, and, there PrILMONART CONSUMPTION.—From the fourth an fluid report of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, the following statistical facts may be gathered Of the 60.000 deaths which annually occur in England and Wales from slow and lingering disease, upwards of 35,000 are due to pulmonary consumption ; and as the duration of the disease, taking one with another, is about two years, it follows that more than 70,000 per sons are constantly suffering from consumption.'' It may be well to add that many, very many, of these poor sufferers are the acknow. ledged victims of unventilated workshops, ill-constructed dwellings. long hours of work, and the want of open places for exercise and recreation, The new hospital for consumption, &c., now in the Course of erection at Brompton, by those extensive builders the Messrs. Bird, of Hammersmith, will be opened for the reception of patients early in the forthcoming spring. THUNDER-STORM.—ROC HESTER, SEPT. 22.—0 n Thursday evening, between six and seven o'clock, this neighbour. hood was visited by a fearful storm, which fortunately was but of short duration. The vivid flashes of lightning were followed by thunder-claps loud and deep, and accompanied by a heavy shower of hail and rain, during which a young man named Can, a brick. maker, about twenty years of Age, lost his life. He left Strout at about the commencement of the storm, on his way home to Ctixtona, a village on the bank of the Medway, about three miles above RQchester.bridge, and before he had proceeded one-third o the distance lost his life. - The corpse was found early this morn ing by a labouring man in_the employ of Mr. William Menclark,, near whose farm the melancholy catastrophe occurred. The elem. tric fluid appears to have struck the unfortunate man on his bead, one side of the (ace being much burnt, and his hat and clothes rent open, and_ shoes tort into shreds. - SPLENDID STAG.—A few days ago J. Grant, Esq., younger, of Glenmorieton, killed a stag, which weighed up.. wards of 20 stone, sinking offalsi—Edinlnfre, Advertiser. • ~~~ MEW