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THE DIRECT LONDON AND MAN CHESTER RAILWAY. Oakes, 48, Moorgate-strset, London. Provisionally registered. Capital, 5,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 21. 15s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Earl of Mexborough, Methley Park, Yorkshire The Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor Colonel the Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Dames', MX, C. Tilney-street, Park-lane Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. John Craven Weatenra, M.P., Sharavogue Castle, Roscrea, Ireland The lion. Robert Gore, M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent David Robert Ross, Esq., M.P., Roestrevor, Ireland John Humphery, Esq., bI.P., and Alderman, Hayee-wharf, Tooley street Win. Williams, Esq., M.P., Park-square West, Regent's Park John Dillon, Eeq., Fore-street, Cripplegate Andrew Caldecott, Esq., 20, Cheapside John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman, Queenhithe Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman, 17, Paterno,ter-rovr Thomas" Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff, Layton House, Essex Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde Park-street Rigby Wasoe, Esq., Corwar House, near Girvan, Ayrshire Richard Woodhouse, Esq., 56, Torrington-square Kenyon Stevens Parker. Esq., Q.C., 40, Gower-street Thomas Shepperson, Esq., 27, Cheapside William White, Esq., 108, Cheapside Thomas Townend, Esq., Manchester ames Kershaw, Esq., Alderman, Manchester Robert Barbour, Esq., Manchester Chance Warwick, Esq., 137, Cheapsida Richard Hopper, Esq. Upper Claptou William. Lawrence, Esq., Brixton John Bard, Esq., Alderman, Manchester Thomas Longworth, Esq., Manchester Thomas Price, Esq., Manchester J. W. Deacon, Esq., Gresham-street, and Manchester Jonah Smith Wells, Esq., 75, Old Broad-street John Bradbury, Esq., 6, Aldermanbury Thomas Devas, Esq. ' 24, Lawrence-lane William Cook, Esq., St. Paul's-churchyard John Gladstone, Esq., Stockwell Lodge, Surrey Charles Townend, Esq., Manchester .7. P. Gambit, Esq., F.R.S., 77, Mark-lane J. Reeves, Esq., 150, Cheapside, and Leyton, Essex Richard Groucce:k, Esq., Bow-churchyard T. B. Simpson, Esq„ Rutland Lodge, Brixton, Director of the Bleb mond and North Wales Railways Thomas Vyse, Esq., 3, Cripplegate-bulldings William kathbone, Esq., Temple Thomas Winkworth, Esq., 54, Gutter-lane B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Brystrastone-square James Procter, Esq., Manchester Henry Farington, Esq., Manchester Sir John Key, Alderman, London Henry Pluintre Glpp , , Esq., 9, Montagu-place, Bryanstone-square William Cash, Esq., 39, Wood-street, Cheapelde Richard VySe, Esq., Luton, Bedfordshire Thomas Stokes, Esq., Leicester Joseph Cripps, Esq., Eastfleld House, Leicester William Bates, Esq., Leicester Joseph Fielding, Esq., Leicester Thomas Wood, Esq., Leicester John Taylor, Esq., Leicester John Dove Harris, Esq., Leicester William Biggs, Esq., Leicester Richard Warner Wood, Esq., Knighton, near Leicester Alfred Burgess, Esq., Brookfield, near Leicester P. A. 'l'aylor, Esq., Carey-lane, Cheapside John Welch, Esq., Aldennanbury. 11. Whitworth, Esq., Northampton Josiai Underwood, Esa., Commercial Bank Edward tiabbett Beard, I'orchester-place lioajamin Salter, Esq., West Park Villa. Exeter Thomas Hopkins, Esq., Alderman, Manchester R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Emscote House, Leamington, Chairman of the Coventry ant Leicester and of the Warwick and Chelten ham Railways F. B. Goldney, F.sq., St. Paul's Churchyard (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. J .ho Dill_ n, Esq., Chairman pro tern. Andrew Caldecott, Deputy-Chairman pro tern. Mr. Aldai man Hooper Themas Slicpperson, Esq. William White, Esq. Will am Lawreuce, Esq. Itichird Hopper, Esq. WUliain Cash, Esq, J. W. Deacon, Esq. John Gladstone, Esq. Mr. Alderman Sidney. ENGINEER.—.IOIIIIUrpaII Rastrick, EN. BANKERS. 1,011.1011 - -Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., Lothbury .:‘lancliener—Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co. Be..it;irti--Thomas Itarnard, Esq. Stockport —The Bank of Stockport I.eloest.2r—fares Leicestershire Banking Company Non hainpton—The Northamptonshire Union Bank Welliaghorougle--The Northamptonshire Union Bank Boyle, Low, Pim, and Co. JOINT SOLICITOIM Messri Ashurst and Son, 137, Cheapslde :ITesirs. Sallow, Sons, and Torr, 20, Chancery-lane. LOCAL AGENTS. Mes. , rs. Stone aid Paget, Leicester ~le,+er4. Tatham and Son, Highgate. E. L. Brlckwo,O, Esq , Dunstable Edward C. Williamson, Esq., Luton r. L. Brett, Esq., Bedford ticorge Burnham, Esq., Wellingborough :Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship, Kettering Beauvoir Brock, Esq., Loughborough r.lhotnas Richardson, Esq., Uttoxeter s;corge Sawkins. Esq., Leek ineltard W.,rmald, Esq., Macclesfield John Boothroyd, Esq., Stockport William J. Little Esq., Devonport Messrs. - tanley and Washrough, Bristol 4:lturies Naylor, Esq., Leeds SECRETARY PRO TE3L—Edward L. Ogle, Esq. rakti.Astr NTAUY AGENrs.—Messrs. Parkes and Preston, 21, Great George-street, Westminster The London promoters of this line, in their ordinary commercial operations, now pay for the carriage of goods, &c., a sum equal to four per cent. upon the whole capital ; an amount of traffic which 'will pass upon the direct line when competed. .1, its course, the line will approach to and accommodate the fol lowt,g towns—viz., Barnet, St. Albans, Dunstable, Luton, Ampthill, BrclP , ,rct, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Leicester, 1,olt4libero:1:;11, Aslihy- - le-la-Zouch, Burton-on-Trent, Uttoxeter, chea,lle, Leek - , Macclestleld, Stockport, and Manchester, terminating in the station of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway. .Applications for Shares may be made, addressed to the Provisional Cominitte, or to the Solicitors, at the Company's Offices, 4g, Moor gate-street, London, of whom further particulars may be obtained. July, 1345. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 7o the Provisional Committee of the Direct London and Manchester Railway, 43, lloorgate-street, London. reqnest that you will allot to me Shares of rt l.eac h,.l. this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and L 'oposit thereon, or upon ally less number that may be e pay the . a Rutted to up?* and I undertake, also, to execute the Parliamentary tontract and su!igc:,ibers' agreement when required. Name in full ....... ............. Re5idence.......................... Trade or Profession .......... ..... . Reference. .. ................... _address of Referee.. • ............... Date ............. ...... This Company is established pursuant to the fo:I.OWIng request and utherity :-- " We, the undersigncd, being interested in the tradeof Milnehester, and in shortest and quickest intercourse between London and Nanchoster, hereby express our conviction that a direct line of rail way bct..veen those places will give the public thegreatest cheapness, convenience, and speed. "That it is of paramount importance to the trade, and to the publio, that they should not continue dependent for communication with Lancashire upon one, and that a circuitous line of railway. " That the immediate formation of a direct line is essential, because, if delayed, it will become more and more difficult, in con .aequence of the branch railways which local necessity will originate. " That an - independent trunk line is necessary, to guard the trade an d ommerce of the metropolis and Lancashire against excessive cliarols: and the many evils of a rapidly-extending monopoly. .• We therefore authorise and request Messrs. Ashurst and Son, Solicitors, and Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, Solicitors, to take tho neaossary steps for the formation of a Committee, with a view to 0 0 ., a 10:,ti(),' of ouch a line. Allan and Smith, London William Allen and Brothers, Manchester H. Bannerman and Sons, Manchester Hobart Bentley and Co., London .John Burd and Sons, Manchester gobert Barbour and Co., Manchester laeorge Brettle and Co., London J T. Basset, la talon Burls and Gladstonts, London J. hi. Banks, London ,Win Burls, London .janies Bradbury, Manchester ;Bradbury, Careatorex, and Co., London Bowman and May, London Blair and Burton, Manchester S. A, Butterworth and co., Manchester John Biggs and Sons, Lefeeater coldecett, Powell, and Wilcox, Landon • Cook, Sons, a - d Co., London J. and F. Cowper and Co., London Courtauld, Taylor, and Co., London Capper, Morley, and Co., London _Francis W. Coates, London William Cash, London fiteeper, Watson,. and Jackson, London James Carlton. Walker, and Lewis, Manchester Richard Cobden and Co., Manchester Thomas Crompton, Manchester Darby and Garland, London James Deacon and Sons, London and Manchester W. and T. Davos, aunchener, and Routledge, London Davies, Freeman, and Co., Manchester John Dogdale and Brothers, Manchester ▪ Everington, and Co. London David'Evans and Co., London Samuel Fletcher, Son, and Co., Manchester ,George Fraser, Son, and Co., Manchester • Grant and Brother, London John and Edward Grundy, Manchester Edward Granville and Co., London Gillett, Porter, and Co., London Gates, Coates, Bartlett, and Co., London Lot Gardiner and Brothers, Manchester Boost, Ward, and Hood, London henry. Hilton, Manchester alolalay and Cheetham, Manchester Hoyle and Hanson, London Richard Harris and Sons, Leicester Johnson, Balmer, and Co., London Jameson and Banks Kershaw, Leese, and anchester iLeaf, Coles, Smith, and C0., d0., London tuck, Castle, aid Co., London La sett and Davies. London tuck, Botch, and Coath, London John Lart and Son, London I.e Gros, Thompson, and Bird, London Thomas Lomas and Co., Manchester Lewis and James, London laddiard and Co., London Lewollin, Truman, and Hitchcock, London William Lawrence, London Morrison, Dillon, and Co., London J. and R. Morley, London al‘Clure and liaslam, Manchester James Martin, Landon iltohert Mutrie, London John Munn and Co., Manchester James and William Morley, London Nloholls, Lucas, and Co., Manchester Gaatigton, Warwick, and Co., London Oldroyd, Hodgson, and Co., London. J. F. Pawson and Co., London Jotters and Norris, Manchester Holmes, and Co., Manchester Sohn and Nathaniel Phillips and Co., Manchester Pussy and Pallet, London Roditish and Bickham, Manchester R. 11. Robertson and Co., London Rhoades and Williams, London John Read, London Sainuol Ridley, Son, and Ellington, London alowhoelson and Atkinson, London taadler, Fenton, and Co., London R. Satomons and Co., London Start and Sharp, London George wal James Smith, Manchester 'Thomas James Smith, London s. an,l T. Storar and Co, London "•,•'O. .trial lhopperoon, London ftltenollan and Roan, London saerwooa, Gilbert, and Piper, London Tot aand and Hickson, Manchester Thompson, Brothers, and Son, Manchester afrasellt Travers and Son, London Colton, and Co., Manchester Tattersall and _Mellor, Manchester Torso) . and Milloate, Loudon George Virtue, London 'hite and Greenwell, London • 'Word and Co., London nVinckworth and Procters, Manchester • 'Thomas Worthington, Manchester a:ohn Weeford and Co., London Westram, D;gnam, and Co., London S B. Watts saaa Co., Manchester Wilson, Keith, suit Co., London , Wreford and Pugh, London Welch and Margetson, London. D IRECT LONDON and MAN CHESTER RAILWAY. • 'ALLOTMENT OF SHARES. NO iltrther APPLICATIoN for SHARES in this Company can be rectired a'l,7r TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY), the 27th of August, NO. :EDWARD L. OGLE, Secretary. Oak*, 48, Moorgate-street. THE SUN, LONDON, TU.EISIIAY - EVR':NIIS AUGUST )26, 1846. B IRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY, With a DIVERGING LINE through STRATFORD-ON-AVON, to UNITE with the MORETWS-IN-MARSH RAILWAY. Capital 600,000/., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. per Share. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to Act 7th and Bth Va t., c. 110 . PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE, The Mayor of Birmingham John Adams, Esq., Sergeant-at-Law, London J. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham John Aston, Esq., Birmingham Robert James Atty, Esq., Ingon Grange, Stratford-on-Avon F. P. Barlow, Esq., Lonon Matthew P. W. Boulton, Esq., Great Tew Park, Oxon Colonel Charles Oldfleld Bowles, Esq., North Aston Park W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, near Banbury James Butlin, Esq., Westfield House, near Rugby C. H. Corbitt, Esq., Adminton Walter Cowan, Esq., Offchurch Bury, near Leamington John Croethwaite, Esq., Liverpool Sir George Dashwood, Batt, Eirtlington Park, Oxon William Dickens, Esq., Chen - ington, near Shipston Rev. John Ellis, Wooton, Henley-in-Arden Edmund Darby Ford, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon John Branston Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon J. Gardiner, Esq., Southern Darwin Galton, Esq., Edstone Hall, near Stratford-on-Avon Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool J. liaddon, Esq., Leamington W. Judd Harding, Esq., Baraset House, near Stratford-on-Avon Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Liverpool Captain Hitching, Idlicote House, near Shipston Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool John Lechmere, Esq., Steeple Aston Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington William Marshall, Esq., Husbands' Bosworth, Leicestershire William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristol John Moss, Esq., Liverpool P. H. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne J. G. Reeves, Esq , Birmingham John Rich, Esq., Bearley, near Stratford-on-Avon John Roskell, Esq., Bath Francis Rufford, Esq., Benbroughton, near Stourbridge Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., London Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham Major-General Smith, Rugby Gustavus T. Smith, Esq., Goldicote, near Stratford-on-Avon Samuel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington Thomas Thomson, Esq., M.D., Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon T. H. Thorne, Esq., Leamington Rev. Henry Townsend, Honnington, near Shipston George Richard Walker, Esq., Heathfleld House, Bletchington, Ozon Charles Woodmass, Esq., Avonhurst, near Stratford-on-Avon. (With power to add to their number.) BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. J. W. Miles, Esq. John Moss, Esq. P. H. Muutz, Esq. F. Rufford, Fsq. C. Russell, Esq., M.P. Chas. Shaw, Esq. J. T. Alston, Esq F. P. Barlow, Esq. J. B. Freer, Esq. Robertson Gladstone, Esq J. Haddon, Esq. Charles Lawrence, Esq. W. Mathews, Esq. ENGINEER—I. K. Brunel, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., London Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, arid Co., Birmingham The Birmingham Banking Company, Birmingham Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co.,Bristol The Leamington Priors and arwickshire Banking Company, and th, Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Leamington and Warwick Messrs. Moss and Co., Liverpool. The Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Company, Stratford-on- Avon. SOLICITORS. Messrs Patterson, Haymes, and Haubury, Leamington and WarwiA W. O. Hunt, Esq., and Charles Stevens, Esq., No. 10, Whitehall, London Messrs. Clay and Swift, Liverpool. In congratulating the Shareholders on the issue of the late contest in Parliament, the Committee of Management beg to announce that active measures are Ue.ng adopted to forward the surveys and plans, and prepare for the ensuing session. The success of the Oxford and Rugby Railway has confirmed the Directors in the view they enter tained waen they first brought to the notice of the public the merits of a line direct from Birmingham to Oxford, and leaves little room to doubt that Parliament will grant this important continuation, thus connecting the whole north of the kingdom and Birmingham with the south-western districts. _ . It is intended to snake the most convenient stations for the variou.s towns on the line that circumstances will admit, connecting the line at Birmingham with that of the Grand Junction Company. By this means an uninterrupted transit will be effected from Birmingham through Oxford to every part of the south and to London. Looking to the very peculiar position of this line, the cheapneFS of its construction, and the great traffic that must inevitably flow to it from its connecting and central situation, the Provisional Directors have every confidence that the undertaking will be one of more than ordinary profit to the proprietors. By order of the Board. 449, West Strand, Aug. 13, 1845. pjLY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAILWA Y. A Company is in the course of formation for the construction of ;t Railway from the city of Ely to the town of Bury St. Edinunde. The line will eminence by a junction at Ely with the Eastern Counties, Lynn and Ely, and Ely and Huntingdon Railways, and will terminate at Bury by a junction with the Ipswich and Bury Railway. Its object is to preserve the mercantile connexion which has for generations subsisted between the county of Suffolk, the town of Itury, and the port of Lynn, and to afford Ipswich, Colchester, and Bury, and all that portion of the kingdom a direct communication with the manufacturing districts. The distance from Bury, and consequently from all places eastward of that town to Peterborough, the point at which so many lines pass ing from the south and east to the north and north-west converge, will by the Ely and Bury line be ten miles shorter than the route to that city by way of Cambridge. A detailed Prospectus will be issued immediately. ROOFER, BIRCH, and IN - GRA.m. 68, Lincoln's Inn-fields. MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. NEW 401. SHARES. The HOLDERS of SCRIP CERTIFICATES for the NEW 40/. SHARES in the additional Capital Stock of this Coppany, are re quired to transmit such certificate to the Secretary of the Company's Office at Derby, on or before SATURDAY, the 13th day of September next, with their Names, Professions, and Residences distinctly writ ten, in order that the same may be entered in the Share Register of the Company. Shareholders to whom Scrip has not been issued will be duly re gistered as they now stand in the Books of the Company ; and all Shares not claimed by the actual Holders of Scrip Certificates on or before the said 13th day of September, will he registered as the pro perty of the persons to whom they were originally allotted. Receipts for the Scrip will be given, and on the completion of the Registry they will be exchanged for Certificates under the Seal of the Company. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Board of Directors. JOHN ELIAS', Deputy Chairman. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Derby, Aug. 19, 1845. L ONDON, WORCESTER, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. Called on scrip the London and Worcester, and Rugby and Oxford Railway, with extension to Dudley and Wolverhampton.) - . The shareholders in this Company are informed that in conse quence of the arrangements made with the intended Buckingham shire Railway Company, an option is given to the holders of London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire shares of exchanging them for shares in the Buckinghamshire Railway, in the proportion of two Buckinghamshire Railway shares forevery three London, Worcestet , and South Staffordshire shares. The guarantee to be given by the London and Birmingham Rail way Company to the Buckinghamshire Railway Company will be four per cent. per annum, on the cost of construction, with half the surplus profits. All parties taking shares in the Buckinghamshire Railway Com pany must pay the full deposit thereon ; and the holders of London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Company's shares will receive back at an early date, of which notice will be given, the residue of the deposit on such shares after payment of the Parliamentary expenses. Where the number of London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire shares (being one or two) will not admit of the allotment of Buck inghamshire shares in the proportions stated, a single share will be allotted for two London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire shares, and the deposit will be returned, subject to deduction for expenses, as aforesaid. _ Parties applying for Buckinghamshire shares in respect of shares In the London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Co.opany, of which they are not the original holders, will not be entitlod to an allotment until they shall have furnished such references to their re sponsibility as shall be satisfactory to the Provisional Committee of the Buckinghamshire Railway. Pursuant to this notice, holders of scrip in the London, Worcester, and Bout)) Staffordshire Company are requested to send the same to this °filet) for registration on or before the Bth day of September nexi, witli Weir names (written at full length) and their address and professioiiir; HENRY MORGAN, Secretary pro tern. Of Hie London, Worcester, and South s.taffordshire Railway. 28, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. FORM OF APPLICATION. 1, the undersigned, Address . Profession •• • • ...... ••••.. • • • • • desire to receive Buckingham Railway Company's shares in exchange for my London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire shares (the certificates of which I enclose), in the proportions, and subject to the provisions of the notice of the Buckinghamshire Pro visional Committee of the 25th August. Note.—Specify the number of shares sent. Signature . . Reference.... VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION. 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LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated the Comedy of CAPTAIN TARRADIDDLE; or, What will the World Say? Captain Tarradiddle, Mr. W. Farrell ; I'ye Hilary, Mr. Hudson; Mrs. Tarradiddle, Miss I'. Horton. In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will slug his New Song of " Young England." To be followed by USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster ; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutter buck, Miss Carre. After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUI)LE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, Matrimonial Chap ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-llall each. Tickets and - 'laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, tr,in Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELLST; . THIS EVENING Will be performed the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. The Stranger, Madame Celeste. Atter which, will be rep ated a farce. in One Act, called MRS. CAUDLE ABROAD AND AT HOME. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Wilkinson Mrs', Caudle, Mr. Wright. To be followed by a Terpsich , wean Barletta, called POWDEIi AND BALL; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr, Lambert; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby; Jacob Gorki'', Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Second Night of Two New Dramas. BY ROYAL COMMAND. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Comic Drama, in Three Acts, BY ROYAL COMMAND. Principal characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. Vining, Mr. Emery, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bender, and Mr. Meadows ; Miss Fairbro ther, Mrs. W..ollidge, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To which will be added a New Faroe, entitled ENQUIRE WITHIN. Principal Characters by Mr. Meadows, Mr. Emery, Miss Arden, Mi,s Grove. and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Ke&ey. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, !iss Dawson. and Mrs. Keeley. o conclude with the •` Pas dc Fleurs" and the " l'as de Meissen nettrs," from the celebrated Burlesque of CINDERELLA. PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LEmgEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. The Last Night but Three of the Company's performing this Season. THIS EVENING, Will be performed DON C.ESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cxsar de Bazan, Mr. IVallack ; Maritana, Miss Stanley. To which will b: added A COUR r BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos turne,with the Original Music. To be followed by THE BRIG \ND. Alessandro Massaroni, Mr. Wallack ; Rubaldo, Mr. 'tame; Ottavia, Miss Grey; Maria • Grazie, Mrs. Brougham. After which, TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy Mullowny, Mr. Collins. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Last Week of the Summ' r Season—Last Week of the Grand Military Spectacle. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely New Grand National Spectacle, em bracing the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India, called THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, The Siege of Hyderabad. The Scenes in the Circle will be more than usually attractive, con sisting of the choicest chef d'oeuvres of the unrivalled French Equestrians. To conclude with THE WEAVER or LYONS. Box-otlic2 open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Re-engagement of Madame Vestris and Mr. C. Matthews. THIS EVENING Will be performed USED UP. Supported by Messrs. C. Matthews, Homier, Neville, lieslop, Lewis, Fredericks, Mrs. It. Hornier, and Miss Martin. Aftcr which, WHY DON'T SIIE MARRY? or, The Swiss Col tagc. Natz neck, \lr. Charles Mathews; Lisette, Madame Vestris. To be fo lowed by the Comic Drama of FREE AND EASY. Sir 'John Freemay, Mr. C. Mathews. To conclude with MRS CAUI,LE'S CURTAIN LECTURE. Mr. Cand!e, Mr. IL slop ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. S. Cowell. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, At the Box o lice, from Eleven to I.'our. GRAND FETE CHAMFETRE, In honour of the Birth-day of 11. It. 11. PRINCE ALBERT, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, THIS DAY A DAY FETE, Commencing with the May-pole and Morris Dancers ! Filar Tuck, - Maid Marian, Pipe and Tabor, &c. The Magnificent - Modelled Representation of EDINBURGH, un• equalled Menagerie, the male Giraffe and African Chimpanzee, (exhibited for the first time.) The magnifie..nt MODEL of VENICE, will be exhibited in a large and appropriate building lighted from the roof. An additional Military Band. Signor Romanzini will give a classical representation of the Ancient Staines, on an elevated platform. Miniature Balloons will be discharged at intervals. One of larger dimensions will ascend from the Lake emitting Fireworks during its Ascent. The PROMENADE CONCERTS! By the unrivalled Band of [he Establishment. Le Petit Hercule Vol•tnt, the Infant Prodigy, will perform the dar ing teat of ascending and descending from the top of Edinburgh Castle across the Lake, to the Royal Institution. The Aquatic Tableau and Fireworks will be on an unprecedented scale of magnificence, Including a representation of the Flight of the Comet. Admission, One Shilling.—Doors open at One, HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 49 minutes after 7 J Evening .. 26 minutes after 8. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, Auc. 26. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 50; Highest, 69 ; Noon, 65, BAROMETER, 29.96. WIND W., fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. always have presented itself to the consideration of every in•elligent observer as being rec'rtnmended by many essential qualities that do not attach to any works moved by steam power. The economy of fuel, of ma chinery, of labour, of wear and tear, of all the main elements, therefore, that ultimately occasion the largest sacrifices of capital in these undertakings—is the most obvious and the most signal of these recommendations in favour of railways on the atmospheric principle. Of the few perfected attempts which have been made at its practical adoption, we believe we are correct in stating that the most important is one of the Irish lines, leading directly from the sea coast to the capital—and on this it has succeeded to an extent greater than had been anti cipated for it by some of its warmest supporters. Still, there were found, in its practical details, some of those elementary difficulties and disadvantage's, on the stt ength of which (far too readily assumed) sneirreers of distin- guished reputation have concurred in pronouncing it to be hopeless to anticipate its general adoption. Among these the s most formidable have always been regarded (we understand) the construction of the valves and pistons of adequate tenacity and strength, in conjunction with adequate facility of action and perfectness of joint ing ; —and, the propulsion of carriages and trucks, laden, up inclined planes. This last exertion, it has been stoutly contended, could not be accomplished by any conceivable application of atmospheric pressure. The results which have been arrived at, iu the series of ex periments to which we alluded in our paper of Saturday last, as having been commenced for. some days on the London and Croydon atmospheric line of railway, should operate to deter all men from pronouncing, too con filently, on the impracticability of novel projects of me chanical a pplication, however startling by their boldness or their simplicity... In the late experiments, the success of which we have already had the pleasure of announcing, the two main difficulties that we have instanced may be considered to have been finally disposed of ; and this, too, with an ease and readiness that reflect the highest credit on those who originated and devised the particular modes by which the possibility of vanquishing them might be tested. As to the first of those difficulties the exhaustion of five miles length of tube, at a barome trical pressure of 27 degrees and four lines, and the un impeded ti aversing of that whole extent by the piston, we take to" he'an experiment on a giant scale, the con. clusien of which can leave no sort of reasonable doubt a , to its prolongation throughout any extent of space that railroad purposes can require. As to the second diffi cu'ty, it was eXtinguished and utterly removed by the propulsion of a carriage train, dead weight, without mo mentum or impetus of any kind, up an incline of 1 in 50. On the various accounts we have mentioned, and z specially because of the saving of human life which we think we may safely anticipate from its more extensive application to railway lines—we regard these experi ments on the atm- spheric principle with much gratilica mien. •We heartily wish the individuals under whose direction and auspices it is being thus admirably ap plied every further success in their spirited endeavours, not at all doubting that they will soon be enabled tt bring their results into almost universal adoption in the practical construction and management of railways. The last advises from Madrid bring intelligence that a species of insurrection had broken out in that capital on the 19th instant, in consequence of the discontent excited among the middle and lower classes of th► people by the refusal of the Queen's Ministers—th► Finance Minist.er more especially—to make certain mothficat:ons in his new tributary system. Angr3 groups of people assembled in the squares and places. and the authorities having been compelled to call out tin troops, several charges of cavalry were made on the people, against whom several discharges of musketry we( c also levelled. The garrison was under arms Considerable reinforcements had arrived from Gua dalajara and Cuenca ; and the Captain-General had been vested with extraordinary powers, and autho thorisel to thclare Madrid in a state of siege, should circumstances occur to render such a proceeding neces sary. Great consternation existed among all classes. although the city was tranquil at the departure of the mail. From many circumstances we are strongly disposed to think this ebullition of popular feeling is by no means the termination of the hostile movement that the Spanish Minister's plan may expect to encounter. Still less is it any adequate indication of the intensity of the disgust, or the force of the passive resistance, which the tradespeoph of Madrid Or pose to the excessive and unjust assessments he has subjected them to, or the apportionment of his forced contributions. We fully agree with the Madrid correspondent of a morning Contemporary, that perhaps the most formidable resolution at which any large sec:ion of the Spanish people can arrive, is to oppose passive resistance to the collection of the reve nues of the Crown. The Spaniard, beyond every other European deniz in, can bear and endure. His " passive resistance" does not evaporate in party excitement, or factious speeches ; nor can he be wheedled out of his settled purpose by the cajolery and clap-trap speeches of the most favourite empecinado. His resolution once taken, he seems to make it a point of honour and self-resp.ct inflexibly to adhere to it, until either the object it proposes be accomplished, or the chances o: its attainment leas been risked and lost upon actual ann determined contests for its attainment. We have formed this opinion on some personal knowledge and experience of the Spanish character, especially as it develops itself among the remarkable population of the metropolis of Spain. But when lee find that the Finance Minister him self, Senor Moe, is so alarmed by the voluntary closing of shops and cessation of trading, that he makes tours of personal inspection through the city, in order to ascertain by personal inspection to what extent and in what quarters this emphatic though silent token of resistance and defiance prevails ; —when we read that many hundreds of workmen have been already discharged by their employers, on account ' of the anticipated pressure of the new fiscal arrange ments, we tremble for the consequences. To crown all the other disastrous aspects of affairs, NARVAEZ, to eh() -e unprincipled ambition and unsparing cruelty Spain is already indebted for so large an aggregate of political oppressions and civil misery, has been clothed pith renewed and enlarged capacities to degrade, en slave, and exasperate the unhappy country whose liber ies he has betrayed. The mournful present wil! he followed, we suspect, by a terrible future, and that not a distant one. Senor More is, it seems, inflexi ble. The Ma !rid men are resolute. The Minister is a man of his word. The citizens are men of their purpose. The passive resistance to arbitrary and ex - cessive taxation which is announced by closed shops, disbanded establishments, and discharged workmen, has been displayed by the same people, in precisely the same indications, where the immediate excitement has been caused by the forced military occupation of their capital by an invading army of foreigners. Those of our readers who may remember as well as we do, under what circumstances the French forces took armed pos session of Madrid in March, 1808, will not forget the terrible retribution inflicted on those forces, in Madrid, just two months afterwards (on May 2). It is earnestly to be hoped that after the bitter experience which the Spanish people have had during the last twelve years of the unproductive results of the most sanguinary tu mults and revolts to the cause of civil liberty and con stitutional results, so long as they have no leaders of tried fidelity to those ennobling and salutary principles, they will not pass from this condition just now to one of more direct colision with their military oppressors, which would only result just now in the closer rivetting of she fetters which have been imposed upon them, and the still more prodigal shedding of that blood which has been already so lavishly and vainly shed in the cause of a country still noble in its decay, still prtcious to them under all the sufferings they are compelled to endure from the successful traitors to its liberties and its laws. In this last intelligence from Madrid we see fresh occa sion to express the apprehensions we have long enter tained, that there is no Court of Europe at which the influence of this country, or the authority of its example, sr the tendencies of its public opinion, are less felt or re sponded to than that of Madrid. Since the successful con spiracy against, and rapid downfal of, ESPARTERO, we appear to have lost even the privilege of addressing Spain in the warning language of an old friend and a .riesl protector. To what is this owing,—this loss of consideration on the part of the most powerful with one of the weakest, tho Ugh most arbitrary, Governments in existence ? We are compelled to believe that the cha racter and dignity of this great country cannot be ade quately upheld by our diplomatic representative there : and, indeed, we , have, of late, seen by far too much of drawiog•room and banquetting flirtation between the British Minister and the adventurer NARVAEZ, mid the poor tools and creatures of his who infest tile throne of the young Queen sof SPAIN, rendering it inaccessible to the just complaints and remonstrances of an outraged and in 'tilted nation. We would rather hear our Minister to Spain blamed' for a too distant deportment, than feel thus compelled to- censure his too great forwardness towards a Court and Government which have earned S'or themselves so um nviable a reputation for perfidious :seas and cruelty. News frlYrn Poland to the 12th instant has arrived. re had been as emeute in Lithuania. Several minis ,ers of the Greek Church had bern dispatched to a vil lage in that duchy, for the purpose. of converting the ,nhabitants. The Russian Government ; in order to 7t. .. _ < , _ .. bender their preachings more efficacious, and to quicken the perceptive faculties of the peasants as to the supc riority of the Grcek Church over the Roman Catholic, had placed at the orders of those reverend mi: , eionarics a de tachment of troops, consisting of an officer and forty men. The peasantry, however, enticed the Greek priests into a forest and murdered them ; and then setting fire to a barn in which the soldiers were quartered, had sur rounded it, and driven back into the flames all who attempted to escape. There had occurred in the town of Luck, in Lithuania, no less than six destructive Ares between the 6th and 26th of May. No intelligence has been received from Madrid of a later date than that we gave yesterday. We have receivel the Paris Papers of Saturday. The Monitear announces officially the elevation to the Peerage of the following Members of the Chamber of Deputies :—Generals Viscount BONNEMAINS, Baron DURRIEU, and Baron DOGUEREAU, Count DE MONTo ZON, Baron TUPINIER, and Messrs. FULCHIRON, GIROT DE L'ANGLADE, HARTMANN, and RAGUET LEPINE. The Messver des Clatinbres publishes an official con tradiction of the statement which appeared in La Passe, announcing that the French troops in Algiers had received a check in the neighbourhood of Orleans vine. Marshal BIIGEAIID is to leave Algiers for France on the sth of Sept,naber. ABD-EL-KADER is encamped on the frontiers of Morocco, at the head of 6,000 men. The National says that a caravan of black slaves, brought from the interior of Africa were publicly put up to auction in the market of Medeah, and asks how it is that Marshal BUGEAUD tolerates such monstrous con duct in a French colony ? It appears that the journeymen sawyers of Paris have struck for wages. Several of them were arrested on Thurs'lay and Friday. The trial of the carpenters out ou strike, before the Police Correctionelle, on a charge of conspiracy, commenced on Friday. It was expected to last over two days. On the evening of the 22d a destructive fire took place at Bordeaux, in the warehouses of M. TASTET, which !ontained large quantities of brandy and spirits of wine. The fire promptly communicated to the neighbouring houses, and would have been fur more extensive had not the authorities succeeded in saving several warehouses, !ontaining three thousand pieces of brandy and other spirits. The loss is estimated at 120,0001. in the tele 4raphic dispatch which conveyed the news of the lisaster to the Government on Saturday. On the morning of the 231, a wall of one of the burnt houses fell, and killed the commandant, adjutant, a ieutenant, and three privates of the Poinpier corps. The report of the adjudication of the Granl Northern Railroad having been postponed, is officially contra licted. The Constitutionnel says that . the Count DE MONT FORT (JEROME BONAPARTE'S son), who has spent some months at Paris, has been ordered to quit France within the period of eight days. General LARNE had returned to Faris from Morocco, where he had been as Envoy. General RAFAEL UJ&DANETA, Minister Plenipoten tiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the Republic of Ve nezuela at the Court of Madrid, died in Paris on the 23d inst. The Moniteur inserts, by order of the Minister of Commerce, a letter from Tangiers, dated 24th ult., which announces that the Director of the Custom-house office had published a decree of the EMPEROR, reducing by 25 per cent, the duties imposed in May last on foreign merchandise. That decree had been likewise protnul. gated at Mogadore, Tetuan, and Rabat. The same letter mentions that the Government had declared the sale of eggs and oranges an Imperial monopoly, and granted the privilege of exporting them, for a sum of 14,000 francs, to the son of one of the administrators of the Custom-house department. The weather continued remarkably fine. The Three per Cents. sold at TORTONI'S for 84f. 17ic. The following are the quotations of the new lines : LYONS, AUG. 21.—Avignon and Marseilles, 1,100 f., end of AuguA ; Paris and Orleans, 1,3201., ditto; Paris and Rouen, 1,106 f., ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 813 f., ditto; Orleans and Bordeaux, 725 f., ditto. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aua. 25. Boulogne and Amiens.. I I Orleans and Bordeaux 12 1 4 Bordeaux &Nlediterran .Over Ys - sel — % p Bordeaux and Toulouse Paris& Lyons (Lafitte) 3% Do. and Cette 2l • Ditto (Ganneron's). Central of Spain .. Dutch Rhenish ... B l4 Paris and Orleans...". Dendre Valley Dieppe & Paris Juliet — Paris and Strasburg Dijon and Mulhouse East Indian Grt Northern of France Paris and St. Quentin. (La(fitte's) ..' 6 1 4 Peppin leHalleur — Ditto (ROsainels) ... 3 Itolien and Havre 3 0 3 /4 Great Paris and Lyons. V% 'Royal North of Spain 21,/, Jamaica Junction .Sambre and Mense .... 834 Do. North Midland — Strasbourg and Basle . ..ouvain and Jemeppe 5 Tours and Nantes :.eons and Avignon — (31‘Kenzie's) — Luxembourgli.. 2% Do. (Lefebvre's) — Namur and Liege CA Verona and Ancona.... Orleans and Vierzon MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 to 6,000 bags, including GOO Egyptian. There was no change in prices, which were firm.—'There was a quiet market for Shares, at about previous rates. To such of our readers as are interested in railway matters, a summary of approaching events, collated from the several advortisements that have appeared, as well as from Stock Ex change sources, will no doubt prove useful. The subjoined meetings are appointed :—Blackburn, Damen, and Bolton, Aug. 29 ' • Brighton and Chichester, A u g. 30. ; B r i s t o l an d Exeter, Aug. 28 ; Caledonian, Aug. 27 ; Clydesdale Junc tion, Aug. 29 ; Dublin and Drogheda, Aug. 28 ; Dundee and Perth, Aug. 28 ; Eastern Counties, Aug. 28 ; Great Grimsby, August 27 ; Great North of England, August 28 ; London and Croydon, September 9 ; Londonderry and Coleraine, September 3 ; Lynn and Dereham, Aug. 29 ; Manchester and Birmingham, Sept. 5 ; Manchester and Leeds, Sept. 3 ; Newcastle and Berwick, Aug. 30 ; North British, Sept. 3 ; Scottish Central, Aug. 29 ; South Eastern, Sept. 11 ; aterford and Kilkenny, Sept. 12; West London, Sept. 3. Tile transfer books of the following Companies closed : Brighton and Chichester, from Aug. 23 to 31 ; Bristol and Exete.., from Aug. 18 to 28 ; Dublin and Drogheda, from Aug. 18 to 28 ; Eastern Counties, from Aug. 18 to 29 ; Great North of England, from Aug. 16 to 28 ; Great Southern and Western Ireland, from Aug. 23 to Sept. 20; Ilull and Selby, from Aug. 19 to Sept. 2 ; London and Croydon, from Aug. 26 to Sept. 9 ; Manchester and Birmingham, from Aug. 23 to Sept. 5 ; Ditto and Leeds, from Aug. 25 to Sept. 3 ; North British, from Aug. 16 to Sept. 3 ; South Eastern, from Aug. 22 to Sept. 11. The dividends payable are :—Birrninghain and Gloucester, Sept.l; Paris and Rouen, 23f. 10c. Calls have been made upon the Belfast and Ballymena, V. 103., Oct. 1 ; Dublin and Belfast 21. 10s., Sept. 10 ; Eastern Counties, New Shares, 21., Oct. 30 ; Great Grimsby 501. Shares, 2'. ss. ; Great Southern and Western Extension, 51., Sept. 30 ; Croydon, IL, Aug. 31; Midland Great Western of Ireland, 21. 10s., Sept. 25 ; Newcastle and Darlington Brandling, 51, Sept. 1; Northern and Eastern Registered, 51.,• Sept. 1 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 2/., Aug. 30 ; Richmond, 41., Aug. 30 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 21., Sept. 6. Notice has been given that the deed for the Boston, Stam ford, and Birmingham will lie for signature at the Royal Hotel, on the 29th inst. The registration of scrip takes places in the following Companies :—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, Aug. 30; Cale donian, Oct. 1 ; Dublin and Belfast, Aug. 30; Great Southern and Western, Sept. 1 ; Hull and Selby, 25/. Shares, Sept. 30; Manchester, Sheffield and Midland, on or before September 2 ; Midland 40/. Scrip certificate, on or before September 13 ; North British (Edinburgh and Hawick Branch), on or before September 9; South Wales, September 8; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, September 15; and York and North Midland Extension, August 30. The Funds have declined to-day upon the settlement of the Account, and there is an appearance of the Bear party having rather the best of it. Consols have been 98% 8 to 99% fier present trausfer, and 99 8 for Account. Exchequer Bilk have been at an improvement to 495. and 51s. premium. Bank Stock is worth 211 to 212, being well supported. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are marked 102% %, and the Three per Cents., 99% %. For Spanish Bonds there is a flat market again, but prices are almost nominal. The Five per Cents. have been 27%, and the Passive 6 3 4. Columbian have been steady, at 18 1 / 4 e ; and Brazilian, at 89%. The Equador Stock is worth 4% %. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 6276 to 63; and the Four per Cents. 100% to A. Railway Shares, generally, are capitally supported. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2ll _212 2111/2 CLOSIN4i PRICES, 2111, ._ i. 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 991/5 98% 991 W/8 New 314 per Cents . 1025 A% 102% Long Annuities to exoireJan.lB6o 11 7-161% 1112 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 ... 11 5-16 11 5-16 India Stock ...271 273 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1,0004, 11/2d.... 49 50 51 pm. 51 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small 99% ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 5O L 2 50 1 - Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela IB A I /4 18 i/ 4 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 - Ditto, Deferred l B 3 /4 18 3 / 4 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account .... 2714 Do., 1843 ... — Ditto, Passive Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. ... . Ditto, Account — 38 1 , Dutch, 2 1 / 2 par Cent . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific lOO V s % 100% Equador PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING [RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 133 Birmingham and Ox- 27 1 / 2 22 1 A 6 3 / 4 153 A ford Junction Bristol and Exeter 7O Ditto New Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1 %...... 3A I / 4 Chester and Holyhead... 15 Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June 2 l /2 Dublin and Galway..... 2% 3%14 3 Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 19% % ... ...... Ditto New 41. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 par Cent, No. 1....51. 13s. 4d l l4 Eastern Union 2O .. .. Ditto Extension . ... 1% 3% Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto New 1 / 1 Shares... 5 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of Englancl..100 Great Western Ditto Half Shares 5O ll6 117% 11 7 1,4:, Ditto Fifths Guildibrd, Pare ) m, Ports. 2 1 ,4... .. 3 1, 4 .. 31/, Hull and Selby Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 /....... Leicester and BedrJrd... 225. London and Birmiuginn kStock) 227 225 225 Do. Thirds Do. 1 / 1 Shares London and Blackwall. 161 13s. 4d l os 5 / 8 Do. New London and Brighton... 50 London and Manchester 2 _3IA 19 1 4 sip p 89 i; 1414 (Remington's) London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 26 qv, ... .. Do. New l3s 4d l 3 / 4% Lond. & S.Western 411 6a 10d — Do. Consolidated Bths 20 Do. New London and York 2% , 6 5406% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .....- ........... 2%...... 2 3 / 4 Lynn and Ely . 2% _ _ 7% % . , . Lynn and Dereham l% 45/ Manchester and Leeds... 76 Do. Quarters Manchester and Birmm. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ... 2 Manchester, Buxton, and 29 10 1 4 71/4 26 p 38 64 1 101,i Matlock 22s. Midland 100 Do. New Midland, Binn., Derby...loo 133 Midland Great Western (Irish) Newcastle and Darling. ton Junction 25 ...... 53 52 ..... Do. New Brandling Newcasilu and Berwick Ph 24 Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction... 1% ..... — Newark and Sl.effield .. 1% 3N% North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% l9 North Staffordshire 22s. Norwich and Brandon... 14 53 1 / 2 36 1 / 2 24 1 / 2 3 3 / 4 34 311 A, 19 4% Do., New ... ..... ..... I 7 5/, Oxford and Worcester... 21 / 2 •Ai 1 7 1 / 2 Portsmouth Direct ...... 24 . 6% 4 6 l /4 Preston and Wyre Richmond .. 1 Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 1,4. .... 5 1 4%... 64 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales 2 3 /4 4% South Devon South Midland 22s. South Eastern &:Dover 3312 s 4d... Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Staines and Richmond... 1 South \Vales 2 1,4 5114 5 14 Trent Valley 2 .... . Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, .. 1 1 / 2 .... . 1 3 / 4 .. 1 3 / 4 vv a e n ie d h D .m u i b d l l i a n nd i 3 /4 1 / 2 3 l /2 Worcester, Shrewsbury 2 1 / 3 and Crewe Union ... .. 1/1... .. 35i 1 / 2 3l York and Carlisl e 2 3% 4 ..... ....... 3% York and North Midland 50 108 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension „FOREIGN RAIL Boulogne and Ami N RAIL ens... 6 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Dendre Valley Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 5 4% ... Lyons and Avignon 2 Luxembourgh Namur and Lie ge Orleans and Bordeaux... 4 Over Yssel 4138 4d OX i p Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan- 24 4, 8 3 2% 12 % p - - - - - neron's .., ~.., Paris tii. Lyons, ( Calon's) 2 Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) 2 ...... 2% Do. (Compte tltl.st) 2 ...,.• 254 Peppin le lialleur ....,,, 4 .. ... Royal North of Spain ... 2 2 . / 4 1 /.4 —.•. • • • f;atubre and Meuse ~... 6 - B.S I ,s West Flanders 1 ...... 33za -!I Aua. 23.—S1d. Barney O'Donnell, Quebec. HULL, AUG. 25.—Wind W.N. W., light.—Arrd. W' house, Beonett St. John's, New Brunswi c k ; Ib 1 Nova Scotia; i'riune, Everett, Pogwash ; Vantittart, ardson, Quebec. YAnnourn, AUG. 24.—The Jane, Pinder, of Wisb has been towed into the harbour leaky, and must disci to repair. G lIAVE.? END, AUG. 24.—The 13e11:and Anna, Ford. sap_ .4 k l Balikey, '2lst i us t alit, having been in coutaet w i t h t h e Om of What; y ; crew saves'. StnELDs, AUG. 23.—The Felix, Leadbroke, from NC, g° worth to. London, was abandon e d i n a s i n ki ng state , w, instr.nt, off Flamborough Head—crew saved. A brig, about 18 keels, painted with a b roa d bl ue streak, wras7 to go down off Demlington, 21st instant—crew suppose' be drowned. MARKE I - NE WS -(THIS DAY.) 11T Cs.RECMTS. SMITIMELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 5/ ; ditto., 514 s to 51 8s ; fine Upland ditto., 51 lOs to 5/ Clover Hay, 4/15s to 6/ 6s; Oat Straw, 11 163 to 11 ' 'Wheat Straw, 1/ 183 to 21 I s p er l oa d . T ra d e stea dy, about last week's quotations. CumnERLAND.--Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/18s to 4/ 185: n: fal ditto, 5/ to 5/ lO s; fi ne U p l an d di tto, 5/ 12s to 51,1. Clover flay, 4! lOs to 614 s ; Oat St raw , 1116 s to ISs ; Straw, 1/ ISs to 2/ 2s per load. A fair average supply, an steady demand. WHITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 411 6 ! useful ditto, 4l 18 8 to 5/ 8 s ; fi ne U p l an d di tto, 5 / 103.: 5/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 4115 s t o 6/ 10 s ; O at S traw, 1/ 16s to 1115 Wheat Straw, 11 188 to 2/ per load. Supply good, and T.P . rather dull. New Meadow Hay 31 to 41 12s 6d, and New C l°l 4/ to 515 s per load. COLONIAL. 6 0 SUGAR.—The market f or B r iti s h Pl an t at i on is lig- .0 alteration, nearly 1,000 casks h av i ng f oun d b uyers, incleolo of those sold by auction. The public sales have conto o chiefly 145 casks Barbadoes, 303 casks 63 barrels St. lA%) all of which sold at 48s to 53s for good middling gets to fine yellow Barbadoes, and 45s 6d to 50s for F o ' o , brown to tine gr e yi s h ye ll ow S t. L ucia, b eing for the Barbs?,i, and the grocery sorts of St. Lucia rather cheaper; but '- strong refining qualities o f th e l atter b rought fully the P, vious value. The quantity of British Plantation landed If week at the East and est India Docks was 263 1 10 0, 1 tierces 100 barrels. There were ta k en f or home consurePo' 1,823 hhds 134 tierces 370 b arre l s . Th e stock in the os places is 12,058 hhds 1.233 tierces 2,200 barrels. COFFEE.-893 bags Ceylon and 3,810 bags Porto Ricti t o auction, the former was nearly all taken in at 46s to 4 84 chiefly at 48s for ord quality. The latter partly 80142 went off very irregularly at 4;'s 6d to 62s for fine ord to colory quality. R-- .kU3l.—The quantity landed last week at the East' West India Docks was 204 nuns •23 hhds, and there n taken for home consumption . 246 puns G 2 hhds, and expq 99 puns 387 hhds. Th e s t oc k i n the same place i s ICV puns 1,249 hhds. 01 RICE.—Of 4,201 bags B e n ga l a t auction, only about 5 were disposed of at 12s to 13s Gd for mid white, which isil ° , l , 4s below the prices of last w ee k ; th e rema i nder was 4"6.0 wards withdrawn, although there seemed more inclinatio n purchase at the reduction noticed. 31 4 SPICES.-600 bags Malabar Pepperonly partly sold at for good heavy shot kind, which is the former value. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 40s 6d t o 41 s f or or d , an d 41s bar cwt for new. Town is 44s per cwt. TEA.—There is a fair demand for consumption. IA public sales of Tea are announced for to-morrow. COAL MARKET. Prices per ton at the 'close of the market :—Adair'fi - 14s; Buddle's West ll;rtley, 16s 9d; Chester Main ' 1 H asting's Hartley, 16s 6d ; Holy we ll Main, 16s 6d; 1` 16 ` .„0 - 0 1 , West Hartley, 16s 6d ; New Tanfield, 14s ; Ord's . I : tr el heugh, 14s; Ravensworth' s W es t H art l ey, 16s 6 d ; Stew Hartley, 15s ; Tanfield Moor, 16s; Townley, 155.; , u O4l Hartley, 17s 3d ; 15s ; Walls End Bone , ' 0; 1 Co., lis 6d ; Eden Main, 17s; Walls End Belmontc l l l .o Walls End Braddyll's Hett on , 18 s 3d ; W a ll s E n d 18s 3d; Walls End Lambton, 18s; Walls End PeraDl o i 16s 9d ; Walls End Russell's H e tt on , 17 s 9d ; Walls Stewart's 18s 3d; Walls End Shotton, 17s 9d; Ws"' 94 Kelloe, 17s 9d ; Walls End Adel a id e T ees , 18 s; Walls Even wood, 16s 6d ; Walls End South D ur h am, 17 s 6d; tol, ' ot ) End Tees, 18s ; Walls End West T ees , I6 s 6d ; Llangetli! 22s ; and Sidney's Hartley, 17s. Ships arrived, 89. PONTOP AND SOUTH SHIEL DS RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) efli The general half-yearly meeting of the proprietors t o o Railway Company was held this day at the Company 'e Guildhall-buildings. Mr. R. B. Rennie, in the absence of Mr. StephenSeet the chair. r hi G led The report having been read b y th e S ecretary, w h i c h e that the working of the line had been very satisfactory, a n tit e owing to several reducti ons , th e Di rectors were enab l e d te 6 c,ei that the net profit for the half-year was 10,4171. 129 ; 0 10 which sum, with inter e st, was c h argea bl e upon the dee', Company, amounting t o 4,7571. 10 s . , leaving , with e ' pie , balance of 4651. 18s. 3d., th e sum o f 6,1261. 04. 9 d. re cable to a dividend ; and the Directors, therefore, commended that a dividend of 30s. a share for the year be agreed to by the meeting. The quan j 6t oel coals shipped had been 398,000 tons, being eeo_ i i "r e c esr,; more than the quantity in the corresponding last b'';' t , The charge upon the Company had also been reduced l e liquidation of debt to the amount of 18,0004, beariel,A cent. interest ; a n d th e D irectors h a d also been en u:l3/ reduce the intere s t up on th e mortgage d e b t of the CoMPIII:ee these means, the annual debt o f th e C ompany wou ld b e I t heir by 1,1001., which would be, in tact, so touch added t°. income. Since the last meeting of the Company, the rl ler tion which had existed so l ong (f or upwar d s of a center/Idg limiting the monthly quantities shipped by each co lliery,,nor known as the vend, - had ceased, and the immediate censa;oll of breaking up the reg u l a ti on h a d b een a con -on e reduction in the shipping price of coal. The rednet i- 0 01 course, had been severely felt by th e owners of co lliertee . the Pontop and South Shields Railway. The colliery owners, therefore, strongly urged us - Company the reduction of the tolls upon the line. colliery he D o te e t r o s r , s, b t u h t er b e a f d ore n , ot ha d d eci h d a e d d a u n po i n n t ere ie w wi t h 1 / pursued. The report was then received and adopted b A desultory discussion then ensued as to the tetf d r y th t e te cc m ul d se ,.., offered to the coal-owners, but nothing definite was tr, Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the adjourned. 'l O DISS, BECCL E S, AND YARMO t RAILWAY. —(THIS DAY.) it ' A general meeting of this Company was held this dot London Tavern, Mr. C. Beewicke in the chair. fe, The SECRETARY having read th e advertisement Olteete", the meeting, laid b e f ore t h e P ropr i etors the report cotna. t r etr on the withdrawal of the Bill from Parliament. The De having previously agreed to return one pound to the Or, holeiers in the event of non-success, a meeting i n Febru s e YtT released them from th a t engagement. An investigatil traffic tables having been made, it has been fours r e able, from the great advantages anticipated ea s it eeSe Af t* from the full support of the Yarmouth i°"„„e to make arrangements for a new Company, ce "ieshri., Waveny Valley Company, giving a preference • oe' e to the shareholders of this Company, to the saw 0 , 0 as their present interest. They will, there/0' et, entitled to the same number of shares in the 010 as in the old Company. The Directors, therefore,to enabled to return the sum of 1/. 2s. 6d. p e r share 03 447, present scrip holders, w hi c h f ar exceeds what the o t tO . of the original deposit would have allowed, had /3 agreement beets entered into. „ co te d ,„e The report was th en a d opte d unan i mously, and "Joey' thanks having been accorded to the Chairman, the separated. tare 00 INCENDIARY FIRE AT FoLKINGIIAM.--- bosh o'clock on Sunday morning the inhabitants of Folki e lt ed . the county of Lincoln, were suddenly alarmed by "„ s seti, Fire," and great numbers rose from their beds and r" orec o th extensive stack-yard and premises at the back of di / 001 A hound Inn, occupied by Mr. Casswell, where they ow; targe granary filled with oats enveloped in flames, tb re o v inevitable destruction to the surrounding stacks of e b e „ o o7 h , in hay. Water from a neighbouring well supplied in,a, -- 00 P - of the excellent engine provided for the town by Sir u: es te . , cute; and to this circumstance, combined with the we; falli7 the stacks, owing to the heavy rain which had b ee , t ber; without intermission for two hours, may be attributentoosts:r servation of property amounting in value to severa l w i t h pounds. The fire for a considerable period raged se d, b u ds abated fury, reflecting an immense light for miles are. ) , ildi o happily it was confined to the building and the waterl o o Li it. How this mischief occurred is not known, bet orent... circumstance of the building being locked up it is vet o ?! „,w r conjectured to have been the act of an incendiary. ': tt , tell upon some Irish labourers in the neighbourhood, w' befar„, te ea rer some unpleasantness had taken pl ace a d a y or two is there, however, was not p roo f su ffi c i ent to warrant ill prehension. The alarm was given by Thomas Burrory o m c st: e of the New Inn t a p, w hi c h i s contiguous to t he sts r lit' This is the second fire that ha s tak e n pl ace upon n os same spot within a few months. pi LORD SEAFoßD.—Probate of the will Or the co ap e l Hon. Charles Rose Baron Seaford, of Seaford, in tbs gre t of Sussex, but late of Woodend, in th e same coun ty, wtst Or on the '2oth instant to the executors, the g i g, fertil/ yet of Frederick William Hervey, common l y called Ear'or and the Right Hon. Charles Viscount Canning, aP ° 04"0 reserved to the Right Hon. Charles Augustus Bar en ..,_ er?. . de Walden and Seaford, the son, and an executor* '-ed 0 1:1; hereafter. He directs that his wife, Anne LP:ina a •;el e , .Baroness Seaford, be paid in advance from th e ; / . Unt i l under the marriage settlement, and bequeaths for h e a t r;1 diate use a legacy of 500/. ; also leaves her the carrttle 4 , household furniture, and that she may continue tn,' Ae otrir, Woodend ; the plate at her decease he leaves to bis e '"osb s il He directs that the old Montpelier estate in Jatna ic ; ibO o i released from all claims prior to those of his wife, se ,d; sums due therefrom to the Crown shall be discbarg' n ertl„, leaves the absolute interest in all his West India Pr u ri r d Itvo his eldest son. All other his estates, real, copyholdr hold, at Seaford, Woodend, Audley.square, or else oo rtl eo gives, devises, and bequeaths to his son, Lord d is°ben Walden and Seaford. 'I he personal es t a t e in EnglaPpoterisli under 20,0001. The will i s d ate d t h e 7 t h Of -1;t 1843, signed " Seaf or d." Hi s L ordsh i p d i e d the last, in his 74th year. 0 11% ,, 9 e ,is EXPLOSION A T BISHOPWEARMOUTII IR O/s f• On Thursday, the 21 s t i nstant, an iaquest was held at hodf land, before Mr. May nar d, Coroner, on view of the youth named William Irving, who had met with his t der the following circumstances :----It appeared tu a e stojet Richardson and Co., the proprietors of the above 0 0 1 5 0 3 , works, have lately p urc h ase d a quantity of cannon, b u d o f of &c., no longer fit f or nava l serv i ce, from the Wa r i it r to mime, for the purp ose o f me l t i ng them down to met,,,,soAid the practice (and s t r i c t or d ers were given by the ffe the workmen that thi s s h ou ld a l ways be done), be`age these shells into the furnace, to break them w ith L e eK o W mers ; but on Wednesday morning, contrary to tb as es o 1, directions, a large shell had been put into the fur, if it, er and without being carefully examined. Unfortunglotefr tamed part of a charge of powder, and almost in'T e t e ° h i ploded. The furnace tlown to atoms, n ee , r oclo'ier: named youth, who wag only 15 years of age, t e e t ,flor materials and on the spot. Two of the wori" a t e, r e' Joseph I .,aw and Edward Pollard, who were oerf t sd f•r,:•.71 the place, were also seriously injured. 11 ' 1 . 4 le (sr moved to Bishopwearmouth Infirmary, and now . tlisA precarious st a t e . H a d any other persons been te a l'he nace, they must h ave b een kill e d b y t h e ex plosler;',, fle et after hearing the above facts, returned a verdict 0 1 tal death." HERRING FISHERY.----WICK, AUG. f 2 °; era ge 1 0 1 14 9 ing has been very fr , 2`.',,i during last week ; the a r •asc ° of, week was crans. Thursday and F 1 ,0 were :Artier squally, and a number of the boat!, 0 ." a. The average for the season will be about nn_ oro inb i gi eight days cured are selling at 168.6 d. YesterdnYr be ageo!',l were very few herrings. the average c b r o a a n ts s. ha T b irb s Pl 4; !he boats are just returning when the mail cloten_.„," is very regular, and will average from Ave to l a G" -- shire Advertiser .'c .z.- ~ ..ff ,. .Aa , 5.! ___-., . • , ( - _ .. g -i,-,... - vig-:;r • .f.i ''''' ?, .1M ' t-F , T. Sr i '..:::91.‘ . 17r... ‘ 1 ~...,... SELLING OFF CARPETS. LUCK, and CUMAIING beg to inform the Nobility and Gentry, as well as their friends and the pub lic, that they have REMOVED their business from CARPEsTERS' HALL, LONDON WALL, to their long-established warehouse, 4, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, opposite Ilowell and James's, and to9B, HATTON-GARDEN, HOLBORN, where they trust that patronage will be continued which they have enjoyed for up wards of a century. A considerable portion of their large Stock of Brussels, Kidderminster, and other Carpeting, to be sold at a great reduction. In addition to Carpeting, they have, at their \Vest-End Establishment, a large stock of Chintzes, Damasks, Tabornets, &e. &c., well worthy of attention. The extensive warehouse of Carpenters' Hall, with a capital Dwelling House, to be Let, with immediate possession. For par ticulars, apply to Mr. Jones, house agent, 139 A, Cheapside. CIRCULAR NOTES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT. THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK ISSUES CIRCULAR NOTES, for the use of Travellers and Residents n the Continent. These Notes are payable at every Important place in Europe, and thus enable a traveller to vary his route without inconvenience ; no expense Is incurred except the price of the stamp, and when cashed no charge is made for commission. For the convenience of the public, these notes may be obtained either at the Bead Office of the London and Westminster Bank, in Lothbury, or at the Branches of the Bank, viz.:- 1, St. James's-square I 4, Stratford-place, Oxford-street 213, High Holborn I 3, Wellington-street, Borough 67, High-street By order of the Board, JAMES WI LLIA3I Whltechitpel, a GILBART, General Manager fltn)i iktU LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1845. The extension of railway communications continues to be the most remarkable among the improvements of our social economy. Everything connected with this subject is on a grand and unprecedented scale : the vast ness of the capital, the extent of the staff, the working steck of machines, carriages, &c. The speed attained eight years ago by locomotive engines with any draught of luggage waggons, and carriages, passengers, and goods in their rear, might have sufficed to lodge thi STEPHENSON, or the BRUNEL, the NAPIER, or the MAUDSLAY of the day, in any of her MAJESTY'S gaols, under the statutes for the suppression of witchcraft, prior to the repealing the Act of 10th GEORGE 11. Yet, in the last eight years, we have been enabled to achieve a degree of still enhanced speed, which is scarcely less marvellous than the first successful application of steam to this species of traction. Express trains rushing from one extremity of the land to another at a speed that runs down the fleetest hare and outstrips the very birds in their onward flight (although burthened with a long string of carriages and a hundred passengers), these might seem to be the final triumphs of human ingenuity, enterprise, and perseverance in rapidity of transit between any given points. Nevertheless, we verily believe that we are upon the eve not only of seeing them surpassed, but replaced by motive agents and machinery still more power ful, certain, direct, and tractable in their opera tion. We feel a strong confidence that the day is not far distant at which, on many of the lines of railway that are in active working, we shall behold a signal change in ali the material elements of railway locomo tion. Those huge and banner-like clouds that now roll their fuliginous volumes, far and near, over every dis trict of country traversed by their iron lines will (Its apt:4 ar. The bellowing, the snorting, and hissing of thi ponderous locomotives, and not less ponderous coal and water tenders, under whose wheels the whole massive framework of the railway appears to tremble, as "AJAX" or ORION" thunders on his journey, will be, after a brief interval, remembered only as traditionary tlCCOLO paniments to the incipient efforts of a more highly per fected and simplified system of locomotion, based on the scientific employment of common atmospheric air as the chief worker of the mechanic power to be set in motion. The " insurmountable"—" inseparable"—" hopeless" difficulties IA hich have been so gravely predicated, hitherto, of working atmospheric railways seem at length to have followed the fate of most auguries touch leg physical impossibilities, where there is so much of knowledge, experience, capital, and spirit a-field, to en counter and to conquer them, as are now enlisted in the service of railway iriveßtion. Of course, the in incipk of amospheric railways must FOREIGN MAILS.- POST-OFFICE NOTICE. Yesterday the fol►owing notice relative to the dept.. Aire of foreign mails was posted at the Chief Office, St Nlartin's le Gland : PENINSULAR MAli.s.—The Royal Tar will sail from Southampton with the Peninsular mails of the 27th inst. (to-morrow). MADEIRA, BRAZIL, AND BUENOS AYRES.—Her Ma iesty's brig Crane, for the mails of the evening of the 2d of September (from August to January inclusive the packet touches at Pernamboco and Bahia on her outward a,ssage to Rio Janiero, and the other six on her home ward). WEST INDIES.—The Dee will sail from Southampton with the mails for the morning of the 2d September, for 'he British and Foreign Colonies in the West Indies (except Bermuda), Venezuela, Madeira, and Mexico. AMERICA.—The Britannia for the mails of the evening of the 3d September. SYDNEY AND NEW SOUTH WALES.—The Persian, for the mails of the evening of the Ist of September. The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, and India, via Southampton, will be dispatched from hence on the morning of September 3 PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTH-DAY.—This morning the bells of the various parish churches in London ushered in the anniversary of the birth of the Consort of our beloved Queen. The guards of the third regiment assembled on the Horse Guard's pa rade before ten o'clock, and from thence proceeded to take the usual duty at St. James's Palace, where the band of that regiment played several beautiful pieces of music, principally the com position of his Royal Highness. There was a very numerous and distinguished company present on the occasion. At one o'clock the Park and Tower guns were fired in honour of the event. - • ----- ANOTHER BALLOON ASCENT BY MR. C. GREEN.— Last evening Mr. Green ascended from Cremorne Gardens, in the Royal Nassau Balloon, It was anticipated by many that, in consequence of the accident which occurred to the veteran aeronaut at Gravesend, ho would not have been able to proceed on another aerial journey ; but, though suffering severely, Mr. C. Green was determined that the public should not be dis appointed, and at ten o'clock yesterday morning he was in the grounds, superintending the inflation of the balloon, which is capable of containing about 70 , 000 cubic feet of gas, and which was supplied from the Imperial Gas Manufactory. It was announces' that the ascent would take place at six o'clock. Pre vious to that hour the wind was blowing strong from the south, and in consequence Mr. C. Green dissuaded Mrs. C. Green and two other ladies from venturing with him. Shortly after the above hour Mr. C. Green, Mr. H. Green (his brother), Mr. T. Green (his son), Mr. Littlejohn, Mr. Spencer (a solicitor), and another gentleman, entered the car, and Mr. Williams, with Messrs. G. and W. Green took their stations on the hoop. The wind having abated Mr. C. Green then, by means of the liberating iron, released the balloon from terra firma. After leaving Cremorne Gardens, it proceeded in the direction of Highgate, where it met with a more westerly current, when it went towards Essex. On coming between High Beach and Waltham Abbey, Mr. Green, perceiving a hvourable oppor tunity to alight, made preparations for his descent. By this time, a great crowd of persons had collected, but the object of the veteran aeronaut being perceived by a number of policemen they hastened to his assistance, and formed a ring of the body of people collected, in the centre of which the magnificent machine was safely landed and emptied of its gaseous contents, amidst the cheers of the popelaee. It was then packed up, and being placed in a chaise, was taken by Mr. Green to his resi dence at Highgate. Mr. Littlejohn, who ascended with the balloon, arrived at Cremorne Gardens between twelve and one o'clock this morning, and communicated to the company the safe descent of the balloon. SHRINKING OF THE PAPER IN IMPRESSIONS OF ENGRAVINGS.—In the course of the evidence on the London and York Railway Bill, a very remarkable instance came to light of the effect of the shrinking of paper in impressions from capper-•plates. By the deposited plans of this railway, the elevation at a particular spot, called Greenwood-place-road, appeared to be only 413 feet, while it was found by actual level ling to be 422. Mr. James Wyld, by whom the plans were engraved, being called to explain this discrepancy, gave the following evidence :—" The copper-plate produced was en graved by him, and sheet 6 of the section (the one on which Greenwood-place-road occurs) was printed from that plate. The height of Greenwood-place-read measured on the copper is 422 feet, and on the printed copies of the section there is a contraction of about nine feet, in reference to the scale, so that the height, as shown by the copies, measures only about 413 feet. Had often known a! large an amount of contraction. He explained the mode in which contraction took place, by showing how the sheets of paper, in the damp state, after being printed on, were hung up to dry across a line. In consequence of this the gravitation of the paper prevented the horizontal contraction from being so great as the vertical. The contrac tion of paper ♦aried very much, and was often equal to 1 in 40, and even lin 36. Witness measured the coqtraction of the scales and of some of the flgored heights on a sheet of the sec tion printed by him, and found it equal to about a feet in 00 in the longitudinal direction, and 5 feet in 200 in the vertical direction."—Mechanics' Magazine. GALLANT CAPTURE OF A PIRATE SLAVER.—By private advices which we have received from the coast of Africa we learn that a report prevailed of a most gallant and successful engagement on the west coast, between the boots of one of her Majesty's ships and a large pirate slaver. The name of the vessel to which the boats belonged did not trans pire, but of the fact of the engagement, which, though most desperate, was completely successful on the Fart of the gallant crews, there was not the slightest doubt. It was said that one or two of the officers distinguished themselves in the e 4 .1 truce. MINE. !ea' del Mon te, Unregis. ...... 41,4 3 / 4.... . ...... ..... LLOYD'S SIIIPPItiut-Cr HIS DAY.) LoNDoN, `;;.=‘Wlnd this day at noon fresh breeze at W., and fine clear weather. • WwryliD, Ar:S. 7a.--Sld. John, Connor, Miramichi. iift h ...... ]3A 111 r. Court to proof of The I depend c there 1;o fied in m 11 , 1 r. E ' 'fortune The C, The C , !pply for ktulvent ORIN: t he hal the re th e Fr Dort 0 • tea.ehe Peusioi it 'Ha tuistex 1201 . tut th 1 ;. 1 ,1d th On th *eve e ta ts Itisn this 612 t