The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-26 00:00:00

showed n the ifloi them, sv Ind fine. . 4. B.IV-' d,W'heatel al Hewett , EdingtA ,ng Grey* ent ; from 1 0 : !a. Arid v ; Tudor , Sid. ." Peterklst itts —A rr ived , : vert, PaY n, Prows" Ciell, Per:, alev, Se" c, Barrett' tottingtio' tta ; Mari , Bornbal; Apalacbr )orr, 1306. ith Wale* from V°, art Toil Land, 014 ' Iromande l f di 12, S,!' ras, in 1 Benga l ' ges, froo from St' off ply' ry Soler: ed Bengal, lena, Jun t 'i Liverpoo. A11 4 .. ..' and CAI) hn BY Oll ' ,rt 0 NOrf° D Cey lol4 of Chin* lian, 215 1, 26th, !don. min Lon• Aprill6, il 5, frail ,ril 10, for he CI 4 ' (IES id -befor e I islands - her mem- enUt : 1 , rots, d nen 9/1 , botiro 4 rnilitad 6 p ll°Cls mors el; v- 6 4 ers, .9 en, 31 ger is 64 1: letnen ed• into r 4 male in coal' LITERATURE. Ly. AUSTRIA, and the POPE. A Letter to Sir James Graham, Ba t., by Joseph Alazzini. bk the Mazzini has long been known to this er3untry as leader and rallyine• point of that prescribed but en 'ausiastic and i n t rep id band of patriots, who, under the .L Z 4i giiation of " Y oung It a ly," cc mpose a party devoted the accompli s h men t o f grea t soc i a l, p o litic a l, an d i'ut'al reforms in the existing institutions of their noble i t unhappy countr y. He will be known to a still gee portion of our countrymen as the refugee e.gner espec i a ll y se l ecte d b y t h e con f e d erates o f t h e ight Honourable" Secretary of State for the Home Partnient, for their ingenious experiments on sear i rel tking and letter-larceny. It is impossible to do justice, 4. 1 " 1 7 abstract, or citations, to this forcible, manly, and 4 me epistle ; but it is a singularly rare specimen of the 4 r l ,_ t° u* eloquence with which a foreigner can manage to i d .'"lY the expression of his just indignation in ,Llftntic nglish. There are some noble passages in "'ls letter-none more so than those which regard the fuel and untimely fate visited by the relentless jealousy the Austrian Government—the gallant, the lamentedi to T i t ars Bandiera—tempted, cheated, betrayed into the it 's of an unsp ar i ng d es p o ti sm , b u t n urturing, with the a o t ttlion of th e i r y oung an d no bl e bl oo d— we t rus t. we t ,,Pe+ ate believe—that vigorous plant which is destiner?, ,g,Lin,ll in our times, to become "the tree of liberty' that t strike deep and wide its roots into the soil, and rad abroad th e sacre d s h a d ow o f it s b ranc h es over a ll Zovited Italy ! The following impassioned manifesto 4,„falian nationality is conceived in a glorious spirit, and i f „,, -- "'es some additional interest even from the very . '"lciatns of its English :- 1 1 .:We are a people of from one-and twenty to twe-.and ik:t3' millions of men, known from time immer:,„ r ia b y the !naine, as the people of Italy; incloscd .oy natural limits o,elearest ever marked out by f l,'„e Deity—the sea and the st mountains in Euroe;.; - speaking the same language, c,, 6 ed by dialects varydig from etazh ether less than do the kt eh and the Ent°,sh ; having the same creeds, th e same 1 6.. 1er5, the sae. liabits with modifications not gre a t e r th an in France, the most homogeneous country on the e."; distinguish the Basque race from the Breton ; proud of noblest t ra diti on i n po li t i cs, sc i ence, and art, that adorns r 14,_ ° ,Poan history ; h av i ng tw i ce g i ven to H uman i ty a t i e, a I.7 ll word of Unil:f —once, in the Rome of the Emperors, ci p t e l t: ere the; la betrayed their mission, in the Rome of the ; "&fted with active, ready, and brilliant faculties, is not ‘rd even by our calumniators ; r:ch in every source of wlial we ll-b e i ng th at , f raterna ll y an d lib era lly worked, asake ourselves happy, and open to sister nations the at prospect in the world. i r e have no flag, no political name, no rank among Euro %%lllations. We have no common centre, no common pact, I.olanon market. We are dismembered into eight states -11,,,dy, Parma, Tuscany, Modena, Lucca, the Popedom, %put, the Kingdom of Naples--all independent one of as t ,:_?r, without alliance, without unity of aim, without 1 / I,ted eennexion between them." c ad; but Italy cannot yet be lost—she is . not ad; but o nly s l ee p et h," whoin the generous Bandieras c t o :!! boast of sons whose dying lips pronounced this hin declaration:—" E' fede nostra giovare l'ltalica morti meglio the vivi." (" It is our trust that we CI better aid the cause of Italian liberty in our deaths Cs in our lives.") No hero of Old R ome i n t h e b est Ca,. of the Republic ever testifi e d by a no bl er d eat h to .ebler sentiment ! `TURES ADDRESSED to the WORKING CLASSES. Pert VIII. By W. J. Fox. 5 1 " 4 , ; _is part contains L ec t ures VIII., IX., X., an d XI. Vest*, the first three are devoted to a comparison of ti,Pnd Burke ar....1 Thomas Paine in their lives, prin a, and olitical influence. The last resumes his Of Of " Living Poets, and their Services to the Cause - olitieal Fre e d om an d H uman P rogress "—L e i g h pot beingbeing the poet illustrated on this occasion. SONGS, BALLADS, 6-c. tk„Aeollection of little poems, fur the most part evincing fOty of ver s ificati o n and a picturesque conception. following fragment is a spirited little affair, and we m i t have been still better pleased with it, had the Nuur correctly accentuated " Genoa" in the first line. I,e error is the more remarkable, as it does not occur in tt b, sequent passage:— " Ah, long may Genoa's maidens strain Their tear-dimmed Eyes—." tAGMENT OF A BALLAD ON THE BATTLE OF CRECY. Then forth Genoa's bowmen stept, One bound each archer forward leapt To daunt their island foes— As when the storm's brief lull is o'er Forth bursts the tempest's mighty roar Their vrar-cry hoarsely rose. ' • They bound again—again their cry, The shout of thousands, bursts on high ' . And rolls along the plain. Ah, fools—they are not hearts of hare - You rouse—in vain you rend the air With shouts—you bound•in vain, For many a banner must be ta'en, And many a hauberk cleft in twain, And many a knight must press the plain, • , From earth no more to rise again, Ere England quit the field. Yon ranks are not the timid deer Who fly the hunters' shouts—but here, • At bay, stand those who know not fear, 'ho win them shall, I trove, pay dear, For shattering axe and rending spear Yon host full well can wield. Hark I to that sound the crossbows' ring, A thousand quarrels hurtling sing Through air towards the foe— There rose fair England's yeomen's cry— A pace each archer steps—on high, ,•, Their arrows, whitening air, fast fly, Like wintry drifts of snow— But not, like flaky snow they fall— • The shrieks of agony, and all That meets the ear and eye, Pierced brains and riven morions tell, And breasts trarn-fixed, proclaim full well • To meet them is to die. Ah, long may Genoa's maidens strain Their tear-dimmed eyes across the main To catch their white-winged galleys—vain, They sweep the deep no more— Fast, fa.t they fall—on Crecy's plain They slumber ne'er to wake again Amongst the dying and the slain, In dust and curdling gore. Ah, long shall Genoa's matrons wail— , Past falls, that deadly iron hail, Death rides the clothyard shafts that sail, Blood-thirsting, through the sky; -Against that flight, that with no fail Pours on, nor plate nor iron mail, listekler nor helm, would aught avail ; Well may the falling sigh They ever left their own loved land On reey's - Wory plain to stand, For life-bought gold, to try how well an English yeoman's hand The tough yew-bow Ti ply; I trow that ti - one for long that biast 01 death can face and live. See, fast Their thousands crowd in flight ; • With hellish yells aLd wild uproar And shriek and curse and groan they pour, The trampled dead and dying o'er, From out the bloody tight. }lark to King Philip's wrathful shout, s. Sweep from our path yon rascal rout, The dastard rabble slay ; St. Denial 'Tis our proper meed, We might have known in hour of need Such churls would flee the fray." `The men at arms are in the throng, The flying down are hewn, Their trampling steeds they spur along, The plain with dead is strewn ; In vain they fly the death they dread, They fly the foa in vain, • thrted 'neath the chargers' iron tread, Or by their riders slain. T , 7 7-1 E BRITISH MAGAZINE for August. It ftts "e best thing in this numb e r occurs exactly where 1111,701U° do. It is the first, as well as the best, of the , I li„ t3 . We like the truth-hitting simplicity and honest 1 / 4 4:gth of the editor's " Short Way with the I'useyites." i 4 . 11,Z this sample of his mode of handling that pink of 4 ,y'arian Protestant repudiation-the Rev. Mr. Oake- It is taken from his eighth chapter on " Modern iLt , logy f he aim and object of these tamperings with Holy Scrip- S k j i a te here purposely kept out of view, because it . would be tio n 'teont ra ry to the writer's design, and a great misrepresen °f hip ovin judgment in the matter, were he to lead his atCr to suppose that h e cons id ere d t h e mora l o f M r . O a k e l ey ' s lt:7"he point of primary, or even secondary, importance. ;_Cl Of keley of course, as well as Mr. Newman and the the ' Lives of the Saints, mean to advocate Romanism, 'te r , truly speaking, Popery. This is their object; 'ti er , make no secr e t of their intention; and, however plainly tler -° nellable with common honesty and their obligations as till i q t nen of the United Church, their conduct and principles k 4., 4 r, still one h as no d es i re w h a t ever t o f o rg e t, even for a Ills -e nt, that they have a Master to whom alone they must kx. - °tint of their treatment of their conscience. The Ro -41,,,t1.)g tendency and object of the movement is now fully tint k!Ped, and Mr. Oakeley's practical mode of . handling the f 4i; l l‘ narrative is only the result of a theological system o , 11 ,! Openly avows himself the advocate." 1 41 1 4 t he publication of such truths as these the Bri- f ko rTh l'lfigazine is doing goad service to the cause ? , i/ 1 - „ . ` B . of religion of the Established Church. In this I %,' l tion we abstain from indicating, here and there, a " 0 1 something like intolerance in this clever review. 4ZE MONEY for the CAPTURE T itt OF SLAVERS. MADAGASCAR.-Captain Foote, the officers, and %e h , : l ate of the Madagascar frigate, will have the fol tk ' 4l g sums of prize money, amounting to 1,5781., paid 11ft: 44 -utter the 28th instant, for the under-mentioned ..ti res „ t isp:„ r ,the capture of the Brazilian slave brigantine In ‘;‘b,l4 encia on the Bth of August, 1843, 521/. Its. Bd. 4 (rin. 654 4s. Id. • first 'class, 81. 19s. 9d. ; second, fi rth, lki °d• ; third, 2/. 13$. "lid. ; fourth, 11. 15s. 11d. ; • ,1 78 . 11d. ; sixth, 11s. I Id. ; seventh, ss. 11.1. `4O l ' a e capture of the Brazilian slave brigantine ter l .Felicio Gomez, master, on the Ist of Pt% e a bet, I bber, 1843, t onnage , bounty, and moiety of the 1. s 4834 10s. Captain, 60/. Bs. 9d. ; first class, f t , 1 2s, ; second, 5/. 3s. 3d. ; third, 2/. I Is. 7d. ; aII 14s. sd. ; fifth, 17s. 2d. ; sixth, Ile. sd. ; itn-1• %', Ss. Bd. For the capture of a sl a ve sc h oone r, ni "known on the 13th August, 1842, tonnage, (0 /, - ;Y) and estimated ' value, 160/. 19i. ; captai :b ind:; ; first class, 3!. 9s. 9d. ; second, 2/. Is. 3d. • 7d ' °s• 7d. ; fourth, I3s. 9d, ; fifth, Gs. 1 Od. ; sixth 4 5 - k ' B eYetith, 2s. 3d. For the,capture of the Spanish iniguntine Roberto, Antonio Marquis, master, on ( Stic' tbi August, 1842, tonnage bounty 412/. 2s. 2d. ; 41, los. 7d. ; first class, 8/. 15s 6d. lid second, 1 1. 1 6 . 4 3(1 - ; third, 2/. 12s. 7d. ; fourth, 1/. 15s. .; fifth, 1 , 4 -• ; sixth. Its. Bd. ; seventh, ss. 10d. M ADAGASCAR AND THE HEROINE -The officers Dais" of this frigate and brig jointly share in the ifts.ti 4 e .,', o l the Brazilian slave brigantine Imperatriz, Jose ; 0 11 01vi ereira master, on the 12th November, 481. The 4;444!F0r the e Eorr a ti s o c n a s r, forca captain, nh 211. 13s. e B ac d. h ; 6tlt t e c ieLBl 2 1. Sc. ; Madagascar, 1/. 15 95. Id. ; third, 14s. . °llll h, 9s. Bd. ; Afth, 4s. 10d, ; sixth, 86. 2(1, ; THE S UN, LONDON, TITESDA I' MORNING, AUGUST .26 I t 145 seventh, Is. 7d. Fur the Heroine, the commander shares as first class, 21. lls. Bd., and the other ehtsses io pr , . portion Trig HtnottiE.--- - -CtrAtnan(ter (the lieutenant) Foote; and the officers and crew late of the Heroine, 6 brig; . tltrlf6 captured, on the sth of April, 1843, th+e. Senooner Maria Louise, will be paid., Nn ".nu after the 28th instant, the amount of ptitn-tton , y, 6371. 125., arising from the slave and tonnage duties, in the following proportion : Lieutenant commanding 79/. 14s. ; second Oats, 28/. 17s. Id. ; third, 14/. 18s. 6d. ; fourth ; Ad, fifth, 4/. 16s. 2d. ; sixth A/. it. 1.25. THE ALP AT RO.l. —Commander Reginald Yorke and the officers and crew of this 16-gun sloop will have an account. of the Spanish slave brig Constancia, seized on the 30th July, 1844, deposited in the Court of AdmirAlty on the 26th instant. THE GROWLER STEAM ELOOth—The tlitounts of two slavers captured by Commander young and the officers arid crew of this steam-sloop—the Spanish brigantine Veteran°, seized 21st July, 1844, and of the Spanish schooner Concepcion, seized on the g3d September,lB44, will be deposited in the Curt of Admiralty on the 20th instant by the apnts. E.,C,:AP . .E of YOUNG BONAPARTE FROM ITALY. You have seen the accounts of the arrival, some time since, of young Bonaparte, to take possessio❑ of Bor dentown, the former residence and property of Joseph Bonaparte; Mr. Mallaird, the old secretary of the ex- King, and his son reside at Bordeatown, with the young Prince Canino, as is his title. There is quite a romantic incident connected pith this, on the truth of which you may safely rely. Tne estate of Bordentown was be queathed to the young Prince, with the ex !eption of a comfortable farm, w hick was left to Maillard. But the father of Canino resolved that he should not take possession of his property. Fearing that through his prodigality his estate wouid be squandered, or wishing to hold it in his own hands for his own use, he resolved to &lain the young Prince in Italy. The son having derived his title of Prince Canino from the Papal States, the father had control over his person in those States, and could by the laws of the kingdom imprison him there till he was twenty five years of age. The young Prince having resolved to come to America and take possession of his estate, the father, to prevent it, determined to throw him in prison, and in the mean time, to preclude the possibility of escape while they were in Florence, he wrote to the various parts of Italy authorising the authorities to arrest him if he should appear there with the intention of embarking for any foreign country. Finding himself locked in on every s'de, the young Prince gave himself up to despair, and awaited the day when he should be carried to the Papal States and be shut up in the walls of a prison. But young Maillard in the meantime was active for his friend, though all his efforts seemed abortive. At length but one day was left in which to escape before the father should take the son to prison. Almost in despair, young Maillard hastened to Leghorn, and there to his joy found a Swedish vessel bound for New York. Jumping into a carriage he hur ried back to Florence, and dressing himself in female apparel (a sign agreed on between the two when Mail lard wrote him), sent a note to the young Prince saying a female wished to see him. Hastening to a by-street, he found his friend awaiting him, who told him of the Swedish vessel that was to sail next morning for New York. The Prince needed no urging, instantly jumping into the car riage with Maillard, he drove with all speed to Leghorn, where they arrived a little after daylight. The vessel was to sail in two hours, and aboard of that miserable craft with its miserable accommodations the young Prince was hurried, and in two hours was making out of port and away from the shores of Italy. After a pas sage of seventy-three days ho arrived in New York. Maillard went to London and took passage in the packet for the United States. 'We saw him a week or two after his arrival full of delight to find his feet on American soil. He is a nobleman, and loves the United States better than half our own citizens. He brought over with him several fins dogs and some pheasants, which he has taken to Bordentown to turn loose in its parks.— New York Letter, July 10. BAD VENTILATION OF PLACES OF WORSHIP. Churches and chapels, though more lofty than schools, are usually less in area, in proportion to the numbers frequenting them ; and, though in most cases they are occupied for fewer hours in the week, they seldom profit by much pains taken to change the air, whilst they are unoccupied. "In regard to churches," says a medical witness, " many illnesses and deaths proceed from faults of ventilation and warming ; from the rush of cold air in one place on those who sit near the doors and wind ,ws, and the want of fresh air in other places." And if such be the case with the congregation, in a building often of the most clstly character, wherein a triflin.t expense would permanently secure abundant ventilation, what must be the injury sustained by the preacher in the pulpit ? Placed on a height at which his voice acts at a disadvantage, as if on pur- pose that he may breathe an atmosphere composed of the breath of all who sit beneath him on the floor, he has to exert his lungs to the utmost pitch, while they have the worst of the air to work with. And the more promising his talents, the snore success ful his exertions in interesting and edifying a multitude of hearers, so much the sooner is he likely to be con signed to_ silence, consumption, and the grave. Still more pitiable, if possible, is the lot of Sunday school children, whom modern architects, and committees, and commissioners, are apt to place in the recesses of a lofty roof. Above the vent afforded by the windows, and with rarely any ventilation in the ceiling, they have the foul air of the whole building in a sort of halo round their heads. And there, where they can scarcely see the minister, much less hear him, with perhaps little c.nvenience for sling, and none for kneeling, and with their attention previously exhausted in school, they are required, under penalty of chastisement, to keep still, and silent, and awake, in an atmosphere which of itself is quite enough to produce in a grown person, much more in a child, inattention, restlessness, and drowsi ness. To say no more of the unhealthiness of a posi tion such us this, I cannot refrain from expressing my apprehension that there must be hundreds of thousands in the land who, having had these for their first im pressions of Divine service, have hence conceived a deep and lasting aversion to the house of prayer.—The Un healthy Condition of Dwellings, 6-c., by the Rector of Alder ley. NAMES or RA,MWAPT Aberdeen •• •• • • .. •• •• Airdrie and Coatbridge • • Arbroath and Forfar • • • • Ditto Half S11:•rel i s • If 4 ez.Portritsh flandon and Bantry .• • •• [lelfast and Ballymena •• Belfast and County Down lOrmingllntn and Clo t ster Do. New (imat 7% dis.) Ditto Half Shares .... Birminghm &Oxfrd.Junc. Malawi, and Preston • . Blekhurn, l)arwn,& Baty Bolton, W igaN, & Liverpl. Boston, Stainfrd and liirm Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. Bristol and Exeter • . .. • • Ditto New .... • • • • • • • • Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. Caledon. and Ayrsh. June Caledon. & Dumbar. June Cale& niau • . .. • . • • • • Ditto Extension • • ••• •• Cambridge and Lincoln.. Che.ter and Birkenhead.. Ditto new Shares • • •• Ditto Half Shares •• •• Chester and Holyhead • • Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley ••• • • • • Clitheroe Junction Clydesdale Junction Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon .•• • . •• Cork and Killarney .•• .. Cork and Waterford • • •• Cork and Youghal •• • • •• Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester •• Cornwall.• • •• •• •• Derby and Crewe . •• • • •• Direct Lon. and Manchstr Diss, Beccics, & Yarmoth Direct Northern . • • • • • • • Direct Norwich .• • . • •• • Dula n and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Coir. c Dublin and Drogheda • • • • Dublin and Gal w- y Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . Ditto New .• • ••• • • • Dundee and Per h ••• • • Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. I) Ditto (No. 2) . Eastern Counties ..... • • Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No I Do. do. No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich East Union . • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Extension • • • • . • Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • • • Do. gew Quarter Shares Edin b. Leith, and Granton Do. I'ref. 5 per Cent.. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth • • • • Ely and Huntingdon • • •• Enniskillen and Sligo•• • • Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Ellwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow • • Glasgow and Ayr. • • .• • • Do. Quarter Shares.. • • Glasgow and Gretuock Ditto New . • Ditto Preference - • • •• Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnck, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster .... Grand Junction Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares .. Ditto New Quarters .• Ditto Eighths Grand Union• Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and She Meld Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Irind) Ditto Extension • • • Great Munster • • • • • • • • • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares • • Do. New 301. Shares Great Western • • • • • • • • • Ditto Ilalf Shares • • • • Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • • Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. Iditrwieh Iludrstid & Man. IL & Cant Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough. • Hull and Selby • . . • Ditto Quarter Shares. • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Inverness and Elgin .. Isle of Jersey Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions . • • • Lancaster and Carlisle Lancaster and Preston Leeds and Bradford Ditto Extension ...... Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Thirsk • • .. • . Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & ilinningnam Leicester and Bedford ... Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares •• •• Ditto Quarter Shares .. Liverpl, OrinskrkA Prstn London and Birniingham Ditto Thirds • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Quarters • •• •• •• London and Blackwall Lou .&-Man. (Rem ingt on's) London and Brighton. • Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon •• • • Ditto New. ••••• • • •• Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut. London and Greenwich Do. Pref. or Privilege.. London and South Westrn Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares • • Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York ... • • • • Ditto (Bawtry) .• • • • London and Windsor • ... Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Emaiskilln Lynn and Ely .......... Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Sixteenths • • • Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester &Birminglim Ditto Quarter Shares . Ditto New Quarters . • Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnebstr, Buxtn, & 31atik Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr & Southamon Midland .. • • • • •• Ditto Fifths Ditto New .. • • • • • • • • • Do. Con. Birm. & Derby ;lfidlnd Gt Westni ( Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newestl & Darlngtn June. Do. New (Brandling) • . Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwcstle, Durham, Sc. Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen .• Newark and Sheffield . North British • • • • • • • • • Ditto New Shares .... Northern and Eastern .. Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares • • North Devon .•• • • • • • North Kent • t • •• . North Staffordshire .... North Eastern.. North Union (A) Ditto (B) North Wales Mineral l)itto New Shares North Western •• • North Wales .. Norwich and Brandon • • Ditto New ...... . Not., Bulvoir, & Granthtn Nottingham and Itoton • • Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester • . Oxford and Cambridge Perth and Inverness .... Portsmouth Direct...... Preston and Wyre • • • • • • Ditto Half Shares • 132 19% 6%pj 117% 47Y, 314 l ii PI 46N 29% 10% 'p 77k 26 INp 208% 101 37 13% - 7101 Aug. 23. 1 6 - 9s6d i 1 14 - 389 d 12 - Bs9d 12% 13% 3756 d 314 4% 206 Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & di v. Preston & Wyre„ Extend. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring Scottish Central ........ Scottish Midland Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto ditto (No. 2) .. Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln.... Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb.. Wor., & Crewe Shrws„Wolv., Dudl, & Bir ihrwshry & Trnt Val. Mt. lierefd,& N. Wales Slamannan . • • • • • • • • • • • • South Devon. ••••• • • • • South Midland • • South Eluiteptitnd Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I Do. (155.33/.Cs.fid.) ~ 2 1)o. (iss. 301.) „3 Staines and Richmond .. • Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales . • • • Tean and Dove Valley • • Trent Valley . Do. and Holyhead Juno Vale of Neath West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford it,d Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub Wakefield and Bradford .• Wakfid, Pontefrct, & Gool Wakefield and Ilfirrogate Warwick and London . West Lancashire Worcester and Tring.. Whitehaven and Furness 1)o. New Half Shares Welsh Midland We t Cornwall West Yorkshire • Wilson'wn, M. & Coldness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New. • . • • • • York and Carlisle York and North Midland l)itto Half Shares Ditto Scarbro' Branch Ditto Selby Ditto Extension Yorkshire & Glasgow Crn. 12% 6 % 6156 d, 7% 7156t1 12 - 166 d I I 15256 d lOspl 151;34 1 27% 12 1 4 l3ji 17s p 40s Pi iiiPl 55s pl GU, IClos'd, 1 - 34spl Aug. I 23. EXETER, AUG. 23. &WM. EiCHANGE.—The sales are—Exetet Tad Credits:M. B%—Eneter, Dorset, and Yeovil, X ptsin.--Bristiol on 4 Eiteten 10/:los.".Nortb Devori 105: mini--En:lth Mid )afidg; 6f. Ks. pr•ern.:::SpUth 5!: ttrribEil/SFIVi!D Ntii 23 : ; ExcitAsGE..--'1 lie sales are—Great GrittlSuy Hoch Extension, 3.—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 18s. 6d.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 31s.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 41s. 3d.—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 147 A with new—Lancashire, York- Notth , r,a§tern, /68. prem.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, cilil 3 lands, 7%. 4..-=Stiti.th Mid= YORK, Am. 23. STocK ExcliAso E. —The sales are—Eastern Union Exten • sion, WA—Great North of England, New, 543!—Ditto, ditto, 32—London and Croydon, New, 2/. 11s.—Midland, New, 26 1 4--North British, New, 9,l 3 —York and North Midland Extension, 243: I —Leeds and Bradford, 554 —London and York, 53j—Manchester, Buxton, &e., 84( 3 —Newcastle and Berwick, 24—North Stafford s hi re , 51.' 2s.—Shrewsbury, lereford, and North Wale's, 3:11 7 -South Midlands, 71. 12s. HULL, Ict:G 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 9'.c—Great Grimshy and Sheffield, H. 178. 6d Grimsby Dock Extension, 3—North British, Half Shares, 9 1 4 —Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 2/. ls. 6d.—East Lin colnshire, 15s.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 35s.—Leeds and We't Riding Junction, 14s.—London and Birmingham Ex tension. 15s.—Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 1/. 17s. 6d.—Nottingham and Boston, 13s.—Nottingham and Mans field, 275. 6d.—Rugby, 2%—South Midland, 714 —Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 31/2 —Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 4!4 s —Texan and Dove Valley, 225. 6d.—Wake field and Bradford, 21. 18s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 7s. 6d. EDINBURGH, Aua. 22. STOCK EXCHANOE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 31. 35.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. I Is. 6d.-Arbroath and For far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares,lsl.- Armagh and Portrush, 2/. - Banffshire,2/. is 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3L 75.6d.-Bel fast and County Down, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 105.-Caledonian Extension, 2/. 16s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbart o n, 3/.175. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 9/. - Direct Northern, 21. - Dundee and Ar broath, 371. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, W.-Dundee and Perth, 41. 7s. 61-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 9s. 6d. -Edinburgh and Gldsgow, 881.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New, 15/.-Edinburgh Glasgow, and Dumbarton, - IL 17s. 6d. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 261.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, IL 145.-Ditto, New, IL 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 21.155. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 11. 135.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 891.-Ditto, New Stock, 221.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 145.- Glasgow and Neilston, 21/. IN.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. ss. 6d.-Glasgow and Greenock, 21/.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 59.-Ditto, Pre ference, 21.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. Iss. 6d.-Inver ness and Elgin. 11. 25.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan 51. 15s. -London and York, 4/. 10s.-Londonderry and doleraine, 31. 17s. 6E-Londonderry. and Enniskillen, 31. 155.-Monk land and Kirkintilloch,33/.-Morayshire, U.-North British, 31/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 91. 55.-North Wales Mineral, New, 61. 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. Is.-Scottish Central, 71. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 2/. 2s. 6d.-Shrewsbury, Os westry, and Chester, 4/. Is. 6d.-Slamannan, 181.-South Midland, 6'. 55.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. 11s. 6d.- Stirling and Dunfermline, IL 14s. 6d.-Waterford, Wick low, and Dublin, 1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 391. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER. BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—This afternoon, the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the above Company was held at the Company's offices, Lawley-street, in this town. Mr. Samuel Bowley took the chair. Mr. SAUNDERS, the secretary, read the report of the Direc ton, which was merely a recapitulation of the agreement which has been entered into between the Midland and Birmingham and Gloucester Company. Mr. GILL, of Plymouth, inquired what was the number of shares in the Company ? The SECRETARY answered 11,421 1001. shares; and in answer to further questions, said that the shareholders in the Worcester deviation line were being paid off. Mr. GILL wished to know what the weekly returns on the Gloucester line had been during the last two months? The CHAIRMAN could not answer the question, as the returns had been amalgamated with those of the Midland Company. Mr. GILL said he understood that the returns had increased to the extent of 3,0001. per week. The SECRETARY said this was evidently an exaggeration. A short conversation ensued as to the Midland Company being able always to fulfil their engagements, after which the report was received and adopted. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the resolution declaring a divi dend, said it was right that he should explain to the share holders why the dividend was less than had been anticipated. At their last meeting he had informed them that the dividend would not be less than 11.:17s. 6d. per share. In consequence of a claim which the Bristol Company had set up, but which this Company did not acknowledge, the dividend would be less by sixpence per share than had been anticipated. Although the Directors did not admit the justice of the claim of the Bristol and Gloucester Company, yet they had deemed it right to avoid any dispute and give up the amount in ques tion, which would average about sixpence per share. They had thought it better to do this than involve the Company in any difficulties. It was only fair to the Proprietors, how ever, that he should state that the Dire ctors had not bound the Company. If the Proprietors were of opinion that the claim of the Bristol Company should be resisted, they were at liberty to take steps to oppose that claim. He thought, how ever, that it would be better to leave the matter as the Direc tors had recommended.—( Hear, hear.) He then moved that a dividend of IL 16s. per share of 1001. be declared, and made pas able on the 15th of September. hlr. GILL inquired what was the aggregate amount of the claim of the Bristol Company? A PROPRIETOR said he believed that if the claim were not male by the Bristol Company, the Gloucester shareholders would have 11. 18s. 6d. per share. Mr. GILL said that would in the aggregate then amount to 1,1001. The CHAIRMAN said the real difference in the dividend was only about tid. per share, as the dividend was made payable free of income-tax. The resolution was then carried. The thanks of the. shareholders to the Chairman and Direc :ors closed the proceedings. LONDON AND SOUTH ESSEX. SOUTHEND, SATCRDA —Yellefdiy afternoon a 'public meeting of the inhabitants of Southend and its neighbourhood was held in the large room of the Royal Hotel, to consider the proposed London and South Essex Railway, and the propriety of adopting measures for promoting it. Mr. Tyerman, solicitor, of Gresham-street, London, at. tended on behalf of the Company. Colonel Kesterman presided, and there were also present General Thompson, Lieut. Gooch, the Rev. Edward Lilling stone, incumbent of Prittlewell, the Rev. Fred. Hope, James Tabor, Esq., James Haggett, Esq.,'John Harris, Esq., A. Holt White, Esq., M. Comfort, Esq., C. Giles, Esq., Archi bald Hunter, Esq., J. Scott, Esq., &c. Mr. CLARKE felt convinced that, by means of a direct com munication with London by railway, the town of Southend would be in a much better condition than it could ever be without.—( Hear.) It could scarcely be doubted that the scheme, if carried out, would be of incalculable advantage to Southend, and to those other populous districts which were altogether unsupplied by the Eastern Counties Company. At present Brighton was easily accessible by railway, at moderate prices, giving Londoners the benefit of a sea-side residence, without the difficulty or expense of a long journey. By the proposed line, Southend would be but little more than an hour's ride from London, even to the very heart of the City. It had been thought that Brighton would be injured by the influx of weekly visitors, but such eras not the case. He was assured by the principal tradesmen of Brighton, that the busine-s of the town had greatly increased through the facilities afforded for cheap and speedy communicati on w ith L on d on . When the railway was constructed, he (M r . Cl ar k e ) s aw every reason to believe that Southend would b e qu i te as goo d a place as Brighton. Mr. TT ERMAN said the Comp any h a d b een f o rmed to open the nearest possible direct line of communication between the metropolis and the coast. The object would be effected by the construction of a line from the Stepney s tation of the Black wall Railway to the town and harbour of Burnham, on the river Crouch, with branches to Grays, Tilbury, and Southend. The line would pass through or near Barki , g, Rochford, and numerous agricultural towns, and at Ockendon would meet the line of the Thames Haven Dock Company. The distance from London of the Principal places on the proposed line, or immediately connected with it, would be—Barking, 7 miles; Ockendon, 17 miles; Tilbury, 22 miles; Gravesend (by a steam-ferry from Tilbury), 23 miles ; Thames Haven, 27 37 miles ; Southend, 40 miles ; Town and ;thieve, 41 miles. By the proposed line harbourmiGriae Gravesend ; eseßn;:firwiO Burnham, be reached from the City within less than an hour, and Southend within an hour and twenty minutes; and, by the proposed exte ns i on o f t h e Bl ac kwell Railway to the Thames Embankme nt ari d Ci ty R a il wa y, the means would be afforded for the most speedy commu nication with the western districts of th e metropo li s. The present dis tance of Southend by road, f rom W hitec h ape l Church, was forty-two mile., and the tediousness of both the land journey and the river voyage, had hitherto been felt as a serious draw back to the peculiar advantages of its position. By means of the proposed line Southend would become the nearest water ing-place to the metropolis, and more easily and economically accessible than any other. The proposed line would also shorten, by nearly two hours, the length of the voyage from London to Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, Dover, and the continental ports. It was proposed to carry the line beyond Southend to the river Crouch, connecting it with the existing natural harbour for colliers, fishing-smacks, and other vessels at the south-eastern extremity of the county of Essex. The line had been laid down so as to avoid all property of an orna mental or costly character. It travelled, for the most part, a least 10 per cent. peculiarly expensive character. The n e t p r ofits on would be free from ltwehvoeer estimated ti c y a u p i n t d al u l w a t o i u n i g d a c m ou o n u t n r t y o a a n t d Mr. LEIYCHILD was convinced that by such a line Southend would assume a position it bad never yet occupied. The pro perty of the neighbourhood would be increased 20, 30, or 40 per cent., in addition to the great local a ccommodat i on that would be afforded.—( Hear, hear.) The Rev. FREDERICK HOPE proposed a resolution, affirming the desirableness of forthwith taking measures for the construc tion of a line. seconded the re so l ut i on , w hi c h Li eu t en ant Goocit, R.N. , that they w ou ld procee d w i t h was carried. The Rev. E. LattstosroNE, incumbent o f P r i tt l ewe ll , moved that a memorial s hould be p resent ed to the Provisional Committee, expressing a hope their line, and promising on behalf of th e i n h a bi tants of South end their hearty co - ope ration. Mr. COPELAND addre ssed th e meetin g , and stated that if nothing better were done for be a watering. Southend th an had been done been the worst that place altogether. _Southend had ever experienced, and a railway might go far to imp rove i ts pos i t i on . After same discussion , res olution s of approval were passed hitherto, e present ae it at wouldyear bad soon cease to unanimously in favour of the project. SOUTHAMPTON AND MANCHESTER. CHELTENHAM, SATURDA Y. —A hi ghly influential meeting of the capitalists and inhabit ants of Chelte nham took place this day, at the public assembly rooms, to cons ider the best means of ensuring a direct railway communication between Chelten ham and Southampton ; and to hear the statements of a depu tation from the Manchester and Southampton Company, for carrying that object into effec t. The t neeting ;mai convened by a full bench of the coun t y ma g istrates, acting for the Chel tenham division, in accord ance with a r equisition signed by nearly 500 of the leading gentry and tradesmen of the borough. In the absenc e of the Hono urable Fitzhardinge meeting was pre -11 sideder k e o l e v y e , r Memb e r m j ba James 3 forG Gardiner, borough, er,E s q .: Lord the of the Manor of Cheltenham. The proceedings were commenced by Mr. Edward Hophin son, High Sheriff of the county, and Mr. Joyner Ellis Verner, who spoke of the importance of the proposed line of railway to the interests of Cheltenham. —( Cheers. ) Mr. WALKINSHAW being called upon to address the meet ing. said he would not debate upon the advantages of the pro posed line of railway to the great termini, Manchester and Southampton, but he would confine himself to the benefit it would confer upon the town of Cheltenham. Its advantages to Cheltenham will be, that it will open the counties of, Hants and Dorset , and other districts , alindst hermetically waled to Cheltenham at the present moment; the produce of thami great o.grictiltttral disiriets would be brought for consumption tq,cr,;,! . ,i , jog pepdlotts testis foreign traffic would also be directe4 to this drstrii f. gild, faeied and health-dealing springs of this celebrated wateig-flac! , OMY.Ict be bfonght within easy distance of the foreign valetudinarian. lire dis; lance from Cheltenham to Southampton would be performed in two hours; and when it was borne in mind how many Indian families were constantly arriving and departing at Cheltenham; he advantages of thi3 transit could not be over estididted. this line, iii cotinelion with others in e/tist• enee and contemplifibh, *Mild make Cheltenham the radius of a great circle of railway eommunleatidri; which could not but benefit the town.—( Cheers. ) As to the probability of the completion of the line, the best guarantees were the highly it fluential directory of the Company, and the high approval with which the project had been received, an approval which was greater than bad been met with by any line of railway ever projected. It had been truly styled a great national pro jeet— the great trunk line of the national commerce.— ( Cheers.) In addition to the names already in the Directory, he had now to mention the name of the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst.—(Loud cheers.) The Noble Earl had not joined the undertaking without due deliberation, but the result of that deliberation was, that he had resolved to support the line by all his influence. Mr. Hopkinson, the High Sheriff of the county, Sir J. Tancred, Mr. Cripps, M.P., and Mr. Lyme, of Mullidine Park, bad also added their names to the supporters of this project.—(Cheers.) Not only from the local benefits which the line would confer on Cheltenham, but also on the great commercial grounds on which it was projected, he called upon the meeting to strengthen the hands of the Directors of the line. Mr. NEWBERY, of Manchester, Deputy Chairman of the North Lancashire and Manchester and Birmingham Railways, spoke to the inconvenience of the present circuitous route to Southampton by way of London. The London and Birming ham and South-Western Companies felt that it was impossible to interfere against the project. They felt that a direct line between the north and south would and must be carried ; anti he knew of one Director on the former line who wished his name to be added to the Directorate of the Manchester and Southampton Railway.—( Cheers.) The speaker alluded to the concurrence of the landed proprietors on the route, and especially to the courtesy and urbanity the deputation had re ceived from Earl Bathurst, whose possessions and influence at Cirencester were so well known. They brought Manchester and all the northern districts in close proximity to one of the most flourishing seaports in the world. In Manchester the public feeling was unanimous in favour of this line; the appli cations for shares were numerous beyond precedent, and there was not a doubt entertained of its successful completion. Mr. LANCASTER, member of the town council of South ampton, raid that, to prove the importance of this project to his town, he need only say that to attend this meeting he had him self been compelled to come by the circuitous route of London, when he ought to have travelled the distance by a direct line in less than three hours. He was prepared to contend that Southampton was the natural port of Cheltenham. From Cape Finistere and all foreign countries to the eastward, it was 600 miles nearer than the neighbouring port of Glou cester, and the saving of light-house expenses between the two places would give in every cargo a sum of 251. in favour of Southampton. The speaker entered at considerable length into the advantages which the line would confer upon the southern portion of its route, and sat down amid loud cheers. Mr. STEBBINGS, of Southampton, also addressed the meet ing, dwelling upon the unanimity . which prevailed in its south ern terminus in favour of the prok.ct. Mr. WILLIAMSON, of Cheltenham, thought, before the people of Cheltenham were irrevocably pledged to the line, they ought to insist upon having a few more local names on the direct road. At present the Committee of Management con sisted almost entirely of Manchester and Southampton names, and he did think that some Cheltenham names aught to be added.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. Gsvist NE, the local solicitor, said the subject was by no means lost sight of, and there was every disposition on the part of the leading roprietors of the line to give Cheltenham its due share of influence in the Committee of Management. A discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Williams, Newmarch, Shewell, Aldridge, Captain Watson, Dr. Gibney, and others took part. A string of resolutions were passed in favour of the line, and a petition, to be presented to the House by the Hon. C. Berkeley, was unanimously adopted. On Saturday a meeting of the inhabitants of Ramsey and the adjoining districts, in pursuance of a requisition to the Mayor, was held at the Town-hall, when resolutions were passed in support of the undertaking. BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.. -The half yearly general meeting of this Company was held on Saturday, at their offices, Lawly-street, Birmingham. Samuel Bowly, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, having taken the chair, Mr. Saunders, the secretary, read the report of the Di rectors, which was merely a recapitulation of the agreement which had been entered into between the Midland and Bir mingham and Gloucester Companies. The report was received and adopted. The Chairman moved that a dividend of 1/. 16s. per share of 1001. each be declared and made payable on the 15th of September. The resolution having been unanimously adopted, thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Directors, and the meeting terminated. TO THE MANCHESTER EADEs2 PUBLIC. LONDON AND MANCHESTER RAILWAYS. GENTLEMEN—I am one as much interested as any of you in this important matter ; have patience with me while I say a few words which may tend to the common advantage of all parties, except the lawyers ; and I sup pose that neither you nor I care much about them, as they generally know pretty well how to take care of themselves ! We all want a direct line to London, and we want it for our own business, not for other people's, nor to fill other people's pockets ; therefore it must be independent. Well ; we have got such a line before us, and it has been before us long enough to understand it : it seems to be so good a one, that there is ageneral scramble for it among engineers, attorneys, and direc tors, all anxious for the honour, and some, perhaps, for the profit of carrying it out. It must therefore be a good one, and just what we, want—if we can get it ! This is the only point to which I wish to draw your at tention, for what is it to us who does the work, or who gets the pay for it, so long as the work is done, and well done ? Now my opinion is, that if we remain neuter on the question much longer, we incur some risk of not having the work done at all ; " between two stools," but I need not finish the proverb ; only if we want to secure a firm seat, we had beat look out in time, before we sit down, to make sure of the stool with the firmest legs ! I, for ore, have no mind for an awkward fall. I have read Ashurst's letter, and I have read Reming ton's ; and, as an indifferent person to the dispute, ex cepting as one of the public, I think I see pretty clearly where the merits lie. Ashurst says, " the line is public property, and therefore it is my line as much as your's, or any body else's." " No," says Remington, "I planned, surveyed, and spent time, labour, and money on it years ago, and now you want to fi ch it from me, because I re ject your aid in carrying it oat I" And, in truth, Re mington seems to have the best end of the stick, and the strongest arm to use it ; " but," rejoins Ashurst, " you shall not go on without me, for I have the Manchester I ou=es under my thumb, and right er wrong the)'ll back me " We will see about that," retorts Remington, " for it was my line and my project to which they gave their names, and you have dishonestly transferred them to yours; when they really know how the matter stands, the Manchester men are too honourable to countenance your conduct." I believe Remington is quite right ; we have still certain bull-headed notions among us, of what is right 'or wreng, in regard to property, though such notions are getting a little old fashioned in these railway days ; but we are not likely to be bamboozled by lawyer:, even though true-bred London lawyers ; we know the value of new patterns, and what it is to pirate them. But thin is stray ing from my point. Ashurst only states the truth, when he says that he if backed by the trade (though be much exaggerates his trade strength, for I am sure there are not here a dozen first-rote houses in his list, while all along the line, everyman, woman, and child, is against ' him), and Remington states the truth when he says that the trade don't know what they are about in backing Ashurst, and this is what I want to impress upon you. We want the thing done, and no miAthe ; if matters go on as at present, we shall make a great mistake, and a fatal mistake, and a mistake for which everybody but the lawyers will be cursing his own stupidity six months hence. I have been inquiring carefully about it, and I find, as anybody else may find, if they will only take the same trouble, that Ashurst's line, or Rastrick's, or whosoeVer line they choose to call it, is all bobble and rnoonshilie.' It is now the end of August ; plans, and sections, and books of reference, and all that, must be deposited in some hundred places by the 30th of No vember ; engineers, surveyors, levellers, and assistants, must be employed by the score, and then followed by scores of attornies, clerks, and other beasts of prey ; and to this hour, neither Ashurst nor Rastrick has a single soul at work between London and Manchester, while Remington and Rennie have nearly finished the job ! and Nlesirs. Stephen, Hutchinson, Rogers, Owens, Wil son, Cobbett, and nobody knows how many dozens of country attorneys besides, are eternally on the road from one end of the week to the other, speechifying, agitating, O'Connellizing the whole country, and cramming all the newspapers with puffs, notices, and advertisements. Now, this looks like serious business at all events, and there must be money forthcoming somewhere, to pay the piper ! but better than all, I find that Remington is actually employing Rastrick's men, because Rastrick had no funds to take thetn on, and now there is not a sur veyor, leveller, or working engineer in the market, to be had for love or money ! ! ! i Let Ashurst deny this if he can ; if he cannot gainsay t, then we have a right to ask him what he means ? and we have a right to ask his backers too, what they mean by all this chaffing ? it is clear what they do net mean : they do not mean to do business, unless for themselves ; they may mean to kick up a dust, for Remington to water down again ; they very likely intend to shew fight, so as to make it worth while to buy a cross ; they may create such an alarm among the shareholders as to keep back the deposits, and prevent Remington's shares coming out at a high premium ; and if they do this their, turn is answered, for they must be bought off; but who will have to pay the cost ? Why we shall ; if we buy off Ashurst for ten or twenty thousand pounds, this is an addition of ten or twenty thousand pounds to the ex pense of our independent line, and we have to thank Mr. Ashurst and his Manchester friends for it, for it is only by their aid that he ever can be worth the purchase; if he is net bought off, and goes to Parliament to fight it out with Remington? then it will .cost some fifty or a hundred thousand, as with the London and York people, and we shall have to pay it to the lawyers I If he is not playing his cards either for a fight in Parliament, or a cross, then I should like to know why he shuffles them at all, when there is no good to be got by it, either for himself or any body else ? It must be merely to re venw, himself for being discarded by Remingtou's com mittee, and therefore, we forsooth are to hazard our line altogether, that we may gratify Ashurst with a triumph over his former allies and present op ponents ! I defy Ashurst to escape out of one of these three alternatives ; he means to be bouelit off at our expense ; or to fight a Parliamentary battle at our expense ; or to defeat the line altogether, careless at ‘OIOSO expense, so long as he obtains his revenge ; let him take his choice of the three ; either is equally disgraceful to him and to his friends, and equally vexa tion's and injurious to the Manchester trade. But Ashurst's friends will certainly come in for their full share both of the loss and the abuse : if no business is intended, they a , e helping him t, gull the public for his own selfish purposes: if they really mean to go on, where is the money to come from, except from their own Pockets ? If they succeed in checking payment lot ReMington's line, can they hope that they will get their own deposits rtitl i when they have nothing in the way of progress to show for it 7 Gf en they expect to b 9 in time fur the next session, when as yet they have done nothing but talk ? and if not in time, can they doubt Put, their shafta rill fall to a low discount ? Thud tile Colittnittee of Ashurst will have to " pay for alO ltlie Nithcle in the pia', ent of their own purses, and all Manchester will t i't set lit tri for the die appointment to the trade. Whether dies , 3tfe indemni fied or not, by Ashurst, I cannot pretend to PaY ; if they are, then it chows that it is Ashurst's personal, interest, after all, which we are fighting for, and I fancy that the trade will hardly consent to thin when they know it ! but if his backers are not indemnified; and by good waterproof, air-tight bonds too, they had better look to it in times it is not very pleasant to cash up one's quota of some tens of thousands for useless sur veys, and profitless sections, and acrimonious adver tisements in the papers. The gist of the whole question is this ; we want a line, and two people want to make it ; and they want to fight their battle with our money, and some of our own people are fools enough to lend their names to get up and promote this costly sham fight, at the imminent hazard of depriving us of the object on which we have set our hearts, by impoverishing those who alone seem able to accomplish it ; the question is, whether you will submit to be made tools of for such patty, private, and selfish purposes ? If you will, then my time is thrown away, and in common with yourselves, I must submit to the disastrous consequences ; but if you will not, then you have no time to lose, but come forward at once, like men of business, and tell Ashurst and his friends that you are men of business and common sense, and have no notion of having your best interestsacri ficed to gratify personal cupidity or spleen.—l am, Gentlemen, yours obediently, A MANCHESTER MAN. P.S. While writing this letter, I have heard that Ashurst and Rastriek have had a meeting of their friends at the Royal Hotel, this morning ; this royal game of humbug must be checked ; it would be more to the purpose if Ashurst would call a public meeting, as invited by Remington, and give a broad contra diction to Remington's charges of vindictiveness and dishonesty ; these hole and corner meetings only prove that there is nothing substantial in the mat ter ; fair play is always open play ; but however that may be, I aver, and I challenge contradiction, that having regard to the progress made by iemington's people, and the less than nothing done by Ashurst, our only chance of getting the line at all, is to give sta our help to Remington, and carry him through on our shoulders; if we trust to Ashurst, and to people who will lend their names without knowing why or where fore, only to make difficulties where all ought to do their best to smooth them, we shall spend a deal of money for nothing, and may wait till doom's-day for our railway. flow does it happen that out of such a host of pretended patrons and supporters, Ashurst can g. t no stronger acting Committee ? This looks very queer ! Some six or eight names, out of more than a hundred influential patrons ! ! ! and this petty list to manage such a magni ficent undertaking as a line from Manchester to Lon don ! ! ! Methinks this fact alone speaks volumes—hut insist that Ashurst and his Manchester friends shall give a plain answer to two plain questions—they have been answered already by liemington's Committee, and an swered publicly and satisfactorily, and in person, and at Manchester. Will you pledge yourselves to go before Parliament next session ? _ _ Are you in a state to do so ? Answer this, Met.s-s. Ashurst, "{astride, Dillon, Cal decot, and Co., and we shall know what to make of you ! 22d August, 1845. LATE HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE NEAR ROUEN. (From the Memorial de Rouen of Friday.) The clearing away of the ruins of the three manufactories is completed, and the detachments of the troops of the line returned into the town yesterday. The final number of the dead bodies dug out from the ruins is 75. The Number of the wounded, as we said yesterday, is from ISO to 170. Besides the 75 dead bodies dug out from among the ruins, we have to add a certain number of wounded who have died, and many others are so dangerously hurt that there is little hope of saving them. It is impossible to praise too highly M. Slawescki, the civil engineer belonging to the administration of the mines at Rouen. He directed the labours of the workmen and soldiers at M. Picquot's manufactory with the greatest zeal. He was 48 hours on the spot, and did not go away until it was ascertained that no more victims could be found among the ruins. The search was not finished until 3 o'clock P.M., when, upon reference to the registers of the establishment, it was ascertained that no more persons were missing. The examinations having been most scrupulously made, it was found that at the moment of the misfortune there were 163 persons at the time of the disaster in M. Picquot's estab lishment. Among the details of this melancholy calculation are the following :-33 dead, three of whom were found on the night of the 19th, four on the 20th, and one yesterday ; 58 very severely wounded, and the rest saved; or at least few of them very seriously hurt. The wounded in this establishment were the most numerous, and, in general, the most severely injured. In the midst of this calamity it was, as we have already said, most consolatory to see the zeal and devotedness which every one who came to the spot displayed. We have already stated that a great number of citizens and public functionaries dis tinguished themselves by their activity. Assistance of this kind came to us from all quarters to such an extent that we cannot record the instances. Besides, it is not the notice in a journal that can recompense such acts—it is only the self-satis tion of having done well. We must, however, not omit to men tion the master of the Black Horse Hotel c.f . Manville, who opened his house and placed all his linen, towels, and napkins, at the service of the victims. The cloths were all used or cut up, as found necessary. The director of the hospital of Rouen also placed everything► at the disposal of the medical attendants. The English labourers employed on the Havre Railroad eagerly hastened to give their assistance. M. Dupont Delaporte arrived from Eu during the night. He was very much fatigued by his journey, and was obliged to go to rest. He rose, however, soon, and accompanied by M. Touard, coun ellor of the prefecture, visited all the points of the disaster. He gave orders at the hotel to furnish everything for the service of the unfottunate sufferers. Just as he got upon the ruins two victims were found. He afterwards visited the sufferers in their beds, and spoke to them with the greatest affection. Accompanied by Doctors Blanche and Hellot, he visited all the private houses to which the wounded had been carried. He then visited the owners of the destroyed es tablishments, and promised to interest the Government in their favour. He begged the Mayors of Malauney and Monville to spare nothing for the comfort of the sufferers, and told them he would obtain the sanction of the Government for defraying all the expenses. On his return to Rouen, he found a letter from the Ministry, approving all his proceedings, and promising prompt succour. Subscriptions fur the relief of the sufferers have been opened at Monville and all the neighbouring towns. FO BRANDESTON UF HALL ESTATE, SLK. . . _ This properke has been doomed to strange vicissitudes latterly. The history of the hull may be traced to the time of our Queen Elizabeth, and its architectural form is in strict kkeping with that order. It has been the residence, from time immemorial, of the most respectable nobles andC esquires of the county. It was only about twenty years since Mr. Mills, a gentleman of respect ability, became the possessor. Four years ago, Fortune (that uncertain jade) forsook him, and untoward cir cumstances compelled him reluctantly to quit it. It was then placed in the hands of trustees, who ordered a sale to take place, under the di. recticn of Mr. George Robins. At that period, land was heavy in the market, and with all his exertions he failed to obtain the reserved price, which was then 35,000 guineas.. It should be remarked that the hall, from lack of means, has fallen a good deal into decay, and the stabling, once the pride of former owners, who hunted this country, were laid prostrate for want of means. It is environed by a pretty park of. 80 acres, with the river Deben flowing through the estate for two miles and the domain extends to near 700 acres of very fine convertible land. Connected with it are the extensive manors, royalties, and immunities ; a re spectable tenantry occupy the farms at 1,0601. a year ; and the mansion, when placed in good order, with the park and manors, will be worth 3001. a year. The outlay to restore the house and the farms will .not exceed 4,0001., when the annual value. for the whole, will be 1,4001. or LAO/. a year. Such is an outline of the property under review. The sale, about four years ago, failed (as it has already been stated), and two years since Mr. Robins was deputed by the mortgagees to sell it peremptorily. The result was, a purchaser is as found at the auction for 30,000 guineas, independently of the timber, which is estimated at 4,000 guineas. This gentleman, from reasons not qu to understlndable, became an unwilling purchaser, and sought relief in the Court of Chancery, where, upon a point of technicattg (gone, he avoided his contract. A third sale took place this season (in June), when this trivial flaw was provided for by more stringent conditions of sale, and it was announced fur peremptory sale. Much excitement prevailed throughout the county, but prejudice was strong in respect to a doubtful title, and it was sold to a friend of Mr. Robins's (to include the timber) for thirty thousand guineas. An arrangement, however, was shortly afterwards made, by which the contract was consigned to Mr. R. At the sale Mr. Austin, the eminent counsel (more especiully in the railways, who, it seems, was born hard by) bid 30,0001., Mr. Robins's f r i en d very soen sold his bargain to him, who purchased it solely for investment, and took immediate steps to have his architect to look over the estate, and adjudge what was necessary to render it a fit abode for the M.P. for Ipswich, and to make all his tenantry comfortable, indeed he ordered a thorough repair of every farm. The result was, an outlay in view of four thousand pounds. During this progress it became known that Mr. George Robins was the bond fide buyer. No one doubted that his prudence would not allow him to hazard 30,000 guineas on a doubtful title, and still less to doubt his judgment as to the value. Prejudice soon gave way, and Mr. Austin, after having reconsidered his previous deter mination, thought he could not do better than tread in the steps of the new possessor. A negotiation commenced, and on Wednesday last., fur certain VERY WEIGHTY REASONS (we know not how many thousands of pounds), Mr. Robins assigned his contract to the King of the Railways. MILITARY COURT-MARTIALS.—On Fri.lay mom ino• the 22d inst. , the I st b attalion of Grenadi e r Guards, undo 67:command of Colonel Lascelles, were assembled at St John's. wood Barrack!, to hear the following sentences read : The first on private T. Roadknight, of No. 6 Company, who had been tried by district c ourt-martial , for absenting him s elf from the battalion three nights without leave. He was found ty, and on receiving a bad character from the adjutant g (h u a il ving been tried by nine court-martials for similar offences within seven years), was sentenced to undergo three months' imprisonment with hard labour. The second sentence was on private J. Emery, of No. 8 Company, wh o h a d b een t r i e d b y a battalion court-martial, for absenting himself six nights with out leave. He was found guilty, and sentenced to forty days' imprisonment, .with hard labour. Th e pr i soners were i mme • diately placed in irons, and marched by an escort to the new military-prison at Chatham, SCOTCH PRISONS. The report of the Select Committee on Prisons in Scotland has been published, together with the minutes of evidence. From a table appended it appears that the average annual amount of prison charges levied upon the Scotch burghs during the four years subsequent to the passing of the Prison Act of 1839, was 23,9201., and the amount for the three years previous to the passing of the said Act, 16,6561., thus giving an average annual increase since the passing of the Act of 7,2641. The average annual prison charges on counties in Scotland amounted during the four years subsequent to the passing of the Act to 39,3671, and during the three years previous to the Act to 16,2631., thus ex hibiting an average annual increase of 23,1041. The total average annual charge both for counties and burghs, amounted during the four years subsequent to the Act of 1839 to 63,2881., and during the three years pre cAling that enactment to 32,9191. The total population of the Scotch burghs assessed for prison charges amounts to 962,644, that of the towns and villages - to 442,927, and that of the counties and burghs altogether to 2,620,184, which is the total population of Scotland. The prison assessment on the inhabitants of the Sewell burghs and counties, which, under the present system, amounts to 63,238/. annually, would be exactly the same if the a-sessments were calculated according to real pro perty, the value of which is estimated at 9,481,7621, inasmuch as the respective increase and decrease balance each other to a nicety. The gross increase would amount to 10,592/., and the gross decrease to precisely the same sum. Were the rate of assessment equalised, and the sums levied upon the whole real p operty within the counties, including the burghs, the rate, on an average for the last four years, a ould be one penny and seven-twelfths of a penny per pound, or a little inure than three-halfpence per pound. The Committee, in their report, state that the effect of the Act 2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 42, has been to increase (as we have already seen) aril in many instances very greatly, the annual expense connected with prisons beyond what it was when the whole expense of maintaining the Scotch prisons was borne by the royal burghs alone. This has arisen from Os o causes—lst, the necessity that existed fur the creation of new prisons in many districts ; and 2d, the additional expense occasioned by the intro duction of a new and improved system of prison di:el pline and accommodation. The effect upon the Par liamentary burghs has been to impose upon them a burden to which they were not previously subjected, although there is no reason to doubt that that incubus will be considerably diminished, as soon as the expenses of erecting the prisons are liquidates'. The landward parts of counties have suffered in a si m il ar manner . Af t er noticing the complaints of the burghs to this effect the Com mittee proceed to express their opinion, that the prac tical operation of the Acts already in force in the distri bution of the assessment, according to the relative popu ation of the landward parts of the coun ty an d t h e burghs within it, is most objectionable, from the inequa lity of rate which it necessarily produces, not merely between the burghs and the landward parts of counties, but between the different and often adjacent burghs themselves. They adduce several instances in support of their opinion. This inequality is the more oppres sive from its being invariably greater according to the poverty of the burgh, and because according to the principle on which the assessment is apportioned, the rate upon a burgh must increase iu proportion to its decay, and the diminution of the value of the pro perty within it, if there be not a corresponding decrease of its population. The Committee acknowledge that relief has been in some degree afforded by the operation of recent Acts of Parliament ; " but they would, never theless, strongly recommend that some other principle shoul6 be adopted for the di,tribution of the assessment between the landward parts of the counties and the burghs within them." The minutes of evidence, on which we have only been enabled to bestow a cursory perusal, oxupy a large portion of the document. The harvest prospects in the north of England begin to be very gloomy. The late heavy rains have lodged the wheat in many districts of Holderness, in parts of North Lincolnshire. and in whole tracts of level land throughout the midland counties. Yesterday the accounts received of the in jury done by floods to the growing crops were really disastrous. —Hull Advertiser. CURED PROVISIONS —Saturday a return was printed showing the importation of cured provisions for six months, ending on the sth ultimo. Of salted beef there were 46,347 cwt ; of salted pork, 23,b60 cwt. ; of hams, 2,423 cwt.: and Of baton, 16 cwt, ItELA_TIVE CLOSING PRICES OF kAILWAV P! ) .trtiPAL CITIES Als SCOTLAND, TOWNS IN ENGLAND, AND IRELAND. r TEXAN BONDS AN .10Y - LAr - D S. - A NEW ORLEANS, J , ULY . maaid, particularly those held Siexlcati Texas Treasury notes and boticia flia.ye'7not. tivaftit Baia alacre any thing doing in (lisin at-any pritel,'': - 110 • _ arc quoted thlis in New Orleans :—Red :Buck,'l3C:. to 14e. on the dollar IntereSt Notes, 'lse. to ltie. ;'7 Bonds, 8 per cent., 19c. to, 20c. ; Bonds, 10 per cent, 20c. to 21c. The Red Bucs uri notes fira't issued by the Government, and they bear, no, inte rest ; they began to depreciate, and notes bearing interest of ten per cent. were nett issued to prevent depreciation, and a law was enacted allowing holders of the first issue to fund their notes anei take bonds drawing ten per cent. interest. The next year the law was changed, and only eight per cent. was allowed. The various issues of the Government may be safely estimated at tan millions of dollars. Nor is it true that this debt will be paid by Texas immediately on its annexation to the United States. These promis sory notes and bonds are the last thing that will be paid. There are very many individual claims which will be promptly paid by the Government—to wit, supplies for the army, money advanced, personal ser vices. &c. These stand as debts against the Government. nor have they been liquidated by bills or bonds. The Government will, in all pro bability, never pay more than ten cents on the dollar on these bonds and bills, and that too for the reason that the Government and people never received even that amount for them. They are chiefly held by brokers and speculators in New Orleans, who wrung them from the oppressed Governu,ent and its poor people for the amount of from three to eVit cents per dollar, and the Government will doubtless pay what they justly owe and no more. Is it right or just the; should ? The brokers have tried many we's to secure their Texas claims to the full amount on the face trf them, hut they will never succeed. It is now a concede 6 point that some persons were bribed by certain persons by an offer of 30 per cent. on the amount of the debt, if they would cause it to be stipulated in the articles of annexa tion that the United States should pay the Texas debt. One treaty was drawn up for this purpose, but it was not ratified. Persons then commenced negotiations else where, and thought they could lull the people cf Texas by offering them another boon, but it would not do, the people discovered their schemes. In Texas a national debt is truly and practically a na- tional blessing, and I will demonsir.tte it. About nine tenths of the people have not as yet received from the General Land-office the titles to their lands. The land. °thee expenses will amount to an average of about fifty dollars each. These old notes and bonds are received at par value—fifty dollars of them can be bought with seven dollars par money—so that the person, while he is only paying seven dollars in par money, is really paying fifty dollars of the Government debt, but if any other cation was to assume the debt, it would raise the money to par value, and the citizen would have to pay fifty dollars in par money, and, instead of the Government getting any benefit from the remaining forty-three dollars, it would go to brokers and bond- holders, and the Govern ment would get no more than if it was only ten cents per dollar. It is not true that each dollar is good for one acre of land—it is true that you can enter land at two dollars per acre, but then you must pay tOC location, surveying, &c., in good money. It is not heiti as m the United States: here th e Go ve rnment pays for no sur veying or any other expense—all is paid by the locator. It is true that a Bill was introduced in Congress (and passed) by that talented, patriotic statesman, 1). S. Kaufman, appropriating a portion of land to pay the public debt, but it is only to pay it as it was issued, say ten cents. per dollar. Major Kaufman has ever been foremost in the cause of integrity and pa triotism, and Texas is more indebted to him for an nexation than to all her other politicians to gether, Major Kaufman is in Congress, and the people of Texas are thereby deprived of his great talents in the Convention. But there are some few men of fine talents in the Convention. General Rusk, Colonel Love, Colonel Mayfield, Volney Howard, Esq., Go vernor 11. G. Runnel's, General Darnel), Colonel Hegg, Charles S. Taylor, Esq. These are the only men of talent in the Convention, but the small fry arc nume rous, such as county court lawyers, j-stices of the peace, and quondam judges. ACCIDENT ON THE ARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—On Thursday last, as the morning train from Alaryport to Carlisle was passing along the portion of the rail way about five miles west of Wigton, owing to one of the switches being wrong it was thrown completely off the line; but, we are happy to add, without occasioning injury to any of the passengers. A delay in the arrival of the train of about :a hour was the consequence. —Carlisle Journal. CRUELTY OF A SCHOOLNIASTER.— About a week since a master of a national school, in South Devon, struck a girl, one of his pupils, a Ho .v which knocked her down, and then knelt on hyr, injuring her so much that the surgeon says that, if she survives, she will never recover from the injuries she has received. This fellow is, and has been, one of the parsons' catechism crammers.— Western Times. FOREIGN FRUIT AND PROVISION:'.—The BalaVier steam-ship. from Rotterdam, brought on her last voyage. besides cattle, 203 packages of peas, 82 packages of plums, 371 of melons, 7 of yeast, a quantity of poultry, and other articles of Dutch produce and manufacture. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel Rainbow, which arrived on the came day from Havre, brought nearly 500 packages of plums, &c., of excellent quality. The same Company's vessels Tourist, from Calais, and Earl of Liverpool, from Ostend, also brought en the same day a large quantity of poultry, eugs, and butter for consumption here. The Company's ships which were due on that day from Rotterdam and llamburgts did not arrive, owing to the extreme rough weather at sea. The favourite steam-ship Antwerpen, which was due at the St. Katharine Docks from Antwerp on the same morning, aid not arrive for several hours afterwards, owing to the contrary winds and rough weather. She arrived shortly after the Batavier, with the large number of seventy-two passengers on board, including several persons of distinction ; and the revenue officers at the wharf stayed until a late hour at night, in order to facilitate the delivery of their baggage and effects, and the fruit and cattle belonging to the vessels before mentioned as having arrived on the same day. "EST bROMIVICII.—FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE FALLING OF A TIIEATItE.—An inquest vas held by George Hinchliffe, Esq., coroner, at the Hare and Hounds, Mare's Green, West Bromwich, on Thursday evening, on the view of the body of Benjamin Rubery, aged twenty-four Sears, who was killed the night before, by the gallery of a temporary theatre having fallen upon him. It appeared from the evidence that about 180 persons had assembled in the theatre, to witness the performance, and in five minutes after the curtain rose the gallery fell in with a sudden crash, amid the screams of men, women and children. Notvt ithstandine, however, that so many persons were thrown down in the midst of benches and the frame work of the structure, only one person (a female) was found to be hurt, and she escaped with a few slight bruises. When the persons who had fallen were extricated, the deceased was pressed down on his knees under a platform, with has hands on the ground and his head forced between his shoulders. It appeared afterwards that the deceased, to avoid paying for seeing the performance, had crept under the stage in front of the theatre, forcing his way through some of the woodwork, by which he got under the gallery. Here, it is supposed, he displaced some of the supports, when the whole gave way, and the platform falling upon him, crushed him to death. It was proved by the evidence of several witnesses, that there was no negligence on the part of the proprietor of the theatro„ and the jury returned a verdict. of accidental death.—Birming ham Journal. COST OF THE POOR IN MIDDLESEX.—An appendix to the eleventh annual report of the • Poor-law Commissioners contains, among other returns, one relating to the amount of money levied and expended for the relief and maintenance of the poor in each union, and for parishes not united under the Poor-law Amendment Act, in England and Wales, for the year ended 25th March, 1844, &c. It thence appears that, during that year, the amount levied by assessment for the poor-rate in Middlesex (consisting of the Finsbury, Holborn, and Tower divisions of the Ossulston Hundred, and the city and liberty of A estminster) was 348,130/. There was, in ad dition to that sum, a further amount of 19,147/. received from other sources in aid of the poor. rate ; thus making a total re— ceived for the relief, &c., of the poor, of 367,277/. The amount expended, during the above• mentioned period, in relief, &c., of the poor, was 175,7401. 19s. The sum of 3,8501. vas ex pended in law charges ; a further amount of 5081. was paid to the various vaccinators, under the Vaccination Extension Acf. The payments tuwares the County-rate amounted to. 50,846/. ; and those towards the county and local police forces 92,319/. The money expended for all other purposes amounted to 31,250/. ; and the total parochial Wes, &c., expended, to 357,724/. ir RIGHTFUL ACCIDENT oN BOARD A STFAMER.— On Friday evening a youth, named James Purseil, expired is Charing-crow Hospital, from a frightful accAent he sustained) on Monday la,t, on board the Moonlight steam-vessel. The deceased embarked on board the Moonlight at London-bridge, for the purpose of proceeding• to Chelsea, on his way to Cre• morre House, at which place his father is engaged as a waiter. On arriving off Hungerford-market the vessel made its usual call, for which purpose she was fostered to the pier by meats of a rope, a portion of the other part !het eof being attached to the vessel, whilst the remainder was lying in a coil upon the deck. The unfortunate boy had place.i his feet in the coil, and when the order was given to unmoor the vessel her engines were so quickly put in motion, that before the rope was. re moved from its fastenings on shore the whole length thereof was run out, and carried with it one of the poor boy's feet, which it tore from the socket at the ankle, and which, together with the shoe, fell into the water. No time was lest in con veying the sufferer to the above hospital, whete amputation of the limb below the knee was obliged to be had immediate re course to. His survival was, however, exceedingly doubtful, as the other leg was frghtfully fractured, which was quickly attended with mortification, and death was the consequence. Some time since a son of Sir Henry Hardinge met with a pre cisely similar accident, as did also a man named Hassell, who was at the time employed at the Hungerford-pier. II ,I.YIIEAD AND KINGSTOWN II ARBOURS. — The new harbour at Holyhead, about to be commenced, will be erected outside the present one, and will be ten times its ex tent The government engine. rs have, we uuderatand, per fected their plans, and the estimated cost is 2,000,0001. The object is to establish a great harbour, corresponding with that of Kingstown, for communication between the two countries. The corks upon the eastern pier at Kingstown are rapidly ad vancing to completion. The new light-house—a beautiful building, quite massive in construction—is nearly finished,— Mercantile Advertiser. DISASTERS AT ITAVRE.—We learn by the Havre , journals that the storm of Tuesday caused several disasters on the coast near the mouth of the Seine. Two English vessels were forced from their anchorage and driven ashore, and a sloop from Newcastle, hound for Rouen, with coals, went down near Leure. The crew was saved in the boat. An English schooner, from Caen, laden with stones, went down in view of the town, and the crov, who had taken refuge in the rigging, owed their safety, hi a , ;..reat to th^ exertions of M. Loatheyer, the lieutenant of the port, who, on the, first alarm, proceeded to the jetty, turd had the life-boat launched, proposing a reward to any ictrsons who would man it. fix English men at once offertd to proceed to the assistance of their countrymen, on coud!tion that a French pilot would accompany them. A young man, named Lefelivr:.y, immediately uttered himself, :MI the party rowed to the wreck. They succeeded, though not without great danger, in resetting four sailors and the captain, whom they brought safe to hind. A little sloop, with two men on board, was capsized near St. Adresse, and one of the nice was drowned. The other was taken up, when nearly exhausted with swimming, by a fishing-boat. ERROR OF THE PRESS.—"Fulham - road .—Dear Punch,—You were facetiously' pleased to kill into in your last num ber. I beg you will bring 1110 to life agatn In your next. My change of name and residence has deceived you. You evidently thonAt I had gone .the way of all metropolitan turnpikes, but no such luck, old fellow. You willfind me tout fifty yards down the same road, looking all the better for the ange of air. The fact is, I could not stand the smoke of town at this time of the year, so I have taken this little box in the country. I shall be very happy to sec you when. ever You are coming this way. Till then, dear Punch, I remain, on the Fulham-road, your turnpike to commatid, Tut: SANDFORD-nnincr GATE, late the Queen's retire.)."—)'a rch. E XE TEß, AUG. 22.—The weather is very fine here, and the harvest is prooressins rapidly-. 5, 405 ophe6 Se ° i We" Of 1 4 ' 0 fOr 0 4 tea 0 fil 0 11 I