The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-06 00:00:00

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of yes terday Evening, contained — The Proclamation announcing the Prorogation of Parliament on Saturday. The list of Appointments, Bankruptcies, &c., from the London Gazette. The conclusion of the day's proceedings before the Railway Committees of the Houses of Lords and Commons. The latest Market Intelligence. Parliamentary proceedings of t he Evening, being Reports of the Debates before both Houses of Par liament, up to a Quarter . before Seven o'clock. RAILWAY NEWS. subscribers and others interested in Railways will find a FULL ACCOUNT of the PROCEEDINGS &Wore the RAILWAY COMMIT7'EES in the THIRD EDITION of THE SUN, reported up to the CLOSE of EACH DAY; it also con tains the DEBATES in BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT up to PR th ICES of HOUR RAIL W of POAY ST E VERY EVENING, -SHARES, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE by EXPRESS, and all other NEWS ARRIVING in LONDON DURING the DAY. ORDMIL the TIIXEM EDITION, which contains NZIATS TWELVII 1101JUS in ADVANCE. Sun-upee, I 12, Strand. - Immediately, in 3 vols. pot. T HE STORY OF A ROYAL FAVOURITE By Mrs. GORE. " No scandal about Queen Eliza beth, I hope ?"—The Critic. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE IMPROVISATORE." Just Ready, in Three Vols., post tivo., LIFE IN DENMARK, r. AND ONLY A FIDDLER, From the Danish. By MARY lIOWITT. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. OTICE.—The G A.T COUNTY D ON BAr RAIL WAY COMPANY. - The ALLOTMENT of SHARES in this Compxtny is POSTPONED for a few days. in consequence of a treaty now pending, and likely Et` be agreed upon, for an amalgamation between it and the other pre Tiously competing Companies hit of Down, ROBERT GORDEN, Secretary Downpatrick, August 2, 1845. 0. TEAM to CREMORNE PIER, CHELSEA. The Original Iron Steam Boat Company will commence running from London -bridge to the New Pier at Cremorne, touching at all the Piers on their way, To-morrow, THURSDAY, on the occa sion of the GRAND FETE and NIGHT ASCENT of Mr. GREEN from Cremorne Gardens, King's-road, Chelsea. Fare 4d. The pas sengers are landeci,... • TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ' Signor FORNASARI respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers the Opera, and the Public, that HIS BENEFIT will take place TO-MORROW EVENING When will be performed (last time) Rossini's Opera, LA GAZZA LA DRA. Ninetta, Mdme Grist; Lucia , Mdme. Beßini ; Pippo, Isa a Mdlle. B ra mbilla ; Gianetto, Sig. Mario ; Yodesta, Lablache , sig. Dal Fiori ; Fabrizi Vingradito, Sig. A. GiuMlei ; Fernando Vil label°, Sig. Forr.asarl. In the course of the Evening, the Divertissement LA BACCHANTE, by Mdlle. Lucile Urahn and M. Perrot. After which, a Selection from the Last Act of L'ELISId D'AMOR h. , by Eadame Castellan, Sig. Corelli, and Sig. F. Lablache To conclude with (first time this season) the admired Ballet of ALMA ; ou, La Fine de Fen. Periphite, M. Perrot ; Balfegor, M. Gosselin ; Emazor, M. St. Leon ; Alma, Mdlle. Cerito. Applications tor Boxes, Stalls, %rid Pit Tickets to be made at the Box-office, 0 era Colonnade. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Ralf-Past Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, litß. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING 11 be repeated a New and Original Comedy-, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled TIME WORKS WONDERS. Goldthumb, Mr. W. Ferrol ; Felix Uoldthumb, Mr. Hudson ; Bantam, Mr. Bnckstone ; Miss Ile3sy Tulip, Miss Julia Bennett ; Florentine, Miss Fortescue ; Miss Tucker, Mrs. Glover ; Patty, Miss Car r re. for Four Nights more, The celebrated Pianist. Leopold de Meye, and will perform this Evening, after the Comedy, a Fantasia from " Lucia." ted a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled After which will be repeated MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, Matrimonial Chap ters: Mr. Candid, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. To conclude with an entirely New Farce, called THE KING .ND I. Period, 1691. Sir William Melrose, Mr. H. Holl ; Burchell, Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr, I. T. Archer at the Box-office. from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI FOR FEE BENEFIT OF MISS WOOLGAR. THIS EVENING Will be performed SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lacka day, Mr. Wright; Eugenia., Mrs. Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar. To be followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG. on Erne he st, Mr. Webster, in which he will give his celebrated personati of t Emperor Napoleon ; Margot (her original character) Madame Celeste. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Bcrletta, called POWDER AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Gerkin, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Montgometie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. Mr. Brown, Mr. Hudson; Simmons, Mr. Wright; Adelle, Miss Woolgar. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the sand, Mr. Mellon. • A ,}s i p • tri , • _ - , 4)A - • „g•-(-!F.,_A-;,-;),+ 40 F, • , EC ON D EDITTON THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. • 'UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin loch, and Turner ; Miss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF _INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LEd FEES. In which Les ra.aapo.a. tnclaices will appear. dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Kee le y . ratic, Dramatic, Chivalr i c , To conclude with an entirely N ew O p e Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keelrf, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, Sec The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. PRINCESS'S THEATR, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. E M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed DON CIESAR DE BAZAN. Don Caesar de Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To which will b.; added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will 'be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos tume, with the Original Music. Mr. HENRY RUSSELL will sing his popular comp •sitions " I'm MlOat," and the " Song of the Shirt." After which, Shakspeare's Play of KATHERINE AND PETRUCIIIO. Petruchio, Mr. Wallack ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling; Bianca, Miss E. Bonner. To be followed by a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. C AUDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Oxberry. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Walla& ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; binchtnist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIfFATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Me-eminent Success of the New Grand Spectacle, unequalled in effects and situations—First Week of a New Entree by Twelve wrench Equestrians, aided by Novel Scenes by the French Artistes he Favourite Pantomimic Representation at Half-price of the Brigand Chief. 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. After which, Extraordinary Feats in the Circle. To conclude with a New Grand Ballet of Action, consisting of Mi litary .Nlanmuvrcs, Dances, Combats, and highly powerful effects, Including the sagacious performance of the Dog Hector, and sur prtsin g D Leap of the Horse Beda over the Broken and Flaming Bridge, called IL lAVOLO ABRUZZI ; or, The Brigand Chief and the Dog of the Chateau. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. DAVIDGE. Immense Attraction—First and only Appearance this Season of Mr. T. P. Cooke. THIS EVENING Will be performed the First Act of THE LOVE SPELL. Nemo- Tin°, Mr. D. W. King; Dulcamara, Mr. Weiss; Belcore, Mr. M'Mahon; Adina, Madame Garcia. After which, Second Act of LA SONNAMBULA. Elvin, Mr. D. W. King, Amine, Madame Eugenia Garcia. • To be followed by the Third Act of LUCIA ; or, The Bride of Lam mermoor. Lucy Ashton, Madame E. Garcia; Edgar, Mr. D. W. King. To which will be added THE LADY OF THE LAKE. Roderick Dhu, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Fitzjames, Mr. N. T. Hicks ; Blanche, Mrs. H. Vining; Ellen, Mrs. R. Honner. To conclude with THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS. General Morin, Mr. Neville ; R obin (the Scapegace). Mrs. It. lionner. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Boa &tee, from Eleven to li•our. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. • EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, • The Acme of Scenic Illusion. - The ROCK HARMON ICON from Three till Eight. .*pd on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. Taiding the Carnivora at Half-past Five ; Pelicans and Polar Bears at Riz ; Concert at Half-part Six ; and Fireworks at half-past Nine. H14;1'1 WATER AT I.l)NI)ON-tiltitalE THIS DAY. Yornint , 39 minutes after 3 Evening •• 55 minutes after 3. c „,„ ay. THE low max L iir..-01:1N OFF ICE, AUGUST 6 TLIF RMOMETER, Lowest, 51 ; Highest, 71; Noon, 68. BARvitIETER, 29 9.—WIND, S.W. IN,ern.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of th,- Thermometer during the preceding twenty .four hours. Al, the other observations are made at noon. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The following is the information asked for by our Corre spondent from Antwerp :—July 14, 1612, the Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities were 55%, and the Three per Cent. Consols Annuities were 55% ; Feb. 17, 1813, the b . Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities were 59 1 / 8 , and the Three per Cent. Consols Annuities were 58% 3/4• Otic^ - wing anit LONDON. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6, 1844 The Lords met at Five o'clock. After the presentation of a petition by Lord CAMP nELL from an architect, named BERNARD, stating that he could render the present House of Lords wholesome and commodious, Lord MONTEAGLE moved for a return of the number of private Bills before the House, and of the Peers who had sat in Committee on them. NF:Ws ! , i After a few words from the Duke of WELLINGTON and . e ____ *ld itESDALE, 4.4 - `'' - -----_-:- /,--/ --- ; 7 7.1 4'arl of BESBOROUGE gave notice that on Thurs 4 ' 4 - '-'''.:' v- 4 should ,„. 4 a move that next seas a letter should be i i ' 1 CV u ,.._ ts ' i'ti. A/sl 4 . ,X Bp TH written to every Member of that House, requesting to know when he would be able to attend Committees. The Marquis of CLANRICAIME then presented two petitions against the London and York Railway Bill, and concluded a lengthened statement of alleged frauds by moving that the petitions be referred to a Select Com- mittee. This motion led to a discussion, in the course of which the House was addressed by several Noble Lords, and ultimately the motion was adopted. the Small Debts Bill, and several other measures were then forwarded a stage ; after which their Lord ships adjourned till Thursday. The Commons met at Four. Mr. B. DENISON presented a petition from the Directors of the London and York Railway Company, denying the allegations of the petition presented yes terday, which imputed fraud to the promoters of that Bill. He moved that the petition be printed, and gave notice that on Friday he would found a motion on the subj. et. After a short discussion, Sir R. PEEL suggested that a Committee should be appointed, to inquire into the allegations of fraud, made in the petition presetited yesterday by Mr. lIAwEs, and ultimately the following Gentlemen were appointed as a Committee of Inquiry— Mr. HAWES, Mr. E. B. DENISON, Mr. BARING, Mr. WARBURTON. Mr. B. ESCOTT, Mr. HUTT and Lord CLIVE. Col. DAMER stated, in answer to the address of the House, that her MAJESTY had ordered 20,0(,0/. tubepaid to the sufferers by the fire at Quebec. In answer to Lord PALMERSTON, it was stated by Sir G. CLERK that the Board of Trade disapproved of the practice of attaching two engines to railway trains for the purpose of propelling them. Mr. WADDINGTON having alluded to the accident en the Eastern Counties Railway, Mr. WARD said that he believed it was owing to one of the wedges having gut loose, and that no human fore sight ceuld have provided against it. Colonel SIBTHORP thought the Government ought to take measures to prevent such accidents, and that the Company should make ample compensation to the suf ferers. Mr. GREGORY complained of the incivility of the offs cials on the Eastern-Counties Railway, and thought the Board of Trade ought to have more power. Colonel WOOD thought one of the Directors ought to reside at the station. Mr. WARD said the Company had agreed, that morn ing, to pay all the expenses of every sufferer by the accident. Mr. HUME gave notice of a motion on the subject of Irish workhouses. A discussion then ensued, on the order of the day being read for the consideration of the Silk Works Bill, which, after several Hon. Members had addressed the House, was adjourned till Friday next. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose, and after a few brief preliminary observations took a clear and compre hensive review of the business of the session, adverting in the course of it to the various measures that have been passed affecting our domestic condi tion and foreign pollicy, and concluding by ex pressing a hope that on the commencement of the next session Ministers would be prepared to introduce mea sures more in consonance with the principles of free trade. Sir J. GRAHAM briefly replied, and, after a few ob servations from several other Honourable Members, the oust adjourned. To the long catalogue of terrible catastrophes which from time to time desolate our coal districts, and sweep off human victims by whole hecatombs, but under cir cumstances of aggravated horror unknown to the wor ship even of the ancient Moloch himself—a new calamity has just been added. It occurred on the morn ing of Saturday last at a colliery situate in Crombach, between Aberdare and Merthyr Tydvil. We have to direct attention to it, not, alas ! as some rare phe nomenon the impression of whose very terrors is almost effaced by the absorbing astonishment and wonder with which we contemplate the novelty of their aspects. These explosions of fire-damp have become, unhappily, rather the anticipated per-centage casualties to be allowed for on the aggregate "lives" of a given district. They have assumed their regular place and number among the long array of columns ang divisions and tables that are marshalled forth in the economic " returns" and " reports" annually printed by order of Parliament. They are a branch of the statistics of " premature mor tality," all the elements of which are calculate 1 w ith de liberation and certainty—save one : the specific periods of their recurrence. Were the fact otherwise, were these appalling visitations so " few and far between' , that they could be properly regarded only as violent and convulsive throes of nature,like devastating earthquakes, sn me tuna naa peen no oetter prepares 'toe by such means as human sagacity and prudence could devise, than its predecessor. Where the subterranean opera tions of nature that are to be most dreaded from their destructive influence on human life are elaborated on the vast scale of volcanic eruptions or widely-spread ing earthquakes, they cannot be guarded against. For example—all that was known of the symp toms which preceded the destruction of Quito, in 1755, could not have enabled the inhabitants of the once devoted city to escape from the second and more terrible destruction of 1797, nor had the fierce eruption of Etna, in 1830, enabled the inhabitants ofits most peopled region to guard against the hideous combustion that rolled its lava flood over Bronte in 1832. But it is certain that the inflammation of that noxious gas which is so largely generated in coal mines, although the gas itself be in a process of perpetual elaboration. may be to a very great extent prevented by precautionary means which prac tical science has long since applied to that salutary par pose. The same labours which explore these mines extract their mineral fuel, construct the galleries, and maintain the shafts, edits, and drains necessary for their profitable working, have necessarily given to those en gaged in such occupations that which no man will ever be permitted to acquire with respect t earthquakes or volcanoes—that is to say, no inconsiderable insight into the manner in which the gas is developed, and the indica tions by which the fact of its development is to be ascer tamed. The " Davy" lamp (which never seems to have had a perfectly fair trial, owing in part to the avarice of mine owners and the carelessness of managers, and in part to the reckless apathy and obstinacy of the working miners), is one of these means, and a most salutary and remarkable one. But that system of ventilation—of clearing away rubbish and slate—of drainage, on a larger, more simplified, and economical scale than has hitherto been in practice—of bricking up the final aper tures that have been left marking the site of exhausted works and demolished passages—with the several other plans adapted to the attainment of similar objects that were submitted to, and favourably reported on, by the Select Committee on " Accidents in Mines," which sate some two or three sessions ago ; that system and those plans, honestly and vigorously carried out into prac tical adoption, would reduce the number of these fearful disasters in the proportion of at least three-fourths of their present amount. It is very certain that that dismal fate which, its a moment, entombed alive or blasted to death upwards of one hundred of our fellow-creatures, in the pits of the Haswell Colliery, little more (if we remember rightly) than twelve months ago, might have been averted, had the parties charged with inspecting the condition of the works at stated intervals, previously to setting on the men, properly discharged that duty. There can be no reasonable doubt that if the recommen daiions of the Committee we have just alluded to had been previously enforced by Government, this last coal mine explosion at Crombach, that has hurried nine-and twenty poor labourers in that colliery into eternity, might have been avoided, that the desolation which has overtaken the widows and the orphans, and the childless ores who are at this moment vainly wailing over their awful bereavements, might have been escaped. By an account we else where publish, it appears " that this pit has always been in bad repute on account of its deficient ventilation." It really seems to us that 4 very onerous responsibility attaches to her MAJESTY'S Government — to that part of the Executive especially which is more immediately connected with the Home Department— for these and similar disasters. It seems to be the re proach of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Government to grant " commissions" and to slumber over their reports. Thus a commission has pointedly reported on the expediency of surrounding all machinery in the interior of factoris s and mills in such a manner as to secure those who must pass by it while in action from being caught up and entangled iu its evolutions. Penalties, we bolieve, are attached to the neglect of these pre cautions. With s o much laxity, however, are they enforced, that the provincial newspapers teem with narratives of the most hideous accidents resulting from uiprotected shaft-wheels, &e. In like manner, the report on coal-mine accidents feerns to have become utterly a dead letter. We doubt whether the casualties have not become m , re frequent since that report was made than they were previously ; and, in nine Eases out of ten, they are palpably the result of the neglect of such precautionary measures as were recommended by the report in question. We have ourselv a strong impression that the Government has done no more to carry out those recommendations than it has done, in fact, uotwithstrnding the vague and slippery assurances of Sir ROBERT PEEL the other night to SUN, LON DON, WEDNES D A E VENIN(, AUGUST 6, 1845. of military discipline and of administrative hierarchy, the Council resolved that hlarshal Soult should write to him in their name. The letter, which was drawn up at the same sitting, by one of the Ministers present, gave M. Bugeaud to understand that the Government of the King compelled nobody to serve it, but that it required from those who ac cepted office, from the highest to the lowest functionary, that they should submit to the same rules of subordination towards the central Government. That letter was forwarded to M. Bugeaud by one of the last packets for Algeria. We have not beard what effect that letter produced on the irascible Marshal, who fancies more the rigours of dictatorship than the prescrip tions of the Constitutional Government, which be reluctantly obeys." The Presse has an admirable article, denouncing, in energetic terms, the horrible cruelty of the system which Marshal BUGEAUD is pursuing in Algeria. General PRIM, Count of Reuss, arrived on the 30th ult. at Marseilles, where he was to embark in the next packet for Barcelona. The Duke D'AnmALE has left Paris for Bordeaux, where the troops which are to form the camp are already assembling. The Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS arc still continuing their progress • _ , the contrary, in answer to Lord PALMERSTON, in giving effect to the earnest recommendations of the Com mittee on Harbours of Refuge, and the declared opinion of Parliament in favour of them. The fact seems to be, that for the protection of property, of vested rights, as they are called, of monopolies, even of game, the pre sent Government is all vigilant and all powerful. Hu man life, as such, seems to enjoy but secondary claims on its solicitude. Penal statutes for the punishment of debt and the multiplication of the wretched inmates of prisons are being re-enacted, after a short but hollow truce of two or three years with indignant humanity and outraged public opinion. Brave solids continue to be cast away upon the coasts of their native land for want of har bours of refuge to run to iu the extremity of their peril Able seamen are still compelled to quit the ungrateful service of their country, which turns them off at a mo ment's notice, without a home or a maintenance of any kind for their old age and its infirmities, and betake themselves to a foreign service, which they exalt and consolidate at the expense of our own. Children and women wear out a benighted and dreary existence near the surface of mines, where they perish by slow degrees by damp, paralysis, and di: ease. Men in the deepest recesses of those mines, where they toil from month's end to month's end for scanty wages with unwearied industry, perish by the fatal fire damp in unknown numbers through catastrophes of dre ad tul frequency. But in all these cases the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Secretary for the Home Department look on apparently unmoved, so long as the t ffect of these accidents ope rates only on human life, not on property. They may decimate a coal district, provided they do not interfere with Sir ROBERT'S factitious surplus, or Mr. GoUL BURN'S Ways and Means ; with the Premier': pa tronage, or Sir J. GRAHAM'S centralisation of official power. Parliament must instantly discharge those duties ,o humanity which the Govere went persist in neglecting. DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLO SION.—INQUEST ON THE BODIES. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) ABERDARE, NEAR MERTHYR TYDFIL, TUESDAY MORNING. —The Coroner for the upper division of the county of Gla morgan; William Davies, Esq., solicitor, Merthyr Tydvil, having fixed yesterday for the inquest, very many of the most respectable inhabitants of the place and its neighbour hood, and also a good many workmen, met at the Boot Inn, in the village of Aberdare, where the inquest had been tip- 7 pointed to take place. The proceedings commenced by empannelling the follow ing persons, constituting a most respectable jury :—William Thomas, Esq., J.P., foreman ; Matthew Wayne, Esq., iron master; Thomas Wayne, Esq., ditto; Philip Taylor, Gen tleman ; Messrs. Henry Kirkhouse, mineral agent ; David Llewelyn, ditto; John Smith, ditto; Rees Hopkin Rhys, ditto ; John Nixon, coal-merchant ; David Davies, ditto; David Williams, ditto; Joseph Priestly Evans, innkeeper; Thomas Nicholas Jones, victualler; Robert Beadle, shop keeper ; William Miles, collier ; David Nicholas Jones, ditto and Thomas Edwards, ditto. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to execute the melancholy task of viewing the bodies, and as the places at which they lived embraced a circuit of some miles the in spection occupied a considerable time. 111 any of the bodies presented a sl.ucking spectacle. Two or three seemed as if they had been literally roasted, whilst others were but slightly scorched, and at the same time the bruises were in considerable. By the time that the inspection was over the intelligence was brought that the whole of the bodies bad been recovererl from the pit; three or four had been found in the morning and the rest in the evening. This, as it must be supposed, gave great satisfaction not only to their relatives but to all other persons, as it was feared at one time that some of them would be irrecoverable fur a considerable time. Where these serious colliery accidents have happened here before some of the bodies have been irrecoverable for ason siderable time, arising from the foulness of the air, or the falls of rubbish. The little village, situated as it is so beautifully, was yes terday a scene of universal lamentation. At one time six funerals were to be seen proceeding towards the church in succession, whilst several others were in the church-yard. The concourse of people was very great; and whilst contem plating the sad scene, the humble church, and church-yard, with its venerable yews, where " the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep," and listening to the impressive buria' service, I thought within myself; that never were words more applicable than those of the Psalmist—" Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." The jury having re-assembled in the inquest room, it was deemed advisable, from the lateness of the hour, the number of witnesses to be examined, and in all probability the pro tracte.l nature of the inquiry, to adjourn the inquest until eleven o'clock to-day. The following are the names and ages of the sufferers : David Jenkins, single man, aged 37 ; Richard Morris, ditto, aged 30; Howel William, ditto, aged 28, and Rees Williams, ditto, aged 24, brothers; Joseph Philips, ditto, aged 15; Thomas Evans, married, aged 35 ; Evan Lewis, single, aged 19 ; George Thomas, ditto, aged 33; William Williams, mar ried, aged 34 ; David Jones, ditto, aged 34 ; David Jones, single, aged 32 ; James James, ditto, aged 23 ; 'Rowel David, ditto, aged 20 ; John Jones, ditto, aged 19 ; David Morgan, ditto, aged 21; Thomas Smith, ditto, aged 19 ; John Ed wards, married, aged 35, and William Edwards, aged 9, father and son; James Thomas, widower, aged 44, and David Thomas, aged 10, father and son; William Llewelyn, single, aged 19; William, Evans, ditto, aged 30; Thomas Davies, widower, aged 78 ; Evan Thomas, single, aged 14 ; John Jones, ditto, aged 17 ; John Evans, married, aged 32, and David Evans, aged 9, father and son; Nicholas Evans, a compound fracture of the thigh, a fracture of the arm and a portion of the jaw -bone, and several teeth broken—not expected to live. through the south of France, where they are received with every distinction. The King of WIRTENBERG left Stutgard on the 30th ult. for the Tyrol. The QUEEN and Royal Family left the sr me day for Weisbaden, and will probably meet the Queen of ENGLAND on the Rhine. " The St. Pefersburgh Journal of the 22d July publi,hes a second bulletin from General Woronzoff, detailing his further Ape rations in the Caucasus. From it we find that the Russian general, assuming as the basis of his operations the line of the Terek and the to sn of Kisliar, has penetrated, by the north of the Daghestan, into the mountains which bound that country to the west. His object is to secure the cornmunicat ions between the capital Derbent and the line of the Terek by penetrating the Mussulman mountaineers, commanded by the Emir Chamil, who lately invaded all the country below, and blockaded the town of Derbent. The general has not yet pushed his opera tions further than towards the sources of the Soulak, a river which falls into the Caspian Sea, at a short distance from the mouths of the Terek. Success appears to have hitherto crowned the Russian forces ; and Chamil appears to have adopted the tactics of avoiding coming to a regular engagement. The Russian general has disposed has army into two detachments, one at Kisliar and the other at Derbent, the combined move inents of which have compelled the enemy to evacuate his posi ons." A letter from Tripoli, 11!la July, says:— .‘ A caravan, which left this place for Gadainer, vras at tacked and robbed a few days idler its departure, when crossing the mountain ot Gebel, where fresh disturbances have broken our. There is a talk ot an expedition to be fitted out against that part. The quantity ot grain in the cceantry has given a degree of activity to the corn trade ; but tt'L.only one who be nefits by it is his Excellency Mehemet Paella, who has already received several cargoes from the Levant. There is a report that Mehemet Pacha is to be recalled, and it is a change which would be generally approved of, and particularly by European merchants.", Nees has been received from Tunis to the 18th July. The Tunisians feel no alarm from the presence of thy: 'Turkish troops in Tripoli. No attack is med►tated either in Tunis or Gerlic. The landing of the Alba nians has been occasioned by changes in the garrison, for the purpose of making Tripoli more secure from the attacks of the mountaineers of Gebal. Public Securities improve*l cons' lerably in the Paris Money Market on Monday, owing to the fact that the house 0' ROTHSCHILD Brothers had placed itself at the head of the principal parties v. ho have announc4d their inten ion to bid fur the northern line of railroad. The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents. at 1221. 25c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,268 f. 75c ; Rouen, I,OBOE ; Vierzon, 792 f. 50c ; Havre, 905 f. ; Avignon, 1,060 f. ; Basle, 275 f. ; Spanish Actives, 36;. Spanish Three per Cents., 38 ; Spanis Passives, 6 3 / 4 . The following are the quotations ter the new lines:- Orleans and Bordeaux, 1851. premium ; Boulogne, 1351. ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 35f. ; Paris and Lyons, (Laffitte), 31f. 25c.; ditto (Calon ), par ; ditto (Ganneron), 6E 50c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 451. ; ditto (Rosa incl), 12f. 50e.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), 3f. 50c. ; 'ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 17f. 50c.; ditto (Talabot),36 l . 25; ditto (Compagnie Merl dionale), 51. ; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto and Cette (Espeleta), 13f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ; Paris and Strasbourg (Ganneron), 12f. 50c. ; Dijon and Mulhausen, par. MARSEILLES, JULY 31.-Marseilles and-Avignon, 1,030 f. ; Boulogne, 635 f. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 680 f. ; Vierzon, 7821. 50c. LYONS, AUG. 1.- Avignon and Marseilles, 1,0271., end of Aug. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,2301., ditto ; Paris and Rouen, 1,085 f., ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 785 E, ditto ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 685 f., ditto. Swiss papers of the 30th ult. have been received. The Diet was sitting, but its proceedings related solely to matters of mere local interest. It was expected that a revolution, similar to the one which was so successful at Lausanne, six months ago, would take place at Berne, and with similar success. A letter from Geneva, 30th ult., says:— " Our Council of State, anticipating that the Jesuits, when expelled from France, might be tempted to come and form establishments on our territory, has just reminded the public of an ordonnance which forbids any foreigner to undertake the duty of instruction in the Canton of Geneva without a special authorisation. It is still, however, feared that they may form an establishment in some Sardinian commune on our borders, which would for us be attended with the same dahgers as if a college of Jesuits were established within our canton." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BANBURY RACES.—TUESDAY. The Warden Hill Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added Heats, one mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) Mr. Austin's Little Johnny, aged (King) 1 1 Captain Jones's Circe, aged Mr. Westley's Solitude, 3 yrs - 3. -3 The Banbury Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added. Two miles. Mr. Ongley's Fama, aged (Crouch) 1 Mr. Day's b g by Nimrod, out of Busk, 4 yrs Sir C. Cockerell's Rochester, 6 yrs 3 Mr. J. Day's Zela, 4 yrs ... 4 Won in a canter. Two others ran. The Tally-ho Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added, one mile and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Pearce's Miriam, aged, beating Mr. Ongley's The Mouse, 4 yrs, and Mr. Baxter's Judy, 4 yrs. The Neithrop Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 50 added. Heats, one mile and a distance. Mr. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies, 5 yrs (Crouch) 1 1 Mr. G. Shepherd's f by Glaucus, out of March First, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. J. Day's Zela, 4 yrs 0 3 Lord Glamis's Satyr, 4 yrs ....... 3 0 Mr. Pearce's Florine, 3 yr5........................0 0 No race for the Hurdle Stakes. BLACKLEY (near Manchester) RACES.—MONDAY. The Wilton Stakes of 2 soya. each, and 10 added, mile and half, were won in three heats by Mr. Davies's Talleyrand, 4 yrs (Bond), beating Mr. J. Duckworth's Clear-the- Kitchen, 6 yrs, Miniature, 5 yrs, Viscount, 5 yrs, Meg Mer rilees, 6 yrs, and Lucy, 4 yrs. The Pony Race was won, in three heats, by Mr. Sutcliffe's Fairy Queen, beating Yorkshire Lad, Blackley Lass, Sally, and Gipsy Queen, in a canter. BET LING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. THE HORWICH CUP.-4 to 1 agst Xanthus, (t)-4 to 1 Little Hampton, (0-4 to 1 agst Lara and Dog Billy, (t)- 7 to 1 agst Glossy, (t). kty.--.10 to 1 agst Mel . o 11151iarch-41 to 1 agst OM Eng land-12 to 1 agst Annandale-16 to 1 agst Pantasa-20 to 1 agst Worthless, (:)-25 to 1 agst The Baron, (t). DERBY.-10 to 1 agst Sting-20 to 1 agst Arkwright. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—LICHFIELD, 1845. Nominations for the Staffordshire Stakes. Poor Soldier, 6 yrs—Jenny Wren, 3 yrs—Turk, 3 yrs— Old George, 4 yrs—General Nott, 3 yrs—Lightning, 4 yrs— Best-of-Three, 4 yrs—Aristotle, 6 yrs—Roderick, 6 yrs-- Inheritress, 5 yrs—Princess Olga, 3 yrs—Little John, 4 yrs__ M ignet, 3 yrs—David 6 yrs—lntrepid,4 yrs—Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs—Jack Sheppard, aged—The Shadow, aged—Yardley, 5 yrs—Rochester, 6 yrs—Salopian, 3 yrs—f by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 3 yre--Everton, 5 yrs—Hooton, 5 yrs—Dr. Husband, 4 yrs--Pedometer, 4 yrs—Marian Ramsay, 3 yrs. DREADFUL RAILWAY -ACCIDENT. LATEST PARTICULARS. Madrid journals of the 29th and 30th ult. have been received. The application on the part of the inhabitants of Malaga for a suspension of the sentence on those found guilty of having taken part in the late plot has been refuted by General SANZ, who says his orders are positive. He probably has the fate of General ORIBE before his eyes, who was dismissed, for waiting for in structions before shooting the son of ZURBANO. The Tiempo states, that at one of the Cabinet Coun cils held at Saragossa, it had been decided that M. CAS TILLO Y AYENSA should quit Rome immediately. The Ministers were expected at Madrid on the evening of the 29th. Letters from Saragossa mention that the QUEEN would take nine mineral baths at Santa Aguada, and as many sea baths. Her Majesty will repair thence to Bilboa, and, after sojourning three or four days in that city, she is to return to San Sebastian, to receive the Duke and Duchess of NEMOURS, who are to arrive there towards the end of August. It was not known how long the Princes of the Royal Family of France would remain at San Sebastian, but it was believed that their stay would not exceed two or three days. The QUEEN will afterwards visit Vit. toria, Burgos, and Valladolid, and return to Madrid by La Granja, towards the middle of September The QUEEN'S departure from Saragossa has been de laved a day by the illness of the Infanta Dona Luisa. quences of the - journey they so dread ; for, besides the additional garrisons established at all points, an expe ditionary division of 12,000 men has been organised at Vittoria. A complete revision of the officers of the army is spoken of. The principal proprietors of Ar ragon have petitioned against M. MoN's new system of taxation. The Minister replied that he would not draw back, as he was fully determined to establish his new system of taxation. The correspondence between Lord ABERDEEN and the Duke of SoTomAyou is commented on in these papers. El Espanol, however, says, that the Protec torate of France, weak and irresolute as she is, can never compensate Spain for any estrangement on the part of England towards the Spanish people. According to he Heraldo Ministers had decided on the dissolution of the Senate, and the nomination of certain senators. The meeting of the Cortes will take place on the 10th of October, the day her MAJESTY will have attained her 15th year. Malaga had been declared under martial law. Generals SoRIA and Ft GUERAS wrre to be named members of the Royal Council ; and Generals CONCHA, the Duke of Arm- MADA, RoNCALI, and CORDOVA, were spoken of as candidates for the offices of Inspectors-General of Militia and Infantry. The expeditionary brigade was to re turn from Cuenca to Madrid, no further fears being en tertained of Valencia or Catalonia. The Three per Cents. rose on the 30th ult. more than half per cent. They were quoted at 29% cash, and 30 1 m at 60 days ; 32,800,000 done. Fives 2134 at 60 days ; amount, 1,000,000. Passives, 7 7-16 for the 19th of August ; amount, 2,000,000. BRIGHTON RACES. TUESDAY EVENING.—The following horses are in the neighbourhood for the ensuing races : For the Brighton Stakes—Pineapple, 5 yrs, 7st 91b — Subduer, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Bearding-school Miss, 4 yrs, 6st 10Ib—Mongrel, 3 yrs, 6st—The Wreck, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Jenny Wren, 3 yrs, s_,t 91b. Pavilion Stakes—Tug Net. Sting coming. Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, for two yrs old—Ferney, Titbit, and Trebonius. Plutes, &c. —Lothario, Karnac, Naworth, c by Mus out of Belvidere, Skeleton, Best Bower, Tub Thumper, Fickle Wild Rose, Terqsa, Antonio, Beggar Girl, Sea kale filly, and Peter the Hermit. WILL OF THE LATE SIR W. FOLLETT.—Probat of the will of Sir William Webb Follett, late of the Inner Temple, London, and of Park-street, Westminster, Knight, was granted on the 2d inst. to his brothers, Robert Bayly Follett, Brent Spencer Follett, and John Follett, Esqs., and to his brother-in-law, Edward Gifford, Esq , the executors : they are also appointed guardians to the children, The testator devises his real estates to his executors in trust for his eldest son George, and on failure of issue to his other sons and their issue male. Bequeaths to Lady Follett 2,5001. a year, and a legacy of 1,0001. for immediate use. To his sister, Mrs. Synge, 2001. a year, and alegacy of 5001. To his sister, Mrs. Bright, 3,00 0 /. for her own use, and to her husband, r. Bright, 5001. Be queaths to the four sisters of his wife 1,0001. each ; and legacies to his nephews, and a year's wages to his servants. Leaves his law books to his brother, Brent Spencer Follett, his brother Ro bert Bayly Follett first making a selection for his own use; leaves to his brother Robert the watch he usually wore. De vises to his brother John the messual s e, &c., at Topsham ; and bequeaths to each of his said three brothers a legacy of 1,500/. Bequeaths to Lady Follett the carriages, horses, and all the househould furniture, &c., for her life, but expressing a wish that she should give to his son inheriting the real estate such of the plate as was received by him as presents. 'f he re sidue of his personal estate (the whole of which was sworn un der 160,0001.) he leaves to be divided among all his children. The will is dated July 11, 1844, and of some length the last sheet in his own handwriting, containing several bequests. Sir William died on the 28th of June, in his 47th year. INSOLVENCIES (SCOTLAND).—It appears from a return just issued by order of the House of Commons, that the number of insolvencies, bankruptcies, and sequestrations in Scotland in each year, from 1815 to the present time, has been 5,450. The highest number in any one year was in 1641-42, when there were no fewer than 566 sequestrations awarded in the Court of Session (and there are no records of insolveneies and bankruptcies that do not result in sequestration) ; and the fewest were in 1838-39, when there were only 59. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—Summonses were issued yesterday morning for holding a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on Friday next, at half past two o'clock, when the royal speech on the prorogation of Parliament will be submitted for her Majesty's sanction and approbation. The Queen and her illustrious consort are expected in town in the afternoon of Thursday nett. Orders have been given for making the necessary preparations for her Majesty's pro roguing Parliament in person. A Cabinet Council will be held at the Foreign-office to-morrow, when the royal speech on proroguing Parliament will be considered and arranged. IMPORTATION OF SPANISH CATTLE.—Another lot of Spanish cattle (30 in number) arrived here (Plymouth) on Monday last from Corunna, and were landed at the Commer . vial Wharf, ex the schooner Isabella. They were sold by auction yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. On the Saturday previous a lot of 32 were landed at the Commercial Wharf, ex the Turk, from Corunna, and were sold by public auction on the Monday f o llowing. The butchers of Plymouth and the adjoining towns were the chief purchasers. —Plyrnouth Journal. In laying down the last two volumes of Horace Walpole 's Memoirs of the reign of George 111., edited by Sir Denis Le Merchant, and just published by Mr. Bentley, we sigh to think we can have no more from the same fascinating writer. This last performance of Walpole is " like musk, sweetest at its close." Never before were the intrigues of courts, the shifts and expedients of party, the ignoble iioings of faction handled by such a master, by one who had such oppor tunities of knowing that which he records, or by one whose disclosures can be so implicitly relied upon. Walpole himself never dreamed of the height of literary reputation to which these delightful volumes must raise him. PRICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at is 14 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. leid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 41 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 55, it follows that gold i 50.55 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By aslvices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10i ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. LORD DENMAN.—An interesting incident oc , cured in the progress of the procession of Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., which is worthy of notice. As it passed the judge's lodgings, Lord Denman was observed at one of the windows, and was immediately greeted with three loud cheers, as a mark of respect for the enlightened and consistent con duct by which his valuable life has been distinguished, whether at the bar, in the senate, or on the bench. His Lordship bowed his acknowledgments in an amiable and a dignified man ner.—Hereford Times. We have received the Paris rapers of Monday. They all contain remarks on the debates in the English Par liament on the affairs of Greece. The Commerce desig nates Lord ABERDEEN'S language as most insolent to France, and the Debats complains that the British re prez:entative at Athens, instead of uniting with M. PISCATORY against Russia, sides with Russia against France. The Opposition papers again allude to Lord PALMER STON'S speech on the national defences, and the National and Sieele seem delighted with the idea that it may be possible for " France to grapple with her ancient rival on her own soil." The Debuts has the following observations on the late Customs returns published in the Moniteur " The Board of Customs has just published an account of the imports for the first six months of the present year, which shows the following variations, viz., a considerable increase in sugars, coffees, wools, cottons, coal,:and oleaginous seeds, and an increase also, but not so great, in copper, tallow, oils, and dye ing materials. These results are accounted for by the general increase in consumption, and by the activity of our several manufactories. The introduction of cottons deserves particu lar n,tice, as they amount to 35,000,000 kilos., while the amount brought in during the same period of 1844 was no greater than 27,000,000 kilos. It will be observed also that coals have reached 987,000 tons, notwithstanding the continual increase in the quantities raised from our own mines, which now amount to nearly 4,000,000 tons, an augmentation of cent. per cent. in ten years. As to the oleaginous seeds and sesame, the great object of recent Parliamentary contestation, it may well be conceived that the expectation of an increased duty caused a forced provision to be made during the first months of the year ; this increase must necessarily find its limit. On the other hand, silks and linens have remained stationary, and threads, cast iron, zinc, lead, and corn, have fallen off. With regard to silk, we may remark that our native produce of this article naturally tends to limit the import of foreign silks. The diminution in the import of threads, and the stationary amount of the introduction of linen cloths, are the results of the increased duties imposed , which diminish those from Belgium and England. The metals brought in last year exceeded the demand for consumption. With regard to coin, the arrivals of which have been only 20,000,00 u kilogrammes, instead of 102,000,000 kilogrammes, there is no other article in which the fluctuations are so great; not that our consumption has any very great effect on the annual de. mand, for w e purchase scarcely any for ourselves fronabroad, and the quantities importtd are almost exclusively destined for re-exportation, after being ground, to supply the great dealings in flour from Marseilles. On the aggregate, there has been an improvement in nearly all the branches of merchandise; and the Customs' receipts, which during the first six months of 11 , 44 amounted to a little more than 71,000,000 f., has in the same period of the present year very nearly reached 76,000,0000 The KING and Royal Family left Paris for the Chateau d'Eu, on Monday. We should not be surprised to hear of the recal of Marshal BUGEAUD from Algiers. The National says : " Marshal Bugeaud has taken such a tone in his corre spondence with Marshal Soult, and qualified in such harsh terms the decisions of the Cabinet relative to Algeria—he has manifested so firm a determination not to obey those decisions, that the Cabinet was obliged, at one of its last meetings, to examine the affair. It was on the eve of Marshal Soult's departure for his estate of St. Amend. The Mi nester of War placed before his colleagues several letters which he had received from M. Bugeaud, and written in so in sulting a style, that he deemed it expedient to communicate them to the officers of the War Department. After read ing t h os e letters, which showed that M. Bugeaud consi dered himself more competent to decide on the affairs of tAhlagt e rh i ea atp h paenar e d all t t o h e h a r v o e m e a o n m c e p r i s e t e a , y n d f or t g al o k tt e e r n s t o i l e Paris,and principles • _ It. appears that on Monday last the express, or morning mail train, lef: the terminus of the junction station at Shore ditch, at half-past eleven o'clock, the usual hour, for Nor wich. It was composed of two second-class and three first class carriages, between which and the tender and engine were the luggage van and a horse-box, containing two horses, and at the rear of the train was a truck, together with another horse-box. The train proceeded at its usual rate, averaging about 30 miles an hour, making two stoppages, as far as Wendon, in Essex, a distance of 43 miles from town. It was then about five minutes to one o'clock, and the hinder truck and horse-box having been detached, the regu lar signals were given, and the train renewed its course. The line between this station and the next, Chesterford, is slightly on the incline, we are informed 1 foot in 150, and, according to all accounts, the speed here maintained was greater than during the preceding part of the journey, so much so as to produce a violent oscillation of the carriages. Suddenly, on the train verging into a kind of cutting, situate near a village called Littleborough, half way between the Wendon and Chesterford stations, the passengers sustained a slight shock, which was immediately succeeded by one of a most violent character, accompanied by an explosion. It was some moments ere the passengers recovered from its effects, and on looking out of the carriages it was impossible fora time to discern what had really happened, on account of a complete torrent of fire, intermingled with dust and dirt, while at the same time the steam literally enveloped the train, and even when it had subsided, the roaring of the en gine was of so frightful a character as to ten ify the unfortu nate passengers. On, however, a few of the passengers, bolder than the rem ainden4gllt&ig t , 6t . ,gialt_lrdeittUffr a ltrls: from the tender—the up-line rails, and was lying bottom up wards on the side of the cutting, a complete wreck. The tender was some distance in advance of the train, doubled up, whilst the horse-box and van were on fire. The first object was to extricate the passengers from the carriages next to the horse-box, which wen sadly broken, the bodies being taken completely and; flames issuing from the roof of one of them. Many passengers were carried out apparently dead, and others were much bruised. In another part of the train the General Post office guard, in charge of the mails, was found lying on this back, having seemingly been thrown from his seat on to the line, and the wheels having passed over him, for one of his legs was found to be shockingly crushed. The dense body of smoke and steam kept issuing from the disabled engine, and the ground being strewn with heated coke, the search for a time could not be proceeded with. In the meanwhile the guard of the train very promptly dispatched two or three of the passengers to the neighbouring village of Wen don for medical and other assistance, and on the disastrous occurrence being made known hundreds, flocked to the spot. It is utterly impossible to give any tdeqiiate description of the scene—one almost unparalleled in railway accidents. Both lines, to the extent of near 200 yards, were torn up. The engineer was found alive, very little injured; but his stoker was discovered to be lying under the engine, one of his hands being just visible. Any attempt to extricate him by the means then at hand was a matter of impossibility, and it was evident to all from the weight that rested upon the body, and the violent action of the fire and steam, that the poor fellow must have been killed instantane ously on the engine overturning. The fire still raging with considerable vigour, the bystanders having procured various vessels, proceeded to throw a quantity of water on the blazing trucks and carriages, and eventually succeeded in subduing the flames, by which time, however, the luggage-van was partially consumed, and much damage done to the passengers' baggage. In an hour or so afterwards a pilot engine from Cambridge reached the scene, and was immediately set to work in dragging away the wrecks, the line being perfectly impassable both up and down. That having been partially accomplished, men were enabled to get at the engine, and in the course of two or three hours succeeded, by means of jacks, in raising it, when the mutilated remains of the unfortunate stoker, Richard Peake, were dragged forth •, recognition was impossible. The body was burnt and scalded to a frightful ex tent, and being placed on a litter, it was removed to the Falcon Inn, Littleborough, to await the coroner's inquiry. The guard, after being attended to by the surgeons who were brought to his aid, was afterwards taken on to the Cambridge Hospital, where lie now lies in a most deplorable state of suflering. During these operations those passengers who were injured•were conveyed into the adjacent meadows and laid down until the necessary assistance had arrived to re move them to the neighbouring towns. They received every attention from a large muster of medical gentlemen from Wendon, Saffron Weldon, &c., and late in the day posted to their respective homes. Mr. Farncliough, the superintendent of the locomotive de partment of the line, was, as we are informed, on the engine at the time of the accident, and providentially escaped injury. He states that lie was thrown from the engine, and found himself but a few yards from the ponderous mass. His escape, therefore, may be deemed almost miraculous. The escape, also, of the engineer, was wonderful. He was stand ing between the engine and tender, with his face forward, when the force of the schock drove him violently agaiast the drum of the boiler, and the succeeding shock sent him " flying" over• the back of the train on to the side of the cutting. The intelligence of the accident did not reach Shoreditch until late in the evening, when Mr. Hanson, the manager of the traffic department, started off in a special train, to render ally assistance that might be required, as also for the pur , pose of ascertaining the extent of injury, in order to report the same to Major- General Pasley, which was done yesterday. The extent of mischief done is very great. Besides the destruction of the engine and tender, the luggage-van was destroyed by fire, as well as the horse-box, though the horses were preserved; two second-class and a first-class carriage were shattered, besides other damage, to the extent of about 6,0001. The following official statement has been handed to us for publication : An accident occurred on the Eastern Counties Railway, on Monday, to the train leaving town for Norwich, at half past eleven o'clock, A.M., by which the fireman on the train lost his life and one of the guards was seriously injured. From some cause which cannot at present be clearly ascertained the engine was thrown off the rails when passing over the embank ment near IVendon, about 12 miles below Cambridge. It is thought that one of the wedges having started from its posi • tion was the cause of the accident. The engine and tender were thrown over upon the up-line of rails, and the trucks, with the passengers' luggage, and some of the carriages were very much broken. Most providentially none of the passen gers were injured. The fireman was thrown under the engine and killed upon the spot. One of the guards had his leg broken, and the engine -driver, or superintendent of the engine department, was much shaken by the concussion. The officers of the company were sedulously engaged in as certaining the cause of the accident, which at present appears involved in considerable uncertainty: DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL ELRINGTON, C.B.— This distinguished officer died on Saturday last. His commis sions were dated—Ensign, Dec. 4, 1799; Lieutenant, April 19, 1794; Captain, June 1, 1795; Major, April 25, 1808; Lieut -Colonel, June 4, 1812 ; Colonel, July 22, 1830; Major- General, Nov. 23, 1841. For some years the deceased com manded the 47th Foot with great honour to himself and satis facti,n to the regiment. Few officers have seen harder service ; he was engaged in the arduous campaigns in Ho land from 1793, to Feb. 1795, including the attack on Famars and Valenciennes ; was in the Carribean war of 1795-6 ; at the siege and storming of Monte Video and the attack on Buenos Ayres; assisted in the attack on and capture of Ras-al-Kimah, in the Persian Gulf, in 1800 ; commanded a field force at the reduction of Palampore, Deesa, Kirjah, and Virampore, in 1817, and a brigade during the Pindarre war ; commanded a brigade up the Persian Gulf in 1819 ; also, from Dec.,1824, throughout the Burmese war. Was shot through the body before Dunkirk in September, 1793, and through the thigh at the island of St. Vincent in July, 1796. MARKET HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY . The supply of English Wheat offering here, by far the largest portion of which was left over from Monday, was, the time of year consilered, moderately extensive, on account of which, and the comparative fineness in the weather, the de mand fur that article was somewhat heavy, at barely sta tionary prices. Free Foreign Wheat was in iair request, but no further improvement was noticed in the quotations. Bonded Grain was held at the late advances. The supply of Barley was very small. Grinding sorts were quite as dear; but other parcels were a mere drug. Malt, Oats, and Beans were the turn lower. In other articles, in which very little business was transacted, no alteration was noticed. ARRIVALS. Barley. - qrs. Wheat. 670 qrs, Oats. Flair. 20qrs I I,loosks 810 ---- 400 1 ---- English Irish . Foreign .... .. 1,470 Atilt, 100 ars. W HXTEC 11.1 1 . El. • ...e had only a moderate supply of each kind of Meat on sale, yet the general demand was inactive at barely stationary prices. —Beet; from 2a 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 6s; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. MONEY And COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAICIEIt TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales, including 1,000 on speculation. Prices were without alteration. There was not much alteration in Shares. The Funds are very well supporten to -day, and there is a further rise of % per cent. The more settled appearance of the weather has a very favourable effect. Consuls are 98% to 99% for present transfer, and 99 to 99% for the account. Exchcquer-bills have been 525. to 495., being lower, on ac count of a sale or two made, and, as may be concluded, on account of money being rather dearer. Bank Stock has been done at 211, but India Stock is rather lower, being 271 1 A. New Three- and.a-Quarter per Cents. have been 102% to 102%, and the Three per Cents. 99% to 99%. 'tile Foreign Securities, though nrm, are not at all ani mated. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 27 to 1 /s, and the Tl:ree per Cents. 38 to I A. Mexican Bonds have been 36 to %, and Peruvian 37. Belgian Four and-a-Half per Cents. are 101, and Dutch Two-and a , llalf per Cents. 62% . t i . Russian Stock is at 118 1 / 4 . The Railway Share Market has been very buoyant. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 211 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 34 Vi - 3 per Cent. Consols Aims 9Bys 99% 99 New 3% per Cent. Annuties 102% % % Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 11%% Do. 30 Y ears, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 ll% India Stock 271% Jndia Bonds 1,0001 — Ditto under 1.0001 69 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. I 3 Ad. 1 1 / 2 d. 1,0001. 500/. .. ... .. ... 53 50 pm. Ditto Small — .. .. 54 51 pm. eRicE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT .ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account. Ditto Deterred Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent 37 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent IIBIA Spanish Bonds, 5 perCent,lB4o Ditto for the Account. Ditto" 3 per Cent . 3 8% Belgian 4% per Cent. lOl Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto for the Account PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, P..irt rush 1A 2v s to Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Brighton, Lewes, Hastings ... 20 Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Cornwall l'ireet Northern Dublin and Belfast Junction 2 % B% to 7% Dublin and Galway 2% 2% to Eaitern Counties Do. New 41. 16. 7 p to Do. Perpet. 5 per Ct. No. 1. 6/.13s 4d Ditto, ditto, No. 2. ... 13s. 4d O% to Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. ... 85%...... to 84% Ditto Quarters .... Ditto New IA Shares 2', 1 0 1A...... to Ely and Bedford l% 3'% - 4... to -3% Great South and W. (Irish)... 10 Great North of Engl4.ll 100 Harwich Hull and Selby .. ... 50 lO 5 Ditto % Shares l 2 l/2...... 21% to Leicester and Bedford 22s. 1% 1 2/1 pto London and Birmingham lOO 246 Ditto Thirds Ditto % Shares London and Blaekwall 16% 11%%... to London and Brighton London and Croydon... 13/. 15s. 9d.... 24% to Do. New l3s 4d l% p... to London and Greenwich... 12/. 15s. 4d — Ditto Preference ........181 17s 2d... 24% to Loudon and SOlith We - Stern.. 41% 82% to Ditto New . London and York... ..... ...... 2 1 4 ...... 5% 4% to 5 Londonderry and Coleraine... 2 1 / 2 3%...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 2 1 / 2 2 54 to Lynn and Dereham Maiielie,avi and Leeds 76 .....204 Ditto Half Shares - R - -- - 95 Ditto Quarters Manchester and Birmingham 40 6 4 1 / 2..... to Midland ' Ditto New Newcastle &Darlington ..iUnc. 25 Ditto New Brandliog Newcastle and,l3.erwi4. l l/...,..2 1 1 /2 25% to 24% North British - , ' ' 12 1 h 29 Ditto New 1 .. .. 8% to 9 Nsrthern and Eastern 45 Ditto Quarter Shares North Staffordshire Norwich and Brandon l4 ...... 23% 23 to 24 Ditto, New 1 Oxford and Worcester 2% 6% 7% to 6% Portsmouth Direct RichmondandWestEndJunc. 1 Rugby. Worcester. and Tnng 1 Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., l3irm. 2 % 4% to Shrews., Herefrd &N. Wales 2% ...... 2% to South Devon South Midland .A : ' - 225. South Eastern , drio . ...DOVer ~. 33% 46 %..... to Ditto New, 'No. 3 ' 2% 8 1,4%% to Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ...... 2% to Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin York and North Midland ... 50 Ditto Half Shares 25 .. 55 :to DittoScarboro'Branch Ditto Selby Ditto, Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 6 ...... 11 ...... to Dutch Rhenish 3 ...... 8%%... to -- Great Northern of France (Laffitte's) ' Do. Do. (Itosamel's) ...... ... 2 ..... 2%%.. to Jamaica Junction Namur and Liege—. Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 4 ..... 11% Paris and Lyons(Laffitte) ... 2 Parisand Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 Paris and Orleans ... 20 Paris and Rouen .. ...... ...... 20 ...... 41% 3 A to Paris & Strasburg( Gannern's) 2 ...... 2% % to Paris and St. Quentin Royal North of Spain Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale LLOYD'S SfrilePlisiG—(THlS DAY LONDON, AUGUST 6.—Wind this day at noon W. by S. to S.W. by W., pleasant breeze and fine weather. DEAL, AUGUST s.—Wind S.S.W. by W., moderate.— Arrd. Poodle Baser, for Malaga. Sld for, Winchester Mil ligan, Launceston ; Aberton, Purchase, Port Philip ; Dublin, Wakefield, Sydney ; Martin Luther, Hutton, Calcutta; London, Shuttleworth, Calcutta; Lord W. Beminck, Allen, Madras; Owen Glendower, Robertson, Bombay; Mary Ann, Allan, Bombay; Claudine, Norris, Bombay; Bolton, David son, Bombay ; Durham, Davidson, Valparaiso ; Portland, M'Allister, Trinidad ; Jumaics. Huggins, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. s.—Wind S.S.W.—SId. Rajasthar Stewart, Sir John Stewart, Quebec. PLYmount, AUG. s.—Wind N.W.—Sld. 4th, Gentoo, Lakeman, Quebec; sth, James, Tyne, Bermuda; Florence,, Brumage, Prince Edward's Island; John Brougham, Barrett, Quebec. Off port, 2d, Salertia, Peterson, for Belfast. FALMOUTH, AUG. s.—Wind N.N.W.—Arzd. oft; 3d, John, Quebec ; 4th, Vixen, Douglas, Port Philip, sld. sth April ; Alfred, New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, AUG. s.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Acadia, Joss, Quebec. Sid. Chatham, Nasor, New Orleans ; George Collins, New York; Hibernia steamer, Halifax ; Scotland, Thompson, Quebec ; Hero of Acre, Jones, ditto. The Acadia, Younger, from Quebec to Glasson Dock, ashore near Walney Island, has beat over the Bar and anchored inside, with damage and loss of rudder, and floats with the tide. BRIDPORT,. AUG. Hannah, Bartlett, Miramichi. CARDIFF, AUG. s.—Wind E.—Arrd. 4th, Elizabeth and Catherine, Rankei, Quebec. LYNN, AUG. 5. —Wind S.E.—Arrd. Onso, Quebec. CORK, AUG. s.—Wind N. W.—Arrd. off 3d, Pintas, Mark, St. Andrew's. BEAUMARIS, AUG. 4.—Sid. Roman, Doane, Boston. FLEETWOOD, AUG. 4.—Arrd. Amity, Borrodaile, Quebec; Nautilus, ISPKinnon, Dalhousie. OFF THE DEE, AuG. s.—Micmac, Quebec ; Russell, ditto, botn for Flint. CLYDE, AUG. 3.—Arrd. Catherine, Wallace, Saldanha ; Bay Vestal, M'Coag, Trinidad ; 4:h, New England, Louet, New Orleans; Dundonald, M‘Nicol, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Kate Robertson, Burley, Pictou ; Onyx, Quebec. Sid. 3d, Christian, M6Kellar, Demerara; Cordelia, Newfoundland. BELFAST, AUG. 3 —Arrd. Sir 11. Pottinger, Law, Quebec. Sld. Great Britain, Wilson, Quebec. LONDONDERRY, JULY 28.—Sid. Londonderry, Hatrick, Quebec. 29. Fanny, Quebec. Aug. 1. Harvey, ABERDEEN, AUG. Lord Seaton, Talbot, Quebec. LEITH, AUG. 4.—Wind W.—Arrd. 3, Pomona, Quebec. SiitELDs, AUG. 4.—Wind S.W. to N. W.—Arrd. 2, 'Wil liam Hannington, Stone, Quebec. SCARBOROUGH, AUG. 5.---Arrd. Lord Brougham, Quebec. HULL, Auo. s.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrd. 4, Gamma, Leckby, Miramichi ; Gem, Crozier, Miramichi ; Pekin, Esson, Quebec; Llan Rumney, Willoughby, Quebec. 'SM. 4, Forager, Sleightholm, Quebec. DEPARTURE OF 1 ROOFS BY THE BIRMINGHAM 11.amway.—Yesterday tt.e ti9th regimat, recently stationed at Sheerness, arrived in London from that place, and thence proceeded to the terminus of the London and Birmingham Pailway, where a special train was provided to convey the regi ment to Weedon Barracks, the place of their destination. We understand that native silver ore of a wry rich quality has recently been discovered in the East Coombe Silver and Lead mine, in the parish of Swymbringe, and that the prospects generally are very flattering.—North Devon Advertiser, LA IL COL% The Queen IViii hold a Privy Council on Friday after noon, at halt- past two o'clock, at Buckingham Palace. lier Majtsty and Prince Albeit, attended by the Countess of Charlemont and the Gentlemen of the royal suite returned to Osborne H ou se, after an excursion int the royal yacht, a t half-past five o'clock on Monday afternoon. There was no addition to the royal dinner party in the evening. Yesterday morning their Royal Ilighnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royt.l, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing in an open carriage. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Osborne House halt-past eleven o'clock yesterd a y mornin g , and el3l- barked in the Fairy steam-packet to meet the King of the Netherlands. his Mejes t Y The King of the Netherlands, after his return to tow* on Monday evening, from dining with the Queen Doll' ager, at Bushy Park, wen t, attended b y M. Bt oas Vb.-count Reward, n, Colonel Baron C oehoorn, Coul Bylandt, and the lion. Captain Hood, to honour and Lady Laura Me) rick wWI his company at-the Grand Ball given at their new residence in Curzon-street, for:' mealy the town residence of her Ro y al Highness the late Princess Sophia Matilda. '1 his being the first retd given by the Colonel and Ludy Laura since the alters' Lion and refitting of the mansion, Colonel ,The King arrived soon alter twelve o'clock, and vise , met on the grand staircase by Colonel Meyrick,,wil! con ducted his Majesty into the pr inci p al drawing-1.600h or ball-room, where Lady Louisa. Meyrick received the august visitor. Cullinet's band, which was stationed in this apartment, I c ommenced playing a i)utch nationa l air on his Majesty's entraneo. - His Royal Highness Prince George, and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe W eimar, who also arrived from Bushy Park, followed immediately after the King. -r. At half-past twelve o'clock his Maj est y and -/-e Laura Meyriek, followed by Prince George, Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Colo nel Me y rick, and.theel e l distinguished visitors, descended from the ball-roofs the dining-room, where a most sumptuous supper "'- served. At ten minutes past one o'clock the King of i l l Netherlands, attended by his suite, and also by \roam e d Hawarden, and the Hon. Captain Hood, the Lord Groom in Waiting, took his departure, being condeet, to the entrance-hall by Colonel Meyrick. .rOO Among the company to meet his Majesty we re de Cetto, Bavarian Minister • Prince Castelcicalat Han Minister ; the Danish 'Minister and Countess xi ventlow, the Duchess of Clevelan d, the Duches s , Grafton, the Marchioness of Londonderry and LadY Vane, the Marquis of Wirchester, the Marchiouess°_, Westmeath, the Countess of Essex, the Countess ,°o' Jersey and the Ladies Clementina and .Adela t li t, Countess Delawarr and .Lady Mary Sackville We 4 Lord Cant il upe, the Countess Brow nlow, the Countess , Germans and Lady Louisa Eliot, the Earl and Cotiectrei; Beauchamp, the Earl of Kiunoull, Viscount and :,h 0 countess Palmerston, and about, three hundred ot to nobility and gentry. „ u re, Dancing was resumed after his Maj est y 's depei`. and was kept up until near live o'clock. I k the" Yesterday morning, at a quarter past nine o'c.oc King left town, in one of the Queen's carria g es, for tho terminus of the South-Western Railway, and took bt , departure by a special train, en • orate to t he Isle of Wig to pay a visit to the Queen and Prince Albert. t he The gentlemen of his Majesty's suite left town IP o g torenoeil for Windsor Castle, returning in th e after° to Mivart's Hotel. Thu King returned to town at a quarter before s erell o'clock, from pa)ing a visit to her Majesty. The King of the Netherlands honoure d the Earl Pei:li warr, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen , w i t h his congt,a at dinner yesterday, at his Lordship's residence in urr Grosvenor-street. The company consisted of his Majesty the Kig o e, the Netherlands, his Royal Highnes s Prince Geicit3,, his Excellency Baron lh del. his Excellency M. 1 at Colonel Baron Coehoorn, Count Bylandt, the E est Wilton, Viscount Hawarden, Lord and Lady Bruce, Lord and Lady de Ros, Mr. and Lady -Slis'r„ g et Hastings Russell, Lady Mary Sackville West, Visreefie Cantilupe Captain the Hon. Mortimer Sackville " and the Ea and Countess Delawarr. ; „,a Her Mejesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of SW g oe mar and the Princesses Anna and Amelia Of Weimar, arrived at Marlborough House, in a car ri o rif and four, soon after six o'clock yesterday aft rn Led/ from her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park - Gore and the Hon. Miss Gore followed in anot her riage and four. The Queen Dowager, the Duchess Ida e• a sin Weimar, Prince Edward, and the Princesses Ao°Z, of Amelia of baxe Weimar, honoured the perforai7 e sieg• the Italian Jpera with their presence yesterdil et'ersieer The Rev. Dr. Smith, of Trinidad, had ae, 11 , 3 ", with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial 01 ` 1 " - : n iste l '' The Bavarian Minister, the United States tralv and Count de Jaruac, French Charge d'Aillx.r-$' sected business yesterday at the Foreign - o ffice/ •0g th 6 The Commission for promoting and encenrag,niosteP Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace o f WestThfter field a meeting at half-past two o'clock yesterdaY worn, noon at Gw3 dyr Reuse, Whitehall, Lord I<ir• lie Viscount Manor, Sir Robert Ha rr y In g lis, OP jawin Han es, &c., attended. The meeting brun'y ,Quit alter tour o'clock. ic rir The lion. Captain Hotham, Chairman of the —r,0 0 ,1 tun and Chichester Railway Company, Me. Ro‘v",f 11111, Chairman 01 the London and Brighton Railotie tir'PanY, and a deputation, had an interview with ,he rl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the of Trade. The Governor of the Bank of England and the ..I)'i pay Governor had an interview with the Chancell°' the Excht uer yester. - nte r' Sir Robe q rt Schomb d urg ay h and Mr. Black had i view yesterday with Lox d Stanley. mo st, Lady Peel left town yesterday for Drayton Staffordshire I ts Dispatches from the Governors of the Wetoose. Colonies were received yesterday at the oOD e l C 1 4 ' l ' I al Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller -6e° „ z oo the Commission( rs for the Reduction of the '',tetele',l Debt, and Mr. Tidd Pratt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The of the Customs had also an interview with the Hon. Gentleman. SOUTH OF IRELAND• (FROM OUR OWN CORREEFONDENTO /69,0'1 There was no occasion to is. ear a petit jury at the „d t e ; Assizes. There were only three prisoners for trial► I — , It 0 1;.. , all pleaded guilty. The Crown business did not last Thol'‘„f The charge of Baron Pennefather at Nenagh will giv e ,,,',,tD", idea of the tranquillity that at present exists in th e in n Ireland. The wheat crop, which has not suffered *l v " A from the weather, will be a splendid one. There is ftli ce filth more ground in wheat this year in Ireland than tb last. / SECONDARIES.—(THIS -rl A pot The jury assembled as usual, when they were inforaieloi; there was no business. Frequent complaints have b e t he „ and the jury strongly expressed their discontent. oub 0 of tradesmen in the City is of course valuable, some St% be,, to be adopted to prevent the inconvenience. Ther e es; nee blame to the officers of the court, who are thensselve% l tro o oo less attendance ; and the only apparent means of savinb fe es is by compelling ; the plaintiffs' solicitor to pay the o°l. fixing the day for trial. The summoning officer il l be j'T ; be paid for his trouble of summoning the jury, en d be tr' e, e s would get the legal recompense should the case not voro, no hardship would fall on the plaintiffs, they being ti 'f a b be putting the law in motion, and could recover it baclL: An action appears to have lately become a mere pleYibtfueec ei pre-payment of the fees would prevent the jury being sarily called upon. t j r THE MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMFT-- - 4 174 0 WAY may be said to be now fairly launched before tpe 00 bit w ito We have known of this project for some time Past-t;of were not at liberty to disclose prematurely the nbild s Pr e . promoters, nor to uwell upon the vast advantages it Os tbe t he A Even now the details are not sufficiently developeut e a ds guments sufficiently completed to come u" , , i -r grO i t - 0 public in a perfect shape; still the scheme is ." 0 t o so practical, so obvious, and so coroprenensive!..., strike every one with a conviction amount:l7oWe instinct. Our readers are aware that we are not is s , ,hat 1 ) 0 of addressing them in the language of exaggeration iivieoulio language could be exaggerated in speaking o f thi6 0 11 P • undertaking. Never was a project so univer & d la promptly received by all to whom it has beeetingr.oo, municated. There is not one instance of w av ,;ote l3 at hesitation, of doubt. Every one is full of e a.. obr io ot and every one stares with astonishment that s ° ,, i o 'nee long before It certainly must be a discovery —like that of Columbus of old o roje c i; a grea' oo oo l o which makes the borough Council of SouthalTil s ee o mots, ior, we believe, the first time, which a l , v i l en , e , by reference to a report of their proceedings 1 ;1„, alas, tud length in our fourth page. The adolv a ilti , as o f went, clear, calm, and convincing, made by Mr. r ro te —uric of the leading directors of this, and ° ' tait kof u o f the most successful lines in England—renders oUr .be roo te eri scri t .tion easy. Mr. Walkinshaw's description of e toe l o f the intended line carried conviction home 0 parts,„g mind. The splendid line of ciuntry taken by the it afite tarr h 7, the line to bring it into connexion with the great aam tot ,h---'" 0 , districts, the railway, the cities, and ports of tlr_ e b e sterf,bo saving of more than eighty miles distance to 1% t o all, t ; r l Birmingham, to Liverpool, to Ireland—and t a u r honea great names in railway success, and in I go of c' b ' s n influence, which afforded a security, and a certa in orit i f plite success, filled all and each who had beardtm_`_tiase!),si agreeable surprise. Throughout the town the siverio4ollo uoanimous and universal. We have not heard a stag • g t . w ean "hint a doubt or hesitate dislike." A public sen twe held directly to embody and impress the pteva lsl A occe s ! s ts Everywhere it is felt that upon the adoption this enterprise rests the future fate of Soutbantro" Ingependent. 101 t W est 0 ° INIAREJED.—On the sth instant, a s econd •in Church, by the Rev. Henry Bunsen, Ernest, the r , pras e e 9, the Chevalier Bunsen, Minister from the Coli.,'_: oo l Gala ' this country, to Elizabeth, third daughter of bow SO ' E.g., of Upton, in the county of Essex. . pilEtA TION AT WOOLWICH.— A number of workninecr wa il s s eon i,„ .I.'REPARATIoNS FOR HER MAJESTY S .. are at y the tent employed in renovating the buildings t c t i, the . 4 9,0 principal entrance to the Woolwich Doeltr o r ating thee.; et ie, neers'-office near the lauding-place , by . n et/W e d tb ° st one-coloured t omposition. The dredri‘g___piee, e a se a oto a Oiled i n clearing the mud from the la dag very clean appearance. It is not yet k steps and wharf wall have been %whit! vvere ; which day her Majesty will embark. seould not " - ;nd a s a v i t ., : : s h o e daft andwooj Plrl!cobv to leave at an early hour on Saturday , - evening, t eye, reach Antwerp before eight o'clock to the.neo_voten now dark about that hour, it might prove i!_sembln 1 . 1,0 s • come the Queen of England. 5 o ire ... r uioN o oche e ir dangerous, when so many persons would be a" A ccot: CIIEMENT OF THE the safe (Woo and boo —We have gnat pieasure in announcingbtirth to a s .fter at Stafford Howe this morning, at a le" are Pr ° g re”l of the Marchioness of Lorne, who gave,__ utio teS og a — foow o'clock. Her Ladyship and infant son ° f soli c oy ably. The noble infant takes the title .... R 2 N ( the i Lo A i This