The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-03 00:00:00

MtiMP ircuni vila bt present of the e same he con -11 then of the Ansion, iminish k here, like all • away : rig pro h their larvels : eams or o, it the ling; o ;ter, for perative of this ," there itanley, , of the of thia ine, but Ile tone rom an at Par. features A been general ,s Chief lar with tified at ied that Anet of for the cannot iaracter lot wil our the ie must ted, or. Church of his !ates for e bene from the difficult ; talents fed, and imenced rued for ,seventh amber o ancient] y of his )r frivo careful lore vie id griev. Ireland fiat Par we Leis-. .. --- House of lortunitf le fervid Member, Ise, said Oton )Iy was iisputed. but we le itself. lay wen• " "The Writings Sea-side icriptioer fenceless read the there i 5 greater strongly ven Sir the °nil y be ju!' t despair' trty. %t Ministes s ry. Tai ion of .4 'e cannot s to be 0 t that the euuntrft insulted , is ,enemy leans ns ave taken r concern „The ieet,” " e L nothing se which death of and feel' it i s I g iii it ? prais4 In i6Ct 0° illo are ccaDdingl red at tni , s uccess; • the lOU- FALMOUTH, IiELSTON, AND PENZANCE R ‘ILWAY. On Mondly evening an assemblage of many of the most respectable and influential inha'uitants of Heiston tank place at Dhigley's (Star) Hotel, for th e p urpose o f meet i ng th e solicitors and secretary of this proposed line of railway. THOMAS' ROCErts, hsq., having been unanimously called to the chair, opened the business by stating that a previous meeting had taken place, at which Frederick Hill, Esq., had been present, who is one of the solicitors tor the West Corn wall Railway, when it had been resolved that inquiry should be made as to what extent of accommodation (if any) was in tended to be afforded to the town and neighbourhood of Helston by that Railway Company, in order that the inhabitants of the town might be enabled to determine whether it was ad visable or not to promote the new proposed undertaking. He bad ascertained that Mr. Hill (to whom he had sent a note), whose presence would have been highly desirable, was out of town; and as no communication had been made to them on, the subject, its answer to the inquiry, he considered the meet ing was at perfect liberty to come to a decision. He was of opinion that such a line as was proposed was much needed, and that it would be • highly benefirial to the town, and that the inhabitants ought to give it the utmost support in their power. JOITX KEN ALL, jun., Esq., then proposed the first resolu tion— expressed h is cordial approbation o f t h e pro j ec t , and h dease to promote it.—[For the resolutions, see advertae meat.] seljf.toCi'thAeßilit effsciee' seconded the same, and expressed him.. t n iLt avEY, Lond on so li c i tor o f th e li ne , then ' en t ere d in tended "Plauation as to the course which the lim a was in not to take, b u t a ' s t h e survey was now in progress and orcompletsid, he cou ld not say Wh et h er it was to pass nort h south e the town. It was their firm Osetermination to apply for th e the ens • Act in the coming session of Parliament. and sineering staff was so efficient, thca there was no doubt of entheir being quite ready to lodge their plans and sections in sufficient titne. An experienced eng.neer, who had been edu catedc under Mr.Brunel, was now hare for the purpose of going th e ground with Mr. Olveri e.ad the services of a draughts- Van of the first eminence had also been engaged, in order that Oneeyrsmight" be fully prepared, to comply with the standing of Parliament. Ti.e applications for shares had alreadya been so numeratta from highly respectable quarters, t there could be Iva question as to the amount of capital being forthcoming, and, he had no doubt, that within the present week, the bond fide applications would far exceed the amount of the proposed capital. It was, however, de sirable and. essential that the undertaking should be sup- Ported by the local, particularly by the local commercial interests. Mr. BkaIFILLD, of Falmouth, local solicitor to the line, anti Mr. NAsn, the secretary, also stated that they felt per fectly satisfied tb at the proposed line would, if carried out, be of the utmost importance to the west of Cornwall, and particularly beneficial to the. town of Helston. It was no bubble, as were _twiny railvray p ro j ec t s of the present day, but a perfectly honest and fair project'; had it been otherwise, they would not have sanctioned Most of the gentlemen present expressed their perfect sa tisfaction with the explanation given, and their de termination. to use their utmost influence to promote the project. A local Corrimittee was then appointed, consisting of all the invidid aal s present, with the exception of a few who, alth ough com;urring in the resolutions, requested that their names not be on the Committee. The resolations all passed nem. con., and no feeling of op 15icisitioo Was .expressed by any individual present; but, on ris e s e ' c ' ll trary, there appeared to prevail a feeling of the ttt cordialiky with regard to the objects of the meeting. I:II,ELAND. THE ORAINGEME-N AND THE GOVERNMENT. E ssisKii.t.r.x, WEDN ESDAY.—An Orange demonstration, in the shape of a di rifler to Mr. James Watson and Mr. Edward Archdall, ex....T.P.'s, took place here yesterday Town-kap, which "ening ' The dinner was laid out in a lam room of the Was profusely decorated " with Orange ba nners, with " ki ller presid e d , and appr o riate mottoes. The Earl of Ennis vice -chair. A Co Barton, D.L., J.P., occupied the Cole,iia w ; 4 81 . ~', Nicholas Archdall, R. Archdall, Richard g sa. ll ' EA; %raw. A;mstrong, Esq., ; Alexander Nixon, DX: —* j 1 "-`; Rev. H. Archdall, J. Lendrum, Esq., E ~DJ.P.; Ch.s.rles Scott, Esq., J. P. ;H. M. Richardson, D s .t, j' L l " p all - Colonel Dickson. J. P. ; John Irvine, Esq., Iv o * 3 4- an f Deane, Esq. , J.P. ;S. Y. Johnstone, Esq.; T 1 W. C. E ' Pv I Lodge . , 89., representative o he Grand ,_ttthur I. lolmes, Esq., representative of t _ ,of m on , u & besides a considerable number of cierg ieu. _. an, e., We haveusual. not; room for the speeches, which were of the . addi character._ Colonel Dickson, in the course of his me e k ' t . sa ici 1 1 , 5 would advise his Protestant fellow-country grant - " ee P ilr‘eir arms ready and their powder dry. God they N ,,, - . to them but it was well t , 4 0 , ild never have occasion use , ?eel, 0 , 4''e pared, and come what would, they could defy lau h nn ell, the Devil and all its imps.—(Cheer s g ter.) ,and S t r is eg t re t t7 o l ll l3 t l.l OF MR. Moss, SURGEON-DENTIST.--We last!e distrez nre to state, that Mr. Barnett Moss, surgeon-den -IP:tea' lilly, Manchester, destroyed himself on Saturday ri tli ve ' n : e : tting his throat with a razor. The particulars of sing occurrence will be learned from the evidence ne inquest, which was held before Mr. Chapman on th! ri ,daY • avening. The first witness called was Mrs. Moss, lif--,-, "tea sed's widow, who stated that about half-past seven ock o n Saturday morning she left the deceased in bed. 6 app( .ared thoughtful, and had been-low spirited during the • whole of the week. About .ten o'clock she went up stairs and found him lying upon - the floor of the bed-room, diatapparently dead. She sent for medical assistance imme to M e r l!. and Mr. Windsor, ' eo n and Mr: Cooke, assistant Harrison, came in , S a u n r fl froml t hethe& she learned that Iplaide -ceased had cut 11,3 throat. For the last two months his ncss had been slac l 4, and on such occasions he was always of spirited- He had been speculating, but only to the extent o' about 80 4 in MP.tichesier, Biriningham, and Welsh Con tinuati n 0 " COUld ::-. - I,way :shares ; he held 25 shares, which . he vi . seii witho. at great loss, and he was apprehensive '' rn f e h a a n - ; n , , 30 1. to pa y in a short time, and had no immediate him - 1 ' payment , This, and the slackness of business, gave not lfrko.a t t o u l z e i ---a satr- and preyed upon his mind. He did money b • selling his shares. When witness entered the rowat. she observed the dressing-table drawer open, and in it an op an razor-case. Mrs. Gill, of Rosa mond - street, an Balf °rdi aunt to the last witness, stated that she OPen razor on the bed-room floor, and the blade was bloody. Witness had, known the deceased ever si nce his marriage, about twelv -e years ago ; he was a man ofa lively disposition, but,.. during!: the last week had been much dejected. Mr. J. J. Cool ae, assitant to Mr. Harrison, surgeon, stated that he first saw th e d ecease d on t h e bed-room floor. He had blade F. large incision in his throat with a razor, and was i s tsens : .ble from loss of bl oo d. I n a b out an h our and a half ae became conscious, and everything possible was done to eve his life; but. the wound was too deep, and he expired alsmint seven o'clock in the evening. Witness counted seven dhflerent incisions‘ and never saw a worse wound. The jury titarned a verdict t o the effect, That the deceased destr o y e d -.. ea aalf during temporary insanity. He was thirty-eight -ilars of age, and has left a widow and four children.-- ( Vesta- Guar di an. ,;,L RAP *WAY ACCIDENTS.—About five o'clock X 1"- —4 Y mon - ." melancholy accident occurred at the ;rliwinniiig station of a the Ayrshire Railway, whereby, we e fi t t° add, a porter, named Henry Murray, lost . his life. tru e Z e4B , ed• who had been assisting in pushing forward two ati n - „, 0 r Atarth them to the luggage train from Ayr, .in- Whe VIY atteni ted to do so when they were still in motion, l ':,t l s7' v ,: i le We . si P so severely braised that he died about one ` - : , 14 -- .„'4,- H e was a sober, industrious man, and has left a (I - Y. it ba,;(' sled" family.—About two o'clock on the same - eat th, Or Morrison, belonging to Irvine, had,with eltire;a r Yt s o r 't n ! enj , t r 1 e( I g of the servants of the company, and con rares,c got upon a lg4age truck, from whe i -r abed - " v ac' , by one of the n porters ; but having againin bic:ward theu tnr.perce.ive theirh servants, who were pushing - oree ll . I , r ask with heads down at the time, fell Ohs trucks, and was killed on the spot.-- , Apr Crt kr „ lap p l itati.: 74 , OCT. 31.—1 n consequence of repeated larri., te the 'Horse Guards frees the Commaniant at this IT -- "as Col o , . Will Bart., K.C.H., for more ary l at nel Sir Thomas thit D n,,... th 's garrison , they being required for garrison duty, . ke tisly e ir - n sY-4 difitant-General Gore Brown, was sent down ex 'tario a , 1 the Horse Guards, and made his inspection of the n ttile - ? 4..1 -h. uses, in compai y with Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly, this 2a r"lsionae Battalions, and also the military outposts round and 0 , - 7 1 s°n, so; ne of wh ch the general pronounced as useless, th at -er ect the ytxto he removed ;an lit is uneerstood 'wer e ir"l um t he oh i s e e t n y t a r t - io - ::made, the General considers that there 4s7 :is --ei ent number of troops for duty. From inquiries It is -n ett that t he troops have three nights in bed out of four. O n I , 11 : 1 ' : 14A -re. Vi.ki.totiretr, l'i It L.; AT GRANESEND.-- htbeent-h,r;d:ynight a Masquerade and carnival was held at Alder' s h. the Fair _field, at Gravesend, in nelialf of the sufferers at ttt,...,e ec.aclahru, iiiton,fs fire The amission was by tickets . of one d the . proceeds, which were very censidirab.e, Frid a Pai :t l to Mr. .iiacidington, the Mayor. Up to a bite hour on little „ Y tn e bcKIY cif Thomas Mee had no: been tented ; indeed hot 14°bress h • noving the gn'at body of rubbish 'Whi c h h ' ad been male in ret ho,, e ,d fallen t Leon the lower floor of the Black Horse public • the 111,„ D uring t ale whole of Friday, Mr. King. the landlord of th e -'' Hor , 'e , and Mr. Hollendale, the draper, were watclo. , 4 c exploratisn ,rf the ruins. The Black Horse was very lull at it:: i tinie of the hr e, it is therefore impossible to say who was sleep. ...,_,.41-1 tthhee:,:barovrlu,s,rseie,s, (`'pas : tie time, the general impression is, however, it' rt other bodie,, will be found when the front kitchens are cleared. Lair way of re liter who l'eaped from the third floor front, is in a W r c avery. --.o.:ft4csrtoh,eldr'Sthe Conar niss'fon C e O rs t o ß f T Sew o er l s ' for B re E c ß it S y .— of N A Vest% ‘ l l n e s i t a er i 'the Court.heuse, Soho.square, for the purpose Rho r isldEri ng the se•eps necessary to be taken in consequence of ~ae!olution sanctioned b, the Court or. the 3d of October, with 102 6 k r a to contracts and as to jobbing works. Capt. Baguc, R.N., b e did c, att'cl called on Mr. Leslie to open the businrtss, which system ydrawi og the attention of the Court to the present lari t - house drainage. The drains at present were too A e, and too extensive and ineffective in their operation. r ain, in , i ;,---pro Cement over the barrel drains was the to , lsel.ir cligg;.t‘'"ich would answer the best purposes. , Mr.. Burtch dia,„ e ' l ti '•at the Building Act of last cession .imited the Li e ,"'" of house drains to Mile inches. /Tr. Leslie did not f ., -.llll ‘ that . the Building Act at ail interfered with the powers of , i - i l ti t ,,,, t e e Z a • Sod designated that measure as a " monument of felly ble to be earned out." The further consideration of this Jobbi ng was sub 'euttPtntlr postponed. Mr. Leslie then ciluded to Tia•yi n e , w ,arkss arid ptoposed that instead of the pres-nt mode of th rkii, g t the contractoe for cleansing eudy drains, the commissioners „„.. „, at erig a r. e Fi re s a l e i I?: h a n r t t e d r a s t e f t : , . a staff of labourcrs and bricklayers to do all work 4title nature. At present the contractor wee, paid Ct. per .csarting away the soil, but t i e Court had not el',eck over the number of yards so charged fat. charges for cleansing were about 1,0001. :y hioniourn. (Oland according to a scale and estimate drawn up eotild b_ tulie), all that work, and a great deal more, D° le,rforreed for somewhere about 1,1001. per year.. Mr. The e xp . . °rl e of the surveyors of the court, was of opinion that . r. boe.,r,"nt -poposed by Mr. Leslie could be beneficially tried. Sfr. ti .: . ?. the other surveyor, was also favourable to the plan. anud-e.°Nins th.ught that if,41 , .e sewers were in the defective state con due " , t ", a most searchtn, inquiry should be instituted into the all s , ." h. .- °f t-- - 'e in dicers 'whose duty it was to report to the Court cer:neir, requiring fn t OPair or cleansing. He (Mr. Hawkins) would 'Wile fj.,;7: v e ,r a.n 'lnquiry when the proper time came. After l' :'''' , lkled . th r e ' 4B ° assion, Mr. Leslie moved, and Mr. Cumberlege 11 " Ren y (ii. . f ° slowing resolution :—" fhat the cteansing sewers I t he et 4, all works not publicly contracted for, be done II %.,,, ,l ab ashment now proposed to be commenced." The mo ''yir,,, , en put and carried nelnine contradicente. Resolutions JO4r,,' Jut i he above were then put and carried. The Court ad i,;, until Friday next. n• e a kri,,, rtuthorlty , e enabled t o announce, on the most uncle 'N)Et th t sk i ~ as also question of the marriage of the Queen of 1t1... shl etib. , , rtiat of her sister, is at last definitively settled, to the v tlit,. ~"! ~e must Presume, of the British and French Govern fi. _t,aboil,,,rinee Leopold of Saxe Coburg is to Ito the Royal Consort 1,2 4 10 4 L ir, and the Duke fie Montpensier the husband of the 1,F 4 tua, l lB4 . All the arrangements for this great event having ~.,,,eb,,.efuertthrougli the thst rumentality of the Cabinet of the Tuileries. 'hi 1 , R, ite , . h . er , 6ti ttbled to announce that Prince Leopold of Saxe Vrtlen iZ ette,;',''''D:tolect Lee his Wher, wits hourly expected at Sr. Mud ttlr e *", en a visit to his Majesty Louis Philippe, previous to their fit 4 wt h a v e he -ea. and front thence to London. The source from alitttlz derived this important information enables us to 44 144.4elltiCitY.---diclvaliter. 7= TI-IE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER s, 1845. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN EXTENSION ATMOSPHERIC AND TAW VALE EXTENSION. _ _ _ • at the Schoolmaster Inn, Eggesford, :day, in consequence 91 a circular which meat for the construction of any line of railway shall deposit in the Junta of Public Credit, as a pledge of the completion 1 of their contract, in Portuguese Consolidated Funds of 4 or 5 I per cent., a sum corresponding to the number of leagues con taine'l in the proposed road, at the rate of 12 contos of reis er leauue. 17. No proposal for the construction of railways will be admitted without its capability being proved by authentic document , , or 17 the immediate formation of a company or companies which by their credit shall guarantee the end proposed. 18. Proposals to be presented at the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department within the term of six months, counted from the present date. NAVAL TRIAL CRUISES. (From the Morning Herald.) THE TRIALS UNDER ADMIRAL BOWLES IN 1844. In the diagrams referred to in Rear-Admiral Bowles's re port of the sailings between the St. Vincent, 120, Captain Lord Hardwicke ; the Caledonia, 120, Captain Alexander Milne; the Queen, 110, Captain W. F. Martin; and the Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer, C. 8., it is stated : " OFF THE WIND.'—On the 24th of Oct., 7 30 a.m., trial commenced by signal. Wind N.E. fresh. Ships uner all starboard studding sails and royals. Rate of going eight knots. As the former advanced, the wind freshening, haul ing forward at the same time. At nine the wind was NNE., when lower studdingsail was taken in. At noon the wind was N. All studdingsails in. A heavy swell from NW. At once the Queen carried away her foretopgallant mast, and trial ceased. " At the conclusion of the trial, St. Vincent had gained on the Caledonia 443 miles, and on the Queen 345 miles. The distances run were as follows :—Caledonia 42 75, Queen 43 74, St. Vincent 47 17 miles. "'By THE WIND.'—On the 26th October, 7 40 a.m., trial commenced, ships under single reefed topsails, topgallant sail, jib and driver. Water pretty smooth; wind steady, SW by S. At 10 the wind had freshened considerably, with a cross sea running. At 10 30 took in] topgallant sails, and second reef of topsails; sea increasing. At 12 breeze still freshening, with a heavy swell from NW, and a short cross sea from SSW. 1 25, trial ceased by signal. Noon, Queen made the signal, carrying a turn lee helm, Caledonia and St. Vincent helms amidships. "At the conclusion of the trial Caledonia had weathered on the Queen 0 53 of a mile; and on the St. Vincent 0 2 of a mile. The distances run were—Caledonia 33 2 ; Queen. 30 67 ; St Vincent, 34 25 miles." [On the Bth of November the Albion took part in the trials.l " BY THE WIND,' under easy sail.—At 11 55 signal was made to look out on the Admiral's weather beam. Wind from WNW to NW, light, with signals, at times obliging the ships to lower their topsails. Albion and Queen under single reefed topsails, jib, and driver. St. Vincent flying jib and royals at times. The rate of sailing of Caledoni a from three to four and a half knots. A long swell from NNW 315 trial ended by signal. "At the conclusion of the trial Albion had weathered on the Queen 0 12 of a mile, and on the St. Vincent, 1 5 mile. The distances run were Albion 17 85, Queen 17 2, St. Vin cent 16 5 miles." [The Caledonia is not mentioned in this trial.] " TRIAL OF SAILING BY THE WIND,' BETWEEN ALBION, QUEEN, AND ST. VINCENT, ON Nov. 9.—A moderate breeze from NW, with a heavy swell. The ships with single reefs, St. Vincent with main royal and flying jib. The day was not a favourable one for a trial, owing to the wind veering from two to three points to the westward and then back again. Caledonia under easy sail. "At 2 40 Albion carried away her maintopsail-yard ; she had then weathered on the Queen 1 78 mile, and on the St. Vincent 1 45 mile. At 3 50, when trial ended, St. Vincent had weathered on the Queen 018 of a mile. Distances run —Albion 23 8, Queen 22 7, St. Vincent 24 3 miles. "TRIAL OF SAILING BEFORE THE WIND,' ON THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER.—The wind was light, veering from S to SSE ; ships under royals and studdingsails on both sides, with exception of Caledonia, she having only larboard ones the whole time ; rate of sailing from three to four knots ; water perfectly smooth. At 8 30 trial commenced, and ceased by signal at 430 p.m. At the conclusion of trial Albion had gained on Caledonia 5 8 miles, on Queen 437 miles, and on St. Vincent 0 75 of a mile. The distances run—Caledonia 27 8, Albion 3 36, Queen 20 2, St. Vincent 32 85 miles. "' TRIAL OF SAILING WITH THE WIND ABEAM,' ON THE 15TH NOVEMBER.—At 7 30 a.m., the first angles were taken, ships then under whole topsails, royals, living jib, topmast, and topgallant studdingsails. Wind SSW, latter drawing aft to Sby W and S. During the last hour the ships ahead seemed to have less wind, as Caledonia drew up with both Albion and St. Vincent, previous to which they had gone fast ahead of the Caledonia. There was a swell from the westward ; rate of Caledonia's sailing five to six knots. At the conclusion of the trial at 1 p.m. Albion had gained on Caledonia 4m. 7th, on the Queen 4in. 14th, and on the St. Vincent 2m. 93ths. At noon Albion was 02of a mile fur ther ahead of Caledonia. The distances run were Caledonia 31 5, Albion 36 2, Queen, 32 1, St. Vincent 33 3 miles. "TRIAL OF SAILING BY THE WIND ON STARBOARD TACC.' —At 715 first angles were taken. Ships under whole top sails, royals, and flying jib. Wind about SE by E, light, but pretty steady ; water smooth ; rate of sailing from four to four and a half knots. At 10 tacked together by signal ; wind SE. Queen mistaking her signal preparative,' put her helm down too soon, when discovering her mistake she was obliged to box off, and it was some minutes before she regained sufficient way to enable her to go round. At 12, wind SE by S, tacked together by signal. 130 trial ceased by signal. At the conclusion of the trial, Albion had wea thered on the St. Vincent 0 41 of a mile, on the Caledonia 189 mile, and on the Queen 246 miles. The distances ran were—Caledonia 25 56, Albion, 30 17, Queen 24 28, St. Vin cent 27 3 miles. "TRIAL OF SAILING BY THE WIND,' ON THE 19TH OF NOVEMBER.—At 8 30, signal was made:—' Try rate of sailing by the wind on starboard tack—make all possible sail.' Ships immediately shook out their second reefs, and with the exception of Caledonia, set royals and flying jib. At 9 the first angles were taken ; wind then about W by N, a moderate breeze, but very unsteady, and inclined to fanlight. During the hour from 9to 10, wind had shifted to WSW, ships not making a better course than S by W. At 10, tacked together, wind very light, and again shifted to SW, thus bringing Albion and Queen dead to leeward. Caledonia set royals. At 11, wind had freshened to a royal breeze, and became more steady. At this time only can the trial be said to commence. At 11 30, Queen sprung her main topgallant mast, took in her royals and flying jib, lowered her main topsail, and shifted her topgallant mast. At 12 30 she had her topgallant sail again set; and at 1 royals and flying jib, and at 240 , Caledon ia took in ro y als and flying jib, and at 3 20 trial ceased, and Albion parted company. At 9 a.m., when the first angles were taken, wind was W. by N., and Albion 0 34 of a mile to windward of St. Vincent, 0 37 to leeward of Caledonia, and 0 43 to leeward of the Queen. At 11 the position of the ships, occasioned by the change of wind, were—Albion. 0 4 of a mile to leeward of St. Vincent, 0 55 to leeward of Caledonia, 0 4 to leeward of the Queen. At 320 p.m., when trial ended, the Albion had gained (commencing from 11 a.m.) 0 5 to windward of St. Vincent, and 182 mile to windward of Caledonia. The Queen being obliged to shorten sail, in consequence of spring ing, and then having to shift her maintopgallant mast, the trial with her became void The distances run were—Cale donia 22 1, Albion 27 1, and St. Vincent 24 3 miles. " Heel of the ships as shown by pendulum (on the trial 24th October)-9 a.m. Caledonia, 8 degrees; Queen, 4; St. Vincent, 8. 30.-10 a.m. Caledonia, 9 ; Queen, 5 ; St. Vin cent, 10.-11 15. a.m. Caledonia, 9; Queen, 3; and St. Vincent, 7 degrees 30 minutes. " Heel 'of ships as shown by the pendulum at 1 15 p.m., having at the time royals and flying jib set (19th Nov.). — Caledonia, 5 degrees; Albion, 2; Queen, 3. 30. ; St. Vin cent, 4. [ln the above details of Admiral Bowles, it will be seen the Gallant Admiral throughout is most anxious about the Queen and Albion, as if the excellencies of those two ships only were to be pointed out when they favourably contrast with the others. The Admiral has given us the degrees of inclination according to the " jerkometer" only twice • it would have been equally interesting if the degree of pitching and rolling of each ship had been published. The Admiral has admitted, that on the Bth of November, in light and squally weather. obliging ships to lower topsails, the Albion and Queen under single-reefed topsails, jib, and driver, the St. Vincent carried flying jib and royal ; thus she out-carried the others, and no doubt her degree of inclination was greater, whilst the others, having such immense lower sails, preserved a greater stability, the pressure being - lowered. We shall have something more to say to these diagrams.] CAPTAIN CORRY'S REPORT OF THE EXPERI MENTAL BRIGS. A Return of Masts, Spars, &c., Sprung or Carried Away, Sails split, and other Losses on board the Experimental Squadron, between the 21st of October and the Ist of December, 1844; Remarks, &c. TIIE OSPREY (Mr. BLAKE'S.)—Nov. s.—Flying-jib-boom carried away, through boom-iron giving way in a moderate breeze, iron being defective. Nov. 6.—Futtock-plate of topmast rigging carried away, iron-work very defective ; stern-davits much beat, iron-work defective, and davits not high enough out of water; whiskers much bent, too slight, and not securely filled. Nov. 12.—Iron stop of dead eye for foremost-backstav carried away; ironwork very defective. Nov. 21.—Forelopmast-studdingsail-yard carried away in hoisting, being much too slight. Nov. 23.—Foretop mast-studdingsail-boom carried away ; snapped in the boom iron when shortening sail. Nov. 28.—Jib-boom carried away, through backrope-bolts drawing from the bows not being properly secured, THE FLYING FISH (SURVEYOR'S BRIG).—Oct. 29.—Fore royal-yard carried away through hoisting the sail too taut; head-shoot washed away. Nov. B.—Jib-boom, flying jib-boom, martingale, and larboard whisker carried away, owing to a flaw in the shackle of the chain-martingale ; jibgear-halyards, 24 in. 15 fms.; guys, 3 in. 26 fins. ; backropes, 4 in. 40 fins. ; downhaul, 2 in. 30 fms. ; sheets, 24 in. 39 fms ; pendants, 34 in. 5 fins. ; downhaul block, 6 in. 1; sheet ditto, 8 in. 2 ; flying jibgear-halyard, 14 in. 16 fins. ; downhaul, 14 in. 28 fms.; sheets, 2 in. 30 fms.; blocks single, 5 in. 1; lost when jib-boom was carried away by cutting to expedite getting in wreck, signal to try rate of sailing not having been annulled. Nov. 19.—Foretopmast studdingsail yard carried away in a fresh breeze. Foretopmast studdingsail boom from bracing forward and keeping the tack too much in. Nov. 22.—Mainboom carried away, owing to her Ma jesty's brig Cruizer running foul of the brig while lying to. Foretopmast studding sail boom sprung, through running with the lower halyards. Main royal yard sprung, from overhoisting the sail. Nov. 29.—Wings of figure-head car ried away, not having been properly fastened. THE ESPIEGLE (MESSRS. READ, CHATFIELD, AND CREUZE).—Oct. 30.—Carried away heel lashing of jib-boom. when under trial. Nov. 10.—Starboard stern davit was carried away by a sea striking the dingy; found a flaw in it on examination. Nov. 19.—Topsail sheet carried away when under trial, and has been found bad, and repaired often; starboard stern davit carried away. Nov. 20.—Jib-boom sprung; on examination about the bowsprit discovered the jib-boom sprung in the cap ; eased it a foot in, fished it, and have kept it out since. Topsail sheets several times gone ; also the chain heel lashing of jib-boom, and the heel iron of ditto. Ironwork about the vessel appearing very bad. THE MUTINE (MR. Fiercifam's).—Oct. 22.—Carried away chain-messenger in heaving up the anchor. Oct. 24.—Car ried away chain for hanging block at maintopmost head from being bad ironwork. Oct. 25.—Lost two boats' oars, some boat hooks, when dingy was lowered to pick up a man. Oct 27.—Lost balance-pole of life-buoy, broken in letting the life-buoy go. Oct. 28.—Carried away main-topsail lift; blowing strong from SE ; carried away chain for han ing block at maintopmast head, from being bad iron work. Oct. 30.—Sprung jib-boom when trying rate of sailing ; blowing strong ; the iron hand round bow sprit to which the clamp for heel of jib-boom was attached, having broken, and in consequence the jib- boom was sprung. Oct. 31.—Carried away another chain for hanging-block; bad iron-work. Nov. 2.—Carried away maintopmast tye ; light breezes; the rope, being decayed at heart, broke short. Nov. 4.—Lost answering pendant ; blown away in answering signals from the Firebrand. Nov. 7.—Carried away strop for clew garnet ; block-rope perished at heart. Nov. B.—Carried away main truss strop-rope, perished at heart. Nov. 10 —Sprung jib-boom in conse quence of the bobstay lanyards carrying away whilst pitch ing the jib and flying jib-boom in one. Nov. 17.—Carried away main truss pendant rope, perished.. Nov. 21.—Carried away port main truss strop; rope perished. Nov. 23.—Car ried away port foretopmast studdingsail boom, in consequence of the gunmen mate not easing the topmaststuddingstuljack, when trimming sails Nov. 25.—Carried away flying Jib boom, trying rate of sailing in a moderate breeze; the boom was very slight, being only five inches in diameter. Nov. 28.—Sprung jib-boom, trying rate of sailing in a. strong breeze, in consequence of its being the heart of a lwrge spar, and very knotty; it went in two places, shortly after the jib was set, the vessel pitching at the time. • Dec. rhe iron rudder head for tiller rendered useless, on account of the great leverage of the tiller; it worked loose, and also loo:tened the iron rim round the rudder's bead. THE DARING (MR. WHITE'S BRIG.)-OCt. 27.—T:Afe buoy was washed away, owing to a flaw in the iron-rod to which it was attached. Nov. s.—Chain jib martingale was carried away. THE CRUIZER (OLD BRIG.)—Nov. 10—J011ylnat washed from the stern, and damaged (since repaired) ; two lower half ports washed away, berthing of nettings in wake of waist anchors, both sides washed away ; standing and run ning rigging and sails much chafed and worn ; lower chain plate of the starboard-forechains carried away ; hook for main futtock shrouds carried away. Nov. 26.—Foretopmast studdingsail boom slightly sprung by accident in trimming sails. Nov. 28.-31aintopgallant-yard carried away in a fresh breeze, close hauled, by the force of the wind. THE WATERWITCH (MR. WHITE'S BRIG).—OCT. 24. Being hove too a sea struck dingy. life-buoy, whenever the dingy was hoisted up she rested on life buoy, which could not be secured in a more exposed situation in regard to the dingy. Oct. 28.—Three boats' oars, one boat-hook, and one boat-hook stave; gig stove in whilst being hoisted in a heavy swell. Nov. B.—Maintopmast-studdingsail-boom lost overboard : found missing from the yard in the morning, heel-lashing having carried away. Nov. 27.—One spunge, 18-pounder gun lost at general quarters. Nov. 28.—Head shoots carried away. THE PANTALOON (SURVEYOR'S BRIG).—Nov. 7.—Lost three boats, oars, stern davits, having unshipped in a heavy . sea. Nov. 9.—One rammer, 18-pounder gun washed over board ; four hammocks lost in a sudden squall. Nov. 23, One top-mast studding sail boom carried away in a sudden squall. Nov. 27.—One rammer, 18-pounder gun lost by negligence in exercising, [lt will be seen by the above list of losses, that the Mu tine suffered most. Great complaints were made by the commander of the slop way in which she was rigged. Both the Mutine and Espiegle were rigged by the dockyard people at Chatham.] A Return, showing the Quantity of Water and Provisionso n board each of the under-me.ntioned, as shown by their last returns (made up two days prior to sailing from Spit head) : Water, in tuns—Osprey, Flying . Fish, and Daring, 40 each ; Espiegle, 39 ; Cruizer and Mutive, 38 ; Waterwitch and Pantaloon, 25. Provisions for 84 days on board each. [The weight of ballast, armament, shot, and other stores, are not given, nor is the draught of water or height of ports.] A Return of the quantity of water taken in, pumped out, or started, and of articles moved on board the Experimen tal Squadron, between the 21st of October and the 4th of December, 1844 : OSPREY.—Nov. 25.—T00k in 25 tuns of water to improve her sailing. Nov. 26.—Stowed the hammocks and bags forward on lower deck, before the foremast, and removed 60 32-pound and 12 18-pound shot from quarter deck to chain locker, to improve her sailing. FLYING Fisit.—Nov. 26.—T00k in 20 tans of water. Nov. 28.—Moved one 18-pounder gun, making, with the carriage, 34 cwt. nearly. Against a head sea, moved the above 22 feet aft from foremost port, ship carrying taut weather helm, which was afterwards returned to its place. Dec. 2.—At nine o'clock guns squared ; at eleven, secured with muzzles forward ; wind abeam experiment. Between 24th October and 4th December pumped out or started 28 tuns of water. ESPIEGLE.—FiIIed all the empty tanks with water on Nov. 28. Kept them filled afterwards. No alteration in stowage. MUTINE,—NOV. 25.—T00k in 23 1 4 tuns of water, to make the vessel hold a better wind, being light. Nov. 28. Pumped out five tuns of water, to lighten her forward, the vessel carrying much weather helm. DARING.—Nov. 28.—Hammocks removed from waist netting to lower deck, for the purpose of keeping the men's bedding dry, the hammock clothes being defective. CRUIZER.—Nov. 26.—T00k in 7% tans of water, in order to bring; the ship down in the water and by the head, con sidering that she would be thereby more weatherly, having ' previously carried a slack helm, particutarly on the larboard tack. Nov. 27, took in 12 1 / 4 tuns of water for the above reason, not having been pumped on the 26th because the trial was before the wind. Nov. 26—Moved four carronades and one medium gun, trained with their muzzles aft, 27 seamen's bags (about half ? a ton) removed from foremast to the mid ship- bins, in order to bring the weight more amidships from the stern, because they were thought to be too much in the extreme of the vessel. Thirty-one 32-pound shot moved from the main hatchway and fore scuttle to the stern. There being a trial of sailing with a light wind aft, they were moved because it appears by experiment to be slightly advantageous to the ship on that point ofsailing ; but they were replaced im mediately after the trial, because, as stated above, the ship was considered, with reference to her weatherly qualities, to be too much by the stern. The aim in the above alterations was to give the vessel more hold in the water, to compensate for water casks (two tons), being empty forward, and to keep the counters and square tack out of the water, and at the same time to keep the weight out of the extremities. For the same reasons, the bread, which is stored partly in the midship bins and partly abaft, has been used entirely from abaft. WATERSVICH.—Nov. 25.—T00k in five tuns 200 gallons water to hold a better wind. Nov. 26.—Forty-eight 181 b shot moved from racks between each gun to abreast of the cap stan, as an experiment. Dec. 2.—Eighty-six 181 b shot moved from racks on lower deck to shot locker, as an expe riment, which answered. PaNTALooN.—Nov. 25.—T00k in 13 tuns of water, ship being in want of ballast. Nov. 26.—Removed stream and kedge anchors from under the booms to the square of main hatchway; shot from upper deck to shot lockers; squared the four after guns. Nev. 26.—T00k in four tuns of water, ship being crank. Dec. 2.—Pumped out four tuns of water, being rather too much by the head. (Signed) AMAR L. CORRY, Captain. [Captain Corry appends to his diagrams of the trials on the 18th Nov. During the trial the Mutine asked per mission to fill water, which was negatived, my object being to try them all under similar circumstances, having pre viously issued an order to prevent the slightest change of weight on board any of the vessels." Nov. 12th, he says— " The Pantaloon had in the early part of the day asked per mission to fill water, as she required more ballast; but, for the reason assigned in the trial of yesterday, ordered it to be negatived." On the 21st, Captain Corry remarks—" The Pantaloon was withdrawn from this trial in consequence of a letter from her commander, informing me that he considered it as absolutely necessary for her safety that additional weight should be placed in the hold,' and stating that even in smooth water, with a fresh breeze, the inclination was from 12 to 15 degrees.' I, in consequence, permitted him to fill his tanks with salt water, and was therefore obliged to exclude the Pantaloon from competing with the rest of the squadron; having issued an order before these trials commenced to pre vent any vessel having an advantage over another either by changing or taking in additional weights, my object be ing that all should be similarly circumstanced, to enable me to ascertain how far they were each affected by the gradual lightening which the daily consumption of provisions and water would occasion." On the 26th of November, the first trial after the commanders of the vessels had been per mitted to trim and take in as much water as they though requisite, took place. Captain Corry's reports and observa tions are highly interesting, and give an example which might have been followed by other commanders of experi mental squadrons, with more fairness to the public and justice to the respective ships. A Return, showing the Draught of Water of the respective Brigs, composing the Experimental Squadron on their arrival at Plymouth Sound, Dec. 6, 1844: — Forward. Aft. Osprey Flying Fish Espiegle ... 12 6 Mutine Daring Cruizer Waterwitch ...... 10 3 • Pantaloon ..... 11 6 (Signed) " AMAR L. CORRY." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - - PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. A deputation arrived yesterday morning from Havre de Grace in the Grand Turk steamer, with a formal request to the Goverment authorities in this garrison to permit the exhumation of the remains of General Count Ruffin, Cheva lier of the Order of St. Henry of Saxony, member of the Legion of Honour, General of Division in the French army, &c., interred in this garrison churchyard in the year 1811. The deputation consisted of the nephew of the de ceased, a doctor of medicine and a doctor of laws, and otl ter official personages, who were presented by M. Vande n bergh, French Vice-Consul at this port, to the Lieutenan t- Governor, Major-General Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.13. He most readily acceded to the request of the deputation, who then proceeded to the churchyard of the garrison on the grand parade, accompanied by the Town-Major,; the vicar of Portsmouth, and M. Vandenbergh. No difficulty attended finding the remains, as a stone marked the spot under wl Lich they lay, which was erected to the memory of the hi Save General by the officers of his Majesty's frigate Gorgon, on board of which the deceased died while on his passage f rom the battle of Barossa, where he had greatly distinguished himself. He was only 36 when he died. The bones, of which only a few besides the skull were discovered, w ere placed in a superb coffin, and embarked on board the Atalanta packet, which left last night for Havre, wh ,ere they will be received by the military authorities with gi eat pomp and state, whence they will be removed to the nat ;ive place of the deceased. The ceremony of exhumation - was private. SHEERNESS, TUESDAY The Eclair's people are all well again, and are to be . ad mitted to pratique when the Kroomen have well cleaned a aid fumigated the vessel. Sir William Pym, the Superintendei it- General of Quarantine, visited them yesterday. The Trafalgar, 120, Captain W. F. Martin, arrived at ti Nore on Saturd ay , and was inspected by the Vice-Admira 1 the same day. Captain J. N. Nott has since supersede 6 Captain Martin as flag-captain. She has discharged her powder, and will coins into harbour to-morrow. The Alarm, 26, Captain Frankland, is getting her top gallantmasts up, and progresses rapidly in her fittings in the basin. Her complement of marines, under Lieutenant Boyle, joined from Chatham on Saturday. The Rhadamanthus, steamer, Master-Commander Laen, arrived from Portsmouth yesterday with a number of seamen for the Alarm, and a party of Marine Artillery, under Lieu tenant Hall, for the Retribution steam-frigate, fitting at Chatham. The Rhadamanthus remains in harbour coaling, and will probably assist the African in towing in the Trafal gar to-morrow. The Bittern, 16, refitting in the basin for some time past, has been ordered to be got ready for commission with all dispatch. The Viper, 6, has also been ordered to be expedited. A party of caulkers and shipwrights are now busily employed on her; her defects are inconsiderable. The Blenheim, 74, has her copper stripped off, and is having her poop and interior fittings removed, previous to being towed to the yard of Messrs. Wigram, who have taken the contract for the conversion of this vessel and Le Hogue, 74 , (at:Chatham) into steam guard-ships. The Juno, 26, Captain Patrick Blake, it is expected, will be able to leave for Spithead on Thursday. The London, 90, and Waterloo, 120, advance ships, are having their topsides caulked in the harbour. The Sampson steam-frigate has been reported ready for the pennant. A party of riggers are now fitting her wire rigging. In Harbour.—Minotaur, hulk, with the flag of the Vice- Admiral, Juno, 26, and Rhadamanthus and African steam ships. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals at Calcutta—Orissa, Sept. 9, from Bombay ; Flora, M•Donald, 10th, from Rangoon; Espiegle, from Moulmein; Scotland, 11th, from Greenock ; Laidmans and Harvest Home. from Liverpool ; Anna Watson, from Newport ; Orient,. from London and Madras ; Isabella, Cooper, from Greenock ; Lahore and Lismoyne, from Liverpool; Emerald, from Sin gapore; Afrique, from Marseilles; Edward, Robinson, from Madras; Sophia, from Bombay ; Mazagran, 11th, Cinque Fromm, 12% from Barks; Alufinclibia, from Newmtlo / Tanjore, 13th, from London ; Bellairs, from Liverpool ; Mary, Ridley, from London; Providence, from Bordeaux; Aber ibyle, 18th, franc Bombay; Brilliant, from the Cape. Departures tdom Saugor, Bengal—Mischief, Sept. 4, to China ; Anens, to Mauritius ; John Line. sth, to London ; Panthea, 6th, to Liverpool ; Exchange, to Boston ; Coquette, Bth, to China ; Thomas Lee, 9th, to Liverpool ; Mau pertius, to Bo urbon ; Eliza, 9th, Sea Queen, 10th, to London ; Cher hire, 11th, Fatima. 12th, to Liverpool ; Hector, to Pen ang ; Dido, 15th, to China ; Isabella Harnett, to Liverpool ; Adele Marquard, to Penang ; John Hepburn, to Rangoon •; John Calvin, 16th, to London ; Fyzel Cur reem, to Ms .uritius ; Orlando, to London ; London, to Bombay. Arrivals :at Bombay—Rapid, Sept. 23, from Liverpool ; Ardaseer, frc , m China ; Auckland, steamer, 26th, from Aden ; Herculean,. 28th, from Liverpool ; Seaforth, steamer, from Colombo ; Quentin Leitch, from Greenock ; Eliza, 30th, from Muse eat. Dvartt tres from Bombay.—Royal Sovereign, Sept. 19, to Liverpool ; Berkshire, 20th, to London ; Lanrick, to China ; Emperor, £2d, to London ; Fenella, 23d, Roseanna, 27th, to China ; Gilmore, 29th, to Colombo ; Bella Marina, 30th, to Clyde. Arrival' lat Madras—Ellenborough, Sept. 18, from London ; John Lin( 19th, from Calcutta. Depart ores from Madras—Minerva, Clinch, Sept. 15, Edmonstone, and Wellesley, 17th, all to Calcutta ; Earl of Harewood, 18th, to Liverpool. THE ARMY. INFANTRY. 6th Regit nent.—The Calcutta Star announces the death of Lieut.-Colonel Algeo._ 16th (Be dfordshire) Regiment, Buttevant.—The service companies of this corps, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel ➢l'Manus, are held in readiness to march from But tevant for• Cork, on the embarkation of the service compa nies of the :34th Regiment for Corfu. Ensign Peacocke, 16th Regiment, 3 sergeants. and 27 rank and file, are ordered to embark at .the Cove of Cork for Deptfor 1, for conveyance to Gibraltar at a guard over 200 convicts in the Asia, 523 tons, which will .sail from Deptford on the 3d of November. 26th (Cat neronian) Regiment, Belfast.—Privates Stephen Collins and .Andrew Collins have marched from Belfast, for Dublin prov ost prison, under escort, pursuant to their sen tence by a general court-martial. 30th (Cambridge) Regiment, Castlebar.—Private Edward Witchell is wider orders to march from head-quarters for the provost prison, Dublin, to be transported as a felon, pursuant. to his sentf,nce by a general court-martial. Lieut.-Colonel Singleton is on leave of absence; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Ormond has taken the command. _ _ 33d (Ist York, West Riding) Regiment, Depot Clonmel.— A recrni ting party has marched from Cloumel for Mallow, there to be stationed. _ _ 34th ( Cumberland) Regiment.—The Java transport, 1,175 tons, ar rived at Cork harbour from Deptford, on the 24th of October, and the six service companies embarked on board that vessel on the 28th instant (the baggage was shipped on the 270 a) for conveyance to Corfu. 41st v(Welsh) Regiment, Royal Barracks, Dublin.—A com pany raoved from Beggars' Bush Barracks to the Pigeon House Foyt, Oct. 27, there to be stationed to relieve the de pot of the Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade. A company of the 41st Regiment move, same day, from Beggars' Bush Barracks to the Re val Barracks, to join head-quarters. 48th (Sorthampton) Regiment, Depot Kilkenny.-officers present : Major M'Cleverty, Brevet Major Ward, Captains Webber, Smith, and Bromley, Lieut. Lys, Depot Paymaster Green, Depot Adjutant Fetherston Dover, Ensigns West, Elton, az Id Sykes. Effective strength : 1 acting sergeant, major, 1 2 sergeants, 6 drummers, and 232 rank and file. Sick at Chatham : 15 ditto. Brevet Major Coke, Lieutenant Henry Salleck, Ensign Johnstone, 1 sergeant, 50 rank and file, and 6 boys (a draft), are at Cork, awaiting embark ation, for Jamaica, there to join the service companies. Major M'Cleverty will also embark for Jamaica, to relieve Brevet Lieut. Wm. Bruce, K.H., ordered home to take the comm and of the depot companies. Ensign O'Sullivan is on leave of absence to the 31st of January, 1846. 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment, Cork.—Lieut. Jackson has left the depot at Fermoy, for Cork, to embark on board of the General Palmer, transport, with the 2d division, under the comm and of Captain Norman, for conveyance to Gibraltar. 94tl i Regiment are about to move from Kussowbe to Meert tt. 95t1 I (Derbyshire) Regiment, Depot Tralee.—A recruiting party has marched from head-quarters for Cork, there to emb ar k per steam-vessel for Liverpool, en route to Derby to be s•tai ioned ; Capt. Currie is commanding; Major Alcock is on 1 aa:ve of absence to 31st December. ORDNANCE CORPS. Ridle Brigade.—s Depot Ist Battalion.—The head-quarters and 4 companies, under Major Walpole, moved from Beggars' Bush. Barracks to the Pigeon House Fort on the 27th Oct. The draft of 1 sergeant and 30 rank and file, and three boys, embarked at the Cove of Cork on the 28th inst., on be ,ard of the Java freight ship, 1,175, for conveyance to Corn. , ,to join their service companies. Captain Murray will prov ied at his own expense. per mail steamer. Its IYAL ARTILLERY.—On Tuesday, at two o'clock, a party of R oyal Artillery attended at the practice-range in the Plus astead-marshes, to carry on experiments to test the strength of a new single gun battery, which had been constructed by a party of the Royal Sappers and 'Miners, under the superintendence of Colonel Barney, Commanding Royal Engineers, upon a plan invented by Colonel Abbott. The object of these experiments is to de term ined the best method of pivoting the traversing plat forms of heavy pieces of ordnance, similar to those about tcr be e rected on the batteries now constructing at the various seis-poi ts round the coast for the defence of our great naval estribliiihments. The following distinguished officers of Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers were present to wit ness. the experiments, viz., Lieut. -General the Right Hon. Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.H., Commandant of the Garrison ; Colonel Lacy, R.A., Inspector of the Royal Can inge Department; Lieut.-Colonel Dundas, C. 8., R. A., Inspector of Artillery ; Lieut.-Colonel Blachley, R.H.A. ; Lieut. -Colonel Chalmer, R.A., Assistant Director General of Art illery ; Lieut.-Colonel Barney, Commanding Royal Engine •ers ; Lieut.-Colonel Belson, Lieut.-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., R.A. ; Lieut.-Colonel Colquhoun, R.A., Assistant Inspects - it of the Royal Carriage Department ; Captain Palliser, R.A., Assistant Inspector of Artillery ; Cap tain Wynne, R.E., and Lieutenant Bainbridge, R.E., Instructor of Fortification in the Royal Military Aca de my. The battery was erected 250 yards from the target, which consisted of a small post erected in the mound, and the goal used upon the occasion, one of Lieut.-Col. Dundas's 56 pounders, was fired with 15 rounds of solid shot, with charges of 161bs. of powder, at point blank. The battery is built with strong masonry, the traversing platform being secured to it by a strong iron pivot. The platform, which is 16 feet long, is supported by six iron wheels, which re volve on se mi-circular iron rails, laid down at the base of the embrasu re. The gun was pointed by Lieut.-Colonel Chalmer, wit h such admirable precision that almost every shot struck the target, which consisted only of a small staff. The recoil of the gun varied in the 15 trials from 6 feet 2* inches, the mi nimum recoil, to 7 feet 54 inches, the maxi mum recoil. The battery appeared to answer the purpose for which it is intended admirably; the stone work at the base of the embrasure being perfectly sound at the con clusion of the experiments, no defect being visible, except that the rails on which the platform traverses had sunk a little, from the weight of the gun. The back of the plat form stands considerably higher than the other end, by means of which the gun is brought more easily to the mouth of the embrasure for discharge, by two men, with castor levers, than by twelve men, under the old system. The Diadem, 398 tons, is shortly expected to arrive at the Cove of Cork, from Deptford, to receive on board draughts of the 72d (Duke of Albany's own Highlanders), consisting of 1 sergeant and 26 rank and file; 79th (Cameronian High landers), Captain Napier, Lieut. Hunt, 50 rank and file, and 6 boys, for conveyance to Gibraltar, to join their service companies. Captain Gaisford has received leave of absence till the 31st December, when he will proceed, at his own expense, by the mail steamer to Gibraltar. The draught of the 84th (Connaught Rangers), consisting of Capt. Mackie, Ensign Gore, 1 sergeant, 63 rank and file, and 6 boys, will embark in the Diadem, for conveyance to Malta, to join their service companies. The Woolwich district of the Chelsea pensioners were yes terday inspected by Colonel Tulloh upon the barrack-field of the Royal Artillery, Woolwich Garrison, where they went through their military manceuvres with the utmost precision possible, which met with the warmest approbation from the gallant colonel. Another battalion is to be formed in a short time from pensioners of the Royal Marines and line regi ments, which will be placed under the same command to go through the r military course of duties. A finer body of men as pensioners now doing duty could not be found, as they are all selected as the most active and efficient men, fit for either foreign or home service. MILITARt BA:stns.—Whilst the British government have recently given orders for the reduction of regimental bands of music, which were the admiration of Europe, the French government, on the contrary, are doing all it can to en courage and improve theirs. The master of a band has just received an additional grade of promotion in rank, and the Illoniteur de Armee publishes a decision of the Minister of War, increasing the number of musicians in the bands of infantry regiments to 50 instruments, and those of cavalry to 36. In addition to the master, there are to be 27 musicians and 23 clews (total 50) to the infantry, and a master, with 22 trumpeters, and 14 eleves (total 36) to the cavalry. The pay is likewise increased to 5,000 francs, or double the for mer allowance to each regiment. It is reported in military circles that Sir James Hope, the General commanding the Eastern District of Canada, will in future have the head-quarters of his district in Montreal, instead of Quebec. —Montreal Courier, Oct. 10. Major-General Sir Richard Armstrong, commanding in Canada West, is now staving at the Astor House, New York.—Montreal Coarier, Oct. 10. A PRESENT OF GUNS FOR THE IMAUM OF MUSCAT.— There are now being manufactured twelve splendid guns, of heavy calibre, at her Majesty's Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, by order of the Hon. the Board of Ordnance, which are intended as a present to the Imaum of Muscat, in return for the mag nificent presents forwarded by him to this country to her Majesty the Queen. The guns are being mo st splendidly mounted and cast, and will exceed any yet manufactured in this country. ROYAL ARSENAL, Woor.wicx, Ocr. 29.—The activity which prevails in this establishment is greater than has pre vailed during many years past. During the past week sixty additional artizans have been entered in the royal carriage department, consisting of smiths, wheelwrights, and car penters. This activity is consequent upon the operations which are now in process for putting the seaports and other maritime fortresses in a state of complete repair, so as to place . the country in a state of defence in case of any threatened invasion. Orders have been received to get the armaments for the fortifications of Portsmouth, Plymouth, Gibraltar, and Malta, ready with all possible dispatch ; and .similar orders are expected with regard to the dockyards of Sheerness and Pembroke. Experiments are being insti tuted as to the best mode of " pivoting" the carriages for the guns of larger calibre,: to determine whether they are to be secured to the masonry of the embrasures, as at pre sent many of the most distinguished officers are at issue on this point. Orders were also received yesterday to get the armaments for the Grampus steam-frigate ready as soon as possible. The Grampus is at present lying in the basin at the Dockyard, but is not yet commissioned, though fitting with all possible haste. 'ILL OF THE DEAN OF LINCOLN:—The will and two codicils of the late Very Rev. George Gordon, Dean of Lin coln, have just been prove:! in Doctors'-commons, by J. Fardell, Esq. one of the executors, who has sworn the personal property under 140,0001. The testator ratifies a settlement made on his marriage, devising certain estates at Lincoln to sons and daughter. He bequeaths to his wife, Sarah Gordon, his house in the close of Lincoln, choice of furniture, plate, linen, china, fifty dozen of wine, and what she may wish to retain of his paintings, prints, books, and manuscripts, and the sum of 10,4001., 1001. of which she is to distribute to servants ; to his son John Gordon, 4,0001. ; to each of his curates at Horbling and Sedgebrook, 50 guineas and a mourning ring ; to each of his executors, 100 guineas and a mourning ring; to Lincoln County Hospital. 100/. ; to Lincoln Lunatic Asylum, 100/. ; to Society for Relief of Distressed Clergy men at Lincoln, their Orphans and Widows, 1001. ; to Lincoln National Schoo's, 1001. After a few other legacies, the residue is bequeathed to his wife and children. The executors appointed in the will are Sarah Gordon, John Gordon, and John F a rdell. It is dated 21st February, 1838. The probate bears a starry of the value , of 1,8004”-Lincolnahire Chronicle. '~ / THE IRON TRADE OF FRANCE (From the Birmingham Journal.) The foundries in which both mineral and vegetable matters are used for combustion have rapidly increased within the last few years; out of 263,000 tons of iron produced in France during the year 1841, 127,000 tons were produced by this mixed process. The ironmasters with whom we con versed were of opinion that the proportion now exceeds one half, and that the general rule in France is to use charcoal in melting the ore (or what they deem preferable, a mixture of coke and charcoal), and to use mineral coal in forging and laminating the iron. The principal metallurgic groups in which this economy of fuel is adopted are the north-eastern, comprehending the Moselle, the Lower Rhine, and the Meuse ; the Burgundian group, comprehending the Upper Maine, the Cote d'Or, the Yonne, and the Aube ; the central group containing the Nievre, the Laone and Loire, the Cher and the Allier. The establishment of Fourchambaut (Nievre) is, we believe, the most important in France; it has twelve large furnaces, and its annual production is estimated at six teen million kilogrames of wrought iron (35,000,0001bs.), and of cast iron ten millions (22,000,0001bs.) The furnaces where charcoal alone is used are not of suf ficient importance to be enumerated, but we may mention that the iron which they produce is said to be the best in France. The rails of the Alsatian Railroad, supplied from Tremont (Vosges), belong to this class, and we have been assured by competent judges that they are the best that have been laid down in Europe. In England it is said that rather more than one-half of the iron we produce is used in casting. In France, during the year 1841, for which the statistical returns have been pre pared with most accuracy and enter into most minute de tails, out of 3,771,000 metric quintals of pig. iron, 959,000 were employed in castings (foutes de moulage). We had some difficulty in distributing the proportions of this production to the combustible material employed; but by the aid of the administration we obtained the following results:-- Worked by charcoal Worked by wood, or wood and charcoal mixed 104,000 Worked by charcoal and coke mixed 74,000 orked by coke alone Total 959,000 It is admitted on all hands that the English iron is superior to that of France for the purposes of casting, on account of its greater continuity of character and texture. In 1842 the quantity imported was about 180,000 metric quintals, nearly all of which were worked into cast iron. The best foundries for the manufacture of articles of cast-iron are in Paris and the department of the Seine. The late exposition of arts and manufactures at Paris offered the best opportunity for comparing the French and English products in iron, and we only repeat the confession made by the French themselves, that. in heavy machinery they are still behind the British. Some, however, of the French lomotives recently brought out on the Rouen and Versailles Railway are equal to any that we have seen, but we could not obtain any information as to their relative cost, for the jealousy of foreigners is most intense at this moment in Paris. _ . It is a favourite notion with many of the leading men in France, that the perfection of their iron machines will be greatly improved by the employment of cast-iron in works of art. lience, ornamental castings are rapidly rising in public favour, and the patronage of them is regarded as an act of patriotism. M. Ducel is the most celebrated of the artistic manufacturers of iron, and we felt much interested in comparing his productions with those which the Messrs. Darby, of Coalbrook Dale, recently exhibited in Covent garden Theatre. On the whole we are inclined to give the preference to our countrymen, for the French had nothing that could compete with Mr. Darby's tables, chairs, and stands ; but, on the other hand, Ducel's ornaments for cathe drals and screens for altars exhibit a lightness and grace which could scarcely be exceeded in the most plastic mate rial. From the establishment of M. Andre, of the Upper Maine, we saw a statue of the Medicean Venus, and another of the Piping Fawn, which few would have believed to be iron until they took them in their hands. M. Andre, whose name meets us everywhere on the iron employed in the public works of Paris, is a firm believer in the utility of tasteful productions, as a training of the workmen to accu racy and neatness in works of utility; and though we have reason to believe that his ornamental works bring but little profit, he continues them in the belief that they increase the skill of his workmen. The fabrication of rails is at this moment the great object of emulation among the French manufacturers, and, as is usual when anything assumes the form of a passion, it is all but impossible to obtain anything like accuracy of state ment; we can, however, say generally that the manufac turers declare themselves able to produce 100,000 tons of rails annually, or a sufficient supply for more than 500 miles of railroad. It is not easy to reconcile this assertion with the slow progress which the French railroads are making. There is not a line of one hundred continuous miles in length open in France ; and from what we saw of the opera tions on their great Belgian line, we should very much question the power of supply boasted by the manufacturers of rails. Au ordinary subject of boast in France is the production of sheet iron, none of which is now imported, though more than two-thirds of the supply used to be derived from abroad. Our efforts to obtain accurate statistics on this head were unavailing. Here we must for the present pause ; but we beg our readers to remember that we only profess to give such random notes as a traveller can make in a hasty tour, and that it would be impossible to give a perfect view of the state of the iron manufacture in France without a long resi dence in the country, efficient aid from the Government, and a great readiness to afford information on the part of the manufacturers themselves—advantages which we did not attain, and which we doubt of being attainable. A meeting was near I i:xeter, on. 'll had been issnel The Hon. .NEWTON FELLOWES was unanimously voted into the chair. The onjeet of the meeting was really in favour of the Taw Vale Company. A resolution was then moved, and carried unanimously, to the effect that a direct line from, Exeter to the north of Devon, through the Taw Vale, would, be highly beneficial, and was deserving the support. of the landowners through whose land it would pass. Mr. THonx, of Barostanle, first addressed the meeting, on the part of the Taw Vale Company. Mr. NEALE, the acting engineer under Mr. Locke, stated that the surveys of the Taw Vale Company were in a very forward state, and the plans would be ready for depositing by the 30th November. Mr. jOSIAH WILKINSON stated that 9.00,000/. had been subr.:A•nibed by the London .proprietors alone. A great num brx in the country had not signed, but the money was de posited. Mr. OWES, on the part of the Great Western Extension Atmospheric Railway, said he could prove that their com mittee was entirely composed of gentlemen of unquestion able respectability, with the Hon. Member for Bristol at the head. Mr. Thorn, he observed, had showed the merits of running a line through the vale of the Taw, between Barn staple and Exeter. These observations applied as well to any other line following the same route. Mr. Hughes's Company had determined on the most important point, the port at which the line should terminate; and that port was Ilfracombe, which was the distinguishing feature of their project. W. J. P. WltatxsoN, Esq., of Exeter, and chairman of the local committee of management of the Great Western Extension Company, briefly addressed the meeting. He pointed out the advantages of the line, as the terminus would be eighty mils nearer the coast of Ireland than Bristol. From the situation of the harbour, he anticipated also a large trade with the Mediterranean. _ _ _ Captain GODWYN, also one of the board of management, said they had thought proper, though they had applications for three times as many shares as they could allot, not to call on the public for a single sixpence until the proposition was ready to go before Parliament. On Monday last they subcribed 2,5.00/. to pay their engineers out of their own private purses. Mr. TAYLOR, the acting engineer for Mr. Hughes, stated that the surveys were in a very forward state, and he had funds for the purpose. In reply to the Chairman, bott parties agreed the parish maps would be ready by about the middle of December to lay before another meeting . . Mr. WILKINSON (of Exeter) moved, and Mr. Winsßurox seconded a vote of thanks to the Hon. Newton Fellowes, for his impartiality in the chair, and the meeting dissolved. HARWICH AND SOUTHEND. SAFFRON WALDEN, FRIDAY EVENDIO.—This day an ad journetl meeting of the inhabitants of this town took place at the Rose and Crown Inn, for the purpose of affording the promoters of the Thames, Southend, and Northern and Eastern Junction Railway, an opportunity of explaining the local advantages of that fine, and to determine how far they would benefit this portion of the county. The following lines were also interested in the decision of the, meeting :—The Northern and Eastern Junction (liar- Nvich to Biggleswads), Maldon, Witham, and Braintree, Me tropolitaa Junction, Colchester and Cainbridge, South Essex and London, and Southend. Mr. G. YOUNGBIAN, the mayor of the town, was called to ;he chair: Mr. H. CorrAm, the acting engineer, then went into a lengthened detail of the course, embankments, cuttings, &c. The junction with the Northern and Eastern Railway would be at the Wcedon station, and according to the sur veys it was arranged that the line would pass Saffron Wal den, about a mile distant, and continue its course to Thaxted, though proceeding nearer to the town than the former. Mr. G. GIBSON advocated at some length the proposed line called the Northern and Eastern Junction, from Harwich to Biggleswade and Bedford. A lengthened discussion then ensued as to the course of the two lines in the vicinity of the town, and to the probable opposition of Lord Braybrooke, through whose property the line would pass. The MAYOR. said he fully understood that his Lordship was resolveded to offer the most determined resistance to any line passing along his estate. Relative to the line they were met to consider, he believed that he spoke the opinion of the meeting in saying that the Harwich line was preferred, and that the town had pledged itself to support it. THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS AND THE MIDLAND RAILWAYS. We understand that the negotiations for a treaty of al liance between Mr. Hudson and the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company have been brought to a satisfactory can elusion. We do not pretend to give the ipsissima verbs of the formal agreement, which we have reason to believe has been actually signed between the contracting parties, but we have no hesitation in pledging ourselves to the perfect ac curacy of the following summary of the various points em braced in the arrangement : The Manchester and Leeds Company are to become lessees of the Hull and Selby line jointly with the York and North Midland ; the Manchester and Leeds Company binding themselves, tso far as they can do so consistently with the proper accommodation of the public, to forward along the York and. North Midland and the Hull and Selby Railways all traffic from Liverpool and Manchester to Hull ; and the York and North Midland Company, on their part, agree ing, so far as the public convenience will permit, to send all the traffic from Hull to Manchester and Liverpool along the Manchester and Leeds line. The York and North Midland agree that the traffic from Manchester and Liverpool, &c., to Goole, shall be sent, so far as it can be done consistently with public convenience, by the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway; the Manchester and Leeds Company binding themselves not to oppose the York and North Midland Cora • pany's constructing a line from Selby to Goole. The traffic conveyed by the Manchester and Leeds Company to Not manton is to be carried onwards to Selby by the York and North Midland Company at proportional rates, in the propor • tion at present existing if less than an equal mileage rate, and in any case not to exceed an equal mileage ; and in the event of misunderstandings arising, as to deficiency of power or loss of time in forwarding the traffic along the York and North Midland Ike, the question to be submitted to, and arranged by, the engineers of the two companies. Perhaps the most interesting article in the agreement is that by which the Manchester and Leeds and the York North Mid land directories withdraw themselves, " as far as possible," from all alliances opposed to the interests of their respective companies, and agree, not merely to ab.tain from taking an unfriendly course against each other in future, but to culti vate an amicable understanding on all matters and on all occasions on which they cal do so in accordance with a due regard to the accommodation of the public. If we are not misinformed, Mr. Hudson and Mr. Houldsworth especially bind themselves personally to see this article of the agree ment carried into effect. Mr. Laing is named as referee, should any difference arise in regard to the construction of this last provision, and his award is to be binding upon both parties in all matters except as regards the Leda and York and' York and Hull schemes. It is agreed in reference to them, that unless Mr. Laing should decide that the Man chester and Leeds Company are to withdraw from all connexion with them, Mr. Hudson is to have the option of declaring the agreement null and void. All other differ ences which may arise respecting the agreement are to be settled by arbitration, and an application for Parliamentary sanction, if necessary, is to be made in the ensuing session. We believe we may add, that there is not the slightest doubt of the whole agreement being fully carried out. The shareholders of the two companies are not a little indebted to the conciliatory feeling displayed by their chairmen ; all idea of personal enmity, if any such ever existed, was at once cast to the winds by both Mr. Hudson and Mr. Houlds worth. It would be injustice, however, not to state that the prime mover of the whole of these pacific arrangements was Mr. Laing. That gentleman's former connexion with the Board of Trade has already rendered him favourably known to the public, and the amount of general talent, rail way knowledge, and diplomatic skill which he has evinced on the present ()erasion, must largely add to the reputation which he had before acquired. PRESTON AND LONGRIDGE RAILWAY. PRESTON,YRta;:: The ientialittifyiiiriTtne;iing of the shareholders in thit PteMbil and Longridge Railway Com pany was held ynaterday, for the purpose of receiving the usual reports up to the 31st of August, the declaration of a dividend, and the election of Directors, in the place of those retiring. Charles Swainson, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, presided. A. statement of the receiptg and expenditure was read by the secretary,:ifioni which it appeared that the half- year's income amounted to 2,6851. 19s. 3d., and the disbursements to 1,3631. 17s. 5d., and out of the balance a sum of 6221. ls. 10d. was proposed to be appropriated in dividends. The report of the Directors was as follo*s " The Directors, in presenting their report for the half-year ending on the 31st August fist, have much satisfaction in being able to state to the Proprietors that the traffic ou the line, during the last half-year, both as regards the carriage of stone and the conveyance of passengers, has quite realised their expectations; and the finances of the Company are such as to enable them to recommend a dividend. The prospects of improveinent are at present very encouraging, nOt ohly as regards the traffic on the line, but also as regards the ad vantages likely to arise from the various lines of railway now in contemplation with which the Preston and Longridge lines will be immediately connected. The Directors beg to recommend to the Proprietors to declare a dividend of I Is. per share, clear from income-tax, fbr the half-year ending August 31, amounting to the sum of 660/. The Directors who retain office in pursuance of the Act are, Messrs. Corry, Gorst. Lowe, Addison, and Swainsen ? Who are re elig,ible ; and Mr. Winstanley, who has discptalified. s ' Mr. CLAItKE put sonte citieStions to the Directors, with reference to the srospeets of the Company from being con netted with the several lines which are projected to pass t hrnugh or near Preston. The CHAIRMAN, in reply, stated that the Fleetwood, Pres ton, and West Riding Railway Company would willingly take this line as part of their own. paying for it in their own shares at par,. andthat the Preston and Wyre Company in tended to make a branch to it from their station at Maud lands. At all events, the line would be taken by one or other of the companies into the town, and there joined with the other railway communications, so that their property must necessarily be improved considerably. The report was then adopted. Mr. CLARKE moved, and Mr. Goturr seconded, the declara tion of the clivid.nd recommended by the Directors. Carried. The retiring Diteotnrs were re-elected, and in the place of Mr. Winstanley, Mr. Robinson was appointed. The meeting then separated. WOLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, AND BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY. BIRMINGHAM, 1 7 RillAY; — S — EN E 14P.M.—A meeting of the provisional committee of the above Company was held at their offices, in Temple-street, this afternoon. There was a numerous assemblage of Directors, and business of the ut most importance was transacted ; but, as a matter of course, it was, general!). spakin,g, of a private character. As con siderable anxiety is now felt in reference to the ability of projected companies to comply with the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament, it may be as well to state that the following. letter from Mr. Maude, the engineer, was handed to the Chairman, in answer to a note requiring information : " TO THE MANAGLNG COMMITTEE. " Gentlemen,—ln reply to ---- inquiries as to the state of the survey of this railway, I am happy to have it in my power to inform you that it is in a very forward state, upwards of three-fourths of the line being surveyed, and the trial levels completed. "I have no doubt but thatl shall have all the plans required by the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament ready to be deposited on the 29th of November, and hope to have them ready three or four days earlier. " I am, Gentlemen, yours obediently. " Ell. JAS. MAUDE." • The Corrimi - ttee having received the.xeport and entered it on the minuteA, further inquiries were made, and arrange ments were at once effected that will ensure the Company going before Parliament in the ensuing session. The usual notices required to be given en the 11th of November will, it is expected, be fully ready by the 4th or sth at th 'West. The Manchester and Birmingham have purchased the 31accieslield and Lichfield line, which has been delivered over on the following terms, viz. :—The Committee and land owners are to have 15,000 shares of 201. each, and 55,000 go to the Proprietors of the Manchester and Birmingham. The contracts for the line to Altrincham have been let by the Directors of the Manchester and Birmingham. The con tract for the Alteincham line, seven mile: in length, was taken by Mr. Brogden, and the South Junction by Mr. David Bell house, of Manchester. The latter line, which will connect the Manchester and Birmingham with the Liverpool and Manchester, will commence at London-road and terminate at Oidsall• lane, Salford; the whole length, one mile and three quarters, being carried on brick and stone arches, and 13 large iron bridges, three of which will be respectively 105 feet, and 71 feet in span. The London, Salisbury, and Yeovil, Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, and Cornwall and Devon Central, are to be amalgamated. Correspondents at Brussels state that at the ensuing meet ing of the Chamber it is expected a concession will be granted to a company called the Calais, Dunkirk, and Bruges Junction, who propose forming a line from Bruges to the Bel gian frontier, and there joining a line proceeding directly to Calais. Government, it is said, have ordered three powerful steam-vessels to be constructed for the packet service, to run from Dover to Calais as soon as the branch lines of the Grand Trunk Railway are completed. The mails to Bel gium, Austria, Prussia, and the east of Europe, will be for warded by Calais. It being desirable to avoid, as much as possible, the delay and uncertainty attending a sea-passage, all the eastern continental mails will, after the construction of this line, proceed through Brussels, which will be brought within an easy journey of ten hours of London. WATERLOO-BRIDGE AND THE LONDON CENTRAL RAIL WAY.—The committee of proprietors of Waterloo-bridge held their monthly board meeting, at the offices in Beaufort buildings, yesterday. The chief business to be transacted was the settlement of the proposed arrangement with the London Central Railway Terminus Company ; but, although Sir John Rennie was present, who, together with Mr. Locke, as engineers of the Company, have been instructed to make the requisite survey, yet, in consequence of the multifarious engagements of these gentlemen, they have not been able to effect such object, and the arrangement cannot be therefore carried into immediate effect, although it will ultimately. Indeed, should anything occur to disturb the negotiation with the above railway Company, of which there is no probability, the Western and Southern Counties Railway, and other companies have made offers. The terms between the Bridge and London Central Companies are the payment of a rental of 6,000/. a year, or thereabouts. It is stipulated that the line shall be on the atmospheric principle, the :platform to be chiefly used so as to prevent noise, and the consequent probability of causing accidents by frightening horses passing over the bridge. The plat form will be supported by pillars to be erected on the abut ments of the arches on the western side of the bridge, and which, it may be observed, extend sufficiently beyond the present superstructure; these, however, should a double line be required, will be still further extended without impair ing the present fabric. The plan proposed will enable the carriages to run without causing the originally contemplated nuisance to the inhabitants of Tillotson-place, and other houses on the south side of the river, near which the line is intended to pass. SISREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND SOUTH STAFFORD SHIRE JUNCTION.—A general meeting of the provisional and acting committee of this Company was held at the Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, on Wednesday, for the purpose of considering the proceedings which had already taken place regarding the formation and progress of the Company, and for hearing a statement of their future prospects, as connected more par ticularly with the recent alliance of the two great railway interests, viz., the London and Birmingham, and the Grand Junction Companies, and the way in which such combination of interests would affect those of this Company. G. Thorney croft, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. A. statement of the late arrangements between the Grand /unction and the London and Birmingham Companies, was given by Mr. Swift, solicitor to the Grand - Junction Com pany, from which it appeared that the most friendly relations now exist between those two important bodies; that the utmost influence of the Grand Junction Company is to be given to support the Shrewsbury ant Wolverhampton line, and that the London and Birmingham Company withdraw their support from those parties who are opposing such line, and who had, previous to the late arrangements, the support of the London and Birmingham Company. At a meeting of landowners, held at Tewkesbury on Wed nesday, and at which Sir A. Lechmere and Mr. Dowdeswell, M.P., were present, resolutions were passed in opposition to the proposed Cheltenham and Malvern Junction, and a Com mittee was appointed to watch the proceedings. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE.—At a meeting of the inhabitants of Thornhill, just held, resolutions in favour of renewed applicetlon to Parliament in the ensuing session in favour of this line were passed. GREAT WESTERN AND BRISTOL AND EXETER.—A Meeting of proprietors in the Bristol and Exeter line was held in the latter city on Tuesday, when the following resolutions were adopted:—" Ist. That it appears to this meeting desirable that the Bristol and Exeter Railway should be sold on equitable terms to the Great Western Railway Com_pany. 2d. That the terms of sale recommended by the Direce tors in their circular of the sth instant are not adequate to the value of the property; but that in the opinion of this meeting the proposed perpetual interest should not be less than six per cent. without any contingent deduction, to commence from January, 1840 ; and that calls on the Third Share Stock should be made in proportion to the old shares, so that the whole capital be paid up by the Ist of January, 1849. With these modifications in the provisional agree ment the property would be cheaply purchased by the Great Western Company. 3d. That a Committee be appointed to meet and confer with the Directors, and take such steps for carrying out the objects of this meeting as they may . deem desirable; and that such Committee consist of the Chairman, Mr. Tombs, Mr. Stogdon, Mr. Colson, and Mr. W. Hooper. Isztimus OF PANAMA.—isluch (says the Journal des De bats) has been lately said about the opening of the Isthmus of Panama, and a few days since it was publicly announced that the enterprise was about to be entered upon by an English company, excluding any foreign names. The fol lowing are some of the facts in relation to the present posi tion of the undertaking :—Two years since the French Go vernment determined to send out two engineers to New Grenada, in order to report upon the possibility of a com munication being formed between the two oceans. Those gentlemen, after an absence of seven months, returned with plans, asc.. giving their decided opinion that the project could be carried into execution. For several years two Frenchmen, named Salomon and Joly de Sable, had been established on the spot, and after great labour and searching investigation had prepared much information, which proved highly useful to the engineers. They had even obtained from the Government of New Grenada the sanction to esta blish either a canal or a railway, but a contest arose between Salomon and Joly de Sabla and the Nevrenculian govern ment. In this situation of affairs no Company could be got together to undertake this great work •, however, now all impediments have been removed, and for some months a. Company has been foamed at Paris, to whom MM. Salomon and .Joly de Sable have given up all their interest. The Company has been founded under the pa tronage of the most distinguished in the two chambers to carry into operation the projected junction of the two oceans, first by means of a railway, and ultimately by a navigable canal. The stria test care has been adopted to secure all documents and plans that can possibly throw a light on the undertaking. Besides the plans of MM. Salo mon and Joly de Sable., they have received information and assistance from the engineers who visited the Isthmus, one of whom is engaged by the Company for carrying out the project. The capital of the Company (part English and part French) is guaranteed by some of the most respectable houses both in Paris and London. Thus prepared in all necessary respects, the Company have only to strengthen their under taking by obtaining the sanction and support of Government. The assent of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs has been gained, and the support of the English Government is confi dently expected. The Government of New Grenada is impa tiently looki forward for the carrying out of so important a work. The French Ambassador at Bogota has been officially informed of the formation of the Company. and the support which it has received from the Government. The Company has sent out its representative to New Grenada, and the engi neer is about to follow, in order that all the conditions with that Grover:. ment may be ratified and the works commenced There le tto doubt the Company will be publicly announced without delay, but up to this time the particulars as to shares &c., have not transpired. PORTUGAL LINES. The terms proposed by the Government for the con struction of railroads in Portugal by the concession of pri vileges:- 1. The exclusive privilege for 99 years of the railways and of the different vehicles of transport, to count from the con clusion of the works. 2. The concession of the lands of the state wherever the lines shall pass, and of the stone, sand, and clay upon them, or any other lands of the state which may be necessary for the works. 3. Exemption from duties for five years on every article which it may be necessary to import from foreign countries for the construction of the railways and their exploration, such as iron, manufactured or unmanufactured, coal, wood, and machines,subject to the necessary fiscalization to prevent fraud. 4. Exemption from imposts, general or loc tl, as well upon the works of the empreza or company, as upon their capital, represented by their shares and dividends. I. The power of fixing the scale of prices for conveying passengers, mercbandize, goods, and all other articles on the railway during the first ten years, reckoned from the time when the work is completed. After these ten years the tables will be revised and examined by the Government, in accord with the empreza or company, for the purpose of effecting such alterations as shall be found, by experience, to be necessary. 6. The construction of the railways. and all the labours necessary for their establishment, will be for account and risk of the empreza or company; and these shall be cora• menced within one year cif the signing of the contract, and concluded in such manner that the roads shall be practicable in all their parts within six years, save and except any oc currences which may arise independent of the empreza or company. 7. The plan of the railroads, with the descriptive memoria which usually accompanies designs of this nature, to be sub mitted for approbation of the Government within six months, at furthest, after the act of concession. §, The transport of letters and dispatches of the Govern ment will be gratuitous throughout the lines for ordinary service. 9. The transport of corps of the army and navy, of their baggage; provisions, and munitions of war, shall be done for the fourth of the established rates for ordinary transport. 10. The motive power for transport on the railways will be steam. applied to locomotives • it will also be permitted, with prev i ou s approbation of the locomotives; to make use of at mospheric pre;sure, should the experiments now making in England and France prove the convenience of the system. 11. The works of construction of the railways will be sub. ject to the fiscalization of competent agents of the Govern ment, to prevent departure from the conditions, clauses, and plans approved. 12. The Government will establish certain measures which shall be considered as the fulfilment of the, conditions and clauses established, in a similar manner to that which the French Government adopts in the caliiers des charges, when it contracts for works of a similar nature. 13. The empreza ' o r company contracted with , if foreign, shall be considered Portuguese solely for the effects of their contracts, regulating itself by the laws of these kingdoms, and subjecting itself without recourse to the judgment of the tribunals of this country in all questions or ieelamations that may arise in respect of it. 14. After twenty years, and these past,- every five years, counted from the term of the labours of the construction of the railways, the Government shall have the power of ap propriating these and all their acc essories, paying their just value, which shall be arbitrated, taking for base of the arbi tration the middle term of the net receipt of the last five years. 15. Special regulations, on the part of the Government, will determine the measures and dispositigns uece;sary to maintain the police, the safety, the and p'eseration of the railways, and the works accessory. 16. The empreza or company contracting with the Govern- THE BASTARDY LAW. A curious case under this law, which has been many times adjourned for the attendance of the defendant, who bad been absent for the undermentioned reason, came before Mr. Broughton, at Worship-street, a few days since, in which a Captain Alfred Foster was summoned to show cause why he refused to support a bastard child of which he was alleged to be the father. The mother of the infant, a good-looking young woman, named Mary Anne Driver, who had been servant in the house where the defendant resided, gave the necessary evidence to establish the paternity, and stated, that upon her pregnacy being discovered, she was discharged by her mistress, and, being in a state of destitution, had been compelled to throw herself upon the parish. In answer to the charge the defendant's brother, a surgeon, contended that his relative was not answerable for his actions, either morally or legally, as he should be able to prove to the ma gistrate's satisfaction that he was not only now, bat had been long antecedent to the cause of complaint, a person of de ranged intellect. His unfortunate brother, he said, had ex hibited such indubitable symptoms of insanity that though his family bad not had occasion, from the inoirensive nature of his malady, to resort to coercive measures, they were yet compelled to keep a watch upon his conduct ; and among numerous other instances of behaviour irreconcilable with soundness of mind that he might mention, he had seen the defendant sit for hours together with a newspaper before him, apparently engaged intently in its perusal, and gesticulating vehemently, when it was obvious to every other person that the paper was either turned i sideways at upside down. The defendant, moreover, was not in a con dition to support the child, as he had been for a long time past wholly supported by his family. The witness was him self entirely assured of his brother's derangement, and as a confirmation of the correctness of his judgment handed in two medical certificates to the same purport. These not being considered altogether conclusive, Holland, the warrant-officer, was directed to have an interview with the alleged lunatic, and on his return stated that though he would not assert that the defendant was insane, he had no doubt of his being of weak mind—in fact, an idiot. The mother of the child upon this positively de• dared that in all the defendant's intercourse with her his conduct had been that of a man in thorough pos session of his faculties, and nothing whatever had ever oc curred to give rise to the slightest suspicion to the contrary. He had written her a number of letters, which she handed, to the Bench, and which, upon being read, certainly exhi bited no indications of mental alienation. Mr. Yardley, the vestry-clerk, said it would be hard upon the rate-payers to make them answerable for the defendant's misconduct, when his family were highly respectable, and capable of supporting the burden without inconvenience, and the evidence of in sanity was so contradictory. The magistrate was unwilling that point should be pushed any further; the mother ap peared to have been a somewhat innocent agent in the matter, she could not support the child herself, and it was an appeal which should be put ad misericordiam than other wise ; he would therefore suggest to the defendant's brother whether he would not, on behalf of his family, submit to the usual order in such cases—namely 30s. for expenses incurred, and 2s. 6d. weekly for the legal period of 13 years? The brother, somewhat reluctantly, ultimately expressed his assent to this course, and the order was made out ac cordidgly. STATISTICS OF OREGON.—At length we have some thing practical in the shape of a letter from the Marshal and High Sheriff of Oregon, who has been fifteen years in that country. " Last year," says he, in a letter to his brother in Missouri, " I raised 1,500 bushels of wheat ; this year I think I will have 3,000 bushels. I have a farm lying eight miles from the ship navigation, worth as much as half the county you live in. I have a large building in Oregon city that cost me about 7,000 dollars. I have also property in the city of Multanomah, and also in the town of Linntan. Oregon city lies on the east side of the Willamette Falls, and Multanomah on the west side, and Linntan 20 miles below, at the head of the ship navigation. I have besides 70 head of cattle, 15 head of horses, 900 hogs, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 3 children, and the old woman, with chickens innumerable." He thinks it is a fair country—soil good, timber tall, and climate fine; has no ice in winter, but they have five months' continual rain - still the crops are fair, and the cattle good.—New York Herald: THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON. -- We regret to hear that the ships constituting the experimental squadron have been in a very bad way since the late severe trial to which they have been subjected. The Albion has been suffering from an internal complaint, consisting of a de rangement of the ballast, which rendered drastic treat ment necessary ; and no less than thirty tons were taken from her. At one time her state was so frightfully plethoric that she was thought to be gradually sinking; but she has since rallied under the influence of strong stimulants. The Queen has been suffering from a pressure of the stays, and a straining of the arms, but is now considerably better. The Vanguard has been rather dropsical, and has water on the chest, but is now as well as can be expected. The Canopus was thought to have had two of her ribs broken, accompanied by a coldness in the legs, or shivering of the timbers ; but on inspection she proved to be in a tolerably sound condition.—Punch. MURDER OF O'ROURKE, THE PUGILIST.—The fol lowing account of the circumstances attending the murder of the late Mr. O'Rourke, at Grenville, was narrated to us by a person who yesterday arrived in town, in charge of Brady, the party ac cused of the murder. It appear& that immediately after O'Rourke was missed a party proceeded in search of him. After traversing the country in various directions, they discovered a place about half a mile from Brady's dwelling, which had the appearance of having been lately dug or disturbed ; on examination, drops of blood were found, which were traced for a further distance, where O'Rourke appears to have fallen. At this spot, a tree had been recently cut down; the part about four feet fr om the ground had been removed, and the remainder left. It is supposed some of the shot had lodged in that part, and that it had been carried off to pre. vent suspicion. The horse which O'Rourke rode was also there found killed in a most brutal manner. From this spot the parties stripped. River e d. searched, and found drops of b lood along the road and on the bushes over which the body ha d been dragged toward Rouge, into which, apparent l y , it had been thrown. Near the river, on a large stone, whe re it is supposed the body us,as the pp were found large clots of blood. which appeared to have been washed, as pieces of cotton were still visible on the stone. 'lite body was discovered on a sand-bank, four miles from this place, where it is believed it had been thrown in, as there is a strong cur rent. On examination it was found that four buck-shot had passed through his body, five entered his back, and one lodged be. tween the skin and flesh. About fourteen or fifteen of the same description of shot lodged in his arm. His head had been split open with an axe or some other such weapon in the most brutal man ner. After the body had been examined, several of the party vl sited the house of Brady, the supposed murderer, and found in a cavity, in the stump of a tree near his house, money and a gold ring belonging to O'Rourke. Brady has been brought to town. and will stand his trial at the next coming term.—Montreolklefait, SW. 20.