The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-04 00:00:00

DIGIT WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. .ruing - 13 minutes attar 3 I Evening .. 29 minutes after 3. elk , 4 4 1 •_.e - !, 8 1 , , .6...*Ae - -:. /7 r•.;,-)s.-'‘ , ..,„ - ... . ....,. . ~ THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, 71R. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be revived PAST AND PRESENT. Marquis de St. Victor, Mr. Stuart; Count de FlJrv,lle, Mr. H. Hell; Julian de St. Victor, Miss Julia Bennett; Larose, Mr. W. Farren ; Marchioness de 5:. Victor, Mrs. E. Yarnold. In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will sing his New Song of " Young England." After which will be repealed a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled 11115. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES; or, MatrimonialChap tem Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. To conclude with the Comedy of BORN TO GOOD LUCK ; or, au Irishman's Fortune. Pandeen O'Rafferty, Mr. Hudson ; Nina, Miss P. Horton. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and 'laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, teem Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTri., THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled CLARISSE; or, The Machant's Daughter. Martial. Mr. Webster ; John Cabot, Mr. Munyard ; Barbillon, Mr. Wright ; Galon, Mr. Paul Bedford; Clarissa, Madame Celeste; Milanie, Miss Woolgar. After which, will be repeated, THE B )f KING; or, Petite Peccadillos. Louis XV., Madame Celeste; De Lauzum, %Sim Wool gar. In the course of the piece, Grand Review of the Infantine Inlantry To be followed by a farce. In One Act, called MRS. CAUDLE ABROAD AND AT HOME. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Wilkinson; Mrs. Candle, Mr. Wright. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY Tenth Night of Two New Dramas, and Last Three Nights of " Les Fees." THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Farce, entitled ENQUIRE WITHIN. Principal Characters by Mr. Meadows, Mr. Emery, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To which will be added a Comic Drama, in Three Acts, BY ROY ‘L COM M AND. Principal characters by Mr. Diddear, Mr. Vining, Emery, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bender, and Mr. Meadows ; Miss Fairbro ther. MN NV.,ollidge, and Mrs. Keeley. After wt. ;ch, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To be followdd by a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, \liss Dawson, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by Messrs. Meadows, Wigan, Turner, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge. The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. RE-OPENING OF ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITIIEATRE FOR THE WINTER SEASON. FROFRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. Immense Novelty, Re-engagement of the unequalled French Troop. First Wt.ek of the New Grand Egyptian Spectacle, entitled THE iinIDE OF THE NILE; or, The Oracle of Latona, in which the celebrated Mr. Denvil will perform. Stupendous Effects—New Ilagniticent Scenery—Combination of Stage and C,rcle at one time ; the whole arranged in twenty Tableaux ; the Scenes of the Arena will comprise new and popular acts of Equestrianism. The whole eon.luding w!th a Pleasing Afterpiece. Furl particulars will be:givencn the daily programmes. 1:0x-orileu open from Eleven till five. Equestrian Tuition given as usual. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Nightly Overflow—Re-engagement of Madame Vestria and Mr. C. Mat ;ewe, Miss Collett and Mr. D. W. King—Fourth Night of "The ,Captain of the Watch." THIS EVENING Wlll I.e performed THE 61BiAni OF' THE WATCH. Viscount de Ligny, Mr. C. Mathews ; Baron Vanderpotter, oar. Neville ; Kris tine, Mrs. 11. Hughes; Katryn, Miss Martin. After wh!ch, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Vest ris ; Beast, Mr. D. W. King; John Quill, Mr. C. Mathews. To be followed by PATTER versus CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclu7e with DARNLEY; or, The Keep of Castle Hill. Lord Darnley, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Will Elliott, Mr. Heslop ; Illen Todd, Mrs. H. Hughes. 1 !aces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Bex o - co, from Eleven to Four. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. SECOND WEEK OF THE COMET. The Brilliancy of the Pyrotechnic Finale exceeds all imagination! The Day-light View of the Colossal Pictorial Representation, suggested By HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, Is hailed with Universal Approbation. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OX MONDAYS, TUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS, Will be presented a Magnificent MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen. The Unequalled Menagerie—Giraffe and Chimpanzee. TILE MAGNIFICENT MODEL OF VENICE, Shew:tig witii the gr..at, st accuracy every portion of that far-famed City ; this wonderful Work of Art occupied seven years in completion, and cost 2,0001. THE PROMENADE CONCERTS, By the unrivitliel Band of the Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS EVER ATTEMPTED, Introducing a Representation of the COMET, which takes its ~Erial Flight from the extreme height of the Gigantic Model; ~ttid, as a Finale, a Grand, Royal, and Patriotic AQUATIC TABLEAU, Ylfty-two feet lit height, will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake ; The PORTRAITS of HER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT, Surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by Emblems and Other Devices will be Introduced. This, corithttuid with the Feux D'Artlfice, the Salute ant Disch rge of Rockets from the Castle and surrounding Heights will form the most BRILLIANT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY EVER WITNESSED. The Tableau cia igned and executed by Mr. Denson. Pyrot.xhitiSt, Mr. Soutliby. Admission, One Shilling. neillng the Carnivore at Half-past Pour; Pelicans, &c., at Five ; Concert at Half-past Five : and Pyrotechnic) Display at Half past Eight. THE IVEATHER.—Sos OFFICE, SEPT. 3. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 48; Highest, 63; Noon, 5.'. BAROMETER, 30.29. WIND N.E., light breeze, and hazy. r - ---~ - ~~i i ~~~ ~ I ~~ ~~~ ~~~ LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 184 f. The accidents on railroads have latterly become so frequent, and excited so much alarm, that the Direc tora of Companies, for their own interest, as well as the intercst of those whom they represent, ought to adopt some measures, .without delay for calming the :tut apprehensions of the public. It would be better that this were done spontaneously than that new laws should be passed on the subject, or that the proprietors should be frightened into the measure by the verdicts of juries. Unless some feasible steps are taken, this must be the ultimate result. It is true indi viduals have nut a fair chance with wealthy and powerful railway companies. Money, it is well known, can pervert justice in various ways — witnesses may be kept out of the way, new trials may be moved for and obtained, and the unfortunate sufferers, after all their labour and anxiety, may only obtain a verdict sufficient to cover the expenses. This has been occasionally the case already, but such a system cannot be pursued with impunity. Jury men have an interest in securing the safety of the public, of which they form a part ; it may be the fate of some of them to have their limbs broken or be dashed to pieces, or buried alive under a heap of carriages ; it may be the fate too of their nearest relations to be subjected to the same awful calamities, and they bare, therefore, the most powerful of all motives—self preservation—to give heavy damages against any Com pany that, from neglect or wilful mismanagement, en dangers human life. Some thirty years ago fatal acei d.mts from coaches and mails were much more frequent than at a later period. And why? Because public opinion was roused. A drunken, reckless, and incapable coach man was to be met with at every other stage ; accidents were happening daily ; and when these accidents unfor tunately were fatal, no redress at all equal to the loss could be obtained by the verdict of a coroner's jury. :orn mon juries, therefore, took up the question in the right spirit, and when either negligence or drunkenness, or wilful misconduct of any kind could be proved, they gave proportionate damages. What was the result ? The system was found too expensive for the proprietors of coaches, they saw that good suanagement alone could save them from ruin, and they soon found it necessary to appoint driversi who had lan interest in the concern, and who, therefore, could not be guilty of care less driving without being punished in purse and sometimes also in person for their folly. Let the same negligent system prevail on railroads for a few months longer, and the result will be the same. Ordinary daina,;es against powerful companies will be of little value, and the Directors may, therefore, reckon to a certainty that verdicts which shall have the desired iffect will become as common as they were in the worst day,: of coach travelling. It is better, therefore, to reform in time, and the more so as reform would in a very brief space attract passengers to an extent which would s ertainly pay any additional expense. If the Govern ment take the question up, and pass laws for the better management of railways, the Companies would be put to great expense by minute and probably, at first, im prac 'cable regulations. Let reform, therefore, com mence at home, and let the Directors render legislation • arid punishment unnecessary, by adopting the most ikely measures for the prevention of accidents. Might they not try, in the first place, a very simple and cheap .experiment, by appointing one, t wo , or t h ree i nspectors , if rucessary----well-paid inspector s t oo , and well acquainted with rnechinery and railways, who should not only have the s uperintendence of the lines, but of the working r y an . s of the Company, so that they could at once dif.inks, or bring before a magistrate, every offender ..against their regulations. Five thousand pounds a year, even on the longest lines, would p ay Jre i n spectors fully adequate for the purpose-- a sum so small for such lines as the Birming. Lain and the Great Western, and indeed twenty other 4. that it hardly de erves to be taken into account. Were any one of two rival companies to make the ex periment, the public would not be slow in giving that company the preference, and amply repaying the Di tractors for their judicious and humane improvements. It appears from one of the Paris papers that the Comivibsion appointed to inquire into the state of the Trench navy, and more especially the steam navy, had brought their labours to a close, after agreeing to a re. port touching all the main points submitted for investi gation. The report has not yet boen published, but it cannot fail to b© looked forward to with great interest if THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 4, 1845, the statements given in the ConAitutionnel are a faithfll outline of its contents. According to these tl - 1,. French steam navy is absolutely useless as fighting v essels ; they • are deficient, even the crack vessels, in f rce and speed, and incapable of contending against an enerfiy. The re port, according to this journal (and probably it is well informed, for ill() I"ririce de JOIRVILLE seems to have a leaning towards the TRIERS' party) admits all the conclusions to which that Prince had come in his pamphlet on the navy ; it admits that the French have no steam fleet, and that the work of constructing war steamers must be commenced anew. The report, how ever, is not without grounds of consolation, fur it ex tends to the British steam navy, and declares that equally inefficient. Though we may not be disposed to go the whole length with the Commission on this head, it cannot be denied that the report is entitled to serious attention, and that it contains truths for which the Admiralty ought to be thankful. Some of the facts to which it ad verts have been repeatedly adduced in this journal, and indeed they are so manifest that they could not fail to be palpable to the most careless observer. If the Lords of the Admiralty have advanced one step, they have been pushed forward by public opinion, and shamed out of their listless inactivity, by the activity, enterprise, and invention of companies, and even private individuals. The Constitutionnel, therefore, says justly :—" Private builders have alone improved in England— they have built vessels capable of going at the rate of thirteen or fourteen miles an hour. It is they who hare applied the screw." The French, therefore, may take courage from the fact, and begin quietly to form a new system. In fact that appears to be one of the recommendations of the Commissioners ; " For," says the Constitutionnel " after pointing out the state of the navy, it only remains for us to paint out the measures which the Commission proposes for establishing in this part of the public service an entire system, and placing the steam navy on a more respectable footing." With the excep tion of the last paragraph, which we have embodied in the preceding remarks, we subjoin the statements pub lished in the Constitutionnel " The Commission formed by the Minister of the Marine to examine questions connected with steam navigation has re cently terminated its labours, and is consequently dissolved. The Prince de Joinville has presided at almost all the sittings, and has given the deepest attention to the subjects under con sideration, some details of which have transpired. The first point submitted to the examination of the committee was the present state of our steam force, and everything connected with the merits of the flotilla which we possess. There was only one opinion on the subject, our present materiel was unanimously condemned. The conclusions of the pamphlet of the Prince were admitted without reserve and to their fullest extent. It is not a steam fleet which we possess, or scarcely anything resembling it. Our two largest specimens have far from realised the opinion formed of them, and the frigates of 450-horse power are wanting both in force and speed. 'there is no one of them which can be considered as a fighting vessel capable of contending with advantage against an enemy. They are more useful for purposes of transport than those of war. The Gomer, the Asmodee, and the Infernal, the only ones of this class of vessels afloat, have none of the qualities on which confidence can be reposed. If steam power is to be used as an efficacious arm, models should be sought for in which the motive power should be more in harmony with the purposes for which the vessel is required, and where the exigencies of speed should not be constantly opposed to those of armament. The opinion of the members of the Commission on the first class vessels enables us to anticipate pretty correctly what their ideas of the inferior class would be. The only steamer of 320 horse-power, the Cuvier, has been already judged of, and amongst those of 220-horse power. there could scarcely be ass exception made in favour of the Pluton, the Arehimede, and the Veloce. It is the same with the mass of vessels of 160- horse power, which only cut a figure in the navy list, and which vessels, it is known, have become on account of their small dimensions scarcely available as transports. Thus through out the whole scale of our steam-vessels, from 540 down to 160-horse power, weakness, want of harmony between their force, and their speed have been fully and clearly pointed out by the Commission. With regard to the large transatlantic steamers, which a recent ordonnance has removed from their original destination, and devoted to another service, their whole construction has been misunderstood. The idea of the Go vernment, which presented the Bill to the Chambers, was more particularly to form a fleet capable of being used for purposes of war ; their pacific destination being a secondary object. They were called packets, and were to be employed during peace in the transatlantic service, but it was in reality frigates which were to be constructed. This has not been sniliciently understood; the Government which succeeded that which introduced the Bill has only built packets very costly, but of very mediocre qualifications. Considerable sums have heen expended in their internal fittings up, and everything has been studiously avoided which could make them serviceable for purposes of war. The result of this has been that we have eighteen vessels which it would be very dif ficult to turn to any useful purpose, and which will remain as a sample of a bastard fleet. The Commission has not he.- sitated to condemn these packets, both with regard to their con struction and their fittings up. Justice should nevertheless be done; these essays, these mistakes, are almost inevitable with regard to a new force like steam. In turning its attention to-. wards England, the greatest maritime country in the world, the Commission has had to point out the same faults, the same weakness, the same errors. The steam fleet of our neighbours is little more advanced than our own. There have been on the other side of the Channel as on this, several experiments at once onerous and unfortunate. Several steam-frigates have been rebuilt as many as three times, and others have met with those modifications at sea which are common to vessels of infe rior speed. Private builders have alone improved in Eng land; those of the Government have been left far behind. It is private builders who have built vessels capable of going at the rate of thirteen or fourteen miles an In ur ; it is they who have applied the screw, and who are every day making fresh improvements." The P, esse gives some additional extracts from the French paper published at Otabeite, which show that there had been another attempt at insurrection in the island, and that the disposition of the natives was not so favourable as represented in the Mon iteur. Governor BRUAT had issued a proclamation in their native lan guage, addressed to the chiefs and all the inhabitants of the islands under the protection of the French. It re fers to affairs of old date, to the visit of the Queen of ENGLAND to the French Court, and the return made to the compliment by LOUIS PHILIPPE, and the great vic tories gained by Marshal BUGEAUD and the Prince DE JOINVILLE over the forces of the EMPEROR of Moaocco. The following is a literal translation : " The Governor of all the French lands in the Pacific Sea, great orator of the King of the French near the King -woman of all the islands of the Society, to all the chiefs a nd all the men of all the lands of the Society. Friends, health to you all. This is my speech to all of you. Two great battles were gained by the armies of the King Louis Philippe, the protect or of you all, and of us the sovereign, the one on land and the other below on the sea. In the battle on land were beaten forty thousand soldiers of the kingdom of Morocco by ten thousand French soldiers; the son of this great land of Morocco was the great chief of all these soldiers. At the other battle were ravaged two towns by the cannonading of the French ships of war, commanded by the son of Louis Philippe, Prince de Join vine, French Admiral. And in the great consternation of the enemy was demanded by him peace. Eight hundred men of Morocco were killed and two thousand and upwards wounded, and the enemies lost their ground-muskets (cannon) which were taken. And a glorious treaty for the French was concluded afterwards on that land. Here is another speech. There came the King-woman of Britain into France a few moons since, and then went also our King, your protector, into Bri tain to visit Victoria. Grea were the honours given to these Kings in France and Britain, and well felt one for the other the two Governments. Such is the true speech that I make known to you all, that you may not be deceived by lying words. " Pas3aete, March 11, 1845. " BRUAT." The Moniteur contains a royal ordonnance, revoking the ad irate' int appointment of DUCEATEL, Minister of the Interior, to the direction of Foreign Affairs, M. GUIZOT having resumed the management of his own de partment. According to accounts in the Paris papers from Ber lin of the 20th August, the Ambassador there had re reived information that the Empress of Russia would arrive in about a fortnight, on her way to Italy, and take up her residence during her stay at Berlin in the hotel of the Ambassador. The EMPEROR, it was said, would have St. Petersburgh about the same time for the Crimea. On the French Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 30c. ; the New Loan at 841. 25c.; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 95c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,322 f. 50e. ; Rouen, I,olBf. 75c. ; Havre, 9211. 25c; Avignon, 1,087 f 50c. ; Vierzon, 817 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 7221. 50c. ; Boulogne 638 f. 75c. ; Troyes and Montereau, 5461. 25c. : Basle, 2861 25c. ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 31 1 / 8 ; Spanish Passives, 6%. Th following are the quotations for the new lines :- Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 42f. 50c. ; ditto (Colon), 20f.; ditto (Ganneron), 22f. 50c. • ditto (Lapinsonniere), 151. ; Northern Lin* (Laffitte), 80i. • ditto (Rosamel), 43f. 75c.; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 32f. 50c. ; ditto (Decan, Lebeuf), 32f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron), 221. 50c.; ditto Ilinguerlot, 20f. • ditto (Bache), llf. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 20f. ; ditto (Drouillard), 7f. 90c. ; ditto (O'Neill), 7f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 50f. ; ditto (Lecointe), 25f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 201. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 101. ; ditto (Espeleta), 161. 25c.; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 9f.; ditto (Ca ' rette), 101. ; ditto (Colbert),9f.; Charleroy (Kysaens), 55f. ; Maubeuge (Kysaens),6f. ; Dijon and Mulhouse (O'Neill), 11. ; ditto (Allegry), 2f. 50c.; Dieppe, 45f.; Dieppe (Selberes), 40f. ; Caen ( Delamarre),.Bf. 50c. LYONS, AUG. 29.—Ai;ignon and Marseilles, 1,060 f, end o f August ; Paris and Orleans, 1,290 f., ditto ; Orleans and Vierzon, 797 f., ditto; Orleans and Bordeaux, 720 f. ditto; Montereau, 540 f. ditto. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 2. Anglo-Belgian.. — Orleans and Vierzon .. 22 1 / 41 Boulogne and Amiens 114 Orleans and Bordeaux 14% Bordeaux & Med i t erran Over Yssel Bordeaux and Toulouse 2% Paris & Lyons ( Lafitte) 4 Do. and Cette 2% Ditto (Ganneron's). 2% Central of Spain .. — Ditto ((Won's).— .. Vi Dendre Valley ... 2 Paris and 0r1ean5...... 50 4 1 / 2 % Dutch Rhenish ... ...... 9 3 % Paris and Rouen - Dieppe & Paris Junct. Paris and Strasburg vsn)rce:)s2a. 31 / 4 Dijon and Mulhouse ... (Ganneron's) East Indian ...... ........ 114 4 Do. (Compte de L'Est) 234 Grt Northern of France Paris and St. Quentin. (Laftitte's) - Ditto (Itosainel's) Do.P Pariseppi Peppin andle Hal Lyons leur 251/4 Strasbourg Sambre and a nMeuse 8a51e .... _874 Great Jamaica Junction Do. North Midland Tours and Nantes —: . . ... i % 1 r eD ( r M oo ll ' . I i a( e ar f ne z fae i e bA ' LyonsL u v a i a n n a d n A d v J i e g m n e o p n p . e . .. 4. West Flanders 4 IA Luxembourgh.. ' Namur and Liege 7 We have accounts from Madrid to the 26th ult. The intelligence from the provinces is favourable. No at tempts had been made in any quarter to imitate the ex ample of the capital, or rebel rgainst the new system of taxation. The Heraldo, but lately a Gevernment paper, renews its attacks on certain members of the Cabinet, but, from all accounts, for selfish and despotic purpoEes. The Dictator, NARVAEZ, is the favourite of this journal, and of cou - . - ie he is the exception alluded to in the fol lowing paragraph:—" The whole of the departments, With one sole exception, are replete with that inertion, that apathy, and that inexplicable slowness, which cha racterise the present Administration." The Funds were firm. The Three per Cents. closed at 31 13-16 cash, 32 1-16 at 60 days-5,737,000 done ; the Five per Cents. at 22+ at 60 days-1,660,000 done. MONEY:and COMMERCIAL NEW S. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 8,000 or 9,000 bales, at firm rates. Shares were extensively dealt in again. According to advices from the interior of Russia, very dif ferent weather must have been experienced there to that we have had in this country, the drought having been excessive. Grain in consequence had risen at Odessa. In Belgium rice, and other faruaceous products, are to be admitted free of duty until the harvest. An instance of the injurious effect of excessive protection upon the prosperity of a country is afforded by a comparison made as to the cost of railway iron in France and Belgium, and from which it appears that there is a difference of 9 1 4 per cent. against France. This is the effect of preventing; foreign supplies being brought into fair competition with home products. The necessity of repressing speculation in every mere " bubble of the day" that courts the gaping multitude, be gins to be felt by those who, undoubtedly to some extent, have profited by the furor—viz., the brokers; and it is be lieved that formal discountenance will be given by the Com mittee of the Steck Exchange to all dealings in scrip not issued. Present profits, indeed, should not be the guiding star of the brokers and jobbers, fer the loss of a single day, by the failure of clients, as we could illustrate by nume rous examples, would shear off the profits of many a toilsome year. There is an arrival from Sydney, but the accounts (to April 21) are not of interest. The market for the English Funds has been very dull. Consols have been marked 98 3 / 4 /4 for Money, and 99 to 1 4 for the Account. Exchequer Bills have been done again at 475. to 455. premium, being almost nominal. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 102 1 / 8 to 102%; and the Three per Cents. 99 1 1 4 to W I . Bank Stock is shut. ~ India Stock realises 271 1 4. The Foreign Funds are drooping. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 27 1 4, and the Three per Cents. 38 1 4 ' • Mexican have receded to 32% ; Brazilian are steady at 89 3 / 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realise 62 1 / 2 . Shares generally have been flatter to-day, and many of the Scrips have given way a little. Among the exceptions are Dublin and Galway, Shrewsbury and North Wales, Cam bridge and Lincoln, Direct Northern, Grand Union, North Wales, South Wales; and one or two of the French lines. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced .... 991 1 4 99 1 4 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 9B % 3 / 4 98:14 N7ew 3 1 ,A, per Cents .. 102 1 ,4V/ 8 102 1 / 8 Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 11 7-16 11A1 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11 1 / 8 India Stock 271 IA 271 1 ,4 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001. Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1' , ,4d.... 47 45 pm. 45 Ditto 5001. Ditto Small ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 BB 88 Dutch Exchange 2 1 / per Cent 6 1 3 /4 61% Equador Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 33 32% 32% Ditto, Account — 32% Ditto, Deferred l7 16% 16% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 --_ --. Ditto, Account Ditto, Passive Dutch, 2 1 A per Cent . 27 1 4 6 - K 3 621 PRICES OF BUSINESS DONE CLOSINO RAILWAY SHARES PAID ' AT ONK O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 136 2% 3 1 / 4 3 14 Birrnin. and Gloucester. 100 Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Bristol and EXeter Ditto New Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln 1%...... 5% 4 3 A 43/ Do. New Canterbury and Dover.. 1% 2% Cork and Waterford ... 1% 2%% 2 l /2 Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir. and Leicester 1 ...... 3 1 4 2% Cornwall Direct Manchester (Remington's) Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June. 2% 2 l / 2 34 9I A Dublin, Belfast, and Caleraine Dublin and Galway.. ... 2% 6l/1 Eastern Counties 141. 165...... 21 20% ... ...... 20% Ditto New 41. 16s. Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1....51.135. 4d. — EastDereh'm and.Noech 1 .... Eastern Union Ditto Extension ~ ... 1% 3 3% %% % 3 1 h Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 - . 91 Ely and Bedford Glouc., Aberystwith, and Central of Wales Grand Union l% . 4%... 4% Great south. and West. ( Ireland) Great Western BO ...... 176 175 175 ex n. Ditto %Shares Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. _2 % ... .. 3% 3% Hull and Selby Do. Half Shares Leicester & Birmingham 225. 2 p Leicester and Bedford... 225. London and Birminghm kStock) 225 2 p 9. 1 , 4 /Shares - , 28 1 A DittoEx tension London and Blackwell. 161. 135.4 d. 10j 8 % lOll, I !Do. New London and Brighton L adon and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 26% 27 .. Do. New l3s 4d l% Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and Ilereford .. 1%...... 2% 1 4 214 Lond. 8c S. Western 411 6s 10d...... Do. New London and York 2 l /2 6% 7 6% 63% London and Windsor ... 1 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ....... ... Londonderry &Coleraine 2 1 ,4 5 4 3 / 4 5% 5% Londonderry and Ennis killen 2% 3 14 3 14 Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham IX .... ....... ... 5 "- Manchester and Leeds—. 76 21 7 1% 218 214... 214 Do. V 2 Shares Manche:ter and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters Do. New Quarters ... 2 Manchester,Buxton,and Matlock 225....... 18 3 A Y 3 B% p Midland 100 175 174 Do. New Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 25 ...... 5414. ........ .. 54% New..as;le and Berwick 1% lB% 17% Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Junction.. 1 N...... 5% 4%... 4% Newpt & Abergavenny 2% Newry and Enniskillen. 2% ..... 3% 3 14 Newark, Sheffield, and Boston North British Do. New Northern and Eastern... 45 N. Kent & Direct Dover 2 3 / 4 .... 4 1 / 2 3 / 4 .. ... North Staffordshire 22s. ..... •5% p .)% North Wales Norwich and Brandon... 14 D 0.,. New ... ..... ..... I Oxford and Worcester... 2% ll% 10 3 / 4 ..... 10% Portsmouth Direct 2% 7 l / 2 1 /8 7 '4 Preston and Wyre Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 Scottish Midland l l,x. .. 31 4 3 14 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 814 vr a 7 3 /4 Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union 22s. Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales 2% 5% 4 3 / 4 ..... .... 4 3 / 4 South Midland 22s. South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 48% 48 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 Staines and Richmond.. 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 South Wales 2% 6 l / 2 3 / 4% . 6% Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Warwick is Cheltenham 1% HEIL .I‘IAJESTY'S visiT TO TILE CONTINENT. SAXE GOTHA, AUG. SO.—This place was yestertily the :Awn° of a fif:sLival, n.t v4hich MajeAy cad the Prince and all the royal personages who are no , : here assisted. There ir, it seems, iu Gotha, an asociati , in caged the Rifle Society, established, as the nand: implies, for the. purpose of rifle practice. They have, at a distance of about a mile from Gotha, a place specially devoted to the use of their society, where there are all sorts of targets for the rifle-shooting, and more particularly one mark towering high above the rest, and which gives its name to the festival of yesterday. It is the image of a large bird—some may call it an eagle, others will insist on its being a goose—bet the point is a knotty one to decide, seeing that its head has been long since shot away, and its body and wings are riddled and battered with rifle shot. Once a year a whole week is (nomi nally) devoted to the rifle-shooting, and especially to the demolition of this devoted bird. The reigning Duke, or the Prince of the house of Saxe Coburg who may happen to be in Gotha at the time, opens the festival or sport by aiming the first shot at the bird. There :re three crowns on its head, all of which it is the especial privile;..e of the Duke to shoat away, and then the general sport begins. The reader will at once perceive the resemblance of this game to some of our own old English rural sports at home. We should, probably, call it shouting at the popinjay. Here it is called the " Vogel- Schiesscn." Attached to the shooting ground is a very handsome hall and concert room, and all around the grounds during the week the festival lasts the owners of itinerant booths are accustomed to cluster, with the never-failing instinct of those mysterious migratories. This year the festival fell during the Queen's visit. It began the other day, and in the common order of things would soon wear itself out. Three of the six balls have already been held, and, if we may judge from the deserted state of the shooting ground, the sportsmen are already pretty well tired of that part of the amusement. But yesterday a new fea ture was added for the amusement of the Queen—no less than a grand procession of some thousand or twelve hundred peasants and villagers, male and female, all in their national costumes. This Her Majesty signified her wish to attend. _ _ Accordingly, at a little before three o'clock the whole royal party, the Queen, Prince Albert, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Liverpool, Mr. Anson, Lady Canning, Lady Gainsborough, the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, and the princes of that house, with a long trait: of distinguished persons in their several suites, left Gotha for the scene of action. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the King and Queen of the Belgians left Friedrichsthal, the palace where the Queen is staying. The other members of the royal party came from their different residences in other parts of the town. The streets through which the Queen passed were densely crowded by a gay and most pic turesque-looking population. It was a general holiday; there was nothing but mirth music, and dancing throughout the city of Gotha. Arrived at the ground, the royal party took their stations in a spacious gallery overlooking the whole scene, and a singular scene it was to be witnessed by those, to most of whom it must have been so new. Imagine all the din of a fair—showmen puffing their ex hibitions with lungs of brass, and brazen trumpets blow ing notes of iron, cymbals, gongs, automaton bands—in short, all the uproar, the mingled sounds of time-ho noured St. Bartlemy crowded into half the space once allotted to that now neglected festival. Add to these elements of gleeful discord dense crowds of people of all ranks, some in the oddest possible costumes, smoking, beer-drinking, laughing, shouting, and you have some idea of the scene that assailed the Queen's eyes when she mounted her high post of observation, if indeed it was to be seen at all through the clouds of dust. With the arrival of the royal party came the novel part of the festival—the procession of peasants. A de scription of one section of the endless line of horsemen and vehicles that wound itself past the royal party will serve for all. The procession was headed by a large body of peasants, farmers, and small proprietors on horse back, dressed in their close fitting coats of green, black, or blue, the little bizarre German cap , with its long front, stuck on their heads. These ambled or paced along two abreast, most of them puffing the eternal pipe, as with astounding gravity they defiled before the royal party, saluting them as they passed. After these came the lumbering waggon peculiar to the country, consisting generally of 'e few boards nailed together rudely into a form resembling a beat. These were sometimes decorated with garlands, and were filled with the peasant women in their national costume, and especially the tower ing head-dress with its hearselike plumes. So many villages, so many of these waggons, or nearly so ; and, painful to add, so mans- village bands also, who politely persisted in playing "'God save the Queen" with a dis cordant unanimity which even royal ears could not tor ture into flattery. These horsemen, bands, and wag gons, multiplied endlessly, formed the long and appa rently interminable procession which passed before the royal party, and what with the din of the fair, the roaring of the emulous bands, and the elands of dust, long before the last heavy vehicle had passed the royal party, the whole had become sufficiently wearisome. One thing alone made it endurable—the extreme, and at the same time the very peculiar beauty, of the great majority of the peasant women. 'Phis part of the festival over, the royal party re turned to lteinhardtsbrunn to dinner, and in theevening there was a grand reception or levee at Friedenstein Palace, at which a great many of the chief people of Gotha attended. The following were present :—The Queen of Great Brituin, the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, Alexandrina, Reigning Duchess of Saxe Coburg Goths, the Queen f the Belgians, Prince Albert, the Grand Duke of Baden, the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar Eisenach, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Weimar Eisenach, the Prince of Reuss-Schleitz, the Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg, the Prince and Princess of Ho henlohe Langenburg, the Prince and Princess Hohen- Hie Waldehurgh, Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg Gotha Kohary, Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg Gotha Kohary, the Grand Duke Gustave of Mecklenburg Schwerin, the Prince of Reuss Ebersdorff, the Prince of Leiningen. the Duke Alexander of Wur temberg, the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg. the Grand Princess Anna Feodorowna of Russia, Maria, the Duchess Dowager of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Prince of Furstenburgh, Prince Clodwig of Hohenlohe Schillings furst ; the Count of Mensdorf, Count Alexander of Mensdorf, Lady Gainsborough, Lady Canning, Countess Stratten, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Liverpool, the Count of Erlach, Colonel Wylde, the Hon. F. R. Forbes, Ambassador of her Britannic Majesty at Dres den ; Lieutenant-General Both, Baron de Rendufle, Ambassador of Portugal at Berlin ; Colonel de Dies kau, Major de Beust, Lieutenant-Colonel de Watzdorf, the Count de Beust, and the Count de Werthern. Meanwhile the scene of the festival had become some what changed. The people had their enjoyments and happiness also. Outside, on the grounds, there was a complete fair. Roundabouts, swings, shows, booths, 'everything in short to please the people, who strolled about smoking, or drinking their beer, or riding like mad on the hobby horses, and all so orderly and peaceful amidst their happiness that one's heart re joiced to see them. The hues for of the dancing saloon exhibited wh a t yo u m ve o r s y t refined ki n d . B ut w i th i n the little ab ove t h e l owest, an d would in vain look for in England. The admission price w as 6 J. only, a sum which in England would imply the a r us ern presence f r. t s ofof notpeople the scen e was far different ; an immense dancing-room, bril iantly lit and handsomely decorated, wasfilled withyoung people of both sexes, theyoung ladies (and they would have been recognised as such in any society in England) dress 9 d fur the most part in white, and the young men all in evening dress. An excellent band stationtd in the and d u t h wouldethere w a s seldom abun_ gallery played the best waltz music, and as many as a hundred couples at a time were to be seen whirling l et i a y n h t , g : hour ; and, althou g h in E ng l an d, so o f ten r w o i u t n n e d s . t I T I e h r i s o o w m a . 3 k e ß p e t t u t e p r tftsi d glwl a aa n hi e c i danceall w e were of those otshee refreshments s t h i tide o e n mar these pleasures, nothing could exceed the decorum of the whole party. A more brilliant array of female beauty —Lot mere prettiness, but symmetry- of form, grace, and expression—could not be easily produced in any country, and, although our English girls may vie with all the world for beauty, it would be ridiculous to expect from the daughters and sisters of the same class of persons (a majority me chanics) the same combination of attraction. A rule prersili, that any gentleman may ask any lady to dance without introduction. All rely on the good conduct of all. There is not the most distant approach to in decorum. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM GERMANY. According to present arrangem ents her Ma jesty and Prince Albert will arrive at Antw er p on Satur day next, and embark on board the Royal Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzelartnee, G C. 11., and proceed the same evening to anchorage ground off Flushing, where the royal yacht will remain during the night, and on Sunday morning start for the Isle of Wight, where the vessel will again anchor, and her Majesty and his Royal Highness will disembark on Monday morning, and proceed to Osborne House. COURT CIRCULAR.. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, rode out on ponies in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne-house on Monday afternoon. The Royal Family all walked on the beach on Tues day morning. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken a carriage drive to Wootton in the afternoon, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton ; and Prince Alfred and Princess Alice rode on ponies in the pleasure-grounds. The Earl of Dalhousie arrived in town on Tuesday night from Dalhousie Castle, Scotland. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday morning. The Right Hon. Gentleman left town in the afternoon, on his return to Betchworth. Disp itches for the Governor-General of Canada, and also for the Govern ors o f the other North American Provinces, were salt off y es t e rday evening fr om the Co !oniul- office. Dispatches were also sent off last even mg for the Governor of the Falkland Islands. dep T th u i N s N IBO EL feet. °} T A I i b li ou t S a ir PERT H. —This tu- nel is about three-fourths of a mile in length, running from near the Tay to the river Earn. Its greatest the different . shafts they were sinking, I found the workmen excavating a stone resembling ago when I went to examine trap, of a grey colour, which they told me was a bastard freestone ; but, on testing it with muriatic acid, I found it to be 50 feet below the surface, and about the centre and highest part of the hill. On • • examining the external appearance of a strong limestone. It was about these hil!ocks, I found they exhibited all the undulating v.nd rounded . forms seen in such formations ; and I have no doubt from similar appearances, that limestone may be fund, for some distance along the south bank of the Tay, between the river and the hill of Monerief.—Dundee Advertiser. week rilEAltil RAILROAD, NEAR ASTLEY'S THEATRE. The autumn season of this popular place of amuse mect hay arrived, and Mr. Batty has produced a grand equestrian spectacl , :, entitled, The Bi ide of the Nile, which bids fair to rival in its powers of at i.ractionthemost popular piece that has been produced of late years at this favourite piaee of am:lse:l:ant. Mr. Denvilhas joined the corps drag: pique at Astley's, and his vigorous and powerful style of acting is exactly suited to this locality, where, we have no doubt, he will become a favourite. The French equestrians have been re-engaged, and we have no doubt but that the winter season will prove most successful. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Foal Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added, for foals of 1842 ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; those got by untried stallions, or out of untried mares, allowed 31bs ;if both, 4lbs. Once round and a distance. (9 Subs). Mr. J. J. Bristow's f Carissima Sir C. Cockerell's b c Rodney 3 to 1 on Carissima, who made all the running, and won by a length. A Swerpstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for two year o!d cults, Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 31h. Winners be fore starting to carry 41b extra. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) Mr. Holloway's br c Baronet, by Sir Isaac, Bst 61b 1 Sir C. Coekerell's f Amazon (h b) . Mr. Walker's b f Regalia, Bst 31b 5 to 4 on Baronet," who made all the running and won by a length. The Warwick Cup, in specie, by subs. of 10 sovs. each, three years olds, 6st 51b ; four, Bst 31b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; mares allowed 4lbs and geldings 7lbs ; winners extra. The winner to pay 5 sovs. to the judge. Four miles. (12 Subs.) Lord Warwick's b h Yardley, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b Mr. Collins's br h Rochester, 6 yrs, 9st 31b 4 to 1 on Yardley, who won very easily by a length. The Town Plate of 501.;; three-yrs-old, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 81b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 61b. Winners this year, once, to carry 3lbs ; twice, slbs extra. Mares and geldings allowed 4lbs. Heats, two miles. Mr. Raworth's br c Kilgram, 4 yrs (Bradley) 3 1 1 Mr. G. Shepherd's b f by Glaucus, out of March First, 3 yrs Mr. Walmsley's ch g Heir-at-Law, 3 yrs Won easy. ST. LEGER BETTING ON THE COURSE. 3 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah 11 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor 15 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Merry Monarch 15 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England 15 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Pacha—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 20 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin 20 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Duc-an-Durras—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's The Baron—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Merry's Collier—taken 1000 to 15 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Chertsey—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Harker's Robin Burns—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way—taken. ECCLES RACES—TUESDAY. The Hunters Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 15 added ; three-years-old to carry 9st 51b ; four, lOst 71b ; five, I Ist 51b ; six and aged, l2st ; winners extra ; gentle men riders ; twice round and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Robinson's b in Wasp, aged (Barker), beating Mr. Griffiths's b f, Lucy, 4 yrs ; Mr. Sheppard's Mudlark, aged ; Mr. Peel's The Irishman, aged ; Mr. Heap's b c Chintz Print, 5 yrs ; and Mr. Storey's ch f by Ebberston, out of Blue Bell, 4 yrs. The Garrison Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with a gold mounted riding whip added ; three-years-old, 9st 41b ; four, lOst 71b ; five, 1 Ist 7lb ; six and aged, 12st 21b.; thorough-bred horses. 10Ibs extra ; the second to save his stake ; twice round, were won in two heats, by Mr. Carter's eh f April Noddy, 4 yrs (Duffle), beating Mr. Peel's The Irishman, aged, a , .d Mr. Mackinnon's b g Fidget, aged. The Gentlemen's Purse of 25 sovs , added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. The second to save his stake. Heats, twice round. Mr. Tempest's br g T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b (Stagg) 0 1 1 Mr. Carter's ch f April Noddy, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b 3 0 2 Mr. Davie S's b c Talleyrand. 4 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. H. Evans's b m Cerito, aged, Bst 51b Mr. Bennett's br f Ada, 3 yrs, 7st 31b 0 2 dr Mr. Clifford's bl g Erebus, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Bowers's b c Phmnician, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 0 dr Mr. Clarke's br f by Physician out of Colum bine, 3 yrs, 7st 31b The first and second heats won by a length, and the third by a head. GORTON RACES. Acceptances for the Manchester Cup. Roderick, 6 yrs—The Nobbler, 4 yrs—Jack Sheppard, aged —Nottingham, 4 yrs—lronmould, 3 yrs—Gibby Young, 3 yrs—Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs. Acceptances for the Sloan Purse. Bretwalda, 3 yrs—Princess Royal, 3 yrs—lronmould, 3 yrs—North Britain, 3 yrs—St. Cuthbert, 5 yrs—Xanthus, 5 yrs—Dr. Husband, yrs—BroDmstick, 3 yrs. MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. ST. LEGER.—No betting. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wee Pet—taken to 1 agst Mr. W. Johnstone"s Pythia—takon SOUTHWARK ELECTION, MEETING OF MR. MIALL'S FRIENDS, On Tuesday another district meting of this gentl ,- - man's supporters was held at the Marquis of Granby, Union-street, Borough. The chair was talon by Mr. Newson, the tea-dealer, of High-street, who wariaiy a,l vccated Mr. Miall's claims to the representation. Mr. APSLEY PELL= neat addrist.ed the meeting in explanation of some expressions made use of by with regard to Sir William Molesworth's university education, and which he said the Hon. Baronet had misunderstood. Sir William, in speaking on this sub ject, had used the most unjust expressions towards him, and the only revenge he would take would be to state a fact, which greatly redounded to the Hon. Baronet's character. Some time since he had been called on by a Dissenting clergyman to give a subscription to wards the erection of a chapel, and he was then informed that Sir William Molesworth had, in the most handsome manner, made a present of the site.— (Cheers.) He felt bound, in justice to the Hon. Baronet, to make this statement, and to say that in many of his public acts, especially of this nature, he was extremely kind and generous, and it mattered not to him what was the creed of the party soliciting his aid.—(Cheers.) Mr. MIALL next presented himself, and was received with loud cheering. He began by congratulating Sir William Molesworth, in ironical terms, for the good temper and good taste displayed in his speech of the previous evening, but as he thought it unworthy of a great contest of principle that candidates should employ themselves in bandying personalities, he would not c cupy the time of the meeting by replying to the char , res that had been made against him. Notwithstandin.;t t. peaceable declaration, however, Mr. Miall proceai-d to charge Sir William Molesworth with having edited the works of infidel authors, which, in his opinion, was a much worse preparation for a candidate for the.r slifirfTe: than preaching the Gospel, as he had done for lour years. His principles were based on the New Testament, and he challenged Sir William Molesworth to state from what source he derived his. He next referred to the support given to Sir William Molesworth by certain newspapers and members of clubs, and denounced them all as endeavouring to gull the electors by false pretences, and being hollow and insincere in their professions of liberality and Reform principles. After entering into a lengthened vindication of his views on the Maynooth and corn-law questions—which, as they have been so frequently stated in this paper during the progress of the present contest, it is unnecessary to repeat here—he concluded by declaring that he and the party with whom he associated had set their hearts upon the cast, and they would abide the issue without fear. They were of a small school, but they were honest and sincere men, who would speak what they thought, and perform what they promised. Resolutions were subsequently adopted, pledging the meeting to support Mr. Miall ; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated. Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Welch Midland Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Union..... 13..... 5%,, i 1 5% Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 — York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 6 l/27i... ........ 64 York and North Midland 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension l ll 25 % 3 /4 1 / 4 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 6 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux,Toulouse, and Cette ......... .... ..... 2 .. ... 2% 2 14 Dendre Valley .... .. 2 ...... 2% 2 1,2 Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 Dutch Rhenish Eitt.t. Indian ... ..... .... ss. Great North. of France (Laffitte's) Do.. do. (Rosamers) 2 ...... 3%% 1 A 5 3l' i% , , ...... Do. Peppin le Halleur 4 .. ... ..- _ ...... 5 1% Great Paris and . Lyons 2 ...... 214% 2% Louvain and Jerneppe... 4 ... . 5 1 4% 5% Luxembourgh N3lllUr and Liege Orlvans and Vierzon ... 10 ...... 21 3 4 ... 213 Over Yssel 413 s 4d O% % y Faris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris ar.d Lyons, Gan neron's, ... .. ............ 2 Paris Sc. Lyons, (Calon's) 2 - ........ 2% Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg (Gann eron's) 2 ...... 3% 3% Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2 Ronal North of Spain ... 2 Sambre and Meuse Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's Do. do (Lefebvre's) 2 Verona and Ancona...... 3 West Flanders MINE Real del Monte, Unregis. ...... 3% CLOSING OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH.—A notice is affixed outside the Temple Church to the effect that it will be closed until the bat Sunday in October. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll,-1 founded my remarks upon the Leamington Stakes from the list of acceptances published in the Racing Calen dar. No declaration of Corranna, Yardley, or another horse being scratched has been made. This is my answer to the pompous, and, allow me to add, almost unintelligible letter, signed " G.H.W.," which ap peared in your paper of yesterday.—Your obedient servant, TELEGRAPH. P.S.—I suppose " alludes to the Leamington Stakes, although he calls them the Wolverhampton Stakes, seeing the latter have been run these three weeks past. London, Sept. 3, IS-15. WEST LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY. A meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held yesterday, at the Company's Offices, 11, Ahchurch lane, Mr. Grounds, the Ch a i rman o f t h e Di rec t ors , i n th e c hair. After the usual formalities, The CHAIRMAN rose to address the meeting. He said he was rleased to meet the Shareholders under the improved condition of their affairs. He was glad to say that they had now got rid of nearly all their debts, there being only a few claims remaining unpaid. With regard to the debenture debts, the Directors had offered to pay them off at par, but so im proved had become the prospects of the Company, that only one holder had taken advantage of the offer. After making reference to the arrangements respecting the leasing of the line to the London arid Birmingham Company, which was to come before a special meeting at two o'clock, the Chairman concluded his observations. The SECRETARY then read the report, which was principally a congratulation of the Shareholders at the improved pros pects of the Company, and an expression of hope that the new arrangements would still further advance the interests of the Shareholders. It was stated that the receipts for the half year were 38,039/. 15s. 3, 1 4 -cl., and the whole since the beginning 256,7401. 3s. 7id. The disbursements up to the last general meeting, in December, were 218,7001. 4s. 431., and to the present time 256,740/. 3s. 7/pl., the disbursements of the half year being 37,6071. 103. 7d. Mr. RIGBY moved the reception and adoption of the report. In the course of his remarks, he s id, the very great improve ment which had taken place in their affairs was attributable in a great measure to the exertions of the Directors. Mr. WHITE seconded the motion, and took occasion to refer more particularly to the great exertions of Mr. Thomas, the Secretary. It was, he was persuaded, that gentleman's exertions which had saved it from ruin. He thought tkat some recom pense or testimonial of respect should be tendered to him for his great and unremitting exertions. Sir. GU IiTRIC bore testimony to the truth of the observations of Mr. White respecting the value of Mr. Thomas's labours, and said had it riot been for that gentleman's cheerful pro ceedings and encouragement, he should have thrown up his shares in disgust long ago. He hoped some means would be taken to testify the respect of the Proprietors to that gentleman. The resolution for the adoption of the report was then unanimously agreed to. Mr. WHITE said, that as the business of the meeting was finished, and as two o'clock had not arrived, he would reeal their attention to the subjoct which had been previously re ferred to—that in reference to Mr. Thomas. He would mave that some suitable provision, annual or otherwise, he presented by the proprietors to that gentleman, as a recompense for his efficient services. Mr. WHITE seconded the resolution. Mr. THOMAS said he was much gratified at the manner in which his name had been received, With respect to any tes timony of respect in the manner named, he would suggest the postponement of the matter till a future meeting, when the whole affairs of the Company would be wound up, and placed in their hands. That would be the proper time to discuss such a proposition. Mr. GODWIN thought the resolution ought to be passed at once. He had witnessed the great assiduity and spirit with which Mr. Thomas had conducted the affairs of the Com pany, and he considered the resolution ought to be passed forth with. Sir. RAY said he could not allow the matter to go by with out also bearing his testimony to the great ability and urbanity with which he conducted the ordinary affairs of the Company. The CHAIRMA N, in rising to address the meeting, said he had never proposed a resolution with greater pleasure than the present. The resolution was then put, and unanimously agreed to. Mr. Thomas returned thanks in suitable terms. SPECIAL MEETING. The Proprietors then resolved themselves into a special meet ing, to consider the propriety of leasing the line, works, &c., to the Loddon and Birmingham Company. Mr. CUBITT then: m o ved th a t the line, works, &c., of the Company be leased to the London and Birmingham Company for 999 years. After the reading of the agreement with the London and Birmingham Railway Company on which th e reso l ut i on was founded, setting forth that the present Company sh ou ld rece i ve one-fourth of all the gross receipts of traffic worked by the engines and carriages of the former Company, and one-half the proc eds of all traffic worked by the carriages and trucks of private parties, the resolution was agreed to. A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman and Board of Directors, and the meeting separated. THE MASTER PASSION.—We are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough -street, has this day published " The Master Passion, and other Tales and Sketches," by Thomas Colley Grattan, Esq., Author of " Highways and Byways," &c., in 2 vols. post tivo., which can now be had at all th e lib rar i es. M r. C o lb urn h as a l so j ust published the following popular new novels :—l. Love and Mesmerism, by Horace Smith, Esq., Author of " Bram bletye House," &c., 3 v 015.. - 9. The Story of a Royal Fa vourite, by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.-3. Count Konigsmark, an Historical Romance, by Capt. Frederick Chamier, R.N., 3 vols.-4. The White Slave, and the Russian Prince, by the Author of " Revelations of Russia,"3 vols.-5. Self ; or, The World as it Goes, by the Author of " Cecil," Second Edition, 3 vols.-6. Maids of Honour, a Tale of the Court of George 1., 3 vols.-7. De Rohan ; or, The Court Conspi rator, an Historical Romance, by M. Eugene Sue, Author of " The Mysteries of Paris," &c., 3 "I'• We rejoice that the fine harvest weather which appears to have set in all over the country has removed all the fears for the crops, which were so prevalent a few days ago, and that there is now every reason to hope that the harvest will be a fair average one.— Glasgow Argus. MEETING OF MR. MIALL'S FRIENDS. Another meeting was held at the Bee Hive, Warner street, Dover-road, to hear an address from Mr. Miall in exposition of his political principles, Mr. Ap,ley Pellat in the Chair. Mr. Mram. was received with great cheers on rising to address the meeting. He begged to remind those present who were really friendly to his cause that they could do him no greater harm than in attending meet ings of the other candidates and opposing their proceed ings, thereby stifling free discussion. He earnestly entreated that no friends of his would act in this foolish manner, but allow each candidate a fair and candid hearing, and afterwards refute their arguments, not by noise, but by argument. A report had gone abroad that Sir William Moiesworth's Committee had opened thirty public-houses with a carte blanche to his sup porters. If that were true, every gentleman on the Committee should wash his hands of a cause that required such base means to support it. He did not want a single vote that was obtained by mistake or coercion. Ile would advert to another point. He found among what was called the more respectable part of the constituency that there was an outcry against him on account of his extreme political sentiments, and it had been alleged against him as a crime that Mr. Feargus O'Connor had issued an address in his favour. lle (Mr. Miall) was not ashamed of any man so long as his principles were just. Even though the Titnes, Mot a hag Post, and the whole Tory press conspired against him, that would not in the slightest manner affect his political sentiments. Although he was in favour of the principles of the people's charter, he was not to be identified with the violence with which certain parties had enforced their views. These parties had done more injury to the cause of rational liberty than all other adverse circumstances. After referring to several other topics usually taken up by the lion. Gentlk man, he concluded his address amidst loud cheers. Mr. MILLER then moved the usual resolution, that Mr. Miall was a fit and proper person to represent the borough in Parliament. The motion was seconded by Mr. Robson, and after remarks from Mr. Maynard and Mr. Eastwick, it was put and carried with but one dissentient. The meeting, which was a very crowded one, many persons not being able to obtain admission, then separated. THE CURRENCY QUESTION. A WORD UPON A MEASURE OF VALUE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) To food, the chief necessary of life and support of labour, we should, for obvious reasons, look for a mea sure of value, for the value of the products of industry . vary generally in the ratio of the labour bestowed upon them in their being prepared for market. But a mea sure of value composed of food is incon% enient, and not well adapted to facilitate the interchange of the products of the earth ; it has, therefore, been found necessary to use symbols or tokens of value ; such symixas or tokens may, however, be worthless, intrinsically ; their value being simply conventional ; as in the instance of bank notes and Exchequer-bills of the present day, and as in the instance of Exchequer tallies of wood in former periods. To avoid, in future, the great mischief and misery occasioned by tampering with the currency, the follow ing suggestion may afford a method of its adjustment to the conditions of an increasing population, and conse quent increasing commercial transactions, to which, in the opinion of very many, our monetary system is not adapted. For in the event of a failure in our own home production of food, the great staple commodity of the country, or other disturbing cause, alarming mischief, it is apprehended, will ensue ; some few would be enriched at the expense of the very many, composing the pro ducing cla, , ses, who would be impoverished. Upon the principle of the Tithe Commutation let us then proceed. Suppose, at the time of the tithe commu tation the relation of value then subsisting between wheat. barley, and oats, each a definite quantity on the one side, and a pound (our unit of money measure) on th other side, was just in regard to debtor and creditor, payer and receiver ; we have thence based upon mea sures of food a token of value denominated a pound. Having a token, or symbol, of value, the pound, de pending upon definite measures of food ; the pound, food and population may be regarded as functions each of the other. The tithe commutation was based upon the average prices of three different articles of food, wheat, barley, and oats, during the seven years preceding its enactment. Now, during that period the quantity of wheat, barley, and oats consumed ; the amount, also, of coin and bank notes in circulation, by which prices were, during the same period, mainly governed ; and the amount of popu lation fed, can, with sufficient accuracy, be obtained to afford a tolerably correct knowledge of the relations subsisting between food, money, and population. Upon such data let a paper currency be based. Let one pound notes take the place of sovereigns which, it is proposed, to withdraw and deposit for commercial pur poses. Let every bank of issue deposit in the Trea sury ample securities for the amount of their issues, that is, before any bank can be supplied withsta ti m t p f e , d ir i paper ue for its notes securities must have been deposited ; an d when notes are worn out , and no longer they must be returned by the bankers to the Treasury,' i before stamped paper can be supplied to them for new ones. But this is a matter of detail. Bank-not(a to be convertible into gold at its market price, such price being daily stated in the public papers, as in the manner of the prices of Stock. As the population increases the issue of notes should be increased, governed, however, by the state of the prices of food. For the object in v i ew i s to ma i ntain steady prices ; and if it should be found that prices upon an average of preceding years be declining, and the ratio of food and population unchanged, it would show that the issue of notes should be increased ; and if the conditions be contrary, it would indicate an excess of issue. The issues of stamped paper for notes should then be contracted till the required relations between fed and money be restored. A pound, at any future period would, under such arrangement, purchase about the same quantity of food, and be eachangable for about the same amount of labour as at the time of the Tithe Commutation. Judging from the past and present, it is not probable that the exchange of labour for food will be sensibly dis turbed ; that is, the working classes will not be ena bled to obtain more food for their labour at a future period than at the time of the Tithe Commutation, for the increased produce of food will only be as the in crease of population. The Quarterly dividends and salaries to be paid by Exchequer-notes, in anticipation of the quarter's reve nue, such notes to be redeemed when the quarter's re venue shall have been collected. By such an arrange ment the amount of currency in circulation for the or dinary transactions of dealing would not be disturbed. Gold being reserved principally for commercial pur poses, it may be sent abroad and be returned again with out sensibly affecting the circulation, as has happened since the passing of the Currency Bill of 1819. Thrc ugh the agency of Sir R. Peel's Currency Bill enormous wrongs were enacted ; the producing classes were the greatest sufferers. The prices, as settled by the Tithe Commutation, are not sufficiently high, under a system of a high rate of indirect taxation ; yet it would be another act of injustice now to undo to the full extent what Sir R. Peel's Bill has accomplished. The suggestion offered is under a supposition that there will be no increase of indirect taxes ; and that in the event of being compelled to war, the current ex penses of the year will be defrayed by a direct and justly modified income-tax. Sept. 1, 1845. J. H. PROGRESS OF IRON SHIPS AND SCREW PRO TELLERS.—We understand that the firm of James Hodgson and Co., iron ship-builders, of this town, are building, amongst other vessels, an iron ship of 1,200 tens burden, the first of a new line of steamers to ply between New York and Liverpool, with engines of 180-horse power ; also one of 600 tons burden and 100-horse power, to ply between Liverpool and Rio Janeiro, the first of a new line of seven ; also one for Buenos Ayres, all fitted with screw propeller and Grantham's patent direct-action engines. , —Liverpool Timm THE ASYLUMS FOR THE HOUS ,E. LESS POt)l. A special meeting of the Marylebone Board of Guardians wal, neld on Tuesday to take into consideration what cnorse it wou , a be nu , st advisable to alopt to resist the mandate of the Poor-lan' Commissioners fer forming Marvleborie into a onion rail: the other parishes, under the title of the North-Western Metropo' than District. Mr. George Daniel, churchwarden, was unanimously calle' to the chair ; and not only wits there a full atteinhince of t h ' Board, but numbers of the rate-payers were press nt, v ho seemed to take a very lively interest in the proceedings- , very strong determination was expressed by all th e speakers L° resist the proposed union, and the following resolutions we re unanimously adopted : ' " That this Board do in the strongest terms protest again st the parish of Marylebone being combined with other parishe s in the formation of an asylum distri c t, as sub m i ss ive of Ib e unity and independence of the parish, destructive of the right; and privileges of the rate-payers, and foreign to the gebe r , a spirit of the local Act, by which the s e lf-go vern m e nt of ol e parish has been hitherto preserved. " That a communication be made to the vestry-clerk to calls special meeting of the vestry, to co-operate with the dirsct„ors and guardians in preserving the independence of the parish. Mr. BUSHELL said it was his intention to have moved are' solution, calling on other parishes to co-operate with there resisting this order ; but, on second consideration, he t hough' it would be impolitic, as the other parishes would be glad t° get Marylebone into union with them for the sake of their funds. Mr. Mictire said he had intended testing the opinion of tb e Board by calling on the churchwardens, directors, and guar' dians, for each of them to attach his signature to a d oc umen t ; declaring ;they would not form any part of th e C omm ittee °` Management for the proposed Asylum ; but he thought th e unanimous feeling of that Board showed there was no in the matter. He would put the question verbally, corn' mencing with the Chairman. The CHAARMAN was delighted in having the opportunity °t answering the question. He begged emphatically to say th!„ he would refuse in any way, either dir e ctly or i n di rec tly, act under the authority of the Poor-law Commissioner' , and no power they possessed should compel him to do se. , The directors and guardians, severally in suc cess i o n, gay; expression to similar sentiments: and a requisition to the veer/ clerk having been drawn up and signed, calling on him to con' vene a special meeting on the subject forthwith, the Board hat' ing sat several hours, separated. At a meeting of the Board of Directors and Guardians ° St. Pancras parish, held yesterday, to receive the order fre the Poor-law Commissioners for comprising th a t p ar i s h in th e " Central Metropolitan Asylum District," less determin e . , d opposition to the order was manifested, th oug h th e measur e O' strongly objected to. The following resolution was adopted: " That, considering the extent of the parish, the amount of td rental, and the consequent sum of money it will have to e° lr tribute to the Central Metropolitan Asylum District, as Or!, pared with those of the other parishes in union comprised'," the district, this Board is of opinion that the parish is jut ti entitled to be represented by five instead o f th ree guar di an s i o l provided by the order of the Poor-law Commissioners, (fat' August 21, 1845." Mr. Citoucu observed, that if he thought it possible 1114 : cessfully to resist the measure, he would be the first to afford b a assistance for that purpose ; but as there was no means 0 , effecting that object, the only course they h a d was t o obei i - j bad law. He thought that a great many more paupers would be induced to come to London, and believed that th e act won' tend to offer a premium to the idle in the country. Mr. Douctas stated that he believed this measure was b the first step to do away with boards of guardians altogether. The Secretary was directed to forward a copy of the res° l tion to the Poor-Law Commissioners. A - VALUABLE RELIC—PRINCE CHARLES EDWATID6 PLAlD.—Between Tuesday night and Wednesday tn ornie3 the house of Mrs. M'Nish, on the Paisley-road, was entered thieves, and a number of articles of wearing apparel, &c., tepe e taken away, including, it is said, the identical plaid v/I'' cb _„ Prince Charles Edward wore when he passed through ,GI gow 100 years age. A person named David Stuppart, sin apprehended with part of the stolen property in his posseso e o amongst which was the plaid of the Loyal Stuart tartan, wal' ° ,‘ Friday brought up at the Gerbals Police-court, and reruit t- p to the Sheriff for trial. The royal relic, w hi c h has be e i , handed down as an " h e ir-l oom " f rom f am il y to lansilY,oo highly prized, and, we understand, its present owners si . ° not part with it for money.— Glasgow Argus. ; ORNITHOLOGY.—TIE GULL.—The gull Is S e d known for its vor ac ity, b u t we t hi n k t h e f o l low i ng pro °, its gormandising power, and gt eat calibre of gullet, is not worthy of being noticed ; it occurred in Easdale, and toY ip relied on .—Two of these birds were a few days ago seen fierce combat, when, by a desperat e e ff or t, one o f t h e m g o , hold of its antagonist by the head, actually swallowing it ht tar that it could not extricate itself. When in this P l ' l ,. they were rushed upon, taken, and actually pulled asunde r ' Glasgow National. A letter from Copenhagen, of the 28d ult., sapid " We have received intelligence from Reikeavik, the capiig;. Iceland, which states that th e sess i on o f th e fi rs t Al t hi ng (Ste pi General) ever held in that island was opened on July " 0 , Count de Bardendeth, Grand Bailly, the Ki n g' s C om missi en do t The members afterwards gave a grand dinner to the C 0 and in the evening the town was illuminated." A GLUTTO N ' S E ND .—A man name d Boland, . ; 1. , 0 01 Miltown, near Kilma cow , di e d on T uesday, in Waterford, gieft the effects of eating too much. It appears that before be o r his own house he consumed about three pounds of meat , bio gether with a large quantity of butter-milk, after which, °?,,it.6 arrival in town, he at e f our p oun d s more ! porter, beer, it" ale, cordial, &c. H e was u p war d s o f 60 years o f °1 Waterford Chronicle. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Tu morning an accident occurred on th e r iver, off Battle-1)1p, stairs, Bermondsey-wall, by which a fine youth named Jae' 0 1 aged seventeen years, lost his life. It appears that he r y, employed in the tier of shipping lyin g o ff t h e above stal l , when, in endeavouring to step from one barge to an other , a ,t missed his footing era fell into th e wa t er. Li e sun k el° - immediately, and was carried away by the tide. of " TRUTH WITHOUT M YSTERY .”—A young „k the soap lock order, who wore an unshaven face, becauseij he said, it looked " foreign," lately accosted a Yankee at On pr our hotels, as follows :—" I say, fellow, some individuals P o e ; ' 1 am a Frenchman, and some take me f or an Etaljenei o r o i, what do you think I am ?"—. Why, I think you're a replied Jonathan. NOVEL FOOT RACE.—On Tuesday a r-- 1 01 match, which from its novelty, attracted a goo d many pees e re came off on Waterloo-bridge. The contending p ar ties ° J o Baker and Martin, the former to cover 100 yards forward , 0 1, the latter to run 75 yards backwards. The stakes were The distance being measured, M ar ti n t oo k hi s position 25,),“.ti1l in advance of his opponent. Wh en th e s i gna l was g i ve n Ai - or made for the goal with extrao r di nar y d ex t er it y , w hile his. ponent strained ev er y nerve t o over t a k e him, but without .o cess, and Martin ran in the w i nner b y several yards. On SUICIDE OF A LADY AT BRAINTREE-HEATII.- - q , Friday morning last, ab ou t e l even o ' c l oc k, t h e f am il y o f i O , Jam( s Trott was thrown into the greatest excitement, in co d sequt me of discovering the body of Miss Sarah Trott, 4 „ fifty years, hanging by a silk handkerchief, in a s t a ble uP ° , Mr. 'frott's premises. The deceased was a respectable Jl3 habitant of the town of Romford, con nec t e d with her t v o o sisters in a scholastic establishment, whi c h th ey h ave co ndo' - 0 ; for many years. Deceased had been very unwell for a lef lg to of time, and about a week back left her home upon a visi t , her brother at Braintree-heath, fu r th e benefit of her he ap ,p, An inquest was held upon the b o dy on S a t ur d ay a ftern7 o before C. C. Lewis, Esq., and a respectable jury, of Travellers' Inn, Braintree-he a th, t o i nqu i re i nto t h e c ads`, her death. 'fhe jury returned a verdict that the deceased,/ stroyed herself, b e i ng at t h e t i me l a b our i ng under insan Ipswich Express. Shooting on the Larnmer Moors ha s b een, o n tb : whole, good this season. Many of the birds are, howevePA a very diseased state, i n f ac t, per f ect l y unfit to be used as 'fhe cause is genet ally considered to be tapeworm ; but, PI ill from the ulcerated appearance of the throat and lungs, ' e 'd , more likely to be a species of pulm ona ry• ---P . consumption. wick Warder. 1 3 , 11AMPTON COURT PALACE.—An inquest was - le o . on the instant before Dlr. F. J. Manning, the corone r & the Queen' s H ouse h old and of the verge, on the body o'l,l, elilerly maiden lady, named Caroline Georgiana who died suddenly in her apartments in the palace on the f ee t ultimo. Ih e d ecease d had been in the enjoyment of Per,'i-fte health, u nt il struck with apoplexy, which terminated her .(.1- The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death." Th e t he ceased will b e l amented not only by her friends, but also bY,,00 poor of t h e ne i ghbourhood, amongst whom, and for "- benefit, she was actively engaged in works of ekarity. CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION.— W e a re l e , formed th a t M r. Th os. J . A rno l d i s appointed revising bP-eri'ioto for the L on d on li sts , an d h e i nten d s to h o l d h i s court for , purpose in th e C ommon Pl eas C ourt , G u ildh a l l, on Mau „f the 15th of September inst. el d FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesd a h y Mr. Payne - g o, an inquest at the Newcastle Coffee-house, St. Mary-st7:o, Upper Thames-street, on the body of Louisa Frisby, age", g r From the evidence of the witnesses, it appeared that on ipe day night last, at about nine o cl oc k, t h e decease d was s tan sc a on one of the lighters upon which s t eam -b oat passengers reby, the shore at Fresh-wharf, London-bridge, when 'he Gravesend steam- boat, arrived, excessively crowded. Dde e „'d appeared to endeavour to rea c h th e s h ore to avo id the efrthe coming from the steamer, when she fell over the side into os water. It was supposed she thought she was standing i°, et i. middle of the lighter, and that sh e m i g ht wa lk w i t h sn e r Efforts were made to save her, but unsuccessfully, anu,it• body was not found until the foll o wi ng d a y. S ome o f the io p.4 nessea, passengers by the Ruby, stated, in answer t o quoit tO % from the jury, that the b oa t was f r i g htf u ll y crow d e d , t h ere h e f j oi/ from 1,600 to 1,700 persons on board. They had a dreg passage to London, and at Greh n hith e more wante d to ge l id board, but the passengers pulled away th e b oar d s by I'.t.eo they tried to embark, and p re v en t e d th em . O ne of thet.'"-etSt employed at the wharf, and the su p er i n t en d ent an d otn et s stated that in order to protect the p u bli c , t h e lighters _.„'%i• surrounded by a rope ; but this two of th e p assenger s t or e lively denied. The superintend en t sa id t h ere were ne to, than 862 passengers on the R u by. Af ter a great dea l o f v; r il tradictory evidence relative to the precautions taken to g u p tsi against accidents, the jury r e t urne d a ver di ct of Aceide death." ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—A b ran dli ng 0 f ,b i unusual sise was caught on Thu rs d a y, th e 21st Atigo.7lo, Mr. George Foster, innkeeper, o f thi s t own , i n t h e r i v er -b a little above Wetheral. It was full nine inches in length s ; oh' weighed 44 ounces, and what is considered more t ru ly O tt 'bt ing is, that the milt weighed, after the fi s h h a d b ee n 0 141 be' day or two, 23 grains. Mr. W. Elliot, of Wetheral, wi t i fj sn been the most successful fisher on the Ed en , an d w h o ha' " - it to experience among the "finny tribe" for 65 years, declares tort' be the largest he has ever seen i n th e course o f hi s pi'e rambles.— Carlisle Patriot. tV LINCOLN CATHEDRAL.-0110 Of the parties -, 0 , 0 0 petition praying that the cathedral of Lincoln might be Robert open to the public having forwarded the petition to Sir . 0 _ t he Peel, has received a note from the Premier, acknowledginN•oith receipt of the memorial. Sir Robert concludes his letter er r the following sentiment :—" It will be gratifying to Si ,` le d Peel if the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln shall be enlu,otch give the same facilities for free admission to the cathedral :de, are given at Westminster and Durh am ."—Lincoln oi KENT WATER WORKS COMPANY.—A g n De eg meeting of the proprietors of this Company was heldo,,,,_vere; day, at twelve o'clock, at the George and Vulture St. Michael's-alley, Cornttill, Mr. Sheriff Hunteril i c o , chair. The report read by the Secretary set forth tr . a f the siderable improvement had taken place in tare affairs th° Company during the past year, in consequence 0! "c,.` o f 10 1 ' Directors were enabled to recommend an increase of wer e dividend on each share. It also stated that the works generally in good condition, but that as yet there tom eet r t eoil tll° siderable deficiency in pipes and other conveniences for tPv growing demands made on the services of the ComPani_ to g ?p . supplies of water. In order to meet this, withoutivtTn',s, he profits applicable to the payment of the d . iu e _ dd i t te. Directors recommended that 4,0(01 . be raised as 1P" capital in the shape of a loan, at four per cent. i n t o er t :v i, h o g: report, having been read, was receive(' and . l l, resolut ions were sever ally agreed to, that a divldeda January 00%iitci be declared on each share, payable on the 10th of a the transfer-book to be ciosed on the 24th of December ;‘, - t he that a loan of 4,0000. he raised. After a vote of t a a rit i‘: d. Chairman and Board of Directors, the meeting seli THE Me] minds our re of suc insp q , and m I I Th - ; 011 stool crop dill if th th e Cast in i t.: ;