The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-29 00:00:00

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. The eleventh half-yearly ordinary meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday, pursuant to advertisement, at the Great \s estern Railway Station, Paddington. C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P., the chairman of the company, took the chair shortly after one o'clock. Theusual routine business having been gone through The SECRETARY read the following report of the directors : " The directors have to report that they have con tinued steadily to carry on the works on the portion of the line between Swansea and Grange Court, and that on the 18th of June they were enabled to open for traffic 75 miles of railway, between Chepstow and Swansea. Neither goods nor minerals have hitherto been con veyed, along the line, nor have any payments on account of mails been received; the weekly receipts have been in fact mainly supplied by local passengers, the existence of an inconvenient gap between Chepstow and Gloucester, operating as a check to the development cf the through traffic of line. Under these circumstances, the di rectors consider the weekly returns satistactory; they will use every effort to secure as speedy a completion of the works to Grange Court as is practicehie, in order to bring into full operation the treflie of a continuous line between London and Swansea. "The negotiations with the Great Western Company, for the purpose of modifying the existing agreement for a lease of your line to that company, have not led ta any result, the terms asked by the South Wales Com pany having been deemed too high by the Great Wes tern directors, and the terms offered by the Great Western directors having been considered too low by the South Wales directors. It is, however, satisfactory to be able to state chat there was no material diversity of opinion as far as regards the principle on which such a modification ought to proceed, the negotiation having been: broken off in consequence of a difference of opinion with reference to the amount of fixed rent to be ulti mately paid by the Gnat Western Company. " Two Bills were brought into Parliament with rsfe- remake to your company in the session just expired, the first, which had for its object. simply an extension of time for the exercise of the compulsory powers of the company, and the completion of the works west of Swansea, passed into an Act without opposition. Of the other Bill, the object was twofold; first, to enable, you to re-issue forfeited shares either as preference shares or otherwise; secondly, to sanction certain improvements and deviations on your line, and on the Forest of Dean Railway, and the mode of raising the tolls thereon. In the early part of the session it was deemed desirable ee divide this last named Bill Into two Bills, and accordingly a Bill fur the sole object of enabling you to re-issue forfeited shares has been passed. The other, which was for the improvement of your line, has unfortunately been lost, owing to the refusal of the Great Western Company to consent to those portions of it which re quired that consent. The Bill thus lost, was one provid ing for objects Important equally to your own interests, to Rio freighters on the Forest of Dean Railway. and to those of the Great Western Company. It would have effected material improxement in the value of your pro perty, and it is to be lamented that the contemplated ad vantages have been lost to both companies; at the same time it will be satisfactory to you to know that the ob jects of the Bill, although desirable, were not essential, and the directors trust that the loss of this Bill will not retard the complttion of your line,. The Great Western board declined to assign reasons for their refusal to consent. " The Crrectors have carefully considered the necessity of submitting to this meeting any scheme for the raising of money under the provisions of the Act lately passed, and they are of opinion, that with the balance in band, the receipts from the arrears of calls, and the issue of debentures to a moderate extent, they will be enabled to complete the line to Grange Court without exercising the powers of that Act, which will then remain in full foree and effect, to be emplee ed in carrying out the en tire engagements to the Greet Western Company, at any time which may he decided upon." The report of 2lessrs. Thurburn and Biker, the auditors of the company, we have already given, and it is, tterefore, unnecessary for us to repeat it. Tne CHAIRMAN, in directing the secretary to read the engineer's report, regretted that, in consequence of the late hour at which it was received last night, the directors hid nut been able to have it printed fur the use of the proprietors. The secretary would, however, read it, and as soon as possible it would be printed and eirculitt.d among the proprietors. The following is TAE ENGINEER ' S REPORT. "18, Duke-street, Westminster, Aug. 27, 1850. "Gentletner,—A reference to the feet of the opening of the railway bre.ween Chepstow and Swansea, as promised at the last half-yearly meeting, and the satis faetory manner in which that part of the line has been subsequently worked, may. I trust, supply the place of ' auy dettailed repcwt of. the proceedings as regards those works up to the period of the completion of the per manent way. " Since the 15th June, when the.railway was opened for public traffic, the final completion of the ballasting, the trimming and st!'ling of the slopes, the closing of the fencing, and generally the finishing up of the minor works on the several contrecta have been proceeded with. There is stiil some work to be done in the re moval of material from the slip in the Llensatulet cut. Wag between Neath and Swansea, but, with Vila excep tioo, I trust that everything will be completely finished in two months, and I em prom echug with the st ttlemetet o, the accounts with the several contractors. . 4 The goods sheds, cranes, sidings, and other ar rangements for the merchandise traffic have been pro eteiled with, and will be ready for commencing this trade in the ensuing month. " The five small additi(nal stations recently ordered are in hand, and will also he ready fur use next month. Preparations are also melting for proceeding with the goods branch at Swansea, which will afford a direct tic eess, and the means of shipping minerals at the port. " Between Chepstow and Gloucester the works arc is a forward state, and if no unexpected obstuele arise, they easy be completed at the period mentmned in firmer reports, namely, the spring of 1851. Ot these works the Bridge at Chepstow is the most im portant. Six of the twelve cast-iron piers or cylinders required have been sunk to the full depth, and bedded in the rock, two others are within about a foot or eighteen inches of the same Led of rock, and preparations are now making fur sinking the other four. There is no doubt this portion of the work will be completed in time to receive the superstructure, the eon etruction of which is now proceeding rapidly at Chep stow., and in the other estanli3hments of the contractor. The main truss and other parts of one road way are nearly completed, and prepereeions ore rocking fir putting them together and testing all the parts in the company's yard a,dioieing the site of the bridge, and I shenid hope that in six or eight weeks this operation will be commenced. Eastwards of Chepstow the principal works are generelly far advanced towards compictiun. At one part of the liee, ',ear Sydney, we bad delayed commencing the works, or even obtaieing the land, in expeetetion of makes z so na, davialiana; no further delay must now take p sate at this point, as the execution of the works them selves may occupy six months, particularly if the winter should be unfavourable. At the point of junction with the Bello Pill Railway the works had also been post poned; we are now proceeding with them. With these exceptions everything is in a forward and very satisfac tory sate, for the entire distance of about twenty miles; fcow Chepstow to Grange Court, nearly ten miles are completed, and upwards of five miles aro ready for the peraianent way, which we are about to commence. " Between Grange Court and Gloucester the Gloucester and Dean Feret.t Railway Company are proceeding rapidly with the works, and will, no doubt, have com pleted their line, so that no delay *ll be caused in corn ale!irg the communication with the Groat Western R alw:ty ca - A: of Gloucester.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, (Signed) "J. K. BRUNEL. " Tu the Directors of the South 1% ales • Railway Company." The CIIAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adop tion of the atport of the directors, observed that it weuld nut be neceseery for him to make many re marks. It was the opinion of their auditors that all Government interference in the audit of railway ac counts ought to be deprecated, and in that opinion he most cordially concurred, feeling that all audits by a Government officer were the worst that could be conceived.—(Elear, hear.) lie hoped that in the cour‘e of the next session some measure would be introduced into the House of Commons on the subject. _(llear.) With respect to the traffic on the line, he sets happy to say that it was double what it was 153 t year. —(Hear, hoar.) He was sure also that when goods trade was established the company would not only be placed in a sound but a most satisfactory and profitable condition.—(Hear, hear.) As to the negotiationS between this company and the Great Western, that was a question for most serious con sideration.—(Hear, hear.) If he had looked to his own interest, and no one else's, he should not care about negotiation, but as ore of the trustees for this company he felt bound to consent to some negotiation. The terms of that negotiation, he was sorry to say, had been greatly misrepresented. It had been sup posed that the line beyond Swansea was to be aban doned. Such was not the case. The South Wales Company would oarry the lilac as far as its pro prietors would allow it.—(Hear, hear.) Another error was that the sum to be realised by the first ' year's working was 45,000/., while the fact was that it was stated at 25,0001. It was thought there was no consideration for the compromise that was proposed, while the fact was that the Great Western Company have to pay to the South Wales Company 200,000/. a year ; and he believed that the compro mise was one that would have been moat profit able to the Great Western Company, and the proposition of the Seut'n A s sist Company, therefore, did not deserve the appellution of an unreasonable and preposterous one.—(flear, hear.) lie believed that thee. might now consider negotiations with the Great Western Company as definitively chyed. He imputed no blame to any of the directors of the 14E 34 /SPraub ~I , 7a .aterti Company, but it was natur a l, wh e n tr,.. , 4,. - -- '7.10641 4:ieg- tk7the interest of their own proprietors, that .. i .. _ jthey,thoph‘look through a diff eren t co l oure d g l ass to ~r : what the erOectors of the present company did. The -,,/ r`- ... ' Chlitniarai after alluding to the course pursued by the 'ra', Great IVeetern Company in opp os i ng th e — Bill \" - . which had/ been lost, said the effect of this a.. a -; .would be to create great expense to the South , - yr.le . Company, and why they should have op. poseethe measure he could not for the life or soul of him tell.—():icar, hear.) It apaeared to him, as they had been thwarted in carrying out their line THE SUN, LONDON, by the Great Western Company, they should do it without their assistance.—(Hear, hear.) The report would show the proprietors what the directors in tended to do. They proposed to proceed with the line to Gloucester, and from Swansea to Fishguard— (Hear, hear)—with the utmost possible rapidity, and that might be easily done by issuing debentures ; and when they had finished their line they would then be in a condition to call upon the Great Western Com pany to perfornf.theirs.—(Hear.) The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption and reception of the report. The motion having been seconded, Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P. for Lambeth, thought if the directors of the company had acted with energy this company would not have been in the state it now was ; and he believed it was only in consequence of the great perseverance of their chairman that they were in the condition they were at present.—(Hear, hear.) He recommended to the proprietors that the directors should set about at once completing the line to Fishguard, which he had no doubt would be highly profitable to the company, and might he carried out within the engineer's estimate.—(Hear.) The Rev. Mr. SPENCER, of Bath, thought that the speech of the chairman of the Great Western Com pany was an insult to the South Wales Company, end considered the conduct of the chairman of the Great Western Company and of tte directors most ungentlemanly. The CHAIRMAN called the rev. gentleman to order, and begged Lf him to retract the expression ungen tlemanly. Mr. SPENCER declined doing so, and, at the desire of the chairman, sat down. After some further considerable and rather angry discussion the report was adopted. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, who having responded, the meeting broke up. ITALY. The Genoa Gazette of the 223 inst. quotes a letter from Rome of the 17th, stating that the Austrian Mi nister had strenuously exerted himself, at the last Consistory, to prevail on the Papal Government to adopt a policy in harmony with the spirit of the motu proprio of the 12th September. He contended that if the inhabitants of the Sabina, Umbria, and Cam pane Maritime were not yet ripe for a constitution, the Romans were far more advanced, and insisted on semi-liberal concessions being made to the latter. The two cardinals, Tcsti and Macchi, supported the proposition of the Austrian Envoy, but without success. The five organic laws, of which Austria demanded the promulgation, referred 1. To the Financial Consults. 2. The State Consulta. 3. The Organization of the Municipalities. 4. The Council of Ministers. S. The Council of State. "We had hoped," says the correspondent of the Genoa Gazette, " that they would be promulgated on the , day of the Assumption, but, if we consider the severity displayed by the Holy Father at the last Consistory, it will be seen that little is to be expected." BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Aug. 22: ASSETS. Cash and ingots . . f. 335,007,421 Ditto in branch banks ... 117,098,064 Bills past due ••• ••• ••• 142,380 Bills falling due in Paris, of which 15,460,169 f. 63c. were received from the branch banks ... 49,751,471 Bills in the branch banks ... 74,662,445 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 7,177,400 Ditto by the branch banks ... 1,081,814 Ditto on French public securities ... 16,584,681 Ditto by branch banks... ... 2,435,497 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ••• 50,000,000 Bentes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 Bentes, disposable funds ... 42,394,488 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of the branch banks Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Bills protested at Paris Ditto at the branches Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Iliscellaneous 12,952,953 89 4,000,000 0 3,473,919 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 1.14,073 95 1,161,410 0 78,034 15 148,594 0 224,796 6 f. 778,919,543 54 Capital ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 lteserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,730 14 ilyserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 425,329,800 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 72,365,500 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 7,404,831 79 Account-current with Treasury creditor 68,545,060 77 Various accounts current 64,256,667 96 Ditto in bkanches ... 23,814,839 0 Bills payable at sight ... 4,700,500 0 Ditto at branches ... 1,169,647 0 Dividends payable . . ... 680,529 25 Lisuidation cf the Algiers Bank ... 9,215 0 Di punts, interest, and expenses ... 464,868 91 Ditto branch banks 697,958 0 Expenses anticipated ... ... 258,755 60 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 114,831 83 Ditto in branch banks ... ... 244,973 0 Miscellaneous ... ... 630,815 29 f. 778,919,543 54 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'A RGOUT. The prece3ing account shows that the cash in hand has increased since last work by 4,000,000 f. Tho com mercial bills dinounted have increased by 500,000 r, The protested bills have diminished by 230,000 f. The Bask notes in circulation have decreased by 1,500,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased by 5,000,000 f. The sundry credits have diminished by 3,000,000 f. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The advices from the United States, received by the Canada instead of promoting, have in some degree reversed that ten dency to recover from the depression of the earlier part of last week, which, after Tuesday, was observ able both here and in Liverpool. It appears that in the week ended August 12th, a decline of cent. per lb. in the price of cotton, occurred at New York, partly in =sequence of a slight recession in Liver pool, reported by the Cambria, and partly of more encouraging statements, from various quarters, as to the prospects of the growing crop ; and that that de cline was but barely checked by the Pacific's more stimulating accounts, received on the 12th instant from this country. The expectation generally enter tained on this side, that the Pacific's advices would have given an upward turn to prices on the other side, has therefore been disappointed ; and this disappoint , ment has exercised a very unfavourable influence upon every department of our market to-day. At the same ; time, we have had continual rain from morning until , night, increasing the anxiety previously occasioned, by broken weather, as to the condition of our corn harvest. Altogether, circumstances have been such as to excite afresh the wariness of all classes of buyers, and cause them again entirely to su s p en d an y intended operations. So few and limited are the transactions, as to render it impossible to speak with any precision as to the state of prices. Un doubtedly, however, there is a general weakness in yarns and goods ; and there are instances of proffered concessions in many descriptions of both, with the view of inducing purchases; yet there is but little alteration in the ostensible rates of the day. As re gards yarns, the principal giving way is in pin-cops, warps, and cop- twist, as might be expected from their relative dearness. Tbere has been little pressing to sell bundles to the continental houses ; and the spinners of fine counts are firm and independent. We may add that, per plexed as all parties are with the question of cotton, there is certainly a wide expression of an inability to see how such a supply can be secured as shall mate rially lower its value ; and the strong doubts enter tained on this subject contribute in no small degree to the support of prices in yarns and goods • as to the former, they h ave an a ddi t i ona l source of firmness in the lightness of stocks, the possession of a consider able extent of unfinished orders, and the ,probability of the continuance of a good demand. The foreign buyers, however, are feeling very sensibly the effect ofso many backward movements here in check ing the rising confidence of their customers, the re storation of which is rendered more and more difficult by each succeeding disappointment. On looking over Messrs. Geeand Co.'s tables of export from the port of Hull (with which we are regularly furnished by an eminent export house), we find that, within the last two months, there has been a large relative diminution of supply to the continental manufacturers ; for while in the first six months of the present year, we sent them more twist by 5,688 bales, than in the same time last year, there has actually been less shipped by 923 bales now at the end of eight months, than in the corresponding pericel of 1849. The inference would seem to be, either that too much was forwarded in the earlier months, or that increased supplies will soon be required. The merchants, however, are not he3r,i to affirm the former conclusion, but, for the most part, to admit the latter. ROCHDALE, 1110hDAY.-0a account of the wakes week, but a limited number of pieces have been offered for sale, which have met with ready pur chasers at last. week's prices. There is no new feature in the wool marliA to report ; the demand is steady and prices firm. iIIACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We are happy to re port continued activity displayed by our manufac turers fur the home market, and the sales of goods by some houses have been extensive, at rather im proved prices. The manufacturers engaged in the export trade are doing very little, but it is believed there are good grounds for antkipating a resumption of business shortly. The throw ing mills continue fully employed, although in thrown silk not much business is doing—the high rates now asked precluding operations to a consider able extent. Still great confidence is expressed as to the coming demand. In the raw silk market we have simply to note that prices remain extremely firm at the latest asking rates, and the deliveries for consum tion are considered good for the season. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has scarcely been so much doing in our market to-day as was last week, owing to the unfavourableness of the weather. Plaids have the best demand, and are eagerly sought up. The wool market is very flat, dealers having great stocks on band, and it being the London sales at present. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—In our piece -hall to-day the chief inquiry was for lastings of low quality, the demand for which seems to increase in proportion to the difficulty of procuring them. There was, also, a good demand for some sorts of fancy goods. The spinners are fully employed, and the quotations for yarns are firmly maintained. The wool market is steady, though not brisk, and prices are without alteration. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The markets both on Saturday and to-day, have been very good, and all cloths suit able for the winter trade have met with a ready sale. Stocks in the cloth halls continue much below the average, and prices are very firm. Tnere is a good amount doing in the warehouses, both by drapers end wholesale buyers; and the shipping houses continue brisk. LYNCHING IN AMERICA. Very remarkable records of crimes are sometimes received from the " nether regions" of the Far West ; but the subjoined narratives, extracted from the American Flag of the 17th ult., published in the dis trict of Rio Grande, possess features of unusual atrocity : _ "On the _llth inst. our citizens were astounded with the melancholy intelligence that Justice Beacon, in consequence of the death of the coroner, bad been called to hold an inquest over the body of Captain John Brennan, who had beeti murdered in cold blood by the notorious Bill Hardy, both recently from Gal veston. It appears that the above two, with a number of others, were at the Landango-house, where they remained till between one and two o'clock in the morning, when Captain Brennan left for his place of lodging. He had not proceeded far when he was overtaken by Hardy, who drew his knife and thrust it to the hilt in Brennan's left breast. Seeing Hardy's movements, he threw up his hands and exclaimed, Bill, don't cut me!' It was too late— the fatal stab came too quick and too certain for him to avoid it. He ran some thirty or forty yards, fell, and soon expired. After committing the outrage Hardy walked back into the house, with his knife in his hand, reeking with blood, exelaiming, I'm a tart, and that's the way I'll serve any man who will follbw me.' Some of those who heard him, supposing he had got into difficulty with a Mexi can, advised him to leave, which he did. As soon as it was ascertained that he had killed Captain Brennan, men were sent to the several ferries to prevent his escape into Mexico, and others started in pursuit. He was arrested next morn ing about daylight near one of the ferries, ironed, and taken to gaol. The cause assigned for this brutal outrage is the refusal of Brennan to let Hardy have money while at Brazos, which is, in all probability, the true cause, as Hardy was heard to say, on the way up to that place, that he had marked his man. The people resolved to mete out justice to the murderer, and they according assembled and demanded the culprit from the deputy-sheriff, who was obliged to deliver up the man into their hands. On reaching the spot for this tragic scene, he remarked that he knew he had to die, and intended to die like a man, but would rather be shot than hung. The crowd assembled to witness the solemn tragedy was quite large, but orderly and quiet, with a few exceptions. No one volunteering to shoot the guilty wretch, it was decided that he must hang. During all this time, and even while the arrangements were making f)r launcing him into eternity, where he would meet a more dread tribunal than any on earth, he evinced the most perfect indifference as to his fate, not suffering a muscle of his face or limbs to betray the least emotion, and even took the rope that was to bang him and tied the hangman's knot, to show how it was done, without the slightest perceptible tre mor of the nerves. Those managing the matter, fear ing the knotwas not well tied, untied it for the purpose of retying, in which they failed, when he remarked to a gentleman standing near him that he would tie it again. This kind office the individual addressed promised to perform for him. The doomed man then got into a cart, mounted on a plank which rested on the wheels, without any resistance or assistance, and, while the rope, which was suspended from a beam used for hoisting beeves, was being adjusted around his neck, asked to have his hands tied behind him. There he stood high above the crowd, his hands tied, the noose closed about his neck, and death staring him in the face, calm, cool, and collected. The cart moved from under him, and in this condition he was hurried into eternity. He died after a slight strug gle, and thus terminated the earthly career of Bill Hardy. He met death with the same reckless indif ference that he had meted it out to others. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Bef , rP Mr. WITHAM.) John Henry, 20, William Walker, 'l6, and Frederick 11, iyht, 20, were indicted yesterday for having btolen a watih of the value of 10!. from the person of Tho mas Loake. Mr. Dunbury Taylor, the secretary, said, in conse quence of a communication made to him, he asked the prisoner where he had posted the letter. The prisoner replied, at Charipg-cross. Witness, on learning that the prisoner had only been gone five minutes, and being certain that he could not have posted the letter so quickly, asked him for his keys. The prisoner then said he would confess he had not posted the letter, and be pulled it out of his pocket. The prisoner said he paid a part of the money he received for the postage to discharge a trifling debt he owed. , The magistrate was informed that good reason existed for believing that this was not the first offence of the same kind, and it was on that account the present charge had been pressed. The prisoner made no defence, and was committed. MA R YL EBONL'. Mrs. Teller, the wife of Mr. Adam Teller, formerly a smith, engineer, and iron -founder, in Paddington, who was abandoned by her husband two years ago, and who has since encountered great privations, again waited upon Mr. Long, who desired Mr. Phillips, the clerk, to hand over to her the donations, amounting to 81. 55., forwarded by various tenevolent persons who had read au account of her very distreesing case. Mrs. Teller, who is in an ill state of health, and who was much agitated, expressed her thanks to the worthy magistrate for his kindness and ,courtesy. Mr. Lore said no thanks were due to him, but to the very kind persons who had forwarded the money. He was merely the almoner of their gifts. Andrew Devanagh, an Irish labourer, was charged before Mr. Long, with defrauding the London and North- Western Railvray Company of the sum of ss. 3d. by riding a greater distance than for which he had paid. Mr. Thomas Barker, superintendent of the London and North-Western Railway Company, stated that ho was instructed to bring this case before the court, not for the purpose alone of punishing the defendant, bet to mention another circumstance that had occurred, and nearly attended with fatal con sequences. The defendant and another man named Canines, it appeared, walked from Birmingham to Weedon, a distance of forty miles. At the latter place they took two third-class tickets t) Gayton for which they paid 7d. each. Instead of getting out of the train at Gayton, they came on to London, and on arriving at the Primrose-hill tunnel, Cattiness, in order to evade the ( xcess of fare, jumped out of the train, which , was tra • veiling at the rate of 35 miles an hour. On the train arriving at the Camden station, Devanagh stated to the guard that Outlines had jumped from the train. Mes sengers were immediately dispatched, and, to their great surprise, they found him in the policeman's box at the north end of the tunnel, with his kfc arm broken, and suffering dreadfully from other injuries. Upon his arri ve' at the Euston station he (Mr. Barker) put h:m in a cab and bad whereheat hi p m nresceontvrtelead to the insina University verydahgero ilo us s s p t i a t t al r. , lie (slr. Barker) did not wish to press the charge, but thought that the publicity givrn to the case would act as a caution to others for the future. The defendant was admonished by Mr. LONG, and discharged. Daniel DosscU was charged with committing a tres lf an ii: pass upon the Great West ern R a il way. The charge having been proved by Superi n t en d ent Collard, the pri soner was committed for 14 d a y s . SO U of S G o e u or t g h e am S p na t i o l n h : young a wasug bro AIaRK . te shopman in the em ployment of Mr. Emanuel, p awn b rokkr and silversmith ht before Mr. Henry, charged with' being concerned is burglariously entering his em ployer's premises, and stealing property, consisting of gold and silver watches, gold neck chains, gold rings, diamond studs, about fifty gold pins, together with a quantity of gold and siiver...,cilins, to the amount of 5001. It appear( d that Mr. Emanuel's haute was broken' into at an early hour of the moreing of Thursday, the 11th ult., and plundered of the property above enutne rated. leformation of the robbery was immediately communicated to the police .at Southampton, and from their inquiries on the spot, it was suspected that it was effected by five London thieves, that number of strangers having been observed larking about the neighbourhood. Information was also dispatched to Scotland-yard, and Inspector Field and Inspector Whicher of the Detective force were employed to discover the offenders, and if possible to trace out how the property was disposed of. They ascertained that George Smith, the pri soner, had quitted Mr.-Emanuel's service about a month previously to the robbery, and had left Southamp ton for town. Acting upon this information, the inspector and sergeant by dint of inquiry discovered the prisoner's place of abode, and found that ho was at an obscure lodging, and that be exhibited nothing to indicate that he was concerned in such an extensive robbery, none of the articles stolen having been exhibited by him, or been seen by oho people with w h om h e lodged. The officers, however, found that the prisoner was in treaty with a brewer for a public-house, called the Moulders' Arms, in Redcross street, Southwark, and that he had agreed to pay down a deposit of 1001., to enter upon the business upon a certain day. This discovery at once convinced them that Smith must h a ve come dishonestly into the posses sion of such a sam of money, as when he left his late perm custody, and on chain 3.' were found, employer's service he was .kneonwtnoftohhisavwe waves. a simall sum arising from the They, therefore, took the prisoner into c exam ining his po c k e ts a gold watch a nd identified by him as forming a p or ti on of the proper t y shown to Mr. Emanuel, was at of which he was f.:und that which he c l a i m ed a s his own, or b io u e t which, upon being was plunde re d. Subsequently the prison e r h a d taken " apartment at the Colonial Coffee-house, Newington causeway,and ht. o sover eigns kers' there fift y upon e xam i nat i on b e ing instituted articles, a mounting to eOO/. watches, r i ngs, an d ot h er It was also discovered that he ba d sold upwards of: sixty the Waterloo .ri ngs and pins to a man named Joseph, in t e to jewellery, consisting l duwieicraetesfoureoldatiinna his trunk, besides pawn brokers' Waterloo•road, and that he had a lso disposed of several s. his ob w we a en t n e h. seenes to by another m r. E Emanuel, a n tradesmanueb ad e w b l y n g h t ai ; nu n ; a b t s u t Since then a considerable portion of the property has r y l al ' s ) f , gold and silver coins, consisting of dou suspected have been ducats, dollars, fee., which it is stL Amongst the property, stolen w b a i s o a ons r impo i traced, melted d at - n as none of them have been not withstanding the activity displayed by and Sergeant Whicher is the detection of the offender , Inspector Field property. ndideantti: and the recovery of the greater portion of the stolen Mr. Payne defended Wright. On the 1501 inst., Police-constable Reeve, A 424, was en duty, in plain clothes, in St. James's Park, " ou the look out" in the crowd that had assembled to see her Majesty go to prorogue Parliament, and he paid great attention to the movements of the prisoners, knowing Henry to belong to the swell mob, and having seen them try the pockets of several individuals. He fol lowed them up to Buckingham Palcee, where several at tempts upon pockets were made by them, but unsuccess fully, and after briefly consulting together they retraced their steps towards the Horse Guards. They passed through into Whitehall by the Canteen and took their station in front of the Banquet-house, where the officer, knowing the skill of Henry as a pickpocket, placed him self in a position to command a full view of their opera tions. Henry tried the pockets of several persons standing in the crowd, and at length he fixed upon the prosecutor, whose watch he carefully lifted out of his waistcoat pocket. Finding that it was strongly fastened to a chain, and that he could not at that moment dis connect it, he very dexterously replaced it in the prosecutor's pocket to awsit.a more favourable oppor tunity when the crush was greater. Presently there was some crowding at that spot, and be then again slipped the watch from the pocket, but as the crush lasted but for a moment, he had not time to unscrew the swivel, and then for the second time he returned the watch to the• prosecutor's waistcoat pocket. As the Royal cortege emerged from the Horse Guards there was a great rush; and availing himself of that opportunity, Henry, for the third time, drew the watch from the packet, and was in the act of breaking it from the chain, when the officer reached over his shoulder, and laid hold of his hand with the watch in it. The prose cutor then became aware of the liberty which was being taken with his property, and he called " police" lustily. The officer said it was all right, that he was an officer, but the prosecutor, suspecting from his not being in uni form that be was one of the gang, declined to resign the watch into his hands, Two officers in uniform arrived the next moment, and that satisfied him, the watch was given up, and the prisoners secured. The prisoner Henry cross-examined the witnesses with some tact, and in his defence ho said that the watch was accidentally pulled from , the pocket by one of his coat buttons getting caught by the chain, and singularly enough it dropped into his hand. He was about to re turn it when the officer interposed. Walker, in his defence, denied all knowledge of the other prisoners. Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for Wright, who be said was (as he certainly looked) " half foolish," the re sult of an attack of small-pox. The Learned Counsel then called witnesses, whose evidence showed that Wright was very respectably connected, and that he was of a very excellent character. He dined with his family very shortly before the robbery took place, and it was suggested that he had accidentally fallen into con versation with the other prisoners. The jury convicted Henry and Walker, and acquitted Wright. Lockyer, one of the officers of the Westminster Prison, proved six former convictions against Henry, whom he described as one of the cleverest pickpockets of the day. The last sentence imposed upon him was one year's hard labour, and that was by this court. Mr. WITHAM said it was time the country was rid cf such a character as Henry, whom he sentenced to be transported for ten years; and Walker was sentenced to six months' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Alfred Brooks, steward's boy at the East India United Service Club, No. 14, St. James's-square, was charged with having embezzled Is. 101, under the following cir cum.tances : Thomas Withers, hall-porter, said that on the 22d of the present month he received from Captain St. Chir. one of the members cf the club, a letter to post, and 2s, to pay the postage with. Witness gave the letter to the prisoner, and also the money. The prisoner returned and gave him 2d., which he said was the change he re ceived after paying the postage. From the short time the prisoner was about this errand witness had his sus picions, and he queltioned him as to the office where he posted the letter. The prisoner said ho posted the letter at Charing-cross. This was afterwards found to be false. The letter was afterwards found in the prisoner's pos session. " On last Tuesday morning our city was made the scene of another bloody tragedy, when our citizen. again took the law into their own hands, and meted out justice to a brutal wretch who had set at defiance the law of God and man. From what we can learn of the occurrence, the particulars are, as follows : A Mexican went into the house of M'Kee, where a monty•bank is kept, and asked another young Mexican for a bit. The individual who was dealing mont6 at the time remarked that he would give it to him, which he did. In the meantime he had drawn his pistol, which, on receiving the money, ho fired at the Mexican first addressed. The pistol was loaded with buckshot, two of which struck the young man fired at in the breast, near the throat, and a third wounded another Mexican in the arm. As soon as he had committed the foul deed he ran to the river, and attempted to effect his escape into Mexico by swimming. Several shots were fired while he was in the water, but none hit him. Ile was pursued by several persons in a • skiff, caught, and brought back. He was then taken to see the man whom he had shot, who was suffering greatly, thence to the place where Hardy was executed, and there hung. It did not exceed 20 minutes from the time he discharged his pistol till he was dangling at the rope's end. No cause llas been assigned for the cold-blooded act. The young man who was shot in the breast died shortly after his murderer was hung. " The house of Mr. G. L. Stillwell, nine miles the other side of the Rio Colorado, containing his family and four Mexicans, was attacked on the 10th inst., by 11 Indians, who surrounded the premises and kept up a constant fire for about half an hour, without doing any other injury than killing two horses that were tied at the door. One of the party then came forward at what he no doubt considered a safe dis tance, as if to challenge, when Mr. Stillwell shot him dead. The party then left, taking away three horses, and made towards Brownsville. It is supposed that this party were among those who attacked Mr. Hol brook and a Mexican, a part of Mr. Stillwell's party." EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SOMNAMBULISM. A little girl, about ten years of age, living with her parents at the extreme end of one of the streets leading into Colyton, who has been for some time past attending a school to learn the way to make the far-famed Honiton or pillow Jace—the school being at least a quarter of a mile from her parents' house— was seen by Mr. Stocker, the tiuman, walking very leisurely down the town between the hours of four anal five in the morning of Friday last, in a com plete state of nudity, with the exception of her che mise. Wondering at such an unusual incident he watched her very attentively until she passed his door; her eyes were wide open, and apparently in a fixed position. She had not gone 50 yards farther when she was seen by a young man named Thomas Brice, who, at once surprised and somewhat alarmed, asked her where she was going, and if anything were the matter. Of these questions she took not the slightest notice, but turned and went up a court, at the end of which her school is situated; he then, in a loud voice, called after her, and asked her if she was not Mr. —'s daughter, and with pre cisely the same result as before. Her father, who is a journeyman tailor, was at work at the time in his master's . workshop over the passage leading into the court, and hearing his name thus singu larly called upon he looked out of the window, and s r c a r n i bdeodv; down e sta th ir e s n a , n in d a intos t a t e theof g e r o e u a r t t r iegahl calling sure enough th ere was hi s d aug h ter as b e f ore de te immediately m on ed h ia er no purpose, when, on overtaking her , ished to find she was sound asleep , and itwas no t until he had s h a k en her two or three ' times that she awoke. She s a id t h e was quite unconscious how she came there, and was not at all aware of having left her home. Her father then got something to wrap her up in, and carried her home in his arms. There are one or two circumstances connected with this singular case deserving of being mentioned. Many yards of the road over which she walked h ave recently undergone a thorough repair, and though the cracked flint stones are to a certain extent worn down, still in several pieces it is yet in an exceedingly rough state ; she is, however, totally ignorant of everything that took place up to the time of her being awoke (rein her sleep, thus proving (in this instance at least) that the sense of toueh during somnambulism is alto gether suspended, if not destroyed. Again, near the entrance of the court were a team of horses and a waggon, all of which she carefully avoided, as much so as if it had been midday, and she were in perfect possession of all her senses. The affair has caused quite a seniation among the good folks of Colyton.— j Sherborne Journal. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1850. Mr. HENRY said that as the robbery vras efT,Tted at S..‘uthampton, the circumstaeces attending it would have to undergo investigation there, and for that purpose he should direct the prisoner to be at once taken there. The prisoner was accordingly conveyed by the train to Southampton. THAMES. Mr. John Francis Fawcett, master of the Anna Jane, was finally examined, charged with carrying and convey ing a quantity of foreign manufactured silk, over and above the value of 201., whereby, under the 52d section of the Bth and 9th Vic., c. 87, the goods were lialu!e to seizure, and the defendant to a forfeiture of three times their value. Oa Saturday last, Mr. Hammond, landing surveyor of Customs, saw a porter taking out a chest which defend ant admitted to be his, and said it only contained his clothes, at a wrong gite. After some early the chest was examined, and 416 yards of China silk were dis covered, the greater portion being in concealment at the bottom of the chest, upon which the goods were seized and information laid. Mr. L'iwis, who appeared for the defence, cross-ex a. mined all the witnesses at great length, and took severs: objections to the informations, which however were over. ruled by Mr. . Ingham _ _ Mr. Connell, the Quo.en's appraiser, proved that the silks were worth 401., and liable to a duty of 6/. 63. The detendant had, tberefore, rendered hirnselt liable to a penalty of 120/., with power of reduction on the part of the magistrate to ono•fourtb. Mr. INGHAM said that, independent of the defendant's own words, who admitted that he Intended to evade the duty, the plan of concealment proved the intent to smug gle, and he should impose a penalty of 601. Mr. Lewis—Reduce it to a fourth, Sir. Mr. latcrum —I fear I have even now dealt too leniently. The tine was immediately paid. Jam.'s Evans, James Taylor, John Spencer, John Hew , on, Richard Mummery, Robert May, Richard Hall, William Hallybone, and Wi Liam Hudson, the crow of the Caledonia steamer, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, and trading between London and Hamburgh, were brought before Mr. Ingham, charged with smuggling eighty pounds of foreign manufactured tobacco. Mr. Beverley, clerk to the solicitors of the Customs, appeared on the part of the Crown; Mr. Joseph Smith for tt►e prisoners, who were all arraigned together; and, after some discussion, it appeared that ten informations had been tiled. The cases were heard separately. All the defendants pleaded not guilty. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. David Samuel Harding, an inspector of Customs, that upon the arrival of the Caledonia at Horselydovvn from Hamburgb, on Tuesday, he rummaged the vessel, and on removing one of the lockers in the forecastle, on the larboard bow, he found a place of concealment in the lining of the vessel. It was painted over, and the officer had to remove a board before he could discover the con cealment, and he then bad to draw up the tobacco, to which pieces of string were attached, and glued to the back of the board. It was the most skilful con cealment of smuggled goods ever known. The officer requested the captain and mate to muster the crew, which was done, and the question was put to each of them, who " concealed the tobacco.' They all denied any knowledge of it. They were asked what it belonged to, and they said they did not know. Mr. Harding gave them several hours to consider of the matter, and to give up the name of the party to whom the tobacco be longed, but not one would impeach his shipmate, and, in consequence of instructions from the Board of Customs, the whole crew were arrested, every mats on board being liable. James Evans, who was the first ca ll e d u p on p l ea d e d not guilty, and Mr. Harding gave evidence at length to the above effect, and added that the Caledonia was not driven into this port by stress of weather or unavoid able causes, and that the tobacco was liable to a duty of 93.5 d. per lb. The forecastle was the men's place of living, and the tobacco could not be concealed withou t their knowledge. Mr. Smith made a long address in favour of the men, and condemned the conduct of the Board of Customs in selecting the crew fur prosecution only, acd not pro ceeding against the captain and mate, who were more Jikely to smuggle than the foremast hands. He also said that a more disgraceful prosecution he never heard of. Mr. liicnax could not go along with Mr. Smith in what ho said, and did not think it probable the captain and mate concealed the tobacco or bad anything to do with the transaction. He bad no doubt whatever the defendant or one of his skipmates put the tobacco in the place where it was found, and that all had a guilty knowledge of it. He fined the defendant MI, and in default of payment, sentenced him to be imprisoned for six calendar months. The other defendants were then separately charged, and the evidence was repeated in each case, which pro longed the sitting of the magistrate until a late huur. All the defendants protested their innocence. They were all convicte I (with the exception of Hudson), and in default of paying 100/. sentenced to six months, imprisonment in Kingston House of Correction. It appelred that Hudson was not on board when the seizure was made, and the magistrate decided that he was nut liable. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Commander Charles Brown, lately retired from the office of master, attendant at Portsmouth;Dockyard, is at present engaged at that port with the committee in completing the revision of the rigging warrants. Albion, 90, Captain J. Hope Johnstone, has com menced entering her additional half or advanced com plement. Ninety blue jackets are yet required for her. Alecto steam-sloop, at Woolwich, notwithstanding that she was condemned by a committee of master ship wrights at Woolwich, has been ordered to be repaired. More good money is thus to be thrown away upon an other of the bad l.gacivs to the navy. Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain W. Gifford, at Portsmouth, is manned within a dozen. She will be ready to go out of harbour on the 3d Septsrnber. Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, Captain E. P. Halsted, does not progress in her manning, nor never will until her complement is increased to the fair proportion of men for the work. She is now short of her working com plement 100 men. _ _ Flamer steam-vessel, Commander St. Leger, will be ready to leave Portsmouth on the Ist of September, for Devonport and the coast of Africa. She has had her complement further increased to seventy officers and men, of which she is half-a-dozen short. Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, has hauled off from her hulk at Portsmouth, and had her compasses swung yes terday. She is fully manned within half-a-dozen, and will be at Spithead and ready to proceed to the East Indies by the 2d September. Retribution, 22, steam frigate, Captain Warden, is fully manned with some thirty blue jackets. She will be out of the hands of the dockyard by the 7th Sept., and by that time will have completed her crew. Like the Dauntless, she bids fair to have a happy and united ship's company Sealark, 8, C•mmmander Sotheby, arrived at Madeira, July 17, from Devonport, and sailed on the 19:h for the coast of Africa. TArtarus steam-vessel, Lieutfnant-Commander Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., with the officers and crew of the Porcupine, are expected to be paid off on Tuesday next at Woolwich. Trafalgar, 120, Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, is now manned at Sheerness, with her advanced complement, within a score of blue jackets. Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir 11. M. Blackwood, Bart., has not yet completed her advanced complement. Men seem rather shy of the ship, and she seems to have been rather unfortunate in entering itinerants. She has va eancies for a score of blue jackets. The American 50-gun frigate St. Lawrence, that an chorel on Tuesday at Cowes, pissed through Spithead in the afternoon, saluting the flag of the Commander-in. Chief, Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel. The Vie t iry returned the salute with the same number of guns. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, has had her copper stripped off, and is being caulked down ready for newly coppering. She is to be supplied with iron bedsteads. The Fairy royal yacht, ?Jester-Commander Welch, was hauled_on the graving slip yesterday to have the fan of her propeller overhauled, a rope having fouled it. The screw was found to have sustained no injury, and she was taken off to-day. The Britannia, 120, has been taken to her moorings to-day, where she will complete her rigging. She will be commissioned on Saturday by Captain Yates, of the Illustrious. The newly-launched steam sloop Furious was hauled alongside the jetty t o -d a y, p re p ara tory to being taken into the basin and rigged. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.— The steamer Sprightly , arrived on Monday from Portsmouth with the Magi cienne. The Sprightly sails to-day with seamen and riggers for Chatham. The Magicienne having been ordered as an advance steam-vessel, was placed at her moorings yesterday. Tie Sanspereil steam-block ship, building in No. 5 slip, will be launched on the 24th of September. She will be fitted with her machinery in the Union Docks. Two iron steam vessels, the Principe Caragiorgievich, Captain Bane, and the Principe Stirbeg, Captain Cerno gorcevich, built at Newcastle for a company at Trieste, and for the navigation of the river Danube, put in here yesterday fir a supply of coal, on their passage from Newcastle to Galatz. Wind—North; light breeze. APPOINTMENTS. Woo',wren . , Auo.2B.=Midshipman Albert Dent, to the Albion, 90, at Devonport. Gunner George Cooke, to the Dauntless steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. _ Boatswain George Lath, to the Fox, 42, at Ports mouth. The Tartarus sOam vessel, Lieutenant• Commander Sir Godfre-y Webster, Bert., is to be taken into the basin immediately, and will be paid off there. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8) i - per smile, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10W. pfr ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.36; nod the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.32 f, it follows that gold is 0.14 per nt. dearer in Paris than in London. By advice' from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4346 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standera gold, gives an exchange of 13.91; and the ex change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 9f, it follows that gold is 0.17 per cent. dearer in Ham burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 1 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in favour of Eng land, and after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate kaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. IRELAND. DUBLIN, AuG. 23.—A scene was enacted yesterday at the meeting of the De:blio Corporation which ex ceeded in viol,nce end excitement even the extraordinary exhibitions made by that body a few months ago. It appears that one of those who then took a leading part in the erection of a pseudo lord mayor in opposition to Mr. Reynolds was Aldermen Rooney, who hits since that time occupied a very unenviable position in point of popularity. At some recent ward meetings the Lord Mayor (Mr. Reynolds) took occasion to comment in severe terms en the conduct of Alderman Rooney, on the occasion referred to; and, so far as the public could judge, the worthy Alderman intended by his conduct yesterday to show how much he resented the language directed against him by the Lord Mayor. In the course of the proceedings he accordingly addressed the chair offensively, and refused to retract hi; expression until he was entreated to do so by a junior member in the name of the Council. During the confusion which took place the adjournment of the meeting was moved and the fed witiK scene then ensued:— LORD MAYOR—I give him notice now, that when I preside next over a meeting of this b idy I shall take good care to assert my authority by all the power that my position can exercise, and by throwing myself on the support of the Council; and if Alderman Rooney, or any other member of the Council, on my declaring him to be (in reason) out of order, shall refuse to submit to the chair, I shall be compelled to havo recourse to a pro ceeding which I should much rather avoid. I never in the course of my life received from any member or this Council, a more gratuitous, and, in my judgment, un provoked insult, than I received to-day. I thank the majority of the Council for not countenancing it, and I trust that for the future order will be preserved here, and that the Lord Mayor will not be insulted in this chair with impunity. The Council is now dissolved. Alderman ROONEY—I have only to say, Sir, this— LORD MAYOR--You are to address me as Lord Mayor. Alderman ROONEY—I say that you have called me a scoundrel, Sir; and I tell you that that assertion is false. LORD MAYOR—You shall not address me as Lord Mayor in that way. Alderman ROONEY—The meeting was over. LORD MAYOR—It is not over. Alderman ROONEY—I wish to be heard in explana nation, and I say this, that the language which you have used in reference to me is most unfounded, and wil fully so. LORD MAYOR—Send out for the police, Alderman ROONEY—Oh! the bodyguard, the body. guard! _ _ Mr. NUGENT—I entreat of Alderman Rooney not to be making a bear•garden of this place. LORD MAYOR (to Alderman Rooney)—l arrest you now as chief magistrate of the city. Alderman ROONEY—The house was broken up when you attacked me. _ - LORD MAYOR—I arrest you in the Queen's name, and I will bring y9u to the police office. Alderman ROONEY—Oh! do now, only bring me there. I won't stir. Do, and sea if I don't make you pay for it. Mr. LAMBERT said that some allowance ought to be made for Alderman Rooney losing his temper, when the Lord Mayor had applied to him such language as he (Mr. Lambert) had read. The LORD MAYOR said that he would not allow any thing that occurred in other places to be mixed up with the proceedings of the Council._ Alderman itoortEv—Ohl if Thad been at the meeting, I promise you, you would not have used such language, I tell you that. Alderman Rooney here went towards the door. Loan MAYOR—I am very happy that you are going, Is not all this very creditable to the Council? Alderman ROONEY—CaII off your bodyguard, and don't abuse me in my absence, coward that you are! LORD MAYOR—I hope it will go forth to the public that he returned to assault me. Mr. BARLow—If he meant to do so, he would take some other way than by walking out. The Council then broke up evidently highly excited by the scene which they had just witnessed. Much dissatisfaction prevails among the respectable inhabitants of Belfast at the conduct of the town council of that borough in arrogating to themselves all the ho nour of entertaining the Lord-Lieutenant at his ap proaching visit; the invitation sent to his Excellency being in the name of the council alone, and without any opportunity being afforded to the other citizens to joi❑ in the compliment, while in reality the citizens at lareo would have to pay the expenses out of the borough funds. Meetings have been held, and a committee of most re spectable mercantile gentlemen and others has been ap pointed to prepare an address for presentation to his Excellency, and it has been resolved that any invitations to their banquet which the council might issue should not be accepted. The Lord-Lieutenant ;has intimated his intention of accepting the invitation of General Bain brigge to remain at his house during his visit to Bel fast. His Excellency proposes paying a visit zo his relative the Earl of Oak don, and is expected to arrive at Caledon-hill on Saturday next. The complaint of a want of sufficient labourers to save the harvest is now becoming very general throughout Ireland. Labourers cannot be procured in some districts of the country for any wages. The Right Rev. Dr. M•Gettigan has been appointed by her Majesty one of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests tor Ireland, in the room of the late Most Rev. Dr. Orolly. PLYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN DO, KS. PLYMOUTH', AUG. 26.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Plymouth this day; Colotiel Harris in the chair. There was a good attendance of shareholders and directors present. The directors report ststed " that although several portions of the company's property have net been brought into productive operation, or only imperfectly so, the gross income from tolls and dues for the half year which ended on the 13th of Jane bad exceeded, by 200/., the amount received during the preceding half-year." It then proceeded to say " that this increase may be re. lied on as steadily progressive, and the important privi leges recently obtained from the Commissioners of Cus toms may be regarded as among the principal sourer a of such augmentation. The pier had been constituted a sufferance wharf, and is available for the landing and shipment of a great variety of goeds which were pre viously inadmissible; and the building erected at the pier for the accommodation of the officers of the Cus toms being now completed, Mill-Bay will become one of the principal boarding stations in the port, which cannot but lead to a considerable increase of its trade. The traffic by steamers to the pier con tinued undimiuiahed, and the directors had com menced the erection of a commodious hotel, which will add greatly to the public accommodation, and be for the pecuniary advantage of the company. The report of the engineer explained the progress made during the past half-year in the works of the inner basin. Sufficient advance bad been made in filling up the north.. eastern angle of the bay, to warrant the expectation that the greater part will be accomplished within the present year. When this is completed, an area, comprising in the whole nearly three acres of ground, will be available for building purposes." The statement of revenue account showed on the debit side an expenditure for establishment charges of 611. 15s. 8i1.; stationary and printing, Bs. 61; harbour ranster's d• - -p4rtrneut, 921. 9s. 10d. ; annuities and in terests, 513 L 15s. 5d.; peeprtion of rent charge to the Duchy of Cornwall, 61. 14s 3d.; and to balance carried over to next half-year, 2181. 1 ls. 10d.; making a total of 8931. 15s, 61. On the credit side the receipts by rents of house property. &c.. were 951. 13s. 3d. ; and by harbour and pier dues, 798/. 2s 3d. Mr. T. STEVENS called attention to the fact that a ship had been compelled to lie outside the harbour for four days, because there was not a depth of water of 11 feet 4 inches to allow of her passage within the pier; and, after some conversation upon this matter, The Directors said that this was the first time that they had heard of it, and that they would take care to have the stones removed which bad prevented that ingress. It was further stated, in reply to questions, that :an hotel, at an expense of 1,200/., was in course of erection near the pier. Mr. SEAMAN called attention to the fact that on an expenditure of 2,6314 15s. for works they were paying 5001. a year to Mr. Brunel. He then said that that gen tleman had by the nature of his works, and his indiffer ence as to whether his expenditure gave any return, brought distress and ruin upon hundreds of families, and lie therefore moved that he be dismissed the com pany's service. Mr. WHITEFORD explained that the small amount of expenditure would not be a measure of the amount of work which Mr. Brunel bad caused to be done, and stated that as the engagement with the engineer would terminate at Michaelmas, it would not be renewed with out proper consideration. Mr. SEAMAN said that under those circumstances he would withdraw his motion. A motion was then put from the chair, that the ac counts be received and adopted, and a vote of thanks having been given to the chairman and directors, the meeting separated. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE IMPROVE MENT of the HACKNEY CARRIAGE TRADE. On Tuesday the members of this association celebrated their first annual meeting by an excursion to Erith, and a dinner in the grounds attached to the Pier Hotel, to which about 130 sat down, under the presidency of Dr. Blundell. Mr. W. S. Long, in proposing the toast of the evening, stated that the taxes imposed on the hack ney carriage trade exceeded twenty times the amount paid by any other busin ess . I n t h e re i gn of Wm. 111., when this kind of impost was first resorted to for the purpose of revenue, the tax on a sedan chair was fixed at ss. a year; it was subsequently increased to 103., but now the proprietor of any sort of hackney carriage was compelled to pay that sum every week. Though they were so highly taxed the Legislature seemed determined to increase the degradation which existed amongst them, by passing enactment after enactme n t o f so str i ngent a character that it was impossible to comply with them, and then the drivers were sent to gaol, as if that was the place to teach them their moral or social duties. Mr. E. Hider, the acting manager of the society, said that the association had been scarcely a year in exist ence . It was originated and almost entirely supported by persons engaged in the trade, and its objects were, by combining together, to resist the wrongs and exactions to which as a class they were subjected, and to interest the influential classes in their favour. They also intended to establish a benefit and benevolent so ciety in connexion with, the association. He denied that the character of the cab-drivers, of the metropolis was so bad as was usually supposed. Of course there were many dishonest individuals in that as in other employ ments, but on an examination of the facts it would be found that, taking 6,000 individuals (the number thus engaged in Loudon) from any other class, as large a ..----....------------------. , Pr , portion were convicted of infrlicjons of the er.ita.ll3,l !ar. , as :itnwrz ttl ,- . cah-driver:,. tie :aid the cantinal. 1,, w, tor tt-icy were :it, hedged up by legislative enac‘„ nit. iit;,, th .a t it wv,-; imoo,sible they enull avoid cow . :ions tor . intrii,g'ng their. Inclue,l, so overwhelmed rl afar . 10 „ tn . Igistr,A,s with complaints against them b Fa.iii . c and the police that a cab-driver never bad, i!earing, and it was &ten a wiser course to piead gull to e - :' ''fr ,, lice , even althcu ~, h innocent, and thus e 41) , 1 with a 5;. fine, than to take . np the time of the cun, ie With . a defence, which was generafiv uesuccessral. .11 &tailed several other instances in Which the law, aa,itt.; present matalt, operate stinratrly to the drivers oi 0 tn-troplitan hackney carriages , and urged thelli unite tor the purpose of obtaining an alteration. --r-----......"'-_- RECEPTION OF GiAILIBALPI 1 / N . NEW YORK. At moudea„ermee.,eting of V italians, held on Irionclayllighp4:, ii., s, Dr. dentine Motrjun., a cting t0_.,... silent l, , aid Mr. Filoanti as secretary, ono of the i r:al hu:ea r r r s oi. b o a f t d i i h , e r e e a o d u 1 m theii non for the ireicetptio4of ,highGcpi report, am the i bonbons .. 00 , of Rmtiati liberty declined tho honours 1111" t, be paid h;m ~ 1 r __ • . It vra, , ; rz.solved: -- net f il rum the funds raised for the reception of f a ithful Garitra!dt• should be otrered to the bray n of 11 ,i, cot:e . i , ian_ion of Garibaldi in his voyage and liis el k i ;bsi b,,n • In the room ot the first c,,,,Lnuaission iseo!"pispi, m4d• nominated. The latter composed of AfA l • no of th, former, and Mlgnai.ico. who will revise the ac c : )5 ...,d,b1 th, ii ) c rm t er,and will make use of them as is order' . ii If to I" puree : „.a 3 i, : d,, T ,r n ‘ . 7 , rne-.‘ticg rendered a vote of tban7,% ph General Gariba Y i s d 'y l rmk ! , fur l e t w he r T Ilia ilbelq. ai a t t h i i d y pwrth•nicciiipail:yhatcoi stboe.vro togis LETTER FROM GENERAL/ GARlBti!Teriit: 1r22:2 , ein.(22......22 to T h b i e s f p o u ll b o l w ic 'i . ngleiter from General Garib l! . 10 it reception in this citY, " 1 - 8-8 /grille') Italian committee:— • you that my 1 18 5° ' pacing Hastings, August •, tO Gen'leme noue n,—l regret being obliged to an- ot ier slowness of my continued ill-health will forbid wy d r y ost. in our proposed demonstration ofSatar,:uxer " The as taintyconvalescence, W illondtusbc, pat flattering it out of invitation to the time when I - I / recover,. ,0 be o bi° to you, more e o arnes . tly, if to meet my p owe r to fix anymad y When tflod fell you, in compliance- withfi yo ur s ' o , ll ° to reP e l that I have Neu exp l re h : Pp e ee d s , ysio t b b ul a e7 : BlllPl7;:e. the will . "No sul e algether abandoned. 00 besuise,d de w of the sympathy of stration ma which , I and ha of all true to tiiilelicillan p ublicps xhibition is necessary have fl my countrymen, of the • foralPel people,in the 11 b " o b sti./ Republicans , owed v . e suffered, or in the cause out of W aaal" Though • 4' ling ° Wig a public manifestation of ails ,tie d o tos yield mu h gratificn to me, an azile from oli o o cer land, set c ered from threw ' and b of my cou my ~f tOre'r.d it, country's freedom by mean s - r , 00 1 6 terference, children, and rnouroi„ 40 ifr , yet believe me that I would rat° be oroe flag,my livelihood, and in business which may quietly and humblY to., . 0 0 4 iood, and await citizeneofpehrmitted to tis great republic of freemen, to so . 7 to 00 ev able tliwortoiti for theredemption of my " Next to the ea ' use to which I have mesti country fro foreig ' , a more favotirobi° °P01).0c1 d°4 c oppressors 00 14 ). e a off .1 value nothing so highly asthe Winn ot ,PlO-tbef people; and I approbate t vi be jai . eecome sati,fied am convinced I shall erjeY t hs rye' • folly s e t 0 that I honestly d foil& ne an 11 0 cause of freed nu; in which they have thevise noble a❑ . example to the world. defot . ,t.is fre .1.1 0 „ G. GAS in S TS. o, t ,,, THE CO UN TR Y MA' f fib ° ' LEEDS, Ara. 27.—We bad a large she / ° fl oat: 4 ll , o day from vesels below. The yif is so manifest that holders are e%treinebionatePso476 Id of t he iv r 6ro u finest parcel,: of o;d fetched fully as m.. 0 45i t o ,f interior description is wanted, and brZper 10 0 per quarter; for red and 'white 47s to jvi Barley as before. Oats and shellings f° ll7 h e d firm, and 144 ,, k up a trifi,. Wit astlA NEWCASTLE CORN-MARKET, ea 6) 1 ° 06 f l : 4 rainshort supply of wheat from all clu3rer°' a n d ' the wh.4e day, our market ruled fir° ' l .'ol o prices of Saturday got for all deseriptiona ° 4 1 7 met a ready sale at tull p. A 27. „ bito NEWCASTLE CATTLE..MARHETI "' ,i g swiL so./ of n''asts comprised 380 bead of iofericiAr Trsa;bet u i decrease on last week of about 150 her The r lll ;pci ;t -at a rise of 3.1 per stone, and all solo. o ffer , ; 0 04";: sheep and lambs al=o smaller--7,5°°.(1111 lifrssol)"' elf ared off. Both kinds of stock 0 3° `' -I 6s 1 ) — to, quiry Improved prices. Beef, 59 , ith .4 ' l l mutton. 4Ao t- 5:0 per lb; lamb. 5a ": / 5 EDINZURGH MEAL MARKET, AUG" - 01:10 the meal market to-day 11 sacks oatmeal, 07,c1/4,11'0,10;f imperial, which sold thus :-1 a t 1/ lls O /9 5 O t- ti• price of the w hole I t bs rle d P4 s t O t • 7 at 1/ 9s Od ; average 2 sacks flour, which sold at 295 . 10 osak i lf;l o 42 2,70. !,. 0 1. 1a; 9 sold thus:-1 at 255, 2at 245• lat 23st f ' ya: es g " . 6d , EDINBURGH HAY AND ST . RAW 16 A ° Oat straw, from 8s Od to lls ()d per koall'' ° to ° ' 4 69 dirto: oo , o ro et • wheat ditto, 75 6d to 105 Od ; barley Old . A hay, from I Id to is 2d per stone; °56.-. l d be ' r o r r b k ag l" LKEITH MEAL MARKET, A 0 :t thit,:p f gdr bags oatmeal, and 10 of barlerneal sales ready. Oatmeal (new), 3ls pe r Igg' Thi rd b . a a r t l i e n y e rn a cal is per hag dearer. a 6 ,1 s e con a 283 U imper l i , a p l er sa .. ck, or .. 2 . 80 lb . 3 f l i s r 5 t o , . 9 7 B s % 0 8 Barleynieal, per ditto °' 9 1 Peaserneal 4Od °" ••• oa -od .....% O. COAL 111ARKET.--I r f Os '''' '‘. • 11 ............. Begbies Hartley Clavering's New Tan 11,011 01: 10ett al '' .. .• field „ .. Cresswell Main.,....... lls 6d ,Stewart 8 h . .. '... . North Percy Hartley.. 1 1 ; 3 : Holywell ol ..... .0" tenfold Moor .... lls &I'llartlePo_, floe. .... •.. Canfield Moor Butes... I Is 6d'Soutli Is - a e t iepo° l : . :,o West Wylam Wall's End, &c. IThornleY•,.. .. Bewicke and Co. II arton jousab_ ............. 1 13 1 e s :?I ri West e s hit t v ileriti°e. ..::::::; ' . 1 • do T ees Flour ... Pot barley Heaton Hilda l3sl3s Agdaecli:elaii"_,:rThseg ...0" i s° '6l 14 !, 64 Lawson . 13s V South • .._. .. "„.. 145 Original Gibson Walker ... 13s 3d CoWl , g - tsgA ter , i . An glo 6 a Wharneliffe gertbr„...: I s , 0 1 Eden Main ,, 14s 3d'NixOn, ... ••'...• 005 Lambton Primrose ....... ......,,,, Belmont l4s 9d ilartleY-1;'00104;t4 pu Braddyll lietton _____,..........." Sh'° :—>r, gP :a ---._._._.___r----- ------- . MAI"' RAILWAY S I {A 1 t— .ce . 0 0 0 3 BRISTOL, AnG. `2.5.,. vo tO d oe," pri S e x es oclrEfCHANGE - 2- $ e have little cua Ve il rprp ° this share market. A . smallV bnsiness 1 18 ' 3 , Vi re° ` -- done at 59 Gre at 8 011 have a downward tendency. 7 dis• ex div.—llitto, 171. Shares, B, beee/ LE V N.; ki POOL. AO' let b i 0 11° 90 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share 199 or° as, t il/ - ss °' to-daY, and prices lower. The transa ct 17 1 ,16 , re, C 0 3, /. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, ,ilyorlois 11/0.,[60 (late C. and B.), 1-./..%—Lancashire.eo" Tbircit 0 0 '" (10 lidated, 4O'. —Lancaster and Carlisle. ser Ot't Loudon and North-Western, 111 '-,- --Pitt dl l3l'le ct 5 ' i f.- Pi p.—Ditto, Fifths, 1,/, p.--Alidlan g otere , old —South-Eastern and Dover (Se 4 ) , 11.e)8 Oi:/ 111:i NCH ESTE. N. Ay 4. 6 :, Ll . yr 11 21 s fo l # , l° l " fi Srocic ExCHANOE.— The markeb .-'. 0r i .....pit. -- p t , a good business doing. The transaction,'6 n• (...,, 00 0, pir e ' Lancashire and 1 orashire, Fifths, 9 ,1 1 ,, 5 1, rth - lin cil po li O f Quarters._ p ferknce, 6 per cent.,_ 12 , 4 —London 4 2',A" ° a lld -as i l t 4 to. p. ir 14 es e re ct!' Conzolidated Stock (No. 4), 5 1- 16. ..,./. , Asy So „4 ~.alernencleiee,ster, Slientei.,. nogro YORK., AuG• ''. n g t°3751,.' /.O,P STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactie od. ,w i e , s t i i i i r l p l i i te i i w rshc :— ,epn l tr .: .e a ri s en t r c ep r ne n c: C e (oguunatriaens,;6-S:lcli e d- o x'l ;.fo r 115 ' l 4 tieot r o f 'Or go d [ A DVERTL:ENIENT.I—Tbe CO ( 111,11:11e- Pk.? ch op ! ' valP diseed ici re Holloway's Ointment and Pills a e daily e t ` e d Or° terros'ool° society and medical men, both st r hom e l'n 0 144 0 e° i" , °St fi il , 4 0 ,1 05 these incomparable medicines in tue I t ' •, Cie - 0 0. ,ipe se assert that in the severest cases of which were considered incurable, f i t ' , is l', ° n - i ilf . :ll I's been truly efficacious, when used, a nd 1- " be t l s ", e j t ll°-t o l l fact that Holloway's Pills are the verr e-edici°' a teril ole. • ever known or • tried. These admirabeedr/isircesclai°P bad legs, however inveterately disea s o t 0 0 , h yah ad tt i ' atieations, glandular swelli • and the,° 50 10 ,;b0"" A of Medicine and at Profe'ssor 1-1 ' S e t:a ry l:al, to p oilowo 1 oP' L s. r L i n o g n d w o n ai r 7 ; scrofulanog7king's evo; , u ,,,i dr building , ....9 41 ,00 4 'i ttl e e, ao o+. " t-6 , ' - 0 . ei THE 13 EAUEOT R AGGE D pv.- i jOr • i ares ,tor Islet d i ', b ite., d pc bath-walk, for the ediLeatioa of th e 1. ;Vie 0 s loi l v o oe,,o has just been completed ja s ,geti oirc„, or vicinity. The erection' ;.8 in the Poricobeci i f o , el l o . f Sr i ,. with a noble façade and pOrtiao, aPP r i ° ,oiog 1 0 ar eg li d i 3 :o l ' of steps. The entire buildi l3 g , ,_ jac coc er° „ (If ot :1, dre s workshops, masters' residences, o"eec - c 6 0 0" feet. It has been erected by the m u n, st Si d lr foy, the eminent distiller of Latnb""e'Atiorl The schools will be opened for the X' ec ' early in the ensuing month• --- KO' Jo•- B/RTOS.•_, wife °f 0 n fo t r h d e , r 2 s 7 Ti th . inst., at Upper YajPita-/i1 °ley/idol', f 0 J °lell Law ford, 26th inst., at Tolling ter the of On Miles, jun., Esq., o a f late of HighburY• ~. it, t .. tbe .ter or ADAye 0 . sgo in 9 ' Atir At Syston-park, Grantham, ou th e P 6s° 1 1 ' Sir John C. Thorold. , „boo , On the 27th inst., at Upper Bedfororr Id' the wifeof M • U b s° to • ajor s orne, Esq. r elit off CIO ~..0 ye. MARI3IO'T . therati in S CIII ti e On the 26th inst., at the German ,-,,lifueban, '4osol'v Strand, the Rev. Dr. Grossman, ° L of AlTitlii° of 1 0, Luise, eldest daughter of Mr. E. 130%t°01:! t he -, oeql.llo A, At St. George's, lianover-square,v , l ey, lt.P t o .„,,, lion. FitzG;,rald Algernon Clu'rle3 t jeoleP fO r late and brother of the present -16')arri(Ipbell, e younger daughter of Sir George Y IP' -shire, N.B. d A. a --- --- Clifsr e d 4 :' 0 r6 6 POD it E,g isto On the 25th inst., it Argyll-Piace,_ serficet i,e,,, bell, C. 8., late of the Bengal Alilitrivilliool ~11,,f On the i•lth inst., at Weymouth, 0' trio ° lat e Thomas, Bart. • if po .aiderl, 1 . 11 if of t . e 0 On the 17th inst at FreYv, ,„ o do „f •, re d o w, , 0 0 r Juba Frances Lady D'ArleY, 0, to \V illiam D'Arle •lk Ogjj' 1. tet e • Y. c dbury saft° ' b r , itl3 e On the 21th inst., at ...,Li 0 , soli tbe ni John Sikes, Esq. . 11, Surr e P c ,l W) get. On the h e inst.. at Etoelvite.i. Trairerg, oto, ageil 30, the wife of Mr. J. " • ..i if of tbe 1 10 ' wall, and Stockwell. dhar t, rico 0 4 On the 2 ,th inst., Sophia Sto ad.sd 69. p,i.e R. Stodhart. of I,lingten On the 26th ist., at Br P' ' , „ vi ol , ' '" /0( - ~ ( .1 71. f pr., „4O, , John Massey, LFq., gto L t;540-5," _ - OV , OP 'nst at tlarlovt. op _4 4 , .0n- the2f22 .... ,....2 . ___ _-a.eu U 4, pi t i GI --- greeini ,s41„..0100, v „tot liOh9d bi w 0 °W 0 C °1413 London: Printed and Fab at To 8 0 i t i tli N 11% Stra], Printer, _, the 3yof, , A., Strand, in the frooLletftt g 9, 405 Q• Middies, Tlaughlii A.06`4" ~.... .