The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-25 00:00:00

No. 165597. B.e(l.W..ter the pil o t eng i ne got pas t th e crossing. I thought A , twaA at the mail train, and con after that, I hard a crash. f i a lamps ere very deceiving in the night, from the r t -s that are in titi,m. 11 i 0• closed the cas.. against the prisoner. otttr a, 0% - erend said it as etaite cicar that an accidcnt hal and that every p!ecaeltion had been taken. "", pidfl`tytnan sad Ord. client, as anxious as any to q l . ? l, ave the ease clearly inye4Lated. i `" Vickers said that he was instructed to say that the "SOner w to the as a clever, intelligent, and steady man ; 'and up present tune the Company had no fault to find with x?lrs Palfreyman said his client had beet apprenticed to i s ,"` PUer Clarke, and had since been employed on the Aild- Ku9,fir three years. INitness recalled—l watched the red lights go out of my 4 s et , and then I saw a white light, and in a very little time Wr war ds, perhaps a. few minutes, I saw the white light. ~!ea I heard the shcck I could not see any lights. By day ttri"t I could see the place where the accident happened. I c an se e a white light further than 1 can see a red one. We ee 6 3' daylight for about two miles. \l l2t the poi otter: Walker said, lam stoker of the pilot engine. I went ata rt ttley. Our engine had d White light in front. We u, froln Masborough about half-past four. I was called ocilartr-r the news cane. We went towards Wath, about 21) W 4. "Ir. There was no red light at Wath, and we th, i s e Vert- carefully towards Barnsley. We saw a light *er e '„T id , the Watchman said the train had just gone. We .side „i r ty at a stand, and the watchman walked by the °nt‘ iWe saw no red light, but we did s‘t.e a white tot first impression was that it was the guard whO ad _ and was comi ng t o w ar ds us. We then went further hip `a•W two red light:4, when Wheatley immediately shut off kiu, " . , r n• I put the break on. Wheatley reversed the en -143- 411 u Put the steam back way; then the collision took Ma ' We were t wo or th r ee carriages off the train when kl ad " r t saw th e re d li g h ts o f th e train. When We stopped ( examined the engine the sti am was not on. \Ar,l ` s , examined-1 leaped off the tender about 10 or 11 e .before the collisich. Wheatley I cannot speak to. the t w 7 e going about 12 miles an hour when we tan into • ift er r am, and never went more than 12 or 14 miles an hour 7, got fnon Barnsley. if the guard had been coming us with a white light it would have been our duty Ove slack ene d our sped. ktu 3 Ma g istrate-istrate—lt is not the order for the guard to ‘'ll t ri h l W ith a ' white light. 1 supposed the white light was ?1t carriag e . fit a o veretill said that he had entered into the case fully kid of aY, for the purpo‘e of doing his duty as a TagistWe, 5 , 'wing the public be fully aware of the acetd,nt. ', 4l t time, having gone into the facts, there might still i1% 4 1 1 -ir ' r e serious tribunal to which the case might be ad , int, ' i , to 'see the result of the accident. He had gone fully , t Qse, that there should appear no lukewarnmesi to z „ it ratt of the magistrates to investigate the of the uan anT d., t7,, - e'endant was then admitted to bail, himself in 501., tall td " sureties n in 251. each, to answer the charge witch 4Pri. f r . __.. .: 1111.1. WAY INTELLIGENCE. e...--.. : ' l' ltß e t , (--)- th AND NARROW GAUGE COMMISSION. 11 4,.. - , f . wrrii.-4 errs have been c, , n,i.kring the me:its of i t 'es during the last three days. Clarke, su ttlte,t7ileht of tile truffle on the Grew. Western liiite was Niet o , s e Sir Frederick-Smith whether, lie had forned any . tss, '' ..f the comparalve merits of the tr ,, ad and eaerew I - lks ( ' ll ' s • Mr. Clarke replied that he hail,' aid that it was in - 11)ite r e °l the broad gauge. Ills rinses for forming that ,74P e l e y 'ell Alin st( willies , of the trania, diminuti,u (4* the Tivi 4 6',--bar, the strength tef ‘..:: cai.retteree-, the . greeder ' ei‘r.i, tut is performed upen it, and at a lest,. test. The es r '''gs on the - broad gauge were ftet.Vier, and the motiiin tlist-ii)l''''ln'efice et:Rad - in% Sir Frederick Smith inquired 4 k i„ l _ if the briiid gauge were reduced tole six feet lark - e e 'les, any advantage w , uild be it.st, hich Mr. Afir e replim, that the intita of safety was pro , l iltlitZ 4 ' l to'' the inerease of base within reasonable , ? 0 A, 0 affteulty was experienced in going round ; 4 40 ,_L'he greet oscillaton on the narrow gauge had a itt jeer to throw the carriages off the rail. A page of six l' e d''''' inches would answer every purpose for the present " 4 . te,' The sPenti'they anwd at was sixty miles an hour, 14 q,,, ~"ch, being - questioned, said a seven feet gauge W;:s q t i l !` 4 to one of six feet six inches. No greater width ken; Pevennerit - would be required --for safety. The t t,,le, - . u llcriortty of the Great Western consisted in the con egtises,'"- of the eegines, and the power given to them by the 1 / 4 1 v01 i , - wh 6 el rhe gradients did not operate in their R 40,,,• They had worse gradients than on the narr9w 'tier They had more' power concentrated in one engine 'tie ll °,ne di lying-wheel, With a seven-feet wheel they to nwse six miles an hour. The back pressure would . I.ee lee 2 l -p er cent. Wite a six-f; whtel it would be la Ntlt..; With one o f fi ve f ee t s i x i nc h es i t wo uld be 27 per ~, i lta e '' ,'n'd with a five, feet wheel it would be 30 per cent. " tf; •' l4ll also advant age f r o m the larger size of the fire - hose eaaktr engin es . O ne S quare f eot o f arena in the fire hose Ile e 'lital to two feet cubic of evaporation in the boiler, tetti4 oultl not obtain a similar advantage on the narrow kit'L They would not gain the same power to their `Qe f . - • The larger tee fire-best, as compared to the boiler, Ne' r e eater was the power obtalned. Professor Airy then l'te r `: into a long examination of the witness with re- IV, e to the ratio i f evaporation consequent on , the Ota, te : l ze of the fire-box in the enginese on the Great , e „ The The narrow gauge would gain an Advantage ee; rl ligating their fire-boxes. That would increase ,'!lt Qe ,tt their engines. They had, ' - 'atter much trouble, ''h ce e d in getting plates corrugated for the construe= ii,:; boxcs. It was very difficult to induce pertles ts4lerteke the manufacture of them, OA eccount of the le t k would involve for the neeessary machinery to i ,t• Mr. Clarke's exaniiiiso'ion lasted the whole of tine , 1 4: 1 , 1 " e il t nothing 'e7 % rae.terfa - 1 was elicited._ Mr. G. A. d eg examined ' B , secretary bt the Great Western e- onapany; Was :lite ex 4 i tnined In answer to a question ffoin ' Sir Fre• F iss. -1 i'...,., whether it Was Contemplated from the i i lizti,j:"g to form the seven-faat guage on that',:lint, Mr. 1.'44 of said it Was not. The intention Was not formed I si `fee ti , - d er the Act had been obtained. The conipeny wee 04 r -' la January, 1833 ; went before Pittlhaftent in I ,ti•:i . r a line front - London to Heading, and front Bath to rilf, They applied for that limited length of late in e t te,: i :Vice of difficulty in completing their subscriptions : ql , ri,i t rr"wn out in the Lords en the second reading. The 'Ckitl l '," was a combined one; they were opposed by the ,Ilt i„, Arestern, EMI' College, and the canal Ownets. In 1 11 ) , ,T e rval between 104 and 1835 they completed their ),'.t fail') After a protracted centest they obtained theit e i'i • o ne whele line. In other cases the width of gauge "s' s by the Act el Incorporation. That clause 4e. wli'eltitted in the Act of the Great Western. Could not, !Sine tare it Was the first instance in which the clause " s l 't i . t , sllQ ri.auge - was omitted. Sir Frederick Smith—Do 1 4 ,4 e, :,;•", what ohj,cts sir. Brunel had in adeptine the broad t( ''se.: i ' t .ir. Sautide•s-4 do. , They were in order to obtain 'le ens Power in lever-motion engines aid greater speed; ' r eei e n abied to place the Wheels on the outside; to obtain tff,,, t, r strength in the construetion of the engines, and tu I ., "re rgerreter safety at a high speed, which Mr. Brunel looked 1, -41 "e tu us an '', i tto bi , emote; fished. These were the e"' ‘ r i e r ,';''j e t e' , 8 . Wiii C' ei► e ti c e had in . vie , . Sir Frederick Smith— sttee, eitsider that these objects have teen attairud ? alt.. i,,gSit i a t e rs-- Yes. If the line was tO be re-constructed, t hey would e'' lete"liet the broad gauge. It gave increase . d speed and safety l' ,41,_1`,yi'lvOrtion to the increased weight required to be carried. ( ,7 (1 0 , "11l carryweight eta gi eatet epeed than could '"er s - : en the narrow gauge Sir Frederick Sinith—Wa a4lle'ate' economy by adopting the broed gauge? Mr. litit4rs--There was ; he formed that opinion nom an ex .tLtis-e''h of the returns made by other compaine:, and a iN I- i l t s Deticin V the accounts of the Great We,t. rn. The ti' , t ti, s e w e ° ll ..' drawn out upon u . niform princille, in order , .., 4- uifferent companies might reciprocate informa tilea.,..';cl therefore form a standard of comparison. Sir e 'lat t i Smith—Mr. Gooch, when examined, stated '' h kci I, r cost of traction for Inlets - on the Great Western 1 1,. 4 ' 1 1 " than the Grand Junction ; by one ,l-Se t 's than the Bristol and .Giduceste r • by four-tenths k 14,1 lai r Sou th - Western ; and by ore-half titan the Lendon it theta.rnitighain. Mr. Saunders—He had no reason to Jilt ecuracy of that statement. There was in some Nt. 'n • the• e , i,., . construction i. f the loco Motives, en increased ~- ` ) k . 1 ," o .hers it was the same. In reply to further qites `'eftue stated that the adoption of the broad gauge did i 'l P 7t llo eB ,-, i tAte a greater width of way. They. had . none e s tee Gre at Western thirty feet. Sir Frederick Smith— 'prole Great Weston under an obligation to run a sZre •g a llge from Oxford to Rugby? Mr. Saunders — V e it l ee clause in the Act of Parliament which . ren lel tr sc r.igatory, should the Boat d of Trade require it. el, gbe e f il 'k Smith—Assuming a narrow gauge line from fie ag e e `,9 Oxford? Mr. Saunders—There should be a tel sky 7 carriages wh ene ver there were converging lines, ce e , t he% ise - There cou ld be no question about' that, both l eti '',le e 4e°re of economy and convenience. A change of e re , ee ee ,eioatild promote greater speed and give greater d cotbne qr .‘' bf t. ',,, the passengers; and with regard to eoo d. th e t;lns i i ue carriages shohld be removed, as on the Paris r 'sat''e i l le * No greater delay would arise from adopting , br a , ' e se system. Sir Frederick Smith—Can you state WIZ pp - c , i1 e 0 11 , 4 and extension lines the Great Western Com %te wit to to construct, in order to accommodate t d he . den ne sethe broad gauge? Mr. Saunders—He coul , ial, t l e l,',- 1 consider such communication private and con tit;',',niee The information was then communicated . to the si ii ksoe,,, ° !'ers Privately. After some further examination ' het r s shett adjourned, and it is underetood that there 1,,, )e another meeting for some days. `it e n ,„ '''Ulll AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY tee 4 NV e'n-F-EeTING AT BAMPTON, OXON. eritate:,-.sti_esday afternoon a very numerous and_ hi hl 1,,,‘' N d T 7 IN '4l as influential, meeting of the Latinos 1 / 4 :,( 1 1 tees in the town of Bainpton and its neighbonrs 11 ft '' Pre,-,, `L in the Town-hall, at which 'e— Le Forrestier, a Ptis e il'ed, for the purpose of receiving and hearing from (~.41.,.4‘tile{:00iii.igirias;t.t:fwitl ie Committee of the South and Midlands Le thQ ir 411 way Company, a full explanation of the merits 4 tit th Pr 'tiect, especially in so far as it was proposed to I,l,littekerb)"presont were the Chairman, Dr. Whittaker, e ee "ice, E ' En., G. Whittaker, Esq., R. Mien, E'cl" , p,. Der, t,. s q. , W. Bradshaw, Esq.. E. Wright, Esq., ......), h . ( 1 0 . , li. Holloway, Esq., F. Hunt, Esq . H. Turner, ' el "1"s, E s rris r Escle G. Holloway,' Esq., T. Holloway, Esq., ih, , le (l ux ,' 'le M•artirdie, Esq., &c. `_ l 'l ii,, n aIIIAN said that as the- meeting- were aware they aueitei calked to. a t 3 o , hear what effect the proposed was likely to preduce on their sl t4i t l44'L"-Iw n (4'l; most itnportant project, as far as . 4 Z to i ts ',','S;tiotein was concerued, because it would then tur,itontogislto.iiltthreilr..habitants a direct railway conunnideation, t°wns; with Bristol, Bath, 'Poole, and South ii'•.'_ ghala 01 ,. 1 ., ° :e side, aed Liverpool, Manehester, and te• t l l , the c ern " other. Seine gentlemen were in attendanice li . f! pe et ei s r, by whom an explanation would he given ho c ti sh oiod be ,b oeeration ef the line ; but ere that was done, tote r : . a 8 to the 4 e l ) ii v ei t i l ien h c ear t f he opinion of any a ofhis te ne t i l f e h i - r b r y 0 their having railway ri e • Wiles, 3 . e i • —AKER thereupon said he did not. in the present te e ,... - In , elder Chet 't was necessary fir him to point out to the • t o ‘ ;`,"nt ho w se ,; ‘ . I th it , l 'ai it eato beneficial a railway must be to any town 14. . :rezin a t s h, r t a t n t , ivi aes 1 - ,, ( ileer.) • Thi s was q u ite elearedlowev" , e ar ` ,g ail - pir erewbecolning so geeeral—inileed they were eY sho?lid thaevec°ounietrY- :di er that the i brought t was to " ti b iei t r l u tdistrict, eisn kis :tiler etwaYe might participate in the advantages which watb.sOlution, Z,N e :sSed : That being so, he would move . . ,ret..,,,e, te thp.3na.t.totlllasminpetoentinl,geill See'.. co . b o e f . o p p i k b l d ti u ost ai t o f a g r r e e i t l i -t I its neighbourhood."—( Hear.) th e t i • G. lictetes' ;" ar''' prroposie__ ,which with much satisfaction; would second the .„,„":72,,,,,1aich was then unanimously carried. Z. eeti ne 't_u_ , , aid h e had the honour to appear before ne a,,,,e1s the . representative of the South and ali -1 - --'44141 Railway ComPany—ttis Company which ~`-,• ~~-~.. _. ~. i _ ~~.,f _~__ _- 0 bon ig , after O il be 6 6 /,. g et ,' 0 5 P,..` - r ocfcf,i ;;_ri froo co-P bee a 0 10 01 '; o :!! I "P fre`P . v 1' „ P ( A - A 166. L i st t,v of CO / -b /other , ' a , ;'. 4 4v,a,/, , •- 1 4i )_,,. . 4 pt , - --.) • - Af V ' -- 4 ,. ‘ \y; -,„ ":" -.. proposed to bring a railway communication to Bampton and through its neighbourhood. Before, however, he en tered Into a stalenient to show what, would he the ! effect of the pr posed line in reference to it, he should et plain why it was that so few Members of the deputation ap peeeed In that reom en that oeea-ion. It was no intended • disreopeet that stint wen the ease.-.( Hear.) A meeting of th e inh e hh e rhe ;:e the town of Bicester, as they no doubt were aware, bad been cel!ed for the 17th. At the last me meat, however, the solicitor of the Coinpeny received a re qnisition from some of the iiihabitaitte, asking that the meeting might be postponed until the following day. The arrangements of the deputation would not admit of this, and therefore ti Peply Was Sent stating that fact, accompanied with an intimation that the meeting would be held on the 20th in stead of the 17th, to accommodate them. On that day. ac cordingly, the deputation arrived at Bicester, but nothing was done, because they found that on the 18th some parties who Were eotineeted with other Companies, finding that they were unable to carry resolutions in favour of their respective projects, had in the end induced the inhabitants to pass a re solution declaring that they would not entertain any of the projects which proposed to past through their town Until after the 30th of November, so that they might see which of the schemes were likely to go before Parliament, as by that period they must have deposited their maps and plans, &c.—(Hear; hear.) The majority of the deputation returned to London, whilst others rein went and dit over to Woodstock on the following day. The deputation row came to Hampton with the hope that they should obtain the ap proval and support of the inhabitants of that town.—(Hear, hear.) Those gentlemen had already, by the resolution they had just agreed to, declared in favour of a railroad being brought to their town, and It Would therefine be for hint, on behalf of the Company, to explain how it was proposed that a benefit should be bestowed upon all those connected with that district.---(Hear, hear.) They were all aware of the extent which railways occupied in the attention of every class of society, and how anxious almost every landed priptletot was to have a railway brought either through or close to his property, and it afforded him much pleasure in stating that generally a similar feeling existed along this proposed line.—(Hear, hear.) The South and Midlands Junction line would in reality form a trunk Ike as regarded that part of the country, for it would biting them into each of the two great main lines of the kingdom —the Great Western and the London and Birmingham.— (Hear, hear.) By this course the inhabitants of InnpAnt woult have a direct railway communication from one end ef the co - ntry to the other, This line would commence at Meeeter, where, by a junction with the Carnbriggc and Oxford line through Wolverton, in, eonnexton with the Ilastetri Counties, It Would affbrd . futility of leteeeoutee with the metropoli iii one direction; with Stafroml ; the Potteriek Liverpool; and Man- Oyster in the ()tittle Near to Woodstocic, close to which the protected line would pass, the Oxford and Rugby and Oxford and Worcester Railways would cross, and thus they would he presented with the opp -rtunitiee of enterineethe two great ralleeeV te - b-ries o f the kiiigile:meec,Heer)-tit, in the olio t,n , i Ittit:by in the oilier. Passing tiekt on to the t.:wn of Witnev the line would he crossed by a communi cation to the great manufacturing district of Stroudwater— the Oxford and Cheltenham line. At this point the South and Midlands line squid bend oft directly south- west, close to liAmpitiii oil Its lAthdalt% AL tea Of thole towns it was intended to have stations.—(Hcar, hear.) At Swin den their railway would cross the broad gauge—an end which hitherto has never been attempted. At this point the inhabitants of Bampton and Leclidele would take- up the direct n Pest and west, to London . ; and to Bristol and Beetr, Bath, 01-eteeetee, Stroud, and then on by means of the Gloucester and Aberystwith line. through the whole of North and South Wales.—( Hear.) He had already steed that their junction with the London and Birtiiiighinn icnilway ^t Thtgby would give them a.. ch rect communication with the whole of the north and mid land counties.—(Hear.) Most of the gentlemen present hell a proepectits in their hande, and if they would do him the ItitnitieS, , to refer to it, they would lid that. there was scarcely a part of the kingdom to which they would not be able to travel by railwa so soon as the South and Midlands Junction line had been - construtted,—(llear, hear. Ho was happy to he in a pogition to inform the meeting that along the line there was 'a general opinion in favour of the pro iect, and in most cases he had already received the writ ten consent of the landed proerietors. (Hear, hear.) These gentlemen appeared to think that the course this line wfluld take was that which would confer the greatest benefit upon the towns and districts through which it passed—(hear, hear)—the more so as it would provide them with railway facilities to every line in every part of the kingdom.—(Hear.) Hampton and its neighbour hood would thus have every market throughout the country thrown open to them.—(hear, hear.) Before he sat down he might tell the meeting that he had had the honour, in company' with some of the gentlemen who acted as local agents ; of waiting upon nearly every landowner between Swindon and Bicester, the.t out of ',await' 10 and 80 noblemen and gentlemen, they had met with one dissent oily, and that was in the case of a Noble Lord who thought ' that the line would tut up a fox toter rather too much. From eighteen gentlemen out of twenty on a portion-of the line, the. Company had received a-written consent to the rail. Way passing through their hand.—(lteer, hear.) As a proof that the 'Company would be quite ready to deposit their maps and plans in the Parliament-office long ere the time had elapsed, he might state that upwards of fifty miles of the Ike were in the hands of the engraver. Mr. J. DUTToN moved the second resolution :--" That this meeting 110;6 4 4 heatd the explanation ftorn the deputa thin as to the course whieh the South and Midland§ tint, tion Baitway is itittrided to take, and of the advantages which are likely to accrue to the Wien and neighbourhood of Bampton; pledge thOtirteelVeS to give the undertaking their gupport."—(blear.) It appeared to Mtn, from what Mr. M'Murdie had just stated, that this Was by far the very best line that could possibly be eenetructed for Bampton and iteighbourhood.-(Hear.) In that part of the country they were 'very awkwardly situated as to the other portions of the county. took at Bicester, for instance, and the whole of that portion of the county, what difficulty the people of Hampton bad to get- Ovtt there.- ,, (}tear.) They had a very long and tedious ride, but with this litte it Would be found that the ride was not tnerely one of rapidity, but tine of ease. So it \Muhl be With i'speet to the journey to any other part of the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.) It was well known, even in their quiet and sequestered town, that the subject of railways had for some time occupied very much of the attention of the public, and moreover that great benefits had accreted to all the towns were they ran to. The town of Hampton then de• sire to participate in all the advantages which a railroad was calculated to afford to its inhabitants, The inhabitants of the district, as Well tie the town itself, were anxious to have the benefit of a rapid, easy, and safe mode of travelling, and = that facility appeared to him to be promised by the South anti :Midlands Junction ItailWay.—(llear.) He hoped sin• ocrnly, too, that, the line might be obtained.—(Hear, hear.) The.alteration in the rate of postage hail been a vast boon to , eoelety at large; but it would appear that something was I reqeired to cause that lay el to be the more general in its operation and more speedy in the method by which it shall ibe carriedeatt.—(Hear, hear.) Would it be believed that at this time 'of-day, In the year 1845, in the existence of rail ways toil. that at such a place as Bampton, riot more than about 60 or. 70 miles from London, if an inhabitant of their town wanted_ to send a letter to the metropolis, which he wished should-arrive the following inorithg, he was tom= pelled to put-it-into the post-office before half-past three o'clock the Weeding afternoon..—(Hear, hear.) He trusted, then, that if itevere upon no other ground, they might have this South and :Alldlatuts Junction Railway, fir that surely would lead to an. alteration in this system. (It was under stood, by a private - communication made to our reporter, that the letters which , left Bampton at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon. were . not dispatched from Oxford until twenty minutes past two o'clock in the morning.) Who regerd to himself he Wealde.pledge himself to support them with every means in his power,.for he was confident it. would be most beneficial to all person connected with the town. Mr. T. H BATEMAN seconded the resolution, and it was carried. R. BuTertn, Esq., said that it was of little use the meeting saying they would support an undertaking unless they went further. and did all they could to back that resolution by another.—(Hear, hear.) With the view of carrying out that. feeling, he would move "That' petitions be presented to both Houses of Parliament in faYeur of the South and Midlands Junction Railway, and that. the Members fur the county he requested to support- the same:'—(Cheers.) • Mr.. 11. MORRIS having seconded the resolution, it was put and unanimously agreed to. A vote of thanketWas then passed to the Chairman, fier his able conduct in the chair on the occasion. The meeting then separated. .„ J. MscnoNALD, Esq., seconded this resolution, which was carried arm. con. Mr. JAMIESON then asked when it was proposed that the neW stock should be allocated? The CHAIRMAN said he believed it would be immediately. The CaleduniAn Company would meet upon Nov. 5, to allo cate their new stuck. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then proposed by W. DIXON, Esq., and carried unanimously, after which the meeting separa; ed. FRIDAY NIGHTS GAZETTE DOWNING.STREET, OCT. 24, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Winniett, Esq , C.antnavder in the Royal Navy, to be Lieutenant-Go vernor of Her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast. Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Henry Dun can DAgin, Esq., to be inspector General of Police for the I.,land of Barbadoes. WAR-OFFICE, Ocr. 24. ad Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon T. Browne, from the iltb Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Isaac Timm, who retires upon half pay, Oct. 24. 6th Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon G. Johnston, from half-pay 9tit Light Dragoons; to be Veterinary Surgeon; vice Browne, al,pointed to the 3d Ibragoon Guards, Oct. 24. 9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Gilbert Thomas Nichol• son to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dawson, who retires, Oct. 2 , 1; Cornet and Adjutant. William Hamilton to have the rank of Lieutenant, Oct. 23; Cornet Francis John M'Farlane to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nicholson, Oct. 24. 13th bight Drao, , ns—Sergeant Major Edward Hall, from the 1/th Light Drag. ons, to be Adjutant (with the rank of Cornet), vice Floyd, deceased, Oct. 24. 7th Regiment of Font—Ensign A. A. Buxton ; from 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woulfe, who retires, Oct. 24. _ _ _ _ . . 16th Foot—Lieut. F. Ashpitel to be Captain, by purchase, Vice %flee, who retires; Ensign G. J. Peacocke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, rice Ashpitel ; IV. Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, by purcbase„vice Ruxton, promoted in the 7th Foot, Oct. 24. 19th Foot—Lieut. W. T. Parratt to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Deac,n, who retires : EnSign C. K. Skeete to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parratt ; G. W. H. Massy, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Skeete, Oct. 24. 20th Foot—Lieut. C. C. Abbott, from. the W-pay of the 13th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hollis, appointed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment. 21st Foot—Second Lieut. E. Clemison to be First Lieu tenant, Without purchase, vice Bolton, appointed Adjutant a let Fort; C. I'. King, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Clemison Assistant Surgeon F. H. Clark, from the 57th moot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Tupper, who exchanges, Oct. 21. Foot.—D. Grantham, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Currey, who resigns, Oct. 24. Foot.—Lieut. A. S. Bolton, from the 21st Foot, to be Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Wilton, promoted in the 50th Foot, Oct 24. 34th Fow—D. W. Eaton, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 24. 431 Feet—Ensign J. A. Dick to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Lord Tullamore, who reams; C. C. de Morel. Gent., to be Etvign, hypurchase, vice Dick, Oct 24. 54:h Foot—T. Moorhead, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 24. 55th Fort 7 -Captain W. H. L. D. Cuddy, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice T. A. Heriot, who ex changes; Ensign E J. T. Montresor to be Lieutenant, by pfirchase, vice Cuddy, promoted; H. P, Feilden, Gent., to be Ensign, by purcharse, vice Montressor, Oct. 24. 57th Eoot—As-istant-Surgcon F. W. Tupper, from the 21st Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Clark, who exchangt s, Oct. 24. 73d Foot—Captain T. Cradock, from half-pay Unattached to be Captain, vice C. F. Parkinson, who exchanges, re ceiving the difference; Lieut. 11. P.Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cradock, who retires; Ensign H. C. Owen, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell; F. Reeves, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Owen, Oct. 24. 80th Foot—Lieutenant L. Sk3nner, from'the 93d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Shnter, who exchanges, Oct. 24. 93d Foot—Lieutenant J. Shuter, from 89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Skvnner, n ho exchanges, Oct. 24. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. A. Macdonell to be Captain, 14y pur chase, vice John Roop-r, who retires; Second Lieut. W. R. . C. Spencer to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mac (fatten ; the Hon. J. Stuart to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Spencer, Oct. 24. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant R. Hollis, from the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Brannan, pro moted, Oct. 24. INATTActiEn.—Lieut. W. 11. L. D. Cuddy, from the 55th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, Oct. 24. BREVET.—Captain T. Cradock, a the 73d Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838. MEnoumanum.—Captain David Meaden, upon half-pay unattached, has been allowed to retire from the Army with the sale of an unattached commir , sion ' he being about to settle in the island of Ceylon, Oct. 24, 1845. Erratum in the Gazette of Oct. 17. MEMORANDUM. For the commission of Ensign S. B. Hartigan, in the 3d West India Regiment, to be antedated March 1, 1845, instead of July 30, 1844, read, the commission of Ensign S. B. Hartigan, in the 3d West India Regiment, has been altered from July 30, 1844, to March 1, 1845. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry Cavalry—W. Challinor, Gent., to be Cornet, -Oct. 17. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of ISR,ntgomeryshire. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry—P. F. Leicester, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Jones, resigned; N. Burlinson, Gent., to be Adjutant, Oct: 7: • ERRATUM. CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. SPRING CIRCUITS, 1846. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. WILLIAM JOIIN LAW, -ESQ. Commissioner. At the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, Tuesday, March 24. BANKRUPTS. William Faryon; licensed victualler, Farringdon-street, City, to surrender Oct. 31, at two, and Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Lawranee and Flews, Bueklersbury. Jo( n Gurney, brewer, Lambeth-walk, Surrey, Nov. 4, at half-past one, and Dec. 3. at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street •, Lawrance and Flews. George Hardy, innkeeper, Saint Ives, Huntingdonshire, Nov. 4 and Dec. 3, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John - son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Brisley, Pancras-lane, Chea pside. ' Albany Featherstonhaulgh, butcher, Great Bolton, Lanca shire, Nov. 3 and. -?4, at twelve, at the Matichester District Court.. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk net, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-tow, London; Rushton and Armit stead, Iloiton-le• Moors. Francis Gill, hardwareman. Manchester, Nov. 5, and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Parkes, Smith, and Co., Bed ford-row, London ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Antos Jones, Innkeeper Bourne, Gloucestershire, Nov. 6, and Dec. 8, at eleven, at die Brit.tol District Coutt. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Blower and Co., Lincoln's Inn fields •Xearsey, - Stroud. Richard Castle. : grocer, Twyning, Gloucestershire, Nov. 6, at twelve, and Dec., 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Acraman, official • assignee. Bristol ; Richards and Thomas, Tewkesbury ; Peters and Abbott, Bristol. James Sykes, hosier, Doncaster, Nov. 4 and 25, at eleven, at thi Lads District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; G. and C. Rushworth, Staiile Inn London; Sanderson, DIVIDENDS DECLARED. W. Foster, tailor, Liverpool—a div. of 6d. in the poli l l4 Ott. 29, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liyerpitol. J. J. Brez, tailor, Liverpool—a div. of 6s. Bd. in the pound (on =Mint of first div. of 10s.), Oct. 29, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr Morgan, Liverpool. ' H. Cooke, painter, Liverpool—first div. of 2s. 2d. in the pound, Oct. 29, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan; Liverpool. W. Bowen. grocer, Merthyr Tydvil—first div. of is. 3d. in the pound, Oet: 29, or any, subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Bristol, J. Milne, dealer, high Crompton, Lancashire—second div. • of ss. 10Ad. in the pound (anti first and second div. of 68. 10td. on new prootb), Oct. 28, or any subsequent Tuesday, • ' at the office of ,11r, Fraser, Manchester. SCOTCH LINES. J. Haselden, cotton spinner, Bolton-le-Moors—first die. of CYDr.sDALEJumnuN RAILWAY.—An extraordinarymeet- 2s. 6d, in the pound, Oct. 29, or any subsequent Tuesday , at ing a the shareholders of this company was held at the the office of Mr. PraSer, Man Chester, Black Bull, Hotel, Glasgow, on Tuesday evening; James J. Holrovd, cotton-warp manufacturer, Wheatley, York- Dunlop, Esq., of Clyde Ironworks, and chairman of the corn , shireeee-firsf diet. of ,g. 51 in the potindi Oct. 28, or any sub pany, in the chair. eequent Tuesday, fit the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. The following report by the directors was then read by U. Barron, builder, Berkeleyesquare i second div. of 84d. in the secretary : the pound, Oct. 25, and three following Saturdays, at the " The dir,ctors have called this general meeting of the ()Mee or Mr. GrooM, Abehhrehelalle, shareholders for the purpose of submitting to their approval - 'I. T. Couehman, builder, High-street, Itensington—Arst an arrangement which has been entered into with the di. div. of 9d. in the pound, Oct. 25, and three following Satur rectors of the Caledonian Railway. days, at the office of Mr: Grooni, Abchtitchelane, " That arrangement is embodied in the minutes of this S. Fossick, warehtniseman, Mumford-court, Milk•street— board of the 24th and 25th ult., which are now laid before iburth div. of 1 Vsd. in the pound, Oct: 25. and three follow the meeting; and the following is an abstract of the terms : ing Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Gtoomi Abchurch-lane. " 1. That the stock of the Clydesdale Juncti , n Railway . , DIVIDENDS*. Company (including the 120,0c0/. of stock agreed to be given At the Court or Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. for the Polloc and Govan Railway) shall be immediately 3, W. Robson and J. Barrow, patent pump manufacturers, amalgamated with the stock of the Caledonian Railway Com- St. Ann'S,:place; LimelitiuSe, Nov. 14, at twelVe-3. krling# pany at pr. . tabifiet. Maker, teed -, Nose 14, at half-past one—W. H. "2. That the hollers of the Clydesdale JunctiOn stock Frearson, cotton manufacturer, Wood street, Cheapside,Nov. shall be guarantee( a minimum dividend of G per cent. pe 14, at twelve -C. Parslow, tailor, Blackman-street, South= annum thereon, payable half-yearly, from the date of th wark, Nov. 14, at half-pact twelVd—J. E. Vardy, draper, opening of their line Porternenth, Nov. 14, at one—W. Clarkson, boot manufac -" 3. That they shall likewise participate share for share weer, liedcress-street, Nov. 14, at half-past one—J. I'eake, with the holders of the Caledonian stock in the profits of the • miller, Tolleshunt KiiightS, ESsek, Nov. 21, at eleven—J. united company, so far as these may exceed the above per Farrow, draper, .Stanton, Suffolk, Nov. 14, at 'One. centage on united Antic. , In the Country. . " The directors Teel no doubt that the above arrangement ' W. Menzies, draper, Gloucester, Nov. 21, at eleven, at the will meet with the cordial approbation of the shateholifers. Bristol District Court, They are satisfied that it is greatly for the advantage of berth CEiff inCATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to companies. To the Caledonian Company it eecares con- the contrary, on the day herein mention ed._ nexiong with the various Rerfrewshire • and Ayr: hire rail- A. Wright, Grocer, Kettering, Nov, 14-3. Thou; paper ways and the harbour of Glasgow, and also - the means of , hanger, New firentford, Nov. 14—C. D. Wilsoni .huilder, o btaining a passenger station in the ce n t r e o f th a t c ity wo rthy I Savilleeplace, Mileeend, Not-. lc."-= , -W. • Miley, tailor, Bake , . Of so important a line; and to the Clydesdale Company well, beebyshire, Nov. 17—H. Bromwich, grocer, Learning it ensures a large fixed return upon their catiltal, commencing ton Priors, Warwickshire, Nov. 18—J. Martin, tallow from the moment their line is completed, with a participation `chandler, High-street, Shoreditch, Nov. 14—A. V. Pull in a ll the additional profits and other advantages which may i J a mes, aucti,neer, Bath, Nov. 14—J. Aldcroft, licensed b e ex p e cted firm such an allance; among these the directors victualler, Manchester, Nov. 14.—T, Sims, licented Victnallet, may refer to the new stock about to be issued by the,Cale - 1 Whltechapel-toad, - Nov. 14—J.• Acton, farmer, Lichfießl &Wan- company for carrying out the various extensions, ' Nov. 14—C. Slartyn, linendraper, Durham, Nov. I4—J. Pia ' , 'branches, and stalely, acquired are 3 projected by them. . grocer, Plymouth, Noy. 14. "The shareholders in the Clydesdale Company mill be en- PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. titled to an equal alhothent of new stock, which it is.. T. Ingledew and E. Gandell, tea brokers, Mincing-lane— I understood will be iSetted in the proportion of one share of ~ (n andGo.Co lea& 1 J 1 .u,ii 2 5 0 0,,, painters,le,Citrsito hi r stf, F. ee ll t — , Chancery es -lane— G. J. t Had- ' ' 25/. to each original slit:treat. 50/. i • " The directors have fakery the opportunity of the present ' tea dealers, Sherburne, Dorsetshire—T. Holt, 3. Holt, and S. meeting t o request the shareholders to fix their remuneration, Coop,.cotton-leaste dealers, Burn Laneahire—T. Fidler, T and that of th e auditors, and secretary, and treasurer of the Kelsop e W. Foal - , T. Hughes, J. Turner, J. Champion, J. company, until the act of amalgamation be obtained." Shuttere , W. Bell, W. Batchelor, C. Fidler, W. Hodson, 3. R. JAMIES, ,N, Esq., of Newferry, Cheshire, asked if there J. Brandreth, J. Prior, and J. Tucker, patent wine manufac was any fix e d ti me wh,n the railway was to be completed? turers, Batite-E.C: Bourne, T Mac, and E. C. Bourne, jun.,. The OnArnm AN sa id it wa • ,roused to open it ill two years tailors, Princes-street, Hanover-quarc—j. Clucas an 1..T..' from the time they took ' . '. .f h' i I he: ,hire—J. Crab from (, t,,e grown., ant own warp dyers, Shipley, Yorkshire—T was eoeawereofanything- to prevent this being accomplished , tree ae ' d. W. Br . , _ . ~— D.tvin SANDEmAN, Esq., of KirkwOod, then moved that James, W. G•1114' pawnbrokers, Toxteth-park, Lanca r 1 T . and A. Jo h n b -a l P ,waNetiorse -ili6-ineeting• approve of the report, confirm the arrangeMent ' men Ch 1 ' N lrliee a lu e c r k ; therein referred to, and authorise the directors to concur with Kidderminster —J. Sitipson, E. Ro e buc k, , eap ' s .l i 'a d t e e . ,_ H. i l. N 'l N si r c a l t i. s e t l )l l l , the Caledonian Railway Company in applying to Parliament ' and G. Simpson, innkeepers, York—l. Bri ght, H.Bright„and for an Act to carry it intonffect. - G. KIDSTON, Esq., merchant; Glasgow;' having seconded : SCOTCH SEQGEISTRATIO. the resolution, it wog carried by acclamation. slid jcm : r u r' c 1 John Cathcart, grocer, Paisley, Oct. 27 and Nov. 17, at - E. Bright, watch makers, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire.. ROBERT JaarrEgos, Esq., then moved that the following ' one, at the chambers of air. Gardner, Paisley. sums be placed at the disposal of the directors:—viz., 5001. PRICE OF SUGAR. for the remuneration of the provisional committee, 7301. for The Average Price of Sugar computed from the Returns the remuneration of the directors for the current year, 50.3. made in the week ending Oct. 21, was 345. 9id. per cwt.,ex fur the auditors, and 400!. fur the salary of the secretary and • elusive o'. the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on treasurer during the same period. the importation thereof into Great Britain" =o)itlleil LONDON, SATURDAY_ OCTOBER 25, 1845. . COAL FIELDS OF CHINA. ON THE ANTIIARACITE AND BITUMINOUS COAL FIELDS OF CHINA; THE SYSTEM OF MINING, AND THE PRICES OP COAL, AND LABOUR IN ITS PRODUCTION, AND TRANSPOR TATION TO PEKIN. BY RICHARD C. TAYLOR, PHILADEL PHIA. We have seen the recent announcement of the sailing of a vessel containing 308 tons of Pennsylvania anthracite, des tined fur Hung-Kong; in China. Some very natural specu, lations have arisen from this circumstance, as to the proba bility of that country furnishing a market for American an thracite. As no details accompany the statement alluded to, w•e are not in possession of material facts whereby an eAimate can be formed of the probable success of the under • taking. in a commercial sense; and we are not sure but the coal may .have been employed for convenience merely, as bal last. In the East Indies various depots of European coal have been established, for the service of the British Government steamers. This fuel, for the most part, it is understood, con sists of the anthracitous and partially bituminous coals of South Wales, of course obtained at great expense. It appears that 5,000 tons of English coal at a freightage of 2/. per ton, are annually imported into Bombay for the Company's steamers. Bituminous coals have been derived from much less distant sources; among which the Burdwan coal field, in the vicinify of Calcutta, may be named. Mergui Island, also, in the Bay of Bengal, has lately furnished some steam coal to Singapore. The steam-ships on the China - seas, during the war with that vast country, were supplied front these various sources. I do not propose to discuss the profitableness, or other wise, of a Chinese market for our American anthra cite. But as during the process of collecting statis tical information for a proposed volume on " the geo logical and geographical distribution of coal and other mineral combustibles," some notes reached me of an interesting cha racter, which are not generally accessible to the majority of readers with relation to the Chinese coal fields, it has struck me that a portion of these details, in an abridged form, might be just now acceptable, particularly as the intercourse with that country is on the increase. I venture even to omit, for the present, the authorities for the facts I shall have to com municate, reserving them in detail for the volume ad verted to. It must, nevertheless, be p emised that to the Jesuit fathers, the French missionaries, who were permitted to reside at Pekin during the 18th and pre ceding centuries, we are indebted for details of the highest intertst, not alone on this subject; but on many other objects of philosophical inquiry in that little-known region. It is probable that coal was discovered, and was in com mon use in China, long before it was known in the western world. It is mentioned by a noble traveller of the 13th century, as abounding throughout the whole province of Cathay, of which Pekin is the capital, "where certain black stones are dug out of-the mountains, which stones burn when kindled, and keep alive for a long time, and are used by many persons, notwithstanding the abundance of wood." The good missionaries were fully capable of describ ing the coals which were supplied to - Pekin, since they there erected a furnace or stove, in which they experimented on the properties of - those combus tibles, particularly with reference to the ordinary domestic uses, and for the warming of apartments and the purposes of their laboratoty. THE WEATHER. STORM IN INVERNESS-SHIRE. the Chinese artificially produce illuminating gas from bitu minons coal, we are uncertain. But it is a fact that spon taneous jets of gar, derived from boring into coal beds, have for centuries been burning, and turned to that and other economical purposes. If the Chinese are not manufacturers, they are, nevertheless, gas consumers and employers on a large scale, and have evidentlybeen so ages before the know- ledge of its application was acquired by Europeans. Beds of coal are frequently pierced by the borers for salt water, and the inflammable gas is forced up in jets, twenty or thirty feet in height. From these fountains the vapour has been conveyed to the salt works in pipes, and there used for the boiling and evaporation of the salt; other tubes convey the gas intended for lighting the streets and the larger apartments and kitchens. As there is still more gas than is required, the excess is conducted beyond the limits of the salt works, and there forms separate chim neys or columns of flame. One cannot but be struck with the singular counterpart of this employment of natural gas, which may be daily wit nessed in the valley of the Kanawha, in Virginia. The geo logical origin, the means of supply, the application to all the processes of manufacturing salt, and of the appro priation of the surplus for the purposes of illumi nation, are remarkably alike at such distant po i nts as China' and the United States. Those who have read, even within the present month, the account of the recent extraordinary additional supply of gas, and the service it is made to perform at the - Kanawha salt-works, must be impressed with the coincidence of all the circumstances with those which are very briefly stated in the previous paragraph in relation to China. In fact, the parallel is complete. To the coals and combustible minerals of China I cannot further advert here. But what a conviction irresistibly presses upon the mind, as to the incalculable utility of the railroad system and coal mining improvements in such an empire. If ever there were concentrated at one point all the circumstances especially and unequivocally favourable to that system, and imperiously calling for improvements of the character suggested, it teems to be presented in the case of the city of Pekin. Here, with its enormous population of 1,500,000 souls, it is situated only at a day's journey— computed at thirty miles—from an immense region of coal, comprising several varieties. Yet its inhabitants cannot purchase the best qualities of this coal, brought from the mountains on the hacks of mules and camels, under 11 dollars 60 cents per ton, and the very worst for less than 7 doll .rs 75 cents per ton. Without making unnecessary or invidious comparisons, it might not unreasonably be suggested that a Pekin railroad, in connexion with the coal mines, would be a far more pro fitable enterprise in its results than the transportation of American coals to China. I will only add one circumstance, which had nearly escaped me. Borneo, ," the largest island in the world," which is only twenty degrees due north of Canton, has lately come into repute for the great quantity of coal which it contains, not only accessible to ships along the coast, but extensively oc curring in the mountains of the interior. Much information has also been acquired from the natives; and the facts which ° are already elicited are regarded as of considerable import ance, in respect to the facilitating the steam navigation of the China seas. Philadelphia will. of course, have her share in the enlarged commercial intercourse with China. Would it, then, be asking too much of those who are personally interested in this im proving trade, to communicate any additional facts which are either unknown to, or have been omitted by, the author of these scanty notes? Among the people of Pekin, three kinds are in use :- 1. That employed by the, blacksmiths. It yields more flame than the other qualities; is more fierce, but is sub ject to d crepitate in the tire; on which account, probably, the blacksmiths use it pounded in minute particles. 2. A harder and stronger coal used for culinary purposes, giving out mote flame than the other sorts so employed ; it is less quickly consumed, and leaves a residuum of gray ashes. There are several gradations of these. The best are hard to break, of a fine grain, a deep black colour, soiling the hands less than the others. It sometimes is sufficiently siliceous to give fire with steel. Others have a very coarse grain, are -easily broken, and make a bright fire, leaving a reddish ash. Another species crackles, or decrepitates, when first placed on' the fire; and falls down, almost entirely, in scales, which close the passage of the air, and stifle the fire. 3. A soft, feebly-burning coal, giving out less heat than the second-class ; consuming more quickly,. it breaks with greeter facility, and in general is of deeper black than the torts previously mentioned. It is commonly this description which, being mixed with coal dust and a fourth part of clay, is employed to form an artificial and economical fuel. This being moulded in the firm of bricks and balls arc sold in the shops of Pekin. Waggon loads of coal dust are brought to that city for this sole purpose. The coal merchants have also an intermediate quality be tween the classes two and three. We cannot in this place recite the numerous details which are furnished by these intelligent fathers. Suffice it to add, that nearly the whole of the properties and applications are now in every-day use in the United States, and are familiar to all. They are, in fact, the natural results suggested by qualities possessed in common by the combustibles of remote parts of the same globe. Even the modern method of warm ing all the apartments of our dwellings, which we view as the result of superior practical and scientific investigation, was in use, with very little deviation, centuries ago by the Chinese. Many a patented artificial fuel compound, both in Europe and America, has been in practical operation in China at least a thousand years. 4. Anthracite—Another description of coal abounding about thirty leagues from Pekin, but which was not then in such general use there as the other kinds, is called by the ,Chinese Che-tan. • Che means a stone, but tan is the name they give to wood charcoal. Therefore, according to the genius of the Chinese language, this compound word signi- ' ties a substance resembling or having the common properties of stone and charcoal. There can be little difficulty here, in recognising the variety of coal which, in our .day, has been denominated anthracite, a compound word of similar meaning. __The Chinese glqice coal forms a remarkable exception to the unfavourable conclusion prevailing against Oriental coal; and, according to more recent authority than those we be fore cited, deserves to rank at the head of the list., in respect of its purity as a coke; although in specific gravity it does not come up to the character of the Pennsylvania or Welsh fuel ; neither has it the spongy texture which contributes much to the glowing combustion of the latter. So late as 1840 `a Russian officer has described the coal formations of the 'interior,. as occupying the western moun tain range of China, in such abundance that a space of half a league Cannot be traversed without meeting with rich strata. The art of mining is yet in its infancy among the Chinese ; notwithstanding which, coal is thought to be at a moderate price in the capital. Anthracite occurs in the western range of mountains at about a day's journey, or about thirty miles, only from Pekin. The coal formation is largely developed, in which thick beds of coal Occur. They appear to be of various qualities. Some of this coal, occurring in sale bed is sinularl domposed, and its particles h s, have so little cohe g sion, y that ec they are almost reduced to a state of powder. Beneath these coal shales are beds of ferruginous sandstone, and below those occur another series, consisting of much richer seams of coal than. the upper group. In this range are seen also both horizontal and vertical beds of conglomerate, accompanied by seams of coal, which have the conglomerate for the roof, and diorite or greenstone for the floor. As might, be expected, this coal very much re sembles anthracite. It is shining, of compact texture, diffi cult to ignite, does not flame in burning, or give out any smoke. Its substance is entirely homogenious. Everything respecting it leads to the belief that there had been a great de velopment of heat at the period of its formation, or suisectuently. The horizontal coal beds are the most Important and valuable, and are denominated large; but no greater thickness than three and a half feet is quoted. The blacksmiths, and those who work in copper, prefer this coal, on account of the intense heat which it gives out. Throughout the whole of this mountain range may be con tinually seen the outcrops of this combustible, where they have never, as yet, been touched by the hand of man. In those parts of China where wood is very dear, coal is worked on a great scale for the Pekin market ; but the process of mining is very little understood by those people, whoexcel t o e•- .. e preparation of charcoal. Conj zt• - - vines of China that there - e ls ' ~o ther parts of China —The missionaries and that coal is so abu ndant in ever y pro others inform Ue perh country of the s at Ncinkin are world in which it Is so common. .- ^ +he coal which stored with the finest native coal. Some et ...... ...,,,, to was brought down to the coast, from the Pekin cone- • the Gulf of Pe- tchee-lee, was anthracite , partaking 'or the character of plumbago or graphite. Coal, apparently of the brown coal species, exists e xtensively in the di rection of Canton ; while all the coils seen on the Yang-tse-kiang river, south of Nankin, resembled cannel coal. Near to Canton it possessed the comparatively mo dem character of brown coal. It was abundantly offered for sale in the different cities through which Lord Amhurst's embassy passed, between Lake Po-yang-how and Canton, and the boats were largely supplied with it. It is there obtained by means of pits, like wells ; and we infer that, GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.--The fel like nearly all the brown coal deposites, the beds were hori zontal, and at no great depth. A sulphurous coal, inter- lowing are the traffic returns for the week ending 18th Octo ber, 1845:—Passengers, 8,454; amount received, 206/. 9s. ld. stratified with slate, and in the vicinity of red sandstone, PILCHARD FISHERY.—On Wednesday morning also prevails towards Canton. Thus, therefore, we possess evidence, the main objectshore. The seiners at the Lizard which this communication was designed to exhibit, that ex- the forenoon they came Cadiaoeth fine shoal was enclosed and tending over large areas in China are beds of tertiary or missed them, about t at g several fine shoals of fish were seen off the Lizard, and during brown coal, of cannel coal, a dozen varieties of bituminous coal, of anthraci';.e, glance coal, and graphitic anthracite; all `with, . A 4eaooahhotti,clsa.u;d togethera to n o d k ata eov e l snoear hhds.,C dagl-1 of which, for ages, have been in common use in this remark- of whic i f la t._ taken PI onou'h Journal. tri l l'').a, l leave been collared. They are remarkably fine fish, able country; and have been there employed for every do- Wth . the last GOLDEN PLOVER.— 1 infour days the mestic purpose known to civilised nations of all times, In -of Andover have been visited by several downs In the vicinity eluding gas lighting, and the manufacture of iron, copper, ' strong flocks of that highly-esteemed bird the golden plover. a ( o )f the_ b r seines and other metals. Mode of Mining Coal in China —lt might be ex- Whenever the migratory visitors make their appearance on and very these s heep-walks, we may be certain that the October frosts petted that in China, where most of the practical arts are close at hand. In the company of these wanderers have have, from time immemorial, been carried on with all the perseverance of that industrious people, the opera- been noticed a sprinkling of dotterel, a very rare bird in these lions of mining coal would be conducted with some arts, which are greatly prized by the sportsman.—Sherburne regard to science, in relation to sinking, draining, and ex- Jo urnal. traction. We have, however, good authority, especially in We are requested to caution the public, and more regard to the environs of Pekin, for stating th a t the process especially that portion of it who are in the habit of bestowing is still in a very imperfect state- Machinery there to lighten alms indiscriminately upon vagrants, against the deception labour is unknown- They have not even an idea of the practising by a female who is travelling through this pumps indispensable to draw off the water. If local circum- county, and presenting fictitious notes of recommendation, stances allow, they cut drainage galleries; if not, they aban- • purporting to be addressed from respectable individuals in don the work whenever the inundation has gained too far one parish to others in an adjoining one. ' The plea, in one upon, them. The mattock and shovel, the pick and the i instance brought under our notice, is for assistance to get a hammer, are the mining instruments—the only ones, child into an institution for the blind, and a well-written in fact I , which the Chinese employ in working the note, falsely alleged to be from a clergyman at Wtittle to . a coal. The water of t he mine is emptied b y the slow lady at Great Beddow, was presented by the applicant process of tilling small casks, which are brought up to the Chelmsford Chronicle. surface by manual labour. Vertical shafts are not used. In A covey of partridges, five in number, settled on working horizontal coal seams, the timber is expensive, and the pavement of the upper end of Bridlesmith-gate, in this the materials cost 2 copecs per Pound. = 8 dollars 50 cents town, on Friday afternoon last. An unusual scene ensued. per ton, English wood being sold by weight in China. One was captured by a sweep, who bore his prize home in The coal, whims mined, is put into baskets, and drawn upon triumph ; and the others, after some little difficulty, were sledges, which are raised to the surface by manual strength. also secured by "uncer:iticated sportsmen. Such an event, Each basket contains about three pounds of coal, and one in the very centre of a l ar g e manufacturing town, is de man can raise about. eight b a skets in a day. This is e q ui- c i de dl y novel.—Nettinghant Review. valeta to 1,032 Ettssian pounds, or to 12 cats. English, per se C APTURE OF WHALES.--A few nights ago some of day. The millers' wages are at the rate of 30 copecs a the Arisaig fishermen succeeded in bringing ashore a couple 'basket, which is equal to 240 copecs (copper currency), or 40 cents of United States currency per day , being 76 cents They got entangled i n the nets and were safely landed, U. S. per ton. of young whales from Lo ch-na-nua g h on the west coast. although about nine feet long. Since the young were cap 'Prices at Pekin—At the pit's mouth, this coal is sold for tuned, the old whale has been rolling bout the rods, attacking 60 copecs per 11).,--_. 4 dollars 63 cents per ton of 20 cwt. It every boat that ventures out. The great depth of the water is then conveyed on the basks of mules through the moun- prevents any chance of killing this unwieldy antai,onist, and taint , ,- and thence on camels to PAM, where the price is li ' 'r o uble; ---_--,1- francs, ---= 29c. United Sates per pound; which, lnverness Courier. if our calculation .be correct, is equal to 11 dollars 60 cents- fishermen are q ‘ ut e idle _ Monday last four cot; although th herrings are moro numerous than usual, the FIRE AT NEWPORT. Ull . United. States, or 2/. Ss. 3d. per ton of 2,240 pounds English. We -perceive therefore, that the best of tnel is expensive at boy smoking a piece of a bullrush, some of the ashes° 1 hi . 11 Pekin, arYllence the necessity for resorting to the artificial cle. ignited a small shed.—Chelmsford airom tagcs, at Newport, were destroyed by tire, occasioned f , by e a compounds and subsitutes to which we briefly alluded. There is, .however, a kind of coal sold in that city at a much lowerprice, particularly when it is mixed with one- a Tor son bought 40 tons of oatmeal for 131. per ton in Armagh half or coal dust. This coal, in 1840, sold for one rouble per market. Next week he sold the same in Portadown fur 19.. FORTUNATE SPECULATION.—On the 7th i A nstant h ,. pound, which N'at - the rate. a. 7 dollars 75 cents, equal to per tort.—D.ublin Exeming Nail. ...rectors'` 1/. 12s. 3d. per ton. It is of iriclifferent tiiiiilifee however, We are glad to find that theof Elie g iving out but little beat, and is quickly consumed. London and Brighton Railway have adopted the plan of The compound fuel, consisting of coal dust and clay, is setting apart a carriage in every train for ladies only. This still prepared after the mode described by the missionaries is an instance of attention to the comfort and—as recent last century, but its use is chiefly confined to ,the indigent on some other lines has shown—to the safety of Classes. females travelling alone, which cannot be too hilly cora- CoalCias 1410;g iaChiaa-.Whother, or to what Wont, mewiscL.4righto Gazette. Philadelphia, April 28, 1845. [NOTE.—The prices and admeasurements which are quoted in the foregoing article, were reduced to the United States and English currencies and measures, from the Russian,, as furnished by the engineer Kovanko, who, in like manner, converted them into the Russian from the Chinese standards. In consequence of this triple conversion of standards, addi tional care has been taken to avoid error in these calcula tions. I—Franklin Journal. The weather continues wet and story—very uncon genial for the completion of harvest. Wednesday last was fair, and both shearing and leading were carried on with spirit. On the two following days the constant rain prevented the cutting and in-gathering of the crops. On Saturday we had a strong gale of wind, which, ere night, penetrated to the heart of the wet sheaves, and rendered the crop tolerably dry ; but, we regret to add, only to be exposed to a thorough soaking next day. The river Ness has been in full flood all the week. On Saturday a few sheep were observed strug gling in the midst of the current, but they got safe to land. Monday will not be readily forgotten. All day it blew a hurricane, until towards evening, when the violence of the wind greatly abated, and a good deal of earn was housed overnight. Throughout the day it rained heavily, and the river continued to rise. About ten o'clock a large tree, which had been torn up by the roots, rolled down the stream, and shortly afterwards another followed. On the Castle 11111 it was impossible to stand or walk, unless under cover of the building. Several of the windows were shattered ; chimney•cans and slates were thrown down into the streets ; and in the country-, trees, fences, and other materials, were dislodged and scattered about. At sea, we are afraid the results would be more serious ; for the storm was as general as it was severe. Fears were entertained for the stack yards about town, and we observe that in some of them portions of the thatch have been carried away on the sides most exposed. Stooks are also laid level wherever they stood. On a field of barley near the Thornsbush Pier not one sheaf stood erect—they were all blown over. At Kessock the tempest prevented the ferry boats from crossing. The Maid of Morven, steamer, lay at anchor in the roads, her owner deeming it unsafe for her to undertake the customary trip. The Duke of Wellington was also anchored at the ferry ; her cargo could not be got on board until yesterday forenoon, when she proceeded on her voyage southwards. A boat which lay at anchor a short way above the pier broke her cable, and drifted down into shalloN water, near the mouth of the river, when she was . secured. A gentle man from this town who was in Ross shire on Saturday, states that the Conan and the Orrib were swollen to a large size—the former extending its waters where corn had stood but shortly before. On the west coast the hurricane commenced on Sunday evening about 9 o'clock and continued till 12 the following day. Nothing so severe has been experienced for at least 30 years about Fort William and the neighbouring district. On Loch Ness the blast was terrific ; the spray blew on the land like a snow-drift. The three lochs—Ness, Oieh, and Lochy—were higher on Monday, in consequence of he rains, than they have been since the great flood in November, 1834, when they rose to an unprecedented height. We are glad to learn that the operations on the canal, though much retarded, have not been damaged by this storm, owing to the judicious arrangements and exertions of the contractors ; and the Culloden steamer nobly breasted the gale on Loch Ness, making. the dis tance from Dochgarroch to Fort-Augustus in three hours and five minutes. The scads beyond Letertinlay are cut up by the flood, and several large trees were floated down from Lock Arkaig to the east end of Loch Lochy. The late boisterous winds and rains have rapidly stript our woods of great part of their variegated foliage. Some of the birch plantations on the hill-sides, however, still wear a picturesque appearance, and in some sheltered -situations the leaves and verdure continue fresh and green It was curious last melt to note the moorfowl congregate in the cornfields, to escape the stormy blasts e-f-the hills. Throngs of grouse and blackcock had desc \nded from the heights, and literally blackened the stooks that still stand exposed in some of the fields. A correspondent writing from Strathspey, on Satur day, reports as follows :—" The weather is singularly changeable and unsteady, and at this date, October 18, ! there is not above one-fourth of the crops secured in " -stlispey. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last, 4 qvs, with a strong, steady breeze from the were gonta --able for drying the corn, cut and west, very ravou.- • its c l ear i n g, and stack-yards uncut. Fields were raga..., .f e of things was sud filling apace ; but this happy -rfect deluge of denly overttiened yesterday, when a Ih.._ rain fell. To-day it Edo's* a hard gale from ...Il e north west."—lnverness Courier. ... CV `" '''" ' "wl • ' i - - ... = , .. . . ~ ,_,e,___, ~., __• . . - ..4 ...,, , / -4 - *, t % i 0, ,, ~ A . , , ,, - : .!.‘: it , 4 4. A: i ' i l *r ' .• , .. '.• 77. 417' . '. 1.-. - ..,fr,..'' 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Provncial of Eng 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 37 Ditto, New 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union o. Australia 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 Union of London. • DOCKS. ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. )mmercial • • ast and West India 534 Ir.' cent. Stock. 139 ast Country •• . 11. per sh. 100 0 0 21 nu/on ••• • • • X s. d. £ s. d. commercial Last and West India ,5347. tr.' cent. Stock. East Country ••• 11. per sh. 100 0 0 London •••• •• • .. !43“. pr cent. Stock. St Katharine • • • • .... ! 5 per cent. Stock. Southampton •• • • .... 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 10s 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto M arine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6% Atlas .••••• • • • • • l3s. 6d. pr si , . 50 0 0 5 0 0 16 N British Commercial 7s. per shave 50 0 0 50 0 7% clericl,Med.&- Gen. Life 4. per cent.. 100 0 0 210 1 6N County .. •.•••• • • • • • • 3i. 100 0 0 10 0 0 crown ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 :::.,,,, a . l o gi d 40 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle • • 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 53( Economic Life , 10002 0 0 A 0 0 25 0 11 paid. i d 20 0 . &als.bs. Eng.& SCot. Law Life N. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 European Life •••• • • • • iy per cell; . Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe • 6/. per cent. Stock. - 142% Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 51 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • .2/. per ce11... 500 0 0 50 0 0 235 Imperial Life. •.. Indemnity Marine... • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29 Law Life •••••• • • • • • . 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire London Ship •.•• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% Marine ••• • • Med. Invlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund. • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life •• • • Palladium Life........... per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 2s. Phmnix ••• • • ..... •• • . dr. p. et. & bs. - - 210 Protector Life •••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 il. 2s. Provident Life- .•• • • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Life.. •.••• • • • • • 4s. 50 0 010 0 4( Royal Exchange 5/. per cent Stock. - 186 San Five - - Ditto Life - - 18 Universal Lib LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 167 British Linen Company 8/* per cent. - 100 0 0 230 Commercial Bank .• • . 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 170 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 16% Union Bemk of Scotland 7% 1. pr cent. -- 50 '0 0 98% Western Bank •••• • • .• 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 86% North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7% Clydesdale Bank .• • • - 10 0 0 15N Eastern Bank ••• • • • - 10 0 0 11% Caledonian Bank ••. • • 7% I. pr cent. - 2. 10 0 6% Edinb.& Glas,gow Bank 6/. per cent. - 50 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 815 0 15N Scoaish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 1% Hercules Insurance Co. 7/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 Incur. Co. of Scotlnd 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10% North British Incur. -5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 2814 Caledonian Fire Incur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% Edin. & Gla.sg. Railway 56. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 76 Ditto, % Shares •• • . 51. pet cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 19% Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 25 IGI asgw & Ayrshi r Rail. M. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 73 Glasgw&Greenek Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 22% Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45 Dundee& Arbroth /tail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 36% Standard Life Assurnee.l 5/ per cent. 150 0 0 I 2 10 0 8 WATER-WORKS - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - X s, d. East London..• •••• • • • 8/. 100 0 0 - 231 Grand Junction .... • • 3/. 46 13 4 - 92 Kent .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 - - Vauxhall •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 - - West Middlesex ••• • • • 4/. 16s. pr ct. 63 12 9 - • 130 i CANALS. Names of i Dividend ; Names of a Dividend Companies. A per Price. Companies. § per Price. rn Annum. f., Annum. -- - -, Xi ' X 1 Ashtn & 014 h 97,5/.55. pc' 72 Monmouthsh 100 91. l6O Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 Lg. '9i Barnsley.... 160' 12/. 180 Macclesfield. 1001 - 15 Basingstoke.. 100, - - Neath ••• • • • 100 2 0 7. 365 Brknk&Abrg 150' 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 12/. 260 Cromford .. • • 100 18/. 150 Peak Forest .78 31. 40 Dudley..., - 100 1 4/. - Regent's ••• •33 1/. 2514 2 Derby .•.. . ,100' 8/. 103 Rochdale ..• • 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chsll33 41. 80 Shropshire • • 125 8/. - Erewash •• . 100 321. 300 ,Somrset Coal In 71. 10s. 123 1 Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunctn 100 1 71. 100 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 44 0 , Grand Union 100 ' IL 108. - ,Shrewsbury.. 12f , 15/. 230 Glamorgnsh . 172 13%1. PO Stourbridge - 145 20/. - Glstr & Brkly 00 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 10s. - arantliam • . 150 12/. 100 Severn and l 2u 11. Bs. - Huddersfield. 57 - 20 Wye Rail. j Kennt & Awn 39 7s. 0., 22 Tnit & 31r-1 50 30/. - Lancaster .• . 47 11. 10. 40 sey, 1 4 sh. j Leeds& Livrp 100 33/. 525 Thams &Med 19 - 10 Leicester .. • • 140, 10/. 105 Worcstr &/ 78 41. 49 Leicstr&Ntli 83 4/. 62 Birming. j Loughborogh 1421 70!. 850 'Wilts & Biks 67 IL 4s. 11 MARKET NEWS CORN-E 3 ,--(YESTERDAY.) .CIZANCE. Since Monday the arrivaS of English Wheat for our market have been moderate, viz - 4,590 quarters, and the show of first samples, as well as thit of those left over from Monday, was moderately good. For all descriptions of that article, the demand was in a very sluggish state, the millers refusing to purchase except on lower terms. The supply of fine Foreign Wheat on offer was small, yet the trade with it was heavy, and previous rates were with difficulty supported. In corn, under lock, we have no sales to report. The best parcels of Barley moved off steadily ; other kinds slowly, at late rates. The finest Malt went off in retail, at previous quotations; other kinds long on hand. Beans and Peas commanded a steady sale, at very full prices. The Oat trade was brisk, at a further rise in value of Is. per quarter. Fl ou r commanded full currencies. ARRIVALS. Barley. 1,560 qrs English •• •• •• Irish •••• • • •• Foreign • ..... Wheat. 4,h90 qrs. Oats Flour. 580 qrs. 2,350 sks 7,440 4,180 16,680 I Malt, 2,310 qrs.! , NEWGATE AND MEADENZIALI. We had a very steady trade, on the following terms :—. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to ii. d. Beef, inferior• ••. • • 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior •• 3 4 3 8 middling 2 8 210 middling ••3 10 4 2 - prime large 3 0 3 2 prime ••.• 4 4 4 6 me small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large.. • • .... 310 4 8 •••• • • 4 2 5 2 small .. • • .... 410 5 6 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. Our market beilga `YEITHPIE MD. soMe: from our own grazing districts, hat heavily supplied with Beasts the ' DMA, was by no means large, the Beef trade was in a foreign g stock . fuld the attendance .very of buyers state, at barely Monday's prices. Scam, ! any,Y a n y numbers of —either Beasts or Sheep—was on offer. Calves—tus. sup', ply of which was smaller—a large business was doing, at a.... wa Sheep sfir In . w ere at ag fu a l i l n y limited, previousoqwu• owing quotations. which, a dvance of 4d per 8 1 hs. P i g . moved off steadily, and iprices w ere well supported. Mu lch Cows were in sluggish request at from 161 to 191 each. Per Sibs. to sink the oral. s. d. 1. d. s. d. to s. m na a r l t l e l r 'o n r l k d e p rs igs .• .... 1 4 8 Second quality ditto. 210 3 -6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Inferior Beasts .... 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 8 0 3 5 0 04 Small p r i m a large Oxen. • 3 8 310 Soutbdown Wethers 410 5 0 PrilTIC Scots Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Large hogs —.•• • 3 10 4 6 8 0 2 5 2 0 4 Inferior Sheep • • • 3 6 310 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 sucklingl' inl e s small al c a l lv e ditto s : l5B Veal • • SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. 940 Sheep. 4,520 Cales-. 1 Pigs. 212 339 BOROUGH HOP 111.11.RICET. Although there is not quite so much activity in our market as fur some time past, an extensive business is stilt doing, and previous rates are well supported. The plantation ac counts are unfavourable, but picking has been brought to a pretty general conclusion. The duty is called 160,000/. The following are this days quotations NEW Hors. Per cwt. Sussex pockets Weald of Kent ditto 6l lOs to 71108 Mid Kents ... 71 to 919 s YEARLINGS. Sussex pockets Wealds Mid Bents COMONIAM. SUGAR.--There has been a firm market in general, and British Plantation is held for full prices. Barbadocs has rea lised 49s 6d for low yellow, and 53s to 548 Gd for good. REFlNED.—Standard Lumps have declined to 665. EAST INDrA.—A large business has been done in Bengal. grainy yel blnFor oe r ,a o vur m , lgwvhialt, which cls,lo;lo:wlo,tie:ltlasot:isdsl.i2at t fo 1s ull a rs t oc , 6 s ,edvse, B tr.o. e x u z: g l2, : sii, l l.lt , e ofsßottfrereonri strong igre l by auction, 53s to 53s 6d; good strorg greyish 53s Gd to 54s 6d, and hue strong Mauritius mid 51s to 54s 6d. MAyninus is in request, and the supply is small. Brown is 37s to 435, and yellow 41s to 46s per cwt. 100 bags Cey lon sold at 498 for mid greyish, and 203 bags Madras at 44s to 50s for fine brown. COFFEE.—This article has not been very active. west India has ruled rather cheaper. Jamaica has been taken in 'at 70s for-low mid, and 54s for fine ord. About 7,000 bags Ceylon have beets put up, most of which found buyers ; good ord at 45s to 46s ; Plantation low mid colory at 75s to 77s ; and fine ord greyish at 54s 6d to 565. Native good ord has been a 1,464 475. Mochahas been at 56s for good ord browr. Batavia at 276 for good ord yellowish, and Bio at 63s to 64 61 6/ 6s to 6/ 15s 6/ lOs to 71 6115 s to 7110 s. -----~~ COCOA.—Trinidad has realised 33s 6d to 44s per ewt;,,being rather cheaper, owing to the large supply. SPICES. — BIack Pepper has been in brisker demand, and white is firm. Pimento is wanted at 34d to 4d per lb. Ginger is in full supply, and Cassia Lignea is quiet. RUM.—Leeward Island is 2s to 2s ld for proof, and Ja maica 3s lld for 36 per cent. over. Calcutta proof has been at is Ild to 2s per gallon. RICE.—The demand for Bengal has improved, and prices are rat' , er higher; low to mid white 19s to 21s, and good to fine 21s 6d to 22s per cwt. INnmo.—The public sales have been brought to a close, and of the 18,000 chests, 7,459 were withdrawn, 3,844 bought in, and 6,717 actually sold, besides a little since the auctions closed. The average advance has been 6d per lb upon Ben gal, and 3d on Madras, Kurpah, and Oude, compared with last July. Bengal fine blue sold at 6s to 6s 8d ; fine purple and violet, 5s 6d to 6s 3d ; and ord copper and violet, 3s 6d to 4s 3d. Oude mid and ord, 2s 6d to 4s 2d. Madras fine and good 3s 4d to 5s per lb. TEA.—This article has been rather more active, but prices are not higher. TALLOW.--I'. Y.C. is lower, owing to the large arrivals. On the spot 41s 9d to 42s are the quotations. (From the London New Price Current of Oct. 24.) SUGAR.—To-day importers of British Plantation displayed increased firmness, grocers and refiners were desirous to pur chase, and a good business was transacted; the private sales, amounting to 700 hhds and tierces, and the rates obtained exhibit an advance of 6d per cwt for all qualities. REFINED—To-day the home trade were induced to pur chase all descriptions of refined goods with much more free dom, in consequence of 63s to 63s 6d have been taken for brown grocery, and 64s to 65s for standard lumps. In banded Crushed Sugar there has been a good business transacted at 36s Gd to 37s per cwt, and there are not further sellers under the latter rate. MatTnrrius.—This afternoon the parcels sold privately were at a slight advance in prices. 167 bags at public sale went at 42s fid to 45s 6d for washed, and at 42s to 4716 d per cwt for syrupy. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Manilla sugar met with more attention, and 774 bags at auction, duty paid, sold at stiff rates ; strong greyish yellow fetching 48s to 48s 6d, low 47s 6d, and washed 45s 6d. Of Penang 57 bags were disposed of at 41s 6d for good strong brown but damp. Bengal of all qualities was in good request privately, and brought stiff rates. FOREIGN.—There has been more desire shown to pur chase yellow Havannah by private treaty, but holders not being disposed to take former rates; business of moment has been prevented. White is held with firmness. White Brazil bas been more inquired after, but holders not being divesel posed to accept previous prices, there has been little busi. ness done. In Brown there has been more business done, at a slight advance in prices. Of Porto Rico some parcels have been sold, and at prices that could not be obtained pre viously. The market has decidedly an improving appear ance for Foreign Sugar. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was little desire shown to purchase Mocha Coffee, and 122 pkgs at auction were nearly all taken in at 58s for middling greenish, which is above the value : a part sold at 53s to 53s fid for middling brownish. Of Ceylon the quantity offered at public sale was very large and amounted to 6,278 bags; the whole, however, found pur chasers. Plantation fetched full rates, but Native went fid per cwt. cheaper, fine and fine fine ordinary greyish Planta tion sold at 54s to 625. TEA.—There has generally been more activity in the market this week, but prices are prevented from improv ing for Black or Green by the large stock here. In Con gou a good business has been transacted, in consequence of merchants being willing sellers upon former terms. Pouchong has been scld to a fair extent at 4d to 10d. Twankay is wanted, and prices ruled firm. For llyson prices rule low, the stock being very large,but several parcels have been taken. Gunpowder is dull of sale, and there are sellers upon low terms. Imperial has been purchased with caution. In Scented Orange Pekoe there has been snore business transacted. SPICES.—This afternoon Nutmegs met with attention, and 10 casks at auction sold at stiffer rates. 9 chests of cloves v, ere taken in at is •11d for damp Penang. Pepper is only in limited demand, and 880 bags Malabar at auction were taken in at 3/ to 31. Of white 41 bags sold at 4/d to 4ad per lb. Mace is not much wanted. 4G bags African Ginger went at 38s to 38s 6d per cwt. Rum. BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—There has been a strong desire shown to purchase- all qualities of Jamaica Runt for home .consumption and exportation this week ; indeed the market has been nearly cleared, and the rates paid exhibit an advance on those previously quoted of id to 2d per gallon. Demerara is much wanted, and prices are still on the rise. There are many purchasers of Leeward Island at stiff rates, but the supply at market is not ample for the demand. Cal cutta is much wanted, and commands stiffer rates—sales of proof made at is 11d to 2s, and for 100 hhds of very fine and strong 2s 4d was paid for proof strength. The stock of all descriptions of Rua is on the de crease ; whilst the deliveries are on the increase. Brandy of all sorts has been purchased with increased free dom, and a large business had been transacted at higher rates. The stock is still on the increase at Geneva. The ad vanced rate of lOs 6d per gallon net cash, which occurred last week for British Corn Spirits is well supported. Gin is fetching 8s 10d for 22, and 9s 4d for 17 per cent. under proof, and the market looks very firm. Hops.—There has been only a limited business transacted, but Factors are undisposed to take lower rates; picking is nearly finished, and the accounts relative to the yield are mostly unfavourable. The new samples are not in general so good as could be wished—or as was the case in former seasons. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon there was an increased desire shown to purchase Cochineal, and three parcels offered at public sale, amounting to 139 bags, were all sold at very full rates. SALTPETRE. —To. day the market was better supplied with Rough, and two parcels were offered at public sale, con sisting of 3,529 bags of Calcutta; the demand was good, and the principal part was actually disposed of at an advance of 3d per cwt. on former rates. Ozi.s—An extensive demand has been experienced for Lin seed Oil for home consumption, and further advanced rates are given. Rapeseed in brisk demand, and prices have risen. Palm has been purchased with increased freedom, and further advanced rates are given. Cocoa Nut has been in excellent demand. For Olive prices are not so firm. For Seal Oil lower rates have been accepted. Cod has been purchased with caution, although 28/lOs to 29/per tun have been taken. TALLOW.—This afternoon at public sale 80 packages of Cape Tallow were sold at 39s 6d to 43s 3d ; 440 packages of New South Wales 40s 6d to 43s 3d, inferior 38s 9d to 40s; 1214 packages South American 39s 3d to 41s 6d ; 14 brls North American 39s 9d ; 50 brls East India 39s to 42s ; 80 brls of fine sort Siberia 39s 6d to 39s 9d. FREEMAN, THE AMERICAN GIANT•—This well known pugilist and performer is no more. He expired in Win chester Hospital on Saturday last. His complaint was consump tion—we might almost say atrophy. He was wasted to a complete skeleton. INAUGURATION OF HER MAJESTY'S STATUE IN THB Itoyst, Ex-alas/mt.—The interesting ceremony of the inauguration of her Majesty's statue in the centre of the merchants' area of the Royal Exchange will take place on Tuesday next, the 25th inst., it being the first anniversary of the opening of that splendid edifice. BATE.—We are informed that the Rev. NV. Jay, minister of Argyle Chapel, has recently met with an acci dent which is likely to confine him to his room for some time.—Somerset County Herald. LIMERICK.—DEFEAT OF A REPEAL CANDIDATE. —On Friday an election took place in the Richmond ward of the . city of Limerick. The candidates were Mr. Kelly, a repealer, and Mr. Hall, an anti-repealer. At the close of the poll Mr. Hall was 109, awl Mr. Kelly 98. Majority against the repealer, 11. ACCIDENT •ON THE RICHMOND RAILWAY.—On Wednesday afternoon, about two o'clock, a lad employed on the works of the Richmond railway. at Wandsworth, had one of his ancles crushed in a frightful manner by one of the wheels of a truck slipping off the rail. He was immediately laid upon some straw, at the bottom of a chaise-cart, and driven to Guy's Hospital. . SUSPECTeD INCENDI ARTSM AT PUTNEY.-011 Tues day night, about eight o'clock, a fire broke out in a hay rick which was standing on a piece of ground called the " Plat," immediately opposite the Duke's Ileai Tavern, Lower Richmond.road, Putney. The flames spread with great rapidity, and threatened dettruction to the adjoining premises of Mr. W. Avis, the.builder. The-parish. engine was soon on the spot, and there being a plentiful supply -Of water, the fire was e xtingublicd, but not until the rick was greatly damaged. The rick is the property of Mr. Wilcox, a milkman in Gardner's-lane, Putney, and is supposed, from the distance it lies back from the road, to have been wilfully set on fire. A Stock Exchange was opened in Leicester on Wednesday, at the saloon of the theatre. The association consists of eight tirms, comprising thirteen individuals.' The subscription is 20/. per annum, and the security 1,0001. The hours of business are from eleven to half-past, and from two to half-past. The dealings are for cash on delivery of scrip or transfer. The average number of British shipwrecks in a year is 600 ; the value' of the property destroyed about two and a half millions sterling; and the number of lives lost about 1,560. WINDSOR ELECTION.—The voters who are sup- N i t ,' to be likely to be influenced at the forthcoming elec tion, by 2 1eir connexion with the Castle, as royal tradesmen, have just retZived an intimation that they are at perfect liberty to vote as they please, as there is not the most remote illustrious personage, that they should wish, on the part of a..." be in any way interferer with. STATE OF TRADE. ___. ,Ve have to report an in creased depression in almost all branches of the lace trade. In the hosiery trade there is said to be some slight improve ment.—Nottingham Review. GRAVING DOCK AT GLASGOW.--A company is about to be formed at Glasgow, to establish A graving dock in connexion with the harbour. M. PHILIPPE'S SOIREES MYSTERIEUSES —Night after night is that comfortable little snuggery the Strand Theatre crowded to witness the astonishing teats of M. Phi lippe. He is, par excellence, the children's magician, for his supply of bonbons are completely inexhaustible. It is quite amusing to watch the countenances of the young rogues as the sweetmeats are showered about in all directions. They all seem to be members of the catch and glee club. During the past week, the Charini family have been engaged, and have exhibited several astonishing feats of tight-rope dancing, in the interval between the parts of M. Philippe's per formance . CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—The Directors of this Company, at their meeting on Friday, directed the tne cessary notices to be prepared by counsel and t fe , r e v i o parties along the line, preparatory to a w.arratn thel Doing handed to the High Sheiilf to deliver possession ? 'the owners of the land having power of requiring the settle ment of their claims by arbitrators or jury subsequently. At the meeting on Saturday the Directors agreed with some of the landowners. amonis,:t whom were T. It Sarstield, Esq., J.l'., and G. W. White, Lsq., 3.1'. The company have also entered into the possession ( f the land of the Duke of De vonshil e, through which the line passes. Three (if the con tractors were ordered by the directors to employ a large number of men upon the line yesterday.— cork Constitution [ADVERTISEMENT.]—TILE EARL OF ALIMOROUGH AND HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this mi raculous medicine, after every other meani bad failed.—See extract of his lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn. February 21, 1845.—" To Professor Holloway ; Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure cf a disorder in my 'liver and stomach, .phich all the most eminent of the faculty at home, and all over the continent, had not been able to effect—nay, net even the waters of Carlsbad or ., (Signed) ALDBOROUGH." These woedertol any disease of the liver and stomach. —S . old ( I r so s s H ja vv o l i r o l : t or . : Ointment) at Professor Holloway's establishm.en. t . , 244, Strand; .. ' sad by all medicine venders throughout the r.tvkit;!e world. extract G RAT . ; S. sfc=va //,2 S IT - r _.~ J ~.,~ r "~ 1