The Sun. — London, England, 1851-09-19 00:00:00

r- • _ . br rg, /rum I , the Criss: the 14th to .Idamburg_, struck uu beam Ita,clis 01'1 tue 14th inst., tilb d, fell over onher enupsittilisi:l6l.ast abandoned • cri"vst 6aved , has been a tra tided on the hP : G o 'arsatz' o u f sn 'l'u b s o c u ts t n i d g t ; o c l' r ' e l warsseaivi Marseilles.. !sod two other Prench vessels have been driven on shore la,t,he baize raiighboarhod. bYl)sty N , Wllild i- Ew SOUTH WALES, MAY rr e f ''.}' fr"nli Auckland, has been wrecked on u 10,—The John t near Pl}mouth ; crew saved. May 26, The ralta Sherratt, of and for Adelaide, South Australia, 6rtotitat,Sea.a; crreancisco, Therecked on Turtle Island on the , from Adelaide, sout'Jti eaustr:v.saved., George et K angaro 1141 10 bwans.ea, found il e o F m cci e 2oo , miles north .. 3 .t o Island, previous to 2d inst. The master, tu wi e aud child, and two men, have landed at Brigh , t i c a jil t i l t i l 93e longboat; and ten men at Kangaroo ',had ki t the 10.ngboat; the remainder of the crew, five men, c e th l P in the gig, All:',,l:bjtaZlSici_d: El:zsbeth Rose, Valparaiso ; . Mary Atter ti , , 4 . of w, rti 3 N ‘ , , S EPT 17 Wind variable.—Arrd. Earl n,___) N s..ape Bret( n kir.,,,1N., SEPT. 17.—Wrind E.N.E.—Arrd. John Bull, s'li":l'bi; William, Qu,bec, Qbte."LAND.—Arro. Triton, Sierra Leone; Johns, , Neried, ditto; Sprite, di tto. 1 M , 4Rh.ET .N EIV B.—( %THIS DAY.) Cop v _ ..........._„ o ____ -- EXCHAN GE—(FRIDAY). press large supply of hi t of Wheat, almost wholly.. , te acheel t V ali , growth, and in excellent condition, na. h3i,, 8 ti, week from Essex, Kent, and Suffol , k r ,!, up L'ogdillnounted to 5,020 quarters. The quantity r e '' sho w „caYi by land carriage, being on the increase, the r ~:),', ,enpla of both li, .ci and Whitt) was extensive. 'tkinds `, limited, the demand , 43 the attendance of buyers wasssontein stk tB o rul,cl exceedingly heavy, and, in n _ Thc. (I % with quotations were a shade lower than o AI quacw, Litho effiecting a clearance. From abroad, 6, w 110 6 viti ll in the' °fZ.heat have come to hand. That article . Floating e ugoe B c "rutile, and is lower to purchase. A b er 1 4 , c L is Pel b iih d Foreign Odessa Wheat were offering at 31s Gd sm v -" 4tle qUantit of both English au , ~ Its% ~-Las 4411, Whils Y h trade ruled arm, at luny Yet 4 4 ' prics. With tt .Halt we were fairly supplied, tes Goodasteady b us i n ess bus was doing in it, at previous r v a a.ae of othe°u,_9 We scarce, end G B d dearer. The d l ail other r i" lci was well Supported. eans, Pew, an ea upromanded very little attention. • UtRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. 1 i'- • Flour. Malt. — Oats. • • Barley. Qrs. 8 ,020 , 6 ,140 870 t4 tllsk Irilti . N'et6ll .. . ." 2,810 I 1 , 220 ... " 1 o'4 17' RIV IZTIII'IIELD. frltot s a : 4 taarket was tolerably well supplied with or, i k to /lumber, but their general qualitywasstate, itlload:r all kinds the demand was in a sluggish Niled full quotatons. The few Down Sheepon offer statt oh : PriCe3 without difficulty. 0 ther wise, _tt e e f ew T. :4 •rad e Was h___ y ' 3 " at barely late currencies. T Ply 0 7 441 ,.., 1 4 on show inet'a very dull inquiry. ThesupVeal tree ruled rather W 5l seasonably large, whilst the Il lore btlied inactive, at late figures. In Pig s, . til kit to LlBuleBB was t ransacted, but we have no i mprove kle, at 1 46 tiee in their value. Mitch Cows were dull roro 1 41. to 181. each, LA N Per sibs. cu sink the offal. including their small calf. $4,44.r Nuts 8. d. to 8. d.l t ,4 4 4411 tY ".:" 2 4 2 6 t ln . N•g e 0,„ 11 :: 1 ( 1 3 210 44:00licots ..:•• 4 illtreel4l4,,,CidVes 2 8 3 4 :41.111, et io ve tt so .. g 6 g ••18 0 20 0 31 . 444. • TOT, SUPPLY 4 70 I Sheep. 1 4 0,950 44. CO`a.... I 4• I Shee p aso litt,t4. FOREIGN stn.PLY. I Sheep. I Calves. itlltoirto . 2,500 • I 120 til. gen era AND IMILDENICALL. 44014. demand was tolerably steady, at our Qrs. Qrs. 610 i 4,490 Qra. I gacka 50 2,750 700 -- s. d. to e. Inferior Sheep •••• 2 8 2le Second qual. Sheep 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woolledditto3 6 3 8 SoulMown Wether 3 10 4 C Ditteoutorthe wool° 0 0 0 Large Hogs •••• •• 2 4 3 2 Small Porkers .. 3 4 3 8 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 IS 0 AT 31.4.1t1LET. Calves. I Pigs. 242 300 Calves. I 1 rii. 6 I Pigs. ..._ At Per stone by the Carcase. '44 to I. d. s. d. t o s. o. .., tag ° 2 2 Mutton, .. 2 6 2 i ll 2. Thl42ol4rge 4 2 6 m iddli ng .. 210 3 4 N.. stirs " g 210 prime .... 3 6 310 , " 3 2 Pork, large•• •• •• •• 2 6 3 4 tk ,up lh . 4 ... 0.1). „ 0 6 3 6 sma ll .• •••... 3 6 3 is . ` 41 4 "rds of GU nOP MARKET. klg r ilek, i n I MO pockets of new Hops have arrived f or th e somewhat imp rove d con di t i on; b u t th e de )azt'L'llded ' bays by no means act i ve . Pi c ki ng h as b een lo w t(i beyo nd districts, but the duty has not ad -4 11 5,000/. N ew Hops are se lli ng as fol -11 6 /. °f of Kent 6/. 10s. to 71. 7s. per cwt.; to 61 . los. Nee °4 %.--.Ti. COLONIAL), tion• Th e Market has been duller this week, and rul ed • ,ati t parb„ favour of buyers for British Planta °eg by auction sold at 38s 6d to 40s 6d for Wite f hsv: a h lad 33 s 6tl t limited or low. Refined brown Z. 4% Seif et h ja only re quest at 44a to 44a 6d w 4t airr h it era. sak fi has b i4.---The quantity of Bengal brought for -48? 4 t lar ge, and prices have fallen 6d to is per kit .. 4k , 1 .,? t i0n about 5,000 bags sold, Benares good to ki io El ; 41;.1te, 39s CO 4 9 s 6d, low to good mid, 37s to 4 0 , 4 e1i t ,,, c1 , 6 b5i 36s to 378 Gd per cwt. Mauritius has a 4 "4 h u ` k g to a similar extent, and by auction very ord to a - "'tett ' and good to fine at liA ti 2 ., , sold at 25s to 265, i k B ; m 1 , adrus low damp brown has been taken in tor ° r'ste 4:44° 3,820 b ags rea li se d 27 s 6cl to 28s for Il kti' tOpert:,---Early in the week there was more demand li4ll,BiitithouUt since then buyers have become more eau- , 2,144aah„11„R„,b s upporting prices. A cargo of yelloa "to at 20s 9d; 100 baskets of Java at 16s 6d iii44,44h°l4e Porto Rico at 38s to 40s for fine yellow. 14,Cas, mid the spot has been sold at 24s for low ilN; lt las s l „, (l ,YtiloW has been taken in at 36s 6d to 37 s. Ca, "tbdrawn at 28s 6d to 30s 6d for ord to mid b Ett ,„ Id to 34 s f or goo d an d fi ne . 4 0 4 fi - there has been a dull market again, al teq huts have been made to support it. Mocha 4 4 4 tak,he'd for stiff prices, good ord yellow having t o 3 93 at 72s Native Ceylon has been dull at !q t , l thui ) ,T 641 , and ' up to 40s for good and fine ord. k tr d e Ylon has been heavy of sale and at a qap'tti of about is per cwt. Good and fine ord l 4 s N t °4l b i;`,,,bY auction at 40s•to 455, fine fine ord and tr,%,:.'s 6d to 495, low mid and mid coloury b eep s, and triage at 35s to 445. Madras ki pitie taken in at 56s for mid, and fine Tel - R 1145 been so ld at 45 5 . M ysore, fi ne or d !I t t ° r, 5 1 . 4 , 37 - h realia e d 39s 6d to 40s 6d, and f i ne or d 465. to '4B„ as been so ld at 52 s to 54 s f or m id, an d at 11 C 5t 5t tl s - t L 4 g a r a file fine ord. Costa Rica sold cheaper, (I.k. 473. t t 'tEt i s' there has been a dull demand. Trinidad .1:) ,R I d tAti 11 t 448 to 47s for mid and good red, and 1.,1 7° 8 c } r. °3' at 35s to 425. Grenada has been taken it.,,, p r mid bright, and 36s for grey. t q 4 liz i k l 'he Market is flat, and tending downwards. S - 4 d or d . ' In d good mid has been taken in at 8s 6d to 9s 1 1 41 A 0 c1 -t " 1 0s. Bombay mid dusty sold at 7s 6d, 44 4h (l is ° ritiga grain, went at 7s 6d, and Java white 4 41 :6 :•: t1 at 103, ttlikllttowl,."---The demand has been restricted. tit," Ja" °°l '.—St. Vincent's has been sold at 3id to ktilet,culalea has been taken in at 4d per lb. 1 / 4 411 Pri, T here has been a steady demand for Pepper, has'„ ea • Cassia Lignea, being held for very full r got b e hin request. Ginger has gone h. su l en so much uyz,...,,par prices. ki/ k tc . to \v bo Market has been steady. r`s," lt ilk... -- P.Y.C. has been at 39s 9d to 40s per cwt, tii, 6 5 11 (3 1 . °"*.--Pair sales have been effected, and at full 4 pi e t ' k r ib tl- , 1 4 . - -There has been an active inquiry, at o.4vtice. it saekl„, market continues heavy. kihd ttlalT.—Th e demand continues good, _fineprices jt 3 e erg 4 h‘ Y, , 8 01 1 the advance. Lisbon Grapes, o 1 cosrid a high figure ; a parcel per Tevio t 5" t° : )41 by Keeling and Hunt, went at an advance 1 1 ) Per D Bacelona Nuts have new Malaga A a g. N• a - -- ° e. - kp eted ot any Lemons to be had ; 1 :1A . lA O : 4 C- T it UP TC Y.—(THIS DAY.) ,1 E . 4.0 b ~ RB HARRATT AND BLAND. 11,44 Itlakrupts were described as of Huntingdon, h'1' 4 4 1, r ) 0 4 : 1 4.,.t0-day was appointed for the consideration M (4l ki leitOr to the assignees said ho had to: call his t ‘44 ‘ta 3 , 4t teation to a claim made by Messrs. Rust t tlo e tat 4 , l, bankers at Huntingdon, against the sepa- Sti• of Harratt, under the following circum ,',4th-NZ-:,kPPeared that tee bankrupts were indebted ""„e amount of 1,800/., for which they held a ,` 4 4:bi l l a ,, rho property had been sold, but there was 41 ;i:Par - " c e due, which it was sought to prove against 11 4 1 .4 t,0ci: t 4 1 ., t e %tate of flarratt (which will pay a larger than the joint estate, the account standing in his 104:4titi`oe creditors submitted that the bankers were 41, , t ,"%z h e f l t 0 do this on three grounds—first, that the) 4 14,4,,; 4 0t of the partnership; secondly, that the t h a tted i t paid to them on the joint account; and, to t4 ll ; they had honoured cheques, which induce tee '° believe it was a joint capital, and therefore '4 4 t ViP f/ trlt' asked' how the account stood in the te il' oli lat ' its ' ti 4Bo o, the official assignee, said was opened Ift mt C a,„' of Edward Harratt. ts,;pki lici tor said, Messrs. Rust and: Veasey had ti;TY facility out ook at the books, but they 1 / 4 1 1 ,`1 If"acl any joint ccount. t -130 un said he was of opinion the claim must be teaat l. o n °4le itor, in answer to his Honour, said the) kfi -e ao to appeal, but woud abide by his decision. nil • °ate • d were granted without tto t. sof the se and class ‘. tkiN 4 -14 CO Utt.T.—( THIS DAY.) k OLD COURT. eiy a u slice LALFOUUD uud Mr. Baron Means.) hi s 4 : l4 Cole. City police-constable, surrendered to 14 . ' 1 '.h, i r iat for the manslaughter of William Cogan. t4 4 %_ta 'c a nd, Mr. Locke, and Ar. Parry conducted the dq Kr tl mid Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Clarkson, Aaallantine defended the prisoner. 1 0 1 (4 ! tip o l ' l A-ND opened the case for the prosecution and e 144141ry tb ß o Qer th n th the i mportance of the j ury d evoting t o . sic best and most serious attention, for the v 'tt, not only charged with causing the death o qe t ' it but he was one of the police force, whose 4 1 4 „ Th e l to Protect tho lives and property of the pub p'Teetssed Cogan was a person in humble life, ' l l 0 - : t "pi not of the most moral habits, and it tip "' 14 e Ptisouer without the elighteal prQTQQ Busin to l i f y o , 1 r C ~~,' `~ ~i 45 1,34 35% 66 I re des f° ' . h, 1 and 3" 0 1 Vio l Uil* NE w 9, _ ore e• aY „ ore rico- e • fi eo+ ,„ A b l 150 6id 4 4 o to / 31° ' liori co lisP° Bl ers the bat Y . all o°lll‘ e i n F o cio, tb: t with th e wi , ng close oil itile ur 96 1 953 ° el 40 0 1 96 c oil° ,rice hoo fer s loil h s9l. bee ] - re ted 511' q uo 51 0. Ora l Is rose ° " sort b. the e ol lavgeo Lc, nola q, 96 90 4s ? 964 47 ? 47 9 41 1 nativi Vac's 15 1 4 f3eJ )1 1 ' 58% V.) - PA se rood ° • , t o rrdEc ol hr !O l t 514' SeP t"6 Girl ° 1:0 mos; g liebees tO 4, „ c l bOO. , o p, i 7 I ti ' A rj to efla n* . 0 a bY rrd. fr°ll3 eft Oiti‘ vue poill v toO e ' Fon- „r o per fis t. Jo. o► 13 01 • a , SIC • le )d CO ° $OO 1(01 1 9 9 0 if ee. f 4 WS )0 13113 g?~ ~.+ 0 ~ g6s T 1 4 1 SUN; tiers committed that assault upon him which ultimately ensued in his death. 'the witnesses would tell the jury that at two o'clock on the morning of the sth July, he was sitting at the door of a house in Plumptree court, Shoe•lane, when the prisoner came up, and re peatedly struck him, and knocked him down, and then dragged him to No. 28, which was further down the court. He then drew out of his pocket a truncheon, and holding the deceased by the collar with his left nand, inflicted upon him several blows with the trun cheon which he held in the right hand. The deceased cried out, "Oh have mercy upon me, for God's sake don't kill me, I will go upstairs and not come down any more to-night." The prisoner, however, did not de• -ist, and after inflicting, some further blows upon the de ceased, he flung him into the passage of 28 and there left him. The Learned Counsel then detailed the other circumstances connected with the transaction as deposed to below, and said he should be in a condition to prove that Cogan was entirely sober, and perfectly quiet, and in ' ffensive the whole evening. The medical witnesses would state that according to their experience the rupture of the vessels which caused death might have been produced by over-excitement, but then it would be shown that there were extensive disc )lourations on the deceased's body, evidently caused by blows, and they corresponded with the internal injuries. It was no doubt true that he inhabitants in the neighbourhood had no very friendly feeling towards the police, and that several of 'he witnesses he should call were not persons of the very best character, but the jury would draw their own inferences froth their testimony, corroborated as it would be by that of other witnesses. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to call his witnesses, who repeated the evidence which they had given before the magistrates and coroner, and which has been frequently published. (The trial had not concluded when we went to press.) NIARLBRO'-STREE T-(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY AT THE GREAT EXIIIBITION.—Ihomas Much, a young Frenchman, was placed at the bar before Mr. _Bingham charged with having stolen a packet of chocolate from the French department of the Great Exhibition. Holland, 47 S, deposed that yesterday afternoon about five o'clock, he was on duty near the French department, when he recei►ed information that some chocolate had been stolen from there the afternoon previous. He ac cordingly kept watch and saw the prisoner come and take the packet of chocolate produced from a stall and put it in his pocket and walk off. Witness followed him and asked him what he was going to do with the parcel he had just put in his pocket? The prisoner made some reply which witness did not understand, and ho then took him to.the station-house,where he was searched and a purse containing 31. 10s. in gold found upon him. Witness subsequently went and searched the prisoner's lodgings, where he found another packet of chocolate, a quantity of fancy soap, wax tapers, and blacklead pencils, the whole of which had been stolen from the French department of the Exhibition. The prisoner, who did not offer any defence, was fully committed for trial. THE ALLEGED CARD CHEATING AT BRIGHTON. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 18.—The circumstances conneeted with the charge of conspiracy and cheating at Brighton, in which John Broome, John James, and Charles Staden stand committed for trial at the next Sussex assizes, are fresh in the memory of our readers. Broome is out on bail; Henry Nottage was committed for perjury when offering himself as bail for Staden; and notice of bail was given for last Friday on the part of James. On that day Mr. H. B. Roberts, of York-row, Kennington-road, complained before Mr. Baron Martin, at chambers, a habeas having been issued to bring James to London to ne bailed, that two persons from Wales, who had been offered as bail, had been deterred from coming forward by the publication of a pamphlet, containing a narrative of the whole proceedings in the case. Both on that day and on Tuesday last arguments were heard by the judge on the habeas and the question of costs; and the deci sion is postponed till to-day. Meanwhile, however, no tice of bail was given to Mr. Sill, 2, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden (attorney for Mr. Hamp, the prosecutor in the charge of conspiracy), that the same bail would attend to justify before the Brighton bench, at one o'clock to-day. The bail offered were David Wechio, of Oxford-street, Swansea, Glamorganshire, maltster; and Joseph Morris, of the same street, wheelright. At one o'clock Mr. Sill made his appearance before the bench, C. Carpenter, J. Borrer, N. Borrer, and Mon tagu Scott, Esqs., and took an objection that the ma gistrates had no jurisdiction to take bail. After a lengthened discussion the magistrates decided on exa mining the sureties, and ultimately decided against ac cepting the proffered bail. c LONDON, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES.—TUESDAY. THE GREAT YORKSHIRE 11ANDICAP.—Thos race not having been run until more than half an hour alter the time appointed—four o'clock—we were unable to add any particulars to the return. Previous to its coming ff Miss Ann, Paquetta, True Blue, Young Altisidora, Antigone, and two or three others, overpowered their riders and broke away ; Miss Ann went about a mile before the lad succeeded in stopping her, Paquetta and True Blue ran nearly half a mile, and the others to the road. In the actual start, not the best in the world, Young Altisidora was the first to show in front, but before reaching the hill, was passed by Miss Ann, who went on with the running at a strong pace, Paquette and Clarissa waiting on Young Altisidora, The Sweep heading the second ruck, Cossack and Confessor in the centre, and behind them a tremendous "tail." Young Altisidora gave way near the mile post, leaving Paquetta and Clarissa in waiting on Miss Ann, The Sweep, An tigone, and Chief Justice coming next, and The Con fessor lying about seventh. In making the Red House turn, Antigone and The Confessor drew towards the front, and at the bend the former went up to Miss Ann, and, in a few strides, deprived her of the lead, Confessor at the same time, on Paquetta's retirement, taking the fourth position. Antigone carried on the running to the distance, where The Confessor went up, quitted her opposite the stand, and won very easily by a length, Miss Ann finishing a bad third, Cossack fourth, and Chief Justice fifth. Run in 3 min. 20 secs. The easy manner in which The Confessor won, brought him into the St. Leger betting at 20 to 1, and increased the general anxiety to back Aphrodite and the " lot." Hernandez slightly declined, and The Ban was almost friendless. Of the day's sport too much cannot be said in praise; it was above the average in quantity, full of interest, and in its consequences on the St. Leger and Derby betting highly important; in fine, it was the best " first day" known at Doncaster for many years. The weather was all that could be wished, the company great, and the receipts at the stand (1,9501.) the largest ever known. The management would have been unexceptionable had a little more time been allowed between the races; the loss of three quarters of an hour must have convinced the stewards of the impossibility of being punctual with half-hour intervals. It was announced in the course of the day that Lord Ribblesdale was the new Steward, in the place of Lord Zetland, whose three years expired this meeting. WEDNESDAY. The unceasing arrival of well-filled trains from all parts of the kingdom, the crowded state of the streets for some hours before the commencement of the races, a stand crammed to access, a throng within the en closure, and the entire aspect of the course, furnished the most convincing proof that if the higher classes, have become lukewarm in their attachment to the most popular of our national sports—and that such is the fact has been obvious throughout the season—the taste for it is on the increase in the middle and lower ranks. We will not go the length of saying thaat the concourse was so great as on the memorable St. Leger day of 1850, but we safely affirm that it has not been exceeded on any other occasion. The Round Stand was occu pied by a few ladies of rank, and the one appropriated to the club by some of the most influential patrons of the turf ; we also noticed some persons of title and fashion in the balcony of the Grand Stand, a list of whom we shall give at a more favourable opportunity. Of the racing we gave yesterday as full a return as time and circumstances permitted. THE ST. LEGER.—Our account sent from the course having been unavoidably confined to a bare return, we now furnish st• tow details of the running. The starting, it should be premised, was undertaken by the Hon. Captain Rous, who got through the task with so little difficulty that the race came off within a few minutes of the time specified on the card. Deceitful went away with the lead, followed by Exeter, Aphrodite and Goliah lying third and fourth, Hernandez next, in com pany with Cneeus, Newminster, Phlegra, Sir Rowland Trenchard, Hook'em Snivvy, and two or three others, Ephesus, Lough Bawn, and Jack Robinson bringing up, the rear. Exeter retired before he reached the mile post; but in no other respect were the positions of the leading horses affected until they got to the Red House. Here Goliah and Hernandez were beaten, and New minster took the third position. Half-way between the Red House and the bend Deceitful gave way, and the race was left to Aphrodite and Newminster, the latter getting to the mare's head inside the distance, quitting her half-way up, and winning in a canter by two lengths, Hook'em Snivvy, who was as far behind Aphrodite, beating Sir Rowland Trenchard by a neck. Phlegra and Miserrima were fifth and sixth, Laneartine and She Ban next. The race was run in 3 min. 19 secs. The races were over by five o'clock, and before nine the multitudes who had been brought into the town in the morning had taken their departure, with compara tively little confusion, and without accident of any de scription. The betting-room was thronged in the evening, and the issue of the great race having proved harmless to the ring, business commenced with much spirit on future events. We give the quotations up to twelve o'clock:— CLEVELAND HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Heroine 4 to 1 agst Miss Ann I 4 to 1 agst Le Juif 5 to 1 eget Vanguard THE CUP. 6 to 4 agst Maid of Masham (t) CESAREWITCH. 10 to 1 agst Newminster 10 to 1 agst Mokanna (t) 20 to 1 eget Confidence (t) 33 to 1 agst Mark Tapley - (t) 35 to 1 eget Champion (t) 40 to 1 agst Calmar (t) CAMBRI 40 to 1 agst Sunrise (t) 40 to 1 agst Garforth (t) 40 to 1 agst Sir Charles (t) 40 to 1 agst Cyclops 40 to 1 agst Nimis (t) 40 to 1 agst Larnartine (t) 30 to .1 agst Merry Peal 40 to 1 agst Tonic (t) 25 to 1 agat Nancy 25 to 1 agst Deceitful (i) 30 to 1 agst Confidence (t) THURSDAY'S RACES. Paying and receiving for the St. Leger occupied the greater part of the morning, but, owing to the absence of a party who had taken liberties with Newminster tee the extent of ten or twelve thousand pounds, did not prove quite so harmless as had been generally antici pated; this, fortunately, was the only cause of default, so that, as the Newminster party win only small stakes, the settling, as a whole, is likely to be tolerably good. The racing this afternoon showed no improve ment on the generality of " off" days, but hav ing a decided "feature" in the Cleveland Handicap, drew a f sir company. We have only time to give the re sults:— Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, for two yrs old, colts Bst 711 s, fillies Bst 41b; winners extra. T.Y.C. (14 Subs.) Mr. Stebbings's Alfred the Great, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Farrance's fby Merry Monarch, Bst 41b...(Day) 2 Mr. S. Davidson's Vortex, Bst 71b.. (Marlow) 3 Baron Rothschild's Hyacinth, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 4 Mr. Barton's Helen Faucit, Bst 41b (J. Marion) 5 Betting-6 to 5 agst Alfred the Great, 3 to 1 agat Hyacinth, and 7 to 2 agst Vortex. A good start was effected, after two failures, the Cos tus filly taking up the running, which, with Vortex in waiting, she carried on to the distance; the second place was then taken by the favourite, who challenged opposite the stand, and wuu by a neck. Vortex a good third. Helen Faucit reared up at the moment of starting, and took no part in the race. Time, 1 min. 46 secs. The Cleveland Handicap of 20 soya. each, h It, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 60 added; the winners of the Ehor Handicap, Leamington Stakes, or the Great Yorkshire handicap, to carry 71b, or any two of these stakes, 101 b extra. One mile. (32 Subs., 9 of whom declared.) Mr. Phillips's Le Jcif (h b), 3 yrs, Est (Wells) 1 Mr. Halford's Worcester, 3 yrs, 4st 7lb (Carroll) 2 Mr. C. Monek's Vanguard, 5 yrs, Bst 91b...(Flatman) 3 Sir J. Hawley's Vatican, 5 yrs, Bst 91b...(J. Marson) 0 Mr. Moseley's Alonzo, 4 yrs, Bst 31b...(W. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Snewing's Heroine, 5 yrs, 6st 121b...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 3 yrs, fist 6lb (Basham) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Le Juif, 4to 1 each agst Vatican and Heroine, 5 to 1 agst Vanguard, and 8 to 1 agat any other. It was not until after two or three failures that a start was effected, all then getting off on good terms. Wor cester taking a strong lead, and having the Heroine and Le Juif in waiting, made the running to the half-dis tance; a fine race home between him and Le Juif, re sulting in favour of the latter by a head; Vatican, who passed the Heroine inside the distance, being beaten about a length from Worcester. Run in 1 min. 48 sees. The Foal Stakes of 100 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs cld colts, Set 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Mile and a half. Lord Derby's Iris (J. Marson) walked over, and di vided the stake with Lord Enfield's Hernandez. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added, for two yrs old. Red House in. Mr. Worthington's f by Irish Birdcatcher, dam by Pantaloon, Bst 41b Mr. Armstrong's The Shadow, 7st llb ...(Charlton) 2 Lord Chesterfield's Senorita, Bst 41b (Flatman) 3 Mr. Brooke's Merry Bird, Bst 71b (W. Abdale) 0 Mr. Fiennes's Old Rowley, 7st 91b (Kitchener) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Equal, 7st 81b (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Whitting's Dame Tattle, let 6lb (Simpson) 0 Mr. Hobson's Barlsata, 7st ]lb (Wells) 0 Mr. Stephenson's Euphony , 7 s t (Hiett) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agat Old Rowley, 7to 2 agst Senorita, and 5 to 1 each agst Equal, the Birdcatcher filly, and Shadow. Won by a length, two lengths between the second and third, Equal fourth. Run in 1 min. 13 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 SOTS. each, h ft., and 50 added, for three yrs old. One mile and a quarter. (6 Subs.) Mr. Walker's Mrs. Birch, 7st 121 b (Osborne) 1 Mr. Morris's Hungerford, Bst 71b (Flatman) 2 Mr. Osborne's True Blue, 7st 21b (Hiett) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agat Hungerford, and 6to 4 agat True Blue. Won by a head; True Blue a bad third. Run in 2 min. 17 secs. : A ; T CUP. ER The Scarborough St a k es o f 30 sovs. eac h , 10 ft, for three yrs old. O ne m il e. ( 4 S u b s .) Mr. S. Davidson's Jack Leemi ng wa lked over TN Even on Maid of Masham.DON FRIDAY MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TUE CUP. Even on Maid of Masham, 2 to 1 agst The Ban. BETTING ON THURSDAY NIGHT. TUE CUP. 6 to 5 agst Maid of Masham. 2 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley'a lot. THE CESAREWITCU. 8 to 1 agst Mokanna 20 to 1 agst Triekstress 12 to 1 Newminster 20 to 1 Tho Grand 17 to 1 Confidence Duke DERBY. 9to 1 agst Hobby Noble 20 to 1 sgst King of Oude is to 1 Augur 25 to 1 Alfred the 20 to 1 ciPerhOUSO Great att titv s 4 ttion DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Sweepstakes. Hippolytus Confidence ... 2 Nondescript ... ... ... 3 Handicap. Clincher Sweep Lough Bawn . 1 ... ... ... ... 2 ... ... 3 Aphrodite TrickstresB The Park Hill Slakes. The Ban... Black Doctor Won by eight length.% THE CUP. ... ... ... ... ... 1 7 ran. Won easy. DEATH OF MR. RICHARDSON, THE AFRICAN TRAVELLHA.-It is with deep regret that we have to an nounce the death of Mr. James Richardson, the enterprising African traveller. This melancholy event took place on the 4th of March last, at a small village called Ungurutua, six days distant from Kouka, the capital of Bornou. Early in January, he and the companions of his mission, Drs. Barth and Overweg, arrived at the immense plain of Damergou, when, after remaining a few days, they separated, Dr. Barth proceeding to Kanu, Dr. Overweg to Guber, and Mr. Richardson taking the direct route to Kouka, by 'Linde. There it would seem his strength began to give way, and be fore he had arrived twelve days' distant from Kouka, he be came seriously ill, suffering much from the oppressive heat of the sun. Having reached a large town called Kangarrua, he halted for three days, and feeling himself rather refreshed he renewed his journey. After two days' more travelling, during which his weakness greatly increased, they arrived at the Waddy Mellaha. Leaving this place on the 3d of March, they reached in two hours the village of Ungurutua, when Mr. Richardson became so weak that he was unable to proceed. In the evening he took a little food and tried to sleep--but became very restless, and left his tent supported by his servant. Ile then took some tea and threw himself again on his bed, but did not sleep. His attendants having made some coffee, he asked for a cup, but had no strength to held it. He repeated several times, " I have no strength ;" and after having pronounced the name of his wife, sighed deeply, and expired without a struggle about two hours after midnight. Early in the morning the body wrapped in linen, and covered with a carpet, was borne to a grave which was dug four feet deep, under the shade of a large tree, close to the village, followed by all the principal Sheichs and people of the district. The Sultan of Bornou has given orders that all respect and honour shall be paid to the grave of the ill-fated British tra veller.—Malta Mail. - - - - -•- TROOPS FOR THE CAPE.—It has been decided at the Horse Guards that the 43d (Monmouthshire Light In. fantry), at present stationed at Clonmel, will march to Cork and embark in the Vulcan steam-sloop, Master Commander John Penn, for a passage to the Cape of Good Hope, where they will be placed at the disposal of Sir Harry Smith, in command of the troops in that colony. The 43d Regiment is under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J. Furlong, K. H., a brave Waterloo officer, and the corps returned to England in April, 18-16. This regiment has been selected to proceed to the Cape in preference to other regiments that have been longer on home service, as it is composed of light infantry, and well adapted for bush warfare. About 100 men of the Ist battalion of the 12th Regiment of Foot, at present at Chatham, have at the same time been placed under orders to embark in the Vulcan, for a passage to the Cape, and thence they will proceed to the Mauritius, Sir Harry Smith having already withdrawn a large portion of the 2d battalion from that station, as we formerly stated he was empowered to do . in the event of their services being required in the Kafir war. The second battalion at the Mauritius is commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel William Bell, and will soon be available for the service Sir Harry Smith requires of them.—Chronicle. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.—In accordance with an Admiralty summons, Captain Sir Edward Parry, Captain Beechy. and Captain Sir James Clark Ross attended at the Admiralty yesterday, in order . to meet the board and th e i r hydrographer, Rear-Admiral Sir F. Beaufort, and to consult on the proceedings of Captain Austin and Captain Penny, in the late search for Sir John Franklin. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--FlErf THOUSAND CURES HAVE BEEN EFFECTED BY DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS EEVA LESTA AKABICA FooD.—Cure, No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies —" 1. have de rived considerable benefit from your food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart do Decies." Cure ti 0.49,832—" 50 years' indescribable agony, from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, llatulencv, spasms, gickness at the sto mach, and vomittings have been removed by Du Barry's excellent food.—Maria Jolly Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."—ln canisters, suitably packedlor all climate .I,ml with full instructions 11b., 2s. 9d. ; Tbs., 4s. Cd. ; . 11 s., lls. ; 121b5., 225.; super-refined, 51b., 91s. ; 335. The 101bs. and 12Ibs carriage tree 49 miles, on receipt of Post office order.—thi Barry and Co., 1,7, New Bond.street,Lon don; Fortnum, Mason, and Co. ; Hedges and Butler. PARIS AND CHALONS RAILWAY.—This line being completed, the journey from the port of London, via Dover to the port of Marseilles, may be acco m pli s h e d i n 49 h ours . liatimAT ThscirLlNE.—pharles Parkes, station clerk and signal man at the Kingston station of the Ports mouth Railway, and William Manser, goods -porter, have, at the instance of the directors of the London and Brighton Railway Company, been sentenced to six weeks' h ar d l a b our, in the Petwo r th lime of Correction, for neglecting to sig nalize an obstruction, in the shape of an engine shunting a coal train on the line, as the four o'clock Portsmouth t ra i n was on its way, an d w hich, without injury to the passen gers, completely shattered and knocked two trucks of the obstructing train oft the line. THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER.,—The Rev. R. Wil liameon, D.D., Rector of Pershore, late Head Master of West minster School, and the Rev. D. Melville, Rector of Shelsley, late Principal of Bishop Hatfield's-hall, Durham, have been collated by the Lord Bishop of Worcester to Honorary Ca mxiefl i Wclceoter C4t4edral. '4 EVENING, COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRE:=PONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. SE PTEMBE RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the Bridge-house Hotel, London bridge ; Mr. J. Macgregor in the chair. Mr. G. S. HERBERT, the secretary, read the adver tisement convening the meeting, after which the re port and accounts (abstracts of which appeared in The Sun of Monday) were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN then said—Gentlemen, the report for the last half-year, now submitted to you by the directors, and the accounts for the same period, which are verified by the auditors., present a less amount available for dividend on this occasion than we had all anticipated would be the case. The total increase of traffic during the helf-year, as compared with the corresponding half of the preceding year, was 52,7951., but almost the whole of this accrued in the latter three months of the half-year. This increase assimi lates the traffic of last half-year, the least productive half of the year, to that of the preceding half-year, the most productive one, within about 3,0001. — (Hear, hear.) The report informs you, Gentlemen, that 23,0001. only of that increase is from through or Continental traffic. Of the balance, you will be grati fied to observe that about 9,0001. was earned on the North Kent line, on which, in spite of the amazing competition which it has to encounter, the traffic is steadily augmenting ; and about 3,600/. was earned upon the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line. A slight decrease has taken place on the Greenwich line, which is attributable to the abstraction of a por tion of the traffic by the North Kent line. The in crease in the goods traffic of about 8,0001. on the half year, is satisfactory, and more than commensurate with the increase of the expense in that department. The locomotive expenses vary only in about the pro portion of the increased mileage run by the trains from the expenses of the last and the preceding half year, being in each case about 101. per mile. A large amount of rolling stock has been provided from the reserved fund laid aside in previous half-years, and the reports of the locomotive and carriage superinten dents, regarding the renewals in their several depart ments, have warranted the directors in charging the renewals of stock worn out previously to the last half year to the debit of the fund laid aside in previous half-years for that purpose. In the account of main tenance of way there is an increase last half-year of 1,800/. in the charge for the repair of permanent works, of 1,5001. for the repair of stations and build ings, and of 2,5001. in the maintenance of permanent way, itself occasioned by an increased mileage falling into the hands of the company from the contractors, and also by the extra expense in reballasting and re pairing where the iron sleepers are laid in, on the main line and branches. The cost of the.iron sleepers has been charged to the renewal fund. With all new roads the expense of packing and maintaining is greater at the outset. The directors trust the durability of the iron , sleepers will more than compensate for the immediate expense now occasioned. There are 18 miles of single line of iron sleepers are laid on the main line and branched in the company's hands, and 57 miles of single line on the new branches. the maintenance of which is still in the hands of contractors. It is re ported to the directors that the maintenance of the iron road in the new lines in the hands of the contractors is economical, irrespective of that economy which it is relied on will result from the enduring nature of the material compared with wood. The traffic on these branches is, however, light. On the main line, where the traffic is heavy, the same economical result, in present maintenance, has not yet been arrived at. The accounts of miscellaneous expenses for the last half-year were subject to an increased charge of 600/. for wages to police and signalmen, 4001. lighting stations, 800/. in the goods department, 3,000/. com pensation, 2,000/. in the general charges of the esta blishment (1,400/. of which was incurred in adverti sing and bill sticking), and 1,4001. in Parliamentary opposition to the proposed lines of railway hostile to this company, which were thrown out by Parliament. —(Hear, hear.) I ought to state that in the account of law charges a sum of 1,100/. is included, which is the estimate of the expenditure during the half-year in resisting the attempts still made in all directions to impose excessive rates on the company. In the profit and loss account there is an increased charge of 11,0001. for interest on mortgage debt and dividend on the gua ranteed stock of the company, which was paid persuant to the resolution of the proprietors within 14 days of the close of the half-year. You are aware, gentlemen, that the whole capital of the company, whether productive or unproductive, as entitled to share in dividend. More than half a million of capital has been expended on the Tunbridge Wells and Hast ings line, no part of which was productive during last half-year.—(Hear, hear.) It is a subject of gratula tion that all differences with the Brighton Company regarding the London and Hastings and St. Leonard's traffic are amicably and satisfactorily concluded ; and while the public may rely on an amount of accome modation which few parts of the country possess, the companies will not act in opposition to each other.— (Cheers.) Gentlemen, lam not disheartened by the small receipts that have yet been had on the Ashford and Hastings line, or on the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line. From the commencement of the present month, you are assured of a fair proportion of the Hastings traffic; and on the opening of the line throughout in November, of an equal division.— (Cheers.) The whole excess of through traffic to the continent, which the last halt-year presents, compared with the corresponding of last year, is not more than that traffic which has been abstracted from you in one single month by rival routes, which, earning little or nothing themselves by their competition, have re tarded your prosperity without advancing their own. —(Hear, hear.) We do not consider the increase of continental traffic which we secured last half-year as a benefit solely attributable to the attraction of the Great Exhibition. On the contrary, we rejoice that so great a confluence of passengers from the continent has been brought to this country, even by rival and inferior routes. The interest—the magni ficence of this metropolis has become better known ; and with this knowledge of the comparative advantage and superiority of the South - Eastern Railway as the direct continental route — (Cheers)—travelling from the continent to this country is not likely to diminish but to increase. The belief whi c h was once enter tained on the continent generally that it was neces sary to spend a large sum to visit London, is now dispelled. Even from the borders of the Mediterra nean—from Marseilles, in the Indian overland route —the traveller may reach London in 49 hours, at the expense, for a first-class ticket, of only 61.—(Hear, hear.) In performing our special service to Paris by the eleven hours' route, I am gratified to say that we have not failed in a single instance.---(Cheers.) That 11 hours has been expanded to 13, 14, and even to 15 hours, hut by causes over which we bad no control. Our steamboat service, as well as that of our trains, has been performed with undeviating punctuality,but the delays at the Custom-house, arising not from any want of zeal or efficiency in the officers of the depart ment, but from want of accommodation in regard to space, and from the necessity which an examination of baggage at Folkestone and Dover, instead of at the termination of the journey in London, entails on the passengers of twice or thrice claiming their lug gage, has been a constant source of annoyance and loss of time.—(Hear, hear.) This will now be reme died at Dover by the use of a new and large examination room adjoining the terminus, which is just completed, more effectually by the system of bring the baggage at once through to London in bulk, and examining it here, to make which experiment permission has been granted by the Treasury—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, we compare this half-year against the corresponding half of last year, which was begun with 40,0001. of net money, applicable to dividend in hand ; we compare it with the preceding half-year, which we began with 4000/. of net money in hand, and we have, without either of these sums this half-year, to meet an in creased charge of interest for capital yet unproduc tive, but which I can announce will, after November, upon the complete opening of the Hastings line, be the means of hereafter adding to your net revenue. 'Taking all surrounding circumstances into consider ation, I think, notwithstanding that on this occasion the dividend is less than we had hoped, I may pro nounce the position of the company to be sound and hopeful. A n d, l oo king at the receipts which have accrued since the commencement - of the present half , year, which show an increase in six weeks of 25,0001., and a receipt in that time of 135,000/. this year, against 110,000/. last year, I expect, when I have the honour to appear before you at the next meeting, that I may be enabled to add, and that you will sanction me in adding, that it is satisfactory also.—(Cheers.) I have the honour to move that the report of the di rectors, and statement of accounts, as now laid before the meeting, be received and adopted. Mr. RaesHAw, the deputy chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. NASH begged, on behalf of several sharehold ers, to hand in a protest against the charge upon the capital or reserve fund of the new stock as proposed in the accounts. The CHAIRMAN said, as Mr. N ash was not a share holder, he must decline to receive the protest. This course was approved of by the meeting, and Mr. Nash left the room. The motion for the adoption of the report was then put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said, it was his duty to move that a dividend, at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, be be declared. Ile regretted that it was not in his power to declare a larger dividend on that occasion. Th e fact was, that the traffic on the line during the half year was not so large as they had anticipated. A pro gressive improvement in the traffic was taking place every day, and he thought they might confidently look forward to a better state of things than existed at present. Ile concluded by moving that a dividend of Bs. per 301 share be declared payable on the 16th of October next, which was zecunned. Mr. LEVY suggested that the income-tax should be paid out of the balance in hand, earned since the 31st o f July last. 19, 1851 The CHAIRMA.N said, that the balance alluded to did not belong to the past half-year, but to the cur rent halt-year, and was used for the general business of the company. The balance in hand, after paying the proposed dividend, would not be sufficient to pay the income-tax. Mr. LEVY said he did not wish to be subservient to the directors, nor to say anything against them which they did not deserve, but he thought it right to men tion that their baring a dividend of but per share was talked of very much in the city. For his part he would be very sorry to receive even that amount if it were not fairly earned. He begged to remind the proprietors of what he bad stated at the late meeting with regard to the expected traffic from the Exhibi tion. It was to the effect that if they carried passen gers at unremunerative fares they would have a large traffic, but a small dividend. He contended that if the directors had followed his advice and charged remunerative fares th ey wou ld now h ave b een ale to declare a dividend of from Ps. to 133. per share. He also begged to remind the proprietors that he had on former occasions warned them to have nothing to do with leasing the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Rsilway, and appealed to them whether the opinions he had then expressed were not borne out by the result. The fact was, that half the money paid as rent was lost to this company. Tha CHAIRMAN here said that the loss was more than half, and that it was a very heavy load on the South Eastern Company. Mr. LEVY' said if the shareholders had supported him in rejecting the measure when it was first pro posed, his opinion being founded on forty years' know ledge of the district, they would not now have been obliged to put up with an Bs. dividend. With respect to the statement in the report, to the effect that the Great Western Company were under a pledge to Parliament to lay down narrow gauge lines between Oxford and Basingstoke, which would connect Reading with the narrow guage lines, he thought it smelt very much like powder. He hoped it was not intended to have a contest respecting the broad or narrow gauges, or to try whether Mr. Macgregor had more pluck than Mr. Russell. lie did not think they could get much from the Great Western at Reading, if they persevered in the competition, he thought their lawyer was likely to have a good job there, and that he would gain more by it than the company. If they got into a contest with the Great Western for the traffic, they would have to work it at a loss. Another matter which affected their dividend was the contest with the Brighton Company for the Hastings traffic. He had urged upon the directors of both companies during the past four or five years to come to an amicable settlement with regard to that traffic, but his advice had been thrown away, for it was not until a few weeks ago they had come to an under standing on the subject. Now, were it not for the continuance of this contest, they would have been enabled to declare a 103. dividend. He had stated on a former occasion that Mr. Laing, the chairman of the Brighton, and Mr. Macgregor, the chairman of the South-Eastern Companies, were both very clever men, but it sometimes happened that this was a great misfortune for railway shareholders to have men to manage their affairs who were too clever. He hoped that Mr. Macgregor would endeavour to get back The good name he had at the time when he was elected chairman of the company. He would tell him what had brought him into great favour with the proprie tors—it was the announcement that he would adopt remunerative fares, and not carry people on the line for nothing. He (Mr. Levy) objected to the plan adopted fur the conveyance to Paris and back of the Lord Mayor and the parties connected with the Exhi bition at reduced fares, on the ground that there was no chance of their using the line again for that pur pose. llis (Mr. Levy's) maxim was to get a compen sation price for the traffic conveyed over the line, and to let those who chose to carry people for nothing do so on other lines. Mr. G. SMITH said he considered that the expendi ture during the half-year had been lavish. He felt disappointed at having an Bs. dividend when they were told by the chairman at the last half-yearly meeting, in March, that he believed that the 10s. dividend then declared would be the lowest the company would ever receive. The gross receipts for that half-year were 347,3901., the expenses 167,5381., the available balance 179,8521., and the surplus fund stood at 54,0001. He considered the present report exceedingly unsatisfac tory. He did not think there was any necessity during the past half• year for spending 65,4811. in the purchase of 20 new engines and 40 new carriages. He had no wish to damage the property of the com pany, but he thought the strictest economy should be exercised in every department. He was anxious that a resolution he had to move should be entered on the minutes of the company. It was to the effect that the meeting express their disappointment at the dividend being only Bs. per share. Mr. GREY said, he did not think there was any necessity for the motion, as the chairman had stated that he was disappointed in the result of their opera tions during the past half-year. If Mr. Smith had taken into account the increase mileage worked by the engines, and the increased in the debenture debt sanctioned at the last meeting, he would not have felt himself justified in calling their expenses lavish. In February last the debenture debt was about 1,600,0001 , but on the Ist of July last it amounted to 2,000,000/ There was an addition to the capital of nearly half a million of money. lie considered the operations, on the whole, rather satisfactory than otherwise. He had no doubt the chairman could explain everything con nected with the expenditure. In his opinion their chairman and directors were able and efficient men and he did not think it was treating them fairly to move such a resolution as that just proposed. Mr. CROOK, of the Stot ketxchange, said that be had been a proprietor during the last six months, and that he bad been induced to become a proprietor in the company in consequence of the speech made by the chairman at the last meeting, in which he stated that there would never be a less dividend than the last, namely, 105. per share. On the shares he (Mr. Crook) had purchased there would be a loss at present prices of 1,400/. As a matter of business he did not expect that they would have a higher dividend than ,6s. per share. (Mr. Levy, inter rupting him, said—" Ido though.") He then complained of the erroneous judgment the chair man bad formed as to the future dividends' and stated that when the South-Eastern shares were between 271. and 281. each in the market a certain house in Liverpool with which the chairman bad been formerly connected, had sold a large number of them, and that some of the shares had been trans ferred into his (Mr. Cook's) name. He concluded by hoping that, as the chairman had failed in his pre• diction at the last meeting, he would be more fortu nate by the next meeting, and that his (the chairman's) anticipations would be realised. A PROPRIETOR said, he thought the reason the expenses of the company were so high was in con sequence of the extreme litigation in which they had been involved.—(Hear, hear.) Taking a general view of their affairs, he considered that they had never a more prosperous period than during the past month. Mr. LEVY—I don't think that. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question, stated that the company had to borrow 873,0001. during the half-year, and to pay off 470,000/. If they had merely to pay off the borrowed money, and to renew the debentures, they might have done so at four per cent., but it was a different matter to borrow an ad ditional sum of 400,0001. Some of the 873,000/. had been borrowed at 4} per cent., some at 41- per cent., and latterly they had borrowed money at 4 per cent. A PROPRIETOR wished to know, how it was that there was so large an amount as 143,0001. of unpaid calls? Mr. CROOK wished to know, why the transfer books of the company were closed five weeks before issuing the report ? lie also had one question more to put before the chairman commenced his general reply, ❑amely, why a delay of five weeks had occurred in issuing the report of the directors, which circumstance had given rise to great speculation with regard to the dividend. The CHAIRMAN then replied. He said the directors had issued their report on the very day on which they had the satisfaction of receiving the report of the auditors.—(Hear, hear.) He would not occupy the time of the proprietors with any personal defence of himself. He had now appeared before them for se ven years, and h e h a d th e satisfaction—which the p u bli c reports allud e d t o by the hon. proprietor (Mr. Crook) could neither give nor take away—ho had the satis faction of knowing that he had never ma d e a state ment which he did not believe to be founded on fact and just expectation; and if he had been sanguine, he had deceived no one more than he had deceived him self. If the hon. proprietor had rea li se d h i s s h ares a t a loss, that was entirely his affair ; but if he (Mr. Mac gregor) had been at his elbow, as a friend be should have auvised him not to dispose of them at such a sacrifice. There was a tide in the affairs of every company, which no man could control ; and he be lieved that the S ou th- E as t ern C om pany had seen its worst. Since he had had his salary assigned him for his services, be could say that he bad devoted whatever talents he was blessed with, and the moat unremitting industry, to promote the best interests of the company; but he never under stood that, over and above all, it was expected that be should act in the capacity of a pro phet.—(A laugh.) _fie repeated that the anticipa tions he bad expressed had been honestly entertained, and were based on the most careful examination that he could give to surrounding circumstances at the time. He regretted that the Honourable Proprietor's investment at present appeared to be clouded by a possible loss; but he looked forward to the time when be would be able to realize it without any loss ut all The observations which Mr. S m i t h h a d made in per- . feet good humour Isere fou n d e d i n error. lie had made a comparison of the present - dividend with a half-year when they hwl only bAlf the capital on which ARRIVALS. Sept. 15. Frisk cutter, George Arkwright, Esq., 21. P., from Plymouth. IG. Eagle schooner, James V. Allen, Esq., from the eastward; Talisman cutter, Capt. H. N. Smith, from Torquay. 17. Flower of Yarrow yawl, Lord John Scott, from Ramsgate. SAILINGS. Sept. 15. Stella cutter, It. Frankland, Esq., for Ireland and the Mediterranean. 16. Frisk, D. G. Ark wright, Esq., M.P., for Ports mouth, to lay up. 17. lone schooner, Almon Hill, Esq., for Cher bourgh and other ports. YACHTS Al' AND ABOUT THE STATION. Drift, Elizabeth. Susan, Aurora, Cygnet, Talisman, Eagle, Flower of Yarro w , M ar it ana , Dolphin, Mer lin, Coquette, Gulnare. The America is still in our roadstead, but is ex pected to sail for the Mediterranean in a few days. Joseph Gee, Esq., of Hull, has directed Mr. Mi chael Ratsey, of this town, to build him a yacht of 120 tons, on the lines of the America; and Mr. Chas. Ratsey to make a suit of sail s f or her of the American cut. We are to have lots of clippers next season. IT IS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. —SUPERIOR RICK CLOTHS rou SALE.—The Ameri can breezy that has been blowing very freshly at Cowes this summer, is likely materially to benefit the agricultural interest, for it has proved to the en tire dissatisfaction of our yach s nen that their celebrated balloon mainsails, foresails, and staysails, which they have for years been lauding to the skies for their superiority over every other cut, are everything but what they ought to be, and that they are an effectual preventive to a vessel sailing near the wind. From their shape, they are peculiarly adapted for covering corn and hay ricks, and for such pur pose, from the great number unexpectedly thrown on the market, they can be purchased at a very cheap rate. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, WEDNESDAY, SSPT. 17. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer stalking yesterday in the Balloch-Bhuie. Her Majesty and the Prince of Wales accompanied his Royal Highness to the forest. On Monday the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred drove to Birk Hall. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial ciffice from the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. Dispatches were also received from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the Governor of New South Wales. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The receipts at the doors yesterday amounted to 2,810/. Is. 61; the number of visitors being 58,600. There were no less than 15 schools in the building during the day, and, as an illustration of the good and kindly feeling which prevails in this respect, we give the following return of their names, the numbers of children sent by each, and the sums paid by them fur admission : X s. d. 73 ... Dean Stanhops, Deptford ... ... 3 13 0 58 ... Lambeth Union ... 2 18 0 60 ... Brewers School, Clerkenwell ... 3 0 0 46 Brixon, British ... 2 6 0 196 ... St. Saviour's, Southwark ... ... 9 16 0 24 ... Jewish, " Villa Real " 1 4 0 155 ... Wandsworth National ... ... 7 15 0 64 ... Albany-place School ... 3 4 0 25 ... St. Martin's-in-the-Fields (girls) ... 1 5 0 74 Hampton Wick (Rev. Dr. Lynn) ... 314 0 106 ... Blue Coat, Westminster ... 5 6 0 131 Bermondsey Union ..• ... 6 14 0 101 ... City of London National ... ... 5 1 0 99 ... Colchester, British ... ... 4 19 0 122 ... Trowbridge Tabernacle ... 6 2 0 95 ... Trowbridge Parish, titc. ... 4 15 0 1,429 persons. £7l 9 0 'We have to introduce to the notice of the public another triumph of American ingenuity included in that department of the Exhibition, but which in some way or other has hitherto escaped observation. The Marquis of Anglesey will hear with a feeling of satis faction that if our cousins beat us in yacht-building, they are equally pre-eminent in the manufacture of artificial legs. In the latter branch of industry their superiority will not be grudged, and they really owe society some act of reparation for having introduced among us Colt's revolvers. The artificial leg patented by Mr. Palmer, is, in its way, a most admirable, in genious, and philanthropic contrivance, and its inven tion is so remarkably characteristic of the country from whence it comes, that we cannot resist the temptation of inviting attention to it. The patentee in some way or other lost his leg, and, having tried the best substitutes hitherto devised for such a case, like a true American, he set himself to think whether he could not improve upon them. His study of the subject was crowned with the most striking success, and he exemplifies that success in his own person by walking about almost without any perceptible lameness, and with an apparent ease and comfort which are truly surprising. He publishes annually at Philadelphia a journal, which he calls Palmer's Patent Artificial Leg Reporter and Surgical Adjuvant. This curiously entitled periodical accom panied a specimen of the leg to the Exhibition, and the Ist chapter of vol. 3, No. 1, we find commenced by this heading, "Fugitive thoughts on amputation." From another chapter, entitled " Synopsis of the in vention," we gather that it is distinguished by its perfect combination of lightness with strength, and by the extraordinary fidelity with which it imitates nature. Having closely examined it we can testify to its merits on all the leading points specified, nor have we any reason to doubt that the ena melled surface of this leg, as stated, " is rivalled only by the mechanism of nature, and that a lady may wear silk hose and slippers without betraying the loss she has sus. t ained." Mr. Palmer has received exten sive orders for his patent in this country, and the public may soon . expect t o see t i m b er -t oe d vete rans no more stumping about Greenwich or Chelsea. The dentist who fills the beauty's mouth with a set of pearly teeth, and the artist who dyes the grey or red head, and covers baldness with an artificial profusion of locks, have now added to their amiable deceptions those of the American artificial leg, which may oc casionally lead to awkward mistakes, but cannot fail to be regarded as a great boon to suffering humanity. The Executive Committee have given the Messrs. Dickinson, of New Bond-street, permission to exhibit a most brilliant series of sketches, made for them by Mr. Nash, and forming part of a large collection, in the preparation of which Mr. Louis Hague, and Mr. David Roberts, R.A., are also associated. These sketches are intended to perpetuate the aspect of the different portions of the building, without relation to specific objects, when the whole display shall have terminated, and, as they will be lithographed in co lours, the internal a rrangements and most striking pictorial effects of the Exhibition will the be pre served with a fidelity for which the names of the ar tists employed afford a sufficient guarantee. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have just read the report of the Bank meeting in your paper, and beg to call your attention to an error which your reporter has made in stating that the dividend will be payable on Saturday next. It should have been stated that the warrants would be delivered and payment made on the 11th October. Correct information on this point is of importance to Your obedient servant, A BANK STOCK PROPRIETOR. Thursday, Sept. 18, 1851. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPT. 18. STocic EXCHAXGE.—The share market was very inactive to-day. The only transaction reported was—South-Eastern and Dover, 18%. LIVERPOOL, SETT. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market still continues good for Leeds and Midland, but for other shares it is easier and heavy. The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 51%—Ditto, Fifths, 8 3 dis.—Midland, 44% — South-Eastern and Dover, 184. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done to-day has been tolerably good, but the prices of the morning were not sus tained to the close. The transactions were as follow : Lancaster and Preston, 38 p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 51 1 % London and North-Western, 112 N Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 25 1 4—Ditto, 101. Preference, 11%—South-Eastern and Dover, 18M. BIithILNURAM, SEPT. 16. STOCK EXCIIAIgOR.—The share market was steady to-day. There was a greater proportion of buyers than sellers, and consequently prices were firm, with a slight tendendy up wards. The business transacted on 'Change, however, was very limited, but several sales took place which were not reported. South Staffordshire Stock was done at 3% die. FAsmos.—Many of the leading houses at the West end appear very sanguine in their expectations that the ap proaching season will be one of unusual nctivity,owing to the return of the many families which have absented themselves from the bustle and crowd of London, and added to the great influx of the ordinary supporters of fashionable trade. This conviction appears to be founded upon reasonable data, and amongst other proofs of it, we find that Messrs. Jay having commissioned the Parisian artistes most liberally, are receiving large importations of cloaks, mantles, &c., of a singularly elegant and tasteful description. Tliee, however, are only the models from which the stock of th e season is to be copied ; a nd although they may be seen in the salons in Regent-street, it would scarcely be fair to give a minute description of them, pending the period at which they are destined to come into vogue.— Globe. FADVEILTISEMENT.]—TIIE EARL OF ALDBOROUGB AND II Pow Ax's Pmts. —An astoundin g cure b y this miraculous median , a t ter every other means had failed. See ext ract from hii Lordshi 's letter, dated t " Villa Messina, Leghorn, F e b . 21, 1845, Profess Aolloway — Sir : I be g to acquaint you that your p ill s have ef fected a are of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent e'S the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had not been able to effect; nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " Atrinoaol/011." These wontierftl pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointmeat) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Eitrand, and bf 1/1 awliciza ycziare tluougliOt pao.civillockyfcol, FRIDAY they had now to divide their profits. if they had earned the 25,000/. in the last half-year which had keen earned in the current half-year, he believed that they would now have been able to declare a 105. divi. dend also. Mr. Smith said they bad wasted their money in buying a large working stock. Now, the fact was that their rolling stock was smaller, in pro portion to their mileage, than that of any ether com pany in the kingdom, and that they had not had a • single carriage or engine built that was not abso lutely necessary for the traffic. And he said, further, that they must have another addition to their coal trucks and goods-waggons, cr they could not derive the benefit of the traffic of the districts through which their lines passed. That was an undouere s d fact... He would repeat that the capital account of the company would be virtually closed on the 31st of IL January, 1852 ; and if any further capital was to be hereafter raised, the proprietors would exercise ft their indisputable right of refusing or sanctioning it, as they saw fit. It had been asked why they had expended their reserved fund, which was in tended for deterioration, in the purchase of new car riages. The directors had thought that the best way of replacing that deterioration was by ord, ring a number of new carriages. With regard to the calls which were not paid up, he trusted that, after the in timation made in the report, it would not be neces sary for the board to take legal proceedings against any proprietor who was in arrear. The state of the company's affairs generally he had adverted to already, but there were one or two points, which had been touched upon by Mr. Levy and others, to which he would briefly refer. And, first, as to the allusion to tho friends of his in Liverpool and Lancashire. Th • r action had been as independent of him as if he had never been in existence, and whether they had bought ' 4 " or sold shares he could not tell, unless he refetared to i et the transfer book, in looking over which be was not zE in the habit of amusing himself, except it was to see that it was correctly kept. But a large proportion of the stock was held in Lancashire, and comments on sanguine statements of his were quite as likely to be made in that quarter as they were on the part of any proprietor present. Mr. Levy wished that he and the chairman of the Brighton Company shou4d not amuse themselves in firing powder and shot at the expense of the proprietors; but he had the best authority for believing that their rivals had offered to carry the officers connected with the Great Exhibition for nothing at all. And when, therefore, the City of Paris asked the South- Eastern Company for how much they would agree to carry so many gentlemen by a particular train for a particular occasion, they had thought k right to offer to do it at half price. Tile Corporation of Paris took 250 tickets for the officers connected with the Great Exhibition, and that number not being suffi cient, the company had sent 100 more free, which the Commissary of Paris gave the proper parties who had been invited to the Paris banquet. Nine hundred and fifty persons in till went over to the festivities, with 3,000 packages of luggage, and .the whole were dis patched in half an hour's time—a tiling quite unpre cedented in railway movements. Then as to the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate agreement, that he could assure them bad never been a very favourite object of his. It was entered into at a time when greater competition existed than at present; and thee was then a pressure put upon the directors by gentlemen in that room, not only for a lease of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line, but also for entering into an agreement with the Brighton com pany which would have left the South-Eastern pro prietors on every occasion subsequent to it without any dividend at all. Nothing was more popular et the „ time than a 7 per cent. lease of the Brighton Railway, and if they had not made a good bargain of the Read ing, Guildford, and Reigate, let them be thankful that they had not fallen deeper into the slough, or hung raa themselves with a lease of the Pkighton lines at a guarantee of 7 per cent. per annum.—(Hear, hear.) I_l The returns an the Reading line had been very blue, -,. because the South-Western Company, which had en. tered into an agreement with the Reading Company, e. , / would not give the South-Eastern Company the "'-' 1 benefit of that agreement as the lessees of the Read ing line ; and the consequence was great competition as to the fares. As regarded the reading and Guild ford traffic they would be happy to conclude an agreement similar to the agreement with respect jp the Hastings and St. Leonard's traffic ; and he trusted that the day was not far distant when suchp_ amicable arrangement would be brought about; but if that result could not be secured until a much greater reduction of fares bad taken place it could not be helped. It was a mistake to say they were carrying goods on the Reading and Guildford line at a loss; they obtained a small profit, and he thought the busi ness would increase. No company hada better terminus than the South- Eastern ' and their goods stati on .a t Bricklayer's Arms was better than the Great Western's at Paddington. Mr, Smith's resolution was tantamount to a vote of censure on the board ; and as the directors, as well as the proprietors, all felt disappointment at the present falling off in the dividend, he trusted Mr. Smith would see that his resolution, as a mere ex pression of disappointment, was quite unnecessary. It' the hoard could have penetrated into futurity that disappointment would not have occurred ; but be hoped the company had now seen its worst days. Mr. Cl2oos—You have told us that before, Mr. Chairman. Mr. LEVY—WeII, let us try him once more. Mr. SMITU said he had never intended to move a vote of censure on the board ; but as his motion appeared to be generally distateful, he would not press it. Mr. Smith's motion was accordingly withdrawn ; and the resolution for declaring the dividend was carried nem. con. - The CHAIRMAN said the business was now con cluded, and he trusted that at their next meeting, in spite of his bad character as a prophet, that all would look more cheerful and prosperous. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and direc tors, on the motion of Mr. S➢IITH, and the meeting separated. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD. The works throughout the whole of this line are progressing towards completion. In the neighbour hood of Shrewsbury the operations are very much ad vanced, most of the bridges being completed, and the various cuttings and embankments in a forward state. _ _ _ _ _ _ At the other end of the line, in the neighbourhood of Ludlow, equally rapid progress has been made. The bridge over the River Corve is being carried on, and it is expected that the line will be completed as far as Ludlow by the close of the year. SOUTH W ALES. The second sectivn of this line, extending from Grange-court, Gloucester to the bridge, at Chepstow, is to be opened to-day for public traffic. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The following is the traffic return for the week ending Sept. 14:— Passengers, £5,318 13 3 Merchandise and minerals 4,170 13 11 Total . ......4 £ 24 9 :9 48 72 9 7 1 10 2 MIDLAND RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the wee k ending Sept. 14:— ... Corresponding week last year... 24,739 8 1 Aggregate, 1850 ... £265,596 1 11 1851 .. 25i,855 0 9 Brusror , Am) EXDTER RAlL wAY.—Traffie for the week ending Sept. 7:— Passengers Goods ... Parcels ... Mails ... ... £3,848 8 0 .. 1,124 3 7 ..., 134 4 10 ... 223 4 2 Total £5,330 0 7 SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.--Traf f iC re ceipts for the week ending Sept. 14 : Passengers •• ... ... £453 19 2 Carriages, horses, and parcels ... 12 19 0 Live stock ... 49 2 6 Merchandise and minerals ... 269 9 6 Total £785 10 2 Corresponding period last year.. 752 3 5 LONDON AND BLACK WALL IZAlLwAr.—Amount of revenue for the week ending Sept. 14 : Passengers (151,112) ... Goods ~.£1,381 5 0 ... 30 10 0 Total ...E1,411 15 0 Corresponding week last year 1,002 4 7 SHROPSHIRE UNION R A ILWAY.—(Open 29 miles.)...-T ra in o for the week ending Sept. 14:— Passengers, parcels, &c. Goods and live stock ...1:529 18 7i ... 176 4 5 Total .£706 3 Oft Corresponding week last year ... 439 2 1 MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNO-. noN RAILWAL — Return of traffic f or the week ending St. 14 : Passengers, &c. fiferchandise ... £136 17 3 ... 58 19 4 Total ... £193 16 7 Corresponding Week last year ... 239 13 9 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RA lLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ending Sept. 14, 1851 : passengers (19,815), parcels, horses, and carriages ••• £1,768 I 5 Goods, cattle, & c . 691 19 3 Total .. .. 2,460 0 8 Corresponding week in last year... 1,8.3 9 4 Perth, Sept. 17, 1851. DEATH OF A LUNATIC.—On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of the Rev. J. T. Hatton, a clergyman of the Church of England, who threw himself from the WTl dow of his room iu the Gloucestershire Lunatic Asylum, of which he had been an inmate for the last 16 or 17 years, End was so much injured th3t he died in two hours sherwards. The deceased was generally very quiet and harmless, and it was not, therefore, thought necessary to lodge him in a room t ete. in wh i c h the window frame,: were iron. w o The. e sash u:k esonly break the window two or three inches, but the unfortunate man, • a su dd e n paroxysm of hi. malady, an w i n dow frame as to squeeze himself thretigh the sp tuts e Verdict —." Accidental death.", 1" e VI