The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-10 00:00:00

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(Gria , k brie), Coristantin,ple to Dubiitt, was abandwa , d tit a nc h or i n th e port o f A yr, p arte d h er ca ble clar:ria• the and has not since been heard of ; would proh,:bkr, the wind being at north, and from the run of the tide. strike or: the Baharatt Bank. BERWICK, CCT. 9,—The Admiral Darman, cf this port, front Newcastle, struck on sho rock: , at nirth Sunderlata.l yesterday rnornin.z, got off and into North Sunderland. with con.sideratila damage to her bottom. DEAL, OCT. 9.—Wind W.S.W. to N.`7.—Arrd. Flora, Tredmac, Singapore, and sailed for Hamburgh. Ski. Blonde, Sydney, Nea- Soon'. Wales, Asia, Calco,ta; Amaz , n, Port Na'al; Archimedes, Algoa .13 , y; Eallite, Pernambuco; Forester, Tobtao; Lyman, New Orleans; R-nown. Kings•ta, South Feas; Vletory. Ne.iv alit 7., Olinda, lb.hart Town ; adorns, Port Philip; Pau line , Hughton, Mauritius; Free Trader, Callao; Caire, J-t -matca. Oft' port, Urviaii.ted, Valparaso; the Avenger, of Shoreham, Glaqw to L radon, which was in contact Gth inst., with the Fri e Tia!er, sank off the Gallorr yesterday ; one of the crew of a Hastina's Feat a' s drowned in attemn r ting• to s..ve her. Arrd. from the River, Africanw, Afrb a. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 9.—Wind N.N.W., fr7,ll.—Arrd. Peruvian, Blair, Singapore; Charlotte Aflkelt, Calcutta; Callao, ditto; Hope, Grange, Bombay; Thotrai Fielden, Lawson, di tto; Trident, Valparaiso; Plain, Moody, Buenos Ayre- , ; Harriet and Jesse, Connor, Charleston; Lady Sale, Tollocti, ditto; Ann Thompson, Pugwasl.; Rivere, Howes, Miramichi; Red Rose, Arican; Lady Raffles, Calcutta; Llewellyn, Jones, Maaras; Jane Clussen, Pickering, Bombay; Ariel, Harrington, Rio Janeiro; William Edward, Munroe. ditto; James Dun lop, Georgeson, Demerara; Robertina, Stewart, St. Domingo; • Glenburn, Sampson, Charleston; Rubin ste amer, St. John's, New Brunswick; Andrew Colville, Alexander, Richibucto; Jane, Hunter, Quebec. Sid. Jones, St. Thomas; Irlam, Jamaica; Miltiades, New Orlea ns; Augustus, Baltimore; Patrick Henry, New - York ; Phileria, ditto. Put back, Cosmopolitan , Africa ; Chase, Buenos Ayres • Rio Grande, Boston; Fairy. N ew f oundland, ell ' with loss of sails. The Richmond, hence to Buenos AyreF, is at anchor in a dangerous position, South Stcek, bearing N.E.,4 E., distant four miles; a steamer has been sent to her. The Lon don, hence to Valparaiso, was spoken with off Cape de nerds, with loss of topmasts, &c., and foreyerd, intend ing to put into a Brazilian port to refit. The Callao, arrived here from Callao, passed a vessel with only fore utast and bowsprit standing, 4th Aug., lat. 46, long. 18. LYTILL3I, OCT. B.—The Charlotte, of and from Gar !lest() Nn to B angor, d rove on s h ore h ere d ur i ng the gale last night, but has not received any serious damage; crow saved. The Sarah schooner (not sloop as before reported) was driven on shore at Blackpool during the Kale; is very high up, with masts started and boton lunch damazed. BELFAST, OCT. B.—The barque nerculeli, of and bound i ° St. John's, New Brunswick, from the Clyde, has 1 4aen towed, w i t h l oss o f f orema st and main topmast. Th The Robert B urns , o f I n v e rness, drove on shore at Groo co , Pnrt last night, and is full of water. YvArrIcaKTEN OCT. 9.—The Woodville, for Dublin, struck outside the Old glary, and sunk; has since been raised, RYPOIIT, OCT. B.—The Grace, Quebec to Carlisle, la on shore, with six feet water in her hold ; is expected ntrafoir discharging. „ e MoNTROSE, O CT . B . —Th e Edith, o f thi s port, St. k; tersburgh to Dund ee , i s o n shore at the mouth of the North & is expected off, should the weather moderate. --- MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) The general azrz LIIALIMIZELEALL, geLeral demand was in a very sluggish state to day,, but wf, have chninge to notice in price 4. Beef, +ro ta to 33 4d; Mutton, 2: 6d to 33 10d; Veal, 33 2 kl to 33 Si; Pork, 33 Od to 4s 4d per Sibs by tho carcase. N.A.Y 15s BMITIIFILLD.--Itteadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 153; Clover 11 Os to 4l Os ; and Straw, It is to it 5s per load Su pply moderate, and trade dull. UUIV BERLAND.— a Ieadow Hay, 2/ 101 to 3' 15s ; Clover, 3/ Os to 4/4s; and Straw, 11 4s to 118 s per load. A full average supply, end a sluggish demand. WH ITEcIiAPEL. Meadow ILy, 31 5s to 31 12s. grade,Cler 2/ 12s to 4/ 4s; and Straw, 1/ 23 to 116 s per load; dull, at our gootnna. IVILLM=ZT3. OcT. 9.—As increased business has been transacted in to-day's market at very full prices.— Beef, from 3s 4d to 44 2d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 45 4d; Veal. 3s 4d to 3s 6d; Pork 3s 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, OcT. B.—Generally speaking, the demand has ruled steady, at our quotations.—Beef, from 3s 411 to 4s Od • Mutton, 33 8d to 4s 4d ; V ea l , 33 4d to 3s ; Pork, as 4d to 3s 6cl per Blbs. CIIICHEsTER, OCT. 9.-13(a,ts and Sheep moved off steadily at higher ra es.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 04; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 24; Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 64 per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 183 to 23i; and Q uar t er - o ld Store Pigs, 163 to 21s each. SouTHALL, OCT. 9.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Pigs, commanded a steady sale, at fully last week's prices. In other kinds of sock very little was doing.— Beef, from 2s 104 to 3i 10d; Mutton, :3s to 4., 2d ; Veal, 3s 24 to 3s 104; Po r k, 3 s to 3 s 8 1 per Sibs, to sink the offal. RoMFORD, ()CT. 9.—Our market has ruled steady, at fully last week's quotations. Beef, from 3s t.) 4s; Mutton, 3 s 2,1 to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; Pork. 3s 21 to 3a 101 Per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 19s to 265; and Quarter old Store Pigs, 18: to 22s each. CORN AVERAGES. r o . ' V ENETZAIkVEIt A GE -- PRICES 0; Rittltj , ll CORN' ,the Week ended Oct. 3. 1850, made up from the Returns 01 the 'nsPeetors in the different Cities and Towns in E4gland and Walls per I mperial Quarter. pk ii , L , wREAT. 1 BARLEY.' OATS. I RTE. BEANS. I PEA, ...' • • 142 e 2d 1 24s 51 10s 8d 1 2Gf, 7t , 29s Gd 131 s 33 l ' s nEAT DUTIES ON FOREIGN COuN. 8 0,1 1 • 1 BARLEY. I OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. PEAS. Is 04 Is od,„ Is Od is Od Is 04 Wheat, OF GILU W .N SOLD IN TIIE PAST EEK. ' at . 11 7,025; Barley, 17,561 ; Oats, 17,`.303; liye, 448; Beans, 4,2;t4; Peas, :,377 quarters B ANKRUPTCY. -(THIS DAY.) (Bolure Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN RE Dl'. The bank ru pt was described as DOWALL a draper at Brighton and Worthing, and to-day was appointed for his last ex ruin ation. The amount of tle debts are not large, but the bank rupt had, as he - allegee, sold in June and July last some house s in Montpelier -road to his father-in-law for 1854, and ti e furniture in liing'if.roai for 1551. The bank lupt gave a very imperfect account of how he had got rlii of the money. William Hackman, the fatber•in-law, was examined, and admitted that although he had a receipt for 1551, he bad in fact only paid 7.5/. Tilt, solicitor to the assignees urged that the accounts were fals ? , and thtt if th e money a ll ege d to h ave been rtceived was produced, there would be enough to pay 20e. in the pound, and if there bad been no sale the ProPerty still belonged to the creditors. His HONOUR said the case was very suspicious, and adjourned the examination sine die. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The Mich: elmas Quarter Session for applications for music and dancing licenses commenced this morning, at the Sessions-lolls?, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Pew ball and a full Lerch of magistrates. The number of aPplicatious were—persons licensed last year, 61; pet sons not licensed last year, 41; t( tal, 102. All the licenses granted last year and applied for this were renewed unanimously. THE NATIONAL BATHS, HOLB)RN.—The applicaticn of Mr. J. lledgman for a license was granted, there being no opposition. A long discussion took place upon the application of Mr. Joseph flaw, of the Brown Raven, Church-lane, Bethnal.); oen, for a license. The housa has h. en in th e posiessi in of :be faic.ily for the last fifty years, and this was the first application, which was supported by the churchwardens and overseers of the district. Several of the Bench having spoken at length upon the question, Mr. POWNALL said he would take this occasion to say that he was not opposed, as hid been stated, to the ra tional am a merits of the people. He thought that if some of the open spaces ir. towo; of from two to thtee acres in extent, were devoted to the games of cricket and other athletic games, instead of seeding people to a Public-house, it would be much better for the morals of the people. Upon putting the question whaher the application pass or not, there appeared fur the licetas.e 5; against, 6; license refused. Mr. WilliaM rtaAstraw, of the Gun Tavern, Pimlico, applied for a license. He and his wife had carried on the business for the last twenty years without a com plaint. Sevetal Friendly Societies held their meetings and dinners at the house, and it was on that account that the applimtion was made. The license was refused, the numbers being 7 for, 8 against. Mr. Henry Wills obtained a license for the Albion Lass, Hammersmith, there being no opposition. Mr. Copelstone Coward Hodge, a member of the Col lege of Music, applied for a license for the Marquis of Granby, High-row, Knightsbridge, which was refused. In the case of Mr. H. Gould Haynard, the Ci,urt would not hear the application, the witness having forgot the churchwardens' names. The court was crowded to excess. GUILDHALL. —(THIS DAY.) Mr. Alderman SIDNEY this morning gave judgment in the case of William Laschelles, whose charge of Pirating the design of a purse envelope, regist ere d by was yesterday heard before him. Mr. Watts, solicitor for the defence, having attended, and stated that his clients were willing to the terms pro p:4 el by Mr. Clarkson yesterday, viz., to promise not 'o make or sell any more purse envelopes, the worthy Alderman adjudged him to pay the mitigated penalty of 51. and costs. FATAL ACCIDENT TO SHERIFF MINEEL.—STEAN • ).Atn, OCT. 5 .- This afternoon,_ about tour o'clock, while Mr. M'Neel, agent for the British Linen Company's Bank here. collecto r of customs, and one of the sheriff-substitutes of Wi g to nehire, was returning from a visit to his property, about ten' miles from Stranraer, and when•within about a quarter of a m il e from the town , the horse drawing the dog cart in which M r. M‘Seel was riding took fright, and ran off. The boy who was driving had been unable to hold the horse, and Mr. M‘Ni el seized the reins, when the horse ran to the aide of the road, and the wheel coming in contact with the dyke, the vehicle was capsized. Mr. M'Neel was thrown upon the road. and almost instantly expired ; the boy was seriously injured. Mr. DatNeel was universally esteemed throughout the county as a kindhearted and straight orward gentleman, and his death has been the cause Of Stoat excitement in the neighbourhood..—NorikßritiA Mail. T JL.bL E --- THE QUEEN OF riCHE BELGIANS. BEA:Ss-ELS, OCT. 9. —The bests net pub litred any bulletin e o ill, Qee healtl - !. We learn, hrwever, from intelligence r:_c,iveel up to a lAte hour lest night, that there has been no change in the Lealth of her l'eleejesty. Tne Q leen Amelia has seen her royal daughter several tunes in the course of the day. Drs. Carswell ttinl Janssens are in continual at tendance upon her Majesty ; and Dr. Gueneau de Mussy, who has been the physician of the Orleans Limily while in England, and who accompanied Queen Amelie, has also seen our illustrious Queen. M. Von Cortina:, the priest of St. Gudule, has also been admitted to her Mjesty, with whom he passed s , me time. OCT. B.—The A:iron/tour of this morning contains no bulletin of the state of her M ejesty's health ; the reason assigned is that the latest news received from Ostend last night, states that no change had taken place. Her Majesty Queen Amelie brought with her from England her physician in ordinary, Dr Guerreau da Massy, who has been the medical attendant ot . the Oreans family since their arrival in England. He has had frequent, conferences with Dr.' Chomel, and he appears to act in concert with the Queen's usual medial attendants, Sir Robert Carswell and D. Janssens. A letter from Ostend, dated last night, says— " Queen Amelie, with her fawiiy, hai been many times to the yaiace during the day to sue fer atiop,t re lstivp, who is still exceedingly weak. The King elsa passes a great part of the day near her Mi,j , sty. M. de Coninek, rho eider and primary cute the church of St. Michael and Guduk, been elote:ed with the Queen for some time. His Majesty, accotopsedcd by the Due de Brabant and the Count de Pi:ldies, a ppeared upon the ramparts for a short time. Tilt, Qur-en Marie Amelie, with her children and the Princess Charlotte, also took a short walk." A supplement of the Moniteur, dated 10 o'clock, contains the following : " We have only received this morning the follov,ing bulletin issued yesterday morning at Ostend : "• No important change has to ken place since last night in the state of the Queen ; the fever was, how. ever, not so violent last night, and the weakness is, con• tequently, less this morning. " ' Sir ROBERT CARSWELL, D.M. " ' T. JANSsENS, 1).M." GUENEAU DE MUSSY, D.M.P. " ' Ostend, Oct. 7: " At noon a second supplement of the Moniteur wns issued, with news up to midnight pr-ceding. It states that during the evening he.r Majesty was less calm than in the course of the day. The pulse was weak and frequent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Grand Stand Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old. (5 Subs.) Mr. Osborne's The Black Doctor ..... ... walked over. The Chester Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5, &c., with 100 added. The second to receive 20 sovs. out of the stakes. A mile and seven furlongs. Mr. o.baldeston's Fugleman, 5 yrs, 64 12113(Charlton) 1 Mr. Dawson's Cocktail, 4 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. Stewart's Wilmont, 3 yrs, 4 st 111 b 3 Not placed—Ballinafad, 6 yrs, 7st 121b—Inheritress, aged, 7st 61b—Juggler, 4 yrs, Est 121b—Spot, 4 yrs, 6.t 71b—Portia, /1 3 rs, 6st 61b—and Keleshee, 6 yrs, 6st 41b. Won by a neck. A Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Grosvenor Course. Mr. Dawson'. The Savage, 3 yrs (Lye) 1 Mr. Montgomery's Cantab, 3 yrs Mr. Cunningham's The Meese, 6 yrs Not placed—Master Downes, aged, 9st 81b—Stan ton, 4 yrs, 9st 51b—Clara, 6 yrs, 955 31b—Aldgste, 4 yrs, B.t 71b—Augean, 3 yrs, 755 121b-Snowdrift, 3 yrs, 7A 121b—Ruse Bradwardino, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—and Brocoli, 3 yrs, 7st 11b. Won by a length. The Crester Leviathan Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added; for three yrs old colts, Bst 81b; fillies, Bst 411); winners, extra. One mile and three-quarters. Mr. Dawson's Mark Tapley (Cart wright) 1 Mr. Fowler's Jask Briggs s Won in a canter. The Tradesman's Welter Cup of 50 sovs., added to a handicap sweeptakes of 10 soya. each, h ft. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Kemp's General Sale, 4 yrs, lOst 51b (Mr. Hadley) 1 Mr. Oskes's Half-and-Half, aged, lOst 51b Mr. Dawson'. The Cocktail , 4 yr s, l Ost 61b Mr. Irwin's Ballinafed, 6 yrs , I I st 71b 0 Mr. Lawson's Valiant, aged, lOst 815 0 Won by a neck. The Scramble Selling Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 20 added; two years old, 6:4 81b; three, Bst 61b; f 9st; five and upwards, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners extra. Six furlongs. Mr. Osberne's Emily Ann , 2 y rs (Osborne) 1 Merene's Cauliflewer, 5 yrs 2 Mr. L AW3OII 'S Brenda, 2 yrs Mr. James's La Voleuse, 4 yrs • Mr. R. J. Scutt's Pansey , 3 y r s... 0 Won by a length. The Helfer Skelter Handicap cf . 5 soya. each, with 30 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Wal , ers's R. , ality, 5 yrs, 7st (Arnold) 1 Mr. Cwgreaye's Abbess of Jerveeux, 3 yrs, 6st 41b 2 Mr. Osborne's Lady Ilylda, 6 yrs, Bst 10Ib Air. Fowler's Ribaldry, 5 yrs, B>t 51n Mr. Lawson's Vatiant, aged, B,g Mr. Giles's Gain: Green, agid, 7st 10ib 0 Mr. Dawson's Joe Sutherland, 4 yrs, 7:.t.1011) 0 Won by halt a neck. UPTON It ACES.—TIIESDAY. The Upton Sakes of 10 sovc. each, with 35 added, were won. in two heats, by Mr. Fender's Forester, beat ing Mr. Gulliver's Faz-ley and Mr. James's Sarah The Sellisg Sts,lcus sf 5 e , VF. each. with 20 ad& d, were won in three heats by Mr. Levett's Batwing, beat ing Mr: Humphrey's The False Gem, Mr. Land's Boutalle , s, and few ethers. The Severn Stakes were won, in three heats, by Cep fain Roebuck's Selina, beating Mr. Parr's Panoke, Mr. Drew's Impression, end Mr. Scott's Wallace. PEDES FRIANISM. The celebrated pedestrian, " Tim Ingham," of Preston, is matched for a wager of 501. to walk from Preston to Kendal and back, a distance of eighty-eight miles, in one day. The task is to be porforined in the course of three months, the choice of the day to be left to the pedestrian. EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—A remark able pedestrian feat has just been accomplished by Ro bert Pugh, one of the mountain guides at DolgiAly, in Merionethshire, who performed the task of walking from that town to the top of Cader Idris and back four times in 131 hours. The distance to the summit of the mountain is six miles, and the read is very steep and craggy, and, perhaps, one of the roughest and mat toil some in North Wales. Pugh started at five o'clock in the morning, and concluded his task at half-past six in the evening, having thus accomplished the four journeys within 2i hours of the stipulated time, the wager, which was for the sum of 10!., being that he could not walk the distance in sixteen hours. The weather was very wet and stormy, yet notwithstanding this drawback, and the arduous toil of the four ascents, the guide did not appear in the least fatigued. The completion of the task was ancounc,d nt al a bolls. CRICKET. A mach was played on Saturday last, between the Milton and Manchester Junior clubs, on the ground of the latter, at Old TratT:rd, which was decided in favour of the Milton by the first innings, with 49 runs to spare. The following is the score:—Milton, first innings, 72; Manchester Junior, first innings. 23; second innings, 14; total, 37. NEW STRAND THEATRE. Mr. Butler Wentworth, a gentleman who during a period of some years has made several laudably at tempts to rise in his profes.ion, appeared last night in the arduous character of Othello. He brings with him good natural requisites in the shape of figure, face, and voice, and when he is not carried away by the hurricane of passion, his bearing is dignified and gen tlemanlike. Ile has also bestowed some pains on his declamation, and his concluding speech was not with out evidence of care and taste. But he has much to learn before he can giv,- its due importance to so high a character as that of 0 +ell°. His gesticulation lacks ease, and in his violent displays of emotion there is a want of that regulating power which is necessary to insure the respect of a theatrical audience. COMMISSION or LUNACY : Yesterday a Commission under the Great Seal was opened at the White Horse Inn, ITxbridge, Middlesex , before Mr. Commissioner Winslow and 'l5 special jurors, of whom Mr. R. W. Armstrong, county magistrate, was foreman, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Arthur Hugh Manners Tollemache, aged 51, of Rose Cottage, Cowley, Pear Uxbridge, son of the late Hon. Charles Tollemache, nephew of the Earl of Dysart, and, on the maternal side, of the Marquis of Tweeddale. The Com mission had issued at the instance of Mr. Wilbraham Francis Tollemache, a brother of the unfortunate gentleman. Mr. Dendy appeared as counsel in its support. It was shown by the testimony of several witnesses that the unfortunate sub ject of the inquiry bad been of weak intellect from his in fancy ; that he never made any progress at school, not having learned even writing; and that be had been under the care of Mr. Norton, of Rose Cottage, for the last ten years. The Commission had been issued in consequence of his father's death (which occurred three months ago), upon which event he became entitled to a considerable fortune—about 45,0001. The jury returned an unanimous verdict—" That Mr. Tolle mache had been of unsound mind since the Ist of March, 1836." ROYAL ARTILLERY , WOOLWICH, OCT B.—The commissioners t f Chelsea Hospital assembled at the Ord nance Hospital here to-day at one o'clock to sanction the pensions awarded to the men of the Ordnance coepa .. unfit for further duty, according to their; arious services d One of the gunners of the Ro y al Artiller, who appeare before them bad been 46 years in the service, and had eight good conduct stripes. He loses two years out of f4hatd w periodhen in the calculation of his pension , as he had enliste two years under age, which leaves him a total service of 44 years, and entitles him to a 'pension of Is. Hid. per day. TnaNsSRIPMENT REGULATIONS.--Tbe following , important notice has been issued by o rder of her Majesq at 's Commissioners of Customs :—" ottce is hereby given, has from arid after the Ist day of November nest that part of the 20th clause of the regulation's on transsh i p ment of goods brought into this country from foreign parts which directs that no lighter or luggage boat is to be permitted to convey tran-it goods unless proper shelter shall be constructed therein to protect the tidovaiters from the inclemency of the weather, will be strictly enforced ; and with the view of facilitating such regulation, all licensed lightermen are hereby required to take their craft to some one of the in spectors of the river, at the quays or at the docks, for the purpose of having the same duly inspected and registered in respect of such requirement previously to the said Ist day tf November snit," 7 ' o 9t 48A 97,1 A I) 49% ~ ~~ tO 11 6 / / 141 68IA vg 4 1,4 27 1 0 as I=o S 1411 N D N, COURT CIRCULAR., BALMORAL, OcT. G. Tier Mjesty and Ida Royal Highness Prince Al bert attnd,,,d Divine service this morning in the parish church of Urathie. The service was performed by the Rev. Archibald ALderson. The ladies and gentlemen cf the household were in attend 2nce ul;on her Mjesty and his Royal Higbncss. Sir George Grey arrived at Balmoral yesterday evening. Ocr. 7. Her Majesty and his Iloyd Highness Prince Albert drove out this morning in an open carriage. The woods of Ba!moral were afterwards driven for deer. The Master of the Mint had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Metropolitan LGcal Commissioners representing the section of the line Arts had an interview yester day, in the new Palace of Westminster, with the Executive Commitlee of the Exhibition of 1851. Cclonol Reid (in the chair), Mr. Cole, Mr. Dill , Mr, Fuller, Colonel Lloyd (special commissioner), Dr. Lyon Playfair (special commissioner) and Capt. Buscassen Itthetson, F.R.S., were present. Mr. Dighy Wyatt, Secretary of the Executive Committee, attended. The Local Commissioners present were — Mr. John Jackson (Rathbone-place), Rev. S. R. Cattley (Hen. Secretary to the City of London Com mittee), Mr. G. H. Drew (Secretary of the West minster Committee), Mr. 11. Weekes (Lower Bel grave-place), Mr. George Godwin, F.R.S. (Local Commi,sipner for Kensington), Mr. W. W yon, R.A. (Royal Mini), Mr. C. Fowler (Gordon -square), Mr. 11. Burnell (Cheyne-walk), Mr. W. 'lite, F.R.S. (I,,,wndes-equire), Mr. W. E. Greenwell (Secretary of the Marylebone Committee), Mr. J. Cook Evans (Barrister, _Finsbury Committee). HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM BALMORAL. The arrangements for her Majesty's reception at Holyrood on Thur,day evening are making satisfac tory progress . In addition to the other preparations, we believe it has been proposed to light a large bonfire on the summit of Arthur Seat, which will illumine the surrounding country, and have altogether a very striking effect. We are happy to bear that the public subscription set on foot to defray the expenses has met with great success. It is also proposed, we be lieve, to illuminate St. Anthony's Chapel, and other parts of Salisbury Crags, with the " Drummond Light ;" and other pyrotechnic displays are spoken of for the occasion. We regret, however, to under stand that the authorities have been obliged to give up part of their design with the variegated lamps. It was originally intended that the lamps should be fortned into a variety of ornamental devices; but it has been found that the strong current through the valley would extinguish them, so that they will have to be placed in ordinary gas globes, erected on posts which are being raised for the purpose, 200 yards apart, along the route from St. Margaret's station to Ilolyroed. We believe that the effect of the whole will be very striking ana beautiful. Her Majesty, we learn, is to lunch at Stonehaven between one and two o'clock on Thursday, so that the Royal party may be expected here about six &clock. A cavalry escort will await her Majesty's arrival at St. Margaret's, and the way to the Palace will be lined with military. The Royal party will leave for Osborne on Friday morning, at eight o'clock. THE DUCHESS OF KENT—ARRIVAL AT DALMAHOY. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived yesterday afternoon at Dalmahoy, the seat of the Earl of Morton, where she is to remain for a few days. Her Royal Highness left Haddo House, where she had been on a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen, yester day morning at ten o'clock, pasting from the Noble Earl's residence to Aberdeen. After lunching at Roberts's Hotel, the Duchess left Aberdeen by rail. way in a special train, travelling by the Aberdeen line to Forfar - from Forfar to Perth on the Scottish Midland ; from Perth to Larbert on the Scottish Central; and from Larbert to Ratho on the Edinburgh and Glasgow—the journey from Perth to Ratho being accomplished in an hour and fifty minutes. At Perth her Royal Highness was received by Provost Dewar and Baillie Puller, of Perth, and Captain Ronald, directors of the Scottish Central Railway, with Mr. Johnstone, the manager ; and Provost Sawyer, of Stirling, joined the train at that city. Mr. Thomson, superintendent of the passeng e r department of the Edinburgh and Glasgow line, ac companied the train from Larbert to its destination. The train arrived at Ratho station at a quarter-past six o'clock. Her Royal Highness occupied the elee gant saloon carriage which was constructed some years ago by the Caledonian Company for the use of her Majesty, and which had been sent to Aberdeen on this occasion for the special uze of the Duchess. The Baroness de Speth accompanied her Royal High • ness in the saloon carriage ; and Sir George Couper travelled in one of the ordinary first-class carriages which composed the train. Her Royal Highness, on alighting, waa received by the Eirl of Morton, who had arrived at the station a short time previously, and was conducted 'by him into the waiting-room (which was tastefully fitted up for the reception of her Royal Highness), till the tra velling carriages on the train had been removed. After remaining a short time, however, her Royal Highness availed herself of the private carriage of the Earl of Morton, in which she proceeded to Dalmahoy. The Baroness de Speth and Sir George Cooper were hi the carriage beside her Royal Highness, the Earl of Morton accompanying on horseback. The domestics of her Royal Highness remained till the three carriages upon the train were landed, and immediately proceeded in them to Dalmahoy. The posting arrangements were under the superin tenlence of Mr. Isaac Scott, postmaster to the Queen. As the time of the arrival of the distinguished party was not generally known, there was not a great crowd at the station, and the arrangements were of the most satisfactory description. Mr. List, the active superintendent of the county police, was on the spot, and the best order was preserved. We understand that the Earl and Countess of Rosebery and Lord end Lady Belhaven met the Duchess last night, at Dalmahoy ; and that a nume rous and distinguished party are to assemble to-day (Tuesday), on the occasion of the visit of her Royal Highness. The Duchess, we believe, remains at Dalmahoy till Thursday, when she will leave by the Caledonian Railway, joining it at Kirknewton station, which is distant about three miles from the residence of the Earl of Morton.—Edinburgh Advertiser. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS IN SCOTLAND. The Marchioness of Douro and Mr. and Lady Wardlaw Ramsay have arrived in Edinburgh. The Earl of Minto is entertaining a family party at his residence at Tinto House, comprising Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Romilly, Lord and Lady John Russell and family, Vice-Admiral George Elliot, the lion. John E. Elliot, ILP., besides the members of his Lordship's famity. Lord and Lady Byron and the Hon. William Byron left Edinburgh on Friday for London. The Right Hon. Sir Gorge Grey, Bart., arrived at Edinburgh on Friday night, from his seat, Fall°. den, in N orthumberland, and left on Saturday morn ing, for Balmoral. The Countess of Pembroke and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Herbert arrived in Edinburgh on Fri day, from Dunmore Park. The Earl of Shelburne, with the Marquis de la Valetta and Count de Moray, left Edinburgh on Thursday. The Earl of Effingham and family are at present on a visit to the Earl of llssebery at Dalmeny. The Right Hon. Lord Elphinkone arived - at Edin burgh on Monday. Viscount and Viscountess Milton arrived at Edin burgh on Mond-%V night. The Earl of Effingham arrived at Edinburgh on Monday. PURSUIT OF JuURNALISM UNDER DIFFICULTIES.— A kindly sympathy prompts us to offer a hint calculated to meet the difficulty under which the French journalists now labour, in being obliged either to write tamely, or to expose themselves to prosecution through the law, which compels them to affix their names to their leading articles. Here is a fragment of a model spirited leader relative to an imagi nary Ministry ; an article which, as far as the authorship is concerned, would, we are bound to say, defy indictment : " The consequences of Lord Mountbushel's accession to the Premiership (Brown) are manifesting themselves with a ven geance (Jones). The funds—the nation's puree—are (Robinson) falling fearfully (Tomkins). Discontent is (Johnson) ripe at Manchester; fifty mills have already closed, and the streets are thronged with (Snooks) frantic crowds, exclaiming (Styles) Bread or (Kokes) Blood! (Hopkins). A hundred thousand men have already assent bled at Birmingham, prepared, if need be, (Briggs) to march on London (Hobbs). Now is the time, or never (Stabs). Awake! arise ! or be for ever fallen ! (Milton). Raise the song of the patriot in every street (DoliJs). Britons never shall 13e slaves!" (Walker). Thus might liberty — goddess of h • French press—dance a mighty pretty hornpipe in fetters. —Punch. ACTIONS IN TSB COUNTY COURTS ABOVE doi.— There is a provision in the extended County Courts Act not generally known, under which actions can be tried in the County Courts for more than 5(1. It is enacted by the 17th section, that if the parties shall agree, by a memorandum signed by them or their attorneys, the County Court may try actions beyond the amount limited, or any action in which the title to land, whether of freehold, copyhold, lease hold, or other tenure, or to any tithe, toll, market, fair, or other franchise, shall be in question. The parties must state in their memorandum of agreement that they know snail cause of action to be above the amount limited by this Act, or Oat they know the title to the land. &c., will come in question. The memorandum is to be filed %ith the clerk of the court at the time of tiling the deniand. All local trans actions to be tried before any County Court with the consont of the parties shall be brought and tried in that jurisdiction cnly in which the lands, tenements, or liereditaments, or some part thereof, are situate. • THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER lO, 1850. LITE it A T RE, and definitions—even the " Golden Rule," the doc trine cf the " Three Dominants, or the Theory of the Supremacy of the Third"—would be thrown clown as so many themes of controversy, in which every chapter in the hook must be cited, and discussed; whereas, it need scarcely be doubted that the reader, who comminences earnestly at the beginning and follows the developments of the system candidly to the end of the first part, consisting of the " Elements," " Prolegomena," and "Practical Trea tise," will feel that uncertainty, obscurity, and multi plied contradictions no longer cloud or distort his musical insight. If he knows well all that has been perused from the beginning to the end of that first part—if he have made himself thoroughly acquainted with all the rules, both essential and accessory, he will feel confident that he possesses all the knowledge requisite for composition of any kind whatever, choreographic, dramatic, symphonic, sacred, and fugued music. But if he wishes to be a prefesjonal composer, he will study the second part entitle d '' The Theore tical and Confirmatory Treatise," in which most of that which has hitherto been st eret in the art is re vealed. In a manner as novel es it is unexception able, are elucidated the geneuphonic doctrine of the unity of the diatonic genus, t he •‘ poly tonism" f chords, the use of the " inelo-harmonic t 3 pometer," the melo harmonic properties cf the third, the functions of the "three dominants," the accordance of the "sonor ous" with the " rythmical" potency, the alterations of the " transcadence," with the nature and union of " tonistn and modism," &c. The examples are taken from the most faultless works of the greatest masters, and they appear sufficiently to testify the luminous ness and completeness of the geneuphonic theory. If any, however, should upon perusal arrive at a dif ferent conclusion, no stretch of prejudice, no force of injustice will resist the acknowledgment, that the musical scholar, of whatever standing, cannot rise from the study of this great work without a clearer judgment, a more definite knowledge, and a more exact perception of the natural truths of music than he .had before conceived to be by any means attainable, THE' GENEUPHONIC GRAMMAR, an original aid col. domed Grammar of Harmony, C'euntrpoiht, and Musical Composition; or the Generation of Euphony reduced to Natural Truth. ily the late General J. J. de Virues y Spinola, and Don 1 7 .7'. A. Chaluz de Pernevil. Dedicated, by permission, to H. 11. IL the Prince Albert. It happens not uffirequently that ingenious and enthusiastic reformers of established theories and usages in science suppose that they have devised a new system, when in reality they have done no more than invent a new nomenclature. A cursory reading of this work would leave the impression that the authors of the ‘• Geneuphonic Grammar" have simi larly mistaken the true result of their own labours. However confused, vague, and uncertain be the hitherto enunciated laws of musical composition, and 'weever acceptable and convenient may be the new terms in which the natural laws of music are ex rnessed by the discoverer of the geneuphonic theory, General de ViruCea and his accomplished coadjutor, Don Chaluz de Vernevil, it does not readily strike the reader of their work (or rather works) that the actual laws, the ruling principles, which have ever governed, and continue to govern, the best masters in their compositions, are in any degree affected by the system here proposed. Neither dues it imtnediatelv appear that, in the no menclature adopted, the authors of this grammar have eleyaether succeeded in clearing the terminology of /eusical science from hard words and names of pe dni:tic, if not of barbarous, combination. Thus it will occur to some that the term " polytonogarnmism" is neither very expressive in itself nor very classical in its composition, and some other terms introduced may seetn open to similar objection. But what if a more careful reading leads to the conviction that here is developed a theory, essentially new, complete, precise, and luminous, applied in a system, which comprehends in a simple and symme trical body those natural laws which have been intui tively recognised by musical genius, however they may have been disguised hitherto by the jargon of the schools ? What if the few novel terms introduced —and they are but few in the practical or the didac tic parts of the system—are justified by a demonstrated necessity, and serve in every instance to mark distinctly and unmistakably the leading principles of the new theory, and to guide the student in their application ? The careful and impartial reader will recognise before •be lays down the volume that such are the results obtained. That, amongst the cognoscenti and professors, this work will meet with an impartial, indeed a liberal, consi deration, is guaranteed by the fact that it receives the patronage of Prince Albert, who is not only re cognised universally in the musical world as an ac • complished practical musician, a learned and masterly composer (witness his noble mass), but is further known to be exceedingly careful in permitting the scientific notfific p his na r t e n t e ens in ion t s h . e any ß pa u t t ronmagoere,oftheuniversally n work of acknowledged fact that musical science (so called) has hitherto been in a most unsatisfactory state, con stantly deplored by the most able writers in every age, from the early Greeks to Catel, Weber, and An toine Reicha, must secure a candid attention for a work of which the object—unquestionably worked out with much success—is to display the elements of harmony in a point of view correspondent with the present state of musical taste in this country, and to treat them in a concise, perspicuous, and complete manner. The want of such a work is acknowledged by the greatest men of our times,who, in attempting to supply the deficiency, acknowledge a consciousness of the inadequacy of their efforts. Weber, who, a quarter of a century ago,.filled the world with his frame as a great theorist, says, in his "Theory of Musical Composition," that "so far as music is concerned, the progress made of late years in practical composition has been out of all proportion to that which has been realised in the correspondent theoretical doctrines, the latter yet remaining in a very rude state. Whoever doubts the fact may readily satisfy himself of this truth, by merely inquiring of the multitudes, who every day fruitlessly endeavour to derive the requisite assistance from the treatises on composition, or the miserable thorough-bass schools, which have hitherto been published." In his preface to his " Dictionary of Music" (of the " Methodical Encyclopmdia") be speaks of the existing theories in this way—" What is tiresome are the continual battles I am incessantly obliged to fight against so many doctrines opposed to the truth, which those works contain, and in which the erroneous ideas of Rameau, D'Alembert, and of many others are collected, and in which are gathered, in spite of judgment and experience, all that is known as being false. I pity those who are doomed to stuff their minds with such nonsense. They are far less advanced than those who never opened a book of theory." From Engelback, Busby, Sheridan, Castel Blaze, nay from Rousseau and D'Alembert themselves, and a host of others of equal note, such complaints might be quoted to the extent of volumes. But in Bacon's preface to his " History of Music," the whole charge against the prevalent theory is for cibly summed up in these words—" The theory is reduced to certain mystical subtleties, of which the application and truth have nothi n g ei t her const a n t . or c ertain. All those authors, however, have thought that there was no reason to despair of arriving at a theory upon which a grammar should be formed for elementary music, harmony, and the science of counterpoint, which might answer every question, and remove every doubt, and which should rest on a radical, positive, simple, but comprehensive, single, but universal prin ciple. That great problem the authors of the " Gen euphonic Grammar" profess to have solved. If it be denied that their solution is perfect, it must be ad mitted that they have achieved a very close approxi mation, and that they have demonstrated principles which before were at least overlooked and disre garded, if not altogether unknown. The original author of the theory, De Virues y Spinola, now de ceased about eight years, served his country with dis tinction as a diplomatist and a general officer, and was regarded in Spain as the most eminent poet, scholar, and metaphysician of his time. He is said to have devoted twenty years to the elucidation of those prin ciples upon which his theory is perfected. His own view of his labours is interesting and instructive. In his preliminary discourse he says: — "My aim is to explain a simple fact, coeval with na ture herself, whence it springs. This theory will re main unshaken. Contested or not for a period, it will be brought to perfection in course of time by successive connoisseurs ; and the fact which has dictated it, and which has constantly been within the view of every practitioner, will at length become manifest. The system of which it is composed, and which will,in my opinion, do away with all the ancient theories, is grounded upon a dis covery, or rather hypothesis, perfectly novel; a desidera tum, the accomplishment of which is the fruit of the most unremitting researches. It strikes me that the hypothesis, which is nothing less than that of a solo principle appli cable to every case, v.ithout exception, and which the great masters, though unintentionally, have followed in al! ages, is destined to produce in the scien ce of music a revo l u tion similar to the on e i n geo graphy effected by our great Columbus. Ido n u t hesitate to affirm that the acquisition of the science of harmony ac ed in no case exceed a month. The infallible effect of this theory will be to lay before the pu,,i ••1 at the first view —I, wherein consists all tl,le art of every partition whatever; 2, that all this art, with respect to harmony, lies in one and the same operation • . 3, that this operation is the very same which be has just learued. The theory of music remained incomplete. This, although unknown to many o f the first ?omposers a ll the philosophers of our ae, was a truth admittedy a nd the l g e arned who had devoted t hemse lves to the great art, of which I now present the new rudiments.. Th e perusal of their works, and the want of a Pv"?ciPle; appli cable to all cases, inspired me with a vvish,even in my youth, to achieve the discovery of this principle. I must, •how ever, confess that I viewed it at firs ,ht in the light of another quadrature of the circle , or of ano _ philoso pher's• • •.t in view, I employed all stone. With this otre , • . early eaucatton in reading the leisure moments of my musical harmony, above forty thousand folio e I"ggaosingle treatis , Amongst all these, I did not find. h the Want of an exempt an uni from serious errors, and on - shish the Never lo sin principle was not sensiblyny years afte slug sight of this idea, I continued, for 0 3 a allowed to m rwsl h rds, to apply every respite occasions feet., to thatstudye y the and various duties of my public car, meditation of which I have spoken at th e opening of this discourse', and which, from their very nnature, could have no fixed or regular design• r not only artrelhinquished my endeavours until I arrive which constitutes te re ledgeknow- of the spring in °still.° eduction of thisand gulates harmony, but of the r . leesn fact to an applied to every universal principle. This rr a l of system reared upon this single and general princip co . mplete that it cient tlieories, destroyed rendered useless all the ari all the ancient exceptions, itself admitti ng o f none, and answered , as i v s t e'c4eOf beforehand and from its own power who hOtjestion. It is then the learned men of abi 103 n, music, ave unmortalizsd themselves by their writings for nid e ' who supply mo with the necessary c ouraee now, _an undertaking. All of them, I rep's', have_ least, o ied a ged the want of an universal principl, , D t r h h u e regulated." single fact, by which every other mil, His earnest and a ble coadjutor Don Chaluz de Vernevil, a man of noble rank' professor in the Uni versity of Madrid, and member of several learned has reduced the theory into a on the continent, d a series of clear, lucid, an practical lessons, which, with the first elements of • commencing music, may mastered within mouth r e adily be Inas a , and lead the student to a complete and satisfactory knowledge of musical science, heretofore absolutely unattainable of readi n g , incleed, by any course it ever was , even satisfactorily acquired, . by years of toilso me study or a life of triumphant practice. `..P 0 attempt an analysis cf a s ystem so comprehensive would he attended with little success in the space which hi (nt be afforded in these columns, a tine stale a ur4ef.ex.posi tion (:'the leeding principles as might be given here would fail to carry that conviction of their perk t ap pliaability which a con4derate perusal of the volume itself will irresistibly produce. To quote the rules lishment of a few such facts would clispGse) of the übjee- ; PROJECTILE EX PL OSI VE SHELL tion that the results of mestnerigin are all imagination." 1 VERSUS SUMIARINE EXPLO6IVE SHELLS. I am fond of my cow, and stand up for her good quali ties, hot I cannot boost of any imaginrative faculty in A cow n orbicily imaginative is a now idea, I Lebec°. If it is true that the greatest chemist in the world says thathe must believeil he sawn baby memorised, I would ask him whether a cow, or a cat, or a vicious horse, would not do as well. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It appears by a letter from Cnerbourg that our jealous neighbours are not less busy than our selves in the manufacturing of destructive bullets. M. Lagrange has turned out of his laboratory some of so terrific a character as to entitle him to a place in the Peace Society. He is, if there is rib exagge ration in the matter, a peace maker of the right sort ; for as turbulently disposed men are induced to deport themselves civilly by the fear of coming off second beat in a scuffle, so with nations, they, for a like reason, deem it prudent to control their pugnacity. But, after all the ingenuity that has been bestowed upon projectile destructives, are they likely, if into hostile uze they should come, to prove, in maritime warfare, a match for submarine explosives ? Most assort tily net ; for these embi ace in their application greater eute, c rtainty, and safety than can obtain in projectiles on ship-board, which require, to be effecti - iely used, very precise practice, hivolving an exactness in tl:e trining and elevating of heavy ordnance, not easy of accomplivhment when attempted in rough weather, against an object changing with ranidity its position. - Submarine explosives, on the contrary, require no such nicety in their employment; launched overboard and suspended by buoys at a suitable depth below the sut face of the water, diverging to port and starboard, they can with ease and certainty be towed into con ' tact w ith the aka of attack ; and so soon as the con tact takes placz , they explode, sending the object of attack to the bottom. The bow only of the attacking vessel would be exposed, and that could be rendered sufficiently shot-proof for the work in hand; the crew, small in number, would be, with the machinery of the vessel, snugly ensconced under hatches, so there would be barely a chance of mischief to them ; taking into account, also, that by choice the attack would be made under cover of the darkness of night, 'let the state of the weather be what it might. This, be assured, Mr. Editor, would be an affair, not of twenty minutes, but one much nearer-twenty seconds. If my cows are ever ill again, I will try the experi ment with great care, and let you know the result. I may mention .that some of my neighbours were al are of the desperate illness of the cow, and of her doctor's astonishment at her recovery. We did not tell the doctor how we interfered with his patient, and I dare say he has not heard of it at this hour ; but others of myntighbours were deeply interested in the story, cad wi.hed it could be made, known. To this I can have no objection, us I do not mind a laugh, and should he glad to save the life of even a single cow. " I um, dear Dr. Elliotsun, 3 ours truly, tt ' 11ARIIIET MAI:TINEAU.'" The present number cnntains several interesting cases to which wu shall probably direct the att,ntion of our readers ci solre future occasion, and also gives a very satisfactory account of the progress of the Mtsmeric Infirmary. THE DALTONS. Nos. V. and 17. Ey Charles Lever. Another separation has taken place in the Dalton family—Kate having removed from Biden with the Onslows,, accompanying Lady Hester to Florence. Before the close of the number just published for October, we find them established in the Tuscan capital ; and Kate in a fair way to become a mere fashionable coquette. Albert Jekyl has " dangled" after the Onslows like a parasite and diner out, as he is: and the circumstance of his odd habits of living is made the occasion for a most humorous scene between himself, a fat old monk, and a Spanish ballerina. These three incongruous beings meet at a petit souper in Jekyl's apartments. The dancer is the disguised femme de chambre of Kate Dalton, and seems destined to effect no alight influence over that young lady's destinies. Sydney Onslow has left Italy to attend a dying relative, hut her brother George remains with Sir Stafford. Among the other personages of the story now in Florence we must not forgot to mention the abominable Colonel Hagger stone. " Phiz" contributes to the story his graceful and inimitable illustrations. Yours sincerely and obliged, Oct. 9, 1850. NAUTICUS. BANK OF MANCHESTER. The annual meeting of the proprietors in the Bank of Manchester was held on Tuesday morning in the Clarence Hotel, Manchester; Mr. G. H. Chap pell presiding. The report, read by Mr. FARRAR, stated that the account submitted at the previous meeting brought down the affairs of the bank to the 30th June, 1849. The estimated net assets at that time were 69,110/. Os. 10d. ; the estimated liabilities, 21,618/. 13s. Bd. ; and the probable surplus, 47,491/. 7s. 2d. The ac counts of the bank were now made up to the 30th June, 1850, and stood as follows :—Estimated net as sets, 69,1351. 2s. 2d.; liabilities, 19,492/. 10s. lid. ; probable surplus, 49,6421. 1 ls. 3d. The increase arises from gain on the estimate previously made, after deducting the current and contingent expenses of the bank. The directors recommend that a further return of 15s. per share be made to the shareholders lin the course of the ensuing month. The directors who retire are Messrs. J. C. Dyer, W. S. Stell, and John Potter; and the directors proposed their re. election, together with the election of Mr. William Peacock, in the place of Mr. Edward Hacking, de ' ceased. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. STEW., who said he was sure the shareholders would now be very glad to re ceive a return of 15s. per share in addition to the Bs. which had been previously given. Mr. J. WALKER proposed that the sum of 15s. per share he paid to such proprietors of the bank as should have executed the deed of indemnity of the Bth of January, 1849. Mr. G. PARE seconded the motion. Mr. Clams inquired where the money was to come from ? The CHAIRMAN said it might appear that the sum to be divided would exceed somewhat the amount in hand ; but they anticipated money from the sales of some property which had been made sufficient to make up the amount. Should it not be received in time, he would furnish the money, as would one of his col leagues, sufficient to secure the payment of 15s. per share to every proprietor.—(Cheers.) The resolution then passed, and subsequently the retiring directors were re-appointed agreeably to the recommendation of the report. ➢ir. J. C. DYER then suggested, not, he said, as a director, but as an individual shareholder, that as the majority of the shareholders wished to be relieved as soon as possible from all connexion with the affair, some steps might be taken for the concentration of the property into fewer hands. Suppose a number of shareholders, amounting to at least one-third of the whole stock, should agree upon a certain give-and take value to be affixed to the shares, then they might be bought up into the hands of fewer indivi duals ; and as there was a considerable property ex isting in the bank itself, they might, if they chose, re-establish the concern. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said he should be glad to relinquish his shares at once, under any such arrangement, but if it was the wish of the shareholders that the di rectors should go on winding up the affairs of the bank, they would, as before, zealously devote them selves to the work. The proceedings shortly afterwards closed by a vote of thanks to the directors. RAILWAY TRAFFIC 11E1:URNS. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for the week ending Oct. 8: Passengers ... Carrying account ... £12,173 9 0 ... 3,188 16 2 Total ... £15,362 5 2 Corresponding week hut year... 12,357 18 3 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAT.-••• Traffic for the week ending Oct. 7 : Passengers Goods ...£11,144 11 0 2,;26 7 S Total ... ... ... £13,870 18 6 Corresponding week last year... 11,677 0 0 LONDON AND BLACK WALL RAILWAT.—Amount of revenue for the week ending Oct. 6:— Passengers Goods -.4E915 7 8 37 10 0 Total ... £952 17 8 Corresponding week last year ... 677 8 1 LANCASMIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—(2S3I miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Oct. 6 ....£14,487 7 7 Corresponding week in last year, (196 i miles open) .. ....£10,994 13 3 SithorstitaE UNION RAILWAY.—(Open .0 miles.)—Traffic for the week ending Oct. 6 : Passengers, parcels, &c. Goods and live stock ... £314 17 10i ... 210 5 4 Total £525 3 9i Corresponding week last year ... 443 6 7 SOUTII WALES RAILWAY.— Return of traffic for the week ending Oct. 6 : Passengers Parcels ... Goods ... ... £938 1 3 ... ... 46 10 2 ... .. G 3 6 4 Total (exclusive of mails)... 1,017 17 9 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending Sunday, Oct. 6 ... £17,720 2 7 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.— (160 miles opened.) Return of traffic inr the week ending Sept. 29 : Passengers, &c. ....C3,304 15 2i Goods, &c. „.. 0 6 Total .....£7.086 15 8i Corresponding week last year ... 6.658 17 8 LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING —The steam ship Pacific, from New York, was off Holyhead at ball-put six o'clock. THE CITY Or GLASGOW STEAM-SHlP.—This fine steamer, on her way down the river, took the ground at Bowling Bay, on Saturday afternoon. She might have floated off with the next tide; but from the extreme daik ness of the night it was thought more prudent to wait till Sunday, when the tide again flowed. She lay accordingly at Bowling till Sunday at twelve o'clock, when she again started on her voyage, and at two r.at. got fairly under weigh off Gourock. It may be worth mentioning that while the vessel was lying at Bowling on Sunday morning, Divine service was perlormed on board, both in the first and second cabins, by the Revs. Dr. Kennedy and lames Asher, both American clergymen.—North British Iliad. DISEASE AMONGST THE YOUNG WOODS IN Rox- BURGHSHIIIII.—We have heard repeatedly of late of a dis ease, somewhat akin to that which has overtaken the pota toes, manifesting itself strongly amongst the young woods. The larches are dying fast, and other descriptions likewise. In the Duke of Buccleuch's plantations in Teviotdale, Esk dale, and Ewes, the havoc is very great, threatening to de stroy many woodlands altogether.—Daily Mai/. CHINESE FUNERAL.—A Chinese funeral took place yesterday. The Chinaman died at the Chinese Restaurant of Macoa and Woosung. 'I he funeral was large, there being over one hundred and fi fty Chinamen in the procession, each wearing a piece of white crape. A large number of persons visited the burying ground to witness the ceremonies, which are as follows :—They lowered the coffin as we do; they then threw the white bandage worn on their arms into the grave; then matches, and the wax candles, and a bottle of wine. Bcf , ,re covering the coffin, each person bowed his head to the earth and uttered some few words not by us understood. Then each threw a handful of dirt on the coffin, and passed round liquors, wine, and cigars, &c., of which they invited sack American to partake, and the grave was then filled up. —A ea, York Paper. A mee ti ng clerk of the works for the new workhouse. thew orkhouse committee of the Devonport guardians was held last weet n to e n a a pr ed int b a I y the architect was recommended by u v a e l r yn nominated i a n d a v t is ed a b b l y s ' the architect I and proposed another person, who was elect Do the Devonport guarj,liaus (and others who have followed to Soma a pp ooifntthaes guardians clerk o f the sa d worksthey atnhoiungdhivtildt the same course) see, that by interfering thus, they relieme the arc hitect from responsibility?—A report from the architect of the new workhouse at Bradford to the guardians last week (asking money for the contractors) contained the CUI rioue remark, correlative of what we have just now said, that the clerk of the works was well pleased with the character o the work! l"—Builder. A NEw FACT.—Ten thousand sheep have been imported within a few weeks, or are being Imported into Wigtownshire.—Dumfries Courier, • THE ZOIST. No. XXXI. The present number of the Zoist contains much in teresting matter. The Mesmeric News from India, communicated by Dr. Elliotson, is most satisfactory. Dr. Esdaile has, comparatively speaking, few pre judices to contend against in India. The members of the medical profession in that country are too widely scattered to form a clique, or, more properly speaking, to organize a conspiracy for the habitual suppression of truth. Dr. Esdaile has an opportunity of appealing to an unprejudiced public, and we ac cordingly find that in India, to quote the words of the Indian Times, " Mesmerism as a science has taken root so fixedly as to be beyond the power of opposi tion." In a powerfully-written article Dr. Elliotson replies to certain incorrect statements made by Dr. Todd, respecting a cure of a case of deafness and dumbness, recorded seven years ago in the Zoist. Dr. Elliotson seems surprised at the conduct of Dr. Todd ; we, on the contrary, consider it characteristic and in perfect keeping with the line of conduct ge nerally observed by Dr. Todd towards his professional brethren. Dr. Elliotson also administers a smart castigation to Dr. J. W. Wilson for his recent liar veian oration. Several of the opposers of mesmerism have demanded of the professors of that science some well authenticated instances of a mesmeric effect pro duced on animals. The present number of the Zoist contains three cases in point, each vouched for by unexceptionable evidence; the first case being communicated by the Duke of Marlborough, the se cond by the Rev. T. Bartlett, and the third (mes meric cure of a cow) by Miss Harriet Martineau. We give these three cases as reported by the operators themselves to Dr. Elliotson. as st ta: endaytwneeeadarr:bsyuipairfit " ' Mote Park, Athlone, January 1, 1843. " ' My dear Elliotson,—At Lord Ely's farm is a yard dog, so savage and ferocious no one dare approach him. I was determined to beat him, and in three minutes had him fast asleep, his last sigh being a deep growl. In presence of several persons I then kissed the dog on his forehead, and there left him to awake at his leisure. ' " Yours most truly, • " MARLBOROUGH.' " I requested the Duke to learn the subsequent state of the dog, and the following was the reply:- 6" Blenheim, February, 1843. " ' Mytear Elliotson,—l have a letter from Ely Lodge this morning, written by Lord Adam Loftus. I extract as follows:—" The dog has been quite stupid ever since." "'I must now tell you what I have been doing here. I have also a very savage ) and dog. I tried him to-day ; in about fifteen minutes he ran into his kennel and hid his eyes from the manipulating process,—growling, snarling, and barking most furiously, notwithstanding. I then made the man who feeds him, and who is the only person who dares go near him, drag him out of his kennel and nail up a hurdle before the entrance, so as to keep him effectually outside. I then went to work again, the dog, as you may suppose, being ten times more furious. In about 45 mitaites I had him so quiet, oppressed, and stupid, that he dropped his nose several times in the mud around his kennel, and kept shutting and opening his eyes. Carts and horses, and men and boys were passing and repassing, which served continu ally to arouse him, so that I could not satisfactorily com plete the task, and leave him dead asleep; besides which a heavy snow storm was falling all the while, and I could not feel my finger's ends. But I completely subdued the boast, and patted him on the head before 1 left. " ' Yours most sincerely, " ' MARLBOROUGH.' " My friend, the Rev. Mr. Bartlett, produced mesme ric effects upon a bull, as be thus wrote me worth— "' My dear Sir,—lt may perhaps not be uninterest ing to you to hear of a lit, le incident, which occurred to me in the autumn of 1847, when I was in Westmore land and Cumberland. Upon descending a mountain, over which I had been wandering alone, and enjoying the magnificent prospect which opened before me, I ' found myself in a narrow road between two stone fences, which perhaps separated the lands of different proprie tors. On one side of the fences were cattle and a bull. The bull approached the fence in an angry mood, and walked along the other side of it, parallel with me, for more than a quarter of a mile; he then grew more ex cited, tore the ground with his horns, and bellowed fiercely. As I could not but apprehend that, should there be a breach in the wall, he might leap over and attack me, I was considering what course it.'was best to take, when we came to a very high and strong gate. Upon reaching the gate, the bull rushed close up to it, could neither leap over, nor force this gate, I also ap proached' and looked him steadily in the face. In it, and bellowed loudly through it. As I knew that he about a minute I caught his eye, which then fixed upon me. In about another minute a twinkling of the eye lids arose, very similar to that of a human subject at an early stage of mesmeric influence. After probably dilluimoootkssiotigs,traitkihnigs. fixed xed three or four minutes, the eyes gradually closed, and the bull remained quiet, and appeared to be as immoveable as if he had been chiselled by the hand of the sculptor! of i , ~ t I: . le : icmni,o, u ‘su l ,tdnoßtnnaeooi Believe en, bveaueantrmd Canterbury, ,au did l i h io a t n s k to f p ul to th l a va t h a e ll m d m a . nger from The transition from his previously excited state to his 3. ' r d 4 t . e : e r: form for a few minutes more, I descended the remainder t A hf u u g ll . y 2 yours, 02 the perfectly bu i l w motionless as eo w p " ' T. BARTLETT. " Having heard that Miss Martineau had lately cured a cow, I wrote to Ambleside, requesting her to inform me whether the report was correct. The following is her obliging, and, I will add, noble answer:— 66 6 Bolton, near Skipton, Aug. 19, 1850. " Dear Dr. Elliotson,—Your note has just reached me, having been forwarded from home. The story of the cow is this:—One very hot evening in July, I took some young cousins to see my stock ; and I saw a small pail half full of blood at the door of the cow-house. During my absence that day, my cow, Ailsie, had been taken violently ill, so that the servants had sent to Rydal for the cow-doctor, who had bled her and given her strong medicines. This had been done some hours be fore I saw her; and the doctor had said that if she was not much relieved before bis evening visit, he was sure she would die. There were no signs of relief in any way when I saw her at seven o'clock, nor hen the doctor came, soon after eight. Ile said she could not recover, and it was a chance if she lived till morning. At ten, she was worse; and, to be sure, no creature could ap pear in a more desperate state. She was struggling for breath, quivering, choking, and all in a flame of fever. Her eyes were starting; her mouth and nostrils dry; and the functions su,pended, as they had been all day. " It occurred to me then to have her mesmerised; but, lam afraid, I was rather ashamed. The man knew nothing whatever about mesmerism, except the fact, that I had once done it, with success, to his sister. I believe he had not the remotest idea what was done, or what it meant. " I desired him to come up to the house at twelve o'clock, and let me know Ailsie's state. As I sat during those two hours, I remembered bow I bad known cats affected by mesmerism, and how Sullivan, the whisperer, tamed vicious horses, and Catlin learned from the In. dians how to secure buffalo calves by what seemed clearly to be mesmerism; and I determined to try it upon the cow, if by midnight she proved to be past the power of medicine. " At midnight I went down and found that tk e '; e was no improvement or promise o f any. I ther"oirected the man to mesmerise her, and showed how. Ile was to persevere, till he saw some (I r e d change, in making passes along the spine, from the head to the tail, and also aoross the chest, as the laboured more dreadfully than ever in her breathing. Within a few minutes her breathing bec'.nie, tamer, her eye less wild, her mouth moist. and he re morning she was relieved in all ways. The first news I heard was of the astonishment of tbeliydal doctor, who came early, without an idea that she could be alive. He exclaimed that he had "never thought to see her alive again ;" that "it was a good 101. in Miss M.'s pocket;" and so forth. One thing struck me much, My man called to me as I was in the garden, and asked me to come and sec how " Ailsie fare to go to sleep like," when he mesmer i se d h er; an d i t really was curious to see how her eyes grew languid and gradually closed under the treatment. " This is not all. Towards noon, I was told that Ailsie had relapsed, and was almost as bad as ever. I went down, and saw that it was to, and ordered an hour's me.merising again. The relief was as striking as before, and in two hours more she was out of danger, 'and has beets vary well since, "a I foresee how such a story may be ridiculed ; but I perceive ho le important it is that we should gather some facts abut the poker of mesmerism over brutes, not only fa( truth's turd humanity's sake, but became the satsb- THE PALLADIUJL In its fourth instalment, the current number for October, the Palladium displays no abatement in its ability in art, science, politics, and literature. The contributions are judiciously diversified. Of the Roman Catholic religion it is said, in one of the arti cles, "it is most sincere in Florence, most supersti tious in Naples, and most rational and moderate in Rome." Her Majesty's visit to Holyrood is duly celebrated, and the serial story of the "Minister of Finance" continued in four additional chapters. SUICIDE AND MURDER. A most melancholy event has just happened in Leigh. The following are the brief particulars hastily collected together. On Tuesday morning, a young female, named Elizabeth Eaton, committed the double crime of murder and suicide by leaping into the Leigh and Wigan Canal with her child. The. spot she selected for her purpose is close to the Leigh bridge, crossing the canal, near the centre of the town, and it is a matter of surprise that she should have accomplished the deed without detection, as it is sup posed that she must have jumped into the water about five o'clock, an hour when many operatives are beginning to proceed to their employment. A youth in the emlpoyment of Messrs. Farnworth, named Peter Speakman, was plssing the spot about twenty minutes pas six, and saw something dark floating on the 'water, which he mistook for the body of a man. He went and awakened Mr. Richard lliggins, at the Bridgewater Canal office, who got up and fetched a shaft, and with the assist ance of Richard Wilkinson, pulled the body of the unfortunate woman on the banks of the canal. Im mediate information was given to the police, and they removed the body to the house of Mr. Thos. Green ough, Boat-house, where it was shortly afterwards identified by the woman with whom the deceased lodged at Thospe's Houses, near the 'Wesleyan Cha pel, and the body was conveyed to her lodgings. It was then discovered that the child was missing, and a search was commenced for the body in the canal, where it was found in the course of half an hour by a man named James Duke. The woman was only partially dressed, and her child was in its night clothes. The child was an illegitimate one, and was about three or four months old. Its maintenance had much embarrassed the mother, although she had re cently affiliated the child upon its putative father. The woman was a silk weaver, in the employment of Messrs. Walker. An inquest has been held on the bodies, when the jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned." ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST DENHAM, WHO IS IN CUSTODY FOR THE ATTACK OZ MR. CURE TON. When Henry Denham was removed from the dock at the Mansion-house yesterday, after being re mended by Mr. Alderman Gibbs on the charge of being concerned in the recent attack on Mr. Cure ton, he was 'taken down to the cell upon the ground floor, which he had scarcely reached, when Haydon informed the Alderman that there was a gentleman in the courewho had, upon looking at the prisoner, at once identified him as one of a gang• who had endea voured to choke him with an instrument exactly like that which was exibited in the justice-room on the last day's examination. Alderman Gibbs immediately directed that the pri soner should be again put to the bar, and that the new complainant should enter the witness-box ; and the Alderman narrowly observed the countenance of the prisoner when informed that there was another accusation against him. • A gentleman, who appeared to be in great agitation, then presented himself, and, after a glass of cold water ' was administered to him, said—My name is Thomas Miller, and I am an artist's colourman, and paint ' manufacturer, at No. 56, Long-acre. It is now rather more than a month ego, to the best of my re collection, since an attempt was made to rob me. One Friday evening I returned towards my house from Chelsea along the King's-road. I arrived at St. James's Park as the clock struck 12. I then made the best of my way from the park to Long-acre, where I have resided forty years, and as I was passing by Rose street, the entrance to which is a sort of covered way, I was seized by three or four men. I saw an instru ment in the Bow-lane station-house having a life preserver at the top. It represented a walking stick, and appeared to be made of gut, or something of a pliable description, and with just such • an instrument I was caught round the throat. Alderman Gibbs—Did one of the men of the corner of Rose-street put the instrument round your neck ? Witness—Certainly; and the compression was so great that a person under its operation would feel as if throttled immediately. Aldeman Gibbs—Do not say what would be the probable effect of the application of the instrument upon another person. Let us know merely what its effect was upon you. Witness—l had a sense of suffocation immediately, and I was thrown with violence upon the kerb-stone. O t ne of my teeth was broken, and my chin was se riously injured at the same time. Alderman Gibbs—Look at the prisoner at the bar, and say whether you know anything about him. Witness—l have no hesitation in saying that the prisoner is one of those who attacked me. I have a recollection of the face from the strong reflection from the gasiamp upon it. My recollection was so strong that the moment I looked at him at the bar I was almost ready to sink. The prisoner--Oh Lord ! oh Lord ! how wicked ! Alderman Gibbs—Do you apprehend that be was the man who put the instrument round your neck ? Witness—l do. Alderman Gibbs—Did you lose any property ? Witness—No. My pockets were tightly buttoned up. I struggled and struck one of my assailants, and I think I must have marked his face with my knuckles. Alderman Gibbs—How many were at you, to the best of your belief? "Witness—l believe there were three at me, and that one was on the look-out. When I was assaulted it was a quarter-past twelve to a moment. The prisoner —Oh it's a cruel thing—a most cruel thing. No sooner does one charge fail than another `Nicked charge is brought on. Oh, I was not out of my bed at the time he speaks of. I was seriously ill at the time, and I can prove it. '%Vitness—l wish to see the prisoner with his hat on his head. The prisoner put on his hat. Witness (having looked stedfastly at the prisoner)— I cannot alter my opinion as to his identity. The prisoner—lt was only a few moments ago I had my solicitor here. Why was not this charge brought forward in his presence? Oh, you may as well hang a dog as give him a bad name. I know nothing at all about these wicked charges. Alderman Gibbs—The absence of your solicitor will not affect you at all. You stand remanded until the time I mentioned. FIRE-DAMP EXPLOSION.—On Saturday last the men engaged at the Cood Poeth Coal Pits went down to their work as usual, and becoming conscious of the pre sence of fire-damp they immediately endeavoured to effect their escape; before this could be accomplished an explosion took place. Three men were killed, and two others are in hopeless state. On Thursday morning last the first down train to Chester ran through the gates on the crossing at Whitting ton station (on the Shrewsbury and Chester line) ard smashed them. The signal lamp had gone out. The porter at the station was just coming through the cottage-door at the-time of the smash. No one was hurt.