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" _a at iia , e a bey ti taig ,338 lied Oh 'PP inquiry, at t , ienline ; I , save come ;res' acco o ; which sill' ce!. ,d-rate, Lion in p•i', e extent '7, per naa° l3 ' maunds If Durchas e l from 2r. 21; 6", ,tard tee d we are are we al arl II nomina l ', 1,351 t p r esent uffected $t manuf oc tur : ocnfined t° xcept riati r ; ing at abr° rice 'of t h° p to any eVeo: Lnd in JII° large b gi' .; any rnate', l mon sor's' t oing fvl ,e than hall ' Gine ms. ,nd Atner'"' .hases. p . arcel3 Ind. we have , re, howev ?.5 vve have t little atte r , erate eaten' tally shortl! tli<coverY 'ale, held 00 ,r fall ; of take player in the bal.'d isists of 6,916 ery nwu -- princir s o same 35 1,1 bu t '. ° lo ar !.s are le .e of a sins ve cont' 119 le as s'e u ' o , with oP'. l # re favour', and it is r', 4 to °per:s'i marts be :tent, O a il'l ially tbe sPI U and, I nder P derr d io have b e : tO I reor tel., dp cloth , iP 30ntiOU lackage 6 ; o oo r these o f v hid) b° Ales. ti te ?ale throooo,l Nosia 9..P taiit rathe r e•- Of bal e d j des, 7 ", ruP ee , l bel 4 ;,, leg' ri zten ' oe" st P r de fre' Lt a b lg s)' ITIgS 0 pre' ; 8 dis" relot,iodo ;h• P In° o f a. or'l I roulngt 0" : c o t Jtj e ,cro • O l t, yab le ce ° J 4 r" 1030 , " , , tb er 4i ff 09 r _ _ 4.itteeedln oseeeding months throe mo 9 nthcens, U per cent. ; ditto on ditto g four , per t. EXCHANGE. ° I I Lond on , d raug ht s on d em and is 9d at 1 day's sight is 94d 1 month's sight 2 months' sight is 9/d 3 months' sight ls 91d 4 months' sight ls 9/d 5 months' sight is 10d D ra 6 months' sight r in , lights on d e mand are granted for sums not exceeding 6`th, t• at the s ame ra t e o f exchange as draughts at one day's '„ nrl f or l arger sums as ma y h e agreed upon. On Colombo—For draughts at 3 days' sight ls llid Kand y , ditto 3 ditto Calcutta, ditto 1 ditto at Al 1 ras, ditto at sight ... l'h e Agra, d i t to 3 days' sight losrs. Bank also issues circular notes, negotiable in i o gYPt and on the Contineut of Eurape, at ... ls. 9/d. :‘! grant s draught at three days' sight on the 4,t'lonal Bank of Scotland and its branches, at... Is. 9/d. i ' NI the b ranc h es o f t h e P r ovincial Bank of Ire pd, at one day's sight, at ls. 9d. ( i a nk Shares, 37 to 38 rupees per cent. premium. Latest t, 'nd 7 per cent. Payments, March and September. CHINA. From the Hong-Kong Price Current, May 2.) EXPORTS. 411 Pli r w—Some small purchases are in progress for ship- V ' ,tct India, at about 20i dollars per pieul. 4 —We have no change in prices to notice, nor have any isa ctions o' moment come to our knowledge. su gar — The market is quiet, and nothing doing. s „ t t4 gar Candy—We hear of about 2,000 tubs having been Teas. ' 3 on Indian account at our quotations. black_The transactions of the week have been on a „ t :' ,l seal!, comprising only three or four chops of common o g° ". Rates are maintained. 44:"II — There have been some small parcels of Canton 4: t eas offered for sale, but no purchases have, as far as we " w are, been made. T r _ FREIGHTS. '-ondon and Liverpool, 41. per ton of 50 cubic feet, but P le nt . f 1 T„ u . out-po rts , 103. per ton a(!ditional. l lth ' i C!e , utta . and Madras—Very scarce ; for the latter port e,ls loading. 4tr t i° l'ornbay—We are not aware of any vessels being on the at this moment, but tonnage will no doubt soon offer 4t,f N L 44TES OF EXCHANGE AND PRICES OF BULLION. I " 4 dUll—At six months' sight, 4s. 3d. per dollar. thl Government Bills, 4s. Id. to 4s. 2d. do. k i tlitta-.Private Bills, at 30 days' sight, none. Company's Accepted Bills, Company's rupees, 0 17 1 3 223 for 100 dollars. O LI 11 :TbayPrivate Bills at 30 days' sight, none. %Lira s — Do. do. Company's rupees, 226 fur o'o 4‘ , 100 dollars. ,SN'tlailla-3 per cent. discount. ~ - e silver—Large 4 to 5 per cent. premium. r . ii , Small 2 to 3 do. Q , tls dollars—Old Head, 8 do. i 4 . iland do., at par. PlihliCan do 3 per cent. discount. ~ IMPORTS. 1 14 thel Nut—There have been no fresh arrivals, and the stock iv' e a lequently still entirely in second hands. We hear of no by the dealers. Prices are unaltered. ti li l talets_o ur quotations are nominal, there not being the li t , t , e st demand for these goods. The arrival of the Anne IN' "as added upwards of 1,500 pieces to the already exces- QlPPlY stves—Nominal, no inquiry. C o ' e hineal—Nothing doing. 40 tt0 u—Rates have not improved, but the market for Ben al i,: is rather firmer. We do not, however, hear of any eetions in this description of cotton. About 3 , 000 bales kit °4l bay and 600 bales of Madras have changed bands during etsst week. licti tt °, ll Yarn—Prices remain the same as before ; almost tigally so, however, as nothing is doing. k e Pisants' Teeth—We hear of one small sale of the first p t Y , at 85 dollars per picul. N I : I 'll - laws and Shark-fins—None of the recent arrivals have tit i ti e en disposed of. 4 aeloths—No transactions are reported in whites, which k t ,,, 11 depressed. About 5,000 pieces of grays have changed the greater portion being of inferior quality. ng Ells—There is at present little inquiry for these goods, tititi,., 44,3 are low. About 800 pieces assorted have been placed g the past week at 7.15 dollars per piece. ki e e' L ' 4 ll—The market is somewhat firmer than last week, but I t rem a i n much the same. Ilhi lt tans—Have given way still further , 2 . 10 dollars per picul fi n' been a ccepted for a parcel of 1,90 0 . ti l4 44 'e---We have no sales to notice. The market continues It t „: and th e dry weather we now have will probably tend to " t till prices. tt4444dalwood— The stock on hand is moderate , but the de . 'l ,t i s equally so, and rates do not advance. 4, 1 ' 4 Plates—Have improved somewhat, 4 00 boxes having been moved off at 7.30 dollars per box. It ti Nlerts—We hear of the sale of 500 pieces of Spanish I,l 4 P e s at prices within our gotquotaions. The market is very g 4 id, and rates will probably still s he FLANDERS MAIL. A‘z AUG. 18.—The temperature of this sum exactly resembled that of 1844. Last year the k to did not cease ti!l the 26th of August, and did not shake till the 16th of September. It is not amiss } this observation at the moment when the gene ktir,"4rvest is on the point of beginning. It is well k, )5 ,"n that the harvest of 1844 was abundant and of nu „,! A l' I "Y• ester from Arlon of the 16th announces the arrival Ite 4 - de Moor, inspector of bridges and highways, on q ,eck, , „ csday last. lie is accompanied by numerous as who, together with those already in Luxem q, are g‘ing to commence the surveys for the iron ti il * ay in that province. These surveys are to be car- Net with so much activity, that they will be corn- Its kt , l Y finished by the month of November next, the Ito a :, tlae opening of the Chambers. If , a s we have tei tne ?t, the concession is granted, the works may corn s? „11l the next season. itoit owin L'ET ERSB URGH, AUG. 7.—An imperial ukase has - en published, the chief articles of w hich are the of I. PTI .he coasting trade, that is to say the conveyance It ( i: ()(4 , s from one Russian port to a nother, in the same tlit, , , s uall be henceforth exclusively reser ved to Russian ?ets and ships sailing under Russian colours. tt ir i,A duty of 50 per cent., besides that fixed by the shall be levied on goods of whatever origin im- I . (1 under foreign colours. tf„ Foreign ships shall pay in our ports a tonnage duty ge silver ruble per last both on their arrival a nd de rture. to % I he regulations in sections 2 and 3 shall be in tilfrom the opening of the navigation in 1846, and l tu so remain as long as the circumstances shall con s.• Which have induced this measure. h t ,, r rhe ships of those nations are exempted from the tinstions of sections 2 and 3 , in which po rts the Russian 4 1 's treated on the same footing as the national flag , or tikt i at of the most favoured nations , and the s hi p s of that V i ° ll shall be assimilated to the Ru ssian vessels in thr b rll to the duties of navigation, either in the p orts of 6 4 , 1 Issian empire or the Grand Duchy of F inland. Da r ,'Y virtue of the rule laid down in the preceding t4rph, every difference which shall remain, or which aid result in future, from this ukase, between Russian i foreign ships in the porta of the empire o f R ussia 44 v . t ue Grand Duchy of Finland, with respect to the q,, l tittion and other duties, in favour o f an y nation, the 1 11 4 ,11 roent of which grants ent ire reciprocity to the 44: 1r in flag, shall be suppressed.—Journal de Frankfort, oust 18. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszts, AUG. 19. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • - • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent -• . • Ditto Three per Cent. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto .... • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 ...... 101% Ditto, ditt0,1844.... ...... ..... 101% Ditto of the City, 1833 ...• •••• • • • • • • 101% Ditto, 1843 ..... . ..... ............... 105 1 / 4 4 44eli nank ofßelgium.• •• • • •.••••••• • • • • .• • • Papers, Aug. 19. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viziora, Auo. 13. 5 per Cent. 3letalliques. •••.•.• • • .• 113% 4 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • • ...... ..... ...... 102 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • . • • • . 78% Lean, 1834 • 159% Ditto, 1839 .• .• • . Bank Shares ••••••• • • • • • .• •••• • • • • 1630 \l„Esterhazy's Loan •••• • • • • •••••• • • • .• " Mettle Zeitung, Aug. 16. DUTCH PAPERS. x ( tu rn T RAGUE, AUG. 17.—Her Majesty the Queen re- Yesterday from Sootadyk to this town. to e learn that his Excellency the Minister of the In- ki l ch. is expected to return to the Hague at the begin- Of next month. e hear that the Department of the Int erior has ad det a l e tt er to the Agricultural Commission, stating It if f'lng's desire to be immediately informed of the real h7 1 , 0 f the potato crop, and that, after the reports 14 11 have been received, the public is to be made ac - T 4 ted with the real state of the case. tp,, u e Convention is now published, and concluded be (IF e n. the Netherlands and Belgium for the construction Lltlateral canal near the Meuse, between the cities of 4 1 7 e and M a e s tricht, which was ratified by the King of V , etherlands on the 20th, and by the King of the VtZ i rlhe on the 24th of July, 1845. The ratifications exchanged at the Hague on the 31st of July. tters have been received from the Villa Sominariva, k t ,'ell state that the climate does not agree with her Vt al Righness Princess Albert of Prussia, and that Dr. e ;emeyen, her physician, has advised her to return to Palaceef e ofCamenz, where the cool and salubrious airs et t ue mountains of Silesia has always had a beneficial e t on ,her Royal Highness's health. I,PA, THE BRAZIL MAIL. ( - 1 ' A u cusT 20.—The packet Express, Lieutenant eomander, has arrived here this morning with the d a ' ,7 l, mail rn s bringing dates from Rio de Janeiro the 27th t and Pernambuco the 14th. On freight ttilt Bahia Bth ul 20,000/. tig c as sengers._Th e Countess la Tour and daughter, Dr. Muter, D r . El cun , M r . Malet and family, Messrs. Millet, Briscoe, Knowsley, and Rusden. lizochange at Rio de Janeiro, 24% to :/ /t• 3414 r „ ° ri E JANEIRO. —A change had taken place in th e mi. and thr ee vac ancies in the Council had been filled by J. C. Periera de Almeida Torres, Prime Minister; Limp) de Abreu, Minister and Justice for Foreign of NIC ; F. de P. H. Cavalcante de Albuquerque, Minister War and M ar i ne. Ile Chambers were still sitting, but there had been a great sous f angry feelingexisting between the Upper and Lower on account of the former refusing a Bill passed by the but matters had been settled, and the business was pro c:3 ' "g more amicably. Th uee and suaar sales very dull. 1 40 1 r e Imperial Family enjoyed good health, and it was Ili tha h t t e Empress is enceinte. I l e t ,; 4 h 'hips of war in harbour—Brig Grecian, packet Ch a pyacht. Gauntlet. French ships of war—Frigate La frc , m Otaheite, frigate Atalante from Monte Video, tor: -t e L'Eg er i e f rom Tculon, bound to Bourbon; also the ;I 'le Lise, for thesame destination. l ‘io n i t v %rt l't..lTE.—The dates are to the 3lst of May from ' 7 ideo. The British and French Plenipotentiaries had 1 %,, 1 n ed i nterv i ews w i t h It osas , an d it was h o p e d th a t ma tt ers tkit;d be arranged by treaty. preseriing the independence of I e Video, Which would be taken under the protection of —rit iala and French. It was said that the Plenipotentiaries s:—' THE irETN, LONDON, PRIDA MORWING, AUGUST CO, MS were determined, either by.argument or force, t o l ottlp the question with Rosas. The Monte Videans every proposal made to them. Riveira was still at Rico de Janeiro. BAHIA.—The barque Diathesis, Captain Gordon; had. put into this port with her cargo of coals heated, bound to Men, and also to land some Dutch sailors which Captain Gordon had taken off the island of St. Paul's, belonging to the Jan Hen drik, of Rotterdam, wrecked there. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL OCCURRENCE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) ILFRACOMBE, AUG. 20.—This morning between seven and eight o'clock an alarm was raised on the Quay that a lady was in the sea, and drowning, at the back of the houses on the Quay, and a general call for ropes and parties who could swim, in order to endeavour to save her. The wind was then blowing strongly from the N.W., and about high tide, the water being nearly twenty feet deep at the backs of the houses, with the sea beating violently against the walls. Mr. Edward Stephens, a respectable shoemaker of the town' happening to pass by, went through the house stripped off his clothes, and dashed into the foaming waves, and succeeded in coming up with the lady. A rope was then thrown to her, which she missed, but on being thrown out a second time, she succeeded in securing it, and was safely brought to the steps. Mr. Stephens, when he found that the lady had secured the rope, let go his hold of her, when a wave took him out to sea, and a subsequent wave was seen to strike him ; which is supposed to have stunned him. He immediately went under water, and was drowned. He has left a widow and two children. It appears that three ladies, of the name of Bailey, from Peterborough, have been staying at Martin's Boarding house on the Quay, for some time, and that they have been in the habit of bathing in the sea from the back of the house. The mode of approach to the beach is by a flight of steps, but when the tide is up there is no beach to land on, so that any person bathing at such time must plunge into deep water. These ladies being most expert, extraordinary, and beautiful swimmers, have been in the habit of plunging into deep water ; but this morning the wind and sea being both high, Miss Fanny Baily ventured to bathe, but from the sea beating against the wall she was not enabled to beat against the receding waters, in order to re cover the steps from which she had plunged, and was at the mercy of the waves ; she did not lose her self possession, and kept herself nobly on the surface of the waters ; she was much exhausted on being brought to shore, and was put to bed instantly, and is now going on favourably. The Misses Bailey are ladies of good property ; Miss Fanny Bailey's sisters have been with the disconsolate widow, and have as sured her that neither she nor the fatherless children shall be allowed to want any necessary comfort. The body of poor Stephens is not yet found. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, AUG. 21.—Wind this day at noon, V.S. W., pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, AUG. 20.—Squally.—Arrd. Marquis of Lansdowne, Plant, South Seas; Romeo, Pollock, Calcutta. Arrivedriv from the River, Tropic, Robertson, Sydney ; e Val paraiso ; Victoria, Morgan, New York; William, Charlton, North America ; Caroline, BPLeod, Quebec. Put back, Urania, Rae, Nassau. FALMOUTH AUG. 20.—Wind N.W. , squally. — Express packet, Rio Janeiro,' sai7ed June 22, with about 20,0001. in gold and diamonds; Athelston, Robson, Quebec. Off port 19th, James Johnston, Prince Edward's Island. DEAL, AUG. 20.—The Edward Fawcett, from Blyth to Boulogne, has put back to the Downs from the coast of France, with loss of anchor and chain, having been obliged to ship to prevent driving on shore. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 20.—The Thomas and Margaret, Judd, on shore on Point Reach yesterday, came off last night's tide, and proceeded for Sunderland, apparently without damage. BRISTOL, AUG. 20.—The Friendship, Kers xell, from Hull to this port, got on the sands off Portshead this morning, capsized and sunk ; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 20.—The sloop Rachel, of Amlwch, was wrecked last night, near Hilbree Island ; crew saved. MARYPORT, AUG. 20.—The Isabella, Thompson, and the Wellington, Merry, which were aground in the harbour, have been got off; the former proceeded, and the latter put back to repair. HULL, AUG. 20.—Last night and this morning it blew very heavily from the N. E. and N.W,, at times a perfect hurri cane. It is now (5 P.m.) blowing strong from the westward. APPEARANCE OF A PIRATE AT THE BAHAMAS. The English ship Thunderer, charged with the duty of ex ploring the passages of the Bahamas, Gulf of Florida, arrived at Key West 24th of April, reports appearances of a pirate during her voyage from Nassau. Several ships bound to the Bahamas had disappeared, and others had been chased by a barque painted black, which had crossed their track without any visible reason. It is supposed the vessel was a pirate, and had captured those ships which had disappeared. TO MARINERS. EXAMINATION OF MERCHANT CAPTAINS AND MATES. The examination of merchant captains and mates, under Captain Fitzroy's Bill, will commence on and after the tat of November next. The detailed plan for carrying out the im portant object of the Bill can be seen on reference to the London Gazette of Tuesday last (19th inst).; STATISTICS OF THE POSTAL SERVICE OF RUSSIA. (From the Constitutionnel.): The receipts of the' Post-office department in Russia amounted in 1843 to 16,000,000 f., being about 1,000,0001. more than in 1842. The expenses amounted to about 7,000,0001., so that the net produce was 9,000,0001. From the Ist July, 1843, to the Ist July, 1844, the number of private letters dispatched from all the post-offices of Russia amounted to 9,249,000, being 600,000 more than in the preceding twelve months. In these dispatches were included 74'21,000 letters, 1,812,000 letters remitting money, and 216,000 packets. The facility with which the Post-office undertakes the conveyance el money is the consequence, in a certain degree, of the want 01 banks or other houses of credit. In 1843, the amount of mone in metallics transmitted through the post was 1,000,000,0001. In 1823, these remittances amounted to only 600,000,000: The amount sent in 1844 is not yet ascertained, but during the first eight months there was an increase of 20 per cent. At the St. Petersburgh office only the mass amounted to 260,000,0U0t. The Government money in these remittances amounted tu 650,600,000 f. in the gross amount of 1843, leavin; 350,000,000 f. sent from private individuals. In these sums bank-notes and commercial bills and notes are not comprises,. It is thus seen that the Post-office in Russia brings in about one-third of the same service in France, and that the circula• tion of letters is comparatively t o that of this country not mere than one-tenth, and consequently that it is the transmission of money that forms in Russia a large portion of the receipts. however, there be taken into account the great distances be tween the towns, the paucity of the population, and the insia ciency of the modes of communication, it will be found that the postal service in Russia is not badly organised, and that it is _n general adequate to the wants of the people. In certain direk tions, it is true, it is more particularly instituted to meet the necessity of the Government, but trade and commerce do not fail to profit by it, and staking all things into consideration, the means of circulation answer private as well as public interests.' HAWKERS' LICENSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—The Commissioners of Stamps have issued a notice that all pedlars, hawkers, &c., exhibiting goods fur sale without being duly licensed, subject themselves to a penalty of 101., and that the Commissioners have employed throughout the country several persons to detect such offenders. Now, Mr. Editor, allow me to ask-1. Is the public aware that for the smallest sort of goods, such as tapes, matches, boot and shoe-laces, &c., though it be but two shillings' worth of goods, every such person is compelled by law to have an annual license for the sum of 41., and in case of offending against that law, every such per son is liable to a fine of 101., or three months' imprison ment in a common gaol, or House of Correction, and there to be confined as a rogue and vagabond ? 2. Is the public aware that there are in and about London common informers, who prowl about the streets en trapping the poor to the commission of that very crime ? 3. Is the public aware that it has already so occurred that the informer in such cases has more pre rogative than her most gracious Majesty, because the Queen's moiety of 51. is genera'ly forgiven, but the in fo; mer's is absolute ; the law protects him ; and the ancient law manufacturers give him full power to stick bard and fast for his 51. ? 4. Is the public aware that there are fellows about the metropolis living on the poor and ignorant, by demanding from them (daily) contri butions for the purpose of staying informations, albeit these scoundrels have no claim on the Stamp-office ? —(ln support of which I now hold a letter from the Honourable Commissioners of Stamps). Beside's, there are firms in London which supply hackers with small stocks of ware. These firms have to pay a weekly allowance to the informers ; the informer keeps a book, with all the names of such persons hawking the goods of Mr. R. and Mr. W. ; those persons go unmolested, because they repay their employe rs ld. per day for the support of the informers- But, woe to him who shall fall into the clutches of the informer, without his name being in his (the informer's) book. He will be dragged like a felon before the magistrate, and thence taken to the House of Correction, there to be confined as a rogue and a vagabond for three calendar months, and his wife and children cast upon the wide world, to go begging about the streets. I do not, for a moment, encourage hawking without licenses—such must be very detrimental to the shop keeper ; but let each man be taxed according to his circumstances. When a law is once made it ought not to be broken ; but why not repeal it ? If the legislators will have blood out of a stone, by compelling the very humble to support the revenue, let them have time to do so. In other countries, licensed persons are taxed according to the value of their stock, and its quality ; payments are ma de by instalments, and common in formers are not encouraged. Believing that these observations may tend to alleviate the condition of the poor, and crush the informer, and that publicity will cause some benevolent philanthropist to take up such a good cause—with the greatest respect, allow me, Mr. Editor, to subscribe myself your humble servant, E. A. It. August 19, 1845. DESCENT OF MR. GREEN.—The intrepid aeronat effected his descent in safety, after a rapid trip of 35 minutes, about six miles beyond Gravesel,d. We are sorry to add that he has lost his balloon, and all his instruments. FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL.—The trade by till; important channel is in a nourishing state, and greatly exceeds, in tonnage of goods and number of passengers, any former period of its history. During the last two months, the increase in tonnage has been 44 per cent. compared with the same time in 1844; and the number of passengers is 40 per cent. greater. —Glasgow Constitutional. BRITISH AND IRISH UNION RAILWAY.—The whole line of the British and Irish Railroad, from Dumfries to Port patrick, has been laid off for examination by different engineers, who are busily employed making up their respective surveys. The survey is ordered over the lowest lands on the south end of Cairnstnoor, and to cross the Cree at Carty Port, passing betwixt the manse and Kirkowen village and the north side of Glenluce, and passing the water of Luce on the south sid e o ' the brid ge of Park.—Dumfrtes Herald. KIItCUDBRIGHT ELECTION. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. Liberal. Conservative. Castle-Doe glas Maitland, 277 M'Douall, 111 Kireudbri, - 137 - 147 New Gallo way - 72 - 86 Majority for Mr. Maitland on gross poll ... 142 REP.RESENTATION OF SOUTH WARK. A public: meeting of the electors of the parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, was held last evening in Knigln;o - n's Rooms, Webber-street, Blackfriars-road, for the purpose of forwarding the election of Sir Win. Molesworth, and to hear an address from that gentle man in txposition of his political principles. Mr. Lee Stevens. was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly introduced the business of the meeting, by hoping that every one who might think proper to address it wouii have a fair hearing. That was the only way to arrive at truth. The principal ob ject of the meeting was to hear an address from Sir W. Meelseworth, who was prepared fairly and honestly to st ite his opinions, and ready to subject himself to any eteamination they might think proper to impose. Sir William was no mere theorist or unknown politician. was a tried and a practical man. Ile had been nine years in Parliament, and during that time he always acted with the Radical party and against the Whigs. They (Sir William Molesworth's friends) in supporting such a gentleman had been charged with going over to the Whigs. Nothing could be more preposterous. Sir William was no Whig, nor had he ever been one. He consistently opposed that party on account of their stand still policy, and actually lost the representation of Leeds by holding a peace meeting in dirrct opposition to the Whigs of that town. To call such a gentleman a nominee of the Reform Club, as had been done by M. Miall, was therefore most unjustifiable. After making a comparison between Sir William Molesworth and Mr. Miall, giving the preference to the former over the latter, as being a well known and tried man, he con cluded by calling on Sir William Molesworth to address the meeting. Sir W. MoeEswontref, who, on rising, was with great cheers, said that he did not come forward to thrust himself on a great constituency like that of South wark, He had no wish to divide the liberal interest ; and if he thought that any other man would better secure the support of the liberal electors than himself, he would gladly give way for him, and assist to effect his return by every means in his power.—(Cheers.) He would now go into a statement of his political views, and he would first begin with the measure which had occasioned the greatest excitement in the borough, and on which there existed the greatest difference of opinion, viz., the May noeth grant. He would premise his remarks by declaring that he was in favour of the voluntary system.—(Cheers.) He had always opposed grants of public money for ecclesiastical purposes. He was opposed to connexion between Church and State, and considered that every religious body ought to support its own minister, He now came to the real point at issue. He had been asked hew he would have acted had he been in Parlia ment on the proposition for an additional grant to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth ? His answer was, that he would have felt it his duty to have g iven his vote in favour ,of that measure.—(Cheers anidtiproar.) It was a measure of political necessity in the existing state of the country.—(Hisses and cheers.) It wae, he repeated, a measure of political necessity— (Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes")—and, further, it was an educational measure. This statement might appear in consistent with the opinion he had given against eccle siastical endowments.—(Cries of " It is," and cheers.) His reason for supporting it was, that the grant to May nooth was a condition, among others, imposed on this country at the time of the union. It was a contract entered into with the Irish people that a certain portion of money should be set apart for the education of the Irish priesthood. It was a grant in lieu of the property taken from the Roman Catholic Church at the Reformation, and which had been left to the Roman Catholics by their pious ancestors. Property, which had not been applied to State purposes, but applied to support a Church and a creed that seven eighths of the Irish people entirely repudiated.—(Cheers.) Had that grant no: been conceded it would have excitrd unmi tigated hostility in the mind of the Irish people. They would have declared there was no hope of justice from Eitgland; and it would have given increased force to the repeal of the union. —(Hear, hear.) Though he was in favour of this grant under the circumstances, he would oppose any further increase of it, and he would also . go against tiny grant of public money for ecclesiastical purposes.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet then went into the other topics of his published address, in almost the some terms as those he employed on Monday night —the extension of the suffrage, vote by ballot, triennial Parliaments, free trade and the corn laws. He ex pressed himself in fevour'of the new poor-law, though he admitted that it contained many defects. These defects would, however, have his best attention, and he would be perfectly willing at all times to remedy proved abuses. The Hon. Baronet concluded his address amidst mingled cheers and hisses, the former however greatly preponderating. Mr. KNIGHT asked Sir William Molesworth what he would have done in regard to the Commons Inclosure Bill had he been in Parliament ? Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH did not consider he ought to be called upon to give an opinion on retro• spective questions which were settled, and on which lie hail never voted. Mr. KNIGHT—WiII you vote for ill repeal ? Sir WILLIAM AIOLESWORTH said he could not give an answer re: petting a measure he had not paid any at tention to.—Uproar.) Mr. ARCHER said he had a question to put. It was in reference to the statement Sr William Molesworth had made on Monday evening on the subject of the future endowment of the Roman Catholic Church. As he (Mr. Archer) bel eyed some misrepresentation had been made by the public press of what was said on that occasion, he wish(d Sir William would give his exact views on the subject. Sir Wm. Nloasworern said that he would not pledge himself not to support any endowment of the Roman Catholic creed. He was, on that occasion, referring to the Protestant Establishment of Ireland. It was his wish to see that Church abolished—(Cheers)—a; it was tie monster grievance of Ireland, mad the funds applied to other purposes. He was not at that time prepared to say how these funds should be applied. He would not pledge himself for or against the proposition, that a portion of the funds of that church should be applied to the support of the Roman Catholic presthood. But he said o❑ that occasion, as he said now, if ever he made up his mind on this prop )sition before he took any step to give effect to his views, he would come before his con stituents, and should they think fit, place his resignation in their hands.—(Loud the ers.) Subsequently when this subject was referred to by another gentleman, Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTFI said he would always oppose taking any other funds of the people of England, or any portion of the consolidated fund for the purpose of the Roman Catholic church. Should he ever think it expedient that the Roman Catholic faith should be en dowed, he would propose it at the expense of the funds of the Irish Protestant church.—(Cheers and uproar.) C.,ptain llawHlNs then moved a resolution, which he prefaced by a few observations, to the effect that, after hearing Sir William Moles Worth, they (the meeting) considered him a fit and proper person to represent the Borough in Parliament- Mr. PococK seconded the resolution. Mr. JonN ROBERTS, a non elector, came forward to move an amendment that Sir William Mulesaorth was not a fit and proper candidate. Objections being taken to Mr. Roberts proposing the amendment, it was taken up by Mr. MAYNARD, who moved it in rather a violent speech, amidst the cheers of his supporters, and the dis satisfaction of the bulk of the meeting. The amendment being seconded, it was put, and lost by a very large majority. The original motion was then put, and carried with about 50 dissentients. After Sir W. MOLESWORTR heed returned thanks, the meeting, which wa.i an exceedingly crowded one, broke up. SOUTHWARK ELECTION.—Another meeting in favour of Mr. Miall was held at the Working Man's Chapel, Ber mondsey, Mr. Webb in the chair, when after an address from that gentleman, in which he declared himself against all Eccle siastical Endowments, and in favour of the Voluntary System, and also for the Repeal of the. Corn-laws and Complete Suf frage ; a resolution was carried, pledging the meeting to use its best exertions to effect his return to Parliament. Meanwhile the friends of Sir Wm. Molesworth pursued their canvass, and, according to the statement of the committee, with great success. They expect before Saturday a thousand promises, though then only a portion of the borough will be canvassed. Arrange ments are making for a series of ward meetings, at which Sir William will more fully explain his views on the points at issue between him and Mr. Miall, than he did at the meeting on Monday evening. Mr. Pilcher's hopes of success are based on the division in the Liberal ranks, and the support of the Tories. To the latter party he is endeavouring to make himself as acceptable as passible on the Church question. It is to be hoped that he is calculating without his host. The new trial of Messrs. Walks-r, Lambert, Pep. rennet, Fraser, Ogleby, Drummond Baring (who is still in de fault), and Emma Caye, for cheating at play with marked cards, ordered by the Court of Cassation, on its quashing the last judgment against the parties, to take place before the Cour Royale at Rouen, commenced on Thursday and lasted till Sa turday inclusively. All the accused parties appeared in court except Mr. Drummond Baring. Emma Caye was even more elegantly dressed than when she came before the Court of Paris, and was the object of general curiosity, but she pertina ciously kept her veil down during the whole of the time, so that her face could not be seen. The statement of the grounds of prosecution and the evidence in support of it, and the argu ments of the counsel on both sides, were so nearly the same as those which we have repeatedly stated, that it is quite unneces sary for us to give any further details of the circumstances of the trial. N e shall, therefore, content ourselves with announc ing that M. Frank Carre, the president of the court, pro nounced the judgment, declaring all the parties to be guilty, and condemning Lambert to be imprisoned for five years, Walker and Peyronnet for three years, Fraser and Ogleby for two years, and Emma Caye for one year. They were each ad judged to pay a fine of 50f., and made liable, jointly and severally, to the payment of all the costs. Another appeal will no doubt be carried up to the Court of Cassation, upon the same grounds that produced tke reversal of the former judg ment of the Cour Royale of Paris, which, however, had not imposed so heavy a sentence as that now pronounced against the prisoners Lambert, Peyronnet, Walker, Fraser, and Baring, having been condemned only to two years' imprisonment, and Ogl, by and Emma Ca)e to one year.— Gallynani. Sir James Emer,ou Ten uent arrived this morning, for the purpose of being present at the dinner and presentation of a piece of place to Mr. Hartley, on Wednesday next. Dwarkanauth Tagore, the prince merchant of India, whose appearance in London lately produced such a sensation at Court and fashionable circles, has signified his intention of being here to-rporrow, to join in the peblie tribute to one who has been so mainly instiumeatal - and so eminently successful in esta. Wishing the Orien• al steam Navigation - Com vany, which has conferred so many benefits and advantages upon the East, Dublin Evening Mail. sPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT f RWlea YESTERD.tY. In the absence of Miny of thOleading'speculatorn, we can only quote a list of pr'ces governed by transactions in almost every instance of small amount, and therefore little more than nominal. THE GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis—take 2 to 1 4 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bennett's Hope—taken 12 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot 625 to 25 agst Annandal4 winning this ama the St. Leger—taken. ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Fort WA jot—taken 11 to 2 agst,Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken to 501. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwielte's Merry Monarch 10 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale 20 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Oul l Ireland—taken 35 to 1 ag.t Colonel Anson's hedger—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught. Ranger 50 to 1 agst Lord Mi'town's Due au Durras —taken. YORE. RACES.— WEDNESDAY. The Dundas Stkkcs of 15 s , vs. each, 10 ft. with 30 added; for tLiee year-Ads, G, 81f.; four, Bat 21b; five, Bst 91b; .six and avd, 9,t. Marus and geldings allowed 31b. Mile a7.d a quarter. (7 Subs.) Mr. ti. W. Hill's Swt-etmeat vtalked over. Match of 150 sous., 50 ft. Mile and a half. Mr. Meat hr m li.h , riticss, 5 yr.-- Mr. Hill's br c Tie Libel, 3 yrs Sweepstakes of 50 sous. 10 ft, for three-year-olds; colts, Bst 7.b; fillies, Bst 41b. Mile and a quarter. Mr. R. W. limnsay's hr g ....... (Lye) 1 Mr. L. Fox's ch c June 5t04 on Midlothian. \Von Ly a head. The Free Ilat.dicap Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 adslid, for three year olds aud upwards. Mile and a hall. Mr. Mostyu's be Dean Swift. 3 yrs (Prince) 1 Mr. Meiklam's b tn Inheritress, 5 yrs Colonel Cradock's b h Pagan, aged The followirg also started but were not placed Mr lleseltine's cn h \Vinesour, 5 yrs—Mr. Vane's ch c Valerian, 4 yrs—Mr. Armstrong's br f Advice, 4 yrs— S:r R. Bulkeley's br f Cinizelli,3 yrs. sto 2 agat Inheritress. Wen by a length after a good race. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs. each. 20 ft, for two yr-olds, 81 71b. Otte male. (:3 Subs.) Mr. Jaques's eh c Spur , walked over. The Grtat Ebor Handicap Stakes of 200 sovs., added to a Sweet.stakes of 20 sovs. each. 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c. The wioner to pay 25 sovs. towards expanses, and the second to save his stake. One mile and three quarters. (117 Subs.) Lord Zetland's b f Coheiress, by Inheritor, 4 yrs, Est 1 Mr. T. Speed's gr h Everton, 5 yrs, 7st 210 2 Mr. Standish's ch c Little Hampton, 4 yrs, sst 10113 3 The following &so started, but were not placed : Lord Warwick's b h Yardley, 5 yrs, ist 31b—Captain Harcourt's br g Sir Abstrupus, 5 yrs, 61 91b—Mr. Wo vend,m's b m Miss Burns, 5 yrs, 6.4 81b—Mr. Worthing ton's b c Dr. Husband, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Mr. J. Robinson's April Noddy, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah, 4 yrs, sst 81b—Mr. Yarburgh's b c Little John, 3 yrs, sst 41b—Mr. O'Brien's b c Marrowmat, 3 yrs, sst 316—Mr. W. Scott's Cataract, 5 yrs, Est 11Ib —Lord Stanley's b c Psalm Anger, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Mr. R. Be!l's br c The Infant, 4 vrs, sst 31b—Mr. Mostyn's b c Dean Swift, 3 yrs, sst—Lord Chesterfield's br t Jenny Wren, 3 yrs, sst—Mr. Lintott's b c Young England, 3 vrs, 4st—Mr. - Al!en's b c Duke of Kent, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Sir W. Milner's b f Proscription, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b—and Sir C. Monck's b f by Physician, out of Flagsman's dam, 3 yrs, 4st 81b. Betting-4 to 1 agst Castaway filly, 6to 1 agst Ever on, 13 to 2 agst Lady Sarah, 7 to 1 agst Coheiress, and l 0 to 1 cgst l)ean Swift. Won cleverly, by two lengths. The Filly Stake s of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 20 added ; for three yr olds, Bst 21b each. Mile and three quar- tees. (6 Subs.) Lord Chest. rfield's L2alia, by Sheet Anchor ...(Nat) 1 Mr. Salvin's Marian Ramsay, by Physician , Betting-5 to 2on Marian Ramsay. Won by a length. Her Majesty's Flate of 100 guineas, for S yrs old, and uvvvards.-3 yrs, 7st 91b-4 yrs, Bst 121b-5 yrs, 9st 4113 6 'rs, 9st 71b—aged, 9st 91b. Two miles. Mt'. Cook sb m The Shadow, aged C pt. Peyton's b c Magnet, 3 yrs The following also started, but were rot placed : Col, Cradock's bk m Peggy, 5 yrs—Sir R. W. Bulkeley's bl f 'Queen Poruare, 3 yrs—Mr. T. Preston's bl g Sailor, 5 yrs—and Mr. J. Gill's br f by Inheritor, dam by-Whisker, 3 yrs. Betting-2 to lon The Shadow, who won in a canter, by three lengths. LATEST BETTING. THE YORKSHIRE STAKES. to 4 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Miss El is—taken 4 to 1 agst. Mr. A. John tome's Annandale 7 to l ago Mr. 13ennett's Hope 7 to 1 agst Mr. Whitworth's Lady Sarah TWO YEAR OLD STAKES. 2 to 1 ag , t Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. W. Jones's Luminary—taken DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 4 to I agst Mr. Gully's 'Weatherbit—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken Nothing else mentioned. RIPON RACES.—MONDAY. The Two•y'rs-old Sakes of 1 - 07 s each, with 20 added. Two-yrs old course. Mr. rieseltine's br c Fit - z,villiarn Mr. A. Joinutone's b c Bra.ther, to Sir Henry 0 2 Mr. W. Scott's b c Dritlield . The following als3 stittcd, but were not phiced : Mr. J. o:,boine's eh c by the Hydra—Mr. Banks' ch c Ilovinghatn—Nlr. Nlaugles' b f Golden Bee—and Mr. Allan's hl f Lady Abbess. The Selling Stakes of 5 sons. each, with 15 added ; the winner to be sold for 150/. Mile and a half. Mr. T, Dawson% b f Sleepy (F. Lye) walked over. Fifty Pounds fit horses that never won that value, given by the Members fOr the City. Heats. two miles. Mr. C. HQadlam'sch faidinage, 3 yrs (T. Lye) 1 3 1 Mr. Holland's br fby St. Martin, 3 yrs 3 1 2 Mr. Horsley's gr f Or) ntll'a, 3 yrs 2 2 3 RELATIVE CLC RAILWA HULL, Auo, 20. STOCK EXCIIANGE. —The sales are• -] and, 29 1 / 2 —Hull and Selby, 1051/2—Dil 2756 d 2256 d —5% 22sp 1766dpi 6%1- 14iI - - 44%1 - 13%1 - 140 s p 1 - -341- 13456p1 i 10136 i - 3214 - 13s p 1 161sG; 414 - ,42s p 1 -.. 3 1% —Preston and Wyre, Half Shared, S. Ids. Bd,Yorli. and North Midland Extension, 24 1 A—Great Grimsby and Shef- field, Quarter Shares, 335. 6d.—Leeds and Tbirsk, 15—Lynn and Dereham, 4%—North British, Half Shares, 9—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 7%—East Lincolnshire 12s. pm.—Grand Union, 7s. 6d. pm.—Great Eastern and Western, 4s. pm.—Hull and Gainsborough, 13s.—London and Birmingham Extension, 15s. pm —London and York, 5 —Nottingham And Boston, 10s. pm.—Rugby, 2%—Shef field and Lincolnshire Junction, 34—Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 3 1 %. lIUDDERSFIELD, AUG. 20. STOCK :EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Glasgow and Dum fries, 265. 3d.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, Quarter Shares, 335. 6d.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 15I—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 151. Is. 3d.— Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 7—Shrewsbury, Here ford, and North Wales, 3'Xi—Nottingham and Gran tham, 38s. YORK, Ara. 20. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Durham and Sunder. land, New, guaranteed Five per Cent., s—Eastern Union Extension, 3—North British, New, 9%—York and North Midland Extension, 24X—Gr..at Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 6 1 / 2 ex new.—Leicester and Bedford, 31. 9s. U.- - Manchester, Buxton, &c., B—Newcastle and Berwick, 23 3 / 4 —Scottish Central, 7—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales, 31/ 2 —West Yorkshire, 14 1 A. EXETER, AUG. 20. There has been little or nothing done in the Railway Market this day. EDINBURGH, AUG. 18. STOCK EXCIIANG E.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 37. 6s. 6d - Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. IN.-Caledonian Extension, 2/. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 9/.-Direct North ern, 2/. 55.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 18L-Dundee and Perth, 4/. 6s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bath gate, 2/. 2s. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 861.-Ditto, Quarters, 211. 10s.-Ditto, New, 14/ 78. 6d.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 17s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran ton, 241. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 161. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 11. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 1/. 28.-Edinburgh and Perth, 1L 14s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 891.-Ditto, Quarters, 221.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 41/.-Glasgow and ureenock, 211-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 55.-Ditto, Pre ference, 21.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, IL Os. 3d.- Great North of Seotland,.2/. 15s. 3d.-Inverness and Elgin, 11.35.-London and York, 4/. 10s.-Monkland and Kirkm tilloch. 331.-North British, 31/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, V. I 7 s. 6d.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 35.-ScottishCentral, 71. 14s. 6d. —Scottish Midland, 21. 7s. 6d.—Slamannan, 161.—Stirling and Dunfermline, IL 15s. GLASGOW STOCK EXCHANGE. —On account of necessary alterations, the Stock Exchange will be closed on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 21st, 22d, and 23d inst. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. The half-yearly genet al meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held yesterday at their offices, 62, Moorgate-street. W. Collett, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting, and the minutes of the last day's proceeuirgs, as well as of the extraordinary meeting held on the 2d of June last, having been read, The CHAIRMAN said that previous to laying before the Proprietors the report, he wished to advert to a few points more prominently calling for comment. The first subject to which he would allude was, the Com pany had obtained an integral line throughout, and the collateral communication between Bangor and Anglesea. By the liberality of Parliament a large grant had been passed for the improvement of Holyhead Harbour, a grant which, he believed, was only ante d dent to a larger one. He believed, also, that before long, that port would be made the harbour of refuge in the Irish Channel. The Directors had fulfilled all their engagements, and all the contracts had been fulfillled, every bridge being let, except those of Conway and Menai ; on these a series of experi ments had been lately made, and he was happy to say, from personal inspection, that the project was most successful, and the soundness of the principle was thus fully established. All the works would be completed in the winter of 1847, and therefore the line would, in all probability, be opened early in 1848. When these arrangements were concluded, the Govern ment would adopt Holyhead as the port by which to send the mails to Ireland. The quickest passage to that country was at present effected between Holyhead and Kingstown, and he was happy to say that railways in Ireland were satisfactorily progressing, 100 miles of which would be open next spring, and all verging on Dublin. With respect to the opposition from the Great Western Company, he could at first scarcely credit that such was seriously intended, but he did not regret that it had been threatened, inasmuch as the superiority of their own line would be the more clearly manifested, and as the Government had virtually pledged themselves to the Chester and Holyhead, they need scarcely fear any other antagonist. The Chairman concluded by calling on the Secretary to read the report, which shewed the prospects of the Company to be most cheering, and their funds such as to render no call necessary till the 20th of January next, when a call of 51. would be made. Mr. Sergeant STORKS inquired what reason the Direc tors had for anticipating the intention of Parliament to improve further Holyhead and Kingstown ? The Ch AIRMAN said that Parliament had voted 1,200,0001. for the improvement of ports generally, 30,0001. of which had been devoted to Holyhead; and he fully believed that the Government and the Ad miralty would eventually expend nearly a million of money to render that port a satisfactory harbour of refuge. Tile report was then received and unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN then moved that the meeting do ap. prove and adopt the conditional acceptance by the Directors of the offer on the part of tin Amalgamated Canal Companies, in the Cheshire and Shropshire districts, to appropriate to thi- Company a portion of the share capital in their pro posed railway. This motion, being seconded, was carried unanimously. The sum of 1,5001. was then voted as a remunerati• n for the services of the Directors, and 1001 for the Auditor; and Mr. Danbury having been appointed auditor in the room of Mr. Borradale, who bad re tired, and a vote of thanks accorded to the various officers of the Company, the meeting separated. GREAT WESTERN 11 AILW A Y.—A SERIES OF MIS- IiA rs.—On Monday morning, shortly after the arrival of the train, which left Heading at half-past seven o'clock, at the Maidenhead station, one of the tubes of the boiler exploded, rendering it impossible for the engine to proceed onwards to Paddington. An express was immediately sent to Mr. Howell, at Slough, who lost no time in hastening to Maiden head with another engine ; but, unfortunately, just as this engine was starting, with the delayed train and passengers, towards town, an accident, precisely similar to that of the former one, occurred, thus rendering the engine from Slough also useless ; and it was not until the Oxford -train arrived at Maidenhead, upwards of an hour and a half after. -....-.. - wards, that the passengers were enabled to proceed on their journey. No trains, therefore, arrived at Paddington until half-past ten o'clock, instead of one at nine, and another at three-quarters past nine, the engine which ought to have take n the nine o'clock Slough train to Paddington having become dis abled at slaidenhead. Just as the day mail train to Exeter, which leaves Paddington at a quarter-past ten, was on the eve of start ing the same morning, from the Paddington terminus, a similar accident to the foregring ones occurred to its engine, one of the tubes of the boiler suddenly bursting, and thus completely dis abling the engine attached to the mail train, and delaying its arrival at Slough, the first station she stopped at, nearly an hour. This train, and the one which left Paddington an hour afterwards, both arrived at Slough at the same time. We are happy to state that, notwithstanding the bursting of the tubes of three engines, no injuries, in any one case, were sustained by the engine drivers or stokers, nor indeed by any persons con nected with the Company. Considerable alarm prevailed at Paddington in consequence of the non-arrival of the first up brain from Reading ; which, however, was allayed as soon as the superintendent of the telegraph arrived, and a communica tion, by this mean, opened between Slough and the terminus. We learn from Vienna that 1-1.1t.11. the Duchess d'Angouleme has resolved to make Frousdorff her permanent residence, and that she has already received there the visits of several members of the Imperial Family of Austria. THE SHOOTING SEASON.-oWing to the unusual backwardness of the harvest this year, it will be hardly pos sible, we should think, for the sportsman to take the field so early as the Ist of September. The partridges are said to be pretty numerous.— Sussex Advertiser. ATHENA:UM GRAND SOIREE. MR. CHARLES DICKENS.—It is with much gratification we are enabled to announce that Mr. Dickens has accepted the invitation of the Directors to be present at the approaching grand soirée, as will be seen from the following letter received by Mr. Berlyn, the honorary secretary :—" Broad Stairs, Kent, 18th August, 18-15. —.My dear Sir —1 ber , to thank you for your very obliging letter. It will afford' me great pleasure to attend the soirée of the Athenseum on the 23d of Octo';er, under the presidency of my friend, Sergeant Tal fourd ; and, believe me, it will be a high gratification to me to renew my personal a,viaintance with the members and ft iends of that excellent Institution. Do me the favour to convey to the directors the assurances of my respect and esteem.-1 am always, my dear Sir, faithfully yours, CHARLES DICKENS.— To Peter Berlyn, Esq., Honorary Secretary, Manchester Athenaeum."—Manchester Guardian. A VERY GOOD EXCUSE.— We have been assured on the best authority, that the absence of the sun is attri butable solely to the, fact that, since he has acquired so much fame by his photogenic pictures, he has been keeping out of the way for fear he should be made President of the Royal Academy.—Punch. EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD lIOPE. Her Majesty's Colonial and Emigration Commissioners recently advertised ter tenders from parties willing to undertake to obtain and convey out equal to 1,000 adult emigrants to the Cape, and numerous parties yesterday tendered accordingly. The contract was taken by Messrs. John Marshall and Co., of Ilirchin-lane and Southampton, and the emigrants are to he embarked at the latter port and Plymouth. The first ship wilt sail in October, and is to be followed by others every alternate month, and a free passage is to be granted by them, under the sanction of Government, to married agricultural labourers, shepherds, domestic and farm servants, carpenters, smiths, bricklayers and masons. WAR STEAMER FOR TIIE EAST INDIA. COMPANY —There is now building in the dockyard of Mr. Fletcher, at Limehouse, a fine war steam-vessel of 1,440 tons burden, fut the East India Company's service, and she is constructing under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Fletcher, junior, a pupil of NI r. Oliver Lang, of the Woolwich dockyard, whose excel lent system of ship-building Mr. Fletcher, junior, has adopted and carried out to the fullest extent in this powerful wit:- steamer for the East India Company. Some idea may be formed of the strength of this vessel, when she requires a pad dle-beam of 64 feet 9 inches in length, and 2 feet 2 inches by 21 inches in breadth throughout. The difficulty of ob taining trees of those dimensions for the beams has beer. completely obviated by the application of Jefferey's marine glue to four separate pieces ; and by a new discovery in the applica tion of that material, the adhesion has been effected in a cold instead of a hot state, by the application of pressure by cramps, and with the most perfect success the joined pieces of timber, from the crossings of the grain of the respective piec e s, being evidently str on g er th an beams formed of one piece. Mr. Green, the ship-builder at. Blackwall, has asistel War steamer of equal dimensions in progress for the East Indik. Company. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—ThE, total num ber of deaths registered in the metropolitan district, during the week ending 16 August, was 864—0 f these 841 were deaths from other than accidental causes, showing a decrease in the total number of deaths from disease as compared with the pre ceding week of 29. Of the deaths last week 204 were from diseases of the lungs and organs of respiration, and 189 from endemic, epidemic, and contagious diseases, )SING PRICES OF Y SHARES i THE :NGLAND, PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. gi 4 . NAMES or RAILWAYS. .0 2 .4 r a .4 Aug. Aug. Aug. 20. 20. 20. 3 - - Aberdeen ............. Airdrie and Coatbridge .. I Arbrolth and Forfar .... Ditto Half Sfsares Armagh, Colr.,&Portrush Bandon and Bantry • • Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down thrlinhd,Lan. &Ches.Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss .at 7 4 dis.) Ditto Half Shares •• • • Birminglim &Oxtrel.Junc. 11Ickburn, and Preston•. Blckburn, Darwt,,& lioltn Bolton, W igan, & Liverpl. Boston, Staintlt and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Haat. Bristol and Exeter ••• • • • Ditto New .... •.•• • • • • 11% Bristol and Gloucester • • GO Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union.. n%! 11% 24 123% Caledon. and Ayrsh. Junc L Caledon. &Lumbar. June Caled Wan •• • • • • 110341 Ditto Extension • • • • •• Cambridge and Lincoln• • Cheater and Birkenhead.. Ditto New Shares .... Ditto Half Shares .... Chester and H lyhead 2 - 1 li 1 -- Cheltunham and Oxfoid.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley ......... Clitheroe Junction ...... Clydesdale Junction .... Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon ....... Cork and Killarney ..... Ci,rk and Waterford .... Cork and Youghal .. • • .. Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • Derby and Crewe . • • • • • • Direct Lon. and Manchstr Beccles, & Yarmoth Direct Northern •••• • • • • 2 Direct Norwich .• • • • • • • • 1 2 1 ,4 - - 58sed Dubin and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Coin .° Dublin and Drogheda.... Dublin and Galw. y.• • • • 3 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath ... Ditto New .• . •••• • • • Dundee and Per.h •• .• .. Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) Eastern Counties . • • .. 19% Do. New • •• • . 6% Do. Perp. spr Ct., No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich 1 East Union . • • • • • • Ditto Extension . • • • .. 3 Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. 90 Do. Quarter Shares •• • Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb. Leith, and Grauton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent • • Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon .... Enniskillen and Sligo . • . • Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr 3 Fltwood, Prstn, &W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow .. Glasgow and Ayr. •• Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock .. Ditto New........... Ditto Preference •.. • . Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmamck, & Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster • . Grand Junction 12 - 4s6d 4%1- 1%1 1% Ditto Half Shares •• •. Ditto Quarter Shares .. Ditto New Quarters Ditto Eighths ••• . • • Grand Union . •• • • • •• .• Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby &Dk Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthm & Wstrn (hind) Ditto Extension .. •• • • Great Monster. • • Gt Northern of Scotland Girt Northern of England 218 Do. New 401. Shares • • Do. New 301. Shares Great Western ••••• • • • • 212 I Ditto Half Shares •• • • 116%11 1 7%1 Ditto Fifths .•••• . • • • • 46 Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. Hudrsfld & Man. 11. &Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough — Hull and Selby .• •-•• • • • • 106 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Half Shares • • • Is6cll 15( - 15 I -14% Inverness and Elgin -• • • Isle of Jersey • • • • • • .. • . Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray .... Killarney Junctions..... Lancaster and Carlisle • • 56 Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford •. • . Ditto Extension .. • ... Leeds and Dewsbury • ... Leeds and Thirsk .• .. • . .. Leeds & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford ... Limerick and Waterford Limrck,linnis, & Kit. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares •• • • Ditto Quarter Shares.. Liverpl,Ormskrk,& Prstn London and Birmingham 222 Ditto Thirds .• •••• • • • • Ditto Quarters •• • ... 28 London and Blackwell • • 10 1 ,4 Lou.&Man.(Remington's) Ip, London and Brighton. • • 176% Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon • • Ditto New . • •• • • • • • • Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut. London and Greenwich • Do. I'ref. or Privilege .. I London and South Westrn T 7 Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501 Shares • • 16 Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York .• • • • • • Ditto (Bantry) .. ..... London and Windsor.... Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & EIMISkillll 2% Lynn and Ely ••..• • • • Lynn and Dereham .•• • • 4% Manchester and Leeds .. 201 202 Ditto Half Shares .. • • 91 Ditto Quarter Shares.. 34 Ditto Sixteenths ••• • • • Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester &Birminghm 62% Ditto Quarter Shares .. 10 Ditto New Quarters . • 8 Do. Con. & Welsh Jtmc. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury slnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk 5%1 -5% 1414 - - 13% - I 2 2 p I 3% 6%l 6% 4 - 6 % I -- 24 I%p 5%1 5%1 0 18659 d I 1184 ._2%i4153d 1 Man. Shef. and Mid. J une. - - Manehestr & Southantptn - 331 3 Midland.... • • •• .. 173 170 - Ditto Fifths . ... .• - - - Ditto New Do. Con. Birm. & Derby 133 - Gt Westrn (Irish) - - - Do. Extension to Sligo - - - Nea - cstl & Daringtn June. - - - Do. New (Brandling) • • - - - Newcastle and Berwick.. 23% - - Newcastle and Carlisle • • - - Nwestle, Durham, & Lan. - - Newport & Abergavenny - Newry and Enniskillen _ Newark and Sheffield .• • - North British .•• • • • .... 30% - Ditto New Shares •• • . Silt - Northern and Eastern .. - - 1)o. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) - - Do. Quarter Shares .. - - North Devon .••••.. • • • • - - North Kent • • ••••• • • .. - 3 North Staffordshire .... 3 - North Eastern.....-. • - North Union (A)... .• - - Ditto (It) - North Wales Mineral - Ditto New Shares •• • • - North Western - North Wales • • • Norwich and Brandon • • - Ditto New • • 6 Not., Bel,oir, & Granthm - Nottingham and Boston- - Nott., Erwsh. Val.& Man. - Nottingham & Mansfield - Oxford and Ilirming. June - Oxford and Worcester - Oxford and Cambridge • • Perth and Inverness .. • • Portsmouth lnrect • • • • • • Preston and Wyre .. Ditto Half Shares •• • • 1)o. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. - Preston & Wyre Extens. - Richmond &W. End June 614 - Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring 2% - Scottish Central .........- Scottish Midland • Sheffield and .Manchester - Ditto Quarter Shares • • - Ditto ditto (No. 2)- - Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • - Sheffield and Lincoln.. • • - Sheffield and Rotherham - Shrewsbry& Grand June. - Shrewsb„ Wor., & Crewe - Shrws.,Wolv.,Duill,& Bir glirwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. 2 p Ilercld,&, N. Wales 3% - Slamannan .•• • • - - - South Devon . - - South Midlai tit 54 61 South Eastern and Dover 45% - - Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I 21% - - Do. (i55.331.65.8d.) ~ 2 15 - - Do. (iss. 30/.) „3 7% -- - Staines and Richmond . • . 2 - Sta tfordshire & Shropshire - - - Stirling and Dunfermline - - - South Wales- ...... . 5 1 4 - - Tean and Dove Valley • • - - - Trent Valley .• •.••• • • • • • 1 8 ! - Do. and Holyhead June. 2 - Vale of .Neath • • •••• • • • - West London, Old Shares - - West End & Sothrn Conn. - - Wexford and Carlow •• • • - - Warwick and Cheltenham I% - Waterford and Kilkenny 2 , % - Watrtil,Wxtd, \Vick& Dub 1!4 - Wakefield and Bradford • • - - Wakilil, Pontefrct, & (fool - Wakefield and Ilarrogate - Warwick and London • • - West Lancashire •••• • . • - Worcester and Tring • . • • Whitehaven anti Furness Do. New I lalf Shares • • Welsh • • • • • • • • We , t Cornwall•• •••• • • • • - West Yorkshire ••..• • • • _ Wilson'wn, M.& Coltness Somrst, & Weymth 414 - Yartnouth and Norwich 29 - Ditto New - York and Carlisle .......- York and North Midland 10814 - Ditto Half Shares .... Ditto Scarbro' Branch - Ditto Selby • ..... Ditto Extension yorkshire & Glasgow MI 3 1 / 4 t 3 - 5 - 7' 7% 7% 4 , 41 - - 41' 39V - -- --' 2 l 8 2!1 - - 130 132!4 13 7 3 58 59,1 7 -- 3„;,;6756d 3'y - 35b 14%1 13.!.i - - - 9041 - 11%1 - 2% -- - 1 - - 1° -141 - 4% - - I - 1041 - - - 4 P I - Tni! = I 2 1 / 4 p - 1 —. ~,,,, A fr. al i° i g •4 5 g Aug. Aug. Aug. !Aug. 19. 20. 19. I 19. TUESDAY. The Bedale hunt StakerJlo;ovs. ea^h, 5 ft, for hun ters ; four yrs old, Ilst 21b ; five, Ilst I lib ; six and aged, 12st 31b ; half-bred horses allowed 71bs ; mares and geljingss, 31b.. Gentlemen riders. Mr. in Isab e l, 6 y rs ... ..... (M r . W ar d ro p) 1 I%, l‘ i r ir .. GBPaeeallare'p': s ta :k k i.:ll : br g br an L l dy J ane , 5 yrs bloomraker, aged 3 The Great St. Wilfred Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared, with 20 added. Two miles. Mr. T. Dawson's hr c Lord Saltoun, 4 yrs (Lye) 1 Mr. Wormalo's br f Sister to Pedometer, 3 yrs ...... 2 Mr. J. Osb-rne's b g Bedale, 3 yrs . Air. Mangles' br c Comical Boy, 3 yrs The City Stakes of 5 sews. each, and 30 added ; th second saves his stakes ; three yrs, 7st ; four yrs, Bst 31b ; five yrs, Bst 10Ib ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b winners extra, &c. H eats, two miles. Mr. Wormald's (h h Millepede, aged (Bumby) 3 1 1 Mr. T. Dawson's b f sleepy, 3 yrs 1 2 dr Mr. J. Clark's ch rn Maid of Auckland, 6 yrs 2 dr Mr. Meiklam's br h Aristotle), 6 yrs DEVON d"..ND EXETER RACES. FIRST DAY—WEDNESDAY. The First Class of Ilome Stakes of 25 sovs., given by the Membi rs of the county of D,von, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 3 forfeit (the forfeits to go to the second horse) ; three yrs old, 9st 61b; four, lOst 13th ; fire, Ilst 91b; six and aged, 12st. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs; horses bred in Devon or Cornwall allowed 51bs. The horses t 3 be bona fide the property of subscribers, being residents in Devon or Cornwell from Ist of February, 1845. Heats, two miles. Mr. King's ch c by Glaucus, datn by Comus, 3 yrs, Mr. Fn 946 e ib wick's Fee. 5 y rs, llst 61b (Wheeler) 1 1 2 dr Mr. Craigie's oh f Chutnce, 3 yrs, 9st 31b Both heats won easily. The Devonshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &r., with 60 sovs. added if not walked over for. The second. horse to save his stake. Once round the 011 Course. (15 Subs ) Mr. 11. Cartwright na. Subduer, 5 yrs, Bst 41b 1 Mr. B. Fulfurd, jun., na Fox, 5 yrs, Bst 71b 2 Sir J. B. Y. Buller na Wild R•_te, 3 yrs, 6st 11lb 3 Good race, won by two lengths. Fox beat Wild Roe for second place...by half a length. A Hurdle Race of 3 sovs, each, and 20 sovs. added, 12st each. Heats, one mile over the New Course, over four hurdles. Gentlemen riders. Three horses to start, or the public money will not be given. • Cal t. Crofton's br m Duenna, aged (L. Do tv ne, Esq.) 1 1 Mr. De Rodes b g Pilot 2 2 NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, 1845. Match—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst 101 b, agst Mr. Giffard's Nix-my-Dolly, 7st 101 b. T. M. M. 200, h ft. BARNET RACES. The Consolation Stakes were svoiib;:•Mr. Dixon's Miriam, and nnt by Miss Diggory Diddle, as stat e d b y m i sta k e i n t h e list sent us from the course. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuAr. Sra,—The weather at last has taken a favourable turn, and is likely to remain so during the meeting at York ; the course is very heavy, and consequently very trying to the three year-olds, who . are -not likely to have it so much their own way as at Goodwood. The Coventry Cup will produce an exciting race, for which about nine are expected to contend—viz., Inheritress, Arundo, Winesour, The Libel, Merry Andrew, Little Hamp ton, Young England, and perhaps Coheiress and The Sha dow ; the latter two are not very likely to go for it, which, if they did, I should most unhesitatingly name The Shadow for the winner; but as it is, I fancy Inheritress will do the trick, with Merry A n drew playing se con d fi ddle. The Members' Plate of 100 sous., or thereabouts, will go into Mr. Meiklam's pocket with Philip. Should The Shadow start for this stake it will be one of the best races this meet ing will be able to boast of. The Knavesmuir Stakes of 100 sous. each, seems to me to be very much like a walk over for Red Robin. The match between Spur and Malt will be won by the former. Malt will receive forfeit from the Mrs. Fry filly. The match between the b f by Phoenix and Bruunette will be won by the latter. The Great Yorkshire Stakes. for three-year-olds, will, in all probability. show off to great disadvantage some of the St. Leger animals. The field will probably consist of ten or a dozen ; among others the following will make their appear ance—viz., Miss Sarah, Miss Elis, Hope, Jinglepot, Annan dale, and Fitzallen. Miss Sarah will doubtless run very for ward, but I do not think slit will catch the judge's eye first. Miss Elis had such a dressing at Goodwood that I think her chance is entirely out. Hope and Fitzallen will find the course too heavy for their enduring qualities. Annandale is a strong animal, well suited to such a course ; I expect to see him put the 501. allowed to the second horse in his masters' iyeker. Jinglepor, by Physician, out of Gazelle, is the a imal I shall select for the wiener of this stake,never doubt ing for a moment his superior strength and swiftness. I shall not be surprised to see Jinglepot first, Annandale second, and Hope, or Miss Sarah, third. This race will de• cide the reANcttve merits of Annaudale and Miss Sarah, and either equtirni th,:n in the betting, or seo4 them 'At alto gettter.—l am, Sir.,yours, Aug. 21, TUE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. 71 'i 1- - 15sp'117s6: 17,4 . - - I - 4414! - - 13N1 - 78 i I -- Durham and Sunder -30, Half Shares, 24 TRYST. -) This is the first great market in Scotland for Argyle. shire, Angus, Aberdeenshire, and Moray shire cattle. There are no sheep at this (August' Tryst, conse quently the market was not held till Tuesday. Sales were long in commencing, few having been ef fected before eleven o'clock yesterday (Tuesday.) Holders of stock stood out for high prices, and intending purchasers firmly declined to give the prices asked, con sequently this may be truly designated " a dull and dear market." Upon our entering the ground, it struck us as having more the appearance of a September or October Tryst than of an August one, there being from a third to a fourth more cattle on the ground than has appeared for some years past at this Tryst. There was a great want of stir and animation throughout the whole day, and sales continued languid till the close of the market. As compared with the last year's August Tryst, Ik e have to quote Argyleshire and north country black cattle, one or two years old, at an advance of from 10 to 15 per cent. up ; whilst, far Aberdeen shire, Morayshire, and Anus-shire, of two and three y 4 ars old, being fat and half fat, the rise in price was not nearly so great—in general only about 5 per cent. Holders of stock gradually gave way as the day advanced. and, to a certain extent, purchasers also advanced their offers in the afternoon ; the market, however, continued languid throughout, and a ...30A many remained unsold, and we shou'd suppose that s number will appear on the ground to-day (Wer"nes lay% We may mention that the description of stock brought forward yesterday could not (tither as to breed or numbers) be properly considered as knov, n stock, gene rally speaking, much of it being (in the railway sense of the term) merely brought furwerd as feelers. As com pared with the usual Falkirk Trysts, only a few English dealers wk re present, which, together with a scanty sup ply of second crop of grass, partly dumped the demand for beasts ; still, however, if they could have been had really worth the money in the southern mark« t,, there were a number present sufficient to have c'eared the market ; but those from the south maintained that the prices asked were such, that they could not venture to purchase for the southern mark,ts. A rather novel feature has sprung up in the market, from a considerable number (6 - 00 or 700 yesterday) of Irish cattle being brought forward. The presence of this sort of stock in the Falkirk Tryst mly be ac counted for partly from the facility of transmissit n, and perhaps and more especially from more attention as to breed, the Irish cows being crossed by fine short horn bre« ds. What tended to make holders of stock stand out more firmly, was the fact of a number of salts having been effected on the previous evening, at higher rates than what could be obtained in the market yesterday. As we have mentioned above, one and two year old small beasts from the North and West Ili_hlands realised a rise of price from last year ; yet even for this sort sales were dull, and a numb( r unsold. The first sale we heard of was for a lot of very good stirks (stots) from Mr. A. M'Avthur, Locht.ber (six quarters old of course), at 31. 10s. a-head ; they ;were purchased by Mr. Gray, 13almae1ellan. A lot of two and three-years old queys, from Argyleshire (Mr. M'Naught's, Dumbartonshire) filched 41. 155., and a lot of Argyleshire two-years old at 31. 155.-this last lot was from ss. to 7s. 7d. ahead up from last August Tryst. Forty head of two years old stots, from Skye, fetched 41. 45.-last y ear 31 10 s . ; t h ey were sold rby Mr. Donald Cameron, Enebrea, Lochaber. This gentle man sold twenty head of the same breed, two years old, at 41., and another lot at 31. ss. This last lot was bought by Mr. Anderson of Dumfries. A lot of forty head of two years old, from Morvern, Argyleshire, fetched the , second top price, 61. 10s. Mr. Alexander M'Farlane sold the top priced two years old West Highland stots at 6/. 14-. a head. A lot of spotted cattle in very good condition fetched 131. ss. A lot of Leers two years old fetched 31-last year 21. 15., and same condition. A lot which had been purchased yesterday month from Mr. Fraser, banker, Dornoch, at the Kyles of Sutherland, for 4L 45., were sold yesterday at 41. 10s. a head, being a loss of fully 2s. 6d. each. Indeed, we may mention that in several cases dealers complained that they had sust tined loss on recent purchases, while we understood in other cases, especially from the West Highlands, good profits had been realised. This stock gave 4/. and 4L ss. at the August Tryst last year. A lot of three years old Mull queys fetched 61.; last year, 51. Bs. and Si. 10s. A lot of two years old Lews cattle fetched 31. 12s. 6d.; last year, 31. ss.—they were for the county of Essex this year. Another lot of Lews two years old stots fetched 21. 15s. —this lot was also for Essex. Other lots were bought by Mr. Bray, of Lincolnshire. hir. Bray also b,ught a lot of small ponies at 31. ss. each. Mr. Flockhart, salesman, Edinburgh, sold mixed Highlanders at 51. 10s. and 51. 15s. a head, two years old. A lot of small West Highland stirks fetched 1/. 10s. a head—they were for Dumfriesshire. A lot of three years old Ab, ricenshire, half far, fetched 13/. 156., for Orertown, Kirklf,tou Generally, good two years old Wcst Highland stots fetched from 5/. to 61. 10s. 11r. Cameron, of Cnrry choilie sold a lot of two years of l Argylesbires at 5L los., and a lot of three years old ditto queys, at 71., to Mr. Rid dell, of Cumberland. HE IVY CATTLE. Mr. Fyfe, Kerriemuir, a lot of Angus, half. fat, three years old, fetched 111. 10s., and a lot of three years old Ross-shire, at 11!. 15Q., and a third lot of Angus three years old at 10/. A lot of f.t Angus fetched 14/, being about 7s. 6d. per Dutch stone. A lot of two and Om e years old Angus fetch, d Si. 15s. to winter in FifesHre. A lot of two and three years Perthshire quays, fetch( d 71. ICs., last year 61. Iss. awl 71. Tw_.nty head of two years old Angus for graz:ers fetched 51. 55., last year 41. 7s. 6d ; and twelve head of half-fat cross Angus, two years old, for feedine• ' out, at 71. 10s. Mr. Campbell, salesman, bought three ) ears old Angus at 12/. 10s., strong-boned, to put on turnip in Mid-Lothian. IRISH CATTLE Mr. IPA Iroy sold year olds at 61. 65 4 strong boned, and two years old at 10/. each, and several other lots at proportionate prices, but all at a shade below Edinburgh pric?s. FAT CATTLE.—A lot or forty-two head of prime fat cattle, bought by Mr. B(11, fleshcr, Glasgow, et from 7s. 9d. to Bs. p: .r Dutch stone. Other lots c , f fat cattle realised about 7s. 9d. Dutch, and all sold. Hoasus.—There was a good number of horses shown but all of an inferior sort ; indeed, there was only one really good one, a draught horse, w hick so'd for 44!. There were neither hunter, harness, riding, coach, nor other draught horse, fetched a price worth quoting ; con sequently, any sales effected form LO criterion as to the price of horse-flesh — Bess-shire tiser. THE LASH AT WooLwren.— On Wolnesclav morning another of these disgusting exhibitions took place in the Riding-house of the Royal Horse Artillery, Woolwich Garrison, upon gunner and driver Michael Stokes, 9th Bat tallion Royal Artillery, who was tried by garrison court-mar tial, found guilty of the crime of purloining from his com rades regimental necessaries, and sentenced to receive one hunilred and fifty lashes. At a quarter to seven o'clock in the morning, when the troops were paraded on the barrack parade, the word w.is given to march to the Riding house department, where the victim (a married man, with a family) was brought nut, and the adjutant having read out the sentence, confirmed by her Majesty's approval, he was ordered to " strip." He did so without a murmur, and was tied up to the triangles, when the executioners commenced their deed of blood. A few lashes rendered a healthy man's hack one mass of wounds and blood, which cmsed the stoutest he•rts to shudder. Several " young recruits" could not stand, and ac tually fell out of the ranks and fainted on the spot. Old ve terans, who have faced the cannon's mouth without fear of death, could scarcely maintain their position in the ranks. The poor mutilated soldier received the whole of the Lumber awarded. BELFAST ELECTION.—The Pilot states that the requisition of the repeal electors of Belfast, to Mr. Daniel O'Connell, jun., has arrived in Dublin. The on dit in town on yesterday was, that the Orangemen were about to call upon Commodore Watson to become a candidate f6r the representa tion of Belfast, in opposition to Lord A. Chichester, a supporter of the Government of Sir R. Peel. —Freeman's Journal. TLIE LATE BENJAMIN WOOD, E;Q., M.P.—The remains of this lamented gentleman were t emoved onWedne!day forenoon for interment from Eltham Lodge, Kent, to Crossing, Essex. According to the prevailing custom, the ceremony was a privato one, and the attendants merely comprised the imme. diate relations and friends of the deceased. PETERSFIELD.—From a Correspondent.—There is now to be seen in the garden of Samuel Andrews, Esq., at Hanshill House, a splendid "Yucca Filamentosa" in full blossom, measuring from the ground to the point of the leaves nearly five feet, with forty branches, bearing upwards of 700 blos wms, and extending ten feet in height. This extraordinary plant is standing in the open air, and has b een v i s it e d b y a large number of persons during the past week. Mr. Andrews is a relation of R. Cobten, Esq., M.P. for Stockport, amt, although an invalid, has, in a mo,t handsome manner, allowed all respectable persons making application admission in.o his gardens to view this rare plant, which only throws its blo:soma oace in century. We understand that Government has npropriated 25,0001. of the grant for the improvement of harbours to that of Harwich, and that the works will be commenced almo,t imme diately.—Bury Post. HARVEST COMMENCED TN TILE 'Muss or GALLO WAY.—BarIey cutting, the first we have heard of in the county, commenced on Monday at Innermossan ; and on Tues day the tenant of Clayshant, parish of Stone kirk, also com menced to cut down a very tine field of barley. In ten days, if the weather i= favourable, he will have a field of oats ready for cutting.— Wigtonshire Free Press of Thursday. _ Dopi - ,Ey.—.:‘ tireeiltul corner). exploioo, attended with loss of life, took place at a colliery near Tivi , fale, belong_ ing to Messrs. Wagitaff and Skidmore, in Monday last, by wlich seventeen men were so severely burnt that little hopes were at first entertained of the recovery of any of them, but we are happy to hear that several are now out of danger. Seven of them, however, still lie in a very precarious state, and two are since dead. It appears that 29 men and lads went down to work in the pit that day, but there not being room enough for all, six of them went up again, and amongst them one from whose neglect the explosion took place. It was the duty of this man, before the rest went into the works, to take a lamp and see if any foul air remained, arid on the morn ing the explosion took place he took his lamp and went to the place, where there was a large quantity of coal down, which the men were going to get out, and on his return told them there was no danger. and then went up with five others. The men then went to their work, and as soon as one of them got on to the coal with his candle an explosion took place, which was followed by two other s . The scene was truly awful. Some of the men who had escaped the fire were not so fortu nate in escaping the suffocating gas ; they had to walk through it on their way to the isottom, and often fell down from its effects. The excitement in Dudley was very great, as mans of the men lived there, and the street was crowded with persons waiting to see them brought to their homes.— Worcestershire Chroni4e. Those who have cau g ht a glimpse of " The Royal Favourite" are of opi n io n that this bold and brilliant novel ought to have been dedicated to the Royal Yacht Club. Mrs. Gore has done a better cuing, perhaps, in dedicating it to her steady patrons--the public. We have been offered a key, or rather aclue to the plot. We confess we have a weakness for finding our own way through the labyrinths of a fashionable novel—more especially when, as in the present instance, the principal characters are so boldly drawn, ar.d so notorious, as to rend. r all exposition, save that of the author, superfluous. " Now, my man, what would y ou say if 1. gave you a penny ?" ~ 11 y, that you vos a jolly old brick !"—Punch. ,_,:., ` lllll° .. ...I i U r