The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-11 00:00:00

ittAtiaVVAit INTELLIGENCE. HUDDERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 7.—Yesterday an extraordinary ge r.eral meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held at the Guildhall, Huddersfield, for the purpose of authenti cating the register of shareholders ; to determine upon the extensions and branches to be applied for in the next session of Parliament ; and to consider an arrangement entered into between the Directors of this Company and the Directors of the Manchester and Leeds, for the sale and amalgamation of this railway. Joseph Armitage, Esq., chairman of the Board of Directors, presided, and Mr. Thomas K. Rowbotham read the following report : "The Directors have called the shareholders together for the special purpose mentioned in the advertisement and cir culars to the shareholders, and they therefore deem it pru dent on the present occasion to refer only to the grounds and reasons which have induced them to do so. " It may not, however, be out of place to state, that the works of the railway, and all other matters connected there with, are progressing rapidly and satisfactorily. " The shareholders will be aware that some time ago an arrangement was entered into between the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Company, in which this company is interested, whereby the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, along with the West Yorkshire Railway projects, became utfited as one company, the whole hereafter to form part of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. " The Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford project being a direct continuation of the Huddersfield and Sheffield, and the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, having become con nectedi_with the Manchester and Leeds in the manner just mentioned, it appeared to the directors that, in working the lines when made, considerable advantages would be gained if the *hole were under one management. There were other very important objects to be attained by forming an alliance with the Manchester and Leeds Cont any. " lirrst. It was desirable so to identify the interests of the Blanchester and Leeds Company, and of the general West- Riding schemes with the Huddersfield and Sheffield, as to seture a certain and permanent traffic in goods and passen me from north to south, through the town of Huddersfield, eel tbeis place Huddersfield in direct communication with the tdtvns and districts of Halifax, Keigpley, Bradford, Bipgley, Skipton, Todmorden, and other intermediate places au districts, as well as render the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway part of the great trunk line from Glasgow and'Edin burgh to London. " Second. It was desirable to secure to the shareholders all immediate and satisfactory income, and thus render the shares a safb and certain investment. "Third. It was desirable to protbet the Huddersfield and Sheffield against all competing schema. " For the above, and for other reasons which might be given, the directors live entered into an arragement with the Manchester and Beds Company, of which the following is a copy : " Halifax, Sept. 27, 1845. " The Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Company agrees to hand over and convey in perpetuity their powers and their contiacts, Sic., so as forthwith to amalgamate the same with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, on receiving ten thousand six hundred and forty fifty-pound shares, which shall be Manchester and Leeds shares, and receive dividends as such, from the time of completion of the line, and shall take part of such new stock as shall be sanctioned in any session of Parliament subsequent to that of 1846, it being agreed that the interest to be conveyed in consideration of the said shares in the Manchester and Leeds stock is to include all extensions contemplated by the Huddersfield and Sheffield Company, option of shares or other interests in neighbouring projects, and every other advaptage and benefit 'prospective or otherwise not yet dis tributed, possessed by the Huddersfield and Sheffield Com pany, and that Messrs. Armitage and Brook qualify and be come members of the Manchester and Leeds Board, as soon as va,;aucies applicable to such nomination can be obtained, that the superintendence and control of the works on the proposed line be in the Manchester and Leeds Company. That the influence and support of the parties to this agreement be given generally to the Manchester and Leeds and West Riding Union Company in their measures and applications to Parliament. "It is understood:that the conditions already made with the preprietors, that four per cent. shall be allowed upon the calls until the line be opened, shall be continued, the same being made chargeable to the capital. ". J Hout.nswonnt JOSH. BROOK IL W. WICKHAM C. H. JONES EDWARD ARKROTD WK. TIIOMrSON.' JOSEPH AI MITAGE " The Directors trust the above agreement will, if sanc tioned by the Shareholders, effect all those important objects to 'iich the Directors have alluded in this report. "It will be observed that the agreement was entered into under an impression, on the part of the Directors, that under the powers of the Act, an immediate amalgamation with the Manchester and Leeds Company might take place. Doubts having arisen as to the ability of this Company to pmcaed under the powers of the Act, to an amalgamation with the Manchester and Leeds Company, until an Act of Parliament has been obtained, it will be necessary for the Shareholders, if they approve the arrangement, to pass a re solution enabling the Directors to carry out the agreement by Act of Parliament, or in such other manner as they may be advised to be necessary. " The Directors have fcr a considerable time past contem plated the making an extension from a point on the line near Hoeing, proceeding by or near to Barnsley, and so to the Midlands Railway, at such point as shall appear most de- i sirable. They have themselves personally inspected the country, with a view to determine the most eligible line, and they have also had plans and surveys taken. An ex tension in this direction would very considerably conduce to the interests of this railway, as well as of the town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield. The proposed line will accommodate Clayton West, and will be the direct line to the Midlands. It will open out the Silkstone and Barnsley coal-fields, pass through or near to the important town of Barnsley, and will be the means of access to the great mineral districts lying between Huddersfield and Sheffield, and the Midlands. " It having become necessary to apply for an Act of Par liament to carry out the amalgamation, it is also necessary that this company should on its own account provide for obtaining the extenison, subject to such arrangements as may hereafter he made with the Manchester and Leeds Company. The directors are now in course of negotiation with the Manchester and Leeds Company, who concur in the propriety of the measure with reference to this branch. " In conclusion, the directors would hope that their endea vours on the behalf of the Company may meet with the ap probation of the shareholders; and they trust that the ar rangements to which they now ask their sanction will tend very greatly to the interests, not only of the shareholders, but of the town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield." The CHAIRMAN then proposed, for the adoption of the meeting, a resolution confirming the agreement with the Manchester and Leeds Company. Join BROOK, Esq., seconded the resolution. Dr. ALEXANDER moved an amendment to the resolution. The grounds upon which he felt it his duty to bring forward such an amendment were, first, the advantageous position which this Company held as an independent concern; and, second, because such an arrangement would preclude any possible agreement with the various projected companies north And south, which might be' advantageous to it. He more especially alluded to the Sheffield and Manchester, and he must say that a proposition like this came from this Company with only a bad grace (when they considered the great services that Company had rendered to the Huddersfield and Sheffield both in Parliament and otherwise). He con cluded by proposing his amendment, which was in the following terms :—" That in consideration of the very ad vantageou.s position which this Company holds per se as an 'independent line, and in consideration likewise of the pro bable arrangentents—better calculated to the ultimate saccess of this undertaking—either with the Sheffield and Itancliester Railway Company on the south, or the Keighley. Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railway Company on the north', or other projected lines in these directions, it is undeirable to annex this Company, on the terms specified, with the Manchester and Leeds Company. In answer to a question from Mr. John Clay, C. H. Joss, Esq., done of the Directors, said—According to the new plan, on arid after the Paeliamentary session of 184 G, this Com pany would participate in all subsequent extensions of the Manchester and Leeds Company. When the Directors en tered :into this arrangement, they did not know what the route mplated extension to be made by this Company would result in; therefore they thought it desirable to confine themselves to as.simple an arrangement as possible, in order tat there might be no future cavil. If any extension should be contemplated hereafter, they were to be matters of future negotiation ; the object of the Directors had simply been to sell their line to the best advantage. Th., CHAIRMAN said, the shareholders must bear in mind that the Directors had secured them four per cent. upon the calls rtntil the opening of the line, which was a matter that the Manchester and Leeds Company greatly objected to at the ti me.—_(Hear, hear.) Mr. C. H. JONES said, the real effect of the agreement was ttunt this Company sold their line to the Manchester and Leedi Company, for as many of their shares as amounted to the same stock in quantity as this Company now possessed. They sold the line with all their interests, having an under standing that on all calls made upon the proprietors from the present time to the opening of the line, four per cent. would be charged, which four percent. would be chargeable to the capital ; but of course the whole capital would become Man chester and Leeds stock. Mr. JoSEPIA Bitoox further explained, that if in making the line there should be any excess of expenditure, it would have to be paid by the Manchester Company. The four per cent. on the calls would also be paid out of the amalgamated fund. The interest of the Huddersfield and Sheffield share holders in the Manchester and Leeds line would be equal to the amovnt of capital raised for the construction of their line. Mr. JohN BROOKE said, he supposed the Huddersfield and Sheffield Company could not themselves make any exten sions if the amalgamation were confirmed? The CHAIRMAN—At without the consent of the Manches ter and. Leeds Company. Mr. J. BROoKE inquired if it was probable the Manchester and lagels Company would apply- to Parliament next session for any extensions from the Huddersfield and Sheffield line. H e As ked this because it appeared to him that if that Com pany applied in the next session they might derive the ad vantage from so doing, whereas if they deferred it until another session, this (the Huddersfield and Sheffield Com pany) might derive the advantage which might arise from an earlier application. Mr. C. IL Jomis explained. The Directors had seen the diflieulty they were in, inasmuch as it was uncertain whether .the agreement could be carried out without an Act of Par liament, and they had deemed it prudent, under these cir cumstances, to consult the Manchester and Leeds Directors about this extension, which was felt by them to be of so much importance, and to ascertain whether, in the event of the amalgamation not going on, or not being sanctioned by Parliament, it should not be understood that this extension belonged to the Huddersfield and Sheffield Company, and such was the present understanding. The Manchester and Leeds Company conld not, therefore, go for this extension airless the amalgamation took place. Mr. J. BROOKE asked what proportion the capital to be ral..ed for the extension would bear to the original capital of the Corr puny. The ,C,ll,llltatAN—At a rough estimate, from 320,000/. to 350,000 L would be required for the extension. The original capital WM. about 560,0001. In antrivel to another question, Mr. J. Bitooft said that in the event of the amalgamation twi n , t o he ratified, then the extension would become the propertv of this Company, and the expenses of the appli cation no Parliament would have to be def r ay ed b y th i s Company. Mr. Cfi.a.v, solicitor, inquirad whether, supposing the amal- Comation was carried out, this or the Manchester and L eeds Company would find the capital for the extensions? Mr. C. H. JONF.-8 said, if the amalgamation was completed, All extensions would be made by the Manchester and Leeds Company, find the Huddersfield and Sheffield proprietors would hc'e a proportionate benefit in them with the other Nanchester and Leeds shareholders. The Athem:ment fell to the ground without a seconder, and th e oral resolution was put and carried. Resolt ttions wes then adopted authorising the Directors to apply to Parliarmznt for powers to carry out the amalga- Mation, and arp4w i n g of an extens i on from the Hudders field at Hozene to a p oint on the Midland I and authorising the Di rec t ors to proceed fi in ! e i near a n d ,Barnsley, to rithi am , lip next session for powers to make it. ~'H TEN SUN; LONDON, TITICSDAY BYRN' A vote of thanks was passed to • the Chairman and Directors, HULL, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND DIRECT. A large and influential meeting of the Provisional Com mittee in this undertaking, was held at the hotel, Norman ton, on Friday, to receive reports from the engineer and sur veyor, and on other business. ANDREW TURTON PETERSON, Esq., Managing Director of the Shrewsbury and Hereford and Wakefield and Harro gate Railway, was called to the chair. He remarked that it was scarcely necessary for him to say much on the merits of the line, for it would be evident to all, that a line having at one end a large manufacturing town, with a population of 110,000 inhabitants, and at the other the third port in the kingdom, could not fail to have a traffic which would prove highly remunerative. EDWARD MOLYNEUX, Esq., explained the course of the line. Its length would be about thirty-two miles, and as far as Conisborough, it ran in nearly as straight a line as could be drawn on the map, and was, in fact, a surface line throughout the whole of that distance. The oily unusual feature in the undertaking was the tunnel under the Ouse, a work, apparently, of great magnitude, but on a careful examination, it turned out to be a work neither so difficult nor so expensive as it at first appeared. Mr. Billington, the engineer, had obtained sections by actual boring, to the depth of sixty feet ; from which it appeared that the strata, after the first few feet, consisted of layers of red and blue clay. The clay formed a natural shield to the tunnel, and was the best possible soil for such an operation. The line as a whole was a most easy and inexpensive one, with the exception of the tunnel. From accurate and careful surveys, borings, and estimates, so confirmed was the engineer of the easy nature of the whole line, and the facility of constructing the tunnel, as to state it as his deliberate opinion that the capital con templated would be much more than was necessary for the completion of the undertaking. No residential or orna mental property was interfered with, and by nearly all the landowners along the line the undertaking was most fa vourably viewed. Mr. Wilson. said, he was pretty extensively engaged in the Swedish iron trade at Hull, a trade of considerable magnitude and importance at that port. When the Hull and Selby Railway was first opened, it was net contem plated that iron or wood could have been taken by railway so effectually , to compete with the water carriage. The result proved that opinion to be very erroneous. Before the Hull and Selby Railway was opened, the freight of iron from Hull to Sheffield by water was 13s. 6d. per ton. It was never contemplated that the railway would have interfered with the water conveyance at that rate. However, the directors determined to bring the traffic of the railway, and commenced a determined competition with the water car riage. By this opposition the freight was reduced for a time from 13s. 6d. per ton by water to 6s. 6d. per ton by land, and the result was, that notwithstanding the very circuitous route of railway communication from Hull to Sheffield, iron was now almost altogether carried by railway at from Bs. to 10s. per ton, while, as he had already said, by water it cost 13s. 6d. per ton. The iron traffic was very great, and no one could doubt that by the direct communication which the proposed line effected from Hull to Sheffield it would come upon this line. He was quite certain that since the month of June last the quantity of iron taken by railway to Sheffield was 10,000 tons. Mr. WAITE (of Doncaster) spoke as to the extensive wa ter traffic in the vicinity of Doncaster. He had no doubt that if the proposed line was obtained, it would, in conjunc tion with the South Yorkshire Coal Railway, secure an ex tent of traffic which it was almost impossible to foretel. The coal which must be carried on the line would be immense; many coal-fields, now sealed, would be opened, and all knew that in the Valley of the Don, all round Silkstone, Wors borough, &c., the coal mines were almost inexhaustible. In connexion with other lines existing or projected, the Hull, Sheffield, and Midland, would bring Doncaster into much closer and more direct communication with all parts of the country, especially with Hull, Manchester, Liverpool, Bir mingham, and London. Mr. CHAMBERS (of Doncaster) proved that the corn traffic along the line would be great. The freight at present was ls. 2d. a quarter. Judging by the rates on other railways, that would be reduced to Bd. or I Od. a quarter. Resolutions for forming the Company, confirming its ca pital, appointing solicitors, engineers, &c., were adopted. Reports were presented from the surveyors, and others. They were of a favourable character, and stated that the whole of the surveys were completed. It appeared that the severest gradient on the line was at the tunnel under the Ouse, and that was one in 108. Several congratulatory addresses were delivered, and the proceedings were brought to a close by the usual compliment to the chairman. BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY. _ (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. On Thursday, - the 6th inst., the ceremony of raising the first sod of this projected railway, took place on a field in the neighbourhood of Whitehouse, a village three miles from Bel fast, on the road to Carrickfergus. At one o'clock, the field was crowded by a large assemblage of people, and soon afterwards Lord Massereene, who was to officiate on the occasion, arrived, accompanied by a number of the Directors. The portion of the field which was enclosed was gaily ornamented with flags fluttering in the breeze. The band of the 26th Regiment were in attendance, and before the speaking properly commenced " discoursed" to the crowd. A great number of ladies witnessed the proceedings, and among the noblemen and gentlemen present within the en closure, were—Lord Massereene, Hon. G. Handeock, A. Mul holland, Esq., Mayor of Belfast ; D. R. Ross, Esq , M.P., Peter Kirk, Esq., M.P.. J. M'Neile, Esq., J.P., D.L., G. J. Clarke, Esq., J.P., Steeple, Antrim ; E. Grimshaw, Esq., J.P., Robert Wright, Esq., Fortfield ; S. K. Mulholland, Esq., R. Davison, Esq., A. K. Millar, Esq., A. Davison, Esq., Brouglashane ; C. Lanyon, Esq., county surveyor for Antrim, and engineer of the line ; Dr. Stewart, Captain Manly, Carrickfergus ; Dr, Mltlechan, Rev. Dean Chaine, J. Harri son, Esq., R. Thomson, Esq., John Kane, Esq., J. M'Neale, jun., Esq., Jas. Simpson, Esq., of Edinburgh, &c. Before the initiatory process of raising the first sod was performed, Lord MASSEREENE came forward, and spoke to the follow ing effect :—Ladies and gentlemen, I congratulate you all on the auspicious circumstance which has brought us together this day. The present is a period of very great distress, owing to the failure of the crop which forms a large portion of the poor man's food. A work of this kind is, therefore, so much the more needed on that account, as it will be the means of circulating a great amount of money among the labouring classes. They will, therefore, be more enabled to meet the calamity I have referred to. — (Cheers.) We ought to cherish gratitude to Divine Provi dence for allowing us to meet together and commence an um dertaking which will result in so much public benefit; and I trust that the first spade full of earth turned up this day will eventually produce a plentiful harvest to the share holders, whilst the first advantage will accrue to those who need it most, the working classes. Whea his Lordship ended, cheers arose which made the welkin ring. He then took the spade provided for the occa sion, dug up a portion of the sod-covered soil, and having thrown it into a handsome mahogany barrow, he wheeled it forward a distance of five or six yards along a primitive tem porary wooden railway, popularly called a plank. Arrived at the terminus, the Noble Lord emptied the virgin earth from the car, and returned with it amid the prolonged accla mations of the crowd. The Hon. G. HANDCOCK, Chairman of the Directors, then took up the spade, saying he would follow the good example set by his Lordship, although he doubted whether he could do it in such a workmanlike manner. After he had acted accord ingly, several others of the Directors went in succession through the same form, as didi also Mr. Lanyon, the en gineer of the line, and Mr. Dargan, the contractor. At the conclusion the band struck up the national anthem, and three cheers were given by the assembled multitude for the Queen. The meeting then dispersed. The Manchester and Southampton RailwayCotnpany have, in addition to their new extension line from Droitwich to Wolverhampton, through the densely populated districts of Stourbridge and Dudley, announced the final adjustment of the negotiations with the Marquis of Aylesbury—through whose large property the line is to run for several miles—by which his Lordship's cordial support has been obtained, in public proof of which, his eldest son, Earl Bruce, has formally added his name to the powerful and influential list of Directors. This adhesion makes perfect the concuring, support along the entire line, of all the great landed proprietors, from Sir John Barker Mill, Bart. (the chairman) at one end of the line, to the Earl of Bathurst, also a director, at the other. The sup port and co-operation of the Salisbury and Yeovil Company is also secured, and what has all along been the great fea ture to our eyes, the purchase of the Andover Canal, has been completed. The deposits are all paid up, and the sur veys finished. The notices which are required by the stand ingl orders of Parliament have been most carefully revised, and await insertion in the Gazette of next Tuesday.—Hamp shire Independant. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Newton to Crewe). North Gravesend. Louth and Gainsborough Direct. Midland—purchase of Leicester and Swannington, and for mation of branches, &c. Midland—Erewash Valley branches. Nottingham and Erewash Valley. Line from the Eastern Counties at Stepney to the river Crouch, With a branch to Southend. Rochdale, Haywood, and Manchester. Line from the Hull and Selby to Barnsley, with branch to Great Driffield. Line from the Hull and Selby to Barnsley, with power to vary a part of the course of the Ouse, and make a navigable cut in lieu. _ _ Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction, with ex tension to Blackburn, and branches to Southport and Wigan, and other places. South Midland, with a branch. East Dereham and Norwich, with two branches. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction. Direct Northern, with branches between Stevenage and Claphait4 Bedfordshire ; Buckden and Hartford; Stilton and Whittlesea, with nine others. Exeter Great Western, with two branches.' Great Kent Atmospheric, with seven branches, and power to purchase or lease the Gravesend and Rochester, and to improve the same. Line from Oxford to the Great Western, at the West Drayton station. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Old ham, &c., branches). The same (Cooper-bridge Branch and Huddersfield Diver sion). Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction. Clitheroe Junction, with two branches, and power to sell or lease to the East Lancashire, and to unite and consolidate with them, and to amend parts of the East Lancashire Railway Act. Line from Ardwick to Saddleworth, with four branches. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, Jind Halstead, with a branch and power to sell or lease and ptrchase the interests of the proprietors of the Stour Navigatioi'. Direct London and Portsmouth—re.•introduction of Bill, and also notice of another Bill fur making additional branches. ----- Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, with bra;iches. London and York—re-introduction of Bill. Line between the Sutton station of the Chester' and Bir kenhead to Llangollen, with branch. CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN INDIA. The threatening aspect of the relations between this country and the United States gives additional interest tc; all facts and Suggestions bearing upon the prospect of an ill creased and improved supply of cotton from India. We, therefore, present to our readers the following letter from it correspondent, who has several times previously addressed us on the subject ; appending to it an extract from a letter, which appears in the Times of Thursday, under the signature of " Indophilus," with a few remarks of our own : "Manchester, Nov. 6, 1845. " Sir,—ln the month of June last, you informed us that you had, for some months previously, searched in the Indian newspapers for further information respecting the Govern ment cotton experiments ; and, at the same time, you laid be fore us an extract from the Bombay Times, giving a short notice of successful cultivation of American seed cotton in the district of Central India called the Deccan. The truth of this brief notice you confirmed in the month of August, by a statement that you bad received information (it must, of -course, have been private information, or you would have told us its source) of Mr. Mercer, one of the American planters sent out by Government, having last year successfully culti vated 3,000 acres, and of his expecting to have this year 20,000 acres, all planted with New Orleans cotton. You also gave as a reason why we never saw this Government cotton in Lancashire, that it had hitherto been used by the native manufacturers ; and, besides, that it was grown so far in land, as, in the absence of navigable rivers or good roads, to prevent its being readily conveyed to the coast; but this dis , advantage of locality would, at some future day, be remedied by a railway." Now, will you allow me to remark, Sir, that our merely hearing of successful cultivation of "improved Indian cot ton," without ever having the cotton publicly exhibited in Lancashire, is very disheartening. It is sufficient to make us suspect that the cotton produced is inferior, and that the experiments are not so successful as the parties would have na to believe. When Government do not give publicity to the results of their experiments in such an important affair as this, people naturally conclude that those results will not bear the light; and the deplorable apathy with which this subject is viewed by our trade is in this manner increased. The American Government, too, in its official organ, the Washington Union, as we find in the Times of the 30th ult., asserts that these cotton experiments in India have entirely failed; and great is the American triumph at this result. The following is a portion of the Times' extract 'from the Washington Union. "W e lay before the public this evening one of the most interesting letters which has ever appeared in the Union. Our regular correspondent in New Y ork furnishes a clear, full, and decisive description of the result of the celebrated experiments made by the East India Company in the culti vation of cotton in the east. We recommend it to the atten tion of our countrymen, particularly of the south ; and re spectfully advise the editors of newspapers to read and to re-publish it in their respective papers. The English expe• riment in the east has signally failed. It was made under the most favourable auspices in different parts of India : it has succeeded in none of them, It was made under the eye of ten experienced planters from the cotton region of the United States, with the best American cotton seed; but it has failed! We again recommend the letter to every reader and to every editor in the country.—Your's resnectfully. " A COTTON SPINNER." The following is an extract from the letter in the Tines, which, it is necessary to remark, was written in answer to the article in the Washington Union, referred to by our corre spondent : "The experiment (in India) consisted of two very distinct parts—first, the cleaning; second, the growing of cotton. " The natives of India are well known to be careless in the picking, the cleaning, and packing of their cotton. The Indian cotton, however, has many good qualities, and would be employed by our manufacturers to a much greater extent if it were supplied in a clean state in large quantities. The application of the American gin by the Americans, to the cleaning of Indian cotton has been completely successful at Coimbatore, at Dharwar, and at Broach. The cotton has been freed of leaves, of seeds, of sand, and dirt, to the extent of nearly one-fourth, which had to be carried front the field _to the factory, and upon which carriage and freight has usually to be paid as well as upon the cotton. The operation has been performed with the skill and celerity to be expected from the experience of the Americans employed, with very little injury to the staple; and the cotton has sold in the Liverpool market at nearly the price of New Orleans cotton. I mention this fact prominently, be cause without a quick and effective method of cleaning cot ton, no very great or rapid extension can take place in cot t• n cultivation. The average export per annum, during the five years ending 1841-2, was, to Great Britain, 66,125,9661b5, and to China, 452,795,3151b5. Considerable in crease has taken place in cotton cultivation in India. In 1825, only 39,567 bales were imported into this country; and in 1844 no less than 239,713 bales. Some of this cotton was from districts where no cotton was cultivated for exporta tion a few years since. " With respect to the culture of American cotton in In dia, the success of the experiment has not been so uniform, for though-it has failed in someplaces, it has succeeded and is succeeding in others, and the information obtained has shown us the districts best suited to the culture. India is a country of such great extent and diversified soil and climate, that a culture which is suited to one part is sure to fail in other, unless corresponding differ ences in treatment are adopted. Thus, in the north-west provinces of Bengal very fair native cotton is grown, and a very good return per acre is obtained; but there the Ame can cotton plant did not succeed well, apparently owing to two very dry seasons, when rain fell for only about six weeks, instead of, as usual, for three months. But even there cotton may I believe, be as successfully grown as in Egypt, in the same latitude, by adopting the same method, that is—irrigating the plant in proportion to the dryness of the climate; and this the great dock canal, when completed, will render an easy operation. In the moist and rich parts of Bengal, the American plants run too much into leaf. This might, no doubt, be obviated by variation in culture; but the insects are unfortunately also very destructive to the American cotton. But, even there, some varieties of cotton, either indigenous or exotic, may be found suitable to the soil and climate. " In the Madras Presidency, the experiments at Coimba tore, which is far from a favourable situation for American cotton, have been proceeding successfully, for the cultiva tion has been going on for some years with the acclimated American seed. The cotton remains of good quality, and_: the superintendent (not an American) is confident that he can carry on the cultivation with profit; and if he can do so, the natives will be still more able to de so, for they are good cultivators, and much more economical than any European. " But none of these sites are within what is considered the true cotton district of India—that is, the country above the Ghauts, as the Mahratta country, Deccan, Can?,eish, Nagpore, and Hydrabad, often all comprehended in Übe term Central India. There the elevation of the table lead, with the modi fYing influence of the several ranges of neount sins, produces a peculiarity of climate which is equally removed from the excessive moisture of Bengal, or the parching drought of Northern India. With a favourable climete, there is also abundance of the excellent cetton soil of India; and hence the cotton culture b-'s extended almost of itself, and will go on extending in proportion to the encou ragement given by the capital ani energy of European mer chants. About 20 years since some excellent cotton was grown at Dharwar, in the southern Mahratta cometry. One of the American planters has established himself at t`his place, and finds it well suited to the cultivation of America le cotton. The culture, indeed, has been yearly increasing ; it was at first 600 acres, then 3,000 ; last year, 7,000 acres were' tinder cultivation in the government farms by the ryots and by some German missionaries in different parts of the district, with New Orleans cotton. This year seed has been (mg aged for not less than 15,000 to 20,000 acres, and the ine;ell igent American planter writes that not less than a mill; .on of pounds will be produced this year. The important. fact is, that the culture is increasing, and has been taken ups' by the natives. He further states that the ryots find it a e most profitable unirrigated crop they have, and they can sell it fur about a penny a pound. They get more of the An merican than of their own cotton per acre, and they get a bette e• price for it without extra expense in cultivation. Much aof what has been grown by the ryots has been bought by e the Go vernment, is being cleaned, and will be sent tq T.iv erpool. The planter further states, that ' there is no betteo ,• short staple cotton than that of Central India, when it. i s fairly handled, and gets the ghost of a fair chance." It will be seen, that the statements of the preceding It stter coincide pretty generally with those which we made in _the mantle of August last, and which are referred to br " • ` Cotton Spinner," but we should .veobably mislead out' readers, if we were to treat the letter ra the Times as a , lone firmation, or any material corroboration, of the statemc nta which we published ; because, if we are not mistaken, ( 'ur statements and that letter are founded upon the same info. ; and we have reason to know, that the accuracy o. that information has be questioned by parties having re gular correspondence wlth India, and whose attention has 1 been directed to the cultivation of cotton there. Between the conflicting statements on this subject which have reached us, we are not at present competent to decide 1 and can only state, that more precise information as to, the extent and success of the improved culture may be, t very shortly expected in this country, when we hope to be, t enabled to lay it before the public. Of course, we hardly need remind those of our readers who. 1 have attended to the particulars which we have 'from time to , 1 , time inserted upon this subject, that the statementee rm— f' tained in the Washington Union amount to veer e. rhael A cu m i t a i r v i a ca ti n on pl o a f a c e o ra tt ; ol t t h m e de fa r il t u h re e o s f up w e h ri ie n h ten w d as enee we e ll seeing that th ey re l ate merely to the first experiments made • s in eve t theso m othere sub s eq plantersa en t experiments, ri relinquishedment s the known in thi s country, and had been repeatedly mentioned in f the Guardia n . Th e i mportant question at present is, whether rnadebyattMemr.ptMaenred left er,afttheer 11 country; have succeeded in a greater or smaller degree ; for i that to some extent th e y h ave succeeded, is unquestionable.' ' On this point the Washington Union dote not give, and most: probably did not possess, any information. In another point of view, perhaps, the article may deserve attention. The Union is the known and recognised organ of the United Stat e s Government ; and, considering the present aggressive tendencies of the people of that country, the in s e r tion in such a journal of an article evidently written f or th e p ur pose ofprod cutting an impress•on that England canno t go t o war without ting off the supples of cotton neces sar y f or h e r manufactures,—and , by pretty direct inference, that she may be outraged with impunity,—is a fact not altogether devoid of significance. —Manchester Guardian. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 10. SWEARING► IN OF THE LORD MAYOR. The Right Hon. John Johnson, the Lead Mayor elect of the City of London, attended this morning at the Court of Exchequer, accompanied by the Civic officers, in state, to take the usual oaths on his entering upon the duties of Chief Magistrate of the City. The RRCORDER said—My Lord Chief Baron, I have the honour to present to your Lordship the Right Hon. John Johnson, who has been chosen by the citizens of London to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The laws, customs, and charter of London have been duly observed in the election of this gentleman, and the most gracious approbation of her Majesty, signified by the Lord Chancellor, has ratified the choice. By the laws of our municipal constitution to be an alderman, and to have served the office of Sheriff of the City of London, are neeessary qualifications for our Chief Magistrate, and the very effective manner in which Mr. Johnson has filled these duties was the main instrument of his present election ; but it was his early and deeply honourable course in life which first attracted the attention of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Johnson was for merly the lessee of the Dartmouth quarries, and he has executed many great national works in the construction of bridges, the formation and improvement of our dock-yards, and, ateve all, the erection of that effectual barrier against the fury of the seas, comprised in that stupendous structure, the breakwater of Ply. mouth. It would be at variance with the sincerity of Mr. John•- sen's character to arrogate to himself the undivided merit of this noble, magnificent, and most useful undertaking. He rejoices to have acted under the guidance and to have been stimu lated by the example, genius, and great spirit of enterprise of the late Sir John Rennie. Mr. Johnson disclaims the praise of being the sole architect of his present ample fortune. He acknowledges with gratitude that its foundation was laid by the ability and integrity of his late respected father; but in raising on this foundation the superstructure, his efforts have been as honourable as their success has been complete. To avail himself of every oppor tunity of public usefulness has been the leading principle of Mr. John. son's life. During his shrievalty the defective accommodation of our metropolitan prisons were, in a great measure, remedied by the im portant improvement effected by him, and for these and other services he received the public thanks of his fellow.cittzens, and a valuable piece of plate from the Corporation of London. As a magistrate he has been exact and indefatigable in his attendance to, and in the performance of, his duties, and he is now entering upon the new and arduous duties of Lord Mayor impressed with an honourable ambition to fulfil them to the utmost of his power. For its acquirement he possesses the entire ,confidence of his fellow-citizens, no inconsiderable element of suc s•eis. He is devoted in his loyalty to his Sovereign, warm in his attachment to the laws and constitution of his country, entertains a z.•alous regard for the interests of his fellow-citizens, and is firm in las determination to support their rights, liberties, and privi leges, comprised in the various charters of the City of London. The late Lord Mayor is also in attendance upon your Lordships. His year of office ends to-day, with all its duties accomplished. He retires into private life amidst the general satisfaction and esteem of his fellow-citizens. I believe he has ex. hibited In the dispatch of his public business great zeal and' impartiality. He has dispensed charities with a bountiful hand, been most hospitable to his fellow.citizens, and iu retiring from office with approbation, they hope he will still find an opportunity to exercise those duties and virtues in the capacity of a magistrate and a private gentleman. The LORD Cases BARON, having congratulated the Lord Mayor on his election to office, and Mr. Alderman Gibbs on the satisfac. tion he had given in the performance of his late civic duties, ad. ministered the oath in the usual form ; and the late Lord Mayor, amidst a titter of laughter in a crowded Court, was then called upon to render up an account of his mayoralty. This having been gone through in the customary manner, the Lord Mayor in. vited their Lordships to his banquet this evening, and then retired. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Monday Mr. Alderman Wilson attended at the Giltspur street Prison, to hear the charges against persons who had been apprehended in any part of the City since Saturday evening, in order that their imprisonment might not be pro longed by the recurrence of civic rejoicings. There were many charges of drunkenness. Robert Scott, residing at the Bricklayers' Arms, in Earl street, Blackfriars, was charged with striking his mother on the head with a poker, by which she was so much irjured that she v.-as unable to attend. Edward Knight, a policeman, stated that he was called into the house at three o'clock on Sunday morning by the prisoner; and, on entering, h e p erce i ve d by his lantern a woman lying on her face at the foot of the stairs. The pri soner was quite drunk; and finding that the poor woman was much injured, and that the blow had been inflicted by the prisoner, he took him into custody. The prisoner said it was a blow inflicted entirely by mis take. He thought a thief had got into the house, and he struck her under that misapprehension. Mr. Alderman WILSON said it was a very unfortunate mis take, arising, probably, from his intemperance. It was to be apprehended that her life was in some danger, and he should therefore remand the prisoner till Saturday, unless his mother should be able to attend sooner. William Denman, a labourer, was charged with attempting to commit suicide while in a state of intoxication, about eleven o'clock on Sunday night. He went down the steps on the Surrey side of Blackfriars bridge and plunged into the water; when he was got out he said he only wanted to have a swim, but from his general behaviour it seemed that he meant to commit suicide, and that he was one of those who, when drunk, become un happy, and can think of nothing but their share of human miseries. Mr. Alderman WitsoN fined him ss. for being drunk, and to be imprisoned three days if the money were not sooner paid. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday Donald M'Donald, a respectably dressed, middle-aged man, was charged with affixing a printed no tice, intimating AS intention on the part of the Cornmis sionars of Woods and Forests to apply to Parliament for leave to make certain public improvements, on the doors of West minster Abbey. . Burrows, a porter and constable at the cloisters, stated, that in consepuence of notices having been previously posted on the Abbey doors, he watched last Sunday morning, and saw defendant during divine service paste a printed notice on the doors, and then took him into custody. Mr. BOND inquired whether any orders had been given by the Dean and Chapter on the subject? The porter replied that they had given strict orders to pre vent its being done. Defendant said, that the notices had been given to bins to affix in the required places, and he was not aware that he was doing anything wrong. A gentleman, on behalf of the defendant, pointed out to the magistrate a standing order of the House of Commons, requiring that notices of contemplated improvements should be posted on the doors of the parish church. Mr. BOND said, that the order did not apply to this case, as Westminster Abbey was not the parish church. It was extra-parochial. A gentleman, who represented the Dean and Chapter, said they were not desirous of pressing this case, but, if it were repeated, they must do so. He could not refrain from ex pressing his opinion, however, that it was very improper to select a Sunday as the day to affix these notices, and more especially the time in which divine service was being per formed. Mr. BOND concurred ; and, having cautioned the defendant against a repetition of the offence, discharged him. NEW RAILWAY SCHEMES. The London Gazette of last evening contains notices o applications to Parliament in the ensuing session for Bills authorising the construction of the following Railways : Chester and Birkenhead—to widen and enlarge, and lay down additional lines of rails, and to make four branches. North British—twelve branches and one extension. To authorise Lord Francis Egerton to make a railway from the top-locks of the Bridgewater-canal, to join the Grand Junction, with a branch. , Line from Exeter, to join the Southampton and Dorchester at Fordington-field, with two branches. To amend the Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal Act. Line from the London and Brighton at Redstone-hill to Dorking. Line from the Brighton and Chichester, at the Woodgate station, to Bognor. Junction between the London and Brighton and the South- Western lines. Line from the Brighton and Chichester to Littlehampton. Line from the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, at Southerham corner to Seaford, with one branch. Line from Hailsham and Folkington, or one of them, by a junction with the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings, to East bourne, and Southbourne, or one of them. Blackburn and Preston=to amend the Act and make two branches. Line from the Eastern Union at Bentley, to Clay Wall Farm, Hadleigh. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle. Junction between the Lancaster and Carlisle, and the Fur- ness lines. Junction between' the London and Birmingham, and the Bedford and London, and Birmingham lines. Sale of the Aylesbury to the London and Birmingham Railway Company. Line from the Lynn aid Ely to Boston, with two branches. London, Hounslow, and Western—lino from Falconbridge to Staines, with a branch. Windsor, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric. Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales. Thames Haven Dock and Railway—to amend the Act. -Launceston and South Devon—to re-introduce Bill. SouthrDevon—to re-introduce Bill, giving extension of powers, and to make a branch to Tavistock. Guildford Junction—to re-introduce Bill, authorising sale of line, &c. South Devon--five branches, abandonment of parts of line, and substitutions in lieu. Junction between the London and Birmingham, and the London and Birmingham and Dunstable branch line. Great North of England and Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Junction. Line from either the East Lancashire or the Leeds and Bradford to Adlingham, with three branches. North Metropolitan Junction—line from between the London and Birmingham at Chalk-farm, to the Eastern Counties, at Stratford-le-Bow. Line from the London and Birmingham, at Weedon to Kid • derminster, with a branch from Middletown to the Barnet green station of the Birmingham and Gloucester. Bradford and Cambridge Extension. Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern, and to attend the Leeds and Bradford, the Leeds and Thirsk, the Church Fenton and Harrogate, and other railway Acts. Boston, Grantham, and Midland Counties Junction. Grand Junction—to amend the Act and make a line from Havton to Warrington. Hull, Sheffield, and Midland Direct. Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Shrewsbury to Stafford). East= Counties, Barking, and Manua Jun" ion. WORSHIP-STREET. On Monday a young man named William Beak, described as a professional singer, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having forcibe administered a certain white powder, supposed to be poison, to a little girl only eleven years of age, named Jane Eastman, the daughter of an undertaker in Somerset-place, East-road, Hoxton. The complainant, a pretty and intelligent child, who gave her evidence with remarkable clearness and fluency, stated, that while passing down Peerless-row, City-road, at a quarter past eight o'clock on Friday evening she was accosted by the prisoner, of whom she had some slight previous knowledge, and who, saying that he was going to see his brother, asked her to accompany hint a short distance, promising, if she did so, to give her a mince pie. After walking a few yards in his company, she told hint that she had been sent on a message by her mother, and that she could not proceed any fnrther, upon which the prisoner threw his arm round her /neck, and partly carried and partly dragged her nearly half the length of the street. She struggled violently to extricate herself, aad the prisoner at length set her down. but had no sooner done so than h e seized her by the throat, and compressing it violently with his fingers, compelled her to open her mouth, when he instantly pulled from his pocket a small packet con taining some white powder, which he forced into her mouth, and the greater portion of which she involuntarily swallowed, on seeing which the prisoner took to his heels and escaped. During the whole of the time she was being forced along and the powder was being thrust into her mouth, she screamed loudly for assistance, and her cries ultimately attracted the notice of a lady who was passing, and who kindly assisted her to the house of her parents. The witness added, that the mo ment she had swallowed the,powder she felt a burning sensa tion in her throat and stomach, from which she endured the most excruciating pain, and that since then she had been con fined at home under the care-of a surgeon. In:cross-examination by Mr. Heritage, who attended for the prisoner, the witness positively persisted in her identifica tion of the latter as the man who bad assailed her in the manner described, and stated that she had seen him only on two previous occasions, the first of which was ox her calling at a shop he kept abo u t t en months before for some sweet meats, and the second fi ve mon th s since, when he called with his wife to look at some apartments to be let in the house of her parents. The mother of the complainant: stated, that about nine o'clock on the evening in question her daughter returned home in a state of great alarm and agitation, and observing that her eyes and face were much swollen and her throat discoloured, she questioned her as to what had happened, when she immediately communicated to her the particulars she had already giv en in evidence, and described her as sailant as the man wh o h a d ca ll e d some time before to look at the vacant rooms. The child appeared to be in agonizing pain, and complained. that her inside was swollen and scorched, on which the witness took her to the house of Mr. 'Young, a surgeon in the East-road, who at ',once pro nounced it as his opinion that she was suffering front the effects of poison, and administered two powerful emetics at short intervals to remove the contents of the stomach, which now remained in his possession) The surgeon directed the child to be instantly taken home and placed in bed, which having been done, she continued in a state of partial delirium and acute suffering the whole of the night, and had not yet entirely recovered from the effects of the treatment she had received. Mr. Arthur Hayes, assistant to Mr. Young, proved that on the complainant being brought to his employer's house she manifested all the appearances a person labouring under the effects of an active poison would exhibit, and that Mr. auk:, who had since subjected a portion of the contents of tho stonwh to chemical agents, had detected the existence : t t. i i .. o l l l : l : r t id o p h o a i v so e n m of ore the analysis. potimweerfaulllodwes:drihpitmiont,o b e u n t a t b h l a e t h h i e m w t a o s e li tA ';GuGirrox said that it was very essential for the cjustice that the chemical examination should be per formed with extreme care, and, as Mr. Young's other profes sional en L - tagetnent s might disable him from paying that at tention to the Analysation that was imperative, the rejected -house on Saturday been forwarded to !Ile station s mu. ‘t 1.;!A carefully preserved, and submitted to Dr. havingeec n o ns pi contents . t. Leeson, the ettemicr.7. l lecturer at St. Thomas's Hospital. with the complainant evening, togeti ter with a descrip Sergeant B. Hannan std that in o f i o l r o m f a th ti e o p n r o is f o t n h e e r o ,s cc p u e r rs re o n n c a e l appearance, he proceeded in company to a public-hot tse in Holborn, where he I.;.‘d ascertained that the prisoner w, is engaged as a singer, and, on going up stairs to a concert-rot nit, in which there were about thirty persons assembled, the little girl immediately, and without the slightest hesitat ion, pointed out the prisoner, who was seated amongst the cos ppany, as the perm; wb.o 44 committed the G, 1 4 1'0',V MBE It 11, I 4 offence. The witness accordingly called him out of the room, and having apprised him of the nature of the charge against him, the prisoner expressed the utmost surprise, and declared that he could prova that he was a considerable distance off at the time the transaction was alleged to have taken place. The prisoner, through his solicitor, denied most positively that there were any grounds for the charge. Evidence was then gone into for the purpose of proving an alibi, ich Mr. BROUGHTON considered to have entirely failed. The prisoner was ultimately held to bail in two sureties of 100/. each, to appear in a week to answer the charge against him. TOWN HALL, WINDSOR: MONDAY. THE LATE ELECTIONEERING RIOT.—At the conclusion of the routine business before the sitting magistrates (Thomas Clarke, Esq., mayor, and Robert Blunt, Esq.,), the following conversation took place on the subject of the military dis turbance, which occurred in the town on Saturday evening, between the bench and an elector of the borough. Elector—May I ask, Mr. Mayor, if any attempts were made, on the part of the police of the town, to take into cus tody any of the soldiers who were guilty of committing the most flagrant assaults on the inhabitants on Saturday even ing? The MAYOR—I believe not; but I was not there. Elector—Are you not aware whether the police were ordered to act or not ? The MAYOR—As I was: not :present, at the time, I really cannot say.. . _ _ Mr. Ddrvill (a member of the town council, who happened to be present) observed, that if the soldiers bad not • been there, there would have been no disturbance. Mr. Blunt—lt is certainly a great pity the soldiers were out of barracks. Elector—Do You intend, Mr. Mayor, as the chief magis trate, to forwaid any complaint to the Horse Guards on the subject of the conduct of the soldiery ? Mr. Blunt—l don't think, Mr. Mayor, you ought to an swer that question. The MAYOR—If any complaint is made by the inhabitants t) the authorities, it will be attended to. Mr. Blunt said the police acted very well in the business. Mr. Darvill repeated if the soldiers had not been there, no disturbance would have occurred. They ought to have been kept in the barracks. Mr. Blunt—We have nothing to do with that. (To the elector)—Were you there ? Elector—No, certainly not. • Mr. Blunt—Then you arenot competent to give an opinion. Elector—l can only say, sir, that everybody who had a regard for life and limb was glad to get home safe. Mr. Blunt here remarked that he was present during same part of the disturbance in High-street and Peascod-street, and that he saw a soldier knock down a man near Mr. Adam's, the butcher, near the market. Mr. Blunt further observed that, seeing this occurrence, he went up to the sol dier, and said to him, " My good fellow, what are you doing? You are doing great harm to the colonel's cause, I assure you ; pray go home." Elector—But did you not give him into custody? Mr. Blunt—Oh, no ; I was surrounded by the mob. Mr. Blunt then observed that he had been to the barracks to intimate if the military were required they should be in readiness. The MAYOR, after observing that it had been rumoured another row was expected to take place last night, and that he had in consequence of the report remained in the town till past ten o'clock, the conversation dropped. Ananannassanteasionsenneirranites, tided by a majority, against th e Pre t aler'a prne", c :s o that the ports should not be opened for the traPe;o; tion of foreign corn (i.e., general grain crops), that rice and Indian corn s h ou ld be admitted a t ° ° ,7,l y , nal duties. With respect to Chusan—you WSY upon it that Sir Robe r t w a s l e ft in a minority ; 800 that the policy to be pursu e d henceforward as to Frailty, was decided upon against his views, and that t he y pation of that portion of the Celestial Empire win o f ceded. Sir Robert Peel is in a very delicate state, , health, and looks worn and haggard beyond This is the first time he has ever had an attack of g 011,% and it is not concealed amongst his adher ents-4 ; place-hunt frs—that it has been brought on bY %% e el siness of mind, and the 'pressure from without,' a Der' at home aqd abroad. His situation, politically an'. r• at . sonally, is precarious and forlorn ; for he has left hl Kayeself without a political supporter upon principle, private friend from feeling. What might he not been ? What is he ? A Minister despised and serted !" The paltry spite, towards the conclusion of the P r ; graph, against Sir Robert Peel, is so Rernyish —On fi ii so offeneisely of the shop—is so vulgar and so tin , 518 : 0 . —that it would excite a doubt in our minds as to tne z er tire statement, if there were not indications from ntu to quarters which satiafy us that there is something.rcied, in the state of Denmark. We do not think, inu.ne that Chusan has anything to do with the matter, ;";e, with regard to the peddling about Indian corn an d excluding the higher grains, we look upon this rate and minute information as mere rubbish. The .„,. Terence—if such there should be, as we believe there is did no.; turn upon any huxtering point of the k ind ,!, on this broad one—namely, whether the ports sh ow " open to every kind of bread stuffs or not. bi' We say, we believe there are difficulties in the ' 4 4 , net, not upon the apocryphal and tainted authority ',ro fore lls, but on the plain and undeniable fact, that tb' ir have been four meetings of the Cabinet within a 've st —a thing, we believe, almost unprecedented — a nd t p r no action has resulted. It is evident, that if the qu - te tion, as we suppose it to be, had reference chiefl),.. re the menaced famine, Ministers would have acted be l ' r ° , this time, if serious differences had not taken P e a They would have directed the ports to be opened 14, 03 , order in Council—or issued a proclamation for thetibet mediate assembling of Parliament. We do not say ye . freeeither would be from embarrassment and i ne°/ bas nience —but the pressure is. we hold it, irresistibl e • re , course or the other must be adopted, if not by tie P sent Cabinet, by its successors. MINERAL SURVEY OF CAINTA P The report on a Geological Survey of Canada , P e re r: sented to the House of Assembly last session, at i ",,ipi dered to be printed, is now published, and 0011 ' matter o much eneral i. The Limestone g nterest formation, says the report, extend:solll least 30,000 square miles of the surface of the prn,Y„%.ll la It abounds in excellent materials, and its quai' f l many places is sufficiently hard to take a fine polish , T• yield a good marble. ach But in this vast district, we regret to say, the se ;rr for coal will not be successful. T a ki ng into consiuebe,l tion the extremely m o d era t e dip an d the undist il „ r w al condition of the strata o f li mes t one , an d the ge" - t be even geographical surface of the country, and a 15° ,0. depth of the strata below th e p o i n t at w hi c h coal fe r 'i o r tions are found, we are not warranted reasonably %Ito ticipate the finding of any coal between the top of Huron and Quebec. „is B wine. _ut of iron the quantity found in the 10°‘ 1,1 0 likely to prove very considerable. Consicleri n g o valuable deposits of this mi n er a l a l re ady kottioli Marmora, Madoc, Bedford, Hull, &e., and the de";; of tho magnet over regions of great extent, U, ; ; c loss unreasonable to hope that a diligent seach may w e $O l provincial beds of equal consequence as those 0 ' York State. The deposit of gypsiferious shale, so valuab _ its gypsurit salt, hydraulic lime, occupies nee„ r „ ti e that neck of land which separat e s Lake Cull from Lake Erie, skirts the shore of the forraery o rlf• through Niagara county, passes by Cayuge9 A t ats and Paris, near Galt, on the Grand River, ae's northward towards Cabot's Head, on Lake Baron' ye ti thickness of this depsit is estimated at three h illi s beri feet. About three and a half miles below Caytig s4 11 01 is a hard solid bed of water lime, thirty feet thick' s, a/: gypsum, it appears, is deposited in detached inee se o o most invariably assuming more or l ess of a c- lael shape. Adjacent to the gypsum, and indeed tome m en intermixed with it, are vast quantities of water 'O l The beds worked in York and Paris are extensict produce excellent gypsum. Thi s p ar t o f Call a ," ,o°, l are informed, extending from Galt to Cayuga, - soi" fail iu time, from the mineral contents of the s-,,-b pro. to become one of the most valuable parts of th e vince. • f t he ,de An interesting discovery has been made 0 6 existence of lithographic stone at Rama on. q 4 Simcoe. It is of the best quality, and the supply large, which is the more satisfactory, inasmuch 0 , 6 11° stone is only to be found in one other plac e ,•iberi ° world—Solenhofen on the D anu b e — an d has Pl" commanded a monopoly price. 4 , 0 0 011 Mr. Murray, au assistant to M r . Logan, the or itlgs veyor, speaks in his report of a re m a rkable s r e vo; near Beamsville, which is fr o z en over in the a it, mer months, but never in w i n t er . " I vislif he says, " on the 11th of September, when tov, d oo) ther was warm and sultry, and can bear teelht7ool' that it was frozen over then, although the tl ithr e. ,,, phere was at eighty degrees within the distance for yards from its issue. It is concealed and p r otecteu fg ali 4 the solar rays by great masses of rock that hav e ,. 10 1 down at the place. I hav e not ye t seen i t i n 1% 40° 10 can credit the report given of it, as similar springs, described by Mr. Murchison as existing in Res% - ;t0; some red gypsiferous rocks of that country, but 1 1 ° " Do o , , factory solution has yet been given of the phenoolet ti We sincerely rejoice that Parliament has s e , 11 0 survey on foot, because it roust speedily disclose, 0 general mineral wealth with which the prosill blessed.—Montreal Gazette. ! g [ADVERTISEMENT]. —A WONDE RF UL p - V i ot t i TION OF LIFE B Y H OLLOWAY ' S O INTMENT AND ..ofr Hugh M'Donald, L o t 55, i n Ki ng ' s C ounty, P r iecl . Island, made a publi c d ec l arat i on b e f ore Joseph C0T"'01) Justice of P eace a t B ay F ortune , September 3d,tonal effect that the greater part of his nose and roof of hltd were eaten away, besid es u l cerous sores i n h i s face 5-bial which, from their nature, must shortly have deprived p oel: life, and that he has been restored from the pitiable an d Oie t , able state he was in by th e use o f Holloway's Pills awn le d , meat, and this aft er a ll ot h er me di cal treatment had,r,iblts" Sold by all dru gg i s t s , an d at P rofessor Holloway's P*-- ment, 244, Strand, London. INCOME. TAX.—As appeals under the Inc° l l;rti ss , will shortly take place again throughout the count'," " 01 0 1 ;'/ who have ground of appeal, and intend to go before °v oi l e sinners for that p ur p ose , s h ou ld b e prepared with a stator 0 of their ann ua l i ncome , ot h erw i se their appeals "nolos-0 heard. As many appellant s h ave hi t h er t o b een dissPr wi ll for want of being p rov id e d w ith a statement, the,' - well to be armed now. 6tef ttS INCENDIARY FIRE.—We regret to state, ths - 00 caused by an incendiary or incendiaries, took plac,c ioe is premises of M r . R. L eamon , o f Whi twe ll , at one t:) Wednesday morning last. Early as it was, the people o _ o pi' s ' in great numbers ; and by th e i r exert i ons, t h e fire ",/, vented from extending to very val ua bl e a dj o i n ing PI - o rf We hope the incendiary will be discovered. -- Chronicle. 1 0 , ° st 1 ACCIDENT TO ISIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRIr C S , ( IO , POLO or Ssra-Coauito.—Sir John Cope's pack of foxhoti"B Ig o yesterday morning at Cumberland-lodge, in Windsor Or e : at the especial desire of his Royal Highness Prince Al b !,, r d . CP; field, which was exceedingly numerous, included the Fr A '"wee l .dh sort, the Duke Ferdinand, and the Princes Augustus a n Wee i re of Saxe Coburg, who were attended by Major-Genera, lota Mr. G. E. Anson, and several other members of the fOlf i c i i . hold. A fine fox was unkennelled at Cranbourne, 00 0 or about half an hour's cover hunting, broke into the open• e t, Ai and was killed, after a sharp ru n , a t F y fi e ld . P r i n ce Alb e u - ler his illustrious relatives, and s o me o f th ose i n the rol e Cisf, the field before the hunt h a d conc l u d e d , an d procee d e d ' to luncheon at two o'clock. The brush was secured IV 01", - d , bury, who was the first up at th e fi n i s h . A t th e reo o4g olo o. o Anson, the " fox-hunter's trophy" was given up by 1 " 0 1 V sfil Mr. Anson expressing his wish t o p resent i t to t h e Princemopstr as a birthday present. The horse ridden by Panel Saxe-Coburg started off shortly after the Prince had 0 04 „ r ilf land-lodge, and running a ga i ns t a tree (the branches ce contact with his Serene Hi g h ness ' s f orehead, which W s 01 01 0 1 cut) threw its rider, but fortunately without the Prince 1., 7010110, any serious injury. His Serene Highness immediatelf jo in' or to Cumberland lodge, and was s h ort l y afterwards suO c d covered to mount another o f P r i nce Alb ert ' s h un tors d royal relatives in the field. 1 11' o f MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.—ERECTI O, OOO ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OVER THE WHOLE EXTENT OF 016 , COO t olf We are happy to state that the Directors of the Midis"; fog Railway have determined on establishing the electric Sel e g ee )l ,ol the whole extent of railway under their superinten d :lol 511 1 r lamentable accidents that have occurred upon these and induced the board to take the subject into serious con!, e g o with the view, if possibl e , o f g i v i ng t h e pu b lic i nc rease" oh ' ,O The , tion, and of facilitatin g th e b us i ness o f the company,,,, SP - Of dr extent of railway is 180 mil es , an d t h e cost o f the Se' 4 4/f 0 amount to the large sum of from 30,0001. to 40,0001. sp ers l : o quite sure that it will be money judiciously and' proPer l Y 01 and that the Directors, the Company, and the pub lic ' „ isfg e t iof abundant reason to rejoice at the sa ti s f ac t ory res ult of % as h l e expenditure. An electric telegr a ph was erec ted thr Cross tunnel some time ago, and we believe the manag, e ,t , oltd .- ceed to extend it over th e en ti re l engt h o f t h e li n es Ws"' ,h 8 —Derby Reporter. P io - . We understand that Joseph Eaton, -D S VOOO/,• gentleman who ha s ma d e th e mun ifi cent o ffer of . ,,..' o , sp itsAt wards the enlargement of the Bristol General P Bristol Mercury, Ti ll ' BIRTHS art " - yfAlter On the Bth inst., a t B arrosa-place, Chelsea, ....-' DP I ° of sor, / 01111 On the 7th inst., at Vine Ho use , Old B romp t o n, Mil• pill elyn, of a son. (1% 40 On the 15th of Sept em b er, a t C alcutta, the la dy of of burner, Esq., of a daughter. burl' niotoil -i t' On the Ist inst„ Mrs. Thomas Mayhew, of u _ r otor daughter, who survived only a few hjdrs. v.n . Di" ,0 On the 3d Inst., the lady of c ,,Oarle3 fiturgeop, ..--- -p; law, of a son. 02 .1 c, 0 On the Bth hilt., lit Westboume-terrace, Hyde-1 5 -- . T. Fatti3otter, Esq., of a son. -.1 MARRIED. C iv On Thursday, Nov. 6, at Gretna-green, Captain C . r' ibbe jol o Ilth Hussars, to Lady Adela Villiers. at S t '• ott e On the 7th of June, at Adelaide, South Australia. _,„„on. , ' ,OP Church, Janies, second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Ilenatovven'.. the Itoyal Engineers, to Annie, third daughter of C1 D . L ............. .„.." Esq., Sheriff of the province o f S ou th A ustra li a . A OP DIED. in 41 104 ~;,oft, On the 3,1 inst., at London, William C. C. - r SP' .al I Gartmore. Bath , 3111 ifA r- On the 7th inst., at her residence, South Parade, „ f cle--. ... eldest daughter of the late John Wreford, yeoman , v ~ iss Devon. On the 26th ult., at St. ♦.lban's House,4oPb' Mari' 4 '•. .41 1 Byde, • i 35,.. wife of Henry Fawcett, Esq. tot : On the 28th ult., at Cilrldw, Pembrokeshire, La nce ..,..,. •f. r. Allen, Esq., aged 71. ...Ater , g ' .... .6 On the sth inst at St. Petershcir I - lace, Hay.— ie ., g 1 p iv 3?• Rienbeau, aged 67. Troll. e t . Captain the g On the 7th lust., in Windsor-barracks, Captain „rds, g Henry Leicester, of the Ist Regiment of Grenadier au— THAMES. Isabella 3P Lean ' a Highland woman, was on Mond a y brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with the following ex traordinary conduct. Whilst in the dock she vainly endea voured to check the laughter which shook her sides through out the whole inquiry. Edward Yates Denton, proprietor of the Dundee Arms public. house, Wapping-street, St. George-in-the-East, stated that the prisoner was his servant. On Saturday afternoon his sister desired her to prepare the tray for a gentleman who was in the habit of dining at the house, but though the di rections were repeated three or four times she never moved. Complainant, who witnessed her conduct, took her by the arm, and asked her why she behaved in that manner, but she onlv laughed in his face. Mr. 131wpm - tn.—Why she is laughing now, and has been ever since she came into the Court. This observation only increased the mirth of the prisoner, who laughed till the tears ran down her cheeks. The prosecutor proceeded to state that since the very ex travagant manner in which the prisoner conducted herself, he sent his boy for the woman by whom she had been re commended, and before he was aware of what she was about, she ran to the engine, and opening several of the taps, rum, gin, brandy, &c., began to flow away. He stopped them at once, but she soon seized another opportunity and set them flowing again. He then, seeing his property so wan t on ly d es t ro y e d, thought it Ile, time to send for a constable, but even then she made another attempt to set the liquor afloat, and kept laughing all the time. More than this, she attacked the customers at the bar. One man came in for half a pint of beer, and as he was drinking it she hit the vessel on the bot tom and cut. his mouth. To another man who had a pot of half-and-half, she cried out, " What do you want here? 'We are all drunk here." And in proof of the assertion she turned the pot of beer upside down. Mr. BRODERIP—Was she drunk? Complainant—l don't know, Sir. She has no opportunity of getting spirits at my place. Mr. Bnonnuir —What did she say for cutting the man's mouth and spilling the beer ?—She only laughed, your Wor ship, as she does now. The loss sustained by her operations on the engine was not more than a few shillings. Gilbert, 245 K, the constable who took her into custody, said that when he came he found the landlord trying to keep her from the taps. ➢lr. BRODERIP—Was she intoxicated? Constable—She smelled very strong of spirits. your Worship. I advised her to quit Vic place, but she tried to get at the counter, and when I prevented her she struck at me, kicked me violently, and endeavoured to bite me, but she laughed still. Mr. BRODERIP (to the prisoner)-1 5 hat have you to say to this conduct ? The:prisoner, after a strong effort to check her laughing propensity, said she was sorry for it. • Mr. BRODERIP—Your lips express sorrow, but your de meanour exhibits the contrary, and my experience here has taught me that female servants imagine that they can do anything with impunity. Unfortunately too much lenity has been extended to them ; and, presuming upon this you, after destroying the order of a peaceable family, when the nuisance is about tobe abated, attack the officer, kick at him, and bite at him whilst in the execution of his duty. I wish it may be publicly noticed that I will not countenance female servants in the supposition that they can do what they please. You seem to think it a matter of mirth, for you have been laughing the whole time you have been in the dock. but I'll change your tone. You shall pay for the da mage you have done to your master's property, and for the assault on the constable ; I shall send you to prison for three weeks. The worthy Magistrate miscalculated his power. He did not change her tone, for she laughed as she left the dock ; laughed in the gaoler's room, laughed in the cell, laughed in Gaelic with another Highland dame, who was allowed to see her before going to prison, and laughed loudest and longest on entering the prison van. HAmmErtsmlTH. Yesterday John Leyden, a man having the appearance of an engineer, who has been in custody since the 12th of October last, was brought up before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting magis trate, for final examination, on a charge of having attempted to murder Frances Wheeler, a woman with whom he had been cohabiting. Frances Wheeler, who was not a voluntary witness, but attended on a summons, deposed that she was the wife of George Wheeler, and lived at No. 2, Oakum -street, Chelsea. She had been parted from her husband for eight years, and had been living with the prisoner for nearly the last seven years. Eight or nine weeks back they had a quarrel, and witness left the prisoner, but used to go to him for money to support the three children she had had by him. On the night of Saturday, the 11th of October last, after witness had received some money from the prisoner, she went home with a man of the name of Langston, and while talking to him in the presence of his (Langston's) daughter and son-in law, the prisoner came i n and ordered witness out of the house. Witness refused to go, and the prisoner left the house. Soon after Langston's daughter and her husband left the house, witness remaining. Langston wee drunk and went to bed. Witness's child, eight months old, that witness had with her, she put into the same bed. Witness then sat herself on the bed, and about two o'clock on the Sunday morn .ing the prisoner came to the window, and asked witness again to come out. Witness again refused, and the prisoner said, " If you don't come out I'll make you." Witness locked and prevented him coming in at the door, and he then broke in and forced himself through the window and struck witness a violent blow with his fist in the face. Witness en deavoured to get away from him and fell over a chair. Di rectly witness got up the prisoner struck her three or four blows, and she tken fell against a carpenter's bench and hurt herribs. The prisoner then went away. Witnessfound that she was 'viable to walk, and a police-constable afterwards came and took witness to St. George's Hospital, where she remained until Wednesday. the 29th ult. Witness is still an out-patient of St. George'spospital. . . Mr. Nichols (the clerk) informed the Magistrate that the witness could have told a great deal more had she chosen, but she was a most unwilling witness. George Langston deposed, that he lived in a cottage in Holmes's brickfield, Gloucester-road, Kensington. On the night of Saturday, the 11th of October, the witness Frances Wheeler went to witness's cottage to spend a few hours with witness's daughter and her husband. Between one and two o'clock in the morning witness was tired and a little the worse for liquor, and went to bed, leaving Mrs. Wheeler and wit ness's daughter and her husband in the next room. Shortly afterwards witness was awoke by hearing the prisoner's voice. Witness got up and ordered them all out of the house. When they appeared quiet witness went to bed again. Some time after that witness heard another voice, and, on raising himself up in bed, saw the prisoner upon Frances Wheeler, who was upon the ground, and he then saw the prisoner stamp upon the lower part of her person, and strike her.with his fists a number of times. Witness then jumped out of bed and seized a pistol, and said to the prisoner, " Leyden ' if you don't get off my premises I'll bl ow your brains out." The prisoner than ceased ill-using her, and witness again returned to his bed. Between 6 and 7 o'clock the next morning witness was called up, and then found Frances Wheeler lying on the ground by the car penter's bench. Witness then went in search of the prisoner, and found him at the Ceach and Horses public-house, Ken sington, and said to him, "Do you know what you have done ? You have been guilty of housebreaking and murder ;" to which the prisoner replied, " You old fool, I'll serve you the same." Witness then procured a cab, and, with the as sistance of a policeman, conveyed the injured woman to St. George's Hospital. By Mr. CLIVE—While the prisoner was striking Frances Wheeler he said, " You old fool, I'll murder you ;" and he dragged her along the floor and kicked her violently. Henry Trumpfield deposed, that he lived at No. 1, Angus tus-conrt, Lawrence-street, Chelsea. On the morning in question he went to Langston's cottage, and there saw Frances Wheeler lying in the corner of the porch by a carpenter's bench. l'he prisoner was there, and said to witness, "Come in and look at her." The prisoner then took Frances Wheeler by the hair of her head, and flung her over a block 10 incises high, and then kicked her violently. She was at that time insensible, and the prisoner declared he "meant nothing but murder." Mr. A. Johnson deposed that he was house-surgeon of St. George's Hospital. On the morning of Sunday, the 12th tilt , Frances Wheeler was brought to that hospital. She had most severe bruises and contusions, principally over the fore part of the head, the face, chest, trunk, and legs. She also had fractures of the Bth and 9th ribs on her right side. She was at that time sensible. but in a state of great exhaustion. She remained in very imminent danger for many days. She was made an out-patient on the 29th ult. The bruises ap peared to have arisen from severe kicks and blows. Policeman Henry Tells, B 69, deposed that on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 12, about half-past 10 o'clock, he was fetched to the witness Langston's house. On going he found Frances Wheeler lying on a bed covered with blood. She said her ribs were broken. Witness took her to St. George's Hospital in a cab. On witness's return he found the prisoner in custody. Policeman Amos, T 157, deposed that on Sunday, Oct. 12, from information he received he took the prisoner into custody. Witness told him that he took him for a most murderous assault upon Frances Wheeler, to which the pri soner replied, " I wish I had broken her head." . . The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was very sorry for what he had done, but he had received great pro vocation. He was sorry as soon as he was right in his mind. Mr. Cuvt; said it was his duty to commit the prisoner for trial on the capital charge, and as he considered it a case in which the Government should prosecute, he should write to the Secretary of State for the Home Department to that effect. The prisoner applied to be admitted to bail. Mr. CLIVE said he was aware he had the power to admit him to bail, but he did not feel disposed to do so. The prisoner was accordingly committed to Newgate. DUNDONALD, Nov. 3.—Harvesting can only be said to have new been completed here. On Saturday the last of the outsanding grain was secured in the barn yards. Many acres of potatoes still remain to be dug up, and in many cases the farmers hesitate whether to raise them or not. The disease amongst them was at first believed to be only partia l, but time has s h own it t o h ave b een t oo gen eral and extensive in its ravages. With ono or two exceptions, there is not a farmer amongst us but has already lost one third of the crop; some have lost the half, with the prospect of the remainder soon following the others ; and in some cases the crop is entirely gone. It is astonishing to witness not only the humble cottager, but the wealthy and intelli gent agriculturist, following the very reprehensible practice of feeding their cattl e upon t h e d isease d p o t a toes. Some give them raw, others boil them ; and, though we have heard of no injurious effects following their use, yet there cannot be a doubt that the continued use of unwholesome food— however slightly it may be diseased—must, sooner, or later,. injure the g enera l h ea l t h o f th e an i ma l, deteriorate the lecre tions—.milk, for example—and ultimately generate disease and death. --Ayr Observer. EXTRAORDINARY CATCH OF FISH.—On Thursday morning a l a rg e quan tity o f fine bass, the fish weighing from 7 to 8 lbs. each, were brought into Plymouth, and landed at the Barbican, by some Cornish fishermen, who bad caught upwards of two tons weight, in Mount's Bay, on the pre ceding night. Most of the fish were packed in baskets, and sent by coach to the Bristol, Bath, and London markets. The bass, which is very similar to a salmon, is considered a good fish.— Penzance Gazette. The Indian mail just arrived brings the intelli gence from Bombay that Brigadier General Hughes, C. 8., commanding the northern division of the Bombay army, ob tains a colonelcy by the de mise, at Edinburgh, of Major- General Mayne, 0.13., colonel of the 26th regime n t nat i ve infantry. Gen. Hughes is married to the youngest daughter of John Taylor Gordon, Esq., Mp g formerly of Caledonia place, Clifton, and so well known in this city as Dr. Taylor, and to whom plate was presented from H.R.H. th e D uchess of Kent and others, styling him the " Poor man's friend."... Bristol lifer cury. FRENCH COMMERCE. The usual analysis of French commerce has recently been published by the Customs Department, giving the results of the year 1844. In reading this analysis it is always necessary to bear in mind the signification of the words "general" and " special." With respect to importation "general commerce" includes every article imported, without regard to its origin or destination, while "special commerce" only includes arti cles entered for consumption in the kingdom. With respect to exportation, " general commerce" includes all exported articles without regard to origin; while "special commerce" includes solely goods produced at home, and those that have been naturalized by the payment of import duties. The general commerce of France during the year 1844 has amounted to 2,340,000,000 f., exceeding that of 1843 by 161,000,000 f. or 7 per cent., and exceeding the average of the five preceding years by 248,000,000 f., or 12 per cent. The increase is much more on exportation than on importa tion. The foreign produce entered for French consumption amounts to 867,000,000 f., showing an increase of 3 and 11 per cent. on a comparison with 1843 and the five years' average. The French produce exported abroad amounts to 790,000,000 f., presenting on the two comparisons an increase of 15 and 14 per cent. Gmsidering the trade as it is carried on by sea and land, it is found that the commerce by sea amounts to 1,658,000,000 f., and that by land to 682,000,000 f. ; that is to say, the sea commerce is more than two thirds of the whole. Compared with 1843 and the five years' avera4e, this is an increase of 6 and 10 per cent. for the sea commerce, and 12 and 17 for the land. Of the total amount of goods carried by sea (1,658,000,000 E), as much as 764,000,000 f. has been carried in French bottoms, and 894,000,000 f. by foreigners. This gives an increase of 6 and 11 per cent. for the French, and 6 and 9 per cent. for the fo reign flags. The countries with which there has been the most trade are the United States, England, Switzerland, Sar dinian States, German Zollverein, Spain, Algeria, and the co lonies of the Antilles and Bourbon. These countries are set down for 72 per cent. of the total amount of imports and ex ports combined. In 1843 the proportion of these countries was only 69 per cent. Compared with 1843 trade with the United States has increased 12 per cent., with England 4 per cent., with Belgium 15 per cent., with Spain 26 per cent., and with Algeria 46 per ceut. The goods imported into France from England in 1844 show, as compared to 1843, a decrease of 3,000,000 f. to general commerce, and an increase of 5,000,000 f. to special commerce. The United States are set down at 143,000,000 f, of 12 per cent., in the total " ge neral commerce of importation ;" and at 134,000,000 f., or 15 per cent., in the total " special commerce of importation." England gures at 145,000,000 f. for the general, and 91,000,000 f. for the special commerce. The exportations to the United States amount to 161,000,000 f. for the general, and 102,000,000 f. for the special commerce. This is an in crease as compared with 1843, but does not equal 1839 and 1841. The movement with respect to England is analogous. The value of importations in 1843 amounted to 141,000,000 f. and 87,000.000 f., and in 1844 exceeded 143,000,000 f. and 99,000,000 f., these amounts being still inferior to those of the three first years of the five.—Times. FEARFUL COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. WALTIIA3I CROSS, MONDAY Aterestoox.—ln addition to the brief account which has appeared of the serious collision which occurred on Sunday morning last near the Waltham cross station of the Eastern Counties line, the following par ticulars were gleaned this day : From several conversations with parties who were eye witnesses of the occurrence, and others who were called to the spot a few minutes after the accident, it appears that shortly before five o'clock, A.M., a train of luggage waggons drew up in front of the Waltham station, having been some time detained on their journey by the failure of one of the wheels of a goods' truck. When the injury was fully examined, it was discovered that sonic time must elapse necessarily before the damage could be repaired, and there being no means of removing the heavily-laden waggons from the up line of rails, and the mail-train being nearly due, it was considered necessary to send down the fine one of the servants of the Company, to telegraph the engine driver by means of a red signal light. To this precaution, however, no attention appears to have been paid by Young, the driver, inasmuch as the train rushed forward with speed, and ran into the luggage-waggons with fearful violence. The consequences were tearful. The engine Young was driving (a new locomotive of great power), which had only been sent for the purposes of the line two days. was doubled up, and the funnel, fire-box, and woodwork literally torn to pieces, while the pistons and minor machinery connected with the driving wheels were wrenched from their rivets, and the iron axles of the wheels were bent considerably. One of the second-class carriages, fortunately an empty one, was hurled from the line, and it now lies a wreck near a ditch by the side of the line. Another carriage, in which were seated Captain Lawrence, R.N., and Mr. Fisher, a drover, from Norfolk, was broken up, and unfortunately both of these passengers wero injured. The engine•driver and stoker were hurled from the engine, but falling into the water and soft mud of the ditch, they escaped uninjured. A truck, filled with sheep and lambs, was also smashed and partially set on tire, and not less than twenty of the animals were killed, and others of them so injured, that it was found necessary soon afterwards to slaughter them. The confusion and alarm which prevailed is described as being fearful, and the vio lence of the shock was so much felt throughout the whole train, that all the passengers were more or less shaken. The rails were torn out of their places by the violence of the shock, and the line was literally strewed with the mangled remains of the sheep and the corn, &c., the contents of the broken luggage-trains. Some little degree of order being restored, the attendants with lights examined the wreck : fortunately no one was found killed by the collision, but the above-named persons were so much injured that they were unable to proceed to town, so they were conveyed to Mr. Wildbore's, of the New Inn, who most hospitably and humanely attended to them, whilst medical assistance by special train was procured from London. Dr. Jarffeson having seen the patients, declared the arm of one to be dislocated, and the other to be severely injured by the violence of the shock. He, however, in neither case ap prekended any seriously alarming consequences. As soon as the confusion had subsided, a dispatch was instantly forwarded to Broxbourne (the depot of the pil o t- eng i ne ) for assistance, and as it is the practice to keep the locomo tives ready there at all hours for immediate service, but little time was lost, the damaged wheel was repaired, and the mail train set forward on its journey to the Shoreditch terminus, all the passengers, except the two previously named, being able to travel the remainieg distance (14k miles). As soon as daylight dawned, a strong body of men set to work by Mr. Kennaird's and other directors' orders, proceeded to clear and repair the rails, but no carriages were allowed to pass along the up-lin..; during the whole of Sunday, the whole of the trains " up" running oa the down-line from Broxbourne. It must be said that every possible attention was paid by the authorities to the sufferers. .:Upon inquiring this afternoon (Monday), it was ascer tained that both the injured parties, though seriously hurt, are in a fair way of recovery. The engine-driver states, by way of justification, that he did not see the signal light ; the guard, however, says he saw it two miles from the station. It is the determination of the Directors to institute a most rigid investigation into the cause of the accident as soon as possible, and if auy blame is found to attach to thei r servants, t. punish them accordingly. POLITICAL GOSSIP IN DUBLIN. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) This journal was the first which noticed the report of serious differences amongst the members of her Ma jesty's Government. We did not say we had the rumour from official quarters—such an assertion would be lu dicrously absurd. We only stated the rumour prevailed in circles likely to be well-informed, and we gave it ac cordingly. From that period (about a month ago) to this, the story has been reproduced in a hundred shapes—some of which we have noticed, as they turned up in print. But, we do not remember that we have seen before such a distinct—may we not say, such an emphatic confirmation of our original statement, as we find in the following paragraph, which we copy from the Evening Mail of last night—the local organ, we should infer, of the Castle, but, as in duty bound, the enemy of her Majesty's general Government. We give the article as we find it, without curtailment : THE UNITED CABINET ! TUE HAPPY FAMILY ! We are enablod, upon authority that has never yet mis led us —or, through us, our rerders—to publish the fol lowing important communication, the authenticity of which is intitled to implicA reliance : " LONDON, WEDNESDAY.— Each recent meeting of the Cabinet has tended to increase the difficulty of union amongst the members, un til t h e scenes now consist of cruninations and recriminations—dissension and differ ence—upon each particular point brought under discus sion, and great bitterness of feeling on all sides in the conduct of the argument. The heads of parties—for the division is of a character so decided as to require leaders —the Duke of Wellington upon the one hand, Sir Robert Peel on the other. On Monday Lord Stanley openly joined the Duke. There never has subsisted a good un derstanding betweAi his Lordship and the Premier. The consequence of this junction is, Sir Robert Peel has been left i n a m i nor ity on two mos t i m p or t an t d ivi sions —the one in reference to the opening of the ports, the other as regards the occupation of Chusan. It was de- ,0? ,- --'-‘ 1 11 ; ..-- - --- London : Printed and Published by MURDO YO ,T - ITO i t h., er e O f Strand, Printer, a t Th e Bust Office, No. 112 Stxand' , V'- , „, of the S avoy , in Um County of KlddlerdSt ~.eldg' • 11. 1846. ALE, t r l a„..%), ,r:mitsclu Tli keta tc? 4 4ei rAr THisn g ,311111,1 likelv!. .....111 1 11111 es e ftSe 4E NItY Illu n t4t e le Men t r i Vat t iZothok th , ...tub.. inter, NAT t reei litti I he )11U 1 %4 4 " (..._ or r e - "UM ) ki. 14 e *terra:eel The th e ,Ileei Ihet; s 74 t4ell Pollej 4. . f 0 pr I l, s l r".. l m ...a 7 4 444:1011.' STA Th e trll lt e ight kettrt nes vr Tilts tt 4t t Itba th 4ll, to tlu i — 4 Del (11,1siol 114°. Nl ° 40 1 Pan y Dito ) , kle n tile ‘ , 10 1 , 0 tp t b til The their Act! 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