The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-02 00:00:00

7: l e l , l . , i 'ves and l as t week's prices are barely supported. poel:eurs prices, viz., ready money—New East Bent w 80j; x tss 7 5s to 140 s; Ne Weald of Karst ditto, 63s to dirt' ditto, 50s to 130.; New Sussex J,a2s to 74 4 ; New IF,rohams, 90s to 147, per cwt. Tr 3:lol7totTGit SPITAtarXEIMS : arriy.ls ot s, coastwise and ezeeltrcl_ .Fa.rriage into Loc;don, since Monday last, have elli tt r eci 5 , 0 00 tins-3,500 tons having been directed ha,e been these markets. From abroad the imports f ro - ,I , eb limited, viz., 111 bsskets, 30 bags, 3 casks, fro I-totter-dam; 5 sacks fr..un Bremen; and 12 baskets ra Amsterdam. Since the Ist of August the imports o'obl en tons less than during the ta ti , upwards of 9,000 43. pericd last year. From that date, to the 23d ult., k i 4t 2 e 6 4( t i ons were Weighed . by the Cty meters. We have lio ns. demand for selected qualities, at extreme quota- LI other kinds a moderate business is doing. Yo r k, Per Ton. Per Ton. Seot:L Q R gents. 70s to 90s Essex Shaws ... 45s to 80sbOs " Regents.. 60s to 75s Kent Regents.... 60s to s B beach & am _ brid Esfsex Regents... 6 , ts to Nei ge ...... 65s to 7T , s War?.. 35s to 45s s 1 .4,4 11 11 .•,.--... 65s to 70s Kentish Red Kid. 2 - ss s t to o — 3os 14 4 . c , • Shaw B.. --a tO - Chats bollaws ...... 45s to 50s OOL. preesßolibtlic sal es o f Co w l mall Wool have been in pro tot "tiring the whole of the past week, aad they aro init:XPected to be brought to a conclusion before the 6th Itt The whole of the Australian qualities have sold at for e . Ta tner , of fully Id per lb, hut some low parcels of Vti t ht n, offered in supplemental catalogues, have been Leolih aw ri. By privat e c•nitract the market is in a ek, t , - n Y state, an d most o f t h e h o ld ers re fuse to s e ll bal e ,,r t , at higher rates. Last week's imports were 86 t lr ; 3 5 bags from Hamburgh, 1 bale from St. Peters -1526(i. 7 bales from Antwerp, 60 ditto from Leghorn, As si ,„T° from Launceston, and 73 packages from Ireland. , - ,7ing that only 2,000 bales of wool will be sold at ell e ti t ; eti ° ll s now gong on, the following will be the a wount of sales for the present year: — Bales. 18,013 21,969 49.562 50,150 20,000 F ebruary asks 4 aY sale; ••• J une and July sales ••• b 'kugust and SeptemLer sales 'resent sales • ••• Total ... 159,694 titit TALLOW. ' Week's import of Tallow was large, viz., 9,593 z B,oo () , l hence t h e s t oc k on hand to-day is upwards of " it lo- The actual quantity now to arrive from eter shtirgh—as the shipping - sea,on is closed—is bay e ft ° l lt 4,000 cas k s . Since Monday last, the deliv , ries ir h!e Oa confined to 1,914 casks; nevertheless, holders dear ; rt levihat firmer, and the finest Y. C. is rather t O l,Te-da P.Y.Y C., on the spot, is quoted at 37s mote Y Per c‘N.t. For forward delivery there is rather ~Q l°g • Town Tallow, 37.: to 37s 3d per cwt net fat, 2s 14 poT Sibs. at,, • ,, e 1 184 b -- . 1547. 1848. 1849. itsao. ' et N I aY , - p i .„, ••.• • •1 23,532 14.106 33,590 44,527 58,602 bA, Y. C 47s Gd 455 Od 44 s 9cl 38s Od to 37s 0,1 Mtto`!l'l4,,.. ~ .• c L to Os Od to Os od to 45s 02 38 5 6.1 to 37. Gd k r , rop, i 'weak • • 2,460 2,817 2,037 2,906 1,914 bi t i:ala 4 4 : i ne 1•• • . 45.855 49,021 52,917 47,247 46,932 b fro% v rQek . 13,082 613 , 3,922 4,202 9,5: 1 3 41 14 4 , " 411 8 1 ... 63,764 55,028 78,974 66,301 79,940 .rovr a •• •• .. 1 4Ts 62 49s 6d 478 6d 403 Od 39s Gd C P rk _ RAN t:F. il. v.......( THIS DAY.) Th -.AN cERY.—(THIS DAY.) , 1 .1111 j-iord Ch ance ll or sa t in the Old Hall, Lincoln's Ilea t 4 : ": ave several dgments. His Lordship also PP g eal motions an ju d appfals. Th. I la.nDwicii v. 1100 PE R ..—JUDGMENT. j ' °lll2l CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this . case,~e la. "tat: before him upt;ri appeal from the decision of to mine ' iee-Chancellur of Et:gland, who having granted 4 ord,7'etiela on the cause, refused to dissolve it. His der ec lulP, after going at some length into the case, ?r -itieet th e judgr a , n t i n th e cou rt below, granting the in -44, to be discharged with costs. L'Peet allowed with costs. .„ 13 <twaoN V. BRINCKMAN.--JUDGMENT. *k 1- " o RDSIIIP also gave judgment in this case, l itae — e in Z the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor Knight tri t 'gad dis m i ss i ng t h e appea l w i t h cos t s . Ai ki , B ,7 I tEwSEILIRY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COM - Pr 4 , l ; v• THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL* Th e 7I " MPANY.—JUDGMENT. e aSe .14 " 13 CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this tliss.yehich came before his Lordship upon motion to el ' e te k au injunction granted before answer by the late St go ., "ancellor of England. His Lordship, after going ititietr. el enc'th into the facts of the case, ordered the in to to tn b be dissolved, at the same time giving liberty ti,,ise,Pisintifis to bring such action as they might be da ots eu, With liberty to apply, the plaintiffs and defen erderrautnwily keeping accounts. The Court made no eons of with respect to costs, and refused to allow the the appeal Th e ZULIIETA. V. TYRIE.—JUDGMENT. t e ase. rr'", lo) UHANCELLOR also gave judgment in his It tesi ti; . " B ease came before his Lordship upon appeal ho l d decisio n o f t h e l ate Vi ce -Ch ance ll o r of Eng 1111)er:ftising to vary an order for the production the „ of tun i.,, e ." Lordship directed a reference to of in the meantime suspended the issuing t," 4- tac " hr oeut 11 4 : 12 ' WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANIES AND BIRMING- Th e P JU NCTION RAILWAY COMPANY V. GATTKE . wer Ulther arguments on this part-heard appea mo the whoZ th en proceeded with, and occupied the Court 41 erning, ROD - COURT.--(THIS DAY.) The 14 RE NORWICH YARN COMPANY. pied the further arguments in this part-heard case occu "a her of s the Rolls the whole morning. — ( `;, -r- '"CHANCERY--(THIS DAY.) ,• , --efore the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRU CE.) Honour heard exceptions and further directions part-heard case of " Cbelton v. Brough," occu lted the Court the greater part of the morning. (Before the Vice - Chancellor ROLFE.) I ' l 6 Honour gave several judgments to-day. BONVKER V. BULL.--JUDGMENT. Honour gave judgment in this case, dismissing nil of the bill, and directing a reference with respect lO incumbruces. FOLLETT V. JEFF RIES.—.7IIDGMENT. L I lia Honour also gav e jud gmen t i n t hi s case , overrul ,4t all the exceptions. • ROGERS V. HALE.—JUDGMENT. 1,1 0 41 t the specific uiso gave judgment in this ease , decree- lease be settled th e hpecific performance of theto by n master, • •Ind dismissing the other part of the bill with gig ° Lue , 3 IACRINNON V. STEWART.—JUDGIFIENT. k . " oll(. ur aiFI co gave judgment in this case, dismis- bill with . I MINAL COURT—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. te n (Before the RECORDER.) Itese "MIL —A young man, named Henry Cotterell, 14 al, rl i be ' l as a bookbinder, was indicted for feloniously It: --n g grand entering the dwelling•house of Radford ' t Pwith Rede „_ , and stealing therein a dress, a portmanteau, •Eli z ',wet' articles value 38s, the property of Mary ....t.tuuth Cottera 1 44 1 4 Prosecutrix was the prisoner's stepmother, but his the pr w4 s dead. On the night of the 7th of November o ds ?, see lltrix's apartments were broken into, and the the mtn4legt!estion stolen therefrom . . The dress was sold Pabli e _ h night. to the landlady of the Coach and Horses . , s 4 ° l ler " t4 lse, in the City, and the following day the pre- Plin y i W aS arrested in Fleet-street with part of the pro The tt h is Possession. dresskkitioner, in his defence, denied having sold the h* j ett't u h ut admitted stealing the other articles, which had -blieh i a ,PrGperty of his late lather, and he therefore Ti;„ -; he had as much right to them as anybody else. %tli - .JavY found the prisoner Guilty, and two previous e olee ctio ns d t ,_ having been proved against him, he was see et be transported for ten years. le tibta lll G AND WOUNDING.—John Cody, aged 17, d_e -4,lectibe,7 as a labourer, and Thomas Smith, aged 17, de; `Zon' o - h tl i s a plasterer, who were on Saturday convicted o 4 11 1 •,;. 8 1 stabbing ' and wounding Edward Batchelder, tteed ie nt to do him some grievous bodily harm, were i tt ,a,t the bar this morning and sentenced—Smith _ t ° 6 esuned for 12 months with hard labour, and Cody jani°uths with bard labour. • /1 ,41 6, 4 1 T hompson, aged 28, described as a labourer, s :it Wuned for unlawfully obtaining by false pretence il t thre°tBProf porter, one can, and a half-pint pot, value a s i reoiuPerty John Moy, with intent to cheat him , ,kr.e'r• •10,.* As ee ew ett prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended the 8 Th . o t z ltud (l e rt tusecutor was the landlord of the Royal p„ the tl , llo Plic-house in the Vauxhall-bridge-road, and - -t l a ° t tl i - ' l2 d November the prisoner presented an order the Prong tu be signed by a Mr. Bugbee, requesting "L 4 ° o cls °4t°l ' to deliver to the bearer eight pots of beer s h tl PPli r- c tl ee with the written request; the beer wa t t - , : ; ti . t . k e4 r: o , t he prisoner, but it afterwards turned out .„ the ve Bugbee, the foreman of the contractor ;Op ° , -, estrninster Improvement Company, who . was I ,‘" b eer e ' by the prosecutor to be the party requiring ; 13 ). , never isSued the order nor had he authorised „ . '°re f3 p - i; t° Si gn it for him, and the prisoner was there "'NlL" into custody on a charge of obtaining goods by 4 ( . a forged request. tal liti v i . P ARRY contened tat the indictment could not be • tit esse ti d e(. ; l ' i nasrauch as the spurious request was ad- Th e e s,' no one. • k r -utteT overruled the objection. _ t hite . e u ghce stated that the order produced was no- Rsei,';ke those he was in the habit of sending. He ere',14,1137 addressed his orders to the prosecutor, and 4 1 4, "kely they would pass through many hands before lieqeached the Royal Standard. The prisoner, he be- The uf-eild neither read nor write. hew, Policeman who arrested the prisoner stated that L'htre;' ; him he was charged with stealing two pots and 41 4 1- , ; 121 g eight pots of beer by means of a forged order.. abe ti P t " 3 °ner said ho was not the man, end knew nothing The ir. 0 14 theIIECORDER thought the evidence failed to make r ead - c a'e• It was clear the prisoner could neither * hil e r r write, and 'orging was quite out of the question; Vari„ e ,nugbee himself had told them that his ordersi tli • -• ''Y Passed through many hands before they reached eir d . 4 estination. tilt t r. n Evarr would rather that the case shouldgo .a t s o . ttc4. l. Y than be stopped here. The ends of public i .ee,.: rrEd it. 4 4` .! ,' kte r r ,•::Aa . ne Raid it was ridiculous to tell him that the It *As -, .° 01 public justice were involved in b this case. It 4 etl l . l °l, ,te elsar thee the pri..oner had a nor t till tit d . andlteehad neither forged:the.' _or tr.,. 1 eta the. , tool of 1 4 ' , 1%„4 t, t. ka*iiiit ti, ha fella. e ... - - : s l 'e 41 . I Thee E •e c ee" / Wita ei.ee'4 summedlupeana - er and ^h© v, as, hi 1 , - , i ttAff, artitid“4l 4l :o 4 tk, g ' .', ... , , tog l ez ',.---- "8 a 279W910 o.t.i, ,: !,",,,-. QI umueb c?dt fr . ,,ilct7vi' ''''' OR. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. NATIONAL CONCERTS. The Berlin chorus appeared aCthese concerts on Saturday for the last time, and in common with every lover of choral music we cannot but express our regret that the further prolongation of their stay was impos ibie. The directors of these concerts have by the engagement of the Berlin choir given an impulse to the cultivation of choral music in this country, the power and importance of which it is at present im possible to estimate. Until the performances of the Berlin choir were heard our choral performers re mained. in a state of contented mediocrity, because our audiences, never having heard better choral exe cution, were content to accept theirs as perfection; but now, the audiences having a knowledge of what may be done by a chorus, will insist on having it done, and we expect that in the course of the next three or four pars we shall find our English choruses vastly improved in every respect, and for any such improve ment, be it remembered, we shall be indebted mainly to the exertions of the directors of the National Concer;s. The . f ,lowing distinguished individuals honoured these concerts with their presence during the past week :- -The Marquis of Headfort and Lady Olivia Taylou - r, Dowager Marchioness of Ely and the Ladies Lofrus, Lady Poulett, Lord Ward and Hon. Dudley Ward, Lady Anne Beckett, Lord and Lady Batema n, Lord George Paget, M.P., Viscount Malden , Viscount Canterbury, Do wager Lady Abinge r, Sir John Burgoyne and the Misses Bur goyne, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Hon. Mr. and Mr t. Wriottesley, Hon. Spencer Lyttleton, Sir Edward D-ering, Sir John Gibbons, General Upton, Hon. li. Portman, General Meade and the Misses Meade, Marchi mess of Ailesbury, Lord Charles Wel lesley, lgarl of Mount Charles, Viscount Clifden, Lord Temple more, Lord William Lennox, Lady Dover and the .Hon. Mi! , ses Ellis, Countess Grey, Lady Alice Lambton, Sir A. Woodford, Hon. H. Grey, Lady Hislop rind Miss Elliott, Lady Caroline Lascelles and Miss L; Leicelles, Hon. R. Bourke. &c. THE CRYSTAL PALACE; OR. WHEN-WHERE-WHY-HOW. WHEN? --Thou art the symbol of time, recurrence, numha-, - - - - - - Tkie7)o - gt,'s bread, the sehoolb:q's dread, whom dates divert from slumber. WHERE —Thou bidst us go and try conclusions with inlinii :y, Till t.or grown, wo settle down to Euclid's plane geom. ?try . War?— • Thou bidst us seek for phenomena of every name, Some sort of cause, at first one hypothetical and very lame, _ _ Such as sought the Greeke, and Moderns too, until the great :Lord Verulum Taught men to track inductively the true cause of the very slime; So in all its glorious compaas of tone so deep and high, Science is but responsive to the questions—When ? Where ? Why ? But How ?—Pray have you ever heard the brief and curt " flow do," The gre..tting of the Iron Duke, a delicate pooh-pooh, To idle 'waste of time and words unsuiting him and you: Unsuitin g him who went and did what he alone could go and de►, The hero, of an hundred fights, the honest and the true, The cool est head, the stoutest heart that beat at Waterloo. His warrior arm achieved the peace, which we are using now To rear :a noble temple in, wherein the world may bow To the genius of industrial art, lane of the mighty How. In ancienit Egypt men had learnt, some thousand years ago, The force sublime which science lends to Art's inventive flow; And in Rorne's bloo3y circus the imperial luxury Would prodigies of skill display—to popularise cruelty; And so in mediaeval times had wondrous siructures risen, Which rt.:, were like old Egypt's fines, to superstition given. It rests f ►r these enlightened days,beneath a purer faith, To unite all high intelligence to sound the breadth and depth Of the mans which God has given us to vanquish social By bending thought to useful aims with well•direeted skill,— Leading the world to know the worth of Peace's golden reign, And less( ning the fearful sum of human want, and grief, and pain. Sr,, full of hope we look upon this second Babel-tower, Where many tongues will not confound, but harmonise the hour, - And from every side, from every land, incoming fast we hear The general shout of gathering praise, the universal cheer. The farmer at his fireside joins in the jubilee, The merchant on the mart applauds, the sailor on the sea, The Lord Mayor of great London, and the knight mayors that would be, The prelates toe, and eke the judges. minus Ex C. 8., Sing, " Jam jam efficaci do manna scientim; Vivat Aleertus magna caecli, magna nostri Gloria Cui numen eat Prudentia, cui conjux CSt VICTORIA." H. M. SINGULAR ADVICE TO CONVERTS TO ROMANISM.— A writer in the Catholic Magazine writes thus :—" Converts! to you I address myself. You are joining us in scores ; clergymen, titled men, guardsmen, and Oxford men—take pity on our Catholic girls. Instead of entering into holy orders, take unto . yourselves wives of our sweet and pure Catholic maidens ; let it appear that their religion is no longer a hinderance to their wedded advancement—demon strate that it is rather a recommendation—that it insures a bon parti. So will you recommend our faith to hundreds of worldly-minded parents who are repelled from us by the thought that it might mar the prospects of their daughters ; so will you make hundreds of Protestant girls think how enviable is the lot of a Catholic girl, who is sure of picking up a nice, sentimental, serious, loving, thoughtful-eyed husband ; so will you prove Catholicism to be the best reli gion for husband-seeking daughters, as it has always been (so Charles 11. said of it) the only religion of a gentleman ; so will you be not only converts yourselves, but the means of conversion in others." And then—the confessional ! ALLEGED CURE FOR MADNESS.—Cedrone seed, recently discovered in the valleys of Costa Rica, and said to possess the property of curing madness, and of neutralising the virus of the bites of dogs and venem , us serpents, is at tracting the attention of the faculty in Paris. A medical congress, including representatives from the different states of Europe, is shortly to be held, to test the efficacy of cedrone seed in mental disorders and epilepsy. A man named Philip Gibbs, a ganger on the Great Northern railway works, near Shillingthorpe, was seriously injured yesterday, in an affray with some of the navvies em ployed under him. In consequence of insubordination, he docked several of the men of a portion of their pay. For this they resolved to give him a quid pro quo, a 41 three of them having caught him alone, they savagely assaulted him, frac turing ono of his a rms, anti inflicting a fearful wound on the scalp, into , which a man who went to his assistance stuffed a quid of tobacco to stop the blood ! The ganger was conveyed to the surgery of Mr. R. N. Newcomb, at Stamford, where his wounds were attended to; it was found they were not dangerou —Stamford Mercury. At a time when Holborn was a rural village, and two or three country houses occupied the space which is now the Strand, Queen Elizabeth was so much concerned at the magnitude of London, that she issued a proclamation against further building, affirming that, if the metropolis grew any larger, there would be no possibility of pro viding fool, at reasonable prices, for so vast a multitude of inhabitants. PURE WATER PURELY CONVEYED.—A patent has been taken out in America for glass water pipes, and they are already coming into general use. A glass pipe, one and a quarter inch in diameter, was tested as to strength, and withstood a pressure of 200 lbs. to the square inch, or a column of water 450 feet high. We hope, on the Govern ment plan of supplying London with pure water coming into operation, this mode of conveying the supply in glass pipes will meet with consideration.—Expositor. • LUCKY ESCAPE FOR ALLOTTEEB.-Sir George Rose decided on Wednesday, in the case of the London and South end Railway, which was brought before him for settlement, " That all those persons in the position of class three of allottees, who had shares distributed to them, but had paid nothing, should be struck off the list as liable, on the ground that there was a specific condition in the letter of allotment that, unless the deposit was paid by a given day, the shares would be re-allotted." BROOKSBY.—This fine estate, which has been for some time in the market, has, we hear, been bought by Mr. Jones Lloyd, the wealthy London hanker. We believe the purchase money is about 75,0001. Country Paper. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION WITH ENGLAND. The Belfast News-Letter states that the British Electric Telegraph Company have selected that part of the Channel between the north-east coast of Ireland and the op posite coast of Scotland as the most convenient, if not the only practicable, route for the transmarine portion of their line. The distance is small, and the depth of water great; the coast is extremely bold, and there is no danger of inter ference from shipping. Owing to the depth of water, and the facility with which the wires may be carried out to deep water, the disturbance and rubbing produced by the action of the waves may be wholly disregarded. The distance is not more than 20 miles, or thereabouts. DEATH OF A MILITARY KNIGHT OF WINDSOR. Lieutenant C. H. Lorimer, on the retired full-pay of the Bth Royal Veteran Battalion, and one of the senior military knights, died at Windsor on the 25th ult. lie entered the army in 1805, and served in the Peninsula, afterwards at Waleheren, and at the siege of Flushing. He served with the 3d battalion of the Royale, under Sir D. Baird, in the north of Spain, and in the retreat, when closely pursued by the enemy, saved a convoy of provisions with which he had been entrusted. He was severely wounded at the battle of Corunna, and at the siege of Flushing Lieutenant Lorimer was wounded in both legs by the bursting of a shell from the enemy's battery. He had received the war medal and clasp for Corunna. Lieutenant Lorimer had for many years been on the foundation at Windsor. NEW MILITIA AcT.--ThE,re are still rumours that the Duke of Wellington has at last convinced the Govern ment of the absolute necessity of balloting the militia, and that we shall have a new Militia Act, and also a Bill for en. listing seamen, introduced next session. THE GCEAT GLOBE. — It has been stated that Mr. Wyld's 56-feet globe will be put up in the Hyde-park build ing, but this will not be the case. A negotiation is on foot to obtain the area of Leicester-square fer its erection.—The Builder. A PoRPOISE CAUGHT.— L ist wok some fishermen at Torquay eaugt a porpoise in the b t3', anal having brought it into harbour, toehed a tope to its to 1, and threw it overboard, when to the am usemen t o f ma ny persons„it tow d the - bout , about the harbour fur some time. nging ate British nAnd.LisTortlx 'American RoyaV-Vlail eteatArtqlip ,t3.1114q; i ciption lAtinn en satfed frith the Mer ,sl Be3cOn Sat4rd ' aYP"Plcg, Pr n ' l and Mistori,7itU. the ]hetv 4 ert 50' trO pastyt tgero . Y 7, OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. (From the Chronicle.) We have received by extraordinary express, in an- ticipation of the Overland cur private corre spondence and journals from Bombay to the 2d Nov., and Calcutta 22d Oct. The London Mail of the 7th September, which reached Bombay on the 9th ult., was received at Agra, Delhi, Madras, and Meerut, on the 15th, La hore on the 17th, and Calcutta on the 18th.—The mail of the 24th September reached Bombay, by the steam-frigate Moozaffer, on the 25r.h Oct. BOMBAY, Nov. 2. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) You will doubtless be glad to hear that the " war, and rumours of war," which have, from time to time, of late, disturbed the public mind, on the subject of the tribes who inhabit the mountain passes and the valleys which lie between our Peshawur and Punjaub frontier, in general have subsided, and that there is every prospect now of an amicable settlement being effected between the Afre'edees Wuzeerees, and other unruly Indian high landers and our Government. Apprehensions were very recently aroused that fresh disturbances had actually occurred in that quarter, extending from Kala Baozh, where the mountain range begins, to Kohat northward, but they seem to have been the re sult of our own mismanagement, in suddenly increa sing the irregular troops stationed at the salt mines, whereby the jealousy and fears of the hill men were not unreasonably excited, and a tribe called the Khuttucks joined the Wuzeerees to make common cause of repelling any further advance or encroach ment upon their territories. Lieutenant Pollock was at once dispatched with a reinforcement detached from the Kohat garrison, for the purpose of relieving the guard at the Khel salt works, when it was dis covered that the cause of disturbance was exclusively attributable to our own irregulars, whose irregularity had occasioned the demonstration on the part of the mountaineers. Lord Dalhousie (who has returned to Simlah from his trans-Himalayan summer retreat of Konoor) was about to repair to Lahore, ostensibly with a view to survey the river at Peshawur, and to ascertain its ca pabilities for small steam navigation. A colour is iven to this statement in the appointment of Lieut. Grounds, of the Indian navy, to assist in making the survey ; but I am not far wrong in surmising that the Governor-General has another, and perhaps more im portant, work in hand, namely, to effect by his im posing interference that treaty with the Afreedees which the military demonstrations have heretofore utterly prevented them from entering into. This is a wise and recommendable policy; for nothing short of perfect abAinence from all acts of violence or at ►empts at making reprisals will ever induce these in dependent and hardy tribes to refrain from their in roads and their constant watchings to cut off stray sentinels or incautious travellers along the border. I am sorry to notice the repeated reports of the ill state of haalth of the force stationed at Lahore, where a severe epidemic bas beeen raging for some time. Out of 8,000 men in cantonment, no lass than 1,300 are in hospital, of whom from 25 to 30 are officers. The return of the cold weather is anxiously looked for to restore the sanitary state of the city to its balance. Sir Henry Lawrence has returned to Lahore from his tour in Cashmere. He is preparing a report on the resources and population of the " Happy Valley." Toe currency of Ranjeet Singh is bein.J fast called in, and Company's coin is substituted ; a hulk of sil ver, valued at 35 Lacs of rupees, or 350,0001., weighing upwards of seventy tons, is now on its way down to Bombay for the purpose of being recoined in our Mint; the treasure is guarded by the 52d regiment Bengal Native Infantry. 1 am concerned to state that some fresh evidences of bad conduct on the part of the Bengal officers have been laid before the world. (From the Bombay Times of Nov. 2.) The first sod of the Great Indian Peninsula Rail way was turned on the 31st October, in presence of the officials and a few gentlemen besides. The public first became aware of the event by a notice in one of the newspapers next day. The contract for the Sion embankment has been given to Mr. J. Balaton. The line may probably be opened by the year 1854. The Calcutta contract has been disposed of to an English house ; the work there has not yet commenced. Ap prehensions were lately entertained of disturbances along the Punjaub frontier, from Kohat southward. Alarm appears to have been taken by the tribes at the increase of the guard of irregulars at the Bahadur Khel salt mine, when the Khuttucks to the north joined the Wuzeerees, with a view of preventing our obtaining any further hold of their country. Lieute nant Pollock started with a portion of the Kohat force for the relief of the detachment, when the up roar fortunately subsided almost as quickly as it arose, and seemed to have been occasioned by some acts of misconduct on the part of our troops. By the latest advices the frontier was tranquil, and the alarms of insurrection over. A severe epidemic, occasioned as is supposed by the drought and heat of September and October following on the excessive falls of rain in June and July, prevails at Lahore. Out of a force consisting of 415 officers and 7,550 men, 1,289 of the latter and twenty-three of the former are in the hospital. The treasure which we noticed in our last, to the amount of 350,0001., as being about to be sent from Lahore and Ferozepore to Bombay, to be recoined, left the last-named place on the 11th ult., under charge of the 521 N. I. They were to proceed down the river towards Moul tan, where supplies of money were being at the same time conveyed ; that for Bombay is to be sent on by steamer. Arrangements have been made at Lahore, under the auspices of Sir H. Lawrence, for providing occupation and amusement for the European troops. Arrangements have been made, at the suggestion of Sir Charles Napier, for the admission of officers of the Queen's and Company's services to the Roorkee College, Bengal, for the purpose of studying engi neering end surveying. The survey of the Nizam's dominions has been desired to he suspended for two years, in consequence of the disturbed state of the country. The trade from Candahar through Sinde will, it is feared, this year be languid, though that in the article of wool is said to be on the increase. After some of the hottest weather ever experienced here in October, we have for ten days past had constant clouds and showers, with occasional squalls, and to all appearance a cyclone has passed somewhat to the SE.of us about the 23d. We had last night one of the sharpest squalls and dust storms we have encoun tered. At Madras, according to our latest advices of the 20th, the monsoon seemed on the eve of setting in. The Governor-General will by this time have left his mountain retreat ; the Commander-in. Chief of India, it is once more said, proceeds by Sinde and Bombay to Europe. The Governor of Bombay, now completely recovered, is at Mahbuleshwar, the Commander-in-Chief at Poona. The Bishop of Madras arrived here two days since by the steamer Hugh Lindsay, on a tour of duty. He re sides at Government House, Malabar Point, during his sojourn amongst us. Major-General Barr, long military auditor general, and latterly in command of the suothern division, and Colonel Neil Campbell, Quartermaster -General , leave us by this day's steamer:; the former for good, the latter on three years' furlough. General orders, as compli men t a ry as deserved, have bee n published in reference to both officers. The French frigate Poursuivante, Admiral de Tromelin, left us for Europe on the 29th. The Government of Bombay having been requested to dispatch an officer of skill and experience in river navigation to join the Governor-General at Lahore, Lieut. Grounds has been selected, and proceeds with out delay up the Indus ; no better selection could have been made. The Governor-General requires enlight enment on the extent to which river navigati on by steam is considered possible in the Punjaub. The fine old East Indianian, the Earl of B a l carres , arr i ve d here on the 25th ultimo, after a passa ge o f seventy nine days from the Lizards, one of the quickest ever made. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, OCT. 22. When businesscl. , sed on Wednesday before last, the 9th inst., our markets were characterised by consider able activity, and both the export and import depart meets exhibited more than the usual degree of lift and spirit. Operations from the commencement of the month to the last working-day were conducted on an extensive scale, and a general desire was apparent to get through as much business as possible in anticipation of the va cation. A good share of this feeling is attributable, as well to tit* cheerful and encouraging tenor of last home advices; and to the expectation that the ensuing ones will be equally so, as to the desire to close all operations In hand before our longest annual vacation came on. In the export market transactions have been compa ratively heavy, although there were but ten days for business. The most novel feature observable was the spirit with which the Indigo market had opened, sales to a conAderable extent having taken place for arrival at Rs. 30 per rod. above last year's prices. Besides the ac tual transactions, which amount to about 20,0000 mds. at 175 to 180, contracts were about being closed for other parcels on similar terms, and there is little doubt but that very shortly a further advance than 30 Rs. will he establi,,hed, particularly as the crop is now generally admitttd to be as near 115,000 as possible. We shall, in our next, have a most animated business to' report in this staple. It is said that already upwards of 40,000 Inds are settled for, which will not, go through our tn_a,rket. Sugars have' shown much liveliness since hh last ! of the 24th Auglest came to hand, but, as sup plies are not heavy, we do not expect the delicency in the exports of the past fovr months will bo made up by what goes fo . rivrti AlitrinOho next few. The twelve m " 11 " to cod lai s t l Month shows a falling off iu exports of this article to the extent of nearly 18,000 tons. Salt- petre has been moving forward very moderately to Great Britain, but for China and North Ame rica a fair business has been done. To the latter place exports have been increasing, which, con sidering the shortness of supply of the article this year, leaves but a moderate quantity for the home market. Raw silk has been in great favour, but the ha zier is almost completely exhausted of the higher de scription, so that the lower qualit'es are what will next be dealt in. The rainy bond produce is inferior, and the imports aro expeca-d to be short, so that exports for the next three months cannot be heavy. Corahs have sold pretty freely. Some small parcels of superior quality came to hand, and met with immediate sale at high figures. The market is at present hut moderately supplied, and prices are sure to rule high. Choppas and Bandanoes have been under neglect, and holders refuse to realise at pre sent offers. A little business was done in Tussiars. In Rice there has been a pretty fair business done, doubt less it would have been more, but for the heavy rates of homeward freightage and the difficulty of placing bills agaiust that article. Exports exhibit a falling off of about 100,000 mds. since last year and nearly double that since-48. Ballem and Moonehee have been in good request at full prices. Jute has remained in active request, and, notwithstinding a pretty heavy business, stock has increased. Prices are well kept up and we ex pect freights for that article will also be maintained, as it appears to be in general favour. The market is likely to open with activity, but we do not expect any more fa vourable terms to the shipper. In Hides there has been but little business done this month; holders have been firm, which has checked the demand that was making. In Oilseeds there has also been less business for the British market this month, and the Americans have like wise been more quiet in their operations. Freights have been found too high. In Safi ewer we have no change to report; a few parcels have been in the market for some time now, but owing to high prices asked, have not changed hands. Exports must show a felling away for some time to come. Shell Lac has been particularly quiet, and even lower demands have failed to induce any business. In lac dye a moderate business has been done principally confined to the American houses. For Great Britain inquiry made for some of the favourite English makes. Caster oil has ruled lately at a little advance of about eight annas. Cowries have been mo derately looked for, but there is no alteration in value, holders evincing no desire to realise except at full rates. Opium showed a decline, and business was moderately done. In produce of minor consequence we have no particu lar observation to make; the few sales which have taken place are thus di tailed :—Gunny bags 35,000 pes. at Rs. 9.6 to 10 per 100 pcs.; Tussers, Beerbhoom, 100 pcs. at 5 per piece; gunny cloth, 1,000 bales at 3-10 per piece; Mocha coffee, 50 mds. at Rs. 40 per b. md.; dry ginger, 350 bags at 3-6 to 3-7 per b. md.; deer horns, 100 mds. at 12 per b. md.; buffalo horns, 10,000 pcs. at 6 to 7 per b. aid. Of course our remarks apply to operations between the Ist and 10th instant—since then there has been no business whatever, neither,l private or public ; the markets only re-opened to-day, hardly more than nominally we may say. Nor do we expect business will come into full awing till about the date of our next report, as inot.t of our native dealera generally absent themselves for a longer period than the duration of the holidays; and this year, we believe, there will be found a larger number of absentees among our merchants than usual, staying away, perhaps, till the 2d proximo. In the import branch of our business, although vie have not much alteration to notice, it is satisfactory to observe that the little we have is towards increased im provement. As regards Manchester Cotton Goods, the improving tendency coetilitied up to the last day of busi• ness, and the scale of operations was more extensive, and generally, too, at higher price +, Indeed, as regards the latter, they seem gradually mending and approxi mating to the state of the Manchester and other mar kyts. As stocks are far from heavy, and arrivals can by no means he, for some time, on anything like an extensive scale, holders will continue to show firmnets; and as some pretty heavy orders are already in the market, and local consumption cannot, be stopped, it is certain that before long we shall have to report a de cided improvement even upon that which has already taken place. It is satisfactory to observe that the fore going remarks apply with equal force to woollens and printed and coloured goods, as well as to Manchester and other yarns. As regards some of the other leading articles of imports, the markets closed with a generally improving tendency. THE MONEY MARKET.—We are without a single new feature to notice under the head of monetary matters. The characteristics of abundance of money and free de mand remained to the last: discounts and interests were likewise the same. Just before the commencement of the Poojas a lisle tightness—ipdeed it can hardly be termed tightness —was observable, but it was no more than the consequence of a general desire to enter into no new engagements before the relaxation—to get in all the outstandings possible, and to get all things snug against the long night, when no man can work. Exchange—Rates of exchange on England had' lat terly a wide rsnge; for, while some paper at six months' sight had been placed at 2s. lid., others had realised 2s 3d., both with documents. The former figures were, however, far from the market rates, while the latter may be quoted by us at what the market is likely to open with. Shipments of Indigo will, of course, exercise the usual influence on this market. Freights—Since the date of our last very little busi ness has been done, all the tonnage available tor imme diate purposes having been taken up previously, or about that time. Arrivals have not been heavy, and we anticipate a stiff freight market on the resumption of business, particularly as stocks of produce have been allowed to accumulate, and a healthy feeling prevails in the export market. The great demand for tonnage for Jute kept the rates for that article up stiffly, at oar last figures. Within the last two or three days arri vals have been more free. We do not alter our last quotations. IMPORTS. As we anticipated, the healthy tone of this branch of our business continued up to the last working day; in deed, as regards some articles, there was increased ani mation observable, and transactions were heavier, while, at the same time, prices were more remunerative; appearances are exceedingly healthy, and all circum stances concurred to afford us an earnest that business will re-open with more animation than we have lately experienced. Barns's COTTON PIECE GOODS.—The few days which intervened between our last report and the commence ment of our longest vacation were characterised, as we anticipated they would be, with increased animation; al most every article of B r i t i s h manufacture showedim provement, and a still further improving tendency. This, there is every reason to expect, will be fully developed on the resumption of business, so that we may very shortly expect to be able to report the market as nearer par with the position of the Manchester and other markets in regard to prices. Arrivals have been by no means heavy, so that v er y li tt l e accumulat i on can h ave taken place in consequence of the inactivity of the last ten or twelve days. There are, yet some of the Bombay orders unexecuted, and these will, as they did before, sti mulate local inquiry, an d, b y competition, cause pr i ces to be well maintained at an a d vance. Our next a d v i ces w ill be more satisfactory to parties i m p or ti ng . In grey singings a very satisfactory amount of busi ness has been f' reported, hith in execut i on o f or d ers f or Bombay and for local purposes. Prices have g , n, rally been hither than they were during the last fortnight of Sept:anber. In Bleached Shirtings there has been im provement,.and latterly p r i ces have ruled at an advance of nearly tour annas per piece. Grey Jaconets have continued to improve in demand as well as value; a fair amount has changed hands. Bleached Jaconets show greater improvement than the preceding, even to the extent of 2i annas per pi ece. In M a d apo ll a ms a fair business is done, About average scale, without any mate rial change in value. Lappets have been placed freely, and prices are a shade b e t ter . M u ll m ulls, cambrics, and book muslins show hardly any alteration; they have all commanded a fair shar e o f atten ti o n, and prices, if they are not higher, are firmly maintained. Woollens—We have to report favourably again on this market; though imports had been on a pretty heavy scale, yet a fair busines s was d one a t well maintained prices. Printed and Coloured G oo d s —A fair business cons. tinned on foot in these good s gener ally; previous prices were well supported. T ur k ey re d c l ot h, both plain and twilled, had sold freely a t a s h a d e o f advance. English I prints and chintzes were in good favour. EXPORTS. A very healthy feeling continued to prevail in the Export Market, and there was evidently a desire to ex tend operations when the holidays came in to interrupt business on the 10th instant. A fair scale of business had, nevertheless, been done during the dozen working days before the vacation. It is probable, too, that, but for the want of tonnage immediately available, a much more extended scale of operations would have resulted from the active inquiry which existed in this market tor many of our leading staples. Stocks of some articles have been accumulating during the suspension of busi ness, but we do not believe that they are in any instance anything like excessive. Tho markets only re-opened to-day, but, of course, we aro unable to say anything of the position of things till business has had time to settle down. It is, however, more than probable our next re port will show a gradually improving tendency in all de partments. Indigo—This article exhi bits a novel feat ure in our export market, sales having already taken place for arri val (Ma considerable quantity at Rs. 175 to 180 per aid. These fieures show an advance of Rs. 30 per md. on last year's prices, but when the rates of exchange on Eng land are taken into c onsideration, the advance is actu ally still greater. It is calculated that an advance of ls. per lb. on London July rates will he required to meet that which has been given here. We believe on similar terms a considerable further business will be done before long, and, in some instances, perhaps on more favourable terms to the planter. We have learnt nothing ca lc u la t ed to make us alter the estimate given on a form er occasion of 1,15,000 suds.lt is pretty generally agreed that the foregoing figure will be the true mark; it may be exceeding by a littl e , but cannot be too big!). Raw Silk—An active inquiry has existed for this ar tick, but operations have been kept under by the limited state of supplies. The floor qualities are ex hausted, and medium sorts are also scarce. Some of the rainy bund has come down , and will now be looked for. Silk Piece Goods—We have not had m uc h b us i ness done in Corahs; stock was low , though a good inquiry existed. Choppas and Bandanoes were quiet, and a few pieces of Tussors had changed hands at 4-8 to 5 each. Sugar—There is no change since date of our last to be noticed in the position of this market; under the in fluence of last home ad vices a more healthy and active business was done at the advance noticed in our last, Saltpetre—Home shipments do not show any increase, but, on the contrary, a great falling off, and this will most likely continue. Jute—There was no abatement in the inquiry for this article; holders sold readily at current raw, and a fair scale of business was in progress. Stock is ample, and prices are steady. llides—The high demand of holders have operated against business in these goods. Shipments to Great Britain show a large increase of about 500,000 pieces over the past .two ycars.: The Americans not been operating largely of late. - I Shell Lac and Lac Dye—Very little disposition has been manifested to operate in Shell Lac, and not even lower prices will induce business. In Lac Dye business has been principally on American account. The only little business done for the home market has been in some favourite English marks, prices of which are steady. _ _ P. 4 .—Since our paper was drawn up the Bombay ex press has come in, reachin ,, Calcutta a little before noon of the 18th instant, with London dates to the 7th ult. The tenour of commercial advices is considered cheerful and encouraging, and will doubtless exercise a beneficial influence on our markets. REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM THE 17TH OCT. TO THE IST NOV. INCLUSIVE. Bombay, Friday Evening, Nov. 1. Since the date of our last there has been a little more demand for money, especially in the baZaar, but that is to be looked for at the Dowellee. Rates of interest, how ever, continue unaltered, and the market will no doubt be abundantly supplied for some months to come. Go vernment Securities are very dull, at about our last quotations. The following may be called the current rates for Joint-Stock Bank Shares:—Bank of Bombay, 191 per cent. premium; Oriental Bank, 16 per cent. dis count; Commercial Bank, 9i per cent. discount; Agra Bank, 2 per cent. discount. The Dewallee holidays have commenced, and business will be almost at a standstill till their termination, when a tolerably brisk demand for cotton goods for the up country markets is expected to arise. The business done during the past fortnight has been small. In Ex ports transactions have also been very limited. Cotton Piece Goods—Grey domestics have been scarcely inquired after. and the only sale reported is one of 600 pieces at Re. 161 per piece. Long cloths have also been without inquiry. Madapollams have sold to extent of 5,000 ps., at from Rs. 2:3 to Rs. 2:7 annas p. p., which shows a decline in price to those formerly obtainable. Jacconets have been in limited inquiry: we have heard of only one sale of 500 ps., at Rs. 3i p. p. The demand for all descriptions is as dull as it can well be. A large quantity of T cloth has been sold :at auc tion during the fortnight, consequently no inquiry has been made for it from importers. Bleached goods have li been in even less demand than grey, and there are scarcely any sales to report. The same remark applies to dyed goods. The market for fancy goods remains much in the same state as at the date of our last report. Book muslins, grey and bleached dhoties, dyed orange madapollams, and grey and bleached mulls, are in some slight inquiry. In other descriptions no business has been done. Cotton Yarn—The sales amounted to 365 bales Mule and 40 Water Twist, 30 of Orange, and 50 of Turkey Red Yarn. For Nos. 40 and 50 of the two former the rate has slightly declined; for,other counts former prices are maintained, holders being unwilling to part with their stocks at reduced rates—consequently but few transactions have had effect. The price of Orange has slightly receded. Stocks of Turkey Red in second hands continue large—demand dull. Metals—Copper--A large quantity has been imported by the ship Stag from Australia, and prices have further declined for nearly all descriptions, especially South American. Iron—British Bar has sold to a tolerably large extent, as have also Sheet and Hoops, while Square and Round Nail RAI are dull. Swedish Bar has some what declined, and is in little inquiry. Lead, both pig and sheet, is dull, the pie of the former having given way. Spelter is firm. Cochineal continues dull, and we have not heard of any sales. Stocks both here and in the up-country markets continue large. ‘, is Saffron of good quality in fair request, but no sales have been reported since our last. Woollens are in scarcely any inquiry, and no tran sactions have taken place during the past fortnight. Beer—Our last quotations of 80 per hhd. for Al sopp's continue to he maintained, and the stock at market is very light. A sale of 100 hhds. Bass's. at Rs. 75 per Lhd. is reported, and also one of 50 hhds. of Sacell and Younglaud Co.'s at Rs. 70 per hhd. EXPORTS. Opium—The steamer Pekin, which left for Hong- Kong on the 11th ult., took on 8521 chests of Malwa. The market for the drug continues much depressed, the price of the old having declined to Rs. 1,100. A small quantity of the new crop has arrived, part of which has been purchased at Rs. 1,160 per chest. The price for December delivery is Rs. 1,060 ; of that for February, Rs. 40 less. The new crop is estimated at fully 30,000 chests. Cotton Wool—Since the arrival of the English mail of 24th September on the 25th ult. the prices of Compta and Dhollera have been raised by holders, but very few transactions have been effected at the advanced rates. Prior to the 25th ult. a tolerably large business had been done for the home market at the rates then ruling. The total purchases amount to 3,400 bales and 2,550 candies. We understand that the Cotton bales which were seized by the collector in Broach and Jumbooseer, on account of being adulterated with seeds, have been given up by the authorities, and are now on their way to Bombay without being cleaned. The same course has also been pursued at Surat, where the restrictions lately put on bales known to be seedy have been removed. So we shall again have adulterated Cotton coming to market. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NEW RAILWAYS-DEPOSITING PLAT IS AND SECTIONS. Saturday being the 30th of November, mis the last day allowed by the Act for depositing plans and sec tions for new railways that are to come before Par liament in the ensuing session. The list was made up at a late hour, and the following were found to have complied with the standing orders. It will be seen that there are several new applications this year : ANGERSTEIN'S RAILWAY.—For powers to enable Mr. Angerstein to construct a railway from the North Kent line at Greenwich to the river Thames at Calmb Varm. —For powers to lease the line to the South-Eastern Railway. BANGOR AND CAERNARVON.—For powers to construct a railway from the Chester and Holyhead line at or near Bangor to Port Dinorwic to Caernarvon, with powers to sell, lease, or agree with the Chester and Holyhead Com pany for working. BLacx.wALL.—For powers to make a bract: to Hay don-square, NY hitechapel.—For improvement and en largement of stations.—For powers to extend };be line to Tilbury.—For powers to make a branch to Iliford.—To grant powers to the London and North Woolwich Com pany. BOLTON, BLACKBURN, CLITHEROE, AND WEST YORE SHIRE.—For powers to lease or to amalgamate with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company.—To alter the name of the company to that of "The Blackburn Railway Company."—Extension of time for the purchase of lands and completion of works.—To make provision. with re spect to the preference shares.—To make a warking ar rangement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. —Amendment of Acts and increase of tolls. BRISTOL AND EXETER,—For powers to rates r the ca pital of the company, and to subscribe towards he South Devon, the Bristol and Exeter, and Taw Vale Cc napanies. —Amendment of Acts. BRITON RAILWAY AND DOCK.—To make a dock or docks and railway at Baylau Bay, on the Hwy'. Neatb, with a line from the docks to the Vale of Neath Rail way, at Neath, in the county of Glamorgan. BUCKHURST.—For powers to make a line fro m Buck hurst to join the Tunbridge station of the South- Eastern. --- --- EAST LANCASHIRE.—For powers to extend and alter the line into Liverpool.—To alter capital and tolls.-- Amendment of Acts. EASTERN UNION.—For powers to use a portion of the Eistf-rn Counties, Norfolk, Lowestoft, and London and. Biackwall Railway. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.—For powers to make arrangements with the London and Son tb- Western Railway, in reference to the distribution of the funds in hand, and to abandon the works. FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RlDlNG.—Exten sion of time for the purchase of land and completion of works. FOREST OF DEAN CENTRAL.—For powers to make a line from the river Severn, at Brimpoc‘l, to connect the South Wal,s Railway at Awre, in the Forest of Dean. GREAT NORTHERN.—For powers to construct a line from Slisterton to Rassington.—To use the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire.—To construct a bran ch at Great Grimsby to connect the line with the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire.—To erect a station in Shef field.—To enlarge the King's-cross station.—To alter and amend previous Acts and make deviations.—To increase the capital of the company. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—For powers to pur chase or lease the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, Gloucester, and Dean Forest Railways, and South Wales Railways.—For powers to connect the line with the Lon don and North-Western at Birmingham, and with the Rugby and Leamington at Leamington. HALESWORTH, BECCLES, AND HADDISCOE.—For an Act to make a line commencing with a junction with the Lowestoft Railway at Haddiscoe, in Norfoll, and terminating in the town of Haleswortb, Suffolk % with a branch from the terminus to Beccles, in Suffolk. HEREFORD, Ross, AND GLOUCESTER.—FOr powers to make a railway from the Gloucester and Dean Forest line at Westbury, in Gloucestershire, to the city of Hereford. HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—For powers to make a line from the Chester and Holyhead Railway to the, Pier at Holyhead. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE—To arrange loans.— Extension of (501.) shares. LEEDS AND THlRSK.—Extension of time fot com pletion of works.—For power to change the name of the company to that of" The Leeds Northern Railway Corn pany."—To arrange capital and preference shams. LLYNVI VALLEY.—For powers to lease to the South Wales Company. MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—For powers to purchase or le a se the Cromford Canal, and to amend and alter Acts. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD EXTENSION.—For powers to make a railway, commencing with a junction with the London and North-Western Railway in Now Bai ley-street, Salford, and terminating at St. Mary's, Man chester. MARYPORT AND CARLISLE.—For powers to enforce the payment of calls.—To abandon part of the under taking.—To increase the capital. —To lease the line and works upon such terms as may be agreed upon to the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, the Lancaster and Car and Newcastle and Carlisle. MIDDLETON BRANCH.—For powers to make a line commencing with a junction with the Lancashire and Yorkshire line at Boreshaw to the town of Middleton. MlDLAND.—Extension of time for the purchase of land and the completion of works on the Ripley Branch, and the Gloucester and Stonehouso Junction.—For powers to purchase the Leeds and Bradford Railway.— To increase the capital of the company.—For powers to confirm the 50/. shares, and to legalize the application of the moneys received in respect of them.—To amend and repeal former Acts. MAYFIELD.—For powers to make a line from May field to join the Hastings branch of the South-Eastern Railway at Witherenden. MALTON AND DF,IFFIELD.—TO alter levels and Con firm the purchase of certain lends. MID KENT AND DOVER.—For powers to make a lice from the London and Dover Railway at New cross, to Dov:,.r, Canterbury, and Feversham. NORTH BRITISH.—For powers to construct a branch to Dalkeitb.—To regulate the capital, and alter and amend Acts. NORTH GRAVESEND RAILWAY.—FOr powers to con struct a railway communicating with a junction at Forest-gate, on the Eastern Counties line, and terminat ing at Westham. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION.—For an Act to make a line, commencing with a Junction with the London and South-Western Railway Company's loop lino at Ealing, and terminating with a Junction on the North-Western Railway, at Willesden. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—For powers to make a line commencing from the Churnet Valley Railway, at the junction with the Birmingham and Derby line of the Midland, and terminating in the parish of St. Peter's, Derby, so as to form a junction with the Midland Rail way at the Derby station.—To make a line commencing with a junction at the Burton line of the North Stafford shire Railway, and joining the main line at Burton upon-Trent.—Regulation and alteration of tolls.—Ar rangements with the Midland.—To repeal and enlarge the provisions of former Acts.—Extension of time for the purchase of lands and completion of works of Ash bourne branch.—For powers to lease the Ashbourne and Appledale branches.—For powers to purchase and stop up the Gresley and Newcastle-under-Lyne Canals.—To sanction agreements of April, 1850, with the London and North-Western Railway.—To provide better provi sions for the use and regulation of railways.—Alteration and amendment of Acts. RIVER DAVEY.—For powers to make a line from Aberthefenney to the river Davey, in the county of Me rioneth. ROYSTON AND Hrreurat.—To construct a line com mencing in the parish of Shepreth, at the terminus of the Shepreth extension of the Royston and Hitchin Railway, and ending by a junction with the Cambridge branch of the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway, and also a branch from this station to the Eastern Counties Railway, at Trumpington.—To give powers to the Great Northern Company to use the line. SHEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM, BARNSLEY, AND GOOLE. —To alter line, amend acts, and enlarge provisions. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.—Extension of time for the purchase of land and completion of works. To complete the Birmingham and Stour Valley.—To make arrangements with the Shrewsbury and Chester, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Companies. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.—For powers to aban don the Crickheath and Wem branches.—Confirmation of the preference shares.—To erect and enlarge station at Birkenhead.—For powers to use the lines of the Chester Birkenhead, and Lancashire Junction, and Chester and Holyhead Railways.—For powers to make arrangements with other companies, and to alter and amend previous Acts. SHROPSHIRE UNION.—For powers to repeal Acts with reference to Bala Pool.—For powers to alter and repeal all Acts relating to the London and North-West ern Railway. SOMERSETSHIRE CENTRAL RAILWAY AND HIGH BRIDGE HARBOUR.—For powers to make a railway from Glastonbury to Highbridge.—To improve the bar bour.—To enable the Bristol and Exeter Company to sell the Glastonbury Canal, and to subscribe towards the undertaking. SOUTH DEVON.—For powers to arrange with different class shareholders.—To arrange priority of divisions. — Amendment of Acts.—To create new shares. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—FOr powers to extend the line to Burton' upon-Trent.—To use the North Stafford , shire and Midland Railways.—For powers to make lines to join the Birmingham and Stour Valley at Tipton and Wolverhampton.—To make arrangements with other companies. SOUTH WALEs.—Alteration of powers as to tb. Forest of Than, New lines to the Forest of Dean, New• j port, and Cardiff.—To make arrangement with the Vale of Neath.—For powers to arrange the shares in the Vale lof Neath, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin, and Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales Railway., and the payment of the Llynvi Valley. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON.—For powers to lease to, or amalgamate with, the Middlesborough and Recker and Wear Valley Railways.—To make a branch line from the Black Boy Station to Coundon and Westerton. STROOD AND DOVER.—For powers to make a line, commencing with a junction with the North Kent Rail way at Frindsbury, and terminating at Dover, with branches to Canterbury, Deal, Faversham, &c. TAw VALE AND DOCK.—For powers to enable the London and South-Western to subscribe capital.—To change the name of the company to that of " The North Devon Railway and Dock Company."—For powers to lease to the South-Western.—To make ar rangements for the use of the line with the Exeter and Crediton and Bristol and Exeter Companies.—To reduce the capital and amend Acts. THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWA.Y.—EStertSiOII of powers for taking lands and completion of works.— Division of the shares of the company.—For powers to make a line from South Ockenden, Essex, and termina ting at or near Tilbury Fort. ULVERSTONE AND LANCASTER.—For powers to con struct a railway from the Furness Railway, in parish of Ulverstone, to the Lancashire and Carlisle Railway, at Carnfortb. WAVENEY VALLEY.—For powers to make a railway from the Eastern Union Railway, at Tivetehall station, to Bungay, in the county of Norfolk.—To make a hue from Bungay to Lowestoft, in the county of Suffolk.— For powers to extend the Eastern Union Railway to Bungay.—To make a line from Bungay to Halesworth. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK.—For powers to make a branch to the West Durnam Railway.—To use a portion of the Clarence Railway.—To increase capital. —To hold shares in the West Durham line.—To make regulations respecting the capital of the Hartlepool Dock, the Great North of Ecgland, and the Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railways.—To abandon part of the Bishop's Auckland Branch, and substitute a new line.—Extension of time for purchase cf land and com- CALEDONIAN.—For power to lease the Motherwell pletion of works. and Lesmahagow branches to Alex. Hustle, Esq., M.P., and others.—Alteration and amendment of A ct.—For DREADFUL M URDE R in BELGIUM. powers to amend, repeal, and continue Acts in reference The Courrier de l'Escaut 'gives some further de to the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge, Clydesdale tads relative to the crime just committ e d near P e r u - Junction, Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, Wishaw and Coltness, and Glasgow and Barrhe , d, and Neilstown The names of the parties concerned are M. Direct Railways.—Amendments and modification cf Gustavus Fougnies, aged 27 or 28 years, landed pro leases, re-adjustment of guarantees, and preference prietor at Peruwelz, the person supposed to be mar shareholders; power to hold shares in other companies. dered ; Count Hippolyte Visart de Bocarme, landed CAMBRIDGE AND SIIEPRETH JUNCTION.—For powers proprietor, residing in the chateau de Frandmeiz, in the to make a line from the Royston and Hitchin Railway commune of Burry ; and the Countess, his wife, sister to join the Eastern Counties at Shepreth. of the first-named gentleman. M. Fougnies rarely CAMERON'S COLEBROOK AND SWANSEA.—Extension visited his brother-in-law, whose lavish expenditure of time e r purchase of land and completion of works.— he disapproved of. B e i ng det erm i ne d, h ow ever , t o Alteration of company's name and amendments of Acts. marry, be had of late called at the chateau once or DUNDEE, PERTH, AND ABERDEEN, AND DUNDEE I twice, ' to intimate his intention and er.ange acme AND NEWTYLE.—For powers to lease to the Caledonian . Tatters. The Count and Countess represent.. Company and confirm agreement relative thereto.— mg to him that his health was delicate, and that be Amendment of Acts. EAST ANGLIAN.—For powers to sell, lease, or amalEa- had lost one of his legs, endeavoured to dissuade hi m mate with the Norfolk, Eastern Counties, or Great N;or- from his intention, but he held firm, and declared that there Railway Companies.—Extension of time for nothing should prevent him from his design. The making Ely and Huntingdon Branches —Amendment of i report goes that the Count and Countess were ex- Acts. ceedingly annoyed at this persistance, having hoped to inherit his property, to which they were the next heirs. However that may be, on the 20th M. Foug nies called at the chateau, and stayed to dinner. Every thing appeared to be passing over tranquilly, when sud denly an alarm was given by the Count and Countess that their guest was seized with a fit. The servants hurried in and found him lying on the floor. In half an hour he expired, the general opinion being that the cause of his death was apoplexy. Intelligence of what had occurred having reached the authorities at Tourney, they at once visited the chateau, accom• panied by a medical man, and after interrogating all the persons on the premises, ordered the Count and Countess to be taken into custody, and placed in se curity. The Emancipation of Brussels also gives some particularly stating that M. de Bocarme is the son of a gentleman of that name, who some years past emi grated to the United States, where he founded an agricultural establishment of some extent. The mother is still in Europe, being a daughter of the Marquis de Chasteler, whose head was offered a price for by the Emperor Napoleon, on the ground that be was the leader of the insurrection of the Tyrol. The Count de Bocarmii has always been looked on as a man of weak mind, and he lived on bad terms with his neigh bours. He does not appear to be under any appre hension concerning the consequences of his arrest, being perfectly calm. He eats with an excellent ap potite, as does the Countess, who is also in good spirits. The report at Tourney was that prussic acid had been introduced into the wine offered to M. Fougnies at dessert, after the Countess had quitted the room. THE MURDER OF A POLICEMAN NEAR BRENT WOOD.—On Saturday evening au inquest was held at the Horse-shoes Inn, Billericay, by C. C. Lewis, Esq., and a highly-respectable jury, on the body of Robert Bamborough, a policeman, who had died from the effects of injuries inflicted on him by a prisoner of the name of William Wood, a no torious poacher, who had been convicted that day by the 1311- lericay bench of magistrates, and was being conveyed by Bamborough to the Brentwood police-station, on the 21st, at Hutton. Police-inspector John Rough deposed, after the pri soner was taken at Chatham, he made a statement that he said he did not intend to drown the man The deceased was 46 years of age. Sarah Ann Hatch, aged 11 years, a most intelligent little girl, stated—l live at the bottom part of the town of Billericay. I was at Hutton on the 21st, at the house where Mr. Gray lately lived, which is opposite a pond in the road. I was nursing a baby at the window. I saw the prisoner, whom I know very well, being led by a police man. I saw prisoner snatch his hand from the policeman, and hit him on the temple. The prisoner then took hold of him by his arms, and drew him a little way. He knocked him down and pulled him towards the pond by his legs. He then threw him into the pond. I saw him lift up his head, open his mouth, and put mud into it; he then dipped his head under the water, holding his mouth open. He then got on him and trod him down ; atter that he got off of him and ran away up the lane opposite. I saw John Langrish go to him, it was a few minutes before any one came to him. Mr. Thompson then came. He lifted up his head out of the water. Ile was then got out and taken away. This occu pied about a quarter of an hour. Other evidence having been given, including that of the surgeon who attended the unfortunate deceased, the coroner shortly summed up, and the jury delivered a verdict of wilful murder against William Wood, who is in custody in Chelmsford gaol for the charge of poaching. THE DESTRUCTIVE AND FATAL BOILER EXPLO SION AT BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.—ThiS disastrous event, at the mills of Messrs, Waud and Co. (a brief notice of which has already appeared in The Sun), has resulted in the death of another party, named Margaret O'Donnell, a girl aged 17, making three killed, besides Ike injuries received by others, and a very large destruction lbf property. The inquest on the bodies was held, before Mr. John Dyson, coroner, on Fri day afternoon, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the death of the parties named had been caused by the explosion of a steam-engine boiler, such explosion having been produced by the imprudent opening of the stop-valve by the deceased engineman, John Hall, he being ignorant of the conse q uence of so doing. The jury exonerated Messrs. Waud from all blame, and recommended the fixing of a safety-valve to each boiler, and the adoption of Mr. Wilson's boiler protector, as the best means of preventing similar acci dents in future. ALARM AT A WILD •BEAST SHOW AT BARNSLEY —Oa Saturday evening, while Batty's collection of wild beasts were being exhibited on the Market-hill, a person named Charles Fleetwood went very near a den containing a lion and two leopards. One of the latter struck at him, and tore the sleeves of his coat and shirt, and broke the skin of his arm. The lion roared, which, along with the screams of the spectators, caused a regular melee, on which a confused scramble took place in the open space, when, in endeavour ing to get out of the show, many were thrown down and slightly injured. Many lost their hats, and by the pressure broke down the boards at one corner. The tire inside the show was upset, and strange to say about two gallons of naphtha was spilled without taking fire.—Doncaster Gazette. BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANT.—A meeting of this company took place on Thursday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration a measure fir enabling the company to raise the funds for the completion of the works of the Birkenhead Dock Trust. Baron Gold amid occupied the chair, and said the meeting was aware that the great object the Birkenhead Dock Company had in view was that of affording accommodation and facilities to the trade of the Mersey, by supplying them with a low water basin, so that, at all times of the tide, vessels of heavy burden would have sufficient depth of water. The great object could not be effected under a sum of 320,0001., and he contended that it was to the interest of the shareholders that this should be raised. The bondholders had appointed a committee of six, and he thought that six shareholders should also be appointed to form a committee to examine into the necessity of raising this sum, and, if they deemed it expedient to raise it, the best mode of so doing. The chair man concluded by moving a resolution to that effect. After considerable discussion, the motion was carried unanimously, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings THE SECRETS OF PEDESTRIANISSI.—A case came before the Birkenhead County Court on Saturday last, in which a professed pedestrian, named Mitchell, sued Homer Holden for i 2/ 2s. 10d., under the following rather singular circumstances:—lt appeared that during the time Searles was performing his 1,000/. miles match at Tranmere, the plaintiff engaged to walk on the ground near Woodside, 1,344 half-miles in as many half-hours, for an alleged wager of 300/., the admission money, according to the plaintiff, being to be divided between him and the defendant; but according to the evidence for the defence, such division was not to be paid until the expenses had been first deducted, and these it was shown amounted to 491. 12s. Bd., the actual receipts being only 241. ss. Bd. It came out in evidence that Mitchell engaged other parties to walk in his stead dur ing the night, and, after keeping up the pretence of perform ing the task for about three weeks, he got drunk, and did not walk at all, in consequence of which the defendant turned him off, and broke up the concern. His Bonour (J. W. Harden, Esq.), after describing the transaction as a black guard affair from beginning to end, ordered a verdict to be entered for the defendang”-Lirerpoo/ Mercury. TERRA COTTA DECORATIONS.— Messrs. Bowers and Baddeley, of the Staffordshire potteries, have recently submitted to us some architectural decorations made from a combination of Staffordshire clays. The clay when properly mixed is subjected to a great pressure, in order to drive out the fixed air: having undergone this process, the clay is moulded and baked in the usual mode of baking earthenware. From the great pressure employed in the process of preparing the clay and in moulding it, as well as from the effect of a i n perfectlythe p r o ee s vitreous , the clay character,er chavingert ai certain i h n e g a r n e d e a n k t e s d e assumes l oy e d and loses its absorbent properties. Bricks and ornaments of all kinds thus formed are impervious to wet, while from their non-absorbent qualities they may easily be painted. In work of this description the difficulty is to prevent warping and obtain straight lines. The patentees, however, speak with confidence of their ability in this respect. A good field is open to them.—Builder. FREIGHTS. Bates have declined to 21. 10s. at 2/. 12s. 6d. to both London and Liverpool-ss. more being paid in ready going vessels. To China the rate is Rs. 9at 9,+ per candy. A large number of vessels has arrived since our last, and there are now eight British ships on the berth for London, nine for Liverpool, three for the Clyde, one for China, one for Calcutta, one for Colombo, and twenty-two not as yet taken up for any port. EXCHANGE. On the arrival of the last China writ on the 21st ult., six months' sight first-class credit bills on London ad vanced to 2s. 1 15-16 d. to 2s. 2d., and sixty days' sight to 2s. lid.; but the former almost immediately aster again fell to 2s. 1 9-16 d., and the latter to 2s. lid. The rate of the day for the former is 2s. lid., Oriental Bank paper being procurable in the bazlar at 2s. lid. BOILER EXPLOSION at HALIFAX. LOSS OF NINE LIVES. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—Yesterday afternoon one of the most shocking occurrences that has taken place in Halifax for several years arose from the bursting of a boiler in Messrs. Firth and Son's mill, Lilly lane. At three o'clock the inhabitants in the vicinity of the mill were astounded by a loud report, and the flying about of materials from the building soon con vinced them that some sad catastrophe had happened. Of the three boilers at the mill, the centre one was that which was affected by the producing cause of the accident, and it shot through the floors of the building and roof, and then deposited itself against the arches of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, a part of which line passes close by the mill. All the hands in Messrs. Firth's employ were busy at work, and a part of them at that end of the mill which was erected over the boilers were buried in the ruins, which ex hibited a heap of broken beams, machinery, stones, and other materials, from whence proceeded the groans of the poor sufferers lying beneath. The part of the mill in which the bulk of the hands was employed was, of course, speedily emptied of its living contents, and the report of the accident being noised through the town vast crowds of people soon assembled, and thronged the vicinity of the scene. An efficient detachment of police rendered assistance where required, and Mr. John Water house, being early on the ground, sent for the mili tary to aid in clearing the yard, so that those assist ing to move the piles of rubbish under which the workpeople were buried might the better perform their work. Several influential gentlemen and some of the medical faculty assisted wherever their services were wanted, and the working classes strained every nerve to clear away the ruins. As soon as the mayor received intelligence of the sad affair, he hastened on horseback to the spot, and gave such instructions as were requisite for securing order, and enabling the parties employed to proceed with every dispatch. One body after another was brought out, and of the seven which passed in our view by a quarter past tour three were quite dead. Others were then miss ing, and when we obtained the last information, of those taken out, as near as we could learn, nine were dead, but who and what they were the confusion pre vented ua from correctly ascertaining. Two or three more lay at the infirmary in a somewhat hopeless state, and it was said that three others were amongst the missing. About eight o'clock it became neces sary to send for a second fire-engine, as the fire under the ruins was breaking out so as to threaten the por tion of the mill left standing. It was soon partially got under, but we fear there is little hope of any of those in the ruins being taken out alive. A girl was rescued about eight o'clock, not much hurt. THE CAMBRIDGE MONUMENT.--It Will be a source of much satisfaction to the friends of the foodless and house less to know that this monument is not to be limited to mere brass and marble. The undermentioned noblemen, ladies, and gentlemen, subscribers, have expressed their strong opi nion that it should consist of the " plan for preventing desti tution and mendicancy in the metropolis," which was drawn up last month by a committee presided over by the present Duke of Cambridge. The plan is simple, but comprehen sive, making provision for every class of the community whose avocations and condition are open to adversity : Their Graces the Dakes of Cleveland and Rutland, the Right Hon. the Earls of Clare and Powis, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the Right Hon. the Countess of Stradbroke, Admirals Sir Charles Ekins and. Sir G. F. Seymour, Lieutenant-Generals the Hon. A. P. Upton and Sir Howard Douglas, the Hon. C. R. Trevor, M.P., Colonel J. 11. Angerstein, the Rev. R. B. Byam, Drs. Marsden, Rayner, and llill ; C. Cochrane, J. Brownlow, C. Pott, J. L. Hopkinson, J. H. Parkinson, and W. L. Farrer, Esqs. ; Mrs. H. Owers and Bell; Messrs. Hawkes, Moselv, and Co.; Morel Brothers, Fortnum and Mason, Burbidge - and Son, G. and T. Pulman, Pierce and Son, Stevenson and Son, Vul liamy, Mackenzie, Bacon, Edridge, Bathe, Owen, Child, Costello, Madge, Palmer, Layton, Tillyer, Fletcher, Hatch ard, Taylor, Gale, Wood, Trice, Hague, Bristow, G. A. and P.T. Wall, Abbot, Hopwood, Fuller, Morrill, and executors of M. B. Hutson. The general meeting of the subscribers will take place early in December, at the Freemasons' Tavern. A PEBVERT.—The Rev. Mr. Anderson, member of the University of Oxford, abjured the Protestant religion and was - received into the bosom of the Romau Catholic Church on Sunday last, by Father de Ravignau, in the chapel of Sptre Dame de Sion. )11r., Anderson was con firmed on Tuesday by Cardinal Fornari, in the'chapel of the Apostolic Nuncio.--Cia/ignani.