The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-29 00:00:00

IP lit 11 01 wing ti er ih , ill 11,! cust°,l cat ana saw the A shop, o n ' . %% .nit on 'I eli•kbop'' and PA Bailey. DA I . Light it) ing effel 11 public s ' lkino. / ve) ed to was the is of °pi d with it e ' master. residing, ?r the nil ig whic h ° , urn'd b A I done 1"., broel; b) colt ' d o the b : r p e 'ere 4ie d it 6 . o po call fur with 'I agil l°- I to 11 1 ' Of 10 ,d dif fej ibi Oa/ te 01 # 14 / o r fl° 01 it tr'. or 0. the ' t is . eno illf close ~•:ould the Libel come I imagine he will walk over : it he dtes not, why then out of the others I prefer m Carissima and Mr. Wreford's Economist colt. Of the six named for the 10 Sovs• Stakes, the only one of whom I have heard a good character is Cherry Bounce. Twelve animals are named for the Warwick Cup, the race for which was wont to create as much interest as the Ascot or Goodwood ones do now. As the distance is four miles, and as only two engaged are cele brated for staying a distance, I shall select them for my winners— they are Alice Hawthorn and the Best-of- Three, and the former, I imagine, will be found the best of the two. The Stand Stakes.---Mr. Meiklam can hardly NI winning with his lot. Freeman and Hampton I expect to see well up in front. The Queen's Plate and a St - ,lling Plate will bring to a close the meeting at Wl'wiek for 1845. TELEGRAPH. London, A;,gust 29, 1845 SALISBURY RACES.--THURSDAY. The Produce Stakes of 50 soya, each, h ft, for three•year olds ; colts Bst 91b; fillies, Bst 61b. Mile and a half. Mr. Wreford's b c Worthless The Wiltshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft Two miles. Mr. IL Robinson's b c Morpeth, 4 yrs The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, 3 ft. The second to save his stake. Heats, a mile and three quarters. Mr. W. Sadler's Idleness, 4 yrs.. (A. Day) 0 1 1 Mr. Herbert's ch h Ajax, aged Mr. Love's Mobarek, aged WESTBURY AND BRATTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Hunters' Cup. Heats, a mile and a half. Mr. W. King's ch m Circe, aged ... ...... (R. Treen) 3 1 1 Mr. Patten's b g Palcemon, aged Mr. Gilbert's ch g King Cole, aged 2 3 dr Mr. J. White's g m Gaylass ' 6 yr The Yeomanry Cup. Heats, a mile and a half. Mr. Dalemore's ch g Clipper, aged (Owner) 1 1 Mr. Price's ch g Win-if-I-can, aged... 3 2 Mr. Gidding's gr m Take your time Miss Lucy, 5 yrs . 2 3 Mr. White's g m Gaylass Mr. Garrett's b g Tobi 5 dis The Westbury Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added. Mr. W. F. King's ch. m Circe, aged.. ...(R. Treen) 3 1 1 Mr. Davis's ch g Victor, aged 2 2 dr Mr. W. Mee's ua ch g Adrian, aged Mr. Buckler na b g Paul Clifford bolted The Button Castle Stakes were won by Mr. Smith's Mad cap, an a l the Pony race by Alice Grey. HEREFORD RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added, for three-yr-olds. Once round. __ _ Mr. I. Day's b c VYl3titaste; v (Marlow) 1 Mr. Moss's ch c Raymond Lully The Herefordshire Stakes of 15 sons. each, 10 ft, with 50 added. Twice round. Mr. Bosley's ch cby Tipple Cider, 3 yrs ...(Hutchinson) 1 Mr. I. Day's g by Mazeppa, out of Busk, 4 yrs Mr.. Godson's ch f Susannah, 4 yrs... .................. •• 3 The Hunters' Stakes were won in two heats by Mr. W. Johnstone's b 6 Hookev, 6 yrs (Mr J Wadlow), beating Mr. Knowles's cll h Tariff, 6 yrs, Mr. Curtis's Delamere, 5 yrs, and Mr. R Green nd Grenade, 4 yrs. The Farmers' Handicap Stakes of 50 sous. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. J. Boswell's b g Breewood, aged Mr. P. Jones's b g Tinker, aged 0 2 1 2 Mr. Vever's b g Veluti, 5 vrs Mr. Woolaston's ch gby 'irwin, 4 yrs ...... 2dr THURSDAY. The City and County Gold Cup of 60 sovs., added to a Han dicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft. About three miles. Mr. Bosley's ch c by Tipple Cider, 3 yrs Mr. T. Saunders's b m Nix-my• Dolly, 6 yrs... Mr. W. Scott na fby Bubastes, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Dixon's Glendower, 5 yr 5..... 4 The other races were not run when our account left. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAT. The only horses in any force were Miss Sarah, Weatherbit, and Due au t nurras ; Mentor and The Merry Monarch, although backed for two or three hundred pounds each, having mote enemies than sup porters, at least such was the inference we drew from the betting. 2to 1 was taken freely between two and the field ; 16 to 1 in fifties about Pantasa. 1.000 to 25 three or four times about Idas, 1,000 to 15 each about Clear-the-Way and the Miss Whip Colt, and a few other bets, small in amount and importance. The business, which was confined to the St. Leger, was flat. Closing prices : ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 on the field against two—taken 3 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's two—take 7 to 2 7 to 1 agst Forth's lot—taken to 1001. 9 to 2 agst Major Yarburgh's Miss Sarah—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—take 11 to 2 9 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Merry Monarch—taken 15 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Red Robin: 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—taken and aft. offd. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Pacha—take 23 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland—tak. and aft. off. 25 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Due au Durras-30 to 1 t. f. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Mid-Lothian—taken 40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's hedger—taken and aft. off. • 40 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken 45 to 1 agat Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way—taken 66 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—taken Old England, The Baron, Fitzallen, and Worthless, wer not mentioned. • GREAT PEDESTRIAN MATCH. On Wednesday the much-talked-of match between the Mol loys and Powells came off near the Black Dog Inn, at Bed font, and, from the novelty and interest attached to the race, an immense assemblage of persons were present. The con ditions of the match were—that E. Molloy and his son, fourteen years of age, should walk against Powell and his son, both parties to start together and contend for twelve hours continuously, and the distance of ground travelled over by the lather and son to be added, and which ever side accomplished the greatest distance within the stipulated time to be the win ters. The stakes were 1001. The Molloys were the favourites at 5 to 4. At seven o'clock the men and their companions were on the road. They entered upon their task with spirit. At tine o'clock the Molloys had the advantage of one mile; they kept steady at their feat, and at twelve o'clock the Powels had gained five miles upon their opponents. The men had now been walking six hours consecutively, and appeared somewhat fatigued. The Molloys had not been oft the road, partaking only of refreshment as they passed. At three o'clock the Powells were leading, and had covered sixty eight miles of road between them, and obviously had all appearances of victory. Young Powell was much distressed, and time and distance told heavily against him; and young Molloy was compelled to relinquish the contest, having been seized with spasms from the great exertion he had un dergone, having walked eleven miles and a half in two hours. At the commencement the Powells had acquired an advan tage of thirteen Rifles, and all hopes of winning on the part of the Molloys were lost. The Molloys, however, concluded their labours in very admirable style, and had reduced their arrear to three miles, when the Powells achieved their hard earned victory, having performed upwards of ninety miles within the stated tune. It was the general opinion that had not Molloy, junior, retired from the match at an early stage, the Molloys would have gained the laurels. ARUNDEL YACHT CLUB. The sailing match for a cup and cover amongst yachts of this club came off on Wednesday. The following came to station :—The Foam, 7 tons, E. W. Roberts; Rival, 10 tons, E. J. Parkinson ; Mischief, 12 tons, J. D. Weldsmith ; Dauntless, 7 tons, T. Edwards ; Wave, 10 tons, T. Howard. It was a time race, a minute per ton being allowed. The Wave took the lead and kept it, increasing her distance from the others, which continued close together all the way down. The Wave was half a mile or more in advance at Greenhithe. Sooa after rounding, the Mischief overhauled the Wave considerably, both leaving the others a long way astern. In Gallions the Mischief came very close in the wake of the Wave, but the Wave kept ahead and won by one hundred yards. MILBANK PRlSON.—Yesterday the second report of the Inspectors of Millbank Prison, as presented to Parliament in pursuance of the Act 6 and 7 Victoria, c. 26, was issued. The prison is now used as a depot for prisoners until they are transported or otherwise disposed of. Since the last report a large ward_has been erected for boys who were too young to be sent to the Pentonville Prison, and too old for Parkhurst, and When practicable they have the advantage of separate confine ment; they are instructed in religious and moral duties, trained to indteAri“us habits, and taught trades calculated to render them useful servants in the colonies to which they are sent. It seems that of 242 boys who have been placed in the juve nile ward during the eight months which have elapsed since its commencement, but three have received corporal punishment ; eonsiderable number have never been reported for a single Violation of the prison rules. Matrons have been appointed • to convict ships, and materials for work are now supplied to the female prisoners during the voyages. Last year 4,140 prisoners were sent from the prison, who have been sentenced to transportation. There were 3,778 males, and 362 females; of the number 685 were sent to Norfolk Island, 2,241 to Van Diemen's Land, 150 to Bermuda, 102 to the invalid hulk at Woolwich, 239 to Pentonville, 361 to Parkhurst, and the females (362) to Van Diemen's Land. The inspectors report that the prisoners in Milbank have generally enjoyed good health, the mortality among them has been small, and the number of sick at no time in the year considerable. There • Were 17 deaths— a less proportion than the average of former Years—and three cases of insanity, one of which was disallowed, and the convict (Dalmas) transported. FREE TRADERS' COUNTY OBJECTIONS: We un derstand that the objections by free-traders to persons on the lists of county voters in this and the adjoining counties are to something like the following extent, which we give only as an approximation :—North Lancashire, 2,000 ; South Lancashire, 2 ,800 ; West Riding of Yorkshire, 2,700 ; North Cheshire, Spwards of 1,000 ; South Cheshire, I,soo.—Manchester Guardian. FIRE AT GUILDHALL COFFEE- HOUSE.—Yesterday the inmates of this establishment were greatly alarmed by the intense heat felt in almost every roum of the house. The fire-brigade from Watling-street were sent for, when it was discovered that the cause of the annoyance was occasioned by a large beam of bond timber in close communication with the flooring having ignited. The consequences, no doubt, Would have been very serious but for its timely discovery. After great trouble, by cutting away a portion of the build ing, the fears of those belonging to the establishment were allayed. THE CROWN OF ENGLAND.—The imperial cro wn, Which met with so serious a fall from the hands of the Duke of Argyll, in the House of Lords, on the occasion of her Majesty's late prorogation of Parlia on Tue,day cnveed by his Grace, in his private ca rriage , , and safely deposited y in the Jewel-honte, his Grace humourously remarking that he was glad he had got it there. All the diamonds and other jewels that were displaced, and fell on the floor of the House of Lords, Were found, and have been firmly re-set in their original posi tions by her Majesty's crown jeweller. Lady Cowan, the wido and relict of the late Al !lerman Sir John Cowan, Bart., has by her will, made in 1843, bequeathed the whole of her estates, both real and personal, to her brother, John Mullett, Esq., of Brighton, for his absolute ;r l e, and appointed him sole executor. Sh e execu t e d a codicil e week before her death, leaving a legacy of 500/. to Catha pne, the daughter of Mr. John Beaton, of the Bank of Eng 'lad. With this exception her brother takes the whole of her • treperty. The per sona l es t a t e i s sworn un d er 1 4, 000/. H er advship died on the 7th inst., at Forest-hill, Sydenham. .-; xeurrEt IN A CAB.—Yesterday morning, between Ten and eleven o'clock, the wife of Mr. T. Smedgrove, an ?ptieian, residing in Union-street, Borough, on her return 4 2roe from Knightsbridge, was take n ver y ill i n Pi cca dilly, '. pen she called a cab, in order to hasten home. On the arrival n the cab at Mr. Smedgrove's reaidtnce, it was discovered that Mrs. Sroedgrove had given birth to a fine boy. She was . exhaused l state, but soon rallied, and the moth er an d are doing wel. , 71,!Or 0 very A.MERICAN NEWS. TEN DAYS LATER from AMERICA SAFE ARRIVAL, Ot THE GREAT BRITAIN AT NEW YORK, IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO; The Cambria steamer, Captain i - udkins, arrived a Liverpool yesterday morning in nine days and a hal from Halifax, The Great Britain steamer grind at New York on the 10th, having accomplished her passage from Liverpool in fourteen days and twenty-one hours. 'the Cambria brings advices from New York to the 15th, from Boston to the 16th inst. inclusive, together with New Orleans papers to the 7th inst., and advices from Vera Cruz dated 21st July. All official intercourse between Mexico and the United States had ceased. The Washington Government organ announces that the United States troops which had ad vanced to the Texan frontier would not be withdrawn, and that General Taylor had with the infantry advanced to Corpus Christi, and Col. Twiggs, with the cavalry, had penetrated beyond Austin to the neighbourhood of Alamo. The elections for the different States are proceeding, but great apathy appears to exist. There is nothing new from Canada. The following are extracts from the papers : (From the New York Herald of the 16th.) The last advices from New Orleans inform us ihat the Mexican Consul at that port had received official instruc tions from the Mexican Secretary of State, in forming him that the relations between that Go vernment and the United States had reached such a point as required the immediate cessation of all official intercourse ; that their friendly relations were at an end, and that all Mexicans were to be directed to take such measures for the security of their per sons and property, as they might deem expedient. This intelligence comes, however, merely in the shape of a private communication, and, as no such intimation had been conveyed to the Mexican Consul in this city, it is to be received with caution. Still it is quite certain that in New Orleans the general opinion was that war had been declared by Mexico ; and the intelligence which pours in upon us from all quarters, confirms the belief that the crisis which we have been awaiting for some time past, has at length arrived. We should not be at all surprised to hear, in a few days, of seine decisive blow having been struck by Mexico, and that the war had indeed commenced. The Government organ at Washington, in referring to certain various and contradictory rumours relative to the disposition of the United States troops sent to the Texan frontier, declares in positive terms that these troops are not to be withdrawn, and that it expected to hear by the next arrival that General Taylor had ad vanced, v.ith the infantry under his command, as far as Corpus Christi, and perhaps penetrated the country farther from the Gulf coast. Colonel fwiggs, in com mand of the dragoons, had advanced through Austin farther west, to the vicinity, perhaps, of the Alamo. We have also reason to believe that the Texians them selves are now moving for the purpose of co-operating with our troops. This is, we perceive, stated by the Union. The instructions issued by the United States Go vernment to their troops on the Texian frontier, re strict them entirely to defensive course of action, so long as Mexico remains quiet. But from all present appearances it is very evident that Mexico will forcibly resist the measure adopted by our government, to main tain the boundary line as claimed by Texas. The demagogues in Mexico who now manage her affairs, are stirring up with the greatest activity the belligerent feel ings of the people. Each is trying to out-herod his rival in this business. The Mexican people, themselves, ignorant, vindictive, and misled and excited by Bri tish agents, are in a very fitting condition to be operated upon by these ambitious and violent leaders. Thus, then, stand at this moment our relations with Mexico. We do believe that war is nearer than many imagine. Of course, we cannot have any fear for the issue. But the public voice begins to call louder and louder upon the President and his Cabinet to summon Congress to gether. Ought they not at once to take this step ? CANADA.—There is a project talked of at present of connecting Lake Champlain and Lake Ontario by rail road, which may be regarded as a bold stroke towards diverting from Montreal and Quebec a large share of the trade of Western Canada. It ever this is effected, the great results expected to proceed from the Welland Canal, in favour of the Canadians, will be much neutralised. Hardly any commercial operations are taking place itr Canada now ; several attempts have been lately made to force off goods at auction, but to no purpose. We observe the weather has been very warm at Quebec—the thermometer last week ranging from 90 to 95 there. A trial which caused much excitement has ended in the acquittal of two young men charged with murder in the last election disturbances. Party feeling was keenly at work to procure a conviction, and also to secure an acquittal. Since the notorious verdict of the jury in 1837, acquitting Jobin of the murder of the lamented Lieutenant Weir, it is quite common in Montreal to assail the integrity of juries, and we fear it is not always done without good ground. In the case just tried, the prisoners were acquitted—a regular triumph for the po pular cause. The 71st Regiment had subscribed 301. 4s. 6d. for the relief of the Quebec sufferers. The sum promises to exceed 30,0001. in Great Britain and Ireland alone. A strong rivalry exists between steam-boats on the SL Lawrence this season. AFFAIRS OF MEXICO. (From the New Orleans Picayune, Aug. 7.) It is confidently stated that Senor Arrangoiz, the Mexican Consul here, has received orders from his Go vernment to close his business in this city, and further, that he will sail in two or thre days for Vera Cruz. One report has it that his departure will be the signal for the publishing of a non-intercourse act, and another that a formal declaration of war is to follow. A few days will tell the story. Since the above was written we hear it stated that the declaration of war by Mexico is really in town, and that it will be published by some one or more of the city pa pers this morning. If this be true, we shall see what Mexico will do after taking a step so rash. That she will issue letters of marque and reprisal—attempt to turn loose a set of foreign privateers upon our commerce— has been hinted at, and with good show of reason.— There are not sailors enough, put them all together, in her contemptible marine to man a single sloop of war effectually, and we trust that our Govern ment will at once declare every vessel engaged under Mexican colours, without the lawful complement of na tives on board, a pirate, and string up every foreigner to the yard-arm. The pages of Vattel may not afford such authority, but Vattel knew but little of Mexico when he wrote, and strong cases require prompt and forcible arguments. On land, the course of the United States is plain enough. With the regular troops now in Texas, and the volunteers ready to start at a mo ment's warning, we have a force sufficient to crush any miserable apology of an army Mexico can concentrate between San Luis Potosi and the Rio Grande for three months to come—it would be an act of charity to take the entire army of our gasconading neighbours prison ers to save thtan from the starvation that has long been preying upon them. Possession of the harbours of Cali fornia—a matter which a frigate or sloop of war could easily effect—might also be taken, and if all these plans are carried out, we shall have the enemy at our gates cueing for peace before a year is over their heads. (From the IVew Orleans Reparter, Aug. 7.) The schooner Relampago, which recently arrived at the Balize .from Vera Cruz, came up to the city on Tuesday evening. Our previous accounts by this vessel were very limited, based as they were upon verbal state ments, and a short extract from one of the few letters which reached the city in company with the dispatches for the State Department. It was not until a late hour yesterday that we received the letter, an extract from which follows, containing the official communications, a translation of which is subjoined. The letter is from a friend and correspondent in Vera Cruz, and enclosed the communications, which are from the Minister of War and Marine of Mexico. It appears by these, that the previous intimations of the intention of Mexico to declare war against this country have assumed a positive and determinate shape. No simple act of non-intercourse, it appears, will give sufficient vent to the pent-up indignation of our Mexican neighbours. Nothing short of a war—a war of invasion too—that contemplates among the least of its triumphs the re conquest of Texas—will appease their belligerent feel ings and heal their wounded honour. Well, if it is to be, we must prepare ourselves for the struggle. We hope by this time that our fleet is in the Gulf—we know that our little army is at its post. The Water Witch, which may be looked for every day, will bring_ us full par ticulars. We have reason to believe that the despatches to the Department of State at Washington, brought by the Relampago, communicated the fact of war having been declared by the Mexican Government. In a stili closer view of a war with Mexico, we take occasion to repeat what we said the other day, as to the course which should ho pursued in such an event. If we are to be embroiled in a conflict with Mexico, we hope that the scale upon which the contest will be prosecuted by us will bear some relation to the power and dignity of this nation. Let the assertion of our might as well as of our right he so complete, that among the other results of a brilliant campaign, no vestige of Eurcpean influence will remain in Mexico to tempt her into a repetition of the fatuity of going to war with us. The following is the letter and documents referred to: — Vera Cruz, July 21, 1845. Dear Sir,—* * I have only one moment's time to hand you the enclosed, to which I refer you. We are momentarily expecting to receive the declaration of war against the United States, from Mexico. Every one is making prepa rations to leave this place and move into the interior. The Water Witch will sail for your port on the 28th or 29th inst. Yours. OFFICE OF WAR AND MARINE.-SECTION OF OPERATIONS. (Circular.) The United States have consummated the perfidy against Mexico, by sanctioning the decree which declares the annexa tion of the department of Texas to that Republic. The in justice of that usurpation is apparent, and Mexico cannot tolerate such a grave injury without making an effort to prove to the United States the possibility of her ability to cause her rights to be respected. With this object the Supreme Government has resolved upon a declaration of war against that power, seeing that our forbearance, instead of being received as proof of our friendly disposition, has beers interpreted into an acknowledged impossibility on our part to carry on a successful war Such an error on the part of the United States will be ad. vantageous to 14Iezico, because, suddenly abandoning its pacific attitude, it will tomorrow communicate to Congress the declaration of war, and excite the patriotisrasd its citizens TITIE SUN', LONDOisr, EVEN'ING, AUGUST 29, 1845. to sustain the dignity of the nation and .the integrity of its territory, now treacherously, attacked, in utter disregard of all guarantees recoTii4ed in thi't enlightened age. You will readily appreciate the importance of this subject, and the necessity of prepa r i ng th e t roo p s umiu your command, to march tuvards any point which may require protection against these most unjust aggressions. I aol directed br the provincial President tt enjoih upon you, as general-in-chief of rour aivision, and as a citizen of this Republic, to hold youraelf in readiness to repel those who seek the ruin of Metier. The Government is cccupied in covering the different points on the frontiers, and in collecting the necessary means, so that no thing may be wanting to those whose glory it will be to defend the sacred rights of their country. I have the honour to communicate for your intelligence and to direct your conduct. God and Liberty.—Mexico, July 16, 1845. GARCIA CONDE. This circular to the authorities subordinate to this office. Most Excellent Senor—As my notes of the 30th of March and the 7th of April of this year, concerning the deserters and recruits for the army, have not produced the effect which his Excellency the President ad interim desired, as the Gover nors have not been able to gather a number of men by any means adequate to the wants of the army, his Excellency has ordered your Excellency to provide the material, to enable the different departments to furnish their quota and complete the contingent of troops required by the decrees of 29th of Decem ber, 1843, and the 2d July, 1844 ; for although the Supreme Government has not evaded with punctuality the complement from these departments, she now sees herself under the neces sity of doing so, for the war which she wages against the United States, the perfidy and treachery of which power has put her in possession of a part of this Republic. His Excellency the President ad interim requires that your Excellency inform the Governors of the necessity which exists of detailing the number of men so highly necessary to fill the ranks of the army, and to excite the zeal and patriot ism of the authorities, that their preparations shall be effec tual, so as to fulfil the desires of the Government, and pre vent the dignity of the nation from being in any measure com promised. I have the honour to communicate . to your Excellency the following, to be used as occasion may require. God and Libery !—July 6, 1845.—Garcia Conde. Most Excellent Senor, Minister of Foreign Relations and of Police. Transmit to the authorities depending upon your department. MOST EXCELLENT Salson.—lt being necessary that the troops of the line should cover the frontiers of the republic, and march towards Texas to conquer that department, now usurped by the United States, His Excellency the President ad interim has commanded me to transmit you this note, to excite the zeal and patriotism of the Governors, that they place under arms, in their respective districts, all the force which can be collected in defence of the laws, to be ready to serve as a safeguard of their respective departments, according to the de cree of the 4th of June of this year, and the regulation of the 7th inst. Your Excellency will communicate to the Governors this supreme resolution, and will inform them of the obligations under which the citizens are to contribute to the defence of their country, and to sustain rights, ♦iolated by a nation which refuses to acknowledge them, and obliges Mexico to maintain them by force, which it most undoubtedly will or fall in the struggle. She will not consent to give up one half of her territory, from the base fear of losing the other. Hoping that your Excellency will furnish me with information as to the number of men which can be devoted to this important object, your Excellency will pleaie to accept my most high con sideration. God and Liberty I Mexico, July 16, 1845. To the most Excellent Senor, Minister of Foreign Relations and Police. (From the New York Courier and Enquirer.) LATER FROM ExAs.—Galveston dates to July 30 have been received at New Orleans by the packet Alabama, which arrived on the 2d. We find a summary of the news she brought in the Picayune. The steamer Monmouth arrived at Galveston on the 31st ; she was to effect needed repairs, and leave the next day for Aransas. The Texan Convention seems to be progressing rapidly with its business, and will probably adjourn by the middle of this month. The seat of Government will probably be continued at Austin. The National Register contains the following : AUSTIN, JULY 19,1845.—There is but little of interest going on here: the members of the Convention are be.- coming a little more excitable as time progresses. Yes terday there was a flare-up between General Davis and Senor Navarro. Davis, in advocating some measure, introduced into his remarks a comparison rather dis paraging to the Mexican nation, at which the " deputy" from Bexar took fire, and demanded if the remarks were intended as personal to which Davis rejoined, by de nying that he had said what was alleged. The Seat of Government question, I think, is destined to raise a row, the " West" having divided upon it between Lagrange and Austin. The various Committees in the Convention have re ported different previsions for a State Constitution. They are published at length in the Galveston papers. The Bill of Rights declares that no religious test shall ever be required ; that no person shall ever be imprisoned for debt ; that perpetuities and monopolies shall never be allowed, and that no bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be made, nor vested rights be divested unless for purposes of public utility, and for adequate compensa tion previously made. The Executive power is to be vested in a Governor chosen for four years. The sth section of that part of the Constitution having reference to the "Judiciary" department of the State is as follows : The Governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate, shall ap point the Judges of the Supreme and District Courts. The editor of the Civilian is of the opinion that this section will become a law, thus taking the election of the judges from the hands of the people. The first section of the " Legislative Department" provides that " every free white male citizen of the United States, who shall have resided in Texas one year preceding an election, and the last six months in the country or town in which he offers his vote, shall be a qualified elector. Indians not taxed, and Africans and descendants of Africans ex cepted." No Minister of the Gospel or Priest shall be a mem ber of the General Assembly. The first election to be held on the first Monday and the following day in November, 1846, and the election shall be held on the same day in November every two years thereafter. The Civilian remarks, that "it ap pears to be understood that a majority of the Conven tion are in favour of inserting a clause in the Constitu tion to prevent banks." The following extract of a letter from Captain Grice, of the Undine, gives an account of the landing of the United States troops in Texas. It is dated " ARANSAS BAY, JULY 28, 1845.—0 n Saturday, the 26th instant, the American flag was first planted in Texas by authority, upon the south end of St. Joseph's Island, upon which I am landing the troops from the Alabama, inside the bay. There are now 500 men encamped here, and the scene is full of interest. The other ves sels with troops are not expected to arrive for several days. Dr. D. A. Perry, of Washington county, was murdered recently by a negro, formerly the property of the doctor. The negro was suspected, accused, confessed the deed and has been hung. According to the Civilian, the health of Galveston continued remarkably good. The weather had been dry, and rain was much needed. A semi-weekly mail has been established between Washington and Austin, to continue during the season. Everything on the frontier is quiet. The Georgetown D. C. Advocate his the following paragraph : " Humours were plentifully rife yesterday, as to the nature of a dispatch said to have been received on the previous evening by the Government, from Texas. From all that we have been able to learn, we suspect that there is growing up in Western Texas, a state of affairs as much the more serious than the Florida war, as the field of action and the numbers and powers of the Indian enemy there, are greater than was the case in Florida." FROM WASHINGTON.--We have not space this morn ing for the entire letter of our Washington Correspon dent. We give merely the following, which he sends as a postscript. Of the authenticity of its statements we have no means of judging, except from the character of the writer : WASHINGTON, Atm. 9, 1845.-1 have learned some news which have an exceedingly warlike appearance, and would appear to indicate that the Administration become possessed of information of the doings of the Mexicans leading them to expect a declaration of war and active hostilities. I learn that this morning there were dispatched from the Navy Yard here, one hundred and fifty boxes of muskets by the Southern boat, to go through by the mail route to New Orleans, and one hundred boxes in addition have been ordered to be sent after them as quick as they can possibly be pre pared. There have been also 350,000 ball cartridges ordered to be prepared and forded by , the same conveyance with the utmost dispatch, as well as a number of gun-car riages and other military stores. So great is the hurry, and so urgent the orders of the Government for the dis patch of these warlike stores, that lam informed the workmen at the Navy-yard will be at work all day to morrow, although it will be Sunday ! This would seem to indicate that the Administration are convinced there is to be no joking, but an actual bond fide war. A letter in the New Orleans Jeffersonian, written to a gentleman in that city, says— " VERA CRUZ, JAN. 13.—1 have to conclude this let ter in a hurry, as the news is just in town that war has been declared against the Americans, and the vessels are going off immediately, to prevent being seized." The New Orleans Bee, of the 4th, has the rumour in a postscript We were informed, last evening, that the Mexican Government had come to the .onclusion to stop all inter course with the United States, and has issued orders to her various Government officers to that effect." The same paper, of the sth, contains the following : " We were informed yesterday that an importing house in our city had applied to the Mexican Consul to know whether he could clear a vessel for ono of the Mexican ports on Thursday next, and that the reply of the Consul was that after Wednesday he would be unable to attend to any such business. As the duty of the Consul in such cases is to countersign the manifest, his refusal looks as if there were some truth in the rumours of war now so prevalent." The Tropic of the sth says of the same subject : " The only rumour which appears at present to be well authenticated, is one, that the Mexican Consul has re ceived orders from his Government to withdraw imme diately from this country. What the exact nature of the Consul's instructions are, we are not advised, but we are informed, on what we believe to be excellent autho rity, that that functionary wiil close his office to-morrow, and cease to exercise his duties." And the Courier of the 4th has the following post script : " Since the foregoing was written, we have seen letters from Mexico of July '22, which say war was inevitable. The Senate of Mexico had assembled in order to discuss the question of peace or war, and the issue depended on their deliberations. Until the result was known, the Me xican ports would continue open as usual to American trade." The Picayune also learns verbally that the opinion at Vera Cruz was prevalent and decided, that war would to Siieedily.deolared . and also that .Mexico is making sti4initaus efforts to borrow 12.60000 lcia tti carry it an: Vera Cruz was said to be very healthy. r iht,'Y landinff shots and shells from the Castle of San Juan de Inloa, on the wharves. Two light shot!lts of earthvakes here Mt A Vera ()rut on the 13th ult., and between theiia caiiie 4 se::iere tempest of rain: The fo lowing eitract of a lettbr to ,bottatiaereial house at New Orleans is Published in the Iliayitn6 MATAMORAS, JULY 17, 1845.—1 write you again thus s- , on,,fearing that war will be declared by Mexico against the United States, and all communication be interrupted for some time. From the present manifestation of feel ing towards the Americans we fear We may be expelled from the country at fifteen days' notice, in which case I shall have the pleasure of seeing you sooner than I ex.- pected, although at a grievous loss in a pecuniary point of view. By the present treaty between the United States and Mexico, we are permitted to remain six months to settle up our business affairs, but I am apprehensive they will pay no regard to it. Troops are approaching this place from various quarters, and not a single doubt remains in my mind of the intentions of this Govern ment to declare war, although it will be impossible for them to push it with vigour, or the least prospect of success. Should they, however, be supplied with the requisite funds from England, although they may be un able to make any powerful demonstration on the other side of the Rio Grande-, their national obstinacy will in duce them to defer for a long time any approaches to wards a peace forfeiting their alleged rights to the State of Texas. FROM ST. DOMINGO.—Capt. Robinson, of the schooner Samuel Roberts, informs us that news had reached Por Paix from Cape Hayti that the Haytian army had re turned to the Cape--that Col. Valamener was left 40 miles east of the Cape, waiting for an assault ; but the Haytian soldiers ref use d to attack and returned, leaving the Dominicans to themselves. Coffee was high. No American vessels at the Cape on 31st July. The Washington Unioh, in noticing the recent move ment of troops to Texas, says that this, as well as other measures, have been adopted on account of information which has been received that the Mexicans are sending a force across the Rio Grande. With regard to the fact that Texas does not extend to the Rio Grande, but only to the Neuces, the official paper says— " Let it not be said that Mexico has claimed the country to the east of the Rio Grande ; that they have a post at Santiago ; that they have a few troops at that post, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, and another small post higher up the river. We do not mean, unless they compel us, by . some act of violence, to dispossess them of these positions. We stand upon the defensive, so far as relates to the force they have already at these posts. Tell us not, however, of the 45,000 inhabitants they have settled on that river. The population on the river, until you ascend to the neighbourhood of the Santa Fe region is very small—not more than a few hundreds ; and most of these very Mexicans have recognised the laws of Texas, by uniting with the Texians in electing from that country a representative to the Texian Congress." THE OREGON EMIGRANTS. —The St. Joseph Gazette, published in Missouri, has news from the Oregon emi grants. Another company is lost, which contains fifteen men and thirty. five women. They were about 800 miles above Council Bluffs, on the Missouri river ; they had despaired of getting on this season, and are planting buckwheat with the expectation of obtaining provisions on which they may resume their journey next spring. ADELPHI THEATRE. A new one act spectacle, entitled the Boy King, was produced here last evening. The Boy King is Louis XV. of France (Madame Celeste), who was married at 15 years of age, and the action of the dram a t a k es pl ace on the day of his wedding. In honour of the occasion a grand fete is given at Court, at which all the youthful nobility of his own age (represented by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, and several of the ladies of th e es t a b lishment) attend, and there is a review of an army of "Infantine Infantry," who go through their exercises admirably. The tutor of the king has arranged that his Majesty and his youthful Court shall go to bed at ten o'clock, and that himself and his coadjutors shall enjoy a good supper after. The Boy King, however, demurs to this arrangement. He determines to write " man" from that day,and as a man tosit up to supper. He finds certain blank letters de cachet which have been left by his Ministers for his signature, and filling them up with the names of his tutor and those friends whom the tutor had invited to supper, he consigns them to the Bastile, a nd en j o y s himself with his youthful friends. Eventually the Regent frees the tutor and his companions, but not until the King and his friends have sat up to and eaten the supper, and from that night the King not only reigns, but governs. This trifle is put on the stage in exquisite taste. The " Infantine Infantry" are admirably drilled, and go through their exercise with the most laughable precision. The curtain fell amidst considerable applause, and the piece will no doubt have a run. It was preceded by Sweethearts and Wives, with Munyard as Billy Lackaday, the best Billy Lackaday that has appeared since the days of Liston. The house was crammed to suffocation. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE MOONLIGHT STEAM-BOAT. Yesterday afternoon,pt 3 o'clock, Mr. Bedford, the coroner, and his jury, re-assembled at the St. Martin's public-house, Duke -street, Adeiphi, to resume the inquiry relative to the death of James Purcell, the lad whose shocking fate has been already noticed in this journal. From what has transpired at the inquest it is manifest that the poor boy's death was the consequence of the negligence on the part of the crew of either the Moonlight or the Prince of Wales steam-boat, and the chief point to which the conflicting testimony already elicited has reference, is the question as to which of the two vessels was put in motion before the rope , connecting them had been unfastened. As the captains and mates of these boats contradict each other in their statements respecting the material fact, the evi d. ence of the p assengers w ill b e pro b a bly regar d e d as th e mos t important. A A lighterman, named Maclaren, stated that be was on board the Prince of Wales at the time when the Moonlight came up alongside of that vessel at the Hungerford•pier. The head rope of the former was thrown over and fastened to the lar board sponson of the latter. After landing her passengers, &c., he saw the Moonlight going ahead, without having been freed from the other boat, upon which witness called oat, " Cut the rope," it having become too tight to be removed from the sponson. At this moment he saw the deceased boy fall upon the deck of the Moonlight, one of his feet, wrenched off by the rope, having fallen into the water. He did not see any one in charge of the rope. He could not say if it was the appointed duty of any one to remove the eye of the head rope from the Prince of Wales boat, but he conceived it to he the duty of every captain to see that the rope had been taken in before giv ing the command to proceed. The captain of the Princ e of Wales attributed all the blame to the Hungerford Pier Company, whose duty it was to provide a sufficient number of hands to attend upon the boats arriving at that pier. It was notorious, however, that there was not half enough assistance provided for the large number of ves sels calling there. It was possible that the Prince of Wales might have gone a little astern at the moment when the acci dent occurred from the action of the ebbing tide. He did not consider that any blame was attributable to the crew of his boat. He had known many similar accidents to occur in con sequence of the insufficiency of piermen to attend to the boats arriving at the pier. A discussion of nearly an hour's duration now took place as to the admissibility of certain evidence offered by Mr. Cat tarns, on the part of the Iron Steamboat Company, to which an objection had been raised in consequence of the presence of the two witnesses (Mr. Simmonds and Mr. Flemings, passen gers in the Moonlight) at an earlier period of the investigation. Mr. Coppoek, the solicitor of the lad's parents, and several of the jurymen submitted, that as the Coroner had determined at the commencement of the inquiry to receive the evidence of no one who had been in the room during the examination of other witnesses, neither Mr. Simmonds nor Mr. Fleming, both of whom had been present, could be heard. Mr. Simmonds observed that his evidence, if admitted, would be found of great importance to the jury in considering their decision. Mr. Fleming submitted, that although he had been in the room a few minutes during the former proceedings, he had no recollection of what happened at the time. One of the jurymen proposed that a show of hands should be taken upon the subje c t, an d in the con f us i on o f talking that followed, Mr. Simmonds urged that, a s his 'evidence had been taken in writing before be had attended the inquest, there could be no reasonable objection to its reception. Mr. Coppock inquired what Air. Simmonds meant by his evidence " being taken in writing ?" This was explained by Mr. Cattarns, who stated that the witness had called at his office, in his (Mr. Cattarns's) ab sence, and that his statements were taken down in writing by his clerk. But he had not seen him personally upon the sub ject, and did not know him when he was sitting in the room. The CORONER, having been i ncessant l y appea l e d to for his opinion upon the point at issue, expressed his willingness to wave any objection that might tend to dep r i ve th em o f im • portant evidence ; but he was inclined to doubt whether the witness could be examined after what had happened. Eventually the Coroner decided on taking a n o pi n i o n upon the question before pronouncing his determination as to the admissibility of the evidence. Alexander Mills, a wood-turner, deposed that he was a pas senger on board the Moonlight on Monday even i ng , th e 18th instant, and witnessed the accident. Th ere were t wo vessels at the Hungerford-pier when the Moonlight arrived. The eye of the head-rape was attached to the Prince of Wales, and the remainder was lyi ng i n a coil in the bow of the Moonlight. Witness saw a youth standing close to it when the signal to " Go ahead" was given by the captain of the Moonlight. The boat moved on, and a man seized the rope, which he tried to jerk off from the Prince of Wales's sponson. He failed in doing so, an d t h e deceased, whose foot was somehow entangled in the rope, was dragged against the timber-head. Witness ran to his assistance, and prevented him from falling overboard, but the rope had wrenched off his foot, which had dropped into the river. No one was on board Moonlightsponson, was proceeding to set th e h ea d- ro p e a t l t i h b e e rty Prince H o e f Wales,was confident near the th at t t he when the accident happened. The wh o l e occurrence did not last more than two or three minutes after the Moonlight had started. By Mr. Coppock—He did not see the Prince of Wales go astern. Mr. Coppock drew attention to a discrepancy in the state ments of this witness and those of Henry Tucker, one of the Moonlight crew, who had deposed • t o the effect that no one but himself was present with the rope, which, according to his evidence, was tightened by the Princ e of Wales boat going astern. Another passenger named Gordon, of 17, Frederick-place, Goswell-street, stated that he saw a lad sitting on the coiled head-rope after the Moonlight had arrived at the pier, and witnessed the accident. [This witness confirmed many of the statements of the preceding witness ; but declared his opinion that the rope was drawn out by the Prince of Wales boat going astern.] The Moonlight boat had not proceeded more than a yard and a half when the cry of " Stop her " was given, and the vessel was stationary. Witness picked up the foot of the deceased, and assisted in taking him to the hospital at Charing cross. It was announced that there were several other passengers who wished to be examined, some of whom had been waiting until now (eight o'clock), but were unable to remain any longer. The inquiry was further adjoluned to Monday evening, at" six o'clock. A Lam BAPTISX.-At the Baptist Chapel, in By rom-street, bltised by last, a female, r a o g m ed -s s t e re v: t n , f) L ,.t iv h e r r e p e p , ol t , un on ea Ti l u a r r7 l7 on e e vi, u mersion, RELATIVE CLC RAILWA PRINCIPAL CITIES AN SCOTLA v, NAMES Or RAILWAYS. Aberdeen •••••• •• • • • • Airdrie and Coatbridge • • Arbroath and Forfar Ditto Half Shares • • • • Armagh, Coln; & Portrush Bandon and BantrY ,• • • • Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down Birknhd,Lan. & Ches.Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. (iss. at dis.) Ditto Half Shares .. Birminglun &Oxfrd.Junc. Blekburn, and Preston .. Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn Bolton, W igan, & Liverpl. Boston, Stanifhl and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Hast. Bristol and Exeter• • • • • • Ditto New. • • • Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union• • Caledon. and Ayrsh. Junc Caledon. & Dumbar. Junc. Caledonian ......... Ditto Extension • • • • • • Cambridge and Lincoln.. Chchter and Birkenhead.. Ditto NQW Shares • • • • _ . Ditto Half Shares .... Chester and kElyhead • • Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley Clitheroe Junction ...... Clydesdale Junction ..... Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon ....... Cork and Killarney ..... Curk and Waterford .... Cork and Youghal Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester.. Cornwall.. Derby and Crews . • • .. Direct Lon. and Manchstr I)iss, Deccles, tic Yarnsoth Direct Northern .. • •• Direct Norwich .• • • • • • • • Dublin and Belfast June: Dublin, Belfast, & Colrue Dublin and Drogheda • • • • Dublin and Gaiwsy . • • • • Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath . • • Ditto New ... Dundee and Per.h •. • Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) .. Eastern Counties . • Do. rerp.s pr Ct., No 1 Do. - do. No. 2 East Denham & Norwich East Union . • Ditto Extension ...... Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • • . Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent .. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.. • . Ely and Huntingdon .... Enniskillen and 51ig0.... Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr Fltwood, Prstn, & W. Rid. Garnkirk and Glasgow • • Glasgow and Ayr. • • • Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock.. Ditto New.• .•• • • •• ••• Ditto Preference • • • • • • Glasgw, Dnifries, and Car. Glsgw, Kilmarnelt, &Ard. Glasgow and Belfast Un. Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction .• • . Ditto Half Shares • • • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto New Quarters • • Ditto Eighths • • • • • • •• Grand Union. • .. • • Great Eastern & Western Gt Grimsby & Die Extens. Gt Grimsby and Sheffield Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Irtnd) Ditto Extension Great Munster • • • • Gt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares Do. New 301. Shares .. Great Western ......... Ditto Half Shares • • • • _Ditto Fifths.• • • • • • • • Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports. Ilarwich ..............: Hudrsfld & Man. It. &Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainshorough.. Hull and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares . • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Inverness and Elgin Isle of Jersey ...... . Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray • ... Killarney Junctions ..... Lancaster and Carlisle .. Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford •• • . Ditto Extension .. • • .. Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Thirsk ........ Leeds & W. Riding Junc. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Litnrck, Ennis, & KU. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares • . • . Ditto Quarter Shares • . Liverpl, Ormskrk,& Frani London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds.. • • .:• • • • Ditto Quarters . •• •• •. London and Illackwall Lon.kMan.(Remington's) London and Brighton—. Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon.... _ . Ditto New . :•• Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt. London and Greenwich . . Do. Pref. or Privilege • • London and South Westrn Do. New Cons. Eighths 1)o. New, 501. Shares •• Do. New, 401. Shares • • London and York • • Ditto Ilawtry) .. • • London and Windsor.... Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskilln Lynn and Ely ...... • ... Lynn and Derehans .•• • . Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Sixteenths . • • • Manchstr and Birkenhead Manchester &Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto New Quarters . • • Do. Con. & Welsh June. Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & 3latlk Man. Shef. and Mid. Jane. Manchestr & Soutluunptn .• • • • • • • • • Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • • I)itto New .• • • • • • • • . • Do. Con. Birm. & Derby Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo New cstl 8.-.DaringtuJunc. Do. New (Brandling) .. Newcastle and Berwick.. Newcastle and Carlisle. • Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen • Newark and Sheffield . • • North British . Ditto New Shares •• Northern and Eastern • Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares • • North Devon North Kent North Staffordshire .• •• North Eastern ... - ..... . North Union (A) Ditto (8)........ North Wales Mineral.. • . Ditto New Shares • • • . North Western •• • • • . North Wales • • •.•• • • • Norwich and Brandon • • Ditto New............ Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nott., Liwsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester •. Oxford and Cambridge .. Perth and Inverness • • • • Portsmouth Direct .• • • Preston and Wyro • • • • • • Ditto Half Shares .. • • Do. Pref. b per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extenc Richmond Sc. W. End Junc Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring Scottish Central • • • • Scottish Midland • • • • • • • Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares• • Ditto ditto (No. 2).• Ditto ditto (No. 3)• • Sheffield and Lincoln. • • • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrws, llerefd,& N. Wales Slamannan . • • • • •. South Devon. • • • • • • • • • • South Midland • ..... • • South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. I Do. (iss.33/.65.8d.) ~ 2 Do. (iss. 300 „ 3 Staines and Richmond . •. Staffordshire& Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales • • • • • • • • • • • • Teen and Dove Valley • • Trent Valley . • • . • • . • • • • • Do. and HolyheadJunc. Vale of Neath • • •• • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford aad Carlow .. • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,W2tfd,Wick& Dub Wakefield and Bradford • . Wakfld, Pontefrct, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . West Lancashire • • Worcester and Tring..., Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares. • Welsh Midland We,t Cornwall 4% .5% 21;4 76561 West Yoilishire • • .... • • Wilsontwn, M.& Coltness Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New... . York and Carlisle . • • .. • • York and North Midland Ditto _Half Shares Ditto Scarbro' Branch Ditto Selby • • • • • • • • 107 51% 51 LQ Ditto Extension ...... Yorkshire & Glasgow trn EXETER, AUG. S. STOCK EXCILLYGL. —The sales are—North Devon, 2 prem.—Exeter and Yeovil, prem.—Fader and Creditn, 9. , SIING PRICES OF V' SHARES TI2AfirNS IN ENGLAND, 6 . 1- P IRELAND. 13 66s6d i 20 711iP 12886 d 243% 121% 23 1 ,i 2% 7s 6d 1 5 28 s6d 12 - 2s6d 32% 15% 15% 2% 4% 6% 1% 212 16% 15% 2% 5% 2% pl 21s p 65s p 28 10% I P 77i 26 110 1 514 2359 d 1215% 41s 68% 12 10%' 5396(11 56c.6d 1 44 73 13 11 2% 16s p 7i4p 118s91 -1% 4L 314 5%. 30s p 2%p 17% 14 7 % 26s 1 _ nipl Hut, At ti. 28, STOCK EXCTIA NGE. —The sales are—London and Croydon, New, 11. 15s.—York and North Midland Extension, 24 Blackburn. Darwen, and Bolton, 10—Caledonian Extension, 3ki —Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 20—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 6—Grimsby Dock Extension, 10—Leeds and Thirsk, 16%z—East Lincolnshire, 24s.—East Coast, 3s. — Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 3%—Grand Union, 20s.—Leeds and West Riding Junction, 15s.— Leicvstxr and Bedford, 3 %—Leicester and Birmingham, 21s. I;l4ncliester, and Newcastle Junction, 4 3 4 — London iitid Sirmimham j , :xtension, 19s.—London and York, 63 —Ditto, Ba'ltty Scrip, :,--Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 2/. 2s.—Nottingham,EreWash, &c., 2/. 5s. — Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 11.• Vis.—lNottingbam and 116V.f.".11 30s.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 305.--touth Midland, 7 1 5—Meffiekl and Lincolnshire Junction', , Sh rewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 6 —Shrewsbury and Trent Union, 4%—Tean and Dove V a ll e y, 2—Wake field and BradfordB2s = Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 12s. YORK, Alla. -2-8, STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten • sion, 3A—Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 9 5 / 4 —Midland, New, 26—North British, New, 9 1 4—York and North Midland Extension, 2.o,4—Grand Union, 2%—Great Grimsby and Shefile/d Junction, 20—Ditto, Quarter Shares, s—Leicester and Bedford, 4 1 4—London and York, 6 3 / 4 — Manchester, Buxton, &c., 8/4—North Staffordshire, 6 North Western, 54—Rugby, 2 3 %. SHEFFIELD, AvG. 28. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE. The sales are-Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 23 1 / 2 -Midland 401. Shares, 26%-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. I, 16-Caledonian, 11 1 4- Cambridge and Lincoln, 27/ 8 -Derby and Crewe, 314-Goole and Doncaster, 1 9-16..-Grimsby and Sheffield, 18-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 514-Grimby Railway and Dock Extension, 10 1 4 x -Huddersfield and Manchester, 14 3 / 4 -Direct Northern, 2 l• 16-Leeds and Bradford, 55-Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 3 3 / 4 -North Western, 5/. Is. 6d.-Shef f ield and Lincolnshire, 5 1 ,4-York and Carlisle, 418. EDINBURGH, AuG. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 35.- Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 21. 11s. 6d.-Arbroath and For far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/.-Armagh and Portrush, 2/. ---Banffshire, 2/. Is. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 75.- Belfast and County Down, 3/. 155.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 'W.-Caledonian Extension, 2/. 175.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 9/.-Direct Northern, 2/. 4s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. ls. 6d.-Ditto, New, 181. - Dundea and Perth, 4/. 125.-Edinburgh and Bathgate , 21. 95.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, 90/.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New, 14/. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. lie. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 261.-Ditto, Preference, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh and Northern, 1/. 18s. 9d. -Ditto, New, 1/. 4s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/. 16s. -Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 10s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayr shire. 71/.-Ditto, New Stock, 22/. - Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. Ms.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. 95.-Glasgow and Greenock, 21/. -Ditto, New Stock, 101. 55.-Ditto, Preference, W. -Great North of Scotland, 21. 175.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 25.- Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 5/. 155.-London and York, bl. 10s.-Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 33/.-Morayshire, 1/.- North British, ex one-fifth, 291.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 5s - Ditto, One-fifth, 71. 155.-North Wales Mineral, New, 61 55.-Perth and Inverness, 2/. 25.-Scottish Central, 71. 145.- Scottish Midland, 2/. 45.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Ches ter, 4/. Is. 6d.-Slamannan, 18/.-South Midland, 9/. 195.- Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1/. I Is. 6d.-Stirling and Dun fermline, 1/. 15s. 6d.--Waterford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 1/. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/. [ADVERISEMENT.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—After taking ten days to consider of it, Mr. Ashurst has at length ventured to publish a rejoinder to my reply of the 18th instant. I can well conceive that he has been writhing in painful indecision during this in terval, for in the first instance he favoured me with some ten or twenty lines of this same rejoinder, and published them in your paper, four or five days ago. His friends no doubt told him that this paltry apology for an answer would never do ; and now he favours me with an ex tended edition of it, occupying two-thirds of a column. Yet, with all its length, it is somewhat difficult to ex tract from it a single sentence that can be considered by the most good-natured man at all relevant to the issue between us. It is a common artifice with lawyers, when their case is bad, to make a great splutter and pother about points of no consequence, while they fight shy of all that they cannot answer. And such is the policy of Mr. Ashurst. I accused Mr. Ashurst, broadly and publicly, and in all the newspapers, First, of most culpable negligence while acting, or professing to act, as the solicitor for my line in 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, and 1844. Secondly, I accused him of supercilious and con temptuous treatment of the Bedford Committee, in 1844, a line of conduct which led to his discharge. Thirdly, I accused him of fraudulently appropriating to himself the patronage of the London and Manchester houses, which had been given to my line, when my line was the only direct line before the public, or in contem plation ; and, Fourthly, I accused him distinctly, pointedly, and clearly, of attempting to defraud me, not only of the patronage which I had obtained, but also of my project itself, after many fruitless attempts to discover some competing line which might at least hare the merit of originality, even if it were found utterly destitute of the higher merit of practicability. Such were the charges I brought against him, and in terms so strong and unequivocal, that without a perfect conviction not only of their truth, but of my power to prove their truth, I dared not have expressed myself as I did. Mr. Ashurst has not had the courage, or •I should rather say the audacity, plagiarist, pirate, and attorney as he is, to offer answer or explanation to any of these charges, or even to grapple with them ; but has prudently enveloped both himself and his readers in a cloud of dust and confusion, which makes it impossible to guess what the squabble is about. I suspect it is in vain to hope for a reply, although I again reiterate my accusation, and again challenge him to call a public meeting either in Londom or Manchester, with reason able notice, and there meet me and my proofs face to face. Mr. Ashurst is too sagacious to accept the chal lenge. . _ Yet even in this hubble-bubble letter, falsehood vies with bad taste for the ascendancy. I quote his words— " Mr. Remington talks of meetings to support his line. There was but one meeting—that was at Bedford, got up by himself, to aid his project to go to York and Manchester." I answer that there were not less than eleven public meetings held in support of my line at the following eleven places :—namely, Barnet, St. Alban's, Luton, Ampthill, Thrapston, Wellingborough, llighana Ferrers, Kettering, Bedford, Northampton and Leek. I have on my table before me printed copies of the reso tions passed and published at each of these meetings. I may well say with ➢ir. Hume, " Let him take his change out of that I" Again, Mr. Ashurst says, "I have published no names in support of the line to which I have been appointed solicitor, but such as were given to me in, or subse quent to, June of this year." I answer that Mr. Ashurst has published and prefixed to his prospectus more than 100 names, which were never given at all to any particu lar lane, either of his or mine, but only in favour of " a direct line," at a time when mine was the only direct line before the public. I have before me a letter of Mr. Shepperson, one of his Committee, and of his active sup porters, addressed to Mr. Rogers, one of the present so licitors of my line, and dated the 16th of October, 1844. inclosing the names of fifty-six houses, most of which are now daily advertised by Mr. Ashurst, but which names were then obtained to sanction my undertaking! Will Mr. Ashurst dare to assert that he has obtained these names to any project of his own since June, 1845? If he hazards such an assertion, I will republish the list with Mr. Shepperson's letter, and leave them all to fight it out among themselves. But Mr. Ashurt speaks of " the line to which I have been appointed solicitor." What is this line to which he is appointed solicitor ? Who has appointed him ? Why does he leave it doubtful and indefinite ? It is so strange as to be almost incredible, that to this hour, when M r . Ashurst has for months been advertising a railway com pany, and ostensibly patronised by high-sounding com mercial names, and has closed his share list, and, for anything I know or care, received thousands by way of deposit, with all the prestige of sharemarket quotations and premiums, and London and York amalgamations, ho has no line at all—he has published no line at all—he has projected no scheme, no enterprise or undertaking, except that which goes by the name of " Remington's line," and which, as my acknowledged line, I have confided to the protecting care of a Committee, who shun all contact with Mr. Ashurst as they would with a walking pesti lence ! Where, then, is the line to which Mr. Ashurst is the appointed solicitor? His own prospectus describes it, in July last, as a line by " Barnet, St. Alban's, Dunstable, Luton, Ampthill, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, Ashby de-la-Zouch, Burton-on-Trent, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Leek, Macclesfield, Stockport, and Manchester." Now this, with one exception, is precisely the line upon which I have been at work for nine years past, varying it slightly by the omission of Derby, to meet public opinion ; and this is the line, with the same single exception, which I and my patrons stand pledged to bring before Parliament— the exception is the town of Loughborough, because that town could not be included without making a detour of many miles. Mr. Ashurst, however, is like the cad of a Paddington omnibus, who, to entice passengers, will promise to set them down very near Hampstead-heath. If anybody will be at the trouble of examining ene of the Ordnance maps he will find that Loughborough is many miles out of the direct route ; thus, through the ingenuity of Mr. Ashurst, there is all the machinery of Provisional Committees, acting Committees, share holders, share market, solicitor, and engineer, without any ultimate object in view, except to make a line which others have projected, fostered, matured, and subscribed their money to co construct, long before he or his friends dreamt of such an undertaking. This fact will be recorded by historians hereafter as a proof of the gullibility of the public in this age of rail way speculation. It is scarcely necessary to acquit myself a second time of the spiteful insinuations of Mr. Ash urst, that I have capriciously, or ignorantly varied my estimates ; his sneers do not affect me, but they may possibly mislead the public; I therefore repeat, that when I contemplated a line to York es welt as Manchester, I mentioned 7,000,0001. for the capital; when the scheme was confined to Lon don and Manchester, I limited the estimates to 4,000.0001. : when it was proposed to add a branch through the Potte ries, I increased the estimate to 5,000,0001. ; the estimate of 2,000.0001., which he quotes with malicious triumph, appeared in a prospectus published in my absence from London, and without my knowledge : it was a mistake, as I readily admit, but one for which I am not account able, and which was corrected as soon as it was dis covered ; all this was explained in my former letter, nor would Mr. Ashurst have revived the ;subject if he had not felt that his only chance of escaping detection was to make the most of a mistake. I have given Mr. Ashurst enough to do ; he has found it difficult enough to invent a competing line ; he has found it yet more difficult to meet, without equivocation, the charges I have here repeated ; but I must perplex him yet a little more. Will he have the goodness to in form the public, who have been so kind as to buy his shares and supply him with money, what be proposes to do with their money beyond the payment Qt . hie I own costs ? He has not surveyed any part of my line at present ; and if this work is to be commenced now, I can assure him, and so can Mr. Rastrick, that he will not be ready by the 30th of November: r will do all I can to assist him; and as my survey and sections are nearly completed, he shall be welcome to them as soon as the solicitors have completed the book of reference. This is very liberal, considering that he has appro priated rug nine years' labour without asking leave; but it will show him that I do not harbour resentment, and am willing to return good for evil ; his shareholders,. however, will do well to inquire whether he can avail himself of my liberal offer in time to comply with the standing orders ? If not, I fear that their shares will he at an alarming discount before the 30th of Novem ber.—l am. Sir, yours obediently, August 28, 1845. GEORGE REMINGTON. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT. Conuno, AUG. 24.—This communication will touch upon two most incongruous subjects—the church and the theatre—incongruous, at least, in England, but not so here, if one may judge from the manner in which the Sunday is spent. Those strict observers of religious forms who, in England, are shocked to hear how the Sabbath is spent in Roman Catholic countries on the continent will be transported with horror to know that the very same, or nearly the same, desecration takei place here, in this Protestant State. The people attend Divine service in the morning, and in the af ternoon and evening, as in most Catholic countries, they recreate themselves with music, dancing, sing ing, or any other amusements that come within their reach. The place where the festival of Grego rius was held the other day is now once more a complete fair. A travelling theatre is open, where tumblers and Jonjurors exhibit their feats ; the roundabouts arc in full play, and there are crowds of people of all ages and classes, and of both sexes, who are either dancing to the merriest of music, or sitting at the booths drinking beer and smoking. Others are busily engaged, some in frying, and more i❑ eating, sausages cooked at fresco. The children of the town schools with the dresses they wore at the festival, the boys in their fancy cos tumes, and the girls in their white dresses and their heads bound with ivy, are waltzing away in a building which stands on the ground, to which they are evidently admitted by authority. These are the Sunday amuse ments of the inferior classes ; for the higher, there are concerts and other musical reunions. Under the late Duke the theatre was always open on the Sunday even ing, but since the accession of the present Duke that practice has been discontinued. To come, however, to the proceedings of her Majesty. Last night she visited the theatre, and this morning at tended Divine service at the church of St. Maurice, at Saxe Coburg. The former comes first in the order of time. Tile theatre of Saxe Coburg is a handsome building, the external form and architecture of which are unpre tending and appropriate, and the internal decorations elegant. In form and size it somewhat resembles the Haymarket, but it is, if anything, larger than that theatre. The shape and arrangement of the interior almost proclaim it to be the place of royal amusement. The whole of the centre of the dress circle, from the one bend of the house to the other, is occupied with a spacious royal box, which, of course, directly fronts the stage, and commands a better view than the royal boxes in English theatres, so oddly placed either at the proscenium, or close to it, a nd from which only a very imperfect coup d'eeil can be obtained. But the attend ance of the Duke and his family at the theatre is so constant that any other arrangement would seriously Interfere with their gratification. There is over the dress circle a second circle, and over that two galleries. The parterre exactly corresponds to our pit, and there are also stalls, called the parquet. Some idea of the rate of prices will be formed from the fact that the ad mission to the parquet and the dress circle is 2s. Bd. of our money. The stage is about the size of that at the Haymarket, and much better furnished with scenery and " proper ties." The dresses also, without being quite first-rate, are better than are usually met with in our large theatres. The play selected for performance, iu order to give the Queen an opportunity of seeing the different kinds of German theatricals, was Schiller's Bride of Messina, in which the fire and genius of the poet struggled almost in vain with the rigid forms he was confined to in his attempt to construct a tragedy on the old Greek mode!. The plot is as painful and revolting as the experiment of the poet was in a dramatic point of view unfortunate ; but the language is full of nervous energy, and the sentiment is often delicate in the extreme. The one idea of a fate or destiny, compelling all the characters in the drama towards a blind unconscious partici pation in a dreadful catastrophe, is preserved in this imitation of the Greek tragedy. A prophecy indi cates the downfal of the royal house of Messina, to date from the birth of a princess, and, to evade the fulfil ment of this prediction, the mother of a daughter, who in course of time is born to the house, conceals the fact of her birth, and brings her up in secret in a distant convent. Here she is discovered by one of the two Princes of Messina, her brothers in fact, who becomes enamoured of her, as also does the other brother subse quently. A deadly enmity is aroused between the two, and the fluctuations of this hate between passion and reconciliation, brought about by their mother, who is not aware that the cause of their enmity is their sister, form, together with the anxieties of the lovers, the chief part of the plot of the piece. The great art of the dra• matist consists in the skill with which he has brought the different parties into contact, and j et allowed each to keep his or her secret, until at last the two bro thers, on a fresh burst of passion, fly to arms. One kills the other, and then commits suicide from remorse, and the Princess (the Bride of Messina) now for the first time made aware that the favoured lover is in fact her brother, dies under the accumulated affliction. A plot like this does not seem the most appropriate for a public theatre ; but they have different ideas on these subjects iu Germany from those which prevail in England. The performance began at about seven o'clock. The royal visitors, who with their attendants occupied more than half the dress circle, did not all arrive together. Her Majesty arrived shortly after the play began. It was a singular circumstance, perhaps it is a point of etiquette, that none but reigning Princes and Princesses sat in the front seats of the royal box. Even Prince Albert sat in the ordinary dress circle, with the Duchess of Kent. The Queens of England and of Belgium sat in the centre, and on their right and left the King of the Belgians and the errand Duke of Baden. Collect and ices were brought into the box in profusion, and eaten with the most perfect ease and nonchalance before the audience. There is the same absence of ceremony and exclusive ness in the theatre here that has been stated to exist in the palaces. Everything seems open to the public eye, even the private houses and villas OA the road• sido have no fences or railings round them. _ . _ The royal party seemed to be much interested in the acting, which, on the whole, was good. Between the acts a fine orchestra played some airs, as also the marches and choruses which are incidental to the play. The regal party left at about half-past 10 o'clock, on their return to Rosenau, attended by outriders, carrying enormous flambeaux. This morning the Royal party attended Divine service at the Church of St. Maurice, in Coburg—a structure of unpretending character, whitewashed in the interior and presenting a very bare and common-place, but no doubt a very good Protestant, contrast to the gorgeous splendours of the churches and - cathedrals in Catholic countries. The church is of very plain construction, without transepts, and the only appearance of ornament about it consists in a stupendous monument to three deceased Dukes of Saxe Coburg, the tomb of whom, placed as it is, before the communion -table, looks exactly like an altar. The upper part of the monument consists of sculptured figures, life-size (the fares painted in imitation of flesb), and some very spirited sculptured scenes from scripture... body fema fitted the 'The re with seats,ar e no andappropriated pews iin th e exclusively but to the like a room o gall r e l r o i o e k s s being o o occupied o o b? t • a t h h l e e. t males. is m T o r h e e Ducal pew than apew, being shut in with windows, which were now, of course, thrown open. The pulpit is exactly opposite, and the reading-desk on the flour, below, between the two. On this occasion, thechildren who assisted at the fete of Gregorius on Friday were all assembled in the chan cel, in the dresses they wore, the girls wreathed with ivy, and the effect in the warm bright sunlight was very pic turesque. Her Majesty, the Prince, the Coburg Princes, the King and Queen of the Belgians, and the suite, arrived'` at the church at about a quarter to 11 o'clock. They were received by the clergymen in their robes, and con ducted over a carpeted way to the royal pew. The ser vice then commenced, the church being crowded with people. The service began with the chanting of a few verses by the clergymen standing at the Communion table, to which there were responses from the choir. Then the congregation generally joined in a hymn ; then portions of Scripture were read, then another hymn and a short prayer, and then followed the sermon ; after which there was a blessing from the Communion table, as in a Roman Catholic church. A military brass band was stationed in the church, and accom panied with their music the chanting of a Te Deem-- not the Te Deum of our churches, but a sort of hymn in rhyme. The music was composed by Schicht. This was sung by the choir alone. The effect of this hymn, and of the fine volume of sound rolling through the church, was magnificently grand. In certain parts of the service the congregation also sung, and in a manner which evidenced sound musical training, producing an effect very different from that of our English psalmody. The service lasted till twelve o'clock, and the royal party left the church to return to Bosenau. From the foregoing sketch it will be seen that there was much in this performance of divine worship quite different from our English custom. Still more strange was it to see a great part of the congregation adjourn to the outskirts of the . town where, in th e course o f h a lf an hour, many were riding on hobby-horses, or witnessing the exploits of conjurors, while the little boys and girls were waltz ing away in happy ignorance that there could be any im propriety of that sort of innocent enjoyment. COURT CIRCULAR. Lc Commandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Minister, and Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Hon. Edward Stewart, Deputy Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official resi :ence in Down ing-stye( L Lord Cowley transacted business yesterday at the oßico of the Secretary of State for Foreign Anirg. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for his seat, Betchworth House, Surrey. A match of cricket came oft on Tuesday afternoon on Southsea Common, between some of the officers of the gar rison and the Tortrea Club, wkieh the former lost by nearly eighty TOM -iloolf 31'il‘' , e oil i SCP rig s for 0119 I,ef ild' ret, Iri~'~G Y) ;01