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mar THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON OF 1844. (A.) COPY OF A REPORT FROM BEAR-ADMIRAL BOWLES, C. 8., TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY, OF THE TRIALS OF SAILING BETWEEN HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS QUEEN, C.ALEDoNIA, ST. VINCENT, AND ALBION. "Caledonia, at Sea, in lat. 46 deg. 19 min. N., long. 12 deg. W., 20th Nov., 1844._ _ " have to request you will inform their Lordships that, in obedience to their orders of the 18th ult., I proceeded to sea on the 23d ult., and on the 3d instant arrived off the Bar of Lisbon, where, having ascertained that her Majesty's ship Albion was not in the Tagus, I stood to the westward, and or. the 6th inst. fell in with her off the rock. For some days afterwards the wind was strong on shore, and it was with some difficulty I gained a sufficient offing to enable me to commence those trials of the Albion's sailing about which I knew their Lordships felt most anxiety ' - and it is with much pleasure I can report that, after a most careful observa tion of her qualities on.every point, I am fully convinced she is a very fast-sailing ship, very stiff under canvass, and working remarkably well; and, although from the extreme fine and settled weather which has prevailed during the last fortnight, T am not enabled to state how she behaves under low sail and in blowing weather, I feel no doubt, from what I observed, that her superiority under such circumstances would be much more apparent and decided, and that I have, in fact, seen her tried to the greatest disadvantage. " It would naturally have been more satisfactory if ships of her own clan', and of known good character, could have been tried against her; and, although I feel very confident of the result, I am nevertheless induced to recommend that the first favourable opportunity may be taken of doing so. " With respect to the Queen, her sailing was inferior to that of this ship for the first three days after leaving Spit head, but it gradually improved afterwards, and I consider her now. equal to the Caledonia by the wind, and superior going free under all common circumstances. Both are, how ever, considerable slower than the St. Vincent, which ship has sho. n a decided superiority on all occasions. " The Queen's great defect seems to be an apparent want of sufficient power in the rudder, which occasions her to carry a slack helm and under low and easy sail to be kept to the wind with difficulty. It is impossible to decide whe ther this arises from the rudder itself being too small, or from any other cause which may be remediable by an alter ation in the stowage, or the position of the masts. There are three experienced officers in the squadron, the commander of this ship, the late master of the fleet in the Mediter ranean, and the master of the Albion, who all agree in ex pressing their surprise at the change which has taken place fur the worse, and fully confirm the testimony borne by the commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, as well as by other officers, as to her former good qualities; but as it is obvious that nothing can be done at sea to improve her, and as this slackness in her steering might compromise her satlty in any difficult situation, I have thought it most ad visable to return to England before the full expiration of the period specified in their Lordships' orders, and am now on my way to Plymouth Sound, having directed the Queen and St. Vincent, in . the event of separation in the Channel, to proceed to Sheerness and Spithead. " Sir William Symonds will lay before their Lordships his "opinions and suggestions with respect to the necessary our rations in the Queen; and I will, therefore, only add, that, considering the defect principally complained of is her 3 ackness isf helm, it is very remarkable how well she stays under difficult cirenuistances ; and I was particularly struck by observing her tacked yesterday against a heavy head swell, when he and the Albion, without hauling down their jibs, carne round with perfect ease, while this ship and the St. Vincent were (with their head sails: down), nearly double the time in stays. The stability of the Queen and Albion has been on all oecasionA very remarkable; and their inclination was always cme half less than that of the Caledonia or St. Vincent, the lied being, my the one case, from 3 to 3% deg., and in the other 7 deg. It is very obvious, therefore, that these ships 'will carry their ports up and fight their guns with much greater facility; and I have no doubt they will always ba. found able to carry a reef more out of the course . .., and topsails on an emergency. " The constant attention to these trials of tailing, which I mat orally felt to be the most itnprytassf: object, and the con sequent necessity of keeping tl' L, rigging well up and in good vier, have prevented me, during these shorts days, from de voting as much time as I should otherwise have done to the various evolutions sloe-:itied in their Lordships' instructions; there hes, t)c , ,rl much useful extrase in the order of sail- Is ano tine of battle, as well as in wearing at night by tit?"."at ; and I have had every reason to be satisfied with the !.rler and efficiency of the squadron; and the accuracy our target practice was highly creditable, the St. Vincent having sunk two casks, and this ship and the Queen one each, at a distance of about SOO yards. " I have endeavoured in the preceding observations to an swer as fully and distinctly as possible all their Lordships' •qaestions with respect to the qualities of the four ships under my command ; and it is enly furt her necessary to explain that the very unusual and uninterrupted fine weather which has prevaile.. since I left the coast of Portugal, and which sti;rcontinues (the ships having never had more than one reef in the topsails), prevents my repoi tir.g more fully on their qualities in blowing weather. We had some strong breezes on our passage toLisbon, but they came on suddenly, znd moderated again quickly, so that there was no opportu nity for any lengthened comparison. "I will therefore only further add, with respect to the Queen, that I consider her as only labouring under some tent •perary disadvantage; and I shall be much surprised and dis appoioted if, after some trifling and inexpensive, alterations, she is not found to be (at least) a very fair sailing and power f,;l ship. "I am, &c.. "WILLIAM BOWLES, Rear-Admiral." (B.) COPY OF A REPORT FROM CAPTAIN CORRY, R.N., TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY, OF THE TRIALS OF SAILING OF HER MAJESTY'S BRIGS ESPIEGLE, DARING, FLYING FISH, MIJTINE, WATERWITCH, PANTALOON, O.,PREY, AND CRUISER. " Her Majesty's Steam-vessel Firebrand, Plymouth Sound, Dec. 9, 1844. " Sir,—the experimental squadron placed under my com mand by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, having sat the 29th of October arrived in latitude 49 deg. N.,longi tude 10 lleg. W., I deemed it a good position for the exe vittion 4:f their Lordships' orders (dated 18th October, 1844), the - English and Irish Channels being open to the N.E., the Bay of Biscay - to the S.E., and the Atlantic Ocean to the N.W., W.. and S.W. I therefore commenced the series of trials, but having in consequence of the hazy weather been ursuceessful in obtaining any result to the 2d and 3d of November, I was induced to move from the bank of sound ings further to the southward in search of clearer weather. 1,1 ing my 'eport I considered it advisable to disembarran it. from all movements of the Firebrand, and the log, which is for,varded herewith, will inform their Lordships of her pro ceedings. " Having giver, in a tabular form the distance in yards gained by one vessel ov er ano th er , I h ave pl ace d it, with the Kle , criprion of the trial, on the face of the diagram, which thus at the same moment exhibit the commencement, toe cmd, and the result of each contest. I have also caused Vnriot;s returns to be made from the squadron, which I for ward in a condensed form, and to all of which I particularly desire to draw their Lordships' attention. " A summary of the result of the trials is naturallydivided into tlic , se which took place on' and ' off' the wind. There - were hi all fourteen trials, eight of which were 'on' and six ' riff' the wind. Of the eight 'on a wind,' two of them, viz., Nef:. 2 and 3, are excluded from the present classification in consequence of thick hazy weather at their conclusion hav ing rendered abortive every attempt to obtain the correct distance (..f the different vessels. They are, therefore, of use only as substantiating the conclusions which are deduced from the results of the other trials. The remaining six may be thus divided : three with moderate or light breezes, and three whir strong breezes or squally weather. With respect to the other six tria:swhich took place 'off the wind,' they are chased under the three heads, wind abeam,' abaft the beam,' and right er, the two trials having taken place with the vtrd in ea( h 4 those di: ections In the on a wind,' Nos. 1,4, and 7 are those in - which the wied was either light or moderate. In the first of they, (N‘ , . 1) the F. , pigle and Mutine did not take a part. b e leg bent. In that of the fourth, the Daring did not par ticipate. end the Pantaloon was not present at the seventh. In the trial No. 1, with the water smooth and a long swell, the Flying Fish bad the greatest advantage ; the Oeprey- ale, Daring slightly- differing from each other, coming next ; but in the trial No. 7, when the wind was similar, lint where instead of smooth water there was a cross head se, the Daring was the most weatherly, the Flying Fish and Espiegle coming after her, being followed, but at some dis tance, by the Mutine and Osprey. From the results of these two triais with the same weather, but with the sea coming in a different direction, it may safely he deduced that the Daring with a head sea is the superior vesse l ; and t hi s is really' remarkably confirmed by examining the details of the trial No. 7, where it appears that for three hours, when on the tack, with a following sea, there was comparatively but little difference between the Flying Fish, Espiegle, and Daring ; but that afterwards, when the signal to tack bad been made, and they were brought to bow the sea, the ad vantage was chiefly gained, which in two hours gave the Daring so great a superiority over the other two. "With respect to the Espiegle and Flying Fish, the former on the fourth trial beat the latter; but in the seventh, the order was reversed by the latter weathering the former, It therefore appears that on a wind, in moderate weather there is no very material difference between them, though whatever superiority does exist, rests with the Flying Fish. As regards the Mut:ne and Osprey, they (notwithstandirg the latter had a slight superiority over the Daring in the first trial) may be considered as beaten vessels (the former, however, having a decided advantage over the latter), and any further comparison between them is unnecessary beyond what the diagrams and tables afford, in which the gain and loss of eech vessel is minutely given in yards. " With respect to the Cruiser, except in the fourth trial, she was considerably beaten by all, and even in that she had only a night advantage over the Pantaloon and Osprey. The Waterwitch had an advantage over the Pantaloon in the only two of these three trials in which they were both present, and in the fourth, in particular, it was very decided. These were the trials close-hauled, with light or moderate winds. The other three with strong breezes or squally weather were the 6th, Ilth, and 13th, in all of which the Dec ing obtained a marked and decided superiority over all tee seetefron. In the sixth trial the Flying Fish and Water witch were about equal, and are placed next to the Daring. and in the 11th the former vessel, and in the 13th the latter, are also placed as second. "It will be seen by referring to the tables attached to the diaerams, that in the 11th trial the Flying Fish beat the Waterwitch very considerably, but that in the 13th trial the ender was reversed, the latter beating the former equally as much as she was before beaten, which proves the Flying Fish on a wind, in smooth water, to be the superior vessel of the two, bit that with a head-sea and strong wind an equal Superiority must be awarded to the Waterwitch. " In the sixth trial the 3.lutine came next, and in the 11th and 13th the Espia•gle, which vessel had, in the latter trial in particular, a very decided advantage over the Mutine and re mainder of the squadron, the relative positions of which are seen by referring to the diagram. "In the trials with the wind abeam,' it will be seen by turning to the tables of the eighth and 14th, that in both of them the Daring was the leading vessel, the position of se cend having been occupied by the Fl ing Fish in the former, anti the Espiegle in the latter • the Mutine being fourth in the eighth. and third in the 14th, and having in the last-men tioned trial beaten the Flying Fish, but ohly 135 yards. With the wind abaft the beam,' the 9th and 10th trials place the Daring in the one, and I , .sp.egle in the other, as first. In the former trial the Espiegle occupied. the second place, and in the latter the Mutine,' Flying Fish being third in both. Waterwitch was the last in the 9th, and Daring i n th e 10 t h . ero trials, ha v i ng The Pantaloon did not t a k e apart in t been excluded for the rea sons assigned ines ee ' lla e gr b a e in fo . re the "In the sth and 12th trials whi c h took pace wind, the Flying Fish and the Pant a l oon were the tw the Daring being second in the one, and Cr u i ser in theooltilriestr,, the Espiegle and Wa'erwitch occupying the two last places in both. " This concludes a comparison of the sailing qualities of the &padre), as arranged under each of the heads. " Their capabilities for firing guns is shown by the reports of observattone, which give the degrees of inclination at different periods during each of the trials. Whilst alluding to the inclination, I must state that I cou l d not help remark- PT, the extreme stiffness of the ESpi4ll when compare=d -- THE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1845 with the other vessels, which must give her a great advantage when firing her guns. "The Pantaloon, as compared with the Waterwith, her more immediate competitor, from the similarity of their size, must be considered as inferior, excepting on the one point of running before the wind in light or moderate weather, on which point she had, as will be seen by the tables, an advan tage over most of the squadron.—l have, &c., " ARMAR L. CORRY, Captain." RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN TIM MINCIPAL CITIES ANP TOWNS IN ENGLAND SCOTLAND, ASD IRELAN: NAMES or RAILWAYS . 2314 9 %p 1 p -1, Oct. 17. 634 - I 101561 163 - 59,1! 1 67a6d 1 I%p.—Exeter, Topsham. and F,Amouth (Daw's line), 1 ,4 p. —Ditto ( Head's), 1 p.—Central Cornwall and Devon, 1/ p. —Taw Vale Extension, % p.—Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Junction, % p.—Eastern Counties, 24%. sented to their request, believing that his co-Directors would' make up any deficiencies on his part. The London and Bir mingham Directors took the same view that he (Mr. West head) did, namely, that it would not be right in him to retire from office before consummating the arrangements between this Company and the London and Birmingham Company. He then moved a resolution to the effect that it was advisable, in stead of continuing the present mortgage debts of the Company, to raise the further sum of 700,000/. by way of augmenting the capital stock, for the purpose of paying off the debts, by the issue of 70,000 quarter shares, of 101. each share, to be allotted amongst the registered proprietors who should think tit to accept the same, in the following proportions—namely, one such share for every 30/. share ; no proprietor to be en titled to a share for any fractional part of 801. shares that he might hold. It was also determinetl to make a call of 11. upon each of the new quarter share 3, payable on the shares registered up to the sth November next; and that the re maining calls be paid in such way as the Directors shall here after determine, but that the parties be not entitled to either dividend or interest upon the deposits or calls until the Ist of July, 1848. The first call to be payable on the 10th December next. It was suggested that the 10th November would he more suitable, as all the transfers could not be effected by the sth. The CHAIRMAN said that the Board had originally fixed the Ist November as the day, but there would be no objection to increase the time for making the transfers. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know whether the parties who held quarter shares in the different classes of stock were to be at liberty to add them together for the purpose of claiming the privilege of participating in the new issue? The CHAIRMAN—Yes, certainly.—(Cheers.) Mr. RAwami seconded the Chairman's motion. Mr. THOMASON inquired the probable time when further calls upon the new issue would take place. The CHAIRMAN said there would he no occasion until after July, 1848. The intention was, when that time should arrive, to pay off the loans which were now in existence, and some of which would continue for a period of two or three years afterwards. With respect to others which would fall due before that time, arrangements would be made to con tinue them for some time longer. It was proposed, with re gard to the calls upon these shares, to pay a dividend upon them, deducting five per cent. interest, as had been done by the London and Birmingham Company. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. ASIIAR - FlO . to know whether any steps bad been taken to survey the line between Macclesfield and Lich field. The CHAIRMAN said they had been some time in commu nication with parties who had taken an interest in the pro ject for a communication between Macclesfield and Lichfield by means of a railway. The negotiations had been protracted, and they had not been able to carry them out in the way they thought desirable; but he believed that a perfect un derstanding existed between this Company and those parties who were interested in the Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway. Mr. Joint WuirrauEn, asked whether the London and Birmingham deputation, which met the deputation of this Company upon the subject of the proposed amalgamation, were perfectly agreed as to the terms upon which the amal gamation was to take place ? Mr. THOMASON said he had received a letter from Mr. Glyn, the Chairman of the London and Birmingham board, in which he stated that there was not a dissentient amongst them.—(Cheers.) Mr. WurrrauEu said that there was a report current in the town, to the effect that an amalgamation had taken place between the Grand Junction and the London and Birming ham Companies. He wished to know whether the report was true ?—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said that he had heard the statement, but he had not heard it officially . , he had not had it in writing from any party connected with the London and Birmingham, or the Grand Junction ' • but he firmly believed that the fact was so.—(Cheers.) An arrangement of a satisfactory cha racter had been come to between the London and Birming ham and the Grand Junction Companies.—(Cheers.) He had been told also that the Manchester and Leeds Company and the Hudsonian interest were at peace.—(Cheers.) A SHAREHOLDER asked when the future calls would be made? The CHAIRMAN said that they would be postponed so far as they prudently could be. The Chairman then left the chair, and thanks having been voted to him, the proceedings terminated. essentially the great western port in the British Channel, and by the completion of the South Devo❑ line will, in the course of a few Months, be brought within six hours' distance of the metropolis. The distance of the port from Birmingham is somewhat less than from London; and by means of the pre sent proposed railways there will be an immediate connexion with the whole of north and central Devon, and the ports in the Bristol Channel. Millbay, a part cf which is proposed to be used for this purpose, incloses an arca of upwards of 80 Acres, half of which is excellent anchorage in from one to ten fathoms' war, r, at the lowest state of the tide. The basin is to be upwards of 20 acres in extent, and the Millbay branch of the South Devon is to extend along its sides. Aberdeen ...... .. Airdrie and Coatbridge • Arbroath and Forfar • • • • Ditto Half Shares • • • • A riaagh, Colr., & Portrush Bandon and Bantry ... • • Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down &Chcs.Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss .at 7 clls.) Ditto Half Shares •• • • Binninginn&Oxfrd.Junc. Illaburn, and Preston Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn Itolton, NV igan, & Liverpl. Boston, St;mtl : d and Birm Brighton, Lewes, & Bast. Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • Ditto New ........ • • • . Bristol and Gloucester .. Bristol and S. Wales June. British and Irish Union•. Caledon. and Ayrch. June Caledon. & Dumbar. June Caledonian . • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto Extension • • • • Cambridge and Lincoln.. Chester and Birkenhead.. Ditto New Shares • . • • Ditto Half Shares - • • • Chester and Holyhead .. Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. lhurnet Valley . • • • • •• •• Clitheroe Junction ...... Clydesdale Junction . • • • Cork, Blackrck & Passage Cork and Bandon Cork and Killarney ..... Cork and Waterford .... Cork and Youghal ...... Canterbury and Dover... Coventry and Leicester • . Cornwall . • . Derby and Crewe . • • • • • • Direct Lon. and Manchstr Dias, Beccles, & Yarmoth DirectMan.(Remington's) Direct Northern • • • • • • • • Direct Norwich .• • • • • • • • Dubl:n and Belfast June. Dublin, Belfast, & Colrne Dublin and Drogheda- • .. Dublin and Galway . • • • • Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Dundee and Perth •• •• Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) ....•• •• Eastern Counties . • • .. • • 1)o. New ............. Do. Pap. 5 pr Ct., No I Do. do. No. 2 Mast Dereham & Norwich Mast Union .• . •• • • Ditto Extension • • • • • • Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • • • 1)o. New Quarter Shares Edinb. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.... Ely and Huntingdon • • • • Etmisklllen and 51ig0.... Exeter. Yeovil, & Drchstr Fitwo(xl, Prstn, & W. Rid. (larnkirk and Glasgow • • Glasgow and Ayr . • • . • .. Do. Quarter Shares.... Glasgow and Greenock • • Ditto New.......... Ditto Preference • . • • . Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. 1 Ilsgw, K ilmarnck, & 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 (It Grimsby & Dk Extens. fit Grimsby and Sheffield (It Sthrn & Wstrn (hind) Ditto Extension ...... Great Munster.. • • ...... Grt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .. 1)o. New SOL Shares .. (treat Western • • . •• • • • Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths .......... Farehrn, &Torts. Harwich . - I I ud rsffil ft Man. R. &Card Huddersfield and Sheffield (lull and Gatitsborough.. Hull athl Selby ........ l'oitto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Half Shares Inverness and Elgin • • Isle of Jersey ... • Kendal and Kingstown and Bray ... Killarney Junctions . • . • Lancaster and Carlisle . Lancaster and Preston . Leeds and Bradford •.. Ditto Extension Leeds and Dewsbury.... Leeds and Thirsk • Leed t & W. Riding June. Leicester & Birmingham Leicester and Bedford ... Limerick and Waterford Limrck,Ennis,&Kil. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Dian Half Shares .. Ditto Quarter Shares.. LiverrLOrmskrk,& Prstn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds .......... Ditto Quarters • • • •• • • London and Illaavrall . Dahl. Oxfd. & Cliltnham. I. ondon and Brignton. • • Ditto Cons°lid. 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 Do. New, 501 Shares • • Do. Yew, 401. Shares.. London and York ....... Ditto ( Bawtry) . • . London and Windsor.. • • Lom', Salsbury, & Yeovl Londondarry & Coleraine Londureleny & Enniskilin Lynn and Ely • • .. • • • • • • Lynn and Deraham . • • Mautelmoter and Leeds • • Ditto 'let Shares - • • • 1)1110 Quarter Shares. Ditto Sixteenths • - - • • • Mat lebs r and Birkenhead Manchester & Birminghm Ditto .quarter Shares . • Ditto New Quarters . • • I►o. Con. & * ash Junc. Mat whestr, Boltn, & Bury Nlttehsti. lituttn, & Matik Malt. Shef. and Mid. June. Banchestr & Southamptn • . Ditto teifths .• • • ••• NI; New • ..... Do. Cen. Binn. & Derby tlt %Vestrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Newest' Sc Daringn June. Da. New (Brandling).. Newcastle and Berwick.. Newelstle and Carlisle.. Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newton & Abergavenny Newry And Enniskillen • . Newl..•k and Sheffield . North rr'tish • • • • • • •• • • .flub o New Shares • • • • Northern and Eastern Do. Scrip (Iss.at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares North irevon .• • • • .. • • • • North Kent • • • • North Staffordshire •• • • North Eastern . • •• • North Union (A). ... Ditto (E) • • North Wales Mineral Ditto New Shares • • • • Not lii Western •••• • . • • North Wales •• • • Norwich and Brandon • Dltro New . • • • • • • • • • • • Not.. Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and lloston • . Nott., Et wsh. Val.& Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Binning. June Oxford and Worcester .. Oxtbrd and Cambridge .. Perth and Inverness .... Portsmouth Direct...... Preston and Wyre Ditto Ralf Shares .... Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar 1)o. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Eaten■. Richmond & W. End Junc Rugby and Huntingdon... Scottish Central ........ Scottish Midland SiteM dd and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto - ditto (No. 2) bitto ditto (No. 3). Shcflield and Lincoln... Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry& Grand June. Shrewsh„ Wor., & Crewe Shrws ,Wolv., Dudl,& Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Ira. Shrws. I Icrefd ,& N. Wales Slamannan . • • • • • • • • South Devon . • • • • . • • • • . South M idland • • • • • • • • • • South Eastern and Dover Do. New (Iss. 321.) No. I Do. (155.33/.63.8d.) ~ 2 Do. (iss. 301.) „3 Staines and Richmond . • • taffordsh ire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales • • • • • • • • • • • • Tcan and Dove Valley • • Trent Valley .......... • . Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neath.. ... • • .. West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford and Carlow .... Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfil,Wxfd,Wick& Dub Wakefield and Bradford. • Wakihi, PoniNrct, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . West f•ancashire ........ Worcester and Tring.... Whiteharen and Furness Do. New Half Shares.. Welsh Mi Aland •.• ..., West Cornwall . • West Yorkshire ........ Vilsontsvn, M.& Coltness Sonarst, & Weymth Wilts, Somrst, & South= Yarmouth anti Norwich.. Ditto New . • ..... York and Carlisle ••.. • • York and North Midland Ditto italt Shares .. Ditto Sea: bro' Branch Ditto ' 4 elby .... • • ... Ditto Extension ...... Yorksbite &Glsgow UN n. SHEFFIELD, Our. 18. STOCK EXCHANOE.—The sales are—Caledonian Exten sion, 5 5 A —Grimsby and Sheffield, 26 1 / 4 —Ditto, Quarter Shares, OA —Grimsby Railway and Dock Extension, 12— Liverpool and Leeds * Direct. 5 3 /4—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 6—Welsh Midland, 4—York and Carlisle, 51/8. HULL, Ocr. 18. STOCK ExcnANGE.—The sales are—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 6 1 4—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush,2--Axholme, 765. p.—Boston, Newark, and Shef feld, 6—Cambridge and Lincoln, 6—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 314 —Derby and Gainsborough, 2/. 17s. 6d.—Dudley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge, 355. p.—East Coast, 2/. 14s. — Fleetwood, Preston. and West Riding, 4%—Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 7s. 6d. p.— Hull and Barnsley Junction, 4/. Os. 7%d. p.—Liverpool and Leeds, s%—Lon don and Birmingham Extension, 3—London and York, 6% —Nottingham and Gainaborough, 255. p.—Nottingham, Ere wash, &c., 634 —Nottingham and Boston, 5%—/Nottingham and Mansfield, s%—Sheffield and Macclesfield, 20s. p.— Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, PA. YORK, Oar. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Ex tension (Norwich), 54 c. n.—Newcastle and Darlington Junction, New (Brandling), 56—North British, Carlisles, 4 1 4—York and North Midland Extension, 28 1 / 2 —Axholme, 64 —Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, 3% —lnverness and Elgin, I%—Leeds and Bradford, 62—Leeds and York, sL%—Leicester• and Bedford, 3%—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 5 1 4—London and York, 6—Newcastle and Berwick, 18 3 4—North Kent and Direct Dover, 4%—Welsh Midlands, 4. EDINBURGH, Ocr. 17. STOCK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 71.-Aber deen, Banff, and Elgin, 21. 145.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 5/. -Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/ -Ar• magh and Portrnsh, 31. Is.-Ayr and Dumfries, 60s. p.- Banffshire, 24 121.-British and Irish Union, 5/. 55.- Belfast and County Down, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Caledonian, 151. 10s. -Caledonian Extension, 5/. ls.-Caledonian and Dumbar ton, 51. 2s. 6d.-Cambridge and Lincoln, V. 103-Chelms ford andTury, 21. 5s. -Clydesdale Junction, 204-Cornwall and Devon, 2s. Gd. p.-Deeside Railway, 61. 10s.-Direct Birmingham and Leicester, IQs. p.-Direct East and West Junction, 7s. Gd. p.-Direct Northern, 3/. 55,-Dudley and Broseley, &c., 455. p.-Dundee and Arbroath, 361. 155.- Ditto, New, 181.-Dundee and Perth, 121.-East of Fife, 3/. 2s. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 4/. 195.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 41. 125.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 761.-Ditto, Half Shares, 13M prem.-Ditto, Quarters, 191. 10s.-Ditto, New, 141. IN.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 145.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 30s. p.-Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton, 251.-Ditto, l'reference, 191.- Edinburgh and , Northern, 51.,9:.-Ditto, Newport, 2/. 55.- Ditto, Lochgelly, 2/. 108.-Edinburgh and Perth, 5/.-Edin burgh and Peebles, 3/. lls.-Forth and Clyde Junction. 41. Os. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 734-Ditto, New Stock, 211. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 44-Glasgow and Dundee Junc tion, 15s. p.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 454-Glasgow and Greenock, 22/. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmplia gow, 4/. 10s.-Great County Down, 3/. 165.-Great North of Scotland, 41. 10s.-Great North and South Wales, 11. 10s.- Inverness and Elgin, 11. lls.-Kilmarnock and Ardrossan, 71. 12s. 6d.-Larne and Ballymena, 17s. 6d. p.-London and Bristol, ss. 63. p.-London and Hounslow, 2/. 65.-London and Manchester (Rem.), Si. 2s. 6d.-London and Windsor, 1/. 95.-London and York, 71.-Midland and Eastern Coun ties, 12s. 6d. p.--Slonkland and Kirkintilloch, 334-Moray shire, 16s. p.-Newry and Londonderry, 2/. 165.-North British, ex new, 261.-Ditto, Halves, ex new, 71. ss...Ditto, Fifths, 71.-Ditto, Carlisles, 4/. 14s. 6d.-North Jamaica, 1/. 12s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral, New, 5/. 7s. 6d.-Perth and Crieff, 3/. 125.-Perth and Inverness, 34-Scottish Cen tral, 14/. N.-Scottish Midland, 64 -Scottish North Western, 3/. 4s. 6d.-Scottish South Midland, 31. IN.-Scottish Western, 2/. 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 2/. 7 s. 6d.- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 71. 55.-South Mid land, 94-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 10s.-Strathern Junction, 355. p.-Surrey Grand Junction, 7s. 6d. p.-Tean and Dove Valley, 3/. 7s. 6d.-Wishaw and Coltness, 571. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CENTRAL SUSSEX, OR SOUTHAMPTON, PORTS MOUTH, CHATHAM, AND SHEERNESS, AND THE EAST GRINSTEAD AND DIRECT LONDON RAIL WAYS. On Saturday a very numerous meeting of the landowners of Central Sussex, and the gentry , and inhabitants of the town of Fast Grinstead, took place in the large room of the Crown Hotel at that place, for the purpose of consulting on the most beneficial means of affording direct railway communi cation between the town and London, and to re eive a report of a committee appointed by the inhabitants at a previous meeting upon the subject. Earl Delawarr had expressed his intention of being pre sent, but was unavoidably absent. Amongst the landowners in the room were observed Lord Colchester, W. Seymour Fitzgerald, Esq., E. James, Esq., R. Craufurd, Esq., --- - aVors ley, Esq., J. S. Roupel, Esq., &c. &c. A deputation was also in attendance from the Central Sussex, or Southampton, Portsmouth, Chatham, and Sheerness Direct Railway, and it was also anticipated that there would have been deputations from the London and Brighton and South-Eastern Companies. R. Crauford, Esq., was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the day, said it would be remembered that at a preliminary meeting of the inhabitants, a committee had been appointed to commu nicate with the South-Eastern and London and Brighton Companies, to ascertain how far those Companies would aid the inhabitants of East Grinstead in their desire to have a direct line of railway communication between that place and London. At the present moment it would not be politic in him to go farther than to say that by both of those powerful Companies had: the representations of the committee been satisfactorily received.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that it was decidedly the opinion of both Companies that East Grin stead should have a line of rail laid down which would carry them direct to Loudon, in communication with one or other of the great trunk lines, the London and Brighton and South- Eastern, and the only point in difficulty was •phich of those Companies should have the benefit.—(dear, hear.) He be lieved, however, that there was that amicable feeling exist ing between the two Companies, that they intended to have a meeting upon the subject, and the ammittee had been promised that as soon as that had taken place the result should be communicated. Mr. Enwest JAMES, barrister-at-law, spoke in strong terms of comment;ation of the Central Sussex Line, contending that it was a more comprehensive scheme and more advantageous to the district than any yet proposed. By it Brighton, Chi chester, and Portsmouth, as well as the metropolis, would be easily reached. Mr. WORSLEY said the inhabitants of East Grinstead had already had under their consideration the advantages likely to be derived from joining the Brighton line at Crawley, but they had felt that a direct communication with London, yid the Brighton line at Hawley, of par am ount importance. i'ith every word, however, of the great and comprehensive scheme submitted by Mr. James he entirely agreed, but he felt that the inhabitants of East Grinstead, being at that moment in communication with the two great existing companies (the Brighton and Dover), and who had promised to confer with each other on the matter, they might be considered to be committing a breach of confidence in lending themselves to any other proposals. An INHABITANT inquired if there was not some other com peting scheme with the Central Sussex Railway? Mr. JAMES said that there was no line which competed with them. The nearest to East Grinstead was one which went through Reigate. Mr. \VOHS= observed that the latter was an absurd scheme, as it proposed to go through the chalk hills, The CHainstaschaving inquired whether the representatives of any other companies were in attendance, and receiving no reply, said he had anticipated that there would have been de putatior.s from the South-Eastern and Brighton Companies; but as they were not present, he thought it only just that lie should read to the meeting two letters which had (been re ceived in connexion with those companies. The chairman here proceeded to read a letter from a gentleman named Church, who said that, having had instructions to promote a railway from East Grinstead, passing through Lindfield and joining the South-Eastern at or near their station at Godstone, with that view, he - had put himself in com munication with the South-Eastern Company, and hav ing placed his plan before their board, he had received information from Mr. Feam, the solicitor, that the South• Eastern Company would afford the line their stre nuous support. The communication from the London and Brighton Company, signed by the secretary, was to the effect that the Directors were not prepared to pledge themselves to lease the proposed branch railway to East Grinstead, but would be ready to work the traffic on such branch at a fair per tentage. The board would propose to the South-Eastern Railway an arrangement, with the view to avoid the opposition of that company to the passing of a Bill for such branch through Parliament. It was right that he (the Chairman) should mention that the latter communi cation was in answer to one sent by the East Grinstead Com mittee to the Brighton Company. After considerable discussion as to the positionn the town of East Grinstead would be placed in if they gave a pledge to support the Central Sussex Railway, with the Brighton and Dover Companies with whem they were in com munication, Mr. ROUPELL could not forget the case of Northampton, which town had successfully opposed the Birmingham line coming near them, and now he believed the inhabitants would - give their very eyes to have it there.—(Hear, hear. ) East Grinstead ought to be very careful how they placed themselves in a• similar position.—(Hear.) Whilst he said this much be thought they ought to be careful how they gave offence to the Brighton and Dover Companies, with re spect to the London communication. He thought it better to move, " That a letter having been received from Mr. Church, embodying a communication from the solicitor of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and also one from the Brighton Company, this meeting defers any decision as to a direct line to London to a future day." Mr. WORSLEY seconded this resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. MEocasfs, in eulogistic terms, supported the plan o the Central Sussex Railway, and moved, " That ascleputationf from the Central Sussex Railway having attended this meet ing and explained their project, this meeting views the pro posed line (the Central Sussex), without reference to the communication with London, as of the greatest importance to the town and neighbourhood, as affording lateral commu nication eastward and westward, and with that object most deserving of their support." This motion having been seconded, was opposed by Lord Colchester, on the ground that it would be premature, whilst negotiations were pending with the South-Eastern and Brighton Companies. It was, however, cn being put from the chair, carried with but three dissentients. A vote of thanks being given to the chairman the meeting separated. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM. .I.IANCIIESTER, SATURDAY EVENING.--- r rhis afternoon, at one o'clock, a special general meeting of proprietors of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway was held at the offices of the company at the station in the London-road, for the purpose of considering the propriety of exerciAng the powers of the Company's Acts of Parliament, enabling them to ca • pitalise the money upon loan or mortgage, and to augment the capital stock, and to pay off the amount so borrowed by the creation of new stock, m quarter shares of 101. each, and by the allotment and appropriation of such new stock amongst the proprietors, in the proportion of one quarter share to the holier of 30/. stock in the undertaking; or in such other manner, and in such proportions, and on such terms and with such conditions, as shall be decided upon by the proprietors present at such meeting; and on other special affairs. Mr. JOSHUA Puocrou WESTHEAD, Chairman of the Board of Directors, took the chair, and slid that they had alseady assented to the principle of creating new shares, and he did not anticipate that there would be much discussion. At the last special meeting the Shareholders passed a resolution ex• pressive of their wish that he would continue to occupy his post as Chairman of the Board of Directors; and he had the pleasure of receiving a deputation from the meeting, wt.o solicited that he would retain his office. Having stated to them that he had sonic misgivings as to whether he should be able to devote so much time from his own concerns as he had done to the direction of the railway, he at length as. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 18.—The fleet continues in the Sound, and there is no indication of an immediate movement. The present state of affairs in the River Plate and at the island of Madagascar may induce the Admiralty to alter their inten tion in the disposal of the ships, and, at the least, prevent their being sent to any distant• cruising-ground. This afternoon Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, G.C.8., the Admiral of the Fleet, in company with Sir John West, Port Admiial, in the Sylph cutter, visited her Majesty's ship Rodney, 92, Captain Collier. A spirit of discontent prevails on board the ships, in con sequence of the restrictions placed on the liberty of the men. The disaffection thus produced is reported to have been mani fested by various acts on board the flag-ship, St. Vincent, 120, Captain R. F. Rowley ; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain Martin ; and the Albion, 92, Captain Lockyer. To give specific particulars on this subject is very difficult. The officers and men belonging to all the ships are chary of im porting information as to their sailing qualities, or interior economy, under general circumstances; but in the present case, when a question of discipline is raised, the few who come ashore from the disaffected ships are still more cautious. The disaffection of the crew of the St. Vincent is of a very minor character. On board the Trafalgar it is stated that insubordination has manifested itself in the partial de struction of some of her sails, by cutting them. But it is on board the Albion that the most unfortunate irregularities have occurred. It appears that on Tuesday last, the 14th instant, one of the watches had permission to go ashore, but did not return on the Wednesday within the limited time. In consequence of their remaining ashore Commander Cham bers, the officer in command, would not permit a second watch to leave the ship, such permission being contrary to general orders. The men urged their suit upon Commander Chambers after his dinner hour; and the commanding officer being thus importuned, gave a peremptory denial. At night fall the men were, as usual, ordered to their hammocks; some refused compliance, and commenced throwing their pipkins and other earthen utensils at each other, and, it is said, at the officers. In consequence of this breach of discipline they were piped up and down during the night, and in the morning ordered " hammock drill." They, however, threw their hammocks on the deck, and ten were immediately placed in irons. It is further reported, that during the week the rigging of the Albion has been cut, and the breeching of some of her guns loosed. The men in confinement will be tried by court-martial, and in all probability transported. Cap tain Lockyer is greatly esteemed by his crew. Commander Chambers, whether deservedly or otherwise, is not regarded so favourably. There is little doubt that the conduct of the men has been reprehensible, but whether the prevention of their going ashore, or receiving their wives aboard, and the suppression of their smoking and other privileges (at a period when the duty of the fleet is of a heavy character), are punishments of too severe a description, is a subject for consideration. THE COURT-MARTIAL UPON LIEUTENANT DURRELL, OF THE SUPERB. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17. The court was opened at one o'clock; the prisoner in his defence again objected to the second charge, which was grounded on the 27th article of war, and in Justification of that objection produced the opinions of Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Merivale, two members of the bar. He called Captain Corry, Mr. A. Heneage, naval cadet, aged 124- years, John Smith, able seaman , and John Harrison, tit -. - er-master, but their testimony did not invalidate the , r ; • _ce for the prose cution. Itr. John Colter, surgeon of the Superb, deposed that the prisoner was labouring under the effects of a severe physical injury. The complaint is sometimes, but not always, pro ductive of violent pain in walking. He was on the sick list from the sth to the 26th of August. Suffers from hernia, and wears a truss. The complaint was not of a nature to pro duce drowsiness. The Court was occupied until four o'clock, and then, after consultation, declared the charges proved, and sentenced the prisoner to be dismissed her Majesty's service. The following are the words of the 27th article of war:— " No person in or belonging to the fleet shall sleep upon his watch, or negligently perform the duty imposed on him, or forsake his station, upon pain of death, or such other punish ment as a court-martial shall think fit to impose, and as the circumstances of the case shall require." PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 18. PROMOTIONS. Mates—Augustus Phillimore and S. F. Douglas, of the Hibernia, to be Lieutenants. APPOINTMENTS. Captains—S. Lushington, to the Retribution ; Sir H. Hart to be one of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital, vice Maunsell, deceased. Commander—G. K. Wilson, to the Pilot. Lieutenants—J. H. Craug. of the Syren, to command the Volcano, vice Miller, deceased ; R. Hopkins, of the Geyser, to the Syren, vice Craug; J. M. Croke, to the Avon; IL A. Buckman, to the Styx ; J. G. Bickford, and J. Wilson. to the Retribution ; Hon. G. D. Keane, to the Alarm ; H. M. Bur roughs, to the President. Masters—J. M Aylen (1823), to command the Alban, vice White; W. R. Madge, to Canopus; W. S. Mainprlse, to Woolwich steam factory, for study.. Paymasters and Pursers—W. H. Wiseman, to the Syden ham (superseding pro tem., Mr. Rutter, clerk charge), to conduct and report upon the new system to adopted as regards the victualling of passengers in the Mediterranean steam-packets, under the late Admiralty order. A baker, butcher, pastrycook, and confectioner have been appointed to each packet under the same order: J. Williamson, to the Queen, vice Fletcher, deceased; R. H. Goddard, to the Re tribution ; and C. F. Turner, to the Flying Fish. Surgeon—J. W. Bowles, to the Alarm. Assistant Surgeons—J. Leppett and A. Batewell, to the Penelope. Mate—G. C. Campbell, to the President. Midshipmen—R. B. Webb, to the Syren ; E. W. Shaw, to the Juno. Clerks—E. Stone, to the Alarm ; J. J. Spark, to the Beacon. The Rev. J. H. Lang has qualified for a naval instructor at the Royal Naval College. Mr. M. Brady, extra clerk in Portsmouth Dockyard, is promoted to third-class clerk, and R. H. Rogers has been appointed extra clerk. Mr. Thomas Baker is re-appointed a foreman of works at Haslar and Weovil departments at Gosport. COAST GUARD. Removals—Lieutenant C. A. Lafargue, from Jury's Cap to Littlestones station, vice Davison. THE NAVAL RETIREMENT. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF HAD TON, &c. Bcc. Di Lord.—Parliament have granted 30,0001. a-year to the Admiralty to enable them to retire old captains and ob tain young admirals, but the plan their Lordships have laid down will neither do the one nor the other. I understand 243 captains have sent in their resignation, of whom 43 are within the first 100, and 143 within the first 250, the rest being low down the list, one even in 1845. It is left open until the Ist of December, to give more time for consideration. It is not likely men from the upper part of the list will accept it, and suppose it is filled from the lower part, let me ask your Lord ship what good will it do? Just what Sir Robert Peel him self said in the House of Commons in reply to me will take place, viz., those high up will not take it, but those low down will. I foretold in the House of Commons what would take place if the plan announe'd was carried out, and the seniority not limited, and was answered by Sir George Cockburn that the plan was not decidedly fixed: but, notwithstanding, it was promulgated two days after. The grant was °llly conditional, and if 300 could not be obtained another plan was to be adopted. The 300 have not been obtained, and it is not too late to change it. _ . . _ The plan I beg to propose to your Lordship is, in the first instance, to limit the retirement to the first hundred, filling them up as vacancies take place, giving them 400/. a year, with the rank of rear-admiral. 'When the retired list is completed to 100 another list should be formed of retired captains with 3501. a year, only eligible when they come on the 14s. 6d. list, 3Thicli should always be kept up to 100, and as vacancies occurred on the retired list of admirals, they should be filled from the retired list of captains. When the money granted by Parliament is absorbed, the retirement to the captains' list should cease, and the retired list of admirals be filled up as vacancies occurred. It may be calculated that 12 admirals will die every year, and three captains in the first hundred. This will raise 12 captains to admirals, and 15 to the 14s. 6d. list, as many of whom, if within the age, might retire if they pleased till the grant is absorbed. If this plan is adopted the stream will be kept running, and the service benefited; if, on the other hand, it is filled up agreeably to the present plan, officers who are low down the list, and not at all in the way, will resign and the current of retirement will be stopped for seven teen years, and the captains' list will be just as much in want of reform as it is sow, after costing the country 30,000/. for the first year, with a gradual annual reduction.—l have the honour to remain, your Lordship's obedient servant, London, Oct. 18. CHARLES NAP EP. ACQUITTAL OF LIEUTENANT RYDER or THE 10TH ROYAL lIITSSARS.—The proceedings of the court-martial in the case of Lieutenant Hy der, of the 10th Hussars, the issue of which has been looked for with great interest by the army, have terminated in the official announcement of that officer's acquittal on Friday afternoon at Leeds. The above are all the particulars which have reached London. Mr. Samuel Warren defended Lieutenant Hyder, for which, we under stand, he received 300 guineas. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Mar qui,' and Marchionesq of Clanricarde, Lord Dunkellin, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor and Lady Mary Campbell, Lord Wm. Thynne, the Hon. Wm. S. and Lady Caroline Lascelles and Miss Lascelles, Lord and Lady Cartaret, Vis count and Viscountess Evelyn, O Hon. A. and Mrs. Las celles, the Hon. 0. an d Lady A Caroline Duncombe, and a large party, are expected to assemble at Harewood House, Yorkshire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Harewood, by the 4th of the ensuing month. TITHES ON SALT FISH.—It is hardly so well known as it ought to be, that amongst the exactions levied for the support of the Kirk is one in the shape of tithes on fish ; an odious instance of which is to be seen in the five per cent. exacted by the minister of North Leith on all fish entering the port. The worst feature of this impost is, that it falls principally upon the poor fishermen of the Shetland Islands, who have, from the scanty profits of their perilous occupation, first to pay their own ministers in Shetland, and then to pay again to a minister having the second-best living in the whole country, and resi dent 300 miles from their homes. We understand that vigorous efforts are now making by which, we trust, this iniquitous impost will be successfully evade d for the future; and its in justice and hardship so clearly established that the minister will see the propriety of renouncing his claim, or the government the necessity of abrogating the law. Messrs. John and Archd. Peterson, of Leith Walk, brought a cargo of fish to this market in August last, and instead of bringing the vessel to Leith or any place within the power of the minister they discharged her at Granton Pier. The plan has proved completely successful, and the Norma has arrived at Granton with a second cargo of seventy or eighty tons. We- trust that the Leith Dock Commission or the magistrates will give this matter their attention, and see the necessity of immediately using efforts to get this tax swept away, otherwise it will tend with other causes to injure the trade of the port.— Scotsman. SCOTCH CATTLE.—Within the last few days seve ral droves of Scotch cattle, on their way to the south, have been detained in the immediate neighbourhood of town,this amountfed th in e of in consequence of suffering under the seve rities a h i e li r ng to epi m de o m. re ic prethaAnt threeone time t hundred.hey Some of them were to be fed with hay ;uizaulee to rise from the ground, and had sant attention. It is to et 'll required almost inces ease will occasion very seri ZT that this lamentable dis cattle because the expenses on os t se ,e s to dealer s in S cotc h creased, but the quality of the animals road are not only in -13 Very much depre ciated.—.Pencate- Gazette, BICESTER LINES. On Saturday afternoon a large and influential meeting of the inhabitants of Bicester, thirteen miles from Oxford. was held at the King's Arms Inn, to determine which of the various projected railways would best serve the interests of the town and neighbourhood. There are in all five schemes to provide this town with the means of railway commu nication. Captain STYLES, RN, was appointed chairman. After some conversation it was resolved to begin with the Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Rail ways Junction. Mr. POW ELL, one of the representatives of that line, said that at a meeting of the inhabitants previously held, a fa vourable disposition had been manifested towards that pro ject. He pledged himself to give the town a station at King's-end, or even nearer the centre if possible, and assured the meeting the intended line would be of immense advan tage to the agriculturists and the neighbourhood. The line would shorten the distance to London by four or five miles, and would be un the broad gauge. Mr. SAMUEL DOUGLAS, of the same Company, said the railway in question possessed all the advantages of other projects, opening communication with the nortlo, to Wales, and to London, besides Windsor, Asdbt, Farningham, Brigh• ton, Hastings, Dover, kc. Mr. HILL, from the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester line, appeared to support that railway. He thought that the Grand Junction Company would have been more willing than it appeared to have been to come forward and state its views, considering that that line was discussed at a previous meeting, to which others, from the shortness of the notice, bad not an opportunity of presenting themselves, and that that meeting was adjourned on their account. He therefore felt some coyness and bashfulness in " opening the hall." He must say he did not think that Company had acted fairly in swerving from the original prospectus.— (Hear, hear.) They stated that they commenced at the Farringdon station and terminated at Heyford, but at the meeting the deputation stated they would join at Diddington. The gentlemen present knew which would he most advantageous for the town. Heyford was, he believed, distant from them seven miles, and Diddington twelve miles. He was not sure they would have a main line to Bicester ; but if the prospectus was to be believed, they would come to within a considerable distance of the town.—(Hear, hear.) Bicester was:entitled to a main line. It was an agricultural district, and therefore important that the cattle-feeders and others should have the advantage of speedy communication with the metropolis. His line would open to them Birming ham on one side and Landon on the other. They had fifty men employed in going over the ground in that district making the necessary surveys. Mr. OGLE (attending with a deputation from the London and Dublin Approximation Company) next addressed the meeting. He said that line was more direct than the others, opening communication from the metropolis to Holyhead, passing through many towns in its progress, and within a mile of Bicester. • Mr. JOHNSON NEALE also supported this line, urging that it would give the farmers and others of the neighbourhood the opportunity of taking their prodnce to the manufac turing districts of the north, and enable them to bring over the Irish cattle to fatten. Resolutions and amendments in favour of the two last lines were discussed, several gentlemen resident in the neigh bourhood taking part in the discussion, but it was ultimately resolved to adjourn the meeting until after the 30th of November next, in order to see which of the companies should deposit its maps and plans pursuant to the standing orders of the House of Commons. GUERNSEY. On Saturday a meeting of the Directors of the above Com pany was held at their offices, Tokenhouse-yard, for the pur pose, among other business, of receiving the report of their resident surveyor, Mr. Richard Goodwin, surveyor to the states, Guernsey; Mr. Henry Cornfoot in the chair. The object of the company was the construction of a con venient and safe pier at the capital of the i-land, St. Peter's Port, the improvement and enlargement of the harbour, so as to render it fit for the reception and accommodation of steamers and merchant vessels of a large class, and the for mation of a line of railway from the above named port, through St. Sampson's to Lancresse on the north. The dis tance from the English coast to St. Peter's Port is 70 miles ; from the latter place a line of railway is in formation to join that running from Rouen to Paris, so that the establishment of a line of steamers between Guernsey and Cherbourg, for which facilities will be given by this Company, would afford a large portion of the inhabitants of England the most direct means of communication with the French capital, inasmuch as the distance between Guernsey and Paris may by this route be performed in ten hours. After some discussion the following report, based upon that presented by the surveyor, was unanimously adopted : " The managing committee have much pleasure in announc ing that they continue to receive from numerous and most influential residents in the island the strongest repre• sentations of the importance and necessity for a speedy com mencement of the proposed landing and disembarking pier, &c., the want of which has been so long and severely felt. It, is, therefore, intended, as soon as possible, to take pre liminary measures for constructing these much desired works, which, as no Act of Parliament is required, the Com pany anticipate being in a position to go on with without delay. The committee are highly gratified to be enabled to state, that in consequence of the small amount of capital required for that purpose, and the numerous natural advan tages which present themselves at the proposed spot, the deposits alone will suffice for the construction and comple tion of the pier, which, it is calculated, will at once put the shareholders in possession of from 3,0001. to 5,0001. a year, at a moderate computation. The cost of these works has been carefully estimated and ascertained by the Company's talented surveyor, a gentleman whose well-known great at tention to this subject for a series of years, combined with his long and intimate knowledge of the locality and its facilities, are an amply sufficient warrantry for the Company speaking confidently upon this subject." A discussion then ensued, ending in a general understand ing, without any definite resolution, that the calls upon shares should be limited, and in no case exceed the necessary expenses of that portion of the works at present in hand. THE REGENT'S CANAL RAILWAY. On Saturday an extraordinary meeting of the vestrymen of Marylebone was held in the Court House, Mr. G. J. Daniel, churchwarden, in the chair. The accounts and general paro chial transactions of the week having been disposed of, Mr. FLOOD, vestry clerk, said that he deemed it to be his duty to call the attention of the vestry to a proposition for the purchase of the Regent's Canal, to convert it into a railway, to be connected with the Great Western. They had an interest in the project, inasmuch as it would interfere with their stone-yard on the banks of the canal, and would, if carried into effect, entail an expense for carriage ten times greater than what they were paying for the conveyance of stone by water. _ Mr. luistrrr was of opinion that if ever a Bill passed, the one that would be introduced for the conversion of the Re gent's-canal into a railroad would undoubtedly succeed. Even should the parish, in the first instance, lose 5,0001. by it, that loss would be doubly compensated for by the saving that would follow from the great traffic which passed along Ox ford-street. from the Great Weste r n Railway being conveyed by the new railway. Mr. JOSEPH moved the appointment of a Committee to oppose the project if necessary. Mr. Annum. seconded the motion. He had no interest in the project by shares or otherwise. Mr. GLAZIER hoped that a public meeting would be con vened upon the subject. After some considerable discussion a Committee was ap pointed to watch and report upon the proceedings of the Company contemplating the purchase of the Regent's- canal for a railroad. The following gentlemen were elected mem bers of the Committee—Messrs. Gomme, Anderson, Wilson, Daniel, Arbutt, Curtis, Bushell, Ellis, and Skase. PLYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN DOCK. --- . - PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY..—An. announcement was issued yesterdly of a new sch erne for providing a capacious wet dock, with ranges of wharfage, warehouses, &c., at Millbay. The committee, of 'which Mr. Charles Russell, M.P., the chairman of the C c vat Western Company, is at the head, state that Plym tglu ffi, ss the terminus of the gtouth Devon , 41 PROGREbS OF OUR EXPORTS. It is g,nernlly known that the der tired value repre• sents the actual value at the time of shipment, and that the official vibe i. the quantity of goods of each kind estimated at uniform prices which were affixed to them in 1694; while, therefore, the declared value is an in dication. of cost, the official value is an indication of quantity, and the two compared together at any period shows the changes which take place in the price of goods. Previous to 1844, the year to which tlkt largest amount of goods, according to the declared value, was exported, was 1.836. In that year oar exports amp et?. to 53,368,5721., according to the declared or reel value, at.cl to 85,299,8371., according to the ofileial value; show ing, therefore, that the price of goods had fallen from the official standard of value by 36 per cent. In 1844 (last year). the real value of our exports exc , ,eded any former year, and amounted to 58,584,292/, of which the official value was 131,564,5031.; showing that, now the price of goods has fallen below the official standard by no less than 55 per cent.; or in other words, showing" that while the quantity of goods exported has increased since 1836 by 54 per cent., their ealue has increased barely 10 per cent. This is/a striking evidence of the low price of goods at the present time, as compared with 1836, and of te great improveu.ent and economy introduced into their manufacture during that period. by the improvements of machinery and otherwise. And there can be no doubt that it is chiefly to these improve ments and the lower price of our goods, that we are able to command such an increasing demand in the markets of the world. The a hole value of exports to all our own possessions, including those in Europe, is not one-third of the whole, and our exports to foreign neutral markets are consequently more than two-thirds. This shows how fallacious is the general opinion that ascribes to our colonies the great bulk of our export trade.. The amount exported to the British possessions, in 1836, was 13,721,379/, out of a total of 53,368,5724 ' Las, year the former had increased to 16.304,060/. ; but more than the whole differnce arises in the trade to the East Indies and Gibraltar, the latter being almost ex clmiveiy for Spanish consumption. Our exports to India during that period have increased from 4,285,829/. in 1836 to 7,695.6661. last year, and, therefore, alone shows larger increase than the whole aggregate colonial exports; so that, leaving India and Gibraltar out, the remainder show a considerable diminution. With so satisfactory a progress under the recent system of low duties, it is, indeed, much to be regretted that any cause has arisen to induce the Indian Government to increase the rates of duty. It is true the prices of goods are now so very low, that it is hoped that stop will cause no sensible diminution of that valuable trade ; at the same time we much fear it will materially check the progress which might otherwise be expected. The following statement shows the comparative progress of our trade to the various geographical divisions, thus:- 1836. 1844. £ £ Northern Europe Southern Europe . _ Africa . 1,468,062 ... 1,615.530 Asia A,750,842 11,273.721 United States _ 12,425,695 ... 7,938,079 British North American Colonies and West Indies 6,518,744 ... 5,522,338 Foreign West Indies Central and South America, in cluding Brazil 5,955,468 ... 5,439,502 This comparison shows a very large decrease to the whole of the western world, including our own colonies, while the largest increase is to Europe, and the next to the eastern markets. It is not a little curious and in structive to find that, in spite of hostile tariff-, made more and more stringent, on the continent of Europe, the greater liberality exercised towards the produce of those countries here, has had the effect in so striking a way of increasing our exports. It will further he ob served, that the greatest increase of our cxports has taken place to Russia, Prussia, Germany, Belgium, and France, which are just the countries that have imposed the highest duties in order to exclude our goods.— EconOtnist. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. The fol!owing 'notice has been i,sned The Junior Proctor will receive the names of under graduates li•ho intend to offer themselves for the respon sions in Michaelmas Term, on Saturday, :.he 18th inst. from quarter before twelve till quarter before one o'clock ; Monday, the 20th, from quarter before twelve till quarter before one - o'clock ; Tuesday, the 21st, from half-past twelve till half-past two o'clock. It ia necessary that each candidate should bring his matriculation paper, and the certificate of' having eat in the schools, or copies of them attested by the registrar. These papers must either be presented by the candidate in person, or transmitted through his tutor. N.B —Those candidates who racy need a dis pensation from the Vice-Chancellor and Precters. in order to have their names inserted in the list, are re quired to attend at the Vice-Chancellor's house en Tuesday, the 21st instant, et eleven o'clock, and to bring with them, from the head or tutor of their college or ball, a statement is writing of the grounds on which the dispensation is sought for.—Mertun College, Oct. 14, 1845. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN Wool, TRADE, LEEDS, Ocr. IT—The demand for Foreign Wools continues steady, and sales to about the same extent as last week have been effected. Prices are firm, but without any apparent variation. ENGLISII WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, Ocr. 17.—There has net been any alteration in this branch of trade during the present week. Sales are steady, and prices stationary. LEEDS.—The cloth markets this w ek have been more lively than for several weeks past, particularly for heavy beavers of good quality, and other heavy goods calculated for the present season ; but in all goods of light make there is very little doing. Prices are steady, and the stocks mode rate. Although there has not been many of the larger buyers in the town this week, there have been a great number of drapers from all parts of the country, and in consequence bu siness has been brisk in the warehouses. BRADFORD MARKET, OCT. lG.—The demand for wool is still heavy; the spinners acting with extreme caution, and only buying for day by day consumption. There is no altera tion in prices, except in brokes and noils, in which there is a turn in favour of the buyer. The position of the spinn rs still remain unaltered. The price of yarns bears no propor tion to that of wool, and the continuance of this state of things has had the effect of wasting the property of several once respectable spinners, who have had to give way to the pressure of the times. We are glad to lu-ar that there is a feeling in favour of stopping the mills at six P.M., instead of half-past seven, during the winter. If this prudential step be adopted, in addition to the already large quantity of un employed machinery, we may at no very distant period ex pect to find yarns commanding prices more commensurate with the cost of the raw material. There has been a steady business doing in Orleans, Coburgs, and Merinos, goods adapted for the winter. Moreens are hardly so brisk as a few weeks back. In prices no change worthy of rote. MANCHEIPER: THURSDAY tvEsisck:—We have had a dull and heavy cloth market all the week, and it closes to-day without any signs of early improvement. In most cases prices have receded just the turn. Yarns are also heavier sale, but as stocks are very low it has had no effect on prices. TUE ZOLLVEREIN TARIFF.— • We have just received a communication from an esteemed correspondent at Carls ruhe, on whose information we can place every reliance. He announces the most gratifying intelligence. The Zol•ve rein tariff is at length finished, and will speedily be made public. He is a good. German, and seems to grudge us our advantages, for he says, the duties on British manufaatures are not raised at all on any one. article of the least impor tance ; indeed, only on one or two trifling things, as needles. —Herald. SUICIDE BY HANGING TO A GUN.— On Monday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, a man named Jolin Knapp, aged fifty-nine years, a gunsmith, residing Fin Chambers-street, Whiteehapel, committed suicide in the fol lowing singular manner :—He had been latterly in a very desponding way, but he would never discloe to any one what was weighing upon his mind. He retired to bed on the previous night at the usual hour, without the slightest alteration in his demeanour. In the morning he was missed from his bed by the person who was accustomed to call him, and it being found that he had not quitted the house, a search was made for him, and he was discovered in his workshop, hanging by a piece of rope, quite dead. There being no hook or other convenient place in the room for him to affix the cord to he had tied it to the stock of a gun, which was placed in a horizontal position against a wall, and then, mounting a chair,. had thrown himself off. PROGRESS OF MANUFACTURES IN HULL.—The foundation of the Kingston cotton mill is now digging, and we understand that every effort is making for the successful and speedy carrying out of the various works. The Hull Worsted Mill Company have had several offers of sites for their establishment, and the first meetings of the company will be held shortly. The Hull Imperial Cotton Mill Com pany is proceeding prosperously, and will no doubt meet the same support as those already commenced. Two or three companies for the encouragement of various branches of ma nufactures in Hull are at present in embryo.—Hall Packet. Shoals of voters for South Staffordshire hcsve been struck off on objections made by the agents of the League.— Leeds Mercury. THE GAME LAWS—ABOMINABLE CONVICTION.--- Yesterday week, Thomas Higgins, of Ackworth, was sum moned before the Wakefield magistrates, for an offence against the game-laws. Higgins, who is a farm labourer, was proceeding to his work early in the morning, and picked up a hare, which he found dead in a wheat feld ; being ob served by the game-keeper, the poor fellow was taken into custody. The hare had been caught in a snickle. but there was no evidence to prove that the prisoner was in any way connected with poachers. He was proceeding to work, with his scythe over his shoulder, to a field adjoining that in which the hare was found, when he accidentally saw the animal, and, naturally enough, took possession. Higgins was fined in a penalty and costs amounting to 51, and in default he was sent to the House of Correction for three „..months.—Leeds Mercury. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THROUGH THE FAILURE OF THEATRICAL SPECITLATIoNS.—OiI Friday night Mr. Coxhead, well known in the theatrical world, and who, it is said, has lost 15,0001. in theatrical speculations, went into a hairdresser's shop in Kennington, where, after he was shaved, he inflicted a dreadful gash across his throat. Surgical assistance was instantly provided, and as soon as the necessary remedies were applied the unfortunate gentleman was conveyed in a cab to his residence in a very hopeless state. WOOTTON BASSETT.— At the hiring fair the crier received the following announcement, which was cried through the fair :—" This is to give notice,that in consequence of the continued depression of the times, and the diseased state of the potatoes, no feast will be holden at Brinkworth, on Sunday next. The inhabitants mean to postpone it until next 3 ear, when they hope it will be more convenient for them to entertain their frienkla. This notice is expressly g ivon for the purpose cq preventing cikappointnAcct."..TVi/o Adepenclemt, 82 - 40s p EXETER, Ocr. 18. STOCK i XcuiNar...-The sales are—Exeter. Y Dorchester, 1 p.—Exeter and Creditor, 6—Wort _ " • - ' 4 GRAN J APIMOX Regir..ered r. qt.-a k! t o avoid the pre k4ll - 0 1 c , s aving. both it o _ . _ . .nglan t l and Ire: ,',4;or and llolyhea, C` ) ' , a o tl , nr; in its route 47:1,7 ~dl, kin,,,,, , ? n b 7t . ro, u .:, y,, vs li ,o i r t e te e t s o t n e Co athrook,t•tle, O. 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The reiment (which numbers be tween 809 aLd 000 members) mustered yesterday afternoon ou the Pitchcroft race-ground, adjacent to the city, where they were inspected, and whence they marched to their head-quarters at the Star and Garter Hotel. Lord Ward is the Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment, and the following are the Captains and Lieutenants of the several troops, which are eleven in number : Worcester—Captain Sir 0. P. Wakeman, Bart. ; Lieute nan• s Temple and Smith. Evesham—Captain Lord Eastnor, Lieutenant Gist. Westwood—Captain Pakington, M.P. ; Lieut. Skey. Upton—Captain Hen. W. Coventry, Lieut. Dowdeswell. Kingsnort oo aptain Taylor Lieutenant Taylor. Tardebigg, No. I—Captain Sir F. H. Goodricke, Bart. ; Lieutenant R. Hemming. Tardebigg, No. 2—Captain Burford, Lieutenant T. G. Rufford. Witlev—Captain Cookes, Lieut. Sir W. Smith, Bart. Stourbridge—Captain Hickman, Lieut. Grazebrook. Hanbury—Captain Galton, Lieutenant Parker. Dudley—Captain Bennett, Lieutenants Hunt and DiXOn• The meeting for duty is later than usual this autumn, dh account of the harvest having been delayed by the cold sum mer. This regiment is acknowledged to be one of the most re spectable and efficient corps of Yeomanry Cavalry Ti the kingdom, if, indeed, it is second to any, and has repeatedly received the encomiums of the reviewing officer. Two pieces of artillery are attached to it, and it possesses a fine brass band. The martial exereiss commenced to-day. Wednesd=ay next will be the grand field-day, when the regiment will be regularly reviewed in full uniferm. The review of 1843 wall honoured by the presence of the Queen Dowager and a, O illustrious party, from Witley Court. Her Majesty lea Witley Court yesterday for a short visit to the Queen, at Windsor, but will return early next week, and may probably again attend the review, should the weather be fine. MERCHANT TAILORS' SCHOOL . The half-yearly examination of this ancient foundation took place on Thursday in the presence of the master O f the company, Mr. Thomas Jackson, the wardens, and a large number of the Court. The examiners were the Rev. PT tez,sor Browne, of King's College, Prebendary of St. rail."' and the Rev. Dr. Sleath. After the examination, with whi ch the examiners declared themselves highly satisfied, the Court were conduct , zd into the school-room by the Rev. J. Hessey, 8.D., the head master, in order to hear speee"e',,,`"' delivered by the senior boys, after the usual custom. /l: a very large company was assembled, consisting o f Wan, e " di s tinguished clergymen and gentlemen educated at to school, and various friends and relatives of the boys. following is a programme of the speeches, of which we iv' only observe that they were all well and carefully delivered; some of the speakers, especially Mr. Warne, who spoke the. comic speech, acquitted themselves with a great deal a spirit : SUBJECTS AND ORDER OF THE SPEECHES. Heat Monitor, Thomas 11, Canii bell, "Brasidas' to his Soldiers"—Thucydides. 2,1, John Cohen Jackson, " The Citizen's Complaint of War"--Aristophanes. 7th, John Bernard Behrends, " Tiberius to the Roman Se" nate"—Tacitns. 3d, John W. Hammond, " Self-knowledge"—Persius. _ = Bth, Hubert Day Church, " The Imperial Student"."" ; Gibbon. n 4th, Edward Coupland, " The Strength of Innoc ence Mlsilton. . th, James Hunter Reid, "Richard ll.'s Solitogoy son"—Shakspeare. “th, William T. Warne, " Captain Cuornero, or the Guell4ll, and Ghibellines"—Anon. In th- evening a large portion of the audience asseMbila at Merchant Tailors'-hall to partake of the magnificen t pitality of the company. ESCAPE OF A HORSE STEALER.—At the petty seed sions held at Ilford a short time since, a man named 1 1. ,e n te 4 Bradley, a horse dealer, living at Chigwell, was cortn' t ` ii for trial, chargA with stealing a horse, the property obi tradesman residing in Whitechapel. Preparatory W I for removal to Newgate he was conveyed to Ilford ga° ;o o security, the lock-up at the Angel Inn, where the s Os ' he are held, not being deemed sufficiently safe. Soon a fter 0 was locked up in the cell, he by some means manag ea ds slip the bolt and get into the yard attached to the wro,n l : o 4 side of the gaoL In this part of the prison a new bu io ) for a wash-house, with a roof slanting from the outer to of the gaol, has recently been erected. Having got the top of the wall, he was able to drop without 1 0 himself in the meadow which surrounds the prison. „itt escape w. s soon found out, and a - strict search was ine"-rir the neighbourhood for him, but without success. A dets' s e tion of him was advertised in the Hue and Cry for tir° .600 cessive weeks, with the seine result. At length inforin'tir was received at the gaol that a person answering his tion was at Woolwich. Mr. Anderson, the governor of his gaol, immediately proceeded there, and found that hi' oa prisoner had enlisted in the Artillery. He secured liintlo conveyed him forthwith to Newgate, where he now te n awaiting his trial. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A WFDDING.—•-• n 01 4w idi day evening, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a party of having met at the house of Mr. G. Hearndon, of unfit,' street, Islington, to celebrate the wedding of his eldest le d. 'Thomas, with Miss Robertson, of Ely-place, Holborn , s° ",,g them commenced singing, and one of them having 51 o b.. • song called "The Mistleto-bough," the bride jocoie l Y a pia: served that she would imitate the heroine, as there ‘ v oie of fear of any such fatal result; and, accompanied 1.))' s % a lA her female frichls, she ran up stairs, followed by her Isill' teg y and some others of the company. The ladies concealed DA ( 4 selves in a room on the second floor, when a young in? 11 t, the name of Brooks, a law-writer, residing in Penton-sl;:iis. - Pentonville, having succeeded in forcing the door:• Hearndon, in carrying out the jest, rushed to the chinnll, piece, and taking down a pistol, presented it at Mr. J' and, drawing the trigger, to the horror of all present, o,i, covered it was loaded. The charge entered Mr. Brno, left side, and lie immediately fell. Medical assistance was 'go scantly sent for, and Mr. Greigson, of Gibson-squar e, , o as called in, who declared the wound to be of a most danger character. gAI THE HALF PART OF THE BODY OF aald FOUND IN THE RlVER.—Yesterday an inquest was fr the Queen's Head, High-street, Poplar, on the vett mains of the body of a young man, apparently between s''f t tai and twenty years of age. The portion of th e body Was P i vot up yesterday morning floating from the river into the to t he India Docks. The body was immoiately.removed slid bone-house. Mr. Bain, surgeon, of Brunswick-terraCe' npa he had examined the body. Be found that the whole °brad, portion of the body had been eaten away, including. the _ co o shoulders, chest, and the lower extremities. There `bad neither legs or thighs attached to the body, and the hol s ter evidently, from its decomposed situation, been in i ll e e t a tUi d for some months. The jury returned a verdict drowned." lg' STORM IN THE BAY OF BISCAT.—V/Go , !ler —The Pasha, which sailed from Southampton on T i '.. last, the 7th inst., has just arrived here in safety. onbe . ro f to Lisbon and Gibraltar, after one of the most pe ril° pa o sages remembered in the Bay of Biscay for several yesre,eleto From Wednesday to Friday she encountered the roo t " 0 th s gales from the S.W., which increased in intensity 11 ° 61° 1' latter day it blew a perfect hurricane. Most unfortuastr on the Wednesday night one of her engines became oat% disabled, and in this state she continued imperfectly bliigetA with the elements for fourteen hours, when her joie woe commander, Captain Burrev, having investigated ale, vie of the accident, discovered that it could be repaired : 1 0 th e slight means, which happily proved effective. it ° wel t ' condensing valve that had become disengaged, and ll eg oa' ing an iron pin this accident was at once repaired, the,_ n e the nication between the two engines made coinplete,rooo_mot hearts of the passengers raise dat once from 3 n 1(18 ";144e l "' and desponding state. That slight, but serious o , r e r f f e ctii l J might have cost us all our lives. The period 0 ' r i I w e t the repair was most timely and provider] n e e ' , se, almost immediately the gale rose to a littrr i( T, b 01P ; the most experienced sailors and engineers °- the Pasha, some of whom have been regularif &chit; ing the Bay of Biscay for a period of twelve Yea rs ' tetelv that they never witnessed such bad weather. For eod oa e hours sea after sea struck the steamer aft with Or r to be force. ma• y t mes dashing over her, and shaking her very extremities of her iron framework. The P 1 ;1; r 55 . 1 , 14 construction in iron was certainly well tried, an proved a fine sea boat. It is impossible to conceive a ol t o / more tremendous than the ahocka we sustained!. shrieks of the female passengers (amongst the leag er ' e eel; whom were General Bacon's two daughters) w,...c0a1f°4 alarming. The want of ventilation and general olaeeiact, of the Pasha occasioned general disgust. Had th e f eve", to the engine not been repaired, it is the opinion °wore competent person on board that the vessel would ha v i e ettl es te rf . waterlogged, when every soul would have probahlY fbe diet sident. we should have loft as little trace b e hind Its a s w eat a e , sident. The storm has completely abated, and tileo is now delightful. General Bacon and Colonel .F oe f iol7 out by this pAcket, in connexion 'with the noir un defined railway projects fur Portugal. Mr- 3fu r ` t i l ' e g. O three three assistant-engineers, were lift at. Coruna% °, f Moto mencement of the works on the Madrid and Aa' g aed tb way. Some carriages and horses were likewise Is . IS for Mr. Peel at Madrid. mi x THE MUSK RAT.—This obnoxious _t om egotist common throughout Bengal, and is one of the ir e ° s &Aelli, leo of the mural tribe. It, like the common ra t, affee" nd othe r houses, and perambulates at night kitchens, a ar i o rd offices, in quest of such food as those premises 1113 Y i:s P re- The effluvium from this creature is SO sence will scent the whole room into which it of '- with musk. Few dogs will attack it on accouirli. thel, powerful, that titer musrose secretions which it throws off, and to w a have a loathing abhorrence. It is a singular s_ , n2; be eonfe, tested fact, that whatsoever this animal runs 0 1 , `' eef pro: • so permanently tainted with musk, tha t the_ oti shoal the for a considerable length of time intolerabiej o o cer] i , a musk rat make its way into a cellar, allel e e ffect °: se al bottles holding wines or spirits of any kind, _to , lrea ge . ,_, trespass is such, that the contents are stronal)T]; [hat if;# with impure musk, and so odious do they o't e cannot be drauk, and are thrown asid e and n ot "mash bottles." Tbere No - 4- no , ' DECREASE OF CRIME IN WILTS - 3AO-- Swings 0 - mica single prisoner for trial at our Borough ~.i eb eotow' f aial last ; and at the County Quarter Sessions, seasoner, for, the at Marlborough on Tuesday, the number ri P numb tri ed 3' o 6 ' was less, by g one half than the average Devize s correspondin sessions for the last seven y. Pa th e zette. e ntere r THE COLLIER AT KIRK.---A c ollier inioe ,te of kirk of Lochpelly, the other Sunday, when the tare . his sermon, made some observations about_t.t the s ov e s P i•K o!i l t ; Jericho. The collier fell asleep until the kirk ' c ot o d• when on his way home, one of his n!ip!), e tin sa p:, "Whaur lia'e ye been the day, Arcky: „ A : g r boo 6'1, 1 0 1 ye think? but at the capture of Jericho- d they come on, Archy ?" " lad, I fell ansdeerpeleicing, Jericho captured, and were singing a bets °f 1, waukened.' —Fife Herald. OCT °I3 Hop INTI,LLWENCE.—WORCEST---;, „." pc —Oar market was well supplied with abot '''- leg fnr new wm l hops, l2. 3 t 0f 0 57 16 8s perhi bid co t ' at the so very inferior that no one would even make eaaerlYe The best samples were, however, boughttwolle_r„e stvue,,o e h cwt.,w e r e a soldad some various em ratkteepar sameiee trtii'ero: Id o ld prices above-named; and for one eofresed. ;li-ng ISs. per cwt. were offered and ye oling e f i reg th e hopsscarcity e ee ot continues good ae s a sn briskesv ever,t e demand 7 r 7 _ s. f t o o r 71 1:. 1) 9 .1C1P ... 16 4 """SbOSMS current prices 61 7, 1 7 1 c i e n i f c o ie r . lllCT, and 638. to 90e. for the KILMARNOCK.—STATE OF Lasthas not to 6d. on the pair of the various descriPti° i !' a b o ut le s ad ,to e a., 0 week, a s li t e e r n s lie agreed bng n to K g give ta a rAn r D i* l i: f a:U n ri l l:l° a g e I b i rle Y :s7- l i jn ; boots 6d. It is equivalent, on an averager _ twerev ..0, t° week on their wages. Bonnetinakeret,eLP:,eeea, irk the season, more langour in the printwr woolspinners are equally busy. There L u! .v:" ln 'v este as . .t ri a ti dsewers ge t P w off till the :,ipring patterns set in. Han no.serrer , do, bqt at prices very much mitice4.—Ar , 'r - pj '7ls3cl l .3% u, p 2% p 217 44% 414 534 P Icla3! 7% 4% 6 5 4% 11311 3% PAP 3NI OiP 39)4 I j9Ss9d f3fi9ti 1 3% I 1 61s3di 865341 7% 4% 6 7i ,9123 1 d, 6%1 5%1 132s6di 16s pl 1534 12 35 p 41s p 1 T s p ! I 6%1 - Zip - I 334 p, .eovil. and /Ovon, .