The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-13 00:00:00

RR )3 6 , COURT CIRCULAR TLt,, °P Griffiths had a i interview wioi Lord Stanley ~r ua Y, at the Colonial office. Mr. Johnson, from lest e ;7 l, had al so an i n t erv i ew w i t h hi s Lordship a Y• ll ° Chi e f C ommissioner of Woods and Forests had te 4 r i k te "iew With the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes bLY, at his official residence in Downing-street. geMtelles were receiv e d y es t er d a y at the Colonial rout the Governor of the Mauritius. lib " MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT. QUEEN'S ARRIVAL AT ANTWERP AND DE PARTURE FOR GERMANY. Pri d SEL % AUG. 11.—It was ge ner ally b e li eve d i n thi s c ity "ris e . 4 :f la4t, that her Majesty the Queen of England would ~ro4t Antwe rp on Saturday afternoon, about one o ' clock. ta rd , i4l 3% numerous Engli s h r es id en t s left by th e fi rs t t ra i n tltterratter day, and were met at Malines by many of our Is i t Yta en, from various towns in connexion with the railway. ~lajegunderstood by the civic authorities that it was her t ony :Ys wish to dispense, as much as possible, with all cere tete b ve u r Y few preparations for her reception were discernible. shoutly t i was occasionally displayed on the quays, particu liht eight in the evening, on the arrival of the asi b ilitl g and Monkey steamers, with eight royal 111 %4 4 ' During Sunday forenoon the chief attraction was ' r atp o tt o ° 'teenier, belonging to the General Steam Navigation si 3 1 3 which was gaily decked out with numerous flags l reamers, and which had a very pretty appearance, as it hy Proceeded down the Scheldt, about two o'clock, on her k a t lite to London On meeting the royal yacht the crew and t lie 'll eers of th e • Sohe gav e three " glorious cheers," to use s ilth * :" ( is of ou r i n f ormant. About half-past five the report Ny guts in the Lillo, Mary and North forts announced her / Wa st i" approach. The national flag was immediately the top of the grand tower of the cathedral, just eit e ene cross (which is 466 feet from the ground), the cele lal t carillons of thatedifice rang merrily, and the Belgian tt ag"sh between h es on colours were suspended the houses Lea theje anal—a broad paved street, from which a splendid Il lt ° ,•„:"far-famed tower of the cathedral is obtained, and :tree it'P a slte which was the landing-place selected and pre shtiartsuatdhbethre°3 el visitors. As soon, too, as the distant salutes elms of the citalel of Antwerp, of the Light in less e , s r ' and of some Belgian vessels, commenced tiring, th 'an ten minutes after the roar of artillery had be ll, e broad and commodious quays, which, up to that time `u co h h "arsai tn paratively deserted in conseq uence o f th e un ' ilasah", w eather, b ecame t h ronge d w i t h d ense masses of tl k katta ss em g't Th e vesse l s i n t h e S cheldt, and in the St. attC a et Bremen, and Hamburgh quays, displayed a variety altsaeu flags and colours, amongst which the English, , i t oa t ,tes, and Prussian were conspicuous. . t Wu th e royal yacht doubled the last point in the river t,talj),°,tlie town, and emerging to full view, proceeded majes ,7re i' a eg i the long Jordaens and Van Dyke Quays, which ate ~,r at lY lined with spectators, who cheered loudly as O t tti v-se l p ced Her Majesty was discovered 6°ll the as' decit between the Countes of Gains ;°sl,' arid Viscounteas Canning, and Prince Albert, ) ,Itgle t o ' dressed in a white coat, and a cap with rder, was standing near her. A shower of rain No s „ Falla g at the the time, but it did not apparently prevent ‘4l,seas visitors enjoying the animated scene before them. 0,1•"1.)'s1 steamer anchored in the middle of the Scheldt nearly ; 1 4 a t j tile Butter Canal (Botcr ruy) already referred to. /I,aatOornaster and the other local authorities immediately s at. the yacht, and were graciously Victoriareceivedhonboarr. nglishman, we believe, who pr9ceeded to t e i i 7lisi tis ra shortly after the Queen's arrival, was Mr. t Johnson, rs s i !el k ,: il e consul at Antwerp, in whose care the royal s came ISll s ly Placed until her Majesty's return from Germany. ,Italafter the yacht had anchored, Baron d Arrnm, the ska Minister arrived, and the Queen retired from the i Lta I;tattke state ' sa . loon, where dinner was served up. The almost entirely clear of small craft, but those per w° wished to have a nearer view of the royal vessel lil a trisa o 4 4 afforded from the quays, entered the ferry t which plies every half hour between the p ia Dyk e e,Quay at Antwerp and a little village on the oppo -oi, "'a own as the Tete de Flandres. Immediately after dle 0 - s ° ,l'a and Albert had taken up her station in the a ss mtliol d 'ue river, Count d'Hane de Steenhuyse, of the royal li o Tlit o i o f King Leopold, proceeded on board, in order to er tatia a ate h Majes, in the name of herroyal relative, on 54 0 ; j 2 0 115 arrival in this kingdom. As r night advancrd , spectators gradually diminished—a few remain- Ojos: ' e st moment, in ord e r a pp aren tl y t o v i ew th e °II the landing-place (which were not, however, very 1p he • the wind was too high and the weather too rainy), s4sa:ltliant lights in the state cabin of the yacht, and fore a 4 st lit About eleven the last light in the above apartment •a h l he t a n 'tished. The Black Eagle steamer arrived in front ta -9 1, -w n about ten minutes after the Victoria and p About six the next morning, a considerable %, °1 spectators had again assembled on the Van t o 'Pl:kfaY, and two or three carriages belonging to Agiati Majesties shortly afterwards made their adsappear tOe ° Quit:tarty of grenadiers and a military band were a a St ear the landing-place as a guard of honour ; and oLlrter to seven the Queen and Prince Albert came on at' o 4t 47l l `, l l S r t royal salute and the cheering of the crew of the ell, the three other steamers (who manned the yards), aalt alOta s s si q the spectators on shore. Both her Majesty and Highness looked remarkably well. The royal 4il oos u their suite proceeded in their carriages down the th e lt,,neurre, the Vieille Marche au Ble, the Place Verte, s tt 4 ' th e 'ell', to the railway station, where they were received . t oi l sooltutial honours, and where the royal train (a mogul& a t , tl i t Of t ' h W e a• Belgium to convey them to Malines, the central A el, he • Railway, and the one selected for the in -' Prey hey Queen Victoria and their Belgian Majesties. keto tnusly arranged,. the King and Queen of the Bel , repanied by their loyal Highnesses the Duke of t , l tati ss aa ti the Count of Flanders, left Brussels at seven in i etl ' l t for the above-named town. They were accom a4Ntta' Count D'Arschot, General Goblet, the Baroness yt, 'and M. Van de Weyer, the new Minister of the In- Oet 'heir Majesties awaited the arrival of their august staytisitttefe the large sitting-room of the station, which was very o decorated. e Detachments of the 2d Lancers formed ard o f h onour. tf ee tt to Ve of the Belgian R o y a l F am ily accom p an i e d the 44% , "viers in th e tr a i n , an d th en re t urne d t o t h e P a l ace iso as 'r 4 1 Bru sse l s . la LT*7 tq a "ta and Prince Albert then proceeded . on their 1 , 1 3 "le, tOtli Louvain, Tirlemont, St. Fronde, Vi arrenne, bef or e Birmingham of Germany, which they reached tad party . „ e , twelve o'clock. They were received at Liege ef Ishi",_ Belgian infantry, drawn up along , t , he line, t e "ie s aie s „„ltu strusk up " God save the Queen . as soon as gag a, --w e in sight. All these towns were gaily decorated k tl rite,l l-1 E PREPARATIONS AT BONN. tla a lti talli m e whole of yesterday and to-d a y the bustle of pre y and 3 r endered the quiet little city of Bonn one scene . of tat hos ,onfusion, the difficulty of procuring accommodation laciritso'4l increased, and the demands of our German kins ta l 'ese! 'a, Proportion. There are comparatively few Eng till sae t'or the last week the weather has been extreme toad a,ithyed t b h u e t e t i h ty is morning the sun shone brightly forth, d in all its glory, every house being eco- Ma ' l ags and streamers and the hotels, town-hall, and I tp rl o le ‘ , -c 'N buildings festooned in front with laurels and 1 4 1 N s o t f,anger the effect is extremely picturesque and pleas it I C being built after the most approved German mo iss4 sres,,,_ a h every house rivals its neighbour in the quanitness .. topq,aosLectural decorations, pointed gables, projecting win li'!,liled vanes and pinnacles meeting the eye at eve!) , iti s N as s "'ovens name is in every mouth, and his picture, in tP t ' n t ety ~;4 . 7 instance crowned with laurel wreaths, meets you tl t i h are j;;, 4(l evv- The statue is still covered up, and he work ''s"Y engaged in constructing seats around it in the lierYata, for the accommodation of the spectators. _ tocieearsals have been going on since Thursday, two each ha' l l itos es l he last took place this morning in the Hall of aa is as the new concert hall has been termed. Th . e t o r t ' ; l)l s s o il ate near the Cologne entrance to the town, and is tls;elyof e w ontaining about 4,000 . persons. It is constructed da I ' o , and has been finished in the short space of se, the workmen being employed day and night. The to o ty A tt s e e ct i) about , 1,300 . 1. The interior has been very hand "lt"nee • 4 1). The tickets for the concerts have all been dtlaso • disposed of, and as the committee have determined th o „ ss au more than the hall . will conveniently accommo -4,1,1 tha n are new at a high premium. 4,,ala tle- . Re has b een made in the programme o f t h e per 14_taoes, u nder the impres s ion that their Majesties the King Rill et a " a of Pru ss i a an d th e Q ueen o f E ng l an d w ill b e o•tttic Tuesday d Wednesday. The first grand concert 4,, l ,,Leal' e l 'ee in Che an evening, at six o'clock, and to-morrow id t , th vr)ted to the baptising a new steamer, to be . called ' s lea ss rn, and the principal musical performers will make ti s Oeo n n ,in her to Nonnenwerth, a beautiful island near te:; 4 aountains. On Tuesday, there will be a solemn la s ' . ', l l lu the Munster-Kirche, and a grand concert, at apule (L i ' understood their Majesties will be resent;p and . on clo s se al the inauguration will take place, and the festivities h p alo st q w ith a grand ball. to ih t ile leading singers and performers who are to take . - hO OO e festival have already arrived. Spohr, who divides %14 -4r of conducting the concerts with Liszt, is the great i lder "P h 44:44 ass been no announcement of the names of the leading ai i • no t . s usual in England, and the published programme l a te oa a l le even the names of all the works of Beethoven 1 1,7e1t, - os lao . be ,assist The prima donna is Madame e h ienna, ed by Madame Sachs and M. Schloss. e also Mantius, of Berlin, a celebrated tenor, with h,Nlelillgadagl Bolticher ; Felicien David has als . 9 arrived, and a'iteebes, Madame Duleken, Sir George brnart, Ganz, ts Ole J• Our, with a hot ofthers. tt t tl ki tt t t i n ag s and Queen of Prussia arrived here to-day, at . tv . vo Tens T: eis Majesty, after giving audience to the authorities t o sle orabouse, reviewed a regiment of Hulans,. in the . pre -1411,441 arvast number of sectators, but the rain which set klt o , y &stout three o'clock terminated rather abruptly the t ' Bi tlh a l 'an s a pecta ele• Their Majesties will sleep to - night a 1 0 - morrow proceed to Aix-la-Chapelle via Cologne. f st,-''llsehof Westmoreland was here yesterday, en route or T ape stilt to meet her Majesty, about whose movements tit Without any precise information. s e s'„REPARATIONS AT AIX-LA-CHAPELLE. r tsel e- PY the following from the evening edition of the s vateur of f ur Monday : "P3t, ' et ters from Aix-la-Chapelle, dated the 9th of offi c e evening the President of the Regency Toe ahrro,si..et 1 information of the intended arrival ot e g re o° and the Queen of England at Aix-la-C . hape r._ ti si teea t t will arrive to-morrow afternoon. The King d w h i i ll s ti4.iso that the President's, and his Majesty has expre h sse occa_ 111112~ll0r hi s no Public rejoicings shall take place on t e be presence in that town, but that all . thefestivities (145 en un . til the arrival of arrive_ 0.. Ch t a lama is expected to a at apelle w a iT h e :e it n . or twelve o'clock. sta t i„L‘ing will proceed to meet her Majesty at the rail satl "arie He will be accompanied by all the chief func siatl74.ll4. the district, by the Members of . th . e corps diplo ,;'l%.6.the burgomasters, and the municipal authorities t:i tt I'h; Chapelle. Ith• z ens younger female branches of the families of the . I, a ;!a, ave been invited to meet at the station, dressed in stitti.aso, the floaters to the Queen, and . thus render t mpr e e 5,„7 s pn e greeting that Queen Victoria will receive a t o r,' ti ara 's the Prussian territory. The daughter of the print::Pesstic'faiaster will then read to her Majesty some verses st s , Th e r u. s r the occasion. 17 a tlest a'aeen, accompanied by the King of Prussia, and dal Charles a. brilliant su i te, w ill t h en procee d to th e h o t e l o f the riejeoNalissen, the second burgomaster, where a splietned ata titiei pai lsr ,i, ll . be prepared for her, after h . aving vis n I hd a u eights" worth inspection in Aix, the Ki . g Rill ep os Sust visitor will set out for Cologne by special train, tl! epos tliajesties' arrival at Bruhl, the Queen of Prussia Wit t Ou,en Victoria. tha,l'ass the ri g and Queen of Prussia and their royal guests le st aenf e t a night at Bruhl, and will set out the next day f esa a ,3 Unless they accept the invitation which was brought ttt e ( 0 the K• • oeti Wh o ing of Prussia, by a deputation from the corn ash!' to hstent the Beethoven fete, entreating their Ma ace,seliTe duc the ceremony of the inauguration with their '") In that case, will take place at 12 o'clock. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY b:VENING, AUGUST 13 " During the few hours that Queen Victoria will stay at Aix-la-Chapelle a cava!ry guard of honour, composed of the young branches of the first families of the town, will do duty near the person of her Majesty. We can easily imagine the zeal each individual person amongst the authorities will evince at the memorable meeting of two great sovereigns within the walls of Aix-la-Chapelle, in performing the part assigned to him. . . " ` There are but two days for the young ladies to prepare their cLesses, for the gentlemen to prepare their equipments and uniforms, and for the municipal authorities to decorate the public offices with flags and emblems. ‘‘' Li the evenings of to-morrow and the day after the town will be hrilliir.tly illuminated. All are agreed that the recep tion of the Queen of England will correspond with the brilliant fetes which the King of Prussia has ordered on the banks of the Rhine, vilich are expected to be of an extraordinary cha racter. NAMES OF RAILWAYS. London. Liver- I Man- I Bristol. pool. cheater. " It is stated postively that the King of Holland will pass a few days on the banks of the Rhine, and that he will be pre sent at the fket of Stolzenfels.'" APPRO ACHING MARRIAGES IN lIIGII LIFE. We understand that a marriage is on the Lapis between Selina Visceuntess Milton, daughter of the Earl of Liverpool, and widow of the late Viscount Milton, M.P., and Mr. Fol. jambe, of Oiberton-hall, Notts. It is stated that the Hon. Miss Georgiana Liddell, daughter of Lord and Lady Ravensworth, is about to be married to his Excellency the Right Hon. John A. D. Bloomfield, eldest son of Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield. The fair fiancée is sister of the Marchioness of Normanby, the Countess of Hard wick, and Viscountess Barrington. The marrage of Lady Mary Pierrepont, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Manvers, and Mr. Egerton, second son of Mr. Wilbraham Egerton, of Tattoo Park, is to be solem nised in a few days at Thoresby Park, the Earl of Manvers' seat in Nottinghamshire. Alter the ceremony the bride and bridegroom will go to Mr. H. Gaily Knight's seat, Firbeck halt, Int the honeymoon, and afterwards proceed on a Conti nental tour. The statement which appeared in the papers a few weeks back, asserting that Lord Brooke, son of the Earl of War wick, was the accepted suitor of Miss Isabella Morritt, was wholly devoid of truth. _ _ _ _ . We learn that the nuptials of Lady Jane Grimston, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Verulam, and the Earl of Caledon, are to be solemnised early in October. The mar riage ceremony is to take place at Gorhambury, the Earl of Verulam's seat, near St. Alban's. A numerous family circle will assemble at Gorhambury, t i celebrate the happy event. The Nobl Earl, immediately after his marriage, intends to leave for his patrimonial estates in Ireland, and his Lordship's mansion on Carlton House-terrace, now occupied by Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, is to be partially re-embellished by the spring of the ensuing year, Viscount Palmerston's term expiring on the Ist January next. It is understood that the marriage of Lord Macdonald and Miss Wyndham, daughter of the Countess of Listowel, is to be solemnised in the course of the ensuing week. The 2lst instant has been mentioned, but we believe the precise day is not yet determined. The day is not yet fixed for the marriage of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart., and Lady Arabella Fermor, sister of the Earl of Pomfret. The fair betrothed, accompanied by her aunt, the Hon. Lady Borough, have been on a visit to Lady Hes keth, at the family seat in Lancashire, but are now making a tour in North Wales. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Right Rev. Bishop Coleridge and Mrs. Coleridge, at Marshall Th()mpson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Mrs. Ren nell and family, at ditto ; T. G. Parry, Esq., Mrs. Parry, and family, at ditto; the Lady Petre and Miss Petre, at ditto; Mrs. Martin, at ditto, from the Continent ; Mrs. Sherriff, at the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Brighton ' - Sir M. Chapman and Mr. B. Chapman, M.P., at ditto, from Ireland ; H. James, Esq., at ditto. DEPARTURES. Sir Thomas and Lady Dancer, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for the Continent ; Lady A. Manners, from ditto, for Belvoir Castle; the Hon. C. Lawless, from ditto, for Yorkshire ; Sir John Duckworth, Bart., M.P., from ditto, for Wear House ; Mr. and Mrs. Gough, from the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Dean of Derry's, Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Smith, from ditto, for Plymouth ; the lion. J. Bourke, from ditto ; E. T. Copley, Esq., from ditto, for Nether Hall, Doncaster; Dr., Mrs., and Miss Morelands, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, for Scot land ; Dr. Buckmaster Brown, from ditto, for ditto ; P. P. Williams, Esq., from ditto, for Devon ; A. T. Gordon, Esq., and Mr'. Gordon, from ditto; Major Armstrong and Slater, Esq., from ditto ; J. S. Hay, Esq., from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Miss St. Quentin and Miss Smith, from ditto, for Harrogate. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. On Tuesday a splendid Silver Cup, value 501., was sailed for by cutters of the second class (50 and under 75 tons). The following vessels started at ten o'clock : Charm, 73 tons, Matthew J. Higgins, Esq., owner; Gaunt let, 59 tons, Andrew Fountaine, Esq., owner ; Wave, 54 tons, Marquis of Blandford, owner; Noran, 70 tons, Sir H. B. Houghton, Bart., owner. The Queen's Course, namely, round the Isle of Wight, passing outside the No-man buoy and Nab Light-vessel ; re turning between a vessel with a large Union Jack at the mast head and Cowes Castle. The day was a very unfortunate one, there not being a breath of wind at the time of starting, and but very little during the day. There is now (six P.m.) a fresh breeze from the west ward, the yachts are supposed to be beating /down the back of the Wight, and are not expected in much before daylight to morrow. We have a great many fashionables, yet, " Lodgings," " This House to Let," meets the eye in every direction. The Royal Yaeht Squadron ball takes place to-morrow evening. On Thursday a5O guinea Cup is to be sailed for by schoo ners above 140 tons. On Saturday, her Majesty's Cup, value 100/., by schooners under 140 tons. On Friday, the annual dinner. On Monday (August 18), a Piece of Plate, value 50 gui neas, given by the Royal Yacht Squadron, to be sailed for by yachts under 30 tons, open to all England (the yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron being all over 30 tons, it must be con tended for by the yachts of other clubs). The evening to close with fire-works. A great deal of sport is expected on this day ; and should it prove fine, and a favourable breeze, there will be thousands to witness the sport. It will be the grand day of the season. Aberdeen Arbroath and Forfar Ditto Half Shares . Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birknhd, Lan. & Ches, Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New ( iss. at 7 1 / 2 dis.) Ditto llalf Shares ... Birminglim & Oxfrd. June. Blckburn, Chrly, & N. Un. Blackburn, Darwn, & Bolin Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Brighton, Lewes, and Hast Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian . Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Birkenhead Ditto New Shares Ditto Half Shares Chester and Holyhead . • Cheltenham and Oxford Chichester and Brighton Churnet Valley Clydesdale Junction Cork and Bandon Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford Cork and Youghal ... Covntry, Bedwrth, & Nun. Coventry and Leicester Cornwall . ... Diss, Beccles, and Yarmoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich .... Dublin and Belfast Junet Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Ditto New......... Dundee and Perth.. Eastern Counties Aug.l2. 133 1 / 2 4 X% 111/2 10% 2' 2 1 Vi 1% 20g 7p Do. New . Do. Perp., 5 pr Cnt., No. l Do. ditto N 0.2 East Dereham & Norwich Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. Edinburgh and Glasgow... Do. Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb., Leith, and Granton Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebleshire Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Bedford Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr Do. Quarter Shares Glasgow and Greenock Ditto New Ditto Preference Glasgow, Dmfries, and Car Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction. Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters Ditto Eighths Grand Union . Great Grimsby & Sheffield Gt Sothrn & Wstrn (Irelnd) Ditto Extension Great Munster ......... Great Northern of Scotlnd Great Northern of Englnd Do. New, 401. Shares Do. New, 301. Shares Great Western Ditto Half Shares .. Ditto Fifths Guildfrd, Farehm, & Ports Harwich fludrstld & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Half Shares. Inverness and Elgin Kendal and Windermere.. Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions Lancaster and Carlisle..... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Dewsbury Leeds and Thirsk Leeds and W. Riding June Leicester and Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis,& Kil. Junc Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares ••• Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Prestn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters London and Blackwell London and Brighton Do. Cnsolidated Eighths London and Croydon. Ditto New... Do. Guarantd. 5 per cent. London and Greenwich Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege London & South Western Do. New Cone. Eighths Do. New, 50/. Shares Do. New, 401. Shares London and York .. London and Windsor Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskillen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham... Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares . Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Sixteenths Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Manchestr, Bolton, & Bury Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend Manchstr, Buxtn,& Matlk Midland Ditto Fifths Ditto New Do. Cons. Birm & Derby Midland Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo .. Nwcastl & Darlingtn Junc Do. New (Brandling)... Newcastle and Berwick ... Newcastle and Carlisle .... Newport and Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen ... Newark and Sheffield North British . Ditto Half 5hare5........ Northern and Eastern ..... Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares North Kent North Staffordshire North Eastern North Union (A). Ditto (B) North Wales Mineral Ditto New Shares . North Western North Wales Norwich and Brandon Ditto New Not., Belvoir, and Granthm Nottingham and Boston ... N ott., Erewsh Val. & Man. Nottingham and Mansfield Oxford and Birming. Junc Oxford and Worcester Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre. Ditto Half Shares . Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div Richmnd and W. End June Rugby, Worcester, & Tring Scottish Central ........• Scottish Midland Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln Shrewsb., Wor., and Crewe Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,&Bir Shrewsbry & Trnt Val. Un. Shrewsb,Herefd,&N.Wals Slamannan South Devon . South Midland ......... South Eastern and Dover. Do. New (iss. 321.) No. 1 Do. (iss. 33/.63.8d.) „ 2 Do (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond.... Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline.. South NVales...... ••• Trent Valley Do. and Holyhead Junc West London, Old Shares West End & Southrn Coun Wexford and Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wexfd,Wick&Dub Wakfid, Pontefrct, & Goole Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London West Lancashire Worcester and Tring ..... Whitehaven and Furness.. Do. New Half Shares... Welsh Midland West Cornwall West 'Yorkshire . Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New • 113 / 4 25% 11% 23% 228 123 50% 2 1 4 York and Carlisle York and North Midland Ditto Half Shares , lAug.l2. 10 1 4 171/2 11 3 / 4 10 254 22 1 4 6% 245. 11% 26 i i 13 15 435. A 334 24 I 1/ 2 p 82 39 16 1 ( 4% 6 3 / 4 p L 74% 26% [34 I/2 23 1 / 2 24 32 8 3 % 39112 2 1 1 2 ( 2 2, lAug.l2. 9 3 / 4 ...... 31A 2% 176 5% 134 26 ! 1 . 3/4 -- 3% lAug.l2. 15 11-161 43 / 4 4 203 1 32 1 4 _ 7 3/4 2% 32 9% 31 4 7% . . . . . . . 63% 97 12 1 % 601/2 % P 4 1 ,4 p 3Y2 I 4 13-16, 32 % _A 3 7 4 7% 28 35U 6% [3O 129 16% 12% 16 1 ,i 12% 61s. 3% 3% 3% 301 4 2 45'4 17 3 / 4 15% 5 1 A 191 A 5 % ..... 18%6- 14 3 11-16 - - 55, 8% 234 2 7 314 39th 3p 7 1 4 3% 15% 14 80s. Do. Scarborough Branch Ditto Selby Ditto Extension - 23% RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN TIE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. York, Leeds. lAug.ll lAug.l2. 3% 245. 9s. p. 151.183.64 13% 554 25 725. Hull. Hudders field. 14% 18s. p 40s. p Closed. 1535. 4dH !Sheffield 274 'Aug. 7. lAug.l2. - 10% 6 1 4 22 1 A 201,4. Glasgow. Aug.ll. 68 575. 6d 9 1 A _ :4 14 35.. 6d. 545. 15 15-161 Dublin. lAug.ll. us. pl 7/. 14s. 6% 24% 6% 24% 29% 141 - 8.6d.pl 14 15% 264 2 % 7% 243 / 4 265. pi 1225.641 21s. 3% 61s. 12 1 4 38 2% 38 3 / 4 24% 73 445. 731, 31. 17s. 1414 41 4 23 3 4 6%1 2% 5 1 4 - 365. 845. LORD MORPETH UPON THE ED U CATION OF FARMERS. At the annual dinner of the members of the Y. rk - shire Agricultural Society last week, after the u ual loyal toasts had been drunk, Lord MORPETH, in proposing " Success to the So ciety," spoke as follows :—My Lord and gentlemen, I have been honoured with a command to propose a toa-t, and I cannot but feel confident that it is a toast that will prove acceptable in your sight. The toast is " Success to the Yorkshire Agricultural Society."—(Loud cheers.) I feel confident, gentlemen, that you will agree with me that there could not have been an occasion upon which that toast, at all times so dear to our hearts, could have been more appropriate and more auspicious than the present. • - (Cheers.) I think we may congratulate all concernr d, and also one another, upon the *event of this day's exhi bition.—(Cheers.) And these results must have fully justified the selection of the place for holding it—of this pleasant town of Beverley—(Cheers)—the capital of a district second to few, if second to any, in the progress and the perfectioning of agricultural improvement (Loud cheers.) I ask you whether it was possible to walk through the various departments of this day's ex hibition, and to feel that it was merely the exhibition of a county of England at which we were assisting?— (Cheers.) Everything seemed to me to be most aus picious and first-rate.--(Cheers.) The spot for holdine it was most commodious, the arrangements most satis factory. The sun itself was like that which ought always to gild the labours of an agricultural August ; and although we were told last night that the rain of heaven made by far the best liquid manure—(A laugh)—yet I think we all most gladly dispensed with any. manure of that kind this morn ing.—(Cheers.) But, gentlemen, highly honoured as I feel myself by being selected as the organ for proposing such a toast, and on such an occasion, and before such a company, I rather fear that you may be inclined to complain that it has been entrusted to rue, when I inform you that, before giving it, I must trespass upon you in a twofold capacity, not very acceptable at any time, and perhaps least so upon an opportunity of festive recrea tion—l allude to the twofold capacity of a bore and a due.—(Laughter and cheers.) And, gently men, the only compensation I can make is to render my appearance in those repulsive parts as brief as possible. With re ference, then, to the business which has brought this goodly gathering here to-day, I have sometimes been led to apprehend, amidst all the perfection to whirls the breeding of stock and the exhibitions of cattle have attained, from the faultless symmetry of the short horn to the unquestionable proportions of pigs and sheep—amidst also the perfection which has been at teined in the department of agricultural imph menus, of which your field to-day arroraea suet' zu.a and ad mirable specimens.—(Hear, hear.) I have sometimes been led to apprehend whether we bestow on all occa sions a corresponding degree of culture and attention upon that which you will all admit to be the most int portant breed, the noblest stock of all the human animals —(Loud cheers)—whether amidst the increasing care and skill which day by day, and year by year, are ex pended upon the farm, we do all we ought to do to the farmer.—(Cheers.) Now, I am well aware that out of the materials here before me I must at once meet with the most satisfactory and triumphant refutation. — (Hear.) Many, very many farmers here present there are who may eafely be pointed out, and then I might be asked, where would you look for more in telligence, for more enterprise, for more worth ? (Loud cheers.) In the face of such an exhibition as we have seen to-day, where would you desire better evidence of the skill and ability which are bestowed upon the management and cultivation of the land ? (lcer.) Where, and under what system, could you wish to better the results that are set forth in the farm ing of the Welds, and in the show fields of Beverley ? (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) Now, I am the very last person to counteract or weaken such a satisfactory testimony ; but what I wish for us all to strive for is, to make what is now partial become universal— (Loud cheers)—to make the whole mass what the pat tern samples are now made of. It would be superfluous at this time of day, and upon this occasion, to descant upon the advantages of education. Education is proba bly now more abundantly provided for than at any for mer period of our history. But, whilst the best and most approved methods of education are at the service of the wealthier classes, and the mer cantile and commercial classes in our larger towns,—and while, on the other hand, there is a multi tude of schools now open in our country parishes and villages, where the children of the agricultural labourers, and the working classes generally, may receive a daily improving system of education, it has seemed to me, and to others far more competent to form a sound opinion, that there is a deficiency in the special and appropriate modes of education best fitted for the sons of farmers. —(Loud cheers.) Now, the importance of this point turns very much upon the importance which ought to be attached to the class of farmers, and to the rising generation of English farmers.—(hear, hear.) I, for one, attach the very highest importance to that class. I think they fill the most important place in the social scale of the British commonwealth. I think they have high duties to discharge,—first, to themselves ; and per haps, this is the class of duties which we are always most likely to remember. But, whatever Parliaments or legislators might do with respect to the laws which bear upon their condition, it is plain that, in the pre sent state of competition which besets every department of human industry and effort, if the farmer will do his duty to himself—if he means to keep his place, or, as I fervently hope, to improve upon it—(Loud cheers)—he must be wide awake, he must be up to all the new me thods and discoveries which are every day so largely de veloping themselves, and adding to, in the science of practical agriculture. Next, the farmer has duties to his landlord—reciprocal duties, 1 admit—ln which the used lord largely shares.—(Hear.) I am not now about to take up the question of leases, or of any which may excite a degree of opinion ; but I may observe in passing, that, in my belief, there is perhaps a greater degree of what is called security of tenure in the ordinary run of the Yorkshire landlords—this practically is the case — than can be found in Scotland or elsewhere, where grant ing of leases forms the system of more regular business. (Cheers.) But if this be the case, and if the landlord is expected not lightly to disturb the tenure of the tenant —as I hope he never lightly will—then, on the other hand, the tenant owes it to the landlord not to let himself be grievously outrun in the management of his farm by his neighbours around him.—(Loud cheers.) And the last duties to which I would advert on the part of the farmer are those which he owes to the agricultural labourers, on the strength of whose arms he so much relies, and on which he must so mainly depend.—(Heare hear.) Now it is upon the well-being and the good conduct of the labouring classes of this country that I think our hopes and destinies as a nation, more than on any other thing, mainly depend.—(Cheers.) And when I reflect how much the farmer has it in his power, and within his reach, not only to consult the material wants and the condition of those who work for him, but also to influence their character, and to raise their moral tone, I think it must be agreed that, in addi tion to the duties they owe to themselves and to their landlords, they have most serious duties to discharge to the class of agricultural labourers.—(Load cheers) But wherever there are high duties, there are also high re sponsibilities. And what I earnestly wish is, that the coming generation of British farmers shall be trained fully up to the level of its duties and responsibilities.-- (Cheers.) I beg pardon, gentlemen, for being so long in laying my premises ; but I will fix my conclusions very shortly. That which under the circumstances I should have originally thought most desirable would have been to establish some distinct school in a rural district, in con nexion with some model farm—(Cheers) —where a com plete course of agricultural instruction might be pur sued. But these with whom I have had an opportunity of consulting came to the conviction that we should not be able to raise sufficient funds, nor insure sufficient at tendance, to set on foot and maintain such an object. — (Hear, hear.) However that may be, I believe many amongst you may be acquainted with the substitute we are endeavouring to introduce. There is already in ex istence a most excellent school at York, where a very useful, sound, and complete education—when I say complete, I admit that it will not be so without re ligion and morality being taught at the same time— (Cheers)—where such an education is provided for the young and middle classes, who have at present no such means afforded. What we propose is to attach to this school a large and commodious boarding-house, where children from any distance may be accommodated and carefully attended to ; and on the education at present given it is proposed to graft special instruction in agricultural chemistry, in practical mechanism, or any other branch which recent discoveries have brought to bear upon this class of her Majesty's subjects.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) But this undertaking, like all others, stands in need of funds. I have been in formed that many of the wealthier and spirited farmers in this district have given as much as 1001. a year; and it is proposed that the entire expense for lodging, board, and education, shall be twenty-one guineas a year, which I hope will not be considered out of the reach of that class whose interest we are wishful to consult.—(Cheers.) But, as I said, to accomplish this we are in need of the sinews of war. 2,2001. has been already subscribed ; and about 1,000/. more is required in order to make the boarding-house and school con tiguous to the present establishment. And I ought to mention that many of the chief proprietors and leading noblemen and gentlemen of the county, including our noble chairman, have come forward most munificently on this occasion. But perhaps their munificence, in the first instance, may have had the effect of deterring smaller subscriptions. If, however, the wealthy farmers would spare us 11. a-piece, we should probably be enabled to accomplish the whole extent of our wish. Our York Yeoman School is well worthy of support, and with the ' addition of what we propose would be a most valuable acquisition to the British farmers. I again beg pardon for being indiscreet—tedious, I know.—(No.) But I thought that, having occasion to address you, you would for . give me, if, instead of indulging in vague generalities . in praise of agriculture, I should have called your atten . tion to a project which, to my mind, would be most ti useful, most desirable, and which is most extremely wanted.—(Loud applause.) And I feel that it would be - as well for us to make an intellectual co-operation second - to our mechanical contrivances, for when we have made ' man keep pace with the machine—( Hear, and cheers)— " when we have made the human breed as thoroughly - furnished to the work as the best and most faultless of our short-horns • when we can not only p o int - to the rest of England, and, so far as the northern - counties of the island are concerned, show our agricul tural labourers superior to our brethren of the south, - not only in the amount of wages, but in the physical - energy which more than repays the outlay—(Cheers)- - when, besides these, we have made every class of the - farmers take the same high ground in all their resources - of intellectual affinity, it will then be with the best con - science, and with the surest auguries of prosperity, that we shall drink the toast I have now to propose—' cons to the Yorkshire Agricultural Society."—(Drunk with three times three, and continued applause.) SURREY THEATRE Mr. Charles Mathews and Madame Vestris com menced their engagement at this theatre on Monday evening. T:le - performances were, Used Up, The Loan of a Lover, and Patter v. Clatter. Never have we seen Mathews and his fascinating wife in better eue than they were on Monday evening. They were most efficiently supported by the admirable company of the Surrey, and also by a most crowded and attentive audience, who not only applauded enthusiastically, but applauded in the proper places. Altogether it reminded us forcibly of the Olympic in its palmy days. We doubt not but that Mrs. Davidge will find this a most profitable engage ment. THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, MANCHESTER. -- The Bohemian Girl was played, for the first time, at this theatre on Saturday, on which occasion Miss Romer, Mr. W. Harrison, and Mr. Borrani sustained the leading characters. The house was crowded to excess in every part. The choruses were sung by a vocal corps selected from the musical circles of this town. On that evening the opera was cleverly managed in every department ; but in the present week, it having been played every evening, the vocalization has been much improved, and the mise en scene rendered highly creditable. Miss Romer is a clever actress and gifted singer, but occa sionally she mars her best efforts by bravura displays : feeling and taste she can infuse into her songs : and we should be pleased to witness these excellencies in all she does. Mr. Harrison has won all hearts by his truthful and finished style of singing, and has already become a favourite of the first class among us. Mr. Borrani is an admirable musician, and his deep, sonorous voice, inferior only to that of Staudigl, places him at the head of his profession as an English bass singer. We observe that the vocal trio are re-engaged, and will appear in several other popular operas this week.— Manchester Times. ASCENT OF AIR. AND MRS. GREEN FROM VAUX HALL.GARDENS.—The fancy fair and carnival alfresco, in aid of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers' School, Kennington lane, was repeated yesterday at Vauxhall, when, in addition to the varied programme, Mr. and Mrs. Green ascended in the Albion balloon, in the presence of at least 6,000 spectators. The ascent took place from the Waterloo-ground at about half past six o'clock, and the sky being cloudless, the machine was distinctly visible for some time. It at length disappeared, taking a southerly direction, and it was anticipated that the veteran aeronaut and Mrs. Green would descend in Surrey. As the evening approached the gardens became densely crowded, and it was calculated that at one period there could not have been less than 10,000 persons participating in the amusements of the " royal property." The stalls were well attended, many of the fancy articles being the handicraft of the fair sex, while others were presents from supporters of the charity. The child ren of the school were in attendance, and a poetical address, written for the occasion by Mr. Smalley, the indefatigable se cretary to the institution, was spoken by the senior boy. The other entertainments included a vocal and instrumental concert, a new ballet, the Feast of Bacchus, the Chiarini family on the tight-rope, tumbling, juggling, dissolving views, archery, and a variety of sports. There was also a group of gipsies fresh from Norwood, encamped in the thicket behind the Rotunda Theatre, who during the day exercised their vocation with considerable profit. Musard's band of a hundred performers was stationed in the grand orchestra, under the able direction of Mr. Willy, who has succeeded to the baton vacant by the retirement of Musard, and played during the evening some charming overtures, quadrilles, and waltzes. The band of the Grenadier Guards and the Yager brass band were also in attendance. The illuminations and fireworks were brilliant. Mr. and Mrs. Green, after a delightful trip of about an hour, descended at Eden-park, Beckenham, Kent, the seat of Mr. Edward Lawford. Mr. Green landed in the lawn in front of toe mansion, in the presence of a party of ladies and gentlemen, who warmly congratulated him on his safe arrival. After par taking of an elegant entertainment, Mr. Lawford ordered his carriage, and conveyed Mr. Green and his lady to the Becken ham station of the Croydon Railway, en route to the " royal property." The balloon, on leaving the gardens, says Mr. Green, took a south-easterly direction, but subsequently got into a north- west current, but never attained a greater altitude than 2,800 feet. The thermometer never sank below 61, and from the meteorological observations he made, Mr. Green is of opinion that a favourable change in the weather is likely to take place immediately. Ma. C. BULLER AT LISKEARD.—On Wednesday evenine. last Mr. Charles Buller met his constituents at Lis keard,for the purpose of addressing them, as is his annual custom, on the political topics of the session, and on the course that he had taken with regard to them. The. Hon. Gentle man's appearance was very sudden, so that not more than twelve hours' public notice was given of his intention. Notwithstanding the shortness of the announcement the Guildhall was crowded to excess, and the greatest unanimity prevailed throughout the evening. The Learned Gentleman's address gave the highest satisfaction, particularly his explanation of the reasons for his vote in favour of the Maynloth education grant, on which it was known that he differed in opinion from a number of his constituents. IRISH FISIIERIES.—A Bill on this subject has pass ing through Parliament—by it the regulation of Irish fisheries is transferred from the Board of Works to the Commissioners of Fisheries and an additional Commissioner is appointed for Ireland. The Commissioners shall have power to remove illegal weirs and nets, subject to an appeal to the judge of assize. Parties erecting or using weirs decided to be illegal, are subjected to a penalty of 201. for each day such illegal weir is left standing. Malicious injury to legal fishing weirs is to be provided for by presentment at assizes. The size of the meshes or nets is to be reduced from 2} inches square, or 6i square inches, to 14 inches square, er 3 1-16 square inches, thus making them less than half their present size. The Com missioners are to have power to make further alterations in the size of meshes or nets in certain localities. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. PETITION OF HENRY BUTCH, OF MINCING- LANE. TO THE EDl7'Ol? OF THA' SUN. Sta,—The distance I am from London aid not allow me sufficient time to be there to offer evidence before the Committee of the house of Commons• to rebut th, - sertion that I, as a shareholder in the London and York Railway Company, have given a fictitious address, and I must, therefore, beg a small space in your next paper the only opportunity left me of publicly giving the pe tition of Henry Bruce, as far as it relates to me, a fiat and indignant denial. On the first formation of the London and York Rail way Company, I applied for thirty shares, all of which I still retain, and in that application inserted my addrcs-, York-buildings, New-road, where I was then actually residing ; but having, as executor, to arrange some mat ters in the north of Ireland, I thought it advisable to get my adires altered to 106, Crawford-street, Portm,:n square, a public library, where I have been accustom, d for some years to have letters and papers addressed, and from whence I daily receive newspapers and letters, I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES THOMAS HAMILTON, M.D. C(agh, Moneymore, Tyrone, Ireland, Aug. 9, 1845. SOUTHAMPTON AND MANCHESTER. A numerous meeting took place yesterday at the Town -hall, Southampton, for the purpose of expressing an opinion as to the expediency of supporting the project which had been laid before the public for the establishment of a direct line of rail way communication between Southampton and Manchester. At half-past twelve o'clock the chair was taken by Captain Griffiths, the Mayor of Southampton. Mr. LONG, the secretary, having read the requisition calling the meeting, His Woasifir, the chairman, said that it afforded him the most sincere gratification to preside over that meeting, feeli. g as he did that the prosperity of Southampton must be im mensely increased by a direct communication between Man-, Chester and Southampton. The advantages of such a com munication were so evident that he believed the: e was not an individual in the town of Southampton who did not perceive them ; and he was delighted to be able to assure the meeting that he had not the slightest doubt as to the success of the project —( Hear, hear. ) The position of Southampton was pecu liarly favourable as regarded the import of East end West rn dian produce, and the export of those manufactured articles which were required by the markets of the East mid West Indies.—( Cheer.) It was of the greatest possible advantage that they should be enabled to supply to the vessel which landed her cargo of sugar from the West Indies a return cargo of those articles which were required in those islands, namely. the manufactured produce of the northern and other districts, and this could be effected in the most rapid and economical manner. by opening a communication between the manufac turing and mining districts of the country and the port of Southampton.—(Cheers.) He was most desirous to see this project carried out. He was confident of its success, and he hoped that, whoever should be Mayor of Southampton during the next year, would follow up his views. The project had received the warmest support from the commercial gentlemen who had heard of it, and it was but yesterday that he heard that a commercial gentleman in London, who had merely se e n the prospectus, had stated his desire to become the purchaser of 300 shares, so palpable were the advantages which must result from this line of communication.—(Cheers.) There could be no doubt in the mind of any man of experience as to the success of the project, and he looked upon it as calcu lated to be of service, not merely to Southampton and Man chester and the intermediate towns, but to the country gene rally.—( Cheers. ) Mr. LAISHLEY moved the first resolution, which was to the effect that, in the opinion of the meeting, it was of the utmost importance to the town of Southampton that railway communi cation in the most direct course should be promoted between the port of Southampton and the manufacturing and mineral districts of the kingdom. He congratulated the meeting upon the unanimity which all parties displayed with reference to a direct communication between the manufacturing districts in the north of England and the port of Southampton. The meeting, which might be truly said to represent the opinion of the whole town, displayed a degree of unanimity which had not been witnessed before by the oldest inhabitant; and he could only attribute that to the general appreciation of the great advantage which such a communication as that which was novr projected would confer, not only on Southampton, but on the country generally.—( Hear, hear.) They had wit nessed an immense increase in the exports of Southampton in a few years, since the establishment of the South Western Railway. Mr. Edwards, the collector of customs, had stated before a Parliamentary Committee, that in the year 1841 the exports of Southampton amounted to 700,000/., and that in the year 1844 they had increased to 3,000,0001., two thirds of that export being manufactured produce ; and he added that if this line were opened, the exports would in the next year, in his opinion, amount to 10,000,0001. sterling.— ( Hear, hear.) Those were the opinions of the collector of the port of Southampton; they showed the view which he took of the probable increase in the exports ; and of course it was almost unnecessary for him (Mr. Laishley) to say that if their exports increased their imports would be likely also to in crease ; and even now, according to the statement of Mr. Edwards, the imports to the port of Southampton of raw material for the manufacturing districts in the north had greatly increased.—( Hear, hear.) That import of raw material for the manufacturing districts through the port of Southamp ton, showed that others had seen the advantages and facilities for traffic of Southampton more plainly than its own inhabit ants. That, however, was not so much a matter of surprise as the reflection that the inhabitants of the north and south of England had net years ago perceived the advantages of com munication with foreign countries which Southampton afforded, and that this line had not been projected at an earlier period.— ( Hear, hear.) Southampton was now a packet station, but it was not at all a matter of certainty that it would continue so much longer, and the only way in his opinion to make such a matter certain was to open this communication with the north, in which case there could be no doubt that South ampton would be retained as a packet station, so that this affsrded another reason, if such were wanting, why the inhabitants of Southampton should be desirous to see the direct line between the port and Manchester established. It ought to be recol lected that opening such a means of traffic would greatly increase the power of tradesmen in Southampton, who now had a com paratively limited field of operation to extend their proceedings and amass princely fortunes, by standing. like the London tradesmen, between the manufacturers and immense numbers of consumers. It was that which enabled the London trades men to amass such sums of money, and he wished to sec the same facilities afforded to the tradesmen of Southampton.—( Hear, hear.) The line which had been proposed by the Manchester and Southampton Railway Company was one that possessed great advantages; one of the principal of which was, that it would pass through a line of country, a great portion of which was remarkably deficient in railway communication ; whilst, looking at it in another view, they would find it opening up in those districts a market for the produce of Spain, Portugal, the Mediterranean, and the East and West Indies, and an opportunity of sending off their manufactured produce in return —(Cheers. ) The benefits which would be conferred on the towns through which that line of communication would pass were very numerous, for not only would thu commercial prosperity of all the districts through which it passed be in creased, but the inhabitants of many of the towns through which it was to pass, who now only read of the scenery and sa lubrious air of Southampton, could, when the line was esta blished, enjoy the pleasures which such invigorating air and beautiful scenery afforded. He had shortly alluded to the prin. cipal and more immediate results which might be expected to follow from the establishment of a direct communication by railway between Southampton and Manchester, and he should without further trespassing on the time of the meeting, propose the resolution which he held in his hand. Dr. CLARKE seconded the resolution. Mr. ANDREWS said that he had heard of auother line of communication different from that which had been proposed by the Manchester and Southampton Railway Company, and if any of those who were at the meeting were favourable to that line, he hoped they would state the particulars and rea sons which induced them to prefer it to that which had been already approved of by the town council. He knew nothing of this line himself, which appeared to be an adverse line to that which had been approved of already by the people of Southampton, and he only knew of such a line being projected by having a paper sent to him that morning, marked " private and confidential"—(A laugh)—and acquainting him that such an adverse project was in contemplation. That communica tion could not have been sent to any one less capable of keeping the existence of such a project a secret than he.—( Laughter. ) The best way in which to give publicity to such an under taking, and to have its merits canvassed properly, was by its advocates and promoters coming forward and stating what were its claims on public support in preference to that which had already been approved by the people of Southampton. lie (Mr. Andrews) had only one object in view, and that was to have the best line agreed to.—( Hear, hear. ) 'The resolution was then put and agreed to unanimously. Mr. JOSEPH LANKESTER said that he had the pleasing duty to discharge of introducing to the meeting a deputation of gentlemen who represented the opinions of the inhabitants of Manchester, and who would state to them what the opinions which prevailed in that important town on the subject of the proposed railway were. If ever they wished to become as eminent as the men of Manchester, the inhabitants of South ampton ought to associate with them, for association produced identity of feeling and character ; and he thought that there was no way in which this association could be so speedily brought about as by the establishment of a direct railway com munication between these towns. He would now introduce to the meeting the deputation on the part of the inhabitants of Manchester, namely, Messrs. Walkinshaw, Durham, Tootal, and Wheeler.—( Hear, hear.) He had received on that day a communication from one of their representatives, Mr. Mild may, in which that gentleman spoke in the highest terms of the project, and expressed his desire to become one of the provisional directors of the proposed Manchester and South ampton Railway.—( Cheers. Mr. WAnitrusirAw (one of the deputation from Man chester) said he was one of the provisional directors of the Direct Manchester and Southampton Railway, and he had no knowledge of any projected line adverse to that. Th e o bj ec t o f the line with which he was connected—an object which had been before the public for a considerable time—was the esta blishment of a direct communication by railway between Man chester and Southampton. The advantages of such a line were so very evident, that it was seemly necessary to go at any great length into a description of them, and he would therefore shortly describe to them the course of the r ail wa y an d it s var i ous junctions. Starting from a point in immediate connexion with the harbour and docks of Southampton, it would take the most direct communication consistent with the accommodation of the inhabitants of the towns and counties through which it would pass—Romsey, Marl borough, Swindon, Cirencester, and Cheltenham, thence to Droitwich, Wolverhampton, by the Grand Junction ; and by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway to Liverpool ; by the Manchester and Birmingham, or North Stafford, to Man chester ; by the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe, through Oswestry, to Chester, Birkenhead, and Holyhead, and thence to Ireland, and by Liverpool to Scotland; by the Trent Valley and Midlands Junction to Derby, and the North Midland; by the Birmingham and Gloucester to Birmingham ; by the North ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham to Northampton ; by the Worcester and Leominster, and Gloucester and Leominster, to the Western districts, accommodating immediately the popula tionite.— of Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, Worcester, ( Hear, hear.) He would ask them t o consider for one moment the social advantages which must follow from such a line of railway, opening a s it would to speedy mutual communication such important and populous districts. Apart from the commercial and trading facilities which would be thus afforded,. would it not he of th e greatest possible beuefir, m a social view s that the operatives and mechanics of Manchester and the great nort h ern tow ns should enjoy the recreation which a. visit to the Isle of Wight or Southampton would afford them, and by the aid of such means of enjoyment and recreation to return to their or dinary employments with their mental and physical systems strengthened and fitted for resuming their employments with greater advantage to themselves and those who employed their industry ?—(Cheers.) On the other hand, it would enable the tradesman and mechanic o f Southampton and its neighbour hood to visit the wonde rs o f mec h an i cal sk i ll which were dis playedin the great manufacturing towns of the north, and en large and improve his mind by such a visit.—( Hear, hear.) The town of Southampton possessed the greatest natural ad vantages of almost any town in the kingdom, and yet it was ea South -Western Rail come awakened ication with not until after the es+ablishment of Rail way that the minds of its inhabitants had become to the importance of a direct and speedy com mas.: the great manufacturing districts of the country. With all the capabilities which Southampton possessed as a port, it was still comparatively without vessels; for although flab beautiful yachts which covered their waters were fit toys for the hardy aristocracy of England, yet they were not the only vessels which ought to float on the waters of a town that was so highly favoured in its natural advantages.—(Hear, hear.) If he were asked what would cover those waters with a forest of masts? Ho would answer, the construction of a direct railway between Southampton and Manchester.— ( Cheers.) If he were asked what would make Southampton, like London and Liverpool, famed for its wealth and com merce throughout the world ? He would answer, nothing but the establishment of such a railway.—(Cheers.) It hen been correctly streed by Mr. Edwards, the collector of cm , toms for Southampton, that its exports had increased, in four years, from 700,0001. to 3,000,0001. ; and that, if the direct railway were established, he had no doubt they would at once increase to 10,000,000/. per year.—( Hear, hear.) That was an instance of the favourable opinion which one so well capable of forming a judgment entertained of the in.. crease of the foreign trade, if this railway were established. But it was not foreign trade alone which would be improved by increased facility of communication, for Mr. Andrews, of Southampton, stated that since the opening of the South- Western Railway his business had increased to the amount of 10,000 e. annually—( Hear, hear)—and they were all aware that since that period they bad constructed noble docks and CM.. silenced the building of iron vessels in that town. Such were the advantages to be derived from railway communication. -- (Hear, hear.) The good effects which would follow from the increase of railway communication with Southampton were so self-evident, that they had perceived by all those who had any knowledge of the subject, and he believed that there never had been a railway project introduced which had received such uni versal and unanimous support as the Manchester and South ampton Direct Railway Company.—( Hear, hear.) As a proof of which, he could assure the meeting that he had received letters from nearly all parts of England, expressing approbation of it ; one of the letters which he had received having been from an influential gentleman of Kendal, inWestmorlsed, who spoke in a most flattering manner of the :scheme, and requested that his name might be put down for a large number of shares. It had been stated ia some quarters, that some of the individuals whose names were io the list of Provisional Directors had withdrawn their names • but to that statement he could give a most direct and unqualified cohere diet ion— ( Cheers) - and he could assure the meeting that not one of the 'erovisional Directors had withdrawn his name, whilst it was only yesterday that. Captain Charles Mangles, the Chair man of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, had expressed the great pleasure which he felt in having his name plac ed on the ist of the Provisional Directors. The great object which the Southampton and Manchester Company had in view was to give the best possible accommodation to the town of, Southampton by railway communication, and he was confident that this project was best calculated to secure that most de sirable object. They had on the list of Provisional Directors the names of three most respectable citizens of Southampton, and he (Mr. Walkinshaw) might claim, from his residence in the Isle of Wight, an identity of feeling with them, so that they would see that the interests of the port of Southampton were . properly and sufficiently represented in the directory. Mr. R. LANKESTER moved a resolution expressive of the opinion of the meeting that the line proposed by the Manches ter and Southampton Company wss the best and most favour able line, and deserved to be supported. The advantages which would accrue to the town of Southampton, and to the country generally, from the establishment of a railway of the proposed description, were admitted by all ; but if they would be so great in time of peace, what must they be in time of war, with such a port as Southampton, having Portsmouth for its bulwark, and consequently the best and safest port in the empire at such a juncture? The question for them to consider on that occasion was not which was the best gausees a broad or a narrow one, but which was the best and most direct line of communication between Southampton and the manu facturing districts in the north ; and they should recollect that the line which was proposed by the Manchester and South ampton Campany had the advantage of opening a commu nication with Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, and that was what might be termed a national gauge. It was their duty in Southampton to avail themselves of their great facilities for traffic, and in enlightenment and imp rovement to kee p p ace with the age in which they lived.—( Hear, hear.) This was no time to be behind hand, and if they were, they might be sure that they would lose all the good effects of their great natural advantages, by their own supineness. It afforded him the greatest satisfaction to perceive that this project had a fair prospect of success, for it was one that would open up districts containing no less than four millions of inhabitants to a con stant communication with Southampton, and would in that re spect be a benefit not only to the town, but to the nation at large. He was of opinion that this was the best line, and be therefore felt great pleasure in proposing the resolution. Mr. PARSONS seconded it, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. JOSEPH Hut. proposed a resolution nearly to the same effect as the last, that the most direct line of communication between Southampton and the mining and manufacturing districts was the most desirable, and deserved the support of the inhabitants of Southampton. It was elm Autely impossible to estimate the benefits which would result from such a line of railway as that proposed by the Manchester and Southampton line. The inhabitants of Man. chester saw the great facilities which the port of Southamp ton would give them for the export of their manufactured pro duce to the East and West India markets ; but if this great undertaking were carried out, the facilities would not be con ned to Manchetter, for the Government would also reap the advantage of it in the conveyance of the mails.—( Hear, hear.) There was no difference of opinion as to the propriety of a direct communication with Manchester, and therefore it was -nnecessary to go at length into that subject. If they wanted . proof of the advantages which flowed from a direct railway communication, let them consider all the good which the South • Western Railway Company had done to the town by opening a communication with London and the intermediate districts.— ( Hear, hear.) That railway had done a great deal of good to the country through which it passed, and it afforded a con vincing proof of the advantage which resulted from railway communication. The resolution was seconded by Mr. JORDEN, and agreed to. A petition to Parliament, to he presented early next ses sion in favour of the line, was also agreed to ; after which a vote of thanks was proposed to the Manchester deputation for their co-operation and assistance, when, Mr. BETH ELI., on the part of the Oxford, Southampton, Portsmouth. and Gosport line, was about to address the meet ing; but after some discussion it was agreed. that if Mr. Bethel! was desirous of putting forward the project of a line through Oxford, &c., he should call a meeting for that pur pose, as the present meeting had already agreed to a series of resolutions in favour of a different line. The vote was then agreed to. Sir RAYMOND JARVIS was then called to the chair, and thanks having been voted to the Mayor, the meeting separated. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTEKDAX.) A msterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight l2 6 tiotterdam A.ntwerp 26 20 flamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona Gibraltar......... Leghorn ~,, 60 65 Genoa Milan ..... ....... Venice ............„ — Naples ...... ..... 40 Palermo, ! ,, 4r oz l2o* Lisbon 5311 Oporto Rio Janeiro ...... 23*. Bahia ..... ..• Buenos Apes NewYol k Pailatteirbii• ...... fIUI.LTON, PER OZ. Foreign bars. £3 17 9 Portuga: Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons .... 0 0 0 New ;);gars 0 4 9* Silver •t• tiars J 4 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Frankfort on Maine 1224- Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Berlin Vienna, effec. 11.3 M lO 3 Trieste, ditto Madrid 364 Cadiz dilUao — Barcelona Seville THE ~ SIECLE." TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. ir,—l have seen in your paper of the Bth instant, that the has attempted to shuffle out of its first falsehood against Sir Charles Napier by another equally disgraceful. It says—" We would just quote the testimony of a distin guished victim of the Sinde war, and which testimony has never been contradicted." Then it gives this never-contra dicted testimony, namely, an extract from the memorial and complaint of one of the captive Ameers, printed amongst the Parliamentary papers forming the blue-book on Sinde. The Sieele thus shows that this second falsehood has been deliberately published with a perfect knowledge that it is one ; because in the same blue-hook the most positive contradiction and complete disproof of the Ameer's assertions are also to be found; and that contradiction and disproof, supported by the testimony of all the British officers concerned, has been repub lished in my History of the Conquest of Sinde. But it is not difficult to trace the origin of these shameless . falsehoods. There are in the Sieele's article sufficient indica tions that the editor of the French paper has had a Bombay coadjutor quite worthy of his fraternity. Guernsey, Aug. It'. W. NAPI2II, Major-General. THE NAVY. TO THE. EDl7'Ol? OF THE SUN. Six,—lf the Admiralty would behave to the captains of the navy they wish to retire as has been done to officers of cor responding rank in the army, &c., they would have found plenty that would retire ; but expecting captains above a cer tain age to accept a retirement less than is given to the other professions, is an insult to them all. I hope, as you have advocated this ill-used profession, vou will point out the in justice, and let all that retire have the same sum, for they have been in the service above fifty years, and nothing but corrupt interest placed most of those on the Ist Class that have never done the service of their juniors, to whom they wish to give a less sum, that have spent their best days in her Majesty's , ervice.—l am, Sir, your constant reader, ONE THAT SERVED THE WHOLE OF LAS f WAR. London, August 11, 1845. FEARFUL AND LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—An accident of a most dreadful nature, which it is feared will prove fatal to one of the parties, occurred yes terday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, to Mr. Stacey, bricklayer to her Majesty, and Mr. Cartland, bookseller, both residing at Eton. They were on their return home fron; . Isle worth,r in a gig, Mr. Stacey, driving a horse hired a of vey stable-keeper at Eton, which it has since been ascertainedl has last. frequently before ran away, even so lately as Saturday On descending, at a shall) trot, in Thames-street, Windsor, leadingthe steep anddan erous hill to the bri ge the horse , g started off at a tremendous pace, all attempts to ,i stay its bank of proving utterly fruitless. On arrivin g opposite to the ban of Nevill Reid and Co' „at the bottom of the hill, the horse swerved to the right, on to the pavement, dragging the chaise against the iron raik, tearing away th e iron and stone-work, and finall y e 'earing - itself of th e vehicle, by dashing between the rail ings and the iron lamp-post. Mr. Stacey was thrown with great force into the road, sustaining very severe injuries. ,Ir. Cartland was discovered under the chaise, and in a most pitia ble condition, the blood streaming from his head and face, and so disfigured, that the parties who humanely went to his rescue, and who were his neighbours, were not aware, until some time afterwards, and lie was enabled to speak, who it was. He was carried to the Swan Hotel, where he experienced every atten tion, and five surgeons were almost instantly in attendance. The injuries he received were of the most painful and afflicting nature. Iti addition to two deep cuts on the forehead, four inches in length, the skin being torn away from the skull and hanging over the eyes, his nose was completely flattened, and a deep wound extended from the left eye to the upper lip. His tongue was al.o nearly severed across the centre; supposed to have been occasioned by its protruding from his mouth at the time he was dashed against the iron rails. 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