The Sun. — London, England, 1847-08-26 00:00:00

Nt e WS FROM PORTUGAL. " 301.1T HAMPTON, TIIURSDAY MORNING. ina*".: . M adrid arrived f rom t h e P en i nsu l a t hi s morn do int o'clock. She brings news from Lisbon all to the 19 th. g of-the squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir W. z ie "r sailed on that day for the Mediterranean. p or t t. n t,,,Americ a , an d two steamers, were left bo The , al l3° of the M a d r id cons i sts o f —a l mon d s 150 lenlollS 287 boxes, grapes 996 boxes, melons L e s e ' saffr on 2 cases, specie 5 parcels. astat e b Ano. 19.--The mail going this day will d. About tidings t o a t l east one family in ki t '-A-hout mid n i g h t on the 11th inst. a fire out . er eWs f r a large house in the Bona Vista. Boats ite media n an the ships of the British squadron were tit th e dispatched to assist in extinguishing it, to tet th er res raged so furiously that every effort t urs the t,.under was unavailing, and in afew hours la'ra Ql ag was a ruin. I grieve to say that . a yo Jackal, tifti;Ptaan, belonging to her Majesty's ship Jack of Wilson, and a b out seven t ee n years of 11W411141111114 0 Vi th eL111 t po ohis o wn over d ar i ng intrepidity. rtuguese, French, and Spaniards, /l ose as E nglish, had retired, he and a seaman ter thetelosined behind, rashl perilling their lives very inadequate object of saving 4.1 he y Y' They were repeatedly warned Ne t , 'Langer of staying one moment h It ' u lst oo i" tc no Purpose. At last the floor on which e awngave way, and d own they sank with it. s orely c ontrived to scram bl e ou t, an d, though Wi ll ' oic urat ' es caped with life ; but the unfortunate kin da fell to rise no more. His body was found foltt 1 10 ,,Y 1 and conveyed on board, whence, twenty tad j ot :" after . , it was taken to the English ' cemetery the h er : l :n. It may afford some poor consolation to "stage s , t, ha v vu parents to learn that every mark b of all dee, p regret was paid to their brave boy ; , n it ed , of war, foreign as well as English, ' rt_ ll that 8% as his remains left his own vessel; S-aety. - "v funeral was attended by Vice-Admiral rarleer, the British Minister, Sir Hamilton 1111 1 he captains and other officers of the Eng " 4 , h , a, " ", and the other officers of the French a r etool s hiPs of war in the port. It is worthy p e 1, 0 ; , that though it was in the endeavour to s ) bottllgnese property that the young man lost his a nal Portuguese officer was present at the - Zest . ; I I : o f the King-Consort's aides-de-camp ;1e0d ed ....a. -4 Majesty the propriety, .and moreover I ,Pres e kr i l neY, of senaing to Sir William Parker to d the 1 .„, r egret at the melancholy occurrence, an Wrvi oe r e a time to inquire whether there was any l a,,etalt o could render to the family, such as recom stea wit ! another son for promotion ; but the sugges slur.. net adopted by his Majesty. V1% 1 4 1 11 7 before the last mail went, the British, t lthell o , 4 lll4l SPanish Ministers addressed a joint note oft""uguese Government, demanding the fu if eredo , he 4th article of the protocol relative to the l tfcs, formation of a new Cabinet. In a couple ltanster t e,r, they received a note in reply fromt th„,ca the Affairs, the substance of which re 'alta 1 1 ;6: the protocol stipulated for nothing . mo %t a sfth bee protocol by Lord Palmerston in his I . ar ou Sth o n ,„ °` April to the Portuguese Envoy, 1141 1 0 „ n li, - ;;;.," 1.70 , the dismissal of the Saldanha *l - of the present one, which . 1 4 - '7 as - ik n efu th i 28th of April, ought to be consi i,"l4 e a . filment of the condition insisted upon 4 .0 c0l -1 and only incidentally alluded to in the ta ''' all I , i ' a . a nd that moreover to change the Ministry re of Lan act of great condescension on the 15,-IPset hero Majesty, the demand made in that °regati;:gftan encroachment upon the indisputable t o „rejoio,i; ° I the Crown to choose its own advisers.. "ge s' r soon followed from the three Ministers lata f tL itt eet th at the protocol was signed on the al! Cab. Ma it necessarily pointed to the then exist -14411 th e la t el l ia, a i n_d not to that . . which . had preceded it, ti ZePtly , "less the condition in question were t e l s ssity a i l a Plied with, they would be under the Ether of Plied their passports. This clincher, ts ar% ieith the receipt of a communication from In zo ' (in,cervo, stating that Lord Palmerston had t 7 . 4 t the Brtish Government was deter fp7ncl°fl.,' he trifled with, induced the Queen to 4,7 11 1 her stilts and yield to the pressure '4°4 4, t ifiol aci a i__he at once sent severally for M. helot% M. Silva Carvalho, and Count ,4 std invited the m t o take office ; but as she to fneetalnission any one of them, or any one l sa"lee k , a Cabinet, in accordance with the usual iticji„,‘ lignified her intention to pick and choose d - rvia g "lullal Minister for herself, they decline Pli rPos e a a n i . s uch terms, and the negotiations for this tefere ,:i.therefore at a stand-still. Atte! ' 4lB step 1 ,,, / " re • was resorted to, and indeed imme theelPt of the last note from the three -I gnati e whole of the Cabinet tendered their Indwidueirl3) Which were of course accepted, and the a lg a ' Which it therefore only continue ex o 'unctions until the appointment of their e .; 11 3' ser re takes Place. It is a curious fact, which e i te tnst. n ' s a useful hint to others under similar Vie. " n ces, that their last official act, prior to re- IQ * gi t l a W . a S tO Pay I h t tfore ri t 7' themselves in full the arrears of f ."° resignation took place, a decree was Of j 4 ° l' the el eotio nuar y t oConvocation Aed. of the Cortes on the 2d g to this decree, the tka t;.. ter lis c i . whic h are eurvenience for the acts of bribery, intimida- t e t c () r be la indirect (as affording week of solicitation) are to commence in the firs . 1 41 Ni t ,re,t i y av t e jcher. ' The qualification is regulated w k i u the amount of direct taxes paid by each_ 4111 pension: With the exception of the public employes ta „ il i reis p r s , in whose case the receipt of 100 IVotse,. - I , ll , a ourn is to be a sufficient qualification -"v poll -- t will have the eff ct of introducing to th e 0 thew hole swarm of hungry dependents upon t ec ajtZ lirliec t. rpPs itary 4 ,. as al) who lately commanded the Queen's Province Minho, has been appointed • I 4111 ".4rner of Oporto. He has set out at once P ai r e oto e, 1111.11 the Power . , and in . defiance of the eL l .east c onvention of Gramido, and without t i' e t3 a gre;.tainut_nfrora the law of the 'land, has or , Ihrtellrlta kip! many of the officers who served under he m ,aftb? Oporto and proceed to different them nom to w hich he has been pleased to th e - ‘ t e i S thaCtie..The itineraire marked out for them lea 'lever e t . are to proceed, within 24 hours, to several d_ stinations, to travel not less than five • toneaßua a Y , and never to deviate than half a ' ll:4ll thei gat th ei r prescribed route, to present I nsel r r Places of exile, they are m and re that, on ar fsil ,to there " 4 ' •• el °line !? week to the chief military or civil %it ievere\ their omission to do which will not ash 111 . 1.11 Y tre e 4 l/un ished. Among the officers thus and I'lgu e i redo I . I have heard the names of Colo reereaPtain II o ', Paigal, and Osorio, Major Pereira, at' o es etitati ons no. Many of the officers have made Of th P°l.t°, oallinn the subject to the foreign consuls e Protocol, ando them to claim the fulfilment theTtell th convention according to both of le p o l a " r ght to be left at ' liberty. ttpeo..eela iii thPaaarty aretake making . preparations . to p i ntrnent of a pproaching elections. Unless fi the eve4 e _ til k eY will haPvopular ministry should rst take tore Puttin ano chance of success ;but, at all of ° the Govern g forth all their strength, they will tor :°rabi red frtd ent to have recourse to that system itid.t.lt the victor and violenee which alone can en Th. l -vs nal Y , and which will not fail to heap Posed Awl eleel n P ° , n it both at home and abroad. L ou i e, th e c .omraittee in this city is .correa-Laldei ~ °II Jose a..A . N r' n R gentlemen :—Marquis I w r i te and S E " , e neastre, and Messrs. Ott? ini, 11e . r .Se r te ( tb t r ile s ~1 ), 14 . 1 °, the last named of whom is the • th . 0 . P Lula l ea di ng state 'city everytning is tolerably quiet, but the kid th ea..: Pro v i n a dd papec:, teem Algarve, is frightful, tar e er ac of .s ..erei with accounts of murders _ thatrouete part. violence all over the country. I n. gr ltt lle gree, th 'jam of the Junta are persecuted to ki„ e d iot o '! vast numbers of the have v '' i d e istri ot. Palo or fled for refugeinto the moun keq. n-4- droial s. ao u „ A lte rran een W. Parker will proceed to the 84 — "ron u nd _ S pay; Q : with the greater part of the th e Atter7 command, leaving the Canopus, and two steamers in this port. Binc e wilting the to has agreed t,..e above I am informed that the forna a b a t , r s e t u to appoint M. Rodrigo de Fonseca 4 ,; 1 1 coodi tio `f_ ry, but that sae has so fettered him e _u_le to do nd restrictions, that he will not be eieveral perszunrwinfi , lie has made overtures to the 9" 11 °n that tn -°ut . effect, as they all make it a .whieheotrucmand.ian.etliiieefKeifng shall he removed from they e queen will the army, a measure to not consent. The fact is, that have the will fear of the threatened Cabral t outbreak own tit as tiblefore their eyes, but are ashamed to squadroneir tive for refusing to take office. is now under sail.—Herald. ti trui ---. ..............................___ .........--,_ .- "Yeat erc r " A. SUGAR FACTORY IN WRITECIIAPEL. Pari s h 47 afternoon, about half-past three o'c i cck, t he ~ _, , .,r :nliseo s f 011 bitechapel was alarmed b • a report that the yr re on fire.lie,s,srs. Craven and Luc as, l sugar_ refiners, corr ect, and to the • nfortunately the report turned out to be before i nformation could be commun icate d th e top ,v,,gule stations flames were rushing through P plo P2al",ws and root All hands were immediately . ?nea, and an attempt was made by the me n ? t m ... out Y,t7 on the pretnises to extinguish the tire, .bu h h e .'" least avail. At first the total destruction O w f the b .,‘°_,q and all it contained appeared certain. Fo 1, 3 7" t i 1 Y there was an immediate supply of water furni shed e parish, the Lo 'd Eclat London Con?pany, and the engines o f t land arrived half•past five , '' on brigade, and of the West of Eng o'ci k , l~ede it was not, however. until 41 oc t hat the firemen obtained the mastery over the ..., tileB, and not before the contents of the u ""r'il nearl yse, i i consumed, and the whole of the lower erel wan A g ed b er floors 2 R y water. 1 ILE IRELAND. . 4 THE HARD- EST—POTATO CPO DUELIN, AUG. 23.---Very considerable pe g ciShialg been already made in the reaping of oats and barley, both of which are excellent and iibundant crops, but the wheat harvest is yet rather backward, and that grain appears to be irregular and unequal in the ripening. Fields of wheat h.-‘ve heeri cut in various districts ; but the bulk of that grain is not yet fit for the sickle: • Since yesterday the weather has undergone :a de cided change. It is dry' ; but the wind is due north, and the temperature is much lower, having all the sharpness usual at the latter part of the autumn. The reports from the:country are all exceedingly favourable as regards the crops, including potatoes. WM. SMITH O'BRIEN, ESQ., M.P.—This Hon. Gentleman, on the occasion of a soiree given in the city of Londonderry to the Very Rev. Theobald Ma thew, on Tuesday last, at which he was present, expressed his grateful acknowledgments to the elec tors of the county *of Limerick, for having returned him again as one of their representatives, and stated his determination to take his seat in Parliament.. This declaration at once put an end to the various surmises and predictions which' have been given since the result of the polling becaine known, as to the ulterior course which would be pursued by the Hon. Member. —Cork Reporter. DUNGARYON, AUGUST 18.—On the night of Sun day last the friends of a man named Power, residing a dv t oo nwli, down limi fifteen ftt n he n ee e n n , ae within county resooff si -Nwv m ha i l te e ezt a f,o nd h wrdhi,a assembled of D ixiw f basledfoarLdnwgar cithut carried away by some 240 cars. This was done to evade an anticipated distress for rent. This has urged several landlords in the locality to be more than usually vigilant, and, .I regret to add, more than usually severe.—Limerick Examiner. DREADFUL OUTRAGE AT RATFICORMAC.--The sub-sheriff, with apart) , of twenty police under Sub- Inspector Ashbery proceeded to dispossess a farmer named Mullins, whose.house was barricaded and de fended from within by three armed men. The bailiffs proceeded to forcean entrance, but were immediately fired upon from Within, and one of them received the contents of a blunderhUss loaded with slugs in the abdomen. The police were ordered to fire in through the windows, and the party from within kept up their fire, without, however, doing further injury than sending a bullet through a policeman s cap. The police brake in the door, and ar rested the party, all " armed to the teeth," one of whom, a son .of ..Mullins, bad his left hand dreadfully shattered, his gun having burst. The party were all escorted to Carrick-on-Suir last night. Three doctors agreed that it was necessary to amputate Mullins's hand, but he resisted the oi.era tion. The bailiff is still alive, but no hopes of his recovery—he is now in the workhouse hos oital at Carrick k)n- S uir.— Tipperary Free Press of Saturday. IikPEAL ASSOCIATION —The weikly meeting of the Association v‘as held this day. Mr. J. A. O'Neill (the unsuccessful candidate tor Kildare) pre sided. The Chairman, in an address of considerable lei gth, vindicated his character from the aspersions which had been cast upon it during the recent elec tion, and attributed his defeat to the alliance of the IVhigs with the Tories of the county, combined with intimidation, which had been extensively practised. Mr. J. P. Somers; M.P., Rev. G. Doyle, P.P. ' and others having addressed the Meeting, Mr. John Rey nolds, M.P., addressed the meeting at some length, and handled rather strongly Mr. Gregory's want of punctuality in paying the sheriff his share of the expenses, whilst he insisted (through his agent) in that functionary not putting him (Mr. Reynolds) in nomination till he lodged his share of the contingent. Mr. John O'Connell having addressed the meeting at some length, the rent for the week was announced to be 521. The meeting then adjourned. AUG. 24.—THE CITY OF DUBLIN ELECTION.---. This day Mr. Gregory's draft for 7501. was paid to the high sheriff. REPORTED ELOPEMENT.—Notice of an action for libel has been this day served on the proprietors of a Dublin paper for the publication of an article, on Saturday last, to the effect that the wife of a profes sional gentleman, said to be pointed out, had eloped with an officer. • There is no truth in the report, if it apply to the parties supposed to be referred to. FAILURE IN DUBLIN.—A respectable house, of old standing in this city, recently connected with the corn trade, has suspended payment. The liabilities are estimated at 40,0001. The recent failure in the same trade in "Sligo was the main cause of this stoppage. A firm in the distillery trade in the northern pro vince has also stopped payment. The liabilities are not ascertained, but it is understood that they are not serious. 1:77 SERIOUS ILLNESS Or MR. J. JAMESON..—Mr. James Jameson, governor of the Bank of Ireland, is very dangerously ill. He is one of the partners in the extensive distillery of Jameson and Co., in this city, a firm of considerable wealth. AN UNFORTUNATE HEDGEHOG.—A gentleman in this neighbourhood had a tame hedgehog in his garden, which, in seeking its food, was at the same time a pro moter of horticulture by destroying many noxious in sects. One day lately he unluckily went near a hive of bees, and a number of them attacked him with great fury. lle defended' himself by standing on his bind feet, and striking with his fore paws. Finding, however, that the bees were getting the best of it, he coiled him self up in his bristly armour, but in doing so he enclosed some of his enemies, who stung him severely. He then enrolled himself and renewed the fight for some time, out eventually Retreated into a bu-h. Next more ing the poor hedgehog was found dead, showing that however completely the stomachs of these animals can resist :aiison, they are not proof against its external applica tion in the shape of the smarting sting of the bee,— L'umfries Gnus ter. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday the mar riage of the Marquis of Drughe a and the Hon. Mary Caroline Stuart Wortley, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, was solemnized at St. George's C urch, Hanover-square. PROPOSED RAILWAY Cum.—Last evening a meet -1 g ef civil engineers, surveyors, and others connected with the railway interest, met at the King's Arms Tavern, Bridge street, Blacktriars, to consider the ex , p-dieney of establishing a railway club. Mr. Valentine, C.E., was called to the chair, and explained that the growing extent of railway enterprise, and the immense :ncrease in the number of the body, not only resident but located in London, rendered such an institution de sirable and necessary. Resolutions for carryineg.onuntgr_ objects of the meeting were proposed and crarrerni d Jesson, mously by Messrs. E. W. Gooch, W tin taken wa f s r ad journed o 0 r E a m G , ;r a fT n ol d rA Na o tlh‘e, month.ru EeAn HEAT . e A e r r a a n i n d otfh ewheat been sown this year in the an E no less th an gardeng;ypoftiablurm.Cumutmb6u36.Leha,arvosif7thkaGidasizoenttee-Goffiazeeeiteh. as pro ducednits OF ART IN WESTMINSTER HALL.-- THE WORKS the visiting hours to view the works of art in HALL.— Yesterday Hall were restricted from nine to six, and. . I‘V-7. the ees stexhibition will finally close on the 17th September. A HOPEFUL.—A tutor of college, lecturing a young man on his irregular conduct, added, with great pathos,. "The report of your vices will bring your father's grey hairs with sorrow to the grave." "I beg your pardon, Sir," replied the pupil, " my father wears a wig. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN WOOLWICH DOCK.. YARD. Consideraule sensation prevails among the workmen in her Majesty's Dockyard, displeasure were which broke out fete before last. It app ears t hat es Mr. Chatfield, the second master-shiperight,. jus t OP: pointed wa s not done o t n h e i s 6 y y a t r h d e , had shi suspicion that Pwrights employed i- when it wall eT rn hm e is a , a s ,l u v n oh ffi u od w et : h b h y e e e a u e r g t t i e la w it n h ao a n e r nt y kd do however, did not he accordingly had the work a hs a s e c tdi e s r f t 3r a e i em t e i eirvd. received d t h h a t a p t afiye. t ml h d e e, y n tw b h a io d e r d . o o n n going out of the yard, the disturbance, and e,ttempted into custody, hisses, and then what is vu lga i r e ly aosfu tte me rm ebn ed a bonneting they were surrounded, the man rescued, and the police eonstablet: coats ripped up on their bucks. After giving vent to follo their feelings petty loudly they dispersed. A similar stationthe d tof theq men scene is again expected to occur, as Mr. Chatfield in to k e one o in tends to meta ore the work again. The men appear de termined, and it is stated iu positive terms, that they will .‘ strike" from the and if they are to be subjected to such treatment. SUICIDE BY A FEMALE. — Yesterday an inquest was hele before Mr. W. Baker, at the Hermit puolin house, Brdford-square, Stepney, on the body of Maria Hadnutt. aged 26 years, who committed suicide by cut ting fur throat. It appeared that about three years since, a ceinmereial traveller paid his addresses to the dece4s, d, and pi °wised her marriage. Some time at terwai (is a child was born, and he deserted her. On Sunday morning, about eight o'cleek, she carried her child to her mother, and asked Inr to take care of it, and about a quarter of an hoar afterwards a li t ta d v i 3 o . falt was heard in her room. Her mother we h n e t r i h n ,ead tutl i rly nds the deceased I)ing on the floor stagecoach betwixt Cam s: v T c- t r ,t ed p, f: r r a o from i her i,sa b n . i , t d 3 y ;, and a razor " b i y th h side. Verdic t Temporary tltDieGEruinAN,Dur,LdON:o. expo cted that the idea I S N T h A t G n Ev.CeOtiArC?lt gßakvrTee;p,e7 ul:XhlbaTairireCdi )); tel 7 -. tion of starting a wa s any thing one of those emphatic modes which are m ore then tztisdg;e.rai(i)tudsi)L, recent ex t raordin g a rh r ( y emili, r in ai gy si e n ,,in g t,tro o d t a ' a3 t ! h ac e aqt, fa: tn e h e de (e'indZiaine , or that the ru mour sometimes a dopted of expr. sing the public dissatisfac tion lit‘eitlhasthreern Counties line. ‘l, e have now however,a meetingtha the w a r s um an o t u u r al i l s y tWilaotolpaek, in Sydney-street, which promises to pro duce substantial fruit. The gentlemen present seemed to be unanimous and perfectly resolute in purpose. A committee of five was appointed to ebtain the requisite preliminary information and to arrange matters for a. public meeting. of the inhabitants. It was agreed that'. the undertaking should not be proceeded with trro,it two hundred subscribers be obtained at 5/. each, r And each subscriber to be limited to one share. It was A ug. gested that four horses. should run in the coach an d i that the charges be 10 s . 6.1. inside and 7s. Gd. outs id e .— Cambridge Advertiser. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _-EVENING, AUGUST 26. 1847. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. REVIEW OF THE SEASON. In noticing the close of the Opera or the season on Saturday night, we said that it was the longest, the most remarkable, and the most successful season ever recorded in the annals of Her Majesty's Theatre. It commenced in February, and continued until the middle of August; and it is certainly the most re markable for more causes than one. It is remark able as an instance of triumphant success, achieved in the face of what, until surmounted, were fondly hoped by the enemies of the management to be in • surmountable difficulties. It is remarkable as the first season of a new orchestra, a new chorus, and, with the exception of the Lablaches and Castellan, a new troupe. Above all, it is remarkable as the Jenny Lind season, a name b y which it will long b e remem bered in the annals of the musical drama in England. Deserted by his orchestra, his chorus singers, and, with the above-named honourable ex ceptions, by his artistes, who, not content with leaving him, established an o pp osition opera in his immediate neighbourhood, Mr. Lumley had to re organize entirely his operatic establishment for the commencement of the season. He had, however, been fortunate enough to secure the services of Balfe, one of the best musicians, and perhaps the best musical instructor of the day, as his conductor, and to retain those of his two leaders, Tolbecque and Nadaud. Engagements were immediately made with all the most celebrated instrument alists on the Continent, a new band of chorus. singers was organized, and, con sidering the short time in which they were collected together, the performances, both of chorus- singers and orchestra, was marvellous, and reflects the very highest credit on the power of Balfe as an instructor and a con ductor. We will venture to say that never before has there been an orchestra which, in so short a space of time, performed so well together. The performance of the chorus-singers, too, has been admirable; and, in one respect, has been a great improvement on that of their predecessors. They are actors as well as singers, and notwithstanding the persevering efforts that have been made by a clique to depreciate them, both chorus-singers and orchestra have stood their ground admirably. The season opened with Donizetti's opera of La Favorita, in which we were introduced, for the first time, to Gardoni. It was impossible to hear him without congratulating:Mr. Lumley on the secession of Mario. He had lost a clever amateur, and gained an accomplished artiste—one who will, ere long, by the unanimous suffrages of the whole musical world, be hailed as the successor of Rubini. Witness his subsequent performances of Elvino, of Arturo, and of Nemerino. Superchi and Bouche appeared in the same opera, and it was evident that as far as tenors, and baritones, and bassos :were concerned, Mr. Lumley had gained rather than lost by the secession of his former troupe. Coletti shortly afterwards ap peared, and it was at once acknowledged that he was the first baritone of the day; and the injustice of 1840 was amply atoned for by the enthusiasm with which he was received in 1847. Fraschini, the great tenor of Italy, was also introduced to the English public, and by his intensity and power created a great sensation, although justice was scarcely done to his great powers as a musician. The fact is, strong tenors are not favourites with the English musical public. Dor,zelli himself was admired rather then liked, and soon gave way to Rubini, and since his time no " strong tenor " has created the least sensation. Sanchioli was the prima donna, at the commencement of the season, and she was shortly after succeeded by Castellan. Lablache, in every sense of the word, the greatest basso in the world, appeared before Easter, and, as usual, was hailed with the greatest enthusiasm. About this time the opera of I Due Foscari was produced under very peculiar circumstances. In consequence of a severe cold the deb lit of Lablache was obliged to be postponed, and instead of presenting his sub scribers with a worn-out opera, Mr. Lumley antici pated by a wee k the:production of 1 Due Foscari, the success of which was complete. Madame Montenegro appeared as the heroine, and Coletti, by his magnifi cent acting as the Doge, at once secured his position as one of the greatest artistes of the day. But these, which would have in former times been considered great triumphs, were all eclipsed—nay, even the very remembrance of them has been nearly obliterated by the great event of the season, the deblit of Jenny Lind. On the 4th of May the Swedish Nightingale made her first appearance. Well has she been named the Nightingale, and in describing the wonders she performs we cannot do better than borrow the lan guage of old Izaak Walton in describing her proto type. " But the nightingale breathes such sweet, loud music out of her little instrumental throat that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the na tural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth." With her came Staudigl, but even he was scarcely noted, so completely was the attention of all engrossed by Jenny Lind. Alice in Roberto it Diavolo, Amina, the Figlia del Reggimento, Norma, were a succession of triumphs, and then came I Masniederi, an opera composed expressly for Her Majesty's Theatre by Verdi, and conducted by the maestro in person. Most fortunate was Verdi in having his ooera supported by Jenny Lind, Lablache, Coletti, Gardoni, and Bouche. In no cther lyrical establish ment in Europe could he have had such a cast, and great credit is due to Mr. Lumley for having gone to the expense of the production of this new opera, when Jenny Lind would have filled his house to suffocation every remaining night of the season from her own re pertoire. A short additional season followed, during the course of which the Nozze di Figaro was pro duced, with Jenny Lind as Susannah, and which we have noticed so recently that it is unnecessary further to allude to it. The ballet has during the season been as attractive as ever. First of all we had the debut of Carolina Rosati, who now takes her station as of right among the Wesses, and on the same night that of young Marie Taglioni, who bids fair to rival the fame of her celebrated relative and namesake. They appeared together in one of the most beautiful ballets of the season, rhea. Then came Lucile Grahn in the Amazon—as graceful, as majestic as ever ; but an unfortunate illness prevented her appearing towards the end of the season. Cerito, and her husband St. Leon, came after Easter, and were speedily followed by Carlotta Grisi and by the Taglioni—when the " Pas de Quatre" and the " Pas des Deesses" were revived, and created quite as great a furore as ever. In addition to this, " Les Elemens," a new pas, was produced, in which the classes appeared also together. The great triumph of the season, however, was the appearance of Jenny Lind, in comparison with which everything else appears small. Never has such enthusiasm been excited as she has excited—never have such crowds assembled, night after night, as have been assembled to witness her performances —never has so much money been received, and never has so much money been sent away from any theatre as has been received at, and sent away, from her Majesty's Theatre on the Jenny Lind nights. Truly this may be called the Jenny Lind season. ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER AT HYDE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. —Her Majesty the Queen. Dowager, with a small suite, arrived at the Southt-Western terminus, in the Royal Clarence -1 yard, at ten minutes befor e three o'clock this after noon... Previous preparation had been made, and on her alighting from the train she wa s received by Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker (doing the duty, in the absence of Sir Charles Ogle, of Port Admiral), Cap tain Sir Ed ward Parry, Captain Chads, the officers of the Clarence-yard, and by a guard of honour fur nished by the Rifle corps. The state barge, with the Hon. Mr. Spencer, flag-lieutenant, was at the land ing place, in which her Majesty and suite were con veyed to the Fire Queen, Lieutenant Commander Johnson. After receiving Admiral Parker and the several captains in attendance on the deck of that vessel, the Fire Queen proceeded out of harbour to Hyde. On the royal standard being hoisted in the steamer, the customary salutes were fired by the Victory and the Platform battery, the Victory and the Apollo manning yards and cheering as the Fire Queen passed them. On the steamer passing the Agincourt, at Spithead, that vessel also manned yards and saluted. It it understood that her Majesty the Queen Dowager will sojourn at Ryde until she takes her departure for Madiera. Admiral Parker has ordered the Hon. Mr. Spencer, his flag-lieutenant, to attend till further orders on her Msje:ty, at Hyde, in the Fanny tender. ------- DEATH Or COL. SIR HENRY GEORGE MACLEOD, K.H.—We have to record the demise of the above Gallant Officer, who expired on Friday last, at his resi dence near Windsor, after a comparatively short illness. Sir Henry entered the army in 1807. and saw consider• able service with his regiment, the 35th Foot, up to the great victory at Waterloo. On the Corn• Exchange yesterday there was again further depression, and the failure of Messrs. Alexander Dickson and Co., of Belturbet, near Belfast, increased in a very strong degree the general gloom. Mr. Dickson was a large distiller, and has latterly been a miller and dealer in grain, and the liabilities of the-firm are stated at 200,0001. Some of the most prudent of the London corn-factors are creditors to a large amount , as are also t aoinonnen d (di e aw hr t several of the houses o ho e uH r s , elss h Ti a on s ßll aad rce lr lAa e LndF y brought down three or four smal ler . —Ac TT i i n . m___eslt Liverpool. . v may not be unworthy of ehto t aho h fda i rs s tteho t os ei i fu m d rEse e dtugu t ri h raona a rpct t teihfo ß aeuam a rse n eai l ci s3td u , ,i o ee s , ocofile t f h nwis e dnhhev T oodeum h .r a i o n c e h y o , f , I% L . a o s c ht the e mb e e r n , cn progenitorcrowned wonder I William, on her visit to this part of h er ' ber Kingdom her landing-place I d Sr n s oa e n i t select Fort of it theis the capital o f L oc h a ancient Kngdom of Scot land.—North British Mail. THE MURDER OF THE DUCHESS DE PR ASLIN. A postscript t) our Paris letter of Tuesday, written at post hour, states that the last sacrament had been administered to the Duke de Praslin. The ceremony took place in the presence of the Chancellor and other personages. It was not thought that the Duke would survive the night. The following are the latest particulars relating to this dreadful crime that have transpired : Mdlle. de Luzy was interrogated on Monday for four hours, during which time she replied with great lucidity to the various questions put to her by the Chancellor and the members of the Committee of Inquiry. The matter discharged from the stomach of the Duke de Praslin after the attempt at poisoning was analysed by M. Chevalier, and found to contain a considerable quantity of arsenic. M. Louis, who was in attendance on the Duke as his usual physi cian, has been replaced by M. Audral, by the orders of the Chancellor. On Tuesday the Duke was too weak to support an examination, and the Chancellor and the committee agreed to postpone it until the next day. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux of Tuesday.) " We have already said that the existence of seve ral wounds on the person of the Duke of Praslin was proved. Independently of those remarked on his hands, and which seem as if caused by bites, two others have been discovered, one on the side and the other on the leg. When called on to explain how those wounds had been occasioned, the Duke, after having at first refused to do so, replied, it is said, that it was the buckle of his trousers which had rubbed his side, and that he gave himself a violent blow on the leg the evening before when getting into one of the railway carriages. When asked if he had men tioned these injuries to any one, he replied in the negative, but afterwards said that he had spoken of them to a person of his household. It is also known that after having found in the fireplace the remains of clothing, almost entirely consumed, and on which traces of blood were perceptible, it was discovered that the dressing gown which the Duke wore was also stained with blood, and that it had been recently washed. The Duke, it is said, admitted this latter fact, but attributed the blood to his having come in contact with the body of the Duche s when he found her expiring ; the cause of his washing out the stains of blood was, he said, to spare his children the sight of it. Several versions have circulated relative to the circumstances of the horrible drama which took place on the night of the 18th inst. It may be comprehended how difficult it is at present to make on this point probable conjectures, if the precise posi tion of the rooms of the apartment at the moment when the crime was discovered, and the nature as well as the direction of the wounds, be not known in an exact manner. We do not, think it right to re peat these several versions, particularly as they do not accord completely with the contents of the proces verbaux and the observations of tae medical men. In fact, if the bloody stains marked on the door and on the hangings of the chamber, proving the desperate efforts of the victim to escape from the murderer, be taken into consideration, the conclusion must be come to, that the unfortunate Duchess was first struck in her bed, and that then, escaping from her murderer, she must, whilst overturning the furniture and whilst she still was receiving blows, have struck with her mutilated and bleeding hands at every door, and then, at last, must have fallen exhausted into the arm-chair near the chimney. There, bent double, still uttering cries which her assailant endeavoured to prevent by pressing her mouth, she received from behind on the head and neck repeated blows, one of which opened an artery and produced death. According to these indications, it appears probable that the pull at the bell which roused the persons belonging to the household was not given during the struggle, but that the Duchess recovering for a moment her senses, after having been left for dead, found sufficient strength to seize the bell-rope which was at the side of the causeuse on which she had fallen, and where she was found expiring." The Patrie of yesterday evening says : " The Chancellor and the Commission of the Court of Peers went this morning to the prison in which the Duke of Praslin is confined. They found him in bed and still suffering from violent spasms. It ap pears that the antidotes administered after his at tempt to poison himself have not yet destroyed the effect of the laudanum. The sufferings which ensued have produced such ravages on the sys tem, that a Peer of France who saw him, has declared to us that he is only the shadow of what he was. The Duke is said to hare replied at first with great difficulty to the questions of the Chan cellor, who repeadly exhorted him to compose him self and then to reply without reserve. The Duke is reported to have wept frequently during this exa mination, respecting which the commission preserves the most profound secresy. This morning M. Brous • sais and a commissary of police made, we are assured, another search at the Hotel Sebastiani, and at the places of residence of the two mistresses of the Duke, who were both governesses in his tamily. Mdlle. de Luzy is no longer in secret confinement. The cor respondence seized at her residence has been examined by the commission of the Court of Peers, by which she is to be interrogated. She is very calm, and does not appear to have the least dread of the result of the examinations as far as she is concerned. She acknow ledges having replied sometimes with vivacity to the Duchess of Praslin, whose jealousy and violent lan guage she dreaded. We have spoken of the alterca tions between the Duke and Duchess, of which she was the cause. The Duchess suspected her rela tions with the Duke, and frequently complained of them. What contributed much to irritate her was a journey which the Duke made two years ago to Corsica with Mademoiselle de Luzy. The Duke took with Mdlle. de Luzy his two eldest unmarried daughters. It was only a month since that the Duchess was able to obtain the removal of Mdlle. de Luzy. We have already stated that the Duke, with out informing the Duchess, visited Mdlle. de Luzy on the evening of his arrival, having with him two of his daughters. The Duchess, having been apprised of this visit of the children, expressed her dissatisfaction in very warm terms." The National contains the following remarkable paragraph relative to the Duke of Praslin : "It is by no means probable that the Duke of Praslin, Peer of France, Gentleman of the Bed chamber to the Duchess of Orleans, and at the same time accused of murder, will appear before the court instituted to try him. We are informed that his health is hourly declining. The weakness of his organs is so great that he cannot endure an interro gatory for any length of time, and it is with the greatest difficulty that an intelligible reply can be obtained from him." A YOUNG WOMAN SHOT BY HER SWEETHEART. WORCESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. —A shocking occurrence happened here on Sunday evening, which has this day been the subject of an investigation before Mr. Hyde, the coroner for Worcester, and a jury, as sembled at the Waterloo Tavern, in this city. The jury was summoned to inquire into the cause of the death of Jane Steel, aged between 16 and 17 years, who came by her death in a moment from a gun shot wound, under the following distressing circum- stances : It appeared that on Sunday last Mr. John Witi dron, lock-keeper on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, in this city, left home for the day with his wife, leaving his family of eight or nine children in the care of a neighbour, Mrs. Steel, who went over to Waldron's house early in the morning, and remained there all day. After dinner Mrs. Steel's daughter, Jane, joined her mother at Waldron's, and the youth ful party having purchased some fruit, were in the height of enjoyment, when one of the youngest of Waldron's children came into the house with the news that " the pigeons were eating the peas in the garden." Thomas Waldron, the eldest son, aged between 17 and 18 years, who was looked upon as the sweetheart of Jane Steel, then said that he would frighten them away with stones, but some others of the party proposed that a small charge of powder should be fired from the gun. Mrs. Steel at first objected to this, but allowed her self to be over persuaded, and Thomas Waldron reached down the gun. It was a percussion gun, and a cap was found upon the nipple of th e lock, wh i ch Thomas Waldron took off and threw away, supposing (as did the whole of the family) that the gun was un loaded, and that this was an exploded cap which had been left on the nipple when the gun was last fired. At this time Jane Steel expressed a desire to see the gun fired off, as she said she had never seen a gun fired, and wished to know how it was done. Her mother accordingly proposed that she s hould fire off a cap , but objected to any powder being used, and while some of the family were looking for the percus shiuolne c w a i p th s T a h p o i m u, as ha N v V in al g d r t o h n e m w u a z s z l clearing g t u l n u e p t u o i u n c t h e d at Jane Steel, and the stock being placed under his arm. While in this situation, th e h ammer f e ll u p on the nipple, exploding a small quan tity o f t h e percus sion powder, which had been l e tt on th e w i t hd rawa l o f the cap, and lodging the whole contents of the gun in the face and head of the unfortunate girl. The poor girl in a moment fell from her c h a i r , covere d w i t h blood, and expired without uttering a soun d. A surgeon was called in, but she was quite dead. It appeared that the gun had been left loaded when last used. The ill-starred youth, who was dreadfully dis tressed at the accident, was the same e ven i ng t a k en into custody until an inquest could b e h e ld. Th e jury found a verdict of " Accidental death," and he has since been released from custody. The aff a i r h as caused a good deal o f commotion in the neighbourhood. 7.,------ - LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. —By the Seraphina, ar rived at Cork, we have dates from Pernambuco to the 13th of July. There was no change in commercial affairs. Exchange on England, 26i. VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY. The third ordinary meeting of this company was held yesterdayal ternoun,at two o clock,at the offices. 449,. \Vest Strand; Viscount Villiers, 1\1.P., occupied the chair. But a small number of shareholders were present. The seal of the company having been affixed to the register of proprietors, The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting. He said he had great gratification in stating, that it wat:, likely no additional calls would be required before the next session of Parliament—certainly not this side of Christmas—for the purpose of carrying out the works which had been sanctioned. Out of the Bills which the company, in pursuance of the engage ments entered into last year, brought before Parlia liament, only two had been unsuccessful, and they were not of an important character. He regretted that they had been unsuccessful in opposing the reso lution which made it imperative on them to reduce the interest on the calls from 51. to 41. Every day's experience confirmed the opinion the directors enter tained, that the line, when completed, would yield an ample return to those who had invested their capital in it,. and in order to bring about this consummation as speedily as possi ble contracts had been entered into for the construc tion of the lower part, extending a distance of nine miles from Neath, and the works were in active pro• gress. This part of the line would yield the earliest and most advantageous traffic, and the directors hoped to be enabled to open that portion to the public in eighteen months from the date of the contract, namely, June or July. Arrangements would be made with the South Wales Company, from whom they continued to receive the best assurances of sup port, and with the best part of whose line they would be connected, to open the lines simultaneously. The contracts for the Merthyr portion of the line would be let forthwith, and he hoped to be enabled, at the next meeting, to report that considerable progress had been made in them. Though they did not intend to seek powers from Parliament in the ensuing session to extend communication above the valley, their at tention would be earnestly directed to the best means of obtaining as much of the traffic of that locality as , possible. The punctuality. with which the calls had been paid gave him and the directors the utmost gra tification. Their line would intersect the central mineral districts of Wales, and, as it would afford railway communication east and west, and carry the vast traffic of the locality, they might look forward to a fair return for the capital which they had em barked in it.—(Cheers.) Mr. F. G. SAUNDERS, the Secretary, then read the report, which was to the following effect : •"rhe directors have much plea.ure iu stating, that an Act has been obtained authorising the eontsti uction of the whole of the works comprised in the Bill brought before Parliament in the last session. " The resolutions of Parliament compelled the di rectors to withdraw the clausa authorising directors to allow interest on all calls, at the rate" of five per cent. per annum. They are, however, enabled to continue the payment of interest at the rate of four per cent., and at the rate of five per cent. on all sums paid is anticipation 01 calls. " Considering the depressed state of the Money Mar. ket at the time the last call was made, the directors can. not but express their satisfaction at the readiness with which it has been paid up. " Contracts for the lower portion of the line, extend ing about nine miles from the town of Neath, have been let to good and responsible contractors, well acquainted with the locality, and in whom the directors have every confidence; and it will be satisfactory to the proprietors to know that the price at which they have been taken is below the estimate of the engineer. The works have been commenced, and the directors hope, on the occa sion of the next half-yearly meeting, to be able to report considerable progress in them. " The work of the greatest magnitude, and that which will probably require a longer time to complete than any other portion of the undertaking, is the tunnel at the Merthyr end of the line. The directors have not thought it right to proceed with this part of the work until they could be satisfied that funds would be forth • coming to enable them to complete it without delay. Upon this point they have no longer any doubt; and as y pr pose tet the the matter has been urged u p on them by several gen tlemen well acquainted with the locality, an o l d largely con in terested in the undertaking, the tract for this tunnel forthwith. It is also their intention to proceed with the works on the remaining portion of the line with as much activity as a due regard to the in terests of the proprietors will allow. " The directors are not at present aware of any branch lines or deviations which will render necessary an appli cation to Parliament in the next session, and they trust that the expense attendant upon these prueetdings will, for the ensuing session at least, be avoided." The accounts showed the receipts up to the 30th of June, 99,7721., and the expenditure 19,718/. 7s. 9d., leaving 3,4001. of Parliamentary deposits, and a balance of 76,6531. 12s. 3d. The adoption of the report having been moved and seconded, Mr. LEWIS inquired if the line was an independent one, or whether it was intended to amalgamate it with either the South Wales or Great Western ; and whether any propositions, with that view, had been received from either of those companies ? The CHAIRMAN replied that the line, at present, was an independent one, and that it could not be amalgamated with any other company without the intervention of Parliament. He did not know that at present there was any proposition of the kind before the board ; if, however, any proposition of the kind were made, and it was entertained by the directors, it would have to be submitted to the share holders for approval. Mr. LEvris said he asked the question because he had heard it stated that the Great Western made a proposition of the kind at the time they took the lease of the South, and that the offer had been re fused, though made on similar terms. The CHAIRMAN replied that they never received any offer from the Great Western. A proposition was received from the South Wales Company, which was submitted to the last meeting, but as it was not acceptable the proprietors declined it. The motion having been agreed to, and a vote of thanks passed to the chairman and directors, the meeting separated. NEWRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. meetingAY. The ordinary generalA of this railway co mpany took place yesterday. The meeting was ad vertise.' to take place at the company's offices, 19, Moorgate-street, but in consequence of the number of shareholders present, the meeting a djourned to the Guildhall Coffee-house. After having gone through the usual routine business, Viscount NEWRY took the chair, and, after a few observations, called upon the secretary to read the following report : " The directors, in their report presented to the Third Ordinary General Meeting, held on the 27th August, 1846, stated that they proposed in the first in stance to call up only such portion of the capital as would be required for constructing the line from Newry to Armagh, and to apply to Parliament for leave to open that part of the line, and also for an extension of time to complete the undertaking, and to enable the company to allow interest on calls. " It may be necessary to remind the proprietors that as a consequence of the strenuous opposition which their original Bill encountered in Parliament, certain serious restrictions were forced upon the company. in commit tee, and which, in the subsequent altered circumstances of the times, operated most injuriously upon their in terests. " The directors particularly refer to that provisio in the Act which compelled the company to complete n the portion of the line between Clones and Enniskillen, a distance of twenty-two miles, before any other part of the line should be opened, and that the powers of the company. should cease unless that portion between Clones an d Enniskillen should be co m p leted ..by the 21st July, 1848, and further, that it should be constructed by this company, with an option to the Dundalk and Enniskillen Company to become joint owners thereof on contributing a moiety of the cost. " An inconvenience arose in consequence of the shares being 501. each, which rendered them difficult to nego tiate, and to obviate this a proposition was made for dividing the capital into three series of shares, and it was also proposed that no more than 20L shares should be called up, except with the approbation of three-fifths, in value,' of the shareholders present at some general meeting specially convened for the purpose, and that be limited in amount to 30s. per future calls shou ld share. In order to obviate these inconveniences, and to proprietors, provisions meet the wishes of the were in troduced into the amended Bill. " During the List session of Parliament, the Dundalk and Enniskillen ComPanY also applied for an amend ment of their Act to e nable them to reduce their capital, in consequence of the portion of their line between Clones and Enniskillen not having to be executed. The direc tors felt it for the interests of their proprietors in this company to oppose that Bill, which resulted in a nego tiation being entered into, which ended in a withdrawal of opposition by each company against the Bill of the other, and the directors have the pleasure of informing the proprietors that the amended Act of this company received the royal assent on the 3d of July last. " Under this Act the company are enabled to open the portion of the line between Newry and Market Hill, a distance of about thirteen miles, and between Market Hill and Armagh, respectively, so soon as the same, or either of them, may be from time to time completed, and the period for the general completion of the work has been extended to the 2d July, 1852. The Act also authorises the issuing of shares in series, and limits the amount to be called up to 201. per share (including the 71. already paid), except with the sanction of a general meeting. " The Act also authorises the holding of ordinary meetings alternately in London and Newry, and the extraordinary meetings of the company at such places as the directors shall think fit, and it also empowers the company, if they shall think fit, to reduce the number of directors. " In consequence of a number of the shareholders having made default in payment of the first and second calls, the directors were, after the exercise of great forbearance, compelled to in stitute proceedings for the recovery thereof, but they were confined to the holders of stock upon whickboth calls were in arrear, the directors considering that in consequence of the pressure of the times it was right in the first instance to confine the proceedings to those who were in arrear for both calls. The directors are gratified to state that the result of these prcceedings has been most satisfactory. They have reason to expect that the arrears which are still due on the second call will generally be promptly paid, and as this will make the total sum paid 7./.. p.-r share, the directors sin cerely hope, that in case -0! default being made in the payment of future calls, it may be sufficient to proceed to a forfeiture' of the shares. " The works on' the first fire mites of the line from Newry towards Armagh are progressing satisfactorily. " The directors have only to add that the difficulties they have had to encounter respecting the progress of this line have been felt in common with most other un dertakings of a similar kind in Ireland. They believe these impediments, however, to be of a temporary nature, and that they will disappear with the distress and pecu niary difficulties in which they originated, and they will continue to use their best exertions to expedite the works consistently with their desire not to press heavily on the proprietors, and to bring at least a portion of the line into profitable operation with the least possible delay." The following is the balance-sheet submitted to the meeting of the directors Dr. To Engineering and Surveying... ... £4,161 0 0 „ Law Charges ;.; ..• ... 1,524 2 0 Witnesses' Expenses' ••• 2 2 0 • Advertising and Printing ... ... 478 9 7 „ General Expenses ... ... ... 2,842 17 9 „ Mr. Dargan, Account of Contract ... 11,115 0 0 „ Land and Compensation ~. ... 11,803 13 7 ~ Amendment of Bill ... ... 334 17 0 Cash in Bankers' Hands:— £32,262 1 11 „ Union Bank of London, £15,530 8 11 „ Bank of Ireland ... 70 3 4 „ Belfast Banking Company, 673 18 1 —— 16,274 10 4 £48,536 12 3 Cr. By Balance in band at Third Ordinary General Meeting, Aug. 27, 1846...X24,185 18 0 „ First Call on 5,2124 Shares, at 21. per Share ••• ..• ~, Second Call on . 5,360 Shares, at 21. 10s. per Share ... „ Interest Balance. 564/. 4;. 6d. having been paid on Calls ... 504 9 3 „ Transfer Fees . 21 5 0 10,425 0 0 13,400 0 0 £48,536 12 3 After some considerable discussion the report was agreed to, as was also the balance-sheet. The four directors that went out by rotation were Mr. W. Morley, Mr. Charles Jennings, Mr. Francis Carvill, and Mr. Hugh Dalzell ; of these gentlemen Mr. Morley and Mr. Dalzell were re-elected, and in the room of Mr. Jennings and Mr. Caryl'', Mr. R Robert A. iddle and Mr. Lewis Crumble were , elected directors. Mr. W. Spaekman was elected one of the auditots in the room of Mr. George Scott. On the motion of Mr. SFACKMAN, seconded by Mr. SAMUELS, a resolution was unanimously carried, to the effect that the directors should call an extraor dinary meeting for the purpose of adopting some measures to reduce the number of the directors from thirteen to eight. Resolutions to the following effect were also pro posed and carried : That it is the opinion of this meeting that all calls up to 71. a share ought to be paid forthwith, in order that the works might be proceeded with.—That in all cases of default in the payment of calls, the shares be forfeited and sold for the benefit of the company, but that the shareholders who have paid 71. should not have the payment of such calls enforced against them by proceedings at law. Thanks were then voted to the Noble Chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. HOP INTELLIGENCE. BATTLE.—The hops for this last week have made rapid progress towards the perfection that is required of them ; they have done wonders, and in appearance they intend growing out to a full size, and with another week of quiet weather we may expect 15 cwt. to the acre on the best lands. The new planted hop ground has taken well this year in this district. EAsTaoATimy:—The hops in this district are pro gressing most favourably, with every probability, as far as present appearances go, of producing a fair average crop. FLETCHING.—The hops are very uneven in this parish, consequently an average can scarcely be cal culated on. The wheht and oats are quite an average crop, and some farmers have quite finished harvest. A few wet days would be of great service to the turnips, &c. HERSTMONCEUX.—The weather during the past week having been favourable for the hops, we have to report that they have improved since our last ; we do not expect to get a large crop, but we think quite an average one. MAYFIELD. — There is a slight improvement in the hops this last week, but the progress slowly ; the bine that has been least injured by the attack of ver min looks full of hop, but they are small, generally. We shall have nothing like the last year's crop. NINFIBLD.—The hops in this parish, and we may say in this neighbourhood, still continue to improve ; they look well and healthy , and there is every ap pearance at present of a fair crop. R O THERTIELD.—The hops are growing well, making the greatest po ssible improvement in the best grounds. RTE.—The hops generally in this neighbourhood are progressing very favourably, and it is anticipated that some plantations will produce quite an average growth. On the other hand, there are some patches where they will fall very far short unless a surprising change takes place. ADHURST.—The hops continue to progress in our best plantations, and we may say bid well for a fair crop ; but still the opinion is, that the duty is let too light. Since our last report we have had some ram, and that has done some little good to our blighted grounds.—Sussex Advertiser. FOREIGN FUNDS. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, AUGUST 17, 5 per Cent. Metalliques• •• • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • 106 4 per Cent. ditto ••••• • • • • • •••• • - • • 964 3 per Cent. ditto• • • • • • • • • • • • Gfty„ Loan, 1834 • • • • • • • • •• • • • • .............. 155 Ditto, 1839 .• •• .• .. • • • ..... 121 Bank Shares •• ••••• • • • • • ........... 1598 Estarhazy's Loan ........ . • ........... 61% RAILWAYS. 1 1 6 0 8: 9 121 Oldenburg Pesth Bridge .. • • .• •••• • • • • —.... „ Apeuninen .• • • •• •• .....• ••• • • ..• • • 94% DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 24. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.... •••• • • • 56 56% Ditto, 3 per Cent • • ••• • • • 68% 69 Ditto, 4 per Cent.• ••••••••• • • • • • • • • 88 88% Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent • • ..... ••• Commercial Company', 4% par Cent •• 169% 169% East India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • • • Exchange on London, at sight .. •• • 12 05 Two months... • • ..... ..... 11 92 On liamburgh, at sight •• • • 3 5 50 Two months.• ••••••• •• • • • • 35 12 On Paris • •••••••• •• •• • • 57 06 50 Two months. •• •• •••• •••• •• 56 BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussExs, Anousr 23. Actual Debt, 23% per Cent •••• • • • • • R o thschild's Loan, Five per Cent ••.••• •• Loan of Thirty Millions , Four par Cent • ... Ditto Three per Cent.. • • :• •• •• . • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions , ditto ••• • • • Ditto,ditto,lB4o.• •• • • ••••• • • • • • •• • 96 74 Ditto,ditto,lB42 ... ••• • • • ..... •• 98%, Ditto, 1844... •••••• • • • • • • •• •• • 94% Ditto, 1836....... ••••• • • • .• .• .• •• Ditto, 1838 .• .• • • • 68 Ditto of the City, 1832 •• .• •• •• ••• • • 99% Ditto, 1843 .• ••••••• • •• •• • • •••• •••• • • 96% Bank of Belgium ••• • .. •••..• • .. • • •• • • 85 437tissels Papers. Aug. 24. Um AT HORSELTDOWN. — Yesterday morning a firs t, nearly attended with destruction of immense pro pe, tty, broke out on board the Sapphire, of Glasgow, a tri iding vessel, lying off Mark Brown's Wharf, Horsely. do wn. It appears that the vessel had the day before re ached the pool with a very extensive cargo of hemp au d tallow from St. Petersburgh. The crew having made evory arrangement for the discharge of the goods, they proceeded to draw up several bales of hemp by the means of a crane on the wharf, and while they were rai sing one, which weighed upwards of a ton, a spark fro in the galley fire flew into some portion of the hemp which instantly became ignited, creating fears that the vessel would be destroyed, means were instantly adopted to sling the burning mass from the deck on the wharf, which was successfully carried into effect. In the mean dame messengers were sent to the various fire-engine stations, when the engines from Tooley-street and Sos athwara-bridge-road were speedily on the spot, but flat it services were not required, the fire having. been confined to the destruction of the hemp, and some injury to the vessel and wharf b y fire and water. The gre ferixs at one time were entertained of the destruction of wharf, which , it , seems, contains a great q uantity of pv)perty of a most inflammable nature. anchester Gr - S T ABBING AT SALTO/M.—The Mua dian records co less than three cases of stabbing in one d,s y at Salford, the first beirg that of a John Ilasss•r, who, in a fit of anger, stabbed his wife in the forehead wisJl a carving-knife. On a constable endeavouring to tat :e him into custody, he endeavoured to stab him also, but; was finally secured. The second case arose trout a ifaniily dispute between two brothers, when William lie-- son: stabbed his brother John in the rm. the last ca The brother has refused to appear against him. In se the offonder was a woman, of the name of Bridget Mortimer, tvho wounded another woman, of the name of Sutcliffe, .pith a penknife. They had been drinking together, and an impro- M or timer accused the other woman of having per intimacy wi th her (Mortimer's) husband. In neither cases were the wounds of a serious nature, but the par lies have been imprisoned. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—It seems that 115 public Acts were passed in the late session, and 297 local and persona l Acts, in which cla ss are included railwa y Acts. ithere were, besides, a few Acts of a private nature, re la tin to individuals. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. The following circular has been issued by the Li beral Registration tion to the supporters of the four Libend canOriates at the late election : " Dear Sir,--IVe hove been especially requested by Lord John Rus.!k.il, Mr. Pattison, Sir George Larpent, and Baron Lionel de Rothschild, to return you their most cordial acknowledgments for the sup port which, through you'r. vote and interest, the Li beral cause has' rt-c&ived at the recent election for the city of London; ••• r‘ It will he satisfactory to the members of this Association to knOW, in . confirmation of their report to the general body of the electors, that even accord ing to the official returns, the average majority of the four Liberal over the four Tory candidates, was 1,479, independently of '.513 votes g i ven f or Mr. Payne; while the polling 'for Messrs. Pattison and Bevan, the only genuine test of the relative strength of the parties, exhibits a Liberal majority of 1,762. " The committee entertain a lively sense of the great share which the unparalleled exertions and un wearied zeal of the general body of the Liberal ' electors had in realising the present triumphant re sult ; and whilst they conceive it to be their duty to express a strong conviction that the fourth seat be longs in point of . fact to the Liberal party, they are most anxious to join their personal congratulations with the sincere. thanks of the four Liberal candi dates to you, and to our friends, individually and col lectively, for your efficient services in the promotion of those principles of progressive legislation which have received such valuable corroboration in the pro cess of this great effort to secure the ascendancy of the cause of civil, religious, and commercial liberty. —We remain, dear sir, your obliged and faithful servants, " JOHN ADEL SMITH. " THOMSON HANKEY, jun. l Deputy Chairmen. " P. A. TAYLOR, " J.• J. TRAVERS, "W. HAWES, • • Business Committee. " W. J. HALL, " ARTHUR PATTISON, " SIDNEY SMITH, Secretary. " GEORGE LEDGER, Jun., Assistant Secretary." STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, AUG. 24.—The state of our ratlike continues as unsatisfactory as• ever. There is ade mand of low water twist for the Mediterranean, and for home consumption i but it is supplied generally at prices a shade below those of last week. In the goods market there is a fair business doing in the lower qualities of printing cloth; and some 40-inch shirt logs have also been taken for the same purpose ; but other descriptions of cloth are neglected, and price, continue greatly depressed. The accounts from India continue very unfavourable ; the rate of interest there being very high, and English manufactures in very limited demand. The nun arrival of the mail from China also tends to increase the prevailing depres sion ; many parties fearing that the non-arrival of the steamer at Point-de- Galle was caused by her deten tion at Canton, in consequence of some further dis turbances there. • . • Some sensation has' been caused here by the stop• page of the long-established and well-known house of Castellain and Co., of London and Liverpool, which has been . brought down by the previous failure of Fraser and Co., of Antwerp. We are not aware that the first-named failure will at all affect this tpwn. . T e following review of the Manche s t er market for ..he last fortnight •is taken f ro m Messrs. Gibson, Or , and Co.'s semi-monthly overland circular:— " We have to report 'a month of great depression in the cotton district, accompanied by a greater amount of gloom end apprehension than we have, perhaps, at any former period, been subjected to. During the months of April and May, when prices of food of every description were high, and gold was being carried out of the country, it was apparent to all that money must be dear and difficult to obtain, but now that bread stuffs are little more than one half of their then value, with every pros pect of a still lower scale of prices, it does appear incom prehensible that money should only be obtainable at the most exorbitant rates. The minimum rate of the Bank of England for short dated piper is now 5i per cent., and out of doors three to six months bills cannot be dis• counted under 6i to 8 per cent. The extensive failures which have taken .place in the corn trade, together with the French loan, have tended, no doubt, to produce a greater stringency on the part of the Bank, but with the abundant crops gathered on the continent, and the almost certainty of an equally abundant harvest in this country,, the natural expectation has been that such a transition from scarcity to plenty would produce a re turn of confidence, and cause trade to flow through its accustomed channels. Such, however, has unfortunately not been the case, but the very opposite, and had we in anticipation a partial failure of our crops, we could hardly be in a worse position than we are at the pre sent moment; nor can it be expected that under such a pressure for money, the foreign merchant will come under fresh engagements, or the manufacturer continue to produce to a heavy loss. The tendency therefore clearly is on the one hand, to curtail exports and thus increase the balance of trade against us, and on the other to throw a large mass of people out of employment. " The course of the exchanges has not varied mate rially during the month, the rate from New York, by the steamers of the Ist instant, was slightly more unfavour able, but this will have been corrected ere now by the receipt of tidings of the great fall in bread stuffs which had taken place, and still further by the large amount of bills gone, and to go back, under protest. We think it quite probable that on the arrival of the steamer which sailed hence on Thursday, that the rate will advance to 8 or 9 per cent. premium, and that shipments of specie are much more likely to be made to, than from, this country. Our letters by the above-named vessel give a most favourable report of the state of trade generally — the autumu bus.uess had commenced vigorously, ann large sales of Blitish goods had been ( ffected. Th. failures which most take place there amongst the dealer: and speculators iu grain will not materially affect the trade in manufactured goods, as the great consumers wil have reaped the full benefit of the high prices which ha‘, ruled fur their sgricultuial produce. The sa es 01 the past mitith in 40 inch shirting: have been mast insignificant—scar cely a transaction ha. transpired, sad we, consequently, quote prices as nomi nal. The stocks of low re, cis are small, whilst of 6b and 72 reeds they are very heavy. 9 8 shirtiegs have had some little inquiry, and sates made, in some cases at a slight reduction from our present quotations. 7-S printing cloths, in the lower qualities, have been take,. off pretty regularly at the prices of last month, but the better descriptions are ail but unsaleable. Madspolams continue neglected. Grey Jaconetts are in moderate request. Fur white eambries and Jaconetts the demand of last month has been continued, and for fancy muslins we have experienced a more ready sale than for some time past. Domestics have given way somewhat in price, which has tended to increase transactions in them. Long cloths are in moderate request. Fustians continue much neglected—stocks very heavy. " YARNS.—This branch of our trade has fully parti cipated in the general depression prices have, all through the month, been declining, and now sales can only he effected at a decline fr o m the ruinousl y low rates quot. d." ROCHDALE, AUGUST 23.—There has been deci dedly a stiller market to-day than on the two previous Mondays. This last week being the wakes, fewer pieces have been offered, and there has been a rather thin attendance of buyers. There is very little change in the wool market. The dealers are desirous to sell, but the manufacturers purchase sparingly at last week's prices. HALIFAX, AUG. 21.—There is no change for the better in the demand for lastings or datnasks ; and the business of our piece hall continues exceedingly dull. There is a slight improvement in the demand for yarn, and a tone of greater confidence prevails ; but as yet it has not produced any advance of price. As to long wool, there is a much better choice in the warehouse, and the staplers are free sellers. Short wools remain firm ; and the amount of business is restricted by the smallness of production. HUDDERSFIELD, AUG. 24.—There is rather more business doing to-day, and a fair attendance of foreign and home buyers ; but the principal transactions have been in job lots. Considering the advanced state of the season, the orders received by the warehouses have been satisfactory. i LEEDS, AUG. 24.—We had last Saturday a v er fair business done at our clo th hall ; but to• d scarcely market r market has been flat. - The fac t is, there Is stitirictlby e anything bought, except to definite r _h er the supplies, trifling regular demand se ems to keep pace w o it for stocks are , . on the whole, very d. in menu hands.—Manchester Guar tan. f a cturers' ______--------ree,— ------2 -- --_ _ ._--- BesiNESS.—There is a talk INTO THE SAME GOING the Flee of turning building in London better adapted There could not b h e a Fleet prison into baths and washbouses. prison having been so many years a for this purpose, t I' AL FIGHT BETWEEN an infri A , T iest, sponging- hous(2,,on e th p e very largest scale.— Punch. THE LATE Two BOY S.— wa , s held at the Oil Commodore , public-house, Poplar,before Mr. William Iligh-streit, s• death of a boy Il :lint d John May 13,:ker, respecting the Yesterday Harris, w ho died on Thursday from injuries received in a fight with a boy named Hobert Anty. On Saturday tour men named Joseph Johnson, Joseph Carter, \‘ il liam Newson, and William Aiger, were charged at the Thames Police-court, with being pre , ent and abetting the fight. Evidence was adduced at considerable length detailing the circumstances of the tight, and the coroner stating that the case was serious and required a full in vestigation, the inquest w as adjt.urned to Friday. THE WESTMINSTER 110SPITAL.—Yesterday a meeting of the Governors and Committee of the above Hospital was held in the Board-room for the transaction of general business. The report fur the past year stated that the above ho s pital, fo un d e d 129 years since, was. it the first established of its kind, and during that period it s has extended relief to more than 335,00 0 poor patients. The number of in-patients has progressed anniva,lih s and 'I f 771 to 1,646. During the past year 5,946 accd urgent cases had been relieved. in New York, a At a meeting of coloured people letter of condolence committee was appointed to wri p te ah a i,i 0 'Connell, and a to the family of the late -_,. M e r tlect, " That in the death resolution was passed to the and oppressed in the of Mr. O'Connell, the enslavede lost one of their warmest I United States of America IT frieLds and ablest advocates. ~~~ I ~ +1;.•1 'o\ ?I