The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-08 00:00:00

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The h otel, which stands upon a commanding position Close to the new pier, is built with the view of accom i? thedating continental trav e ll ers an d f am ili e s sojourning town- The r ooms are spac i ous an d elegantly fur nished,„and everythin g appears t o b e d one t o promote the Comfort of visitors. There are sitting rooms and bed room s en suite on every floor, billiard rooms, sa l oons , 4 411 coffee rooms, baths, and all the other appurtenances o f a first-class establishment. There are upwards of 80 sleeping apartments, and the building is calculated to e)7 e . /i odate nearly 200. Th e c h arges , we un derstand, ... 4 been fixed b y t h e company, and are in every respec t ta v ilar to those of the Pavilion Hotel, at Folkestone. At flee o'clock a very elegant entertainment was served the coffee room, covers being laid for 140 guests. 4 1 1 ° chair was taken by Mr. James Macgregor, M.P., cla n of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and am ong the gentlemen present were—Mr. Rice, M.P., Waddington, M.P Mr. Whatman, M.P., Sir James Duke M.P., Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. Lee, (IL." Sir J. Ande rson , M.P., Mr. Renshaw (Deputy C h airman of the Company), Colonel Whitty (Corn 41anclant of the Castle), Sir Norton Knatchbull, Sir 40°11n Kirkland, t h e M ayor o f D over , th e M a y or o f Canterbury, Mr. M. Young, Mr. Finnigan, &c., &c. , 3 -r- Hark er, f rom London, off i c i ate d w i t h hi s usua l ability as toastmaster. After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had been disposed of et Ire every one The said—l now propose you should drink in solemn silenc e to the memory of a man for whom I am and present has felt the deepest reverence gratitude, and by whose will and permission this ho o ft atewas built—l spea k o f th a t illustrious hero, the • t. ,_ —°rd Ward en o f t h e Ci nque Po r ts, hi s Grace the i h `"`e of Welli ng t on. (H ear , h ear .) It i s one o f those s"'ldetits in my life which can never be forgotten by t u lle, that it was my good fortune to negotiate w i t h t h a t n . str i° ll B man, as th e re p rese ntative of the Wardens of thin Putt, for a sit e f or th e e l eg ant edifice in which we „ lassembled, and to arrange with him the design for R erection. But such a subject as the foundation of a an ° , llB e, though it is intended to provide a commodious an . hospitable abode or resting-place f , r visitors from nations is trivial, and sinks into total insignificance : When we speak o f the hero of a hundred fights , ..7 0 has con f erred such grea t benefits on the country Fieh ha s th e honour to claim him as one of its sons. roud, indeed, may the country be which gave birth to Shur Duke of Wellington. (Cheers.) I believe if he t o , anY particular attachment to one locality it was this . „n• The great duke loved Dover, not only from its t . 2zirnity to those places in which his fame was attained, 'it only because the compliment was paid to him of nia • • 0 only him Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports—an ffice previously held by Lord Liverpool and Mr. Pitt, r i d other distiguished individuals—but because he was °ved by the people of Dover, who appreciated his great I,lnalities and his eminent services. (Cheers.) I there toc)reL ask you, with all due reverence, to do honour his immortal fame. (Cheers.) Having had some oTrespondence with the illustrious warrior on the subject oh , r ailway management, I only give expression to an "non which I seriously entertain, when I say there 4 not a ra il way manager in Englan d w h o ma y no t pro -1337 his suggestions upon those points to which his attention was particularly directed. So great, indeed, Zae his talent, that there was no subject so small which e would n o t take u and deal with successfully —none 80 larg e w hi ch his c p olossal intellect could not grapple With effectually. On all matters of import ance he gave directions 'regions which none but a master - mind could im p art. g ear, bear.) T heiir company then drunk in solem!! silence to "The Au.ernery of the late Illustrious Duke. The C HAIRMAN nex t proposed "The Governor- General of India, the present Lord Warden, and the Assistant Wardens of Dover." He said—lt would ill 1)e .„ come me to ask you to drink the heal th of Lord Dal housie, a nobleman whom I may venture to speak of as a friend, w ith ou t passing some eulogium on his charac ter and con d uc t. It will be in the recollection of all Present that he held a most important office in England, that of the President of the Board of were then Trade, and all questions relating to railway extension re ferred to him by the Legislature, and the re p orts which be made have been referred to constantly, from 1844 and 1845 up to the present time, as containing the best counsel which has ever been offered to the country on that important su • bkct I regret that his enlightened and comprehensive views were not carried out, for if they had, I believe a great benefit would have been con ferred on the country. I hope, however, that the time has now arrived for considering the subject of railway extension in the spirit recommended by Lord Dalhousie, and that Parliament will at length recognise the wisdom of his recommendations. (Hear.) I have always looked upon railway extension as a kind of philosopher's Stone, and it is unfortunate that it has not received the attention it deserves. (Hear, hear.) speak with no disrespect of those hon. members who ft,,,_nstituted the committees of the House of Commons. When a subject so important and extensive was referred t " ) numerous committees, not acting in conce"rt, why, t he natural result was that they arrived at different °Pinions. I thought it was only due to Lord Dalhousie, 4 " that he is so great a distance from this country , to S ay the se f ew words as to the services which be has t endered in regard to railways, and to congratulate him thou his brilliant career in India. While char g ed the govern ment of that vast territory he met with no mischance. All he has done been a tt en d e d with success, and he has raised Z lB cha rac t er as th e re p res entative of ag e r n ea e t :nriarch t o t h e hi g h es t pit c h of human excellence. believe that his conduct has given entire satisfaction the country, and I have no doubt, when he returns enle, he will h o ld some of the most important offices Ilt he State. (Hear.) Lord Dalhousie is a man in 1 , °in th e nation may well place co nfidence, for he is 13 1 5 Partisan, and looks to the conscientious discharge of (l utY as the polar star which should guide him in all e U ndertakes. (Cheers.) s a ' rile toast, with which was coupled the name of the Yoe of Dover, one of the assistants, was drunk in a o utpr. The MAYOR briefly returned thanks. f • T he CHAIRMAN gave the healthy of the two Members 1 1 °1.11/ ever, Mr. Rice, M.P. and Lord Chelsea, M.P. °ll Ol Mr. Rice was of different politics to himself, he mu st do him the justice to say that he was a most useful me mber of Parliament. He (the chairman) had been a member of the House of Commons but a short period, of ilt , 3 he had seen enough to know that the fullest freedom o o di scussion prevailed there, and that every one had an thirrtunity of rebutting arguments and condemning ! t ies which he believed to be unsound or absurd. Iv ' l3 (the ch a i rman ) a d voca ted principles at variance Ith the politics of the Government, he gave them the Z h eat credi t f or hav i ng the goo d o f t h e coun t r y at heart, d for the sincerity of their opinions. He could not but °admire the commanding abilities and convincing eloquence to th t he Chancell or o f th e E x chequer. Nor could he fail of eel th e f orce of the power f u l an d e ff ec ti ve s peeches la at prince of bottle-holders, Lord Palmerston. (A 4tt,, 11 1 1 ) Who, he should like to know, would attempt such men as these in the house ? (Hear.) He the not refrain from mentioning also Mr. Walpole , and late Secretary for the Home Department, an able sp m. nlost accomplished man, who was universally re tlo.-"ed• It was impossible to sit and listen to the e f e individuals he had named without being most by r-e b et lY convinced that what they said was dictated Pre t b - n elr ,°wn consciences, and that they supported or hes'" Be a nothing which they were not satisfied was for the common weal. (Cheers.) n - he toast havi • g been responded to, vr ▪ RICE returned thanks on behalf of himself and 11018oel.3unt Chelsea, who was absent. From what the the",,, eh airman had said he was almost led to hope that e j• lence of the Government benches had made an ‘0 13 : -- rn upon his mind. (Laughter.) As to the let t ; Which he represented in conjunction w ith his col thar,e,' he thou g ht it must be appar ent to every one eau e ""e fact of it s b e i ng the great point of communi ng with the con ti nen t mus t always make it a place °n' P°r tanee. Great improvements s ere now the going "tr o „, e harb our , an d w h en th e y were completed it b ear d be one of the finest harbours in the world. ,Hear, giv en ' ) He recollected perfectly well the festival which was The itiocelebrate the opening of the South- Eastern line. that e t , a uMan of the company at that period declared e ati ,„_4e line would become the great link of communi eitn with the Continent, and that prophecy was re toe:Uand .k•with loud cheers, not only by our own country ut b y many foreigners who graced the meeting, the Nr. Rice) was most anxious t o b e p res ent at 4eoThr,, t nng of thi s h o t e l, b ecause th e f act o f t h e i r as toola mg for such a purpose was th e best tribute they the the truth and justice of the observation of 'W I . airn lan made on the occasion to which he referred. Dyer 11 his recollection of Dover, a boat used to cross t ° Ca • - lam, in which six unfortunate t passengers were et ibbed lo o , e eabined, and confined," and which occupied tiger Period in the pass age across th e c h anne l th an nrid ge tow suffice to bring the traveller from London- Zlrne vs :___ P aris- He had no d ou b t th e t i me wou ld ye t E aster excursionists nacursio n i s t s wou ld take tickets at the South 'hat Ra ilway station t o f ran k th em to P e ki n, an d 'Wit h ~ ° e should see numbers of small-eyed men in Dover s ir isr-Cheek bones and long tails. (Laughter.) th e _._?vrorf KNATcHnIILL proposed " Prosperity to Eastern ° LI , Warden Hotel and its Proprietors, the So-uth hopethatilatilway Company," and expressed a confident sp erit tukey might look forward to the ulti t b ead I f the un ertakmg, or they possessed at the d • f ma pro xperie2_ a gentleman not only of great ability and ca rry 4. 4 %3, but one who had a strong determination to be e r f I. ° __ a e nccessful issue whatever he deemed would 'h en „7 4 11t to the company. He recollected the time 1 110 at c o " .. " Wardens of the Cinque Ports invited the late and thous Duke of Wellington to an entertainment, to rd il k he (Sir N. Knatchbull) could not now say, 4 4 , 040) 1 1 3 11gham did on that occasion, that they were do honour to a great man, still he did THE SUN', LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858. misrepresentation or wilful injustice. On the contrary, the Press endeavoured to do its duty, fearlessly and to the best of its ability. Its purpose was to expound the truth, and nothing but the truth, and in so doing it appealed to a discerning and an independent people. The toast of the " Ladies" wound up the entertain ment, which, we may add, passed off with the greatest eclat. A professional company of vocalists enlivened the proceedings by singing some excellent songs and glees, in the intervals between the speeches. MUSIC. BY ELIZA COOK. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) "The man who hath not music in hie soul ;" but non sense,—where is the man whose soul is entirely without it ? It is true that we have known two upright animals in the course of our life who appeared perfectly deaf to the influence of " sweet sounds, —who pronounced music to be an insufferable " noise," and invariably told their daughters, in a very snappy manner, to "leave off sing ing ; ' but then neither of these worthies could merit the name of man in its full sense ; they were coarse, hard, rude pieces of human granite, whose very voice was an infliction to a moderately-attuned ear, and whose uncouth guffaw laugh made decent surroundings dumb. Such as these are the exceptions to humanity, thank Heaven ! We have also known a very gifted and intellectual young man who once seriously declared to us that he could find music in omnibus wheels. We have a secret sus picion that a certain interesting young lady used to step out of one of these vehicles rather frequently on a visit to his sister, and that Cupid had rosined the wheels which played so pleasantly on the fiddle-strings of his heart. Yet we could not help respecting the exquisite benevolence of ear which, under any cir cumstances, could detect melodious breathings in rnmbling " Waterloos " and rattling " Favourites," and always held this young man as a balance against the brace of soulless individuals just alluded to. But in the average of biped creation, who does not entertain some spark of affection for " music ?" We should like to know where the being can be found who has not attempted, in his or her lifetime, some musical instrument. Be it recollected that exquisite cremonas, rosewood horizontals, brazen-faced bugles, silver trimmed flutes, richly-decked harps, and the long list of legitimate orchestral agents, are not the only sources that develop the strong and innate love of harmony which pervades mankind. It would be false and ridicu lous to assert that the natural love of food can only be exhibited towards artistically-wrought dishes and stall fed sirloins, and it would be equally so to declare that the love of music can only be testified by execution on ivory keys and mystic strings. The dirty, shoeless urchin in the courts of St. Giles's never heard of a "gamut," and the names of Handel and Beethoven are as foreign to him as the mines of Golconda ; yet we may see him carefully selecting a halfpenny Jew's-harp, exa mining its tongue with scrutinizing intensity, and fitting it to his teeth with as ready an aptitude as Paganini when he shouldered his magic violin. Away he goes, pouring his whole energy of hands and breath into the melody of Sich, a Giffin.' Upstairs. He may be elbowed into the kennel, or jostled against the wall, but he is not to be diverted from his study ; mouth, Jew's-harp, and finger, form an indissoluble trinity, and it is a query whether he would not play on if London were in flames, as Nero did while the seven-hilled capitol was blazing. The boy is poor even to hunger, ragged even to semi-nudity, ignorant even to barbarity, yet the universal and imperishable essence flings its sparks from the rough crucible : there is "music in his soul." We often stand in the sweet spring time with watch ful eyes at the corner of some " Mews," when the fresh bundles of green-meat, smelling of clover-bloom and daisy-roots, are pitched down in refreshing plenty. We see a tribe of young vagabonds gather round with the sly caution of felonious intent, as eager and stealthy in their purpose as jackals about a carcase. What is it they want ? There are no concealed lollipops, no latent stores of battledores and peg-tops in those bundles. No ; but there are materials for " squeakers," and the emerald reeds once gained, are soon converted into " wind instruments," and the gang of youngsters into a most appalling horn band. It may be ad mitted that the notes elicited are about as pleasing to the well-organized ear as the curious chro matic scale sent forth by the sharpening of a saw ; never theless, there may be some " Kcenigs" and " Bau manns" in the crew, although their powers may ever be unknown to fame for lack of cultivation. They are happy in the production of a sound, harsh as it may be ; they are delighted with their own abominable attempts at harmony, and the outlandish too-tooing that issues from their fragile pipes serves to proclaim the mighty influence of " music." We hear the errand-boy chinking his home-made cas tanets with unceasing activity, while he whistles Rory O'illore with a shrill fulness that overpowers omnibus wheels. He goes through the Aurora Waltzes in a style that evinces he has paid some attention to the Pro menade Concerts, and has even picked up The Pollacca in I Puritani, with very fair accuracy. What does he know of bars and rests, of crotchets and minims ? No thing. Who taught him to accent the stroke of the castanets in just the proper place ? No one. The joyous spirit of nature has alone instructed him : " there is music in his soul." Look on the tribes of children "coming home from the fair," and who shall say that drums, fiddles, whistles, and trumpets are not in the ascendant ? The staring eyes of the happy wights have gazed wistfully on the gingerbread-stalls, where watches with real gold faces make time fly right merrily, and the rattle of crisp and cracking spice-nuts causes more excitement than the dice at Crockford's. They have lingered at the spots where a display of yellow swords, scarlet guns, plum-pudding horses, and rainbow-tinted waggons, have tempted them to break the tenth commandment most outrageously. Fat ladies, wonderful pigs, and astonishing dwarfs, have each in turn made strong impression on squandering propen sities ; but the pence and sixpences have withstood all attacks, until a most insinuating whistle or imposing trumpet inspires with irresistable desire of possession, and not all the coaxing entreaties of friends and rela tives, who naturally consider such things as household nuisances, can induce the little obstinate wretches to change their minds, and whole establishments are thrown into fits by extemporaneous fantasias performed by three separate members of a family, on three separate instruments, in three separate keys, and in three separate times ; but, despite of headaches produced by concertos on the drum, and misdirected letters caused by the im mediate vicinity of an incessantly-scraped tambourine— despite the St. Luke's tendency of such homage to Apollo, we never can find it in our hearts to whip the offenders, for they love the noise they make, and there is " music in their souls." We believe that music is born with us ; it is one of the ethereal agencies that spiritualize our coarser senses, and it forms one of the links of divinity. It is an uni versal essence, the power of which is bestowed in vary ing degrees of intensity, and experienced under very differing emotions. Like the nervous fluid, it has a secret and impenetrable action, and operates as strongly and as unequally. The same melody will affect a dozen distinct persons in a dozen distinct ways. The phlegmatic and the sensitive will each yield to the influ ence of a fine National Song ; but while the first expe riences a merely strong stimulant of unusual excitement and vulgar patriotism, the latter will be affected to an aching of thrilling sense and enthusiastic delight. The Highlander, whose fresh mountain nature is incorporated with the pibroch and reel, moves very differently to the strain of Tulloch, Gorum, compared to the Almacks gentleman, who listens to the measure as he would to a single knock at his hall-door. Yet music is recognised by all of woman born as something at once mighty and impalpable, and the acute sympathy with it lies so near the surface in many bosoms, that an old fiddler can make an instantaneous and peremptory demand upon it. Let him strike up a merry and popular tune. It is enough : faces grow brighter, feet become affected with involuntary twitchings—heads are inclined to in dulge in most significant " nods and becks," and the rising steam of exhilarating joy finds a safety-valve in " hands four round, down the middle, and up again." We have seen an old woman of eighty-four get so ex cited under the application of Money Music that her white hair and rheumatics were at last entirely forgotten, and she was found tripping it away with the youngest, and even indulging now and then with an extra pirouette. She certainly did seem a little ashamed when the dance was over, and sneaked quietly into the nighest arm-chair ; but as soon as ever she found sufficient breath, she roundly and amply justified "making a fool of herself" by laying it all torthe music ;" anu what do you think, gentle reader, of a respectable retired naval officer, whose best leg was his wooden one, and whose sense of decorum was a pro verb among his friends—what do you think, we say, of this gentleman rushing into the thick of Sir Roger de Coverley on the pretence that the pretty girl at the piano played so capitally that " he could notstand it any longer.". We honoured them both for the bit of " spon aneous combustion," and thought the " music in their soul" among their most valuable possessions. We remember once undertaking the care of an infant nephew for an hour, and by dint of letting him pull down the scarlet bell-ropes, giving him a valuable chim ney ornament to break, and talking to him about all matters which we are supposed to be capable of under standing at ten months, we kept him tolerably still until a young visitor went to the ivory keys and played divers quadrilles and polkas. Our nephew immediately turned into a very solid sort of quicksilver : he wriggled, he jerked, he bolted up, he plumped down, he flung out to the right, then as suddenly sprung to the left ; he chuckled while he put his doubled fist in our eye, and screamed with delight when he all but went over our shoulder. His aspiration toward the ceiling was alarm ing, and we found ourselves embodying all the purposes of a straight-jacket. The child had " music in his soul ;" but we took care never to preserve that soul within our arms again while its music was actively de veloped. And what a power of music there is in the soul of that clever old lady, Dame Nature ! What a glorious Aolian harp she manages to make between the strings of the mountain pine -stems and the storm-gusts of the north wind. How admirably she marks the "forte " and " diminuendo" passages ; how judiciously she softens the " breves" of bass, and how tenderly she arranges the rapid chromatics in the treble, while the dark-plumed dancers bend to the tones in perfect and stately measure. Now she indulges in a plaintive wail, and anon she bursts on the ear with a triumphal march. Mendelssohn must surely have taken lessons on this grand wind-harp. Take up that fair-skinned sea-shell, with its lips so delicately rouged, and hear what a sweet murmur i ng ditty those lips are giving. We imagine it is some na tive echo which it learnt in the crystal chambers of the Syrens, while it rested there once on a coral ottoman, o we brought away the ghost of a rich melody the first time we went to " Her Majesty's Theatre." Put your ear close ; what do the pink lips tell ? Of a wandering breath of mysterious love From the caverns below to the planets above. There, put it gently back again between the orange star fish and bright blue muscle : they may miss their dainty ballad-singer, for aught we know, and make a complaint to the great orchestral director, touching our wanton derangement of his band. Just listen to the " big waters" when they are " ele vated" under the influence of a strong draught of " nor'- east." Hear those billows come galloping on, with their white manes flying like a troop of wild sea-houses. What a magnificent bass they make as they dash over the green rocks, and roar in the face of the iron cliffs. What a " stunning" reunion is got up when Neptune quarrels with Boreas ; when the conch-horns of the Tritons peal through the sparry caverns, and the yelling laughter of the Nereids rings over the deep-mouthed din of ocean strife. Listen, we say, to the music in the soul of the big waters, and be mute with wonder. Let Lablache hang his head in jealous mortification ; that breaking wave beats his superb voice into a penny trumpet ; but we admit that it would be awkward to introduce such a singer on the boards, for no manager would desire such an " overflowing" house as it would certainly produce. See yonder in the east—that thickening leaden cloud. It is nothing but a swelling scroll of music arranged for the clever old lady's double drum ; and all the " boys" in the crack regiments put together cannot handle the sticks as she can. Let the electric message be once sent, and listen to the grand " roll" she will execute. See how the kings of the forest will lay down their arms, and the wild marauders of the jungle hold their peace, before the simple but sublime battle-music in Nature's soul. Let us sit beside the wimplin stream as it takes its lonely way through the briary wood, and mark what delicious harmony it makes with the help of pebbles, rushes, and lily-leaves, gentle and sweet, ever like an old-fashioned madrigal or one of the quaint love-strains sung by a melancholy ill-used Strephen in praise of a cruel Amarantha in the days of Dryads and shepherd's crooks. What an undying cadence it keeps : now sing ing rather boldly as it tumbles headlong over the rugged fragments of stone sprinkled here and there ; then mur muring with a persuasive gurgle as it creeps along under the blackberry's trailing limbs ; and whispering still more softly as it glides beside the lips of the convolvulus. Now it breaks out with a sort of plashing chorus over a fallen alder-trunk, as if the broken bubbles were each uttering a lady-like and tuneful scream at the sudden shock received by their crystal systeth. 'Then off it hurries round that sedgy willow-shadowed corner, as merry and melodious as a laughing child. Sing on, sweet brooklet ; there is precious music in thy soul to soothe the sorrowful and charm the glad. Now listen to the Hullah society of feathered pupils in the orchards and valleys. There is not a tuning-fork among them ; every note is in a different "pitch," every measure is unequal, and yet the harmony is unbroken. The rook keeps " cawing' in most brasen and Billings gate-like style!; the robin whistles with a sort of conceited melancholy air ; the wood pigeon is quietly trying one little tune over and over again ; the cuckoo is doing the same ; the family of finches are all gabbling at once like ladies over a tea table or gentlemen after dinner ; the lark is playing his pipe as hard and as fast as he can ; the black-cap and the swift are doing their utmost to swell the melodious uproar ; and myriads of se lf-ta ug ht singers are each " practising" nobody knows how many " hours a day ;" yet the concord is perfect ; no out-of tune jar is heard, no confusion disturbs the dreamy lis tener. Flat, sharp, and natural are all in the ascendant at once ; but the swell of music falls arounds us without a false accentuation or a grating tone. How different is the human arrangement of Costa's band. Let Signor A's fiddle-string be a thought lower than Signor B's flute, and the consequences are serious. Let the large trumpet be a degree flatter than the little flute, or the triangle a point sharper than the cymbal, and the pit and grand tier would go into convulsions. Costa is a fine leader unquestionably, but he will never be able to keep his instrumentation as complete as the dear old lady Nature does. But perhaps we are tiring our readers by our love and admiration for such " wan dering minstrels." Our own attempt at a morsel of ex tempore prose may prove dull and weary ; and while oratlhpeairtrhoonusshezeittwo would d en b d e three we ar e conscioushalfpence tot that get our u s e ungrateful to weary them, and cause them to spend t more money by " giving us a penny to go into the next street." We will fling down our pen at once while we possess a chance of being supposed to have an echo of sweet music in our soul. STATE OF TRADE. (Prom the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) _ _ MANCHESTER, September 6. —The Africa's advices show that the decline in cotton at New York, occa sioned by the Arctic's intelligence, had been regained on the receipt of more favourable information to the 13th ultimo. In the south the yellow fever continued its ravages, which had reached Mobile and Natchez. The reports of the coming crop are very fa vourable. We extract the following from the advice of an eminent house at New Orleans :—" The most impor tant topic now is the coming crop, and we are pleased to be able to continue to congratulate our friends upon the favourable prospects generally. Two bales of the new crop have arrived—one from Texas on the 9th is of fair colour, fine and strong staple, and well matured— the other from this state on the 11th is failing in colour and deficient in staple, as if picked before mature. They are held at 15c. per lb., but no one appears disposed to make an offer for them." From the same firm, the fol lowing telegraphic statement was received at New York on the 23d August :—" The following private dis patch has been received by telegraph :—New Orleans, August 29th, 1853. Sales of cotton sum up for the week, ending to-day, 800 bales, with receipts during the same period of 600 bales. The excess of receipts at all the southern ports up to the latest dates amount to 195,000 bales, whilst those for France arel,Boo bales. The market is in a state of suspense in consequence of the prevailing epidemic. We quote to-day strict mid. 11c. The accounts from the country with regard to the growing crop continue favourable. Freights are firm at id. for Liverpool. Ex change is dull :we quote sterlin g to-day 9to 91- per cent." The state of the money market, and the renewed appre hensions regarding the Turkish question, a re felt in a somewhat more depres se d condit i on o f business both here and in Liverpool. Continues extremely dull ; and though the middling and better descriptions of Ameri can are still steady, the buyer has at least an advantage in choice. The lower qualities, together with Surats, are almost unsaleable, and have been bought, in some circumstances, slightly under the reduced rates of Friday last. Our own market is rather difficult to describe, so as to convey a correct impression of its condition at the moment. Sellers and buyers are very much perplexed by the circumstances just now operating upon business. On the one hand, not only does the difficulty of affect ing discounts tie up in a great degree the hands of ex porters, but the fulness of the principal foreign markets renders further shipments of ou r manufactures for the present unadvisable ; while there are reasons for believ ing that the monetary pressure may continue for some time. On the other hand, the country is felt to be in a sound state ; perhaps never so well prepared for encount ering the difficulties referred to ; producers have scarcely any stocks on hand, indeed are still in , possession of a fair amount of contracts ; and th e se causes of firmness are strengthened by an inc rease i n the cost of produc tion, which, in several departments, takes away all pro fit, in some leaves a loss, and i n a ll is a source of anxiety as to the future. Under these circumstances, buyers still act with extreme cautio n while producers be tray no particular anxiety to sell ; and the transactions of the day are altogether inconsiderable. As re gards prices, there is very little change as compared with this day week, not more than a slight turn in favour of buyers. Pincops, classed at 16's, are now id. down from the late highest prices, but they were then unduly run up by special causes. With this exception, yarns are practically found hardly to have receded more from that highest range than an average of id. per lb— some more, some less. We speak of single yarns from 50's downward ; doubled of most counts remain firm. A like inconsiderable change of value is seen in goods. Even those kinds which are prepared for India and China, though scarcely saleable, are remarkably steady, which, indeed, they may now well be as the cheapest articles in the market, and held by the strongest hands. Domestics, also, which involve a loss to the makers, are quite firm. ROCHDALE, Sept. s.—There has been a good demand for flannels, more especially for those made of th e l ower qualities of ; goods of a finer description have not been so much inquired after. Low-priced English wools are scarce, and better prices are asked for them. HALIFAX, Sept. 3. —The demand for worsted late ratesgoo d s ; any cha nge ry, a has not improved in our p i ece ha ll to - day ; and the sales, which have been limited, have chiefly con s i s t e d of mix in the quotations. t a u n r d es th o e f r l e o i w s n q e u t al tn it u y e . h withoutd Y ni a n r g ns in a w re os s l t , ead HUDDERSFIELD, Sept. 6.—The market has been very good to-day, though without any change to report, having been much the same for the last few weeks. The demand for seasonable goods still continues to exceed the supply, and the warehouses, during the week, have been doing a brisk winter trade. The m anufacturers are very busy, and have every prospect of being so for some time to come. EAST INDIAN IRON COMPANY.—At the meeting of the East Indian Iron Company held yesterday the report atband c the u ed. These which business presented by the directors was unanimously ca rr i e d. t sat s r d isatisfactorily conducted. ne gotiation with the Board of Control It was explained by. the chairman (Mr. Aglionby, M.P.) that the delay in bringing th e undertaking into active operation had been ca used by he lengthened i India house respecting a charter , a nd an extension of the pri vileges connected with the l ease o f the mineral distri c ts in eosfony con cluded, the directors, with the view of b r i ng i ng the com pany into profitable working , h ave determined upon arrangements having9f the now company been making a call of 2/. 10s. per share, a di v id en d o f 7 per cent. being stipulated to b e p ai d to thos e w h o supp l y the present capital before any dist ribution shall be made among the old proprietors, represented by deferred shares. The points principally discussed related to the large quantity of ore available exclusively for the com pany, its generally excellent quality, and the efficiency of the works at present in active operation, and it was stated that the extension of railway commun i ca ti on i n India, and the demand for shipments of iron to other markets, insured a degree of success, which would be increased by the improvements about to be introduced in the manufacture under the new management. At the close of the proceedings a pledge was given that if the call shall not be responded to on an adequate pro portion of shares, the directors will consult the pro prietors on the further steps it may be considered neces sary to adopt. St. St. 20 st. 10 6 12 121 I SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) Paid BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 'Aberdeen . lAyabg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour VP 11ey......... Birkenhd. Lanosh. & Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesh. d; Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., ...... Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian. Chester di Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ,Do. New ....... ....... 8i all LOO all 'East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.) , Do., (XlB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do. Do., E. & C. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. Juno_ Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do. , Thirds Laneasn. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding IJn , Leeds Northern ' 100 42 34 all all 100 Liv. Crsby. & So utbpt. London & Blackmail Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western ) Do. Fifths 100 100 47 17 all 100 4 17 all D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., ...... Lndndrry.&Colernie Lndndrry. & Ennisk. MAnch.Slief. &Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Ua. Midland . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle do Carlisle.. Newmarket............ 100 all 3A 100`' LN ih;. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Do., New...... ...... orthn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Dc., A Deferred i Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western 100 100 100 100 N. dr S. Westrn. June.` Oxford Worcester e4l Wolverhampton.., 1 Scottish Central Scottish Midland j all 100 all 15 Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon ..... South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0........... 100 all 100 5 100 all Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Doak and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath.... ..... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek ,West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledou&Oroydou Woodford ........ ....., York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. Closing Prices Yesterday. ... - - . 4 - 4i 9 -- 104 9 7d 19 - 21 3 - 2i ( 99 - 100 65 -65 i 20 - 21 18 - 19 2 - 31 p 8i - 9 - 5a - 4 13 - 134 47 - 49 ... - . ~ 34 -35 h Ti - 72 ii .7_ ii 27 . - li 'BO - 81 L 5l -52 129 - 131 108 - 110 85i- 86 7 - -- 7i 105 -- 107 17 -- 18 p 734 -- 74 5f -- 5 d 3f -- 3 d 144 -- 15 8 -- 8i 1 -- lip 100 -- 101 108/ -- 109 1 -- 1/p l_P 82 83 9 8 d 8— 7 d 11 - 13 18 20 23 25 —d 68 38, 40 r 55 - 68 4 --: 1 i ci 2i - 3 8 - 8i 51 - 53 •-• •• 3 • d 31a 32 8 10 1.00 100 100 100 all 100 Easiness done this day. 2 57 7i - d 14 2i p 46i —47 i 94 96 63 - 65 62 64 68 70 1i lidis 18 20 9 10 13 3 / 4 14 3 / 4 3 3 / 4 18 -- 20 d 68i 681 36 37 12 3 / 4 133/4 20 - 30 2. 31 15 15i 8 - 84 .30 - 32 9 - 10 674 684 8 74d - 2id 55 56 641 5 4a 131 13 4 716 79 1 8 0 130 29 85 4.1 72i 2 pm 1074 i 7 23 2i 661 6 z d 514 x d 46 5 67 i i 6 ad ad PREFERENCE SHARES. 68 7 xd ad 88 I ad 55 xd Aberdeen . l Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Bris. & Ex. 4 p. a. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 5i per oent Cork&Bandonsp.e DundeePerthdrAber deen Junction EastA nglian (310 s) 6 per cent. Do. (£5) 7 per cent.. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. et.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. Do., No. 2............. Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p.ets. Edinb. Prth. dtD undee 5i per cent........... Glasgow do S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. , Redeem. , at 10 p. c. pram Gt. Southn. dtWestn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westu. (Berke d. Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. di York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock._ London and:Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 0... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . Do. New Guar. 6p.c. London do S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color, A Shares .. ... LOndy. & Ennis. Sh Mar eh. ,Shef. , &Lin., Shares, No. 1...... 103 *i:os i 66! 19 -- 20 6k -- 6g 3f -- 4i 5 -- 54, - lP -- lip lft -- lip 14g -- 143 21 -- 214 li i lii r o. New, ' 2lo.. Do., £6. 25 - 127 1110 - 112 'Marypt. &Carl. 4 Do. 44 per cent,,,,,. Do .. • . ... Mid. Consol. 6 p. e. St Do. Consol. & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 4i per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon . _ - L 0 —l 7 Ol * d L5O 152 - 3i 10 - 11 131 - 14 . } 1 7 10t - 104 I - P 147 149 id IP 113 -115 x 117 120 115 - 117 24i -25 i 10i -- 114 $ 17i - 18 - 1p 14 --15 Pte -- P 251 -- 264 19 -- 20, Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 03.6 d. S.Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch id l 100 102 , 5 51 Par— }PI FOR] IGN. 14i pm Antwrp &Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besaon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension 149 k lia 13 -- 1 2 41 2 - 2f -24 d 4i -- 1 p 21 -- 2 P 1 -- id IGt. Indian Peninsula I Gd. Junct. of France 'Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref Luexembourg ... Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) ,Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs ] INorwegianTrnk Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Or l eals (Paris and Rouen ;Paris and Strasbourg 'Paris Caen& Cherbrg. . 1 Quebec Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre 'Sambre and Meuse Do. 6i per cent. pref. Southern of France 'Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref . Western of France West. of Switzerland New Zea1and......... 4 - 4 ii -- 14 il la d 74 29 10, all i - Ipl ... ''''... . 6i - 71 3 .. L iii t 4 -- 141 81 -- 9 171 -18 i 50 -- 51 44 -- 45 37 - 38 4 -- 5 20 - 2i, 9 -96 5 a. lar ._. --4 p 4 4§ 34 1 i 49i 27 7 91 10. 2 id 37i i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. PAILWAY3. Bnckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent._ Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby. Do. 4 Shares. Do. i Shares. Lou. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Northern and Basternsp.c. Do. 6 per et Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. &Wyre Leasing Compans. !L. dr N.W. ICaleclon... Gt.Northn Qt.Westn. Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N. Md Do Do S. Eastern IDo Norfolk Do Ln. &N. W & Stckton Darlingt. Midland St. 51 50 lli 100 100 18f Do. Shares. Roystn.&llit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearVallergt 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrst Closing Prices Yesterday. 103 - 105 5 1i - 53 149 - 151 32 - 33 110 --111xd 55 -- 65 27 -- 28 144 -14 i 26 -- 27 96 98xd 3 - 3i .05i -106 i 63 - 65 E. Count Do L. &N. W &Ln&Yk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash.& Yorksh Kat Clean Stockt. & , Darling. Do t Gt.Westn. 147 - 149 147 - 149 ••• --- ••• li id 31 -32 E ‘lO2 - 103 BusineEs this day. nol ad 55 x d 27 x d xd MINES. 1 all Agtut Fria ..... ..... - liP 10s. all Anglo Californian 3— i P 10 2 Australasian li 4 d 20 6 Australian . . ... . - 3 , 1 all Australian Cordillera 3 1 11 , . 1 all Australian Freehold. g di ll 1 all Ave Maria 4 di i 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of ; t dia— par 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 —id i 20 13.5'British Iron 7 9 35 243 Brazilianlmp.(issned at £5 pm 3 - 44 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 34 1 4 Carsons's Creek i- d pa/ 40 all Cobra Copper 44 —45 5 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo lO3 113 Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 —65 64 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 63 —74 p' 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 24 lid 20 all General l4 —l6 2 all Great Nugget Vein.— 4_ 4 P 2 4 4 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty 1 -- 4 d 1 all Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co i I 1 all Mariquita, 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 64 7 7 1 all New Granada d par 1 all Nouveau Monde l3 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock idis— p 50 all Rhymney Iron — ... 15 Do. New — .•• 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 3/ 4.' T 1 all South Australian...., 4d— par 10 7 Tin Croft ... ... ........ . 7 8 284 all United Mexican 44 44 1 all Waller g 4 d 1 all West Granada $ 4 d 1 all West Mariposa..,,,,,, g t d 1 all Yuba i i d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 74 76 40 all British Colonial Bank ... ... and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ... ... 61 4 20 2 Chrtd, Bnk.of India, Austral., and China 3 3 p 24 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. g gd 46 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd 4d— par 9i 20 15 London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia - - 2 p 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 100 20 Lond.andWestminst ... ... 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New — ••• 50 224 National of Ireland ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 491 50 10 all Do. New — ... 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co.. 4 d— pa 25 25 South Australia 4O a 0 25 all ( Union of Australia 64 —66 64i 24 Do. New 7 8 50 10 Union of London 40 all ( Union of Madrid 100 20 10 50 MISCELLANEOUS. 6 35 8 6 Rubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific.Mail Australis. Royal Mail Brit. American Laud Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace - ii We LT We (Crystal Pal. of Franco Eastern 5team....... Electric Tel. of Ire'. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam ,Trish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.... N. B. Australasia - i... Nrth . of EuropeStearr Peel Rr. lA. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co - ••• lf .- 2 p 6 - 1 p ••. id p 1 7 - B p 6 i i 2/ 2i a in Ii 1 - iii) in ir ii - 17 5 i 4 16i I think this was a great day in the annals of the country ; and he hoped that the inhabitants of Dover, and parti cularly those who were likely to be benefited by the establishment of the hotel—for there was room for all —would act in a spirit of friendship and cordiality, and try and pull together in order to promote the general interests of the town. The princely hospitality which they had extended to their friends on the present occa sion would be a sufficient guarantee for the liberal and efficient manner in which the establishment would be conducted for the future. (Hear.) The toast was responded to most enthusiastically. The CHAIRMAN—I feel greatly flattered by the man ner in which my hon. friend has spoken of the company, but at the same time the truth compels me to say, that we have endeavoured to do our best to promote the interests of the company, and to do justice to the pro prietors, and considering the magnitude of our interests and the complexity of our affairs, it is perhaps not asto nishing if we have not met every requirement, or worked out our resources to the extent we may have expected. I believe that the county of Kent is deeply indebted for its prosperity to the enterprise of the South-Eastern Rail way Company. (Hear). I may be permitted to say, as far as I myself am concerned, that the man who has the management of so large an undertaking, has no common labour to discharge. I envy not the individual who dares to say that he can produce results which will differ much from those we have presented to the public. On rietary of which, by the the one hand we ha ve a prop by, I am myself a striking emblem, which likes to wring all it can, from what after all is a somewhat ill- paying property- I confess lam one of those who participate in the disappointment that has been expressed as to the result which has attendedthe arduous labours of the ee t_ directors.an dwe have m doneon tshoe like th men—theer hd, w e w h a a n v t e s ho of thed to public, who say, "let not your dividends interfere with those enjoyments and that luxury and safety which we demand of you ;" and likewise be it remembered we have had to carry out a system which 10 years ago was in its infancy ; for at that time we were comparatively ignorant as to the exact arrangement and strength of platforms, and the proper construction of locomotives ; but there is one thing I can say without difficulty and without fear of contradiction, and it is this—that if, in praising the directors, my hon. friend alluded to their good intentions he has done them no more than justice, and has not over-estimated their deserts. The picture which he has presented to you in that respect is not one to which I find any difficulty in replying, for our intentions, have been most sincere and honest, our sole object being to advance the interest of the South- Eastern Railway. (Hear, hear,) My hon. friend has alluded to the advantage of having the co-operation of the inhabitants of Dover, where the Lord ViardenHotel is situated. Now it is gratifying to me to be able to state, that in spite of all competition—in spite of the vast stock of boats on the Thames—and, I will add, in spite of the town of Folkstone, which for some time has been looked upon here as a kind of bug-bear—the traffic to and from Dover has doubled during the last 10 years. (Hear, hear.) This fact no man can deny, for it is proved by evidence which has been adduced before the House of Commons. There can be no doubt that Dover has one most i m portant advant rage over all othe towns in the kingdom. It possesses, so to speak, the key to all the Continental traffic, for it is naturally the nearest point of approach to the continent. There is now a rail way, 365 miles in length, from Paris to Bordeaux, which is on the confines of Spain, and to this the town of Dover is the key. In a few days the Northern of France Rail way will be opened to Switzerland, vid Strasburg and Basle—a distance of 400 miles—and to this line also Dover will be the key. I may mention, also, that there is in the course of completion a line which will perfect the communication between Dover and Marseilles, only 100 miles remains to be constructed, and when that is done. that communication between the two ports will be immediate. (Hear.) lam quite satisfied that if we receive the prompt and ready assistance of the towns people, Dover will continue to retain the pre-eminent position which it now holds with regard to the conti nental traffic. That is a matter, however, which very much depends on the facilities which Dover chooses to give. (Hear, hear.) I regret, however, to be obliged to say that delays are interposed at Dover which a spirit of liberality might exclaim against. I allude to the difficulties which have been thrown in the way of forwarding luggage direct to London without examina tion by the Custom-house officers at Dover. (Hear, hear.) Notwithstanding the Lords of the Treasury and the Commissioners of Customs have given directions that the luggage of passengers from the continent might be examined at London, I have only heard of two in stances in which persons have been able to avail them selves of the privilege. (Hear.) Among the guests invited to this entertainment, was my hon. friend, Mr. James Wilson, the Secretary of the Treasury. A hope has been expressed that the arguments used by him and the rest of the Government may have had mime effect on my mind. (A laugh.) Now, I candidly confess they have had this effect upon me—they have convinced me of the sincerity of those who advanced them. (Hear.) For my friend, Mr. Wilson, I entertain the greatest respect. If he were now present, I might allude to him at greater length ; but this I will say, that he has ac complished a far more extens*.ve reform in the depart ment of the customs than has ever yet been effected in this country. He has relieved the Customs of those tedious forms and antiquated rules which were of no use whatever, for they only created delay and annoyance ; and if the authorities of Dover had only acted with the same spirit—for as many asloo clauses were passed in less than twenty minutes, so great was the attention and consideration the bill received before it was presented to the House of Commons—we might now boast of more satisfactory arrangements with regard to the luggage of passengers along the South-Eastern Railway. (Hear.) Let it be recollected that the baggage of passengers in the French boats which run from London, is examined during the voyage along the Thames, and that an im provement equally satisfactory has been effected relative to passengers arriving at Folkstone. It will, therefore, rather puzzle the public to find out a reason why an obstacle should be interposed at Dover to facilitating the traffic, especially as the company has received the co operation of the Customs and the cordial assent of ti?e Treasury. The result of such an arrangement as we propose is now to be seen at Folkestone. We have now tidal trains from London to Paris every day ; they per form the journey in ten hours, and the consequence is the hotels at Folkestone are so full that they are unable to accommodate all the visitors who arrive there. I have not the least hesitation in saying that if the authorities of Dover would come forward in a frank and liberal spirit, and afford the same facilities for traffic, the in crease in the number of passengers here would take place to a much larger extent. I may observe, in con clusion, that I never entertained the slightest doubt that the establishment of the Lord Warden Hotel would be the means of conferring a great benefit, and not, as some might suppose, an injury on the other hotels in the town. (Cheers.) Mr. RICE, M.P. for Dover, proposed the health of the chairman, and passed a high eulogium upon him for the assiduous attention which he had devoted to his Parlia mentary duties, but he was sure he had, by mistake, taken his seat on the wrong side of the House of Com mons. (A laugh.) It was unnecessary to speak of him in his other capacity, for they were all aware of the effi cient manner in which he presided over the affairs of the South-Eastern Company. The confidence reposed in him by the shareholders was a convincing proof upon that point, and he trusted he would long continue to occupy a position which he so worthily and ably fulfilled. The CHAIRMAN observed, in reply, that if any man ought to feel flattered by having confidence reposed in him in periods of difficulty, he was that man. Looking at the difficulties with which he had to contend, it was a marvel to him that he had been able to secure the good will of the proprietors for the last nine years. Railway property had been too long ill-used by the owners of it, and by the Legislature ; but he believed the time had arrived for a beneficial change, and that the system at length adopted by the Legislature for dealing with it would tend very much to restore it to prosperity. The hon. gentleman concluded by proposing " Prosperity to the eo mm N pr a. o nT r y t i, h s as of Fr An NdDei expressed p n R r ee es returnedsßae d i l t w h a e y otthhrhateahpn epf Company. rrkiislesosn h be ( e l (Hear, felteaal f r hear.) nof that being friendly n o ; d y F understanding rance aiy able wl! h t o existed give an assurance between t h e of N Company and the South-Eastern Company. The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of "The Visitors," coupling with it the name of Sir John Kirkland, his predecessor in the chair of the company, whom he eulogised in warm terms as a most honourable and up right man, and as one whom, of all others, he should be disposed to set up as an example for his own imitation. He was generous enoug h to b ecome a director of the com p a ny during the time of its greatest embarrassment, and they were all greatly indebted to him for the ser vices he then rendered. (Hear, hear.) Sir JOHN KIRKLAND briefly acknowledged the com pliment. He was bold enough to say now that a goo d prospect of succe ss was before them, and he should be glad to find that anything he had done had in any de gree conduced to such a result ; but he thought he took a step most conducive to the interests of the company when he vacated the chair for so efficient a successor as Mr. M'Gregor. The " health of the Recorder of Dover" (Mr. Lone dale) was next drunk, and replied to by that learned gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The Press," in a complimentary speech, in which he alluded to the almost omnipotent power which it possessed in this country, coupling with the toast the name of Mr. Murdo Young, the senior member of the fourth estate present at the meeting. Mr. MURDO YOUNG, in responding, observed that a free people would always have a free press, for the one could not exist without the other. (Cheers.) Indeed, the press was but the mirror of public opinion, and would always reflect the virtues as well as the vices of the age. The people had only to be true to them selves, and they might surely depend on the support of an honest and independent press. It might occasionally fall into error, but that arose more from accident than intention, for it was seldom guilty of f Royal Mail Steam. Scat. Austral. Invest Do. New Scrip. South Austral. Lane Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(TRIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. B.—Wind this day at Noon, N., light breeze and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 7.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Her Majesty's steamers Victoria and Albert, Barracouta, Black Eagle, and Banshee. Sailed—Her Majesty's steamer Rha damanthus, Woolwich, with damage from contact with a full-rigged ship, supposed an American, on the sth, off the Start. FALMOUTH, Sept. 7.—Wind, N.N.E. Off port—Para guay, Orenas, for London. Copt Es, Sept. 7.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Lizzie Lond, from Havana. BRISTOL, Sept. 7.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Ashley, Dal housie and Wilson, for Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 6.—Wind, S. Arrived—Daniza, from Loughswilly, for Constantinople, leaking. Sailed — Pallas, for St. John ; Lord Harris (s), for West Indies. WATERFORD, Sept. 6.—Wind, S.S.E. to N. Sailed — Ellen, for Trinidad ; and Lady Campbell, for Quebec. BELFAST, Sept. 6.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Harvey, from Quebec. Sailed—Balfour, for Miramichi. SHIELDS, Sept. 7.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Avalanche, for Australia ; and Princess Royal, for Havana. HARTLEPOOL, Sept. 7.—Wind, N. Sailed—Mary Hel legonda, for Hong Kong ; Vertronwen, and Delmena, for Batavia ; Lavinia, for Penang ; Seringapatam, for Aden ; Europa, for Havana. HULL, Sept. 7.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Stephane, from St. John's N.B. Sailed—Prince of Wales, for Mel bourne. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, THITRSDAY, 10 A.H. Wind S.E., moderato and hazy. Arrived—Calpe screw steamer, from Genoa ; Melita screw s H teamer, from Malta B . OLYHEAD, SEPT. . The Sovereign of the Seas, from Liverpool, for Mel bourne, Australia, passed here at a quarter to 1 this morning. QUEENSTOWN, SEPT, G. Wind S., light. Arrived—Andrea, and Fre Freabella, from Ibraila ; Industrie, from Berdianski ; James and Francis, from Odessa ; Dygden, from Alexandria ; Land scape and De Jonge Andreaz, from Galatz. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Sept. 3, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. IBARL I EY. I OATS. RYE. BEANS. I PE AS , 50s 4d I 30s 4d I 21s 101 32s 31 41s ld I 378 2d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 51s 7d 29s 10d 22s ld 1 345 10d I 40s 11d 36s 4d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. IS Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 89,619 ; Bar'ey, 1,499 : O ats, 11,459; Rye, 294 ; Beans 1,819; Peas, 727 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ 5s ; new ditto, 2/ lOs to 41 Os ; old clover, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; new ditto, 3/ lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 4/ Os to Si 8s Od ; new ditto, 2/ 10s to 4/ Os ; old clover, Si Os to 6/ Os ; new ditto, 3/ 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 4/ Os to Si ss; new ditto, 2110 s to 4/ Os ; old clover, Si Os to 61 Os ; new ditto, 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply tolerably good, and t rade dull. MEAT MARKETS NEWOITE AND LEADENHALL.—The demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, at very full quotations :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Oil ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, SEPT. 7.—A fair demand for each kind of meat was experienced to-day, at very full quotations : Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s Od Lamb, 4s 6d to 58 Gd ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 38 Sd to 4s Gd per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, SEPT. 7.—On the whole a full average busi ness was transacted to-day, at extreme quotations : Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d Lamb, 4s 9d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8 d to 4 s 8 d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s Gd per 81bs. Quarter old store pig s, 27s each. 20s to } E _ I___ .4r • a,-1 I > , SPORTING INTELLIGr* ' • * -- -1 WARWICK RACES. 4 ""'" j— . "'^'' r BETTING AT - WARWICK—TuEs l C 1 A 2 : 10 CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 2to 1 agst Tadcaster. ST. LEGER. Even on the favourite. 7to 2 agst Sittingbourne (4 to 1 laid once). 7to 1 agst Rataplan. 7to 1 agst The Reiver. 600 to 200 on West Australian and Sittingbourne (taken). CESABEWITCH STAKES. 1000 to 40 agst Bing Pepin (taken twice). 600 to 20 agst Winter (taken). 600 to 20 agst Nancy (taken). 1000 to 30 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Mrs. Birch (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Jouvence (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Haco (taken). 1000 to 20 agst The Reiver (taken). CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 30 to 1 agst The Hatchet (1000 to 30 taken re• peatedly). 30 to 1 agst Pelion (taken). 1000 to 30 agst Invasion (taken). 1000 to 25 agst Catherine Hayes (taken). DEBBY. 25 to 1 agst Hesse Cassel (taken). BETTING AT LEAMINGTON —TUESDAY N/aIIT. CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 2to 1 agst Tadcaster (taken). 7to 1 agst Domino (taken). ST. LEGER. Even agst West Australian. 7to 2 agst Sittingbourne (taken freely). 100 to 15 agst Rataplan (taken). Bto 1 agst The Reiver („aken). CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 30 agst King Pepin (taken). . 1000 to 30 agst Winter (taken). CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 2000 to 60 agst Pelion (taken). • DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Marley Hill (taken). 30 to 1 agst Hesse Cassel (taken). 30 to 1 ast Prince Arthur (taken). WEDNESDAY. AVON STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for two-yr olds, 7st ; three, 9st. Certain penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. (4 subs.) S M E r L . L illa sa nd s ' T s A S K y E l s p , hi ef ne s , s 3 O y z rs e , ac 9 h s , t W 3 i l th b . 2 .. 5 ( Hi ett) added, few. ro3..yr. olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. One mile. (4 subs.) Mr. Shepherdson's Ithuriel filly, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Meacham) 1 Mr. S. Scott's Fermentation, 3 yrs, sst 31b) (Salter) 2 Mr. H an k' s E ccentr i c it y, 3 y rs , st 71b...(Midgley) 3 Betting -2 to 1 agst Ithuriel filly, sto 2 agst Fermen tation, sto 1 agst Eccentricity. After the first 100 yards Ithuriel filly and Fermentation ran nearly head and head to the end, the former obtaining the victory by a neck. Very bad third. The winner was afterwards sold for 115 guineas. GREAT WARWICKSHIRE STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added ; 3-yrs-old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b ; certain winners extra. One mile and three quarters. (7 subs.) Mr. W. Gulliver's Chilton, Bst 71b 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Sylphin e , B st 21b (Marlow) (Hiett) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Chilton, who made all the running and won by a length and a half. WARWICK CUP, value 200 sovs. by subscriptio n ' o f 10 sovs. each, with 100 a d ded ; sous., 7st ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st 11Ib ; six and aged, 9st 51b. Certain penalties and allowances. Three miles. (27 subs.) The second horse to receive 30 sovs. out of the stakes. Mr. Barber's Goorkah, 3 yrs, 75t... (Clement) 1 Mr. Greville's Adine, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Flatman) 2 Mr. Howard's Little Harry, 4 yrs, Bst 71b...(A. Day) 3 Lord Exeter's Ilex, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Marlow) 4 Lord Clifden's Sackbut, 4 yrs, Bst (G. Mann) 5 Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor, Ost 111 b (Abrahams) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Goorkah (taken), 2to 1 agst Little Harry, 3to 1 agst Adine, 6 to 1 agst Ilex. Black Doctor went off with a decided lead, Goorkah, Sackhut, Little Harry, Adine, and Ilex, following in the order named. Iu crossing the meadows they ran in two divi sions of three each—a wide gap being between them. No change of moment occurred until they proceeded up the Lammas land, when they began to close up, Sackbut reaching Goorkah's quarters, and Ilex taking fourth place. At the top of the hill Ilex further improved his position, Little Harry at the same time drew up. Black Doctor continued his lead across the meadows again, the others then clustering in his wake. On making the turn for the straight, Black Doctor having done his duty, left Goorkah in possession of the lead, with Little Harry and Adine in close attendance. A good race ensued. Goorkah, however, maintained -the lead 'the remainder of the distance, and won very cleverly by half a length, the second beating the third by the same distance. Ilex was a bad fourth, Sackbut next. Black Doctor pulled up and CUP,dwalke din WELTER value 100 sovs., the rest iu specie by sub scription of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared, &c. Winners extra. Gentlemen riders. Pro fessionals 61bs extra. One mile and a half. (21 subs., 10 of whom pay 5 SOVR. each.) Mr. G. Hawkes's Milcote, 6 yrs, lOst 41b (including 61bs extra) (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. H. Elwes's Farmer's Boy, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (in cluding 6lbs extra) Mr. Davies's G a yl a d, age d, lO st 61b (S. Rogers) 2 (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Agis, Thirkleby, The Hero, and Cleveland. Betting -5 to 4 agst Farmer's Boy, 4to 1 agst Cleve land, and b 5 to 1 agst the Hero. Milcote made play, and after the first half mile, Far mer's Boy took second place and went vigorously to work to reap the harvest of success, but in the finishing effort was beaten by a head. Bad third. COUNTY STAKES of 100 sovs., added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c. Cer tain winners extra. li mile. The second horse to receive 30 sovs. out of the stakes. (49 subs, 26 of whom declared.) The highest weight aeccepting being Bst 31b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others accepting in proportion. Mr. Douglas Lane's Conmore, by Malcolm, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (J. Mann) 1 Mr. Wilkins's Peggy, 3 yrs ; sst 131 b (Baths) 2 Lord Chesterfield's Gladiole, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (including 101 b extra) (Flatman) 3 Lord Exeter's Nutpecker, 3 yrs, Est 41b (S. Steggles) 4 The following also ran :—Alonzo, Kohinoor, lanthe, Candlewick, Massa Mungo, and Tavistock. Betting-2 to 1 agst Kohinoor, 4to 1 agst Conmore, 6 to 1 each agst Gladiole and Massa Mungo, 8 to 1 agst Tavistock. Peggy and Kohinoor went off in front, but after a few strides Kohinoor took up the running, with Nutpecker second, Tavistock third, Massa Mungo, Peggy, Gladiole, and Candlewick forming the next lot. . In the Swan Meadow Massa Mungo went up and took the lead, and Peggy, Gladiole, Nutpecker, and Conmore followed him round the turn into the straight, where he was beaten. Conmore, who had been lying off, came out at the half distance, and at last won cleverly by a length, Peggy beating Gladiole for second place by a short head only. Nutpecker, well up, was fourth ; the others beaten off ; Kohinoor some lengths in the ex treme rear. On returning to scale, the owner of Peggy objected to Conmore, on account of not having carried 51bs extra for winning at Yarmouth. BO a a d o d u e a d u b y HA th N e n n IC I e a of 10 vs m a bers.F s e o r2 .. y e r a - ch eld , 8. 11 ft , The w s i t e h e 0 n s d o horse to save his stake. Winners extra. T.Y.C. (24 subs.) Mr. Drinkald's Jack Frost, by Sleight (J. of m H a a n n n d ) , 1 7st 21b Mr. Fletcher's Lurley, Est 121 b (\Filson) 2 Mr. one out o ( f il M ard u i s n c g o ) - 3 r. o G , r b e a l d ll e e e 's te ß n e ,e m f o b rs y e, T 6 e s u t c l h O s l t b M vite's dam, Est 101 b (Sherwood) 4 The following also ran—Balmoral, St. Clair, Horatio, The Field-Marshal, and Wave. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Jack Frost and filly out of Muscovite's dam, sto 1 agst Field-Marshal, 6 to 1 agst Remorse. Horatio made play, with Balmoral second, and Lurley third, until they were near the distance, when the first two named dropped off. Jack Frost im mediately took up the running, followed by Lurley, Re morse, and filly out of Muscovite's dam, and in this order they finished, Jack Frost winning easily by a length and a half. Bad third. A head between third and fourth. The others beaten off; St. Clair being in the extreme rear. TOWN PLATE (Handican) of 50 sovs., added to a Handi cap of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft : for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. One mile. (32 subs.) Mr. Saxon's Calot, by Touchstone, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Cl em ent) 1 Mr. Halford's Eliza, 3 yrs, Est (Ashmall) 2 Lord Caledon's The Countess of Theba, (s sst 71b Simplicity, Chaffw t : w . ") 3 The following also ran : — Conmore, Gladiole, Octavia,wen lengths Nutpecker, The Reaper, by half a length ; two betweent fellhese and and third. We regret to add that Conmore broke his leg. THE SCURRY HANDICAP. - Vau1tre55...................................................... Mayday........................................................ 2 F0re5ter......................................................... 3 Nine ran. Won by half a length ; a length between the second and third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGE R. 7 to 1 agst The Reiver (t) GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 11 to 1 agst Friday (to to some money) 11 to 1 Caracara (10 to 1 also taken) CESAREWITCH STAKES. 30 to 1 agst Torment (t) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 2000 to 60 agst Pelion (t) The attendance of company was nearly if no t qu i te equal to that on the previous day. The weather was su perb and the sport excellent. Altogether Leamington -and Warwick may congratulate themselves on a most brilliant reunion,. LAND AND ASSESSED TAXES RECEIPTS.—Under the 16th and 17th Vict., cap. 68, receipts for land and as sessed taxes, or for the income tax, are, from the 4th ult., exempted from duty. LAND TAX REDEMPTION ACT AMENDMENT.—An act passed on the 20th ult. (16 and 17 Vict., cap. 117), re stricts the redemption and purchase of the land-tax 111 Great Britain to persons having an estate, or interest in the lands whereon such tax is charged. The land redeemed is to merge in the estate. "I.