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rbirbTifton SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. CHESTER RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELEC7RIO TELEGRAPH) SHORTS HANDICAP. giteflyer Punch-box Pastrycook _. Eight ran. SELLING STAKES. Priam the Third... INNKEEPERS' PLATE Master Slender Effie Deans Stiletto ... Vaultress. Six ran. MOSTYN STAKES. Fiv© ran. ARRlVALS.—Lerrywheut, Stiletto, Annie Sutherland, Wire, and Gladiole.—Nancy expected. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Nancy. 4to 1 agst Hungerford. 7to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 7to 1 agst Annie Sutherland. CESARE WITCH. , 13 to 1 agst Indian Warrior. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 25 to 1 agst Balrownie (taken). SHERIFFS COURT-(THIS DAY.) (Before A. Ryland, Esq.) TRANSMISSION OF NEWSPAPERS BY POST,-IMPORTANT TO NEWSPAPERS.-CLIFFORD V. WALTON. This was an action to recover the sum of 11. 19s. for newspapers supplied. The plaintiff is a well-known news -agent in the City, and the defendant is a gentleman of great repute in the country. The question raised was, whether an order given to a country bookseller could be construed into an order to the London agent. It appeared that the plaintiff had for many years been in the habit of sending newspapers directed to the defendant. Several bills, extending over a period of seven years, had been paid by defendant, who now disputed the claim, on the ground that be had given the order to another party. A discussion also arose as to the point of delivery, the papers having been sent through the Post-office in the usual way. His Honour said the continuous payments proved a liability—the irregularity, so much complained of, was a matter to be settled elsewhere. He did not receive newspapers with the regularity he wished, but he thought that everybody wished to get the first information, and he felt glad when he got it at all. Verdict for plaintiff. I` l llE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, OCT. 1. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William, Earl of Listowel, to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of John, Lord Elphinstone, resigned. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a Dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, cover ing the inclosed translation of a notice from the Board of Health of that city, enumerating, with a view to the new regulations for quarantine, the articles which are hereafter to be considered susceptible of infection. By order, J. EMERSON TENNENT. (Copy, No. 1750-) - - • (Translation.) The Council of Public Health of the Kingdom consider ing the difficulties which have occurred in tie sanitary ser vice in consequence of the present classification of suscep tible goods, merchandise, and substances, and wishing, for the benefit of commerce, to obviate, as far as may be com patible with the security of public health, the recurrence of such difficulties, makes known that by v i r t ue o f th e powers given to it by the 19th Article of the Decree of the 3(1 January, 1837, it has resolved as follows, viz.:- Ist. Are considered susceptible—Cotton, raw or manu factured ; hair, manufactured, or in any other state ; hemp, raw or manufactured ; letters, newspapers, and correspondence - horse-hair, in any stat e ; hides, fresh, dry, or manufactured actured ; fresh remains o f animals ; wool and flax, s aw or manufactured ; skins and feathers, manu factured, or in any other state ; and silk, raw or manufac tured. 3d. Are revoked—the edicts of the 3(1 January, 1851, 9th November, 184-1, and Ist September, 1543. (Signed) DR. MATHEUS CESARIO RODRIGUES MOACHO. Lisbon, Sept. 9, 1853. BOARD OF' TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 3. Tho Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trado and Plantations, with a viow of preventing the spread of Cholera on board merchant ship ping, have caused to be issued and circulated the following instructions and notice for the information and warning of mariners and shipowners : CHOLERA. Instructions to Captains of Ships, prepared by the General Board of Health. Captains of Ships are hereby warned 1. What to avoid. Overcrowding—The amount of breathing space for the men which may suffice in ordinary times is insufficient in an epidemic season. Increase space as much as practicable. Permit no sails, large trunks, or any part of the cargo to , occupy the forecastle. If sufficient additional space can ;; not be otherwise obtained, erect a temporary tent on deck by awning, sails, &c., for the men at night, taking care that they sleep warm and dry. Ventilate the forecastle and every part of the ship with fresh air as freely as possible. Pure air is the first essential requisite to safety. Dampness—To lessen the danger from dampness let the boards be dry-rubbed. Let the men change their wet clothes whenever practicable, and never allow the wet clothes to remain below an instant. A thick flannel belt or bandage around the stomach or loins would be a great defence for sailors. Flannels or Guernsey frocks should be worn next the skin. Sudden and violent attacks of cholera often follow chill. Filth—Let every part of the ship be kept as clean and sweet as possible, and enjoin personal cleanliness on the men. Vessels affected by bilge water should be pumped out frequently, especially steamers. Unwholesome Food.—Articles of food which may be taken with little inconvenience in ordinary times may be dangerous in an epidemic season. The best articles of food are meat, good biscuits, rice, oatmeal, and good pota toes. Solid food is better than fluids, and therefore at this time it would be advisable to give the crew beef and mutton instead of soup. Care should be taken to avoid all tainted meat and decayed vegetables. Special atten tion should be paid to having a supply of pure water. All river water near towns should be avoided. Excess.—Great moderation in food and drink is abso lutely essential to safety. A single act of indiscretion has been followed by a severe attack ; intemperance at such a time is fraught with extreme danger. An epidemic at mosphere commonly produces great depression, both of body and mind, and a desire for stimulants. If for the relief of this feeling recourse be had to gin or brandy, the result may be fatal. Purgative Medicines.—No purgative medicines of any kind should be taken at this season —unless under medical direction. Glauber's Salts and Epsom Salts are especially dangerous. Owners and masters should provide themselves with the necessary medicines immediately. 11. What to do. Cholera is commonly not so sudden in its attack as is supposed. It usually gives warning, of its approach for some hours, and often for a day or two, by some - degree of looseness about the bowels. This may be slight, and it i s almost always without pain; butlet no one be put off his guard by this cireamstance. The master should, by obser vation and inquiry, take notice of the health of the crew ; and for his guidance, until such time as he may be able to obtain medical assistance, the following recommendations are subjoined : If any man should be attacked with any degree of loose ness of the bowels the following medicine should be given to him at once : 15 or 20 grains of opiate:confection, mixed with two table spoonful of peppermint water, or with a little weak brandy and warm water. This should be re peated every three or four hours, or oftener if the attack is severe. It this medicine is not at hand, eight or ten drops of laudanum may be substituted for the opiate con- fection. If the purging is severe, and especially if attended with vomiting or coldness, the man should g o to bed immedi ately, and be kept warm. Bottl es o f hot water, or bap filled with salt or bran, should be applied to the stomach and feet, and along the spine. - - A largo poultice of mustard and vinegar should be put over the stomach, and kept on 15 or 20 minutes. The above medicines should be continued every hour, or every two or three hours, according to the emergency of the case, until a'doctor can bo got. Rost and warmth in bed are essential until medical assistance arrives; but not a moment should be lost in seeking medical aid. LCIIOLERA. NOTICE TO MASTERS AND OWNERS OF SHIPS PREPARED - - AND ISSUED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH. ---- T he aPProach of cholera having rendered it necessary to take all possible precautions, and experience having shown that the disease spreads rapidly and fatally wherever there is overcrowding, dirt, and want of ventilation, the atten tion of masters and owners of ships is especially called to the following sections of the Mercantile Marine Act : Section 63. "Every place in any ship occupied by sea men or apprentices, and appropriated to their use, shall have a space of not less than nine superficial feet for every adult, measured on the deck or floor of such place, which s h a ll h e kept free fro m stores or goods of any kind not being their personal property in use during the voyage ; and every such place shall be securely and properly con structed, and well ventilated." Ee ; ti ee 69. " If any place in any ship occupied by sea men or apprentices, and appropriated to their use, is not in the whole sufficiently large to give such 'space as herein before required, or if any such place is not securely and propery constructed and well ventilated, the owner shall for every such offence he liable to Npenaity not exceeding twenty pounds ; and if any such space as aforesaid is not kept free from goods and stores as aforesaid, the Master shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not ex ceeding ten pounds." Master s and Owners of Ships are hereby warned that the Board of Trade will, if occasion shall arise, take measures i to enforce the above enactments, by inspection, and, if ne cessary by legal proceeedings. By order of the Board, F. W. BEECHEY. W. H.WALKER." T. H. Farrer, Secretary. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 4. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations, have received a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Acapulco, a copy of which is subjoined, relative to regulations by which all vessels arriving at ports of the Mexican Republic, from European or other foreign ports, are to have three sets o papers. By order, (Copy.) British Consulate, Acapulc, Aug. 23 My Lords,—lt is my duty to inform your Lordships, That all vessels coming from European or from other foreign ports to this country, are, according to the laws of the Re public, bound to have with them three sets of papers ; that is, three manifests and three bills of lading ; or if one set is forwarded by the Mexican or other Consul at the port from which the vessel sailed to the Minister of Finance of the Republic, then the vessel need have only two sets—one for the Captain himself, and one for the Custom-house. Without conforming to this regulation the vessel is liable to a fine of 50 dollars, or 10 pounds sterling (100.- 1 have, &c. (Signed) 0. WITHEN, H. M's. Consul. To the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 29. T. IL FARBER. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at Santo Domingo, a copy of which is subjoined, (referring to the notice to Mariners, dated 22d Aug. last, on the subject of the Light house recently erected in that city, and inserted in the Gazette of the 30th ultimo,) notifying certain alterations in the above Light ordered by the Dominican Government since the date of the last notice on the subject. By order, T. H. FARRER. British Consulate, Santo Domingo, Sept. 6. My Lords,—l had the honour of enclosing to your lord ships, on the 22d of August last, a " Notice to Mariners," conveying information respecting the Santo Domingo Lighthouse. I state in that notice, among other details— " The fixed white light consists of nine reflectors of the first class, the patents of Messrs. Alcot and Brothers, at Rochester, in the state of New York, and may be seen with a clear atmosphere in from 18 to 20 miles." Since this was written the Dominician Government has directed that only six, and sometimes only five, reflectors shall be lighted, which greatly lessens the power and dis tance at which the light can be observed. As the notice that it may be seen in from 18 to 20 miles might tend to lead mariners astray and into danger, con sidering themselves when first observing the light at a much greater distance from the port than they are in re ality, I beg your lordships will cause the following change to - be made in the notice; namely : "The fixed white light consists originally of nine reflec tors, of the first class, the patent of Messas. Alcot andßro thers, at Rochester, in the state of New York, and might be seen with a clear atmosphere, were all those reflectors properly lighted, at a distance of from 18 to 20 miles. But as the _Dominician Government have recen tl y g i ven or d ers that only six, and sometimes only four reflectors shall be lighted, by which its effect is greatly lessened, the dis tance at which it can be seen, does probably not surmount ten or eleven English miles." If the former notice should have been already published, your Lordships will perhaps consider it expedient to make likewise this correction known.—l have honour, &c., (Signed) ROBERT H. SCHOMBURGK. To the Lords of the Committe of Privy Council for Trade, London. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Kent—The Honourable Henry Spencer Law, Sept. 26 ; John Farnaby Cator, Esq., Sept. 27 ; William Ryder, Esq., Sept. 28 ; William Slark, Esq., Sept. 29, to be Deputy Lieutenants. The Right Hon. George Harry Grey, Earl of Stamford and Warrington, to be Deputy Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Sept. 29. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cor net Bartholomew Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Naish, resigned, Sept. 27. BANKRUPTS. William Jolly, currier, Bishop Stortford, Hertford, to surrender, Oct. 11, at half-past ono, and Nov. 10, and at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 8011, official assignee, Coleman-strret-buildings Sowton, Great James-street, Bedford-row. John:Scott, upholsterers' warehousema,n,Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, Oct. 17, at one, and Nov. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Kinsey, Bloomsbury-square. John Miles, baker, West Raynham, Norfolk, Oct. 13, at two, and Nov. 17, at one, at the Court of Bankrupt c y. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Nichols and Doyle, Verulam-uildings. Wm. Bradford, butcher, Leigh, Worcestershire, Oct. 15, and Nov. 5, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Watkins, Wor cester ; and Wright, Birmingham. Joseph Skaife, corn miller, Keighley, Yorkshire, O c t. 20 and Nov. 10, at eleven, a t the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Dunning, Leeds. William Tugwood, linen and woollen draper, name, Oxford, Oct. 14, and Nov. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Sole, Turner and Turner, Aldermanbury. William Goeden Edgehill, tailor, Southwark, Oct. 8, and Nov. 12, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Gant, Nicholas-lane. John Strachan, brewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, October 14 and November 10, at twelve, at the Newcastle District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Dunn and Surtees, Raymond's buildings, Gray's-inn ; Swan and Burnup, Newcastle-upon-Typo. Joseph Greenwood, woolstapler, Spring-head, Yorkshire, Oct. 14 and Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Courtenay, Lon don ; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—THIS DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 17% otraltar .......• ...... Ditto, three months .. 11 19% ..eghorn .............. 30 15 Rotterdam .. Antwerp 25 45 Milan ................ Brussels .............. 25 45 Venice liamburgla AI lona • Palermo .. 1243 ; Paris. • ........ •• • • .... 25 12 Messina . ... 125 Ditto, three months .. 25 4 4 2! Lisbon .... Marseilles........ • • 25 45 'Oporto .... Bourdeaux. ............ Itio Janeiro ............ Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120 Y‘', ltuenos Ayres .. ........ Berlin . . Vienna .. • • ............ 11 15 Phitadelphla .......... Trieste •... 11 18 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Petersburgh............ 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid st) ;Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 50 1 4 Mexican Dollars.... 0 0 0 Barcelona.... — New Dollars .. 0 0 n Seville ................ Silver In bars ...... 0 0 0 . 531 A SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The room was numerously attended, but although the subjoined list presents a goodly array of figures, business was remarkably dull, and the transactions, except in two or three instances, were only on a small scale. THE CESAREWITCH. —The hostile demonstration which some parties had made against King Pepin since the close of the First October Meeting was no longer main tained. The current offer throughout the afternoon was only 6 to 1, and at half a point more a few investments were booked, 7 to 1 would have been taken freely. Indian Warrior was in considerable demand, and was backed for a good deal of money at 15 and 14 to 1. Next in request were The Nabob and Torment, the former at 12, 13, and 14 to 1 ; the latter at 16 to 1. 700 to 50, and 350 to 25 were the last bets that were booked about Nabob. Nancy receded to 20 to 1 offered -a movement which is, perhaps, to he attributed to an impression that she will run for the Chester Handicap on Wednesday. In all probability, however, her place will be amongst the non•starters. Songstress was " looking up" at 20 to 1, and Mr. Sykes at 25 to 1. 22 and 25 to 1 in ponies were taken about Nutpecker, and 1,000 to 30 about Nutshell. By the way, a catalogue just issued from " The Corner," announces that these two horses, together with several others belonging to Lord Exeter, are to be sold by auction on the Wednesday in the Houghton Meeting. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.-23 and 25 to 1 taken about Balrownie, 625 to 25 about Mistletoe, and 1,000 to 30 about Constantine. DERBY.-350 to 50 taken about Autocrat, 1,000 to 100 twice about King Tom, 700 to 200 about the two ; 1,000 to 45 about Acrobat ; 625 to 25 about Marley Hill, and 875 to 25 about Bessus ; 1,000 to 30 was taken twice, and 900 to 30 once about Mr. Knowres's lot / bar Marsyas. The prices at the close were as follows : • CHESTER HANDICAP STAKES. sto 2 agst Hungerford (taken). CESAREWITCH. 6to 1 agst King Pepin (13 to 2 taken). 14 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 14 to 1 agst Nabob (taken). 16 to 1 agst Torment (taken). 18 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken). 20 to 1 agst Songstress (taken). 20 to 1 agst Nancy (offered). 20 to 1 agst Weathergage (taken). 22 to 1 agst Teddiugton (taken). 25 to 1 agst Goorkah (taken). 25 to 1 agst Nutpecker (taken). • 25 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken). 33 to 1 agst Nutshell (taken). 40 to 1 agst Oliuder (taken). CLEARWELL STAKES. 3to 1 agst Marsyas (taken). sto 1 ag,st Delia (taken). sto 1 agst Hesse Cassel (taken.) CAXERIDGESHIRE STAKES. 25 to 1 agst Balrowuie (taken). 25 to 1 agst Mistletoe (taken). 33 to 1 agst Constantine (taken). DERBY. 7to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 10 to 1 agst King Tom (taken). 1000 to 45 agst Acrobat (taken and offered). 25 to 1 agst Marley Hill (taken). 35 to 1 agst Bessus (taken). 700 to 200 ag►st Autocrat and King Toni (coupled). 30 and 33 to 1 agst Mr. Knowles's lot, bar Marsyas (t). HEREFORD CITY PLATE.— Mr. Davies, the owner of Minerva, receives the stakes and forfeits. The 501. public money is withheld. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. --Lines of electric tele graph are now being established between St,. Peters burg and Warsaw, and from St. Petersburg to Cron stadt. The latter line will be very difficult, in conse quence of the numerous islands and canals w hi c h it w ill have to cross . St. Petersburg will be made the central point of all the telegraphic lines of Russia. All the quarter s o f th e cap it a l are a l so t o be united by lines of wire in the same manner as has been done at Berlin. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday a meeting of some shareholders in this company was held at Morley's Hotel, to consider what steps should be takeni n reference to the contemplated extension to Exeter, and the formation of a double line from Dorchester. The meeting was composed out of the members of a committee of shareholders formed in accordance with a suggestion contained in a circular of Mr. Snell's, which deprecated the proposed extension. Mr. SNELL having taken the chair, explained the pur oose for which the meeting had been called. The com inittee which had been formed since the issue of his circular of the 31st of August, consisted of eighty-six shareholders. The chairman of the company, in reply to that circular, taunted him with calling on the share holders to break the pledge which they had given at the meeting of the 19th of May with respect to the extension of the line. The resolution which had been then come to was based on the statement which had been laid be fore them, that the Dorchester and Southampton line re turned 31 per cent. Now, that was an incorrect represen tation, and therefore the resolution, which was based upon it, ought not to be binding upon the shareholders. So far ' from that line producing a return of 3 per cent., it was a positive loss. He was prepared to prove that it did not produce 31 per cent., and he challenged contradiction to that statement. He objected to the creation of a preference stock at 4 per cent., which would reduce the dividend of the original shareholders 2 per cent. He was anxious that a pacific policy should be adopted towards the Great Western Company. He had received several letters commenting in severe terms on the con duct of the directors. He, however, would recommend them to adopt a temperate but firm course, and by pur suing such a course, and by union amongst themselves, he had no doubt that they would carry their point. Mr. WRIGHT then moved a resolution deprecating the contemplated extension in the present state of the money market as mischievous. Mr. H. REES seconded the resolution, which passed. Mr. SPENCER moved a resolution to the effect that the attempt to press rival lines to the west beyond those of the Great Western, besides reducing the dividend and depreciating the value of the stock by the creation of preference shares, would lead to hostile measures on the part of the Great Western Company. If they had given a promise or a pledge under false pretences they were not bound by it. He did not think it was for their in terest to proceed with this extension, as he had good reason for believing that the Great Western Company were ready to enter into a compromise with them. Mr. WILSON seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. BRUCE proposed the next resolution, calling on the shareholders who saw the evil to warn others of the mischievous consequences of the avowed policy of the directors. Mr. BANNISTER proposed, and Mr. STAFFORD se conded a resolution recommending a pacific policy in treating with the Great Western Company ; for the ab stinence of all conflicting undertakings and consolida ting a board of directors would give effect to such a policy. The CHAIRMAN then moved, and Mr. ROBINSON seconded, a resolution declaring the present committee permanent, and nominating an acting committee, who were to represent their views to the South-Western directors. The meeting then separated. 9 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Oct. 3. The October quarter session of the peace for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, before Mr. Serjeant Adams, the assistant judge, and Mr. Witham. There were 76 pri soners for trial— 64 for felony, and 12 for misdemeanor. The Assistant Judge briefly charged the grand jury. Charles Waller, 23, omnibus conductor, pleaded guilty to an indictment in which he was cha rge d with having feloniously embezzled the several sums of one shilling, one shilling and fivepence, and eightpence, received by him for and on account of John Wilson and another, his employers. Mr. Bodkin, on the part of the prosecution, stated that the prosecutors were the proprietors of the "Favourite" omnibuses, and had about 300 men in their employ. During the day each omnibus performed so many jour neys ; and it appeared from a calculation which he held in his hand that if 6d, per journey were purloined by the conductor the loss to the prosecutors would amount in the year to no less than 6,700/. The prisoner at the bar had been in their service as a conductor, and had pleaded guilty to three distinct charges of having defrauded them of fares he had received. Conductors in the employ of Messrs. Wilson were paid four shillings per day, and in addition received various articles of clothing, which ought to place them beyond temptation. It had been Mr. Wilson's unfortunate duty to prosecute parties for similar offences on a former occasion, and he then hoped that his doing so would have had the effect of deterring others ' • but it did not appear to have done so, and he trusted that on this occasion such a sentence would be passed as would act as a warning for the future to per sons employed in the same capacity as the prisoner. The prisoner was sentenced to 9 months' hard labour. John Davies, 50, was indicted for having stolen the sum of 231. 10s., belonging to John Shore. From the evidence of the prosecutor, a, simple-looking young man, it appeared that he had be en i n b us i ness as a baker and confectioner, at Bungay, and having given up his trade and sold off, he carne to town by the steamer fi om Yarmouth on the 25th of August, with the intention of emigrating to Australia. Whilst taking dinner at an eating-house he got into conversation with a young man to whom he communicated his intention of emigrating, and the young man informed him that he was also about to proceed to the same destination— Australia, and it was arranged that they should go to Liverpool together next morning. At the young man's request they went to a public-house and called for beer, and as they were drinking it the prisoner entered, and the young man informed him that his companion and himself were about to leave this country for Australia. The prisoner observed that he thought it was the best thing a young man could do nowadays, and in a few minutes they were all three in a deep conversation on the subject of emigration. The prisoner said he had just come home from the colonies in the Sarah Sands to look after some property which had been left him in Worcestershire, but he found that his money commanded so low a rate of interest at home, that he had determined to invest a little of it at Geelong, where the interest would be considerable, and he wished he could meet with some young fellow going out there, with whom he could trust 1001., and who would look out for a store for him at Geelong. To show that this was not mere 1 boast, the prisoner pulled out a piece of paper, which he alleged was a 501. note, and he showed the prosecutor the word " fifty" in the corner of it, and a massive ring, which he said was made from the very first "nugget" he got at the " diggings." The bait took effectually. It was suggested that the prosecutor should be the young man entrusted with the task of finding a store, and tak ing charge of the 1001. ; the plisoner was willing that it should be so, and it was at length fully determined upon. The prisoner said if a proper receipt stamp was produced, he would at once advance the money, and the "young man" said he would fetch it, and asked the prosecutor to accompany him. The prisoner remarked that they would return as a matter of course. The young man declared he would return immediately, and was about to leave when he turned round, pulled out his pocket book, and threw it into the prisoner's hat, as much as to say, " There, take that, it is all I possess, and therefore you may rest perfectly assured that I shall return." Before depositing it in the hat he opened it and showed the prosecutor its contents, which appeared to be gold or imitation gold coin, and the prosecutor, anxious to show his good faith in an equal degree, unhesitatingly pulled out his purse, which contained 231. 10s. in gold, and left it with the prisoner as security for his return. He and the young man went out ; the prosecutor went into a shop to get a stamp—when he came out his companion was gone, and when he got back to the public-house ho found to his dismay that the prisoner, the pocket-book, and the purse were gone too. Passing through the Minories last Saturday fortnight the prosecutor happened to see the prisoner, and he gave him into custody. The " young man" had not since been found, nor had any of the money been recovered. The prosecutor positively identified the prisoner. The jury found him guilty. The Assistant Judge said there could be no doubt that the prisoner was a regular depredator, and that the "young man" was his accomplice. He sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for four years. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The special report of the directors of this company alludes to the public discussion which is taking place in ` Canada with regard to the railway policy of that country, as to the attempt now being made by the Grand Trunk Company to construct a rival competing line to the Great Western Railway, and thereby forde it into an amal gamation with its gigantic opponent. 4. The report states that, between the years 1834 and 1839, acts passed the Canadian Legislature; by which the present GUILDHALL.—Edward John Pickering was placed Great Western Railway was constituted, and which gave ' at the bar before Alderman Lawrence, charged with ob it power, to construct lines bf railway from Niagara taining a bill of exchange for 6001. under false pretences. Falls, through Hamilton a n d L on d on , t o Wi n d sor and Mr. H. F. W oo d a pp eare d f or th e prosecu ti on , an d Port Sarnia. The scarcity of capital in Canada itself, stated that the bill in question was what was termed a and other circumstances, tended to delay for several '., geritleman's" bill, and it was intrusted by the prose years the progress of a work which .had always been cutor to the prisoner on the reeresenta,tion that he knew looked upon as 'of such great provincial importance . . "-Mr:' Hodges, ' the distiller:, of Lambeth, and that that The board at length, therefore, endeavoured to create a gentleman would discount the bill. But on the day foreign confidence in the undertakind. In their pub- appointed for prisoner to hand over the money he wrote lished reports they shadowed forth the idea of a trunk to prosecutor to postpone the appointment, on account line of railway, passing throughout the whole length of of Mr. Hughes not being in town. Several appoint- Canada. In 1849 they succeeded in obtaining an act of ments were afterwards made between them, but the pri- Parliament, permitting the Government, under certain Boner made a variety of excuses for not keeping them, conditions, to guarantee the interest upon the bonds of and the prosecutor having at length heard that prisoner railway companies in Canada, and in 1850 they procured had negotiated the bill without handing over the pro the passage of an act authorising municipal corporations ceeds, gave information to the police and had him appre to become shareholders in railway companies. Acting headed. upon the faith of these proceedings, which were always Mr. W ontner appeared for the prisoner, and said he held to be the recognition of the Great Western as the was prep: bred to show the bona fide nature of the tran first step of a great provincial system of a trunk line of saction, a s far as his client was concerned ; but that as railway, the directors were enabled to procure the the preset alter bad proposed to let the matter stand over support of, the leading railway authorities in the for a few - days, he was willing to accede to it, in the United States, who had lines abutting on the two hope th at an amicable arrangement might be made. extremities of the peninsula of Western Canaria which Alderman Lawrence said he could not adjourn a case found their best and most natural connection along the without bearing any evidence, and the prosecutor was Great Western line. The Canadian Parliament on the then call:ecl aasworn. 30th of August, 1851, passed, an ac t b y w hi c h i t was J as .: leott said—l ant a commission agent, and live proposed to construct a main trunk line through Canada, at 10, P r ospect-place, Gravesend. I had a bill f or 6001. under a guarantee from the Imp er i a l Government. The intruste d to me for discounting purposes, in the be report quotes several clauses from the Railway acts, to ginning of September last. It was drawn by me, and show that the Great Western Railway was intended tobe accepte dby Mr. Mickleham, of Bryanstone-square, and a part of the main trunk line through Canada. Upon the was (I: sted September 7, 1853. I received the accept faith of this and certain provincial guarantees, the direc- ance in. blank, and showed it to the prisoner, and told tors were enabled to induce English capitalists to ein- him I would not draw it until I knew if it would be, bark money in the undertaking, particularly as it seemed discounted. He said Mr. Hodges was a friend of his, by the acts of the Canadian Parliament to be protected and he ;thought he would discount it directly. I told against the adoption of a wild and reckless system of cola- him to 111 ake inquiries about the acceptor, and ascertain petition. The Great Western Railway Company and its iif he was sufficiently respectable to induce Mr. Hodges friends applied, in 1852, to parliament for authority to to discount the bill, and if satisfactory, I would draw it. make a railway from Hamilton their then eastern termin us This conversation took place at the prisoner's residence, to Toronto, which was granted, the act of parliament con- 5, Caroline-place, Brompton, on the sth or 6th of taining the following words in the 2d clause, viz. ; —lle i S 9pternber,, kind on the following day I met him, aud he . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. said he had seen Mr. Hodges and required the bill for 6001. I then made an appointment to meet him at the Bay Tree Tavern, in St. Swithin's-lane, on the ensuing day, on which occasion I met him and gave him the bill, having previously drawn and endorsed it. An appoint ment was then made for the next day for the prisoner to hand me over the money, but instead of coming to meet me he sent a note,, in which he stated he had not been able to see Mr. Hodges, but that he would bring me the money on the following day. He did not do so, and a few days afterwards I received another note to the same effect, stating that he was to meet Mr. Hodges at four o'clock on the same afternoon, and wishing me to make an appointment to meet him in the evening near the Strand. I (lid so, but he never came ; and I subse quently received a third note, in which be said he had no intention of doing me out of the bills (alluding to two other bills in another transaction as well as the ono in question), but that he would act fairly towards me. I heard afterwards that the prisoner had received 3001. for the 6001. bill, and in consequence I gave information to .he police to apprehend him. Cross-examined--I gave no consideration for this bill, because I was the drawer. I wished to oblige Mr. Mickleham with an advance of money, and he was to have had 4001. as his share of the bill. in his own collection, although it properly belonged to a different walk. Mr. Fricker followed him out of the branch office, and asked him if he had such a letter in his possession. He replied , in the nega t ive . M r. F r i c k er then took the prisone.r s bundle of letters from his hand for the purpose of examining them, and asked him if he had any others about him ? He stated that he had not ; but, on being searched, no fewer than 63 were taken from his hat, besides two others from his coat, the whole of which bore the stamp of Sept. 28, and ought, there fore, to have been delivered three days previously. The prisoner admitted that he had detained the letters from sheer laziness. They were subsequently delivered by Inspector Cole. The prisoner was committed for trial for the misde meanour. SOUTHWARK.—SeveraI occupiers of common lodg ing-houses in the vicinity of Tooley-street and Snow's fields, very low localities, and densely populated by Irish, were summoned before Mr. A'Beckett for unlaw fully allowing a number of persons of both sexes to sleep in their rooms, such not being properly cleansed and registered according to the new act. The first case taken was against Daniel 111‘Cartity, an old man, occupying a dirty house at No. 11, Mag dalen-court, Tooley-street. This house has been some time one of the filthiest lodging-houses in the Borough, and Sergeant Wright, 42 A, proved serving a notice on the defendant, signed by the Commissioners of Police, on the 13th of November last, calling upon him to have his house properly cleansed, and put in the condition re quired by the Act of Parliament, previous to its being registered under the Common Lodging-houses Act. The defendant had neglected to do so, and on the 14th of last month Sergeant Smith, 54 A, accompanied by Ser geant Wright, proceeded to the house in question be tween one and five o'clock in the morning. The house only contained three small rooms. There were two beds in each room, in which slept twelve persons. They were covered with filth, and there were no partitions to separate the sexes. The water closet was also very bad, and all in such a condition that the Commissioners of Police could not register it. The whole of the occupants of the rooms were low Irish. Mr. A'Beckett stated that the Act of Parliament re specting houses of that description was one of the best that had been passed for the health of the poorer classes of her Majesty's subjects, and he should always be happy to put it in force, especially when cholera was spoken of in some of the thickly populated parts of London. He should therefore inflict a penalty of 40s. and costs on the defendant, advising him, at the same time, to have his place properly cleansed and registered before he ad mitted other lodgers. The next case was against Patrick Connell, another Irishman, renting a filthy house containing three small rooms, at No. 3, Palmer's-rents, Snow's-fields. The officers found three married couples in one room, all huddled up together, on the floor, with no partitions. This house was also not registered, and in a most filthy state and full of vermin. Alderman Lawrence —And how much were you to have ? Prosecutor—The prisoner undertook to get 5701. for the bill, 4001. of which was to go to Mr. Mickleham, 351. to the prisoner, a similar sum to myself, and the balance of 1001. was due to me upon another transac tion, and was to have been given to Mr. Johns, a gen tleman living at Dalston, who instructed me to get the bill discounted for Mr. Mickleham. I have seen Mr. Young frequently on the subject, but did not receive the bill from him. These are the written instructions I re ceived from Mr. Johns. I heard that prisoner had re ceived the money, and the information came through Mr. Hawker. I do not know Mr. Clark, of Oxford street. Daniel May said—From information I re , ...eived I went to 5, Caroline-place, Brompton, and ascertained the pri soner had removed from there on Friday night last. I traced his goods to Manor-gardens, Chelsea, and from there to 1, Charlotte-street, King's-cross. I went there yesterday, and the prisoner was denied to me ; but I went up stairs, and found him in an apartment he occu pied, and which was very poorly furnished. I told him what was the charge, and he said the bill had been taken to Mr. Hodges and returned to him, and he subsequently gave it to Mr. Kirk, and it would be produced here to day. Cross-examined—He said he wondered be had not received the money on Saturday, but that he certainly would have it on Monday. He said he had been offered 3001. for the bill, and refused it ; and Mr. Scott had told him to take 4001. for it, if he could get it. Alderman Lawrence asked if Mr. Hodges was present to negative the prisoner's assertions. Mr. H. F. Wood said he was not, as the prisoner bad only been apprehended on the previous evening, and the officer had not had time to make all the necessary in quiries. Mr. A'&ckett fined this defendant also 40s. and costs Mr. Wontner said he was quite willing to agree to an adjournment if the prisoner were admitted to bail in his own recognisances. John Guirley, the occupier of No. 2, Palmer's-rents, was also fined 40s. and costs, his rooms being filthy in the extreme, and the house in such a state that the com missioners could not register it. There were children, men, and women all lying promiscuously together, and the defendant had refused to put it in a condition for registration. Three other cases were withdrawn, sufficient notice not having been served on the occupiers. Mr. 'Wood said he should decidedly object to such a course now, as the prisoner had been keeping out of the way, and would probably do so again. Alderman Lawrence suggested that all the bills should be given up to their respective owners, as it was without doubt a downright swindling transaction altogether. Mr. H. F. Wood and IMr. Wontner denied that there was any swindling on the part of their respective clients. Alderman Lawrence said ho believed it was a swind ling transaction, but the parties concerned need not feel aggrieved by his observation, as he had mentioned no names, and it could therefore injure no one. He there fore remanded the prisoner, to afford him an opportunity of adopting the suggestion thrown out; but he could not part with him till something satisfactory was done. THAMES.—Florence Driscoll, aged 23, a powerful and tall Irish labourer, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged with violently assaulting a respectable young woman named Emma Gooding, and attempting to vio late her person. This was one of the most flagrant cases ever brought before a police court. The offence was perpetrated in the open street, the complainant resisting and screaming in vain until released be the police, after receiving many bruises. MANSION-HOUSE.— William Brewer was brought before the Lord Mayor in custody of George Scott, the detective officer, charged with having robbed his em ployers. Scott said at four o'clock in the afternoon of the 26th Mr. Ingham said this was a case that could not be properly punished under the old or the new statute re lating to aggravated assaults on females, and ho should commit the prisoner for trial. of September, I saw the prisoner go from Wood-street, from the warehouse of Messrs. Brettles, in a titled cart. He turned down Gresham-street, and went along Alders gate-street, Goswell-street, and Great Sutton-street, where he stopped. I saw him very busy at the back of the cart for about a quarter of an hour. I then walked up to him and observed him sewing up a bale which he had in the cart. After he had completed the sewing up, he raised the board of the tilt of the cart, and shoved the needle underneath out of sight. About twenty minutes had elapsed by this time. He then went through St. John-street, turned and passed into Smith field to the Rose Inn booking-office, leaving his cart, and I directly got up and opened the horses nosebag which was in the cart, and in the nosebag I found the parcel containing a quantity of cotton. He then re turned to the cart, and I told him that I was an officer, and that I took him in charge for stealing the truss or bale he had just booked. He made no reply, and I con veyed him to the station-house. I afterwards found the needle in the tilt. NAV AL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT, 3, The gunner (Thomas Webber) of the Crescent, re ceiving-ship at Rio, was tried by court-martial this morning, on board the Victory, on a revolting charge. The charge, after due investigation, was declared not proved. The Sidon, 22, paddle-frigate, reported as coming up last evening, made Spithead to-day. The Banshee sailed for Woolwich, to be paid off. The Stromboli, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Hall, left Spithead to-day for Rio. The Encounter, 14, Captain O'Callaghan, was un docked to-day, refitted. The Tribune, 30, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, came into harbour to-day to be docked. SHEERNESS, OCT. 3. The Tyne, 4, store-ship, Master Commander, Peter Wellington.—A fatal and most distressing accident—if it may be so called, happened on board this ship yester day, between 6 and 7 o'clock a.m., in getting up anchor her below the Nore, from a cause well-known to all sailors. The anchor, when nearly up to the bow, ran away with the capstan, by which one poor fellow was killed on the deck, by being hurled with terrific violence against the ship's side, and several others received most severe injuries. The Tyne has only an assistant-sur geon on board, and it is much to be regretted that the poor sufferers, instead of being sent down to the sick bay of this ship, had not been sent in here in the steam tender Wildfire, and put on board the Waterloo, where the whole naval staff of surgeons in port could have been immediately summoned by signal to their relief. Isaac Edmonds, a person in the employment of Messrs. Brettles and Co., said, we received an order to send some goods to Evans and Co., of Monmouth, and I looked over part of the goods, amongst which was a quantity of cotton. I put a red ticket upon it, and I believe the parcel produced is the one. Frank Hooper, warehouseman to Messrs. Brettles and Co., said, I examined the bale addressed to Messrs. Evans and Co., and compared it with entries made in my book. There was a packet of cotton deficient. The prisoner was remanded in order that the depo- sitions might be made out. Charles Barham, was charged under the following circumstances 11. J. Webb, clerk on the Eastern Counties Railway, at the Brick-lane station, said—the prisoner is a market porter in the same employment with myself, and it is his duty to come to the station and receive from me paper, called a delivery sheet, on which is written the description of the packages, to whom they are to be de livered, the weight and the amount charged for the carriage, &c. His duty is then to make out a copy of that delivery sheet, and receivefrom the persons to whom the packages are directed the amounts charged, and after receiving them to hand them over to the clerk or collector at the market. On the 12th of September I delivered to the prisoner the delivery sheet produced, on which there is the following entry "Newby, 67 baskets and 8 bags, weight 43cwt. 3qrs. 101bs., and a charge of 41. 11s. 4d." He should then have copied that on the freight note, and receive the money and pay it to the collector. The frieght note produced should have cor responded with the delivery note, but instead of corre sponding it has been made out as weight 45cwt. 3qrs. 101bs., instead of 43cwt. 3qrs. 101bs, and the charge 4/. 14s. 4d. instead of 4/. lls. 4d. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 3, Tier Majesty's frigate Leander, Captain St. Vineeni King, sailed yesterday afternoon for the :Mediterranean The Desperate screw steam-frigate, 8, Captain W. W Chambers, came in yesterday afternoon. She was de tached from Admiral Corry's fleet in consequence 01 having sprung her foremast. The Queen is discharging her powder in the Sound ; she will go up Hamoaze this evening at 6 o'clock, or to morrow morning at 6. The Agameninon's foremast is sprung. The Vulture's main cap is defective, and por tions of her machinery are out of order. Admiral Corry will probably cruise for three weeks longer. WOOLWICH, OCT. 3. APPOINTMENTS. Mates.—John C. Patterson (1852), from the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, 'Western squadron ; Spencer M. 'Wilson (1852), from the Terrible, paddlewheel steam-vessel, of the Western squadron, to the President, 50, at Chathm, for service as flagship on the Pacific station ; Robert H. Boyd (1851), to the Arab, 12, sloop, at Chatham. Assistant-surgeon.--Owen J. Llewellyn (1851), to the Boscawen, 70, guardship of ordinary, at Chatham. Midshipman G. T. Key, to the Excellent. Clerk.—Gabriel J. Kenyon (1850), to the Madagascar receiving-ship at Devonport. Clerks' Assistants—H. F. Alldrichs, to the Madagas car ; 'William 'Ward, to the Ajax, 58, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; John Rivers, to the Boscawen ; R. Nut ford, to the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport. The Rhadamanthus steam store-ship, Master Corn mander Belam, left Woolwich this forenoon for Chatham. The Banshee steam-vessel, Commander Hosken, ar rived at Woolwich to-day, to be paid off about the end of the present week. She will then be repaired and have her defects made good, and, as her commander was re cently promoted, it is probable Master Commander Allen will be appointed to re-commission her, and the crew of the Lightning be turned over and serve under their present commander in the Banshee. The Lightning steam-vessel and the Rosamond steam sloop were taken out of the docks to-day and into the basin, and the Janus out of the basin and into dock. The Spiteful steam-sloop was also taken out of the basin, and remains in the stream, ready to he docked to-morrow. William Gaven, inspector of the Eastern Counties Railway, proved that the prisoner, upon being appre hended, said that his handwriting was at the foot of the freight sheet. W. Minell, collector for Leadenhall-market, in the employment of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, said—lt is my duty to receive the money from the pri soner which he had previously received at Billingsgate Market. On the 12th of September he brought to me the delivery sheet produced, and paid to me 4/. lls. 4d. for 67 baskets and 8 bags, as delivered to Newby. The Lord Mayor said he would send the case to the Central Criminal Court, as Fart of a most dangerous system of robbery. Five able-bodied Jersey seamen, who were sent to the Lord Mayor by the Consul at Hamburgh, applied to his lordship for relief in their destitute condition. They stated that on the 19th of September they bad been wrecked in the Albatross, of Jersey, near Cronstadt, on their voyage to the Baltic, and that they were anxious to reach home, but had no means whatever of defraying the expense to be necessarily incurred. The Lord Mayor—Then, I suppose, you are not sub scribers to the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society. The seamen said they regretted to state that they did not belong to the society. The Lord Mayor—lt is a society which does an im mense amount of good. I find by the public documents connected with it that the numbers relieved last year are—of shipwrecked persons, 2,948 ; of fishermen and mariners, subscribers, to replace clothes, boats, nets, &c., 1,930 ; of widows, orphans, and aged parents, 1,664. I shall read a. passage from the last report cal culated to show how essential it is that all seamen should contribute to the support of so admirable an institution. " The objects are carried out by local committees and 500 honorary agents established at convenient distances on the coasts, who, on all occasions of shipwrecks in their districts afford immediate relief (including medical aid, if necessary) and as soon as possible send the suffer ers to their homes. In the performance of this duty they act on the broadest basis of Christian charity, foreigners as well as natives being equally cared for. In order, however, to encourage moral and provident habits among our fishermen and. mariners it has been judged expedient to establish a scale of relief in addition to aid afforded at the time of the shipwreck, available to those who subscribe so small a sum as half a crown annually. These receive an allowance agreeably to the scale, either to replace their sea stock of clothing or restore their boats, nets, &c., as the case may be ; and in the event of their being drowned or killed, their widows and orphans are immediately attended to, and relief from 6/. and upwards where there are four or more orphans, is sent from the Central-office as soon as the case is established." THE ADMIRALTY INSPECTION OF HOLY - HEAD HARBOUR. On Saturday Sir James Graham, Admiral Dundas, and Captain Milne, Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, accompanied by the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir Baldwin Walker ; Colonel Greene, director of works : and Captain O'Brien private secretary, inspected the progress of the works of the new harbour. They pro• ceeded in the Admiralty barge to the proposed entrance of the harbour. Their lordships, on landing, entered two of the railway waggons, which were fitted up for their accommodation ; these were attached to one of the steam-engines,. carrying them along the line of railway on the timber stages (a height of nearly 40 feet above the sea at low water, and from which the stone is deposited) to the end of the north break water. After inspecting the mode of depositing the stone from the iron waggons, and the arrangements adopted for carrying on this portion of the works, they proceeded to visit the stone quarries, in which some largo mines had been previously charged, of similar magnitude to those witnessed by her Majesty and the Royal party, upon their recent visit to Ireland. Soon after 12 o'clock their lordships witnessed the ex plosion of the mines, by the voltaic battery ; the first fired with a charge of 3,000 lb. of gunpowder, was shortly succeeded by the simultaneo us ex plosion of! two mines, in which were contain e d near ly 7,000 lb. The heavy rumbling noise, resembling distant thunde r, and a dense volume of smoke, ascending from the floor of the quarries, indicated the disturbance that bad taken place in the mountain, bringing down a s uperincumbent mass of about 50,000 tons of stone, and manifesting the power of science in reducing n ature to its service on so gr an d a scale ; enormous masses of rock lying piled upon each at i h o a other, ready, as it we re, to the hand of the quarrymen for loading into the ir wa gg ons. b ak Their lordship s then p roceeded to the landin g place of the harbour , oh t be their gratification incline tifi ca ti on railway for attentionre-em theyr ex pressin g received from Mr. Bendel and Messrs. Rigby, and at the satisfactory manner in which the works of this great national undertaking thtakinegiro arlerdsip being conducted. returned to Shortly after to the Black Eagle they left for town, by the Chester and Holyhead I Railway. His lordship then sent Munday, one of the confiden tial Mansion-house officers, to the society, for the pur pose of representing the condition of the applicants. The messenger soon returned with an assurance to his lordship that the most prompt attention was paid to the case, and that the poor seamen should be immediately relieved and sent to their home. His lordship said that the exertions of the society would be powerfully seconded by the public liberality. The answer was scarcely received by his lordship when three other applicants, in similar circumstances, ap peared before him, and equal attention was paid to his lordship's recommendation in the latter instance. BOW-STREET.—Thomas Thompson, a letter-carrier, of six years' standing, in the Pimlico district, was charged with having 64 letters in his possession. Mr. Peacock, the Post-office solicitor, prosecuted. It was proved that, owing to the frequency of com plaints respecting the non-delivery of letters in the neighbourhood of Vincent-square, the district inspector of letter-carriers, Mr. Fricker, took means to ascertain with whom the blame rested. He watched the course of a letter addressed to a Miss Manning, and supposed to contain cash. It was placed with*" to be sorted, and while the letter-carriers were ass g in this duty, the prisoner was observed to include the (irk° in question TURKISH TRIBUTR.—The second series of the deben tures on the loan effected for the Pasha of Egypt in this country last November, in order to enable him to pay the Turkish tribute in advance, fell due on Saturday, and the amount, with interest, 137,8001., was paid to the holders at the offices of the Peninsular and Oriental Cornimuy. STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Edinburgh on Friday ; Mr. James Anstruther, chair man of the company, presiding. The report expressed the congratulation of the direc tors on the termination of the long pending litigation between the company and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, regarding the obligation of the latter to lease the line. The House of Lords, on the Bth of July last, affirmed the decision of the Court of Session, declaring the lease of the Stirling andDumfermline line to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company to be valid, commencing on the 4th of December, 1850, and to subsist for thirty-five years The Edinburgh and Glasgow Company had, in conse quence taken possession of the line, to work it as les sees ; and the directors of the Stirling and Dunfermline Company were engaged with the settlement of all out standing claims. The traffic of the line continued to in crease in a satisfactory manner ; but owing to the ad vance on prices, there had been a rise in the working expenses. The arrears of calls had been reduced to a very small sum, and it was satisfactory to know that no loss had occurred from the sale of forfeited shares. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, stated that the rent to be paid by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company was fixed at 4 per cent, on the ca pital expended, which, however, had yet to be adjusted. In opposition to the opinion of the chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, that the lease would not be a remunerative one, the directors of the Stirling and Dunfermline line maintained that its traffic pro spects were of the most encouraging character. They accused the other board of interposing every obstacle in their power to the successful working of the line, and of causing a useless and unnecessary amount of expenditure, estimated at 20,0001. or 25,000/., the in terest of which, however, they would have to pay. It was still computed that 40,0001. was due for arrears of reut, and in place of reserving this sum before dividing their revenue, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company had made an offer of 20,000/., clogged with conditions too ludicrous to be entertained. Mr. WARDLA.W RAMS IT, of Whitehill, seconded the adoption of the report. The report was then agreed to, with some resolutions declaring the forfeiture of certain shares, &c., after which the meeting separated. OPENING OF THE RAILWAY TO YEOVIL. The Durston and Yeovil branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway was opened for public traffic on Satur day, being the first line which has been completed to the small manufacturing town of Yeovil, among the many schemes which, from time to time, have been projected to supply it with railway accommodation. It has obvi ously not been the importance of the traffic of Yeovil itself, celebrated though it be for its superior gloves, which has induced railway directors to expend thou sands of pounds in parliamentary contests, but the position it occupies in a district sought to be entirely appropriated by the representatives of the rival gauges. Durston is a small village, about four miles from Taun ton ; and it is at this point of the Bristol and Exeter proper that the branch diverges almost due east for twenty miles, passing through a large tract of flat country, evidently recovered from the sea since Alfred the Great found refuge in the obscure island of Athelney, now Athelney village, its centre, intersecting the famed Sedgemoor, and finally reaching Yeovil, through the pretty towns of Longport and Martock. From the na ture of the country the works have been very easily constructed, and completely to the satisfaction of the Government inspector. The inaugural train, with its gaily dressed engine, bearing Mr. J. W. Buller, the chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Company ; Mr. W. D. Wills, the deputy-chairman ; Messrs. E. Divett, M.P., &c., arrived at Yeovil at two o'clock ; and on the platform, the Portreeve, Mr. Thomas Binford, R.N., presented an address, which was suitably acknowledged by the chairman. A procession was formed to conduct the visitors to the Town-hall, where a dinner was spread for their entertainment, and, with bands of music, banners, and evergreens, a holiday appearance was given to the town, greatly augmented by the total cessation of business, and the gay dresses a d en thusiastic faces of all the inhabitants. At the dinner, the toast of the day was, of course, " Prosperity to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company," and, in respond ing, Mr. Buller observed on the rich and fertile character of that portion of the county of Somerset through which the line passed, and upon the early prospect of the Cen tral Somerset Railway, bringing the ancient abbey of Glastonbury within easy and general approach ; and taking a more extensive range, attributed the full advan tages of the penny postage, the impetus which the arts have received from the Great Exhibition, and the im provement in agriculture from the Royal Society's visits to different points of the United Kingdom, in a great measure to the extraordinary development of the railway system, which has been the result of private speculation and commercial enterprise. The directors returned in a special train to Bristol, greeted as they passed the dif ferent stations, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour by the enthusiastic cheers of the same dense crowds which had welcomed their coming in the morning. said railway shall be held to form part of the main trunk line of railway, and the said company shall, accordingly, upon complying with all the provision of the law in that behalf, be entitled to the benefit of the guarantee of the province, to the extent and in the manner by law pro vided." The Grand Trunk Act itself authorises that company to make a line of railway from Montreal to Toronto, thus carrying out the intention of all preceding acts, both of Parliament and the Government, of making the Great Western Railway a part of the main trunk line. The directors of the Great Western Company complain of the position occupied by members of the Government in forming a large part of the direction of the Grand Trunk Railway—thus securing an identi fication of the policy of the Government with that of the railway. The Great Western directors strongly denounce the proceeding of introducing the Toronto and Port Sarnia line into the Grand Trunk scheme, as a breach of faith towards the company, a repudiation by the Government of the acts of the Legislature, which they as the executive of the province were bound to carry out. They state that the Grank Trunk board are attempting by every possible means, including a threat to carry traffic from Sarnia to Toronto gratis, to force the Great Western Company into an amalgamation. To so great an extent has this been carried that public meetings have been held at Hamilton and London to protest against such proceedings, and strongly recom mending the Great Western Company not to amalga mate with the Grand Trunk line. On the whole, the directors of the Great Western Company express their strong and decided opinion, founded on extensive local knowledge and many years' familiar acquaintance with the districts and traffic which are so soon to be served by the Great Western, that no thing but amalgation with the Grand Trunk line can do them any vital injury. STAINES, WOKINGHAM AND WOKING JUNCTION.— The act of Parliament for making this line, which will unite the Windsor branch of the London and South- Western Railway with the main line to Southampton, taking the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line in its way, and opening up a direct communication with Vir ginia water and the Ascot race-course, received the Royal assent in July last ; but it was rumoured that the company would not be in a position to commence the works until next year. This, however, turns out to be incorrect, for it is now formally announced that the work of construction will be commenced to-morrow (Tuesday) by the turning of the " first sod" in a field adjoining the public•house called the Broomhall Hut, near the site of the late encampment at Chobham. The ceremony, we hear, will take place about 1 o'clock, and the chairman, directors, and their friends will celebrate the event by dining together afterwards at the Wells Inn Sunning-hill. SHROPSHIRE AND MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—The proposed new line is to run from the Llanidloes and Newtown Rail way, at the latter place, rid the Rea Valley to Shrews bury, and rid Welshpool to Oswestry, a length of 47 miles, at an estimated cost of 7,0001. per mile. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.—IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY AXLES.—Hollow railway axles are being in troduced extensively on the London and North-Western Railway. The reduction in weight is taken at one-third of the solid axles hitherto in use, and it is found that in point of strength and resistance of fracture and concus sion, the " hollow" axle has double the power of the solid, thereby proving the " tubular" form of structure, as illustrated in many other mechanical matters, to be conducive both to safe and economical working. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE—JCT. 3. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Vesta, from Bremen • Tran sit Carolinda, Chel•bourg ; Ma r y, F ernando Po ; 'Hawk, Algiers; Princess Royal, Palermo; lola. Quebec; Sitia, Galatz ; Pasha, Bilboa ; Philadelphia, New York ; Em presa, Trinidad do Cuba ; Dublin; Bordeaux ; Ann and Eliza, New York; Affects, Oporto; Pittawrad Nova, Oporto ; Nehemiah Hand, New York ; Oriental, Sydney ; Teviot, Cadiz ; Connecticut, New York ; Agnes Sophia, Dania; Lord W. Bentinck, Sydney; Gratitude, Arch angel. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. —The Hinda, for Dantzic ; Falcon, Algoa Bay; Lul u , St ettin ; Speculation, Arendahl ; D u db r ook, Calcutta ; Prince Albert, Dunkirk . ; .zEolus, Kragoroe. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. —The Sarah, for Dunkirk ; Agenoria, Boulogne ; Alkalio, Antwerp ; Far nechina, Amsterdam ; Bury St. Edmond's, Mauritius; Mary, Dunkirk ; Figre, Rio Janeiro ; Lie, Cape of Good Hope ; Maria, Antwerp; Franz, Riga ; Unity, A n t werp ; Victory, D an t z i c ; B etsy, Ostend ; Flying Dragon, Port Philip ; Ealing Grove,. Algoa Bay ; IN.-illichnina, Riga ; John, Dunkirk '; Lady Peel, C-eelong. LIVERPOOL—Ocr. 2. The America, hence for San :Francisco, that was ashoro at Southport, was got off on Saturday, and was towed round to this port. The Imperial, hence to St. John's, N. 8., in 27 days had the most valuable cargo ever taken to that port, amounting to 150,000/. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Monarch, from London to Calcutta, Aug. 25, lat 14 N., long. 27 W. 28 Th W e Occide ns , b oun d sou th , A ug. 25, lat. 7 N., long. The Priscilla, bound south, Sept. 1, lat. 13 N., long. long. 37 W W. A two-decker (English line-of-battle ship), 1at.13 N., long. 37 W. The Maid, from Valparaiso to Liverpool, Sept. 10, lat. 31 N., long. 39 W. The Queen Victoria, from Plymouth to Quebec, Sept. 7, off St. Paul. The Alexina (barque), of and from Liverpool to City Point, Virginia, Sept. 7, off Cape Race. The Malcolm, of Stranraer, off Panama, Aug. 24, lat 12 N., long. 24 W. The M`Donald, London to Adelaide, 26th, lat. 4 N., long. 24 W. The William Rennie, Batavia to Hull, 27th, lat. 15 N., long. 28 W. ; master, carpenter, and cook, dead of yellow fever. The Arabia, steamer, Liverpool to New York, Sept. 28, lat. 51 N., long. 28 W. The Thomas Hamlin, Clyde to Port Philip, Sept. 22, lst. 43 N., long. 16 W. COUNTRY MARKET& CHELMSFORD-SEPT. 30. There was to-day a middling supply of wheat, and a further advance of 3s per qr. on finer and 2s on infe rior qualities was readily obtained at the opening of the_ market, but with a slower sale at the close of business. For a sample or two 83s per qr. was given. Barley was from is to 2s per qr. dearer. There was also a rise on beans of ls, on peas 2s, and oats is per qr. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 66s Cd to 74s Od, new 68s to 80s ; red, old 58s to 70s, new 66s to 72s ; barley, 345 to 40s ; chevalier, 38s to 47s ; grindins 26s to 33s ; malt, 60s to 64s ; chevalier, 62s to 67s ; oats, 20s to 26s ; pe as , partridge, 40s to 45s ; w hit e , 48 s to 50s ; boiling 52s to 56s ; dun, new, 40s to 43s ; beans, tick, 360 to 39s ; Ha rrow ti cks, 34s to ' 4os ; litazagan, 34s ' to 38s. COLCHESTER —OCT. 1. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 68s to 80s; red, 64s to 70s ; barley, 40s to 46s ; oats, 20s to 25s ; beano Mazagan, 38s to 40s ; middle and small, 42s to 46s ; posh white, 50s to Ms ; grey, 42s to 455. KIRKCALDY—OcT. 1. We had small supplies of wheat and oats to-day, and only moderate of barley. Sales quick at advanced rates. Old wheat 7s to Ss, new 4s to I;s, barley is to 2s and oats 3s to 4s, per qr., over last week' s ra t es. New wheat, first 635, second 645, third 565. Prices of old wheat as under Wheat. j Barley. Oats. Beans. First I Second 28s OctOd Os Oct I I Third 69s Oct 50s Od 00s Od Os Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 37s Od to 38s Od. COAL MARKET—Ocr. 3. Prices of Coal per tou at the close of the market :-•-• 8. el. 1 Wallsond, &C. Burnh opc l9 0 H a e m t n t lb o lto u oyn a. (I. Carr's Hartley- 2l 6 . L 23 0 Chester Main 1 1 6 , 6 6i_,u 21 6 Hasting's Hartley ! 22 6 Hedley's Hartley 90 J Polisher .... 2l 6 South Peareth l9 O'Stewart's ................... 23 °, Wylam 2l 6 1 Cassop 22 ! Wallsencl, &c. !Denison 2l 7 Gosforth 21 6 Heugh Hall . 2 2 „ Harton 2l 0 Kelloe 22 ,6, Hedley 21 6 ; S ou th K e ll oe 22 j 21 o!Trirndon 22 ! I 22 u 4 21 6; Adelaide Tees 22 3 Cowpen 21 6 v 19 0 Derwentwater Hartley 21 0 Edonil Lawson Bell's idll- n i Main .iin r 0 s e Braddyll 22 !I Gwaen Cae Gurwen :33 Kepier 22 3 Ship at market 1.1 3 501 d.., .. 78. RAILWAY SHARB MARXISTS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho market has improved ant!, closed steadily. Caledonian, 24; Eastern C oun ti es , 1-16; East Lancashire, 16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 63,;; ; London and North Western, 104 c. ; ditto (Fifth share), p. ; Midland, 59ii ; South Eastern and Dover , 17 13-16. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.- - Thor° has boon morn business of i b bona fide character in this market during the last few dayl than for months past. To-day Loudon and North West , ' erns were done at 104. MANCHESTER, OCT. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened lower, but itir proved towards the close, with a fair business. Eastern Counties, 12 ; Dover, 184 ; Midland, 601 ; London and North Western, 104,i ; Leeds, 614 ; Bristol and Exeter► 92; Sheffield New Pref., p. ; Manchester and Binning" ham C Quarters, 9-16 p. ; East Lancashire, 16. LEEDS, OCT. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Shares were a shade easier Oi l morning, but without any material reduction in the q uo• tations, Midlands being done at Saturday's lowest quota' tions, and Lancashire and Yorkshire at a reduction of 5 0 ' The sales this morning are—Midland Stock, 60 ; Caled° . nians, 25i ; York and North Midlands, 233 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 631; North Westerns, 7i. 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On the 30th ult., the wife of George Horsey, barrister at-law. MARRIED. ()It the 29th ult., at King's Norton Church, Mr. Thome ,s Amphlett, of Acton-hall, Ombersley, to Harriet Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Joseph Atephlett. On the Ist inst., at Epsom Church, Haskett Smith, of Hanover-square, Esq., tc, Ann, widow of the late John Meek Britten, of Theobalds, Esq., and youngest daughter of the late Robert Davies, of Epsom, Esq. DIED. On the 2d inst., at No. 19, Upper Gower-street, aged 37. Elizabeth Sophia, widow of the late Lieut. Lowry W. At , Wynne, of the Royal Artillery, and eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. Payne, of the same regiment. On the 2d inst., at his house, Palkner-street, Liverpool aged 97, Johu llPCulloch, Esq., surgeon. LONDON : Printed and Published. by MURDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.1 12, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county ° I lAliddleaex, Tuesday, October 4, 1853.