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

THE SUN a tarli 51 4, % - . . j ij 0 .14V t • NoRT . .----.-- . HLR N COUNI'IE'-• UNION The half RAIL WAY ( 111 IS DAY.) coab„ Yearly "'"Y was 1 meeting of the shareholders in this ‘t th L e d to-day, at half -past twelve o'clock, irdi itar , n Tavern,forthe transaction•. a e und° rei ltlisij buli netS ; also to take into consideration rea tieti, l9 4 from the shareholders, recommendinga kini. ain the present number uf directors to the tia1,111,1,111 number required by the Act of Incorpt.ira 4Te °ljr William Beresford occupied the chair. ,1:7 advertisement convening the meeting having eeee,.. e4 ii, an the seal of the company affixed to the irisi_vre,tif proprietors, t,,' e , St: proprietors, (Mr. C. L. Webb) proceeded to '',! the report , which • t f rth— A: l Ae r t h t h t the beviationseßilol had received the Royal 1 1 i t t4 - 7 ‘ , 4 nd That the capital of th e company is reduced th i or. ,c•623,000L, beint, a diminution of 375,0001..011 4 6/,',3ls.inkl capital, which is equivalent to the reduction tare et :',.' On the amount of each share. The company i jer een 'd under the Act of 1846 to pay interest paid q aciv,"" noun all calls made, and where calls are pai inll b ,fie, interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum s, le (dlowed. 1%40 : b y the in li4ent did n o t t hi nk fit to grant the powers. 12th clause in your Deviation Bill, nego s 1 1 '4' 1 , 8 i.lave been renewed with neighbeuring companie.. Q eee b „ ° ,, ie w of obtaining aguarantee on the moneys to 'rid dadath•,,",, n the line-fromgTebay to Bishop Auek . laud, to n me,. "aentered into an agreement with the Stock -11,4 ?forauarlin Co mpany, - üb•ect to the approval of tilhoillelti4g, a wit t s on j the expenditure from th, e II Auckland to Westan Mill ° until the line is made ,",ughout to Tebay, . follows : ' -uhat th _ , The agreement is as Company shall ti!iit t , tee ~e otockton and Darlington t 1 from 'lllo A ° Per West annum upon the ou ay . • Uckland to Mil until the whole line is toed throu h' 1 . of such li ne not S t 4a ., g out to Tebay, and in case to eue b e e sh e wea A Ore the expiration of the Act, or any re -1: th eeet, the Stockton and Darlington Company to 411 11. t t e h ri ght of coreinuing the guarantee or taking the lot. T l cist of Co nstruction, it being understood Nee at the Outlay shall be superintended by a otorei it ,. me ws; Ib, appointed by the Northern .. Counties t of two 4rd, such s ub - committee to consist . ,Ittee e fl of the St l t . Darlington board and two ( "4.7 4 of th (-), eon and Union board (H. k -,, t ar , e Northern Counties . 0 _ i _ il 'llier , -1" and C. Hopkins Esq., being ea ffic u qt - 8 of the sai d ' • •' hout the power ,%tteg). s ub - committee, wit held4lTat th said sub-committe be t, t.i..itteiitlgtoenrneetings of the lill iPtta 114 the Stockton and Darlington Railway ktiti,,, • y 4111 111: lay . f the line, and shall the4weti th e i • e the working o . . e air during ',Period of ` l4 e la good and sufficient r p I,„•4th, q,,_gttrantee. from West CI te t tt ' r " .. 4 t as soon as the line is opened to be %I t o 6 ;errd Castle then the present guarantee k tiet 4 d eue d irecto ;a per annum. their attention to the fiend i 'neat ef th per turned Bishop Auckland, 11 Llstract _, e line from Tebay to ee: slee t e `i, Shur engineer to re-survey the country. Ade l . h' i woieh they h received shows that a very Ili i r t ,, "l'l lt il r -a sa ' i ng of cost can be effected. tested rl, )I;'ert has had the serious consideration . of , your that nlO thi s t ?tendingen negotiations with compa t n h i e es i board 10, - - , at t h for a farther guarantee, sanction to „/ to t , e present time request your • nt I•ti vc " v rll in th • esession of Parliam s .. the t e cr dir e , e ensuin s with Jo eat, e ners have also made arrangement ti et „,,_ ii nd Thi L. Company at the t4eto t - ren ts , 4., for const ructing, thern Coun • Moi l i t °,f that company, and the Northern for lia t lclat Its anwaY Company, to be held in common of your eft,' %to ol : Of both companies, about two miles h t ' else h„ nei ng at Wath. The station at this place ,lt tot h ccestructed for the joint use and mutual Wa t tl lctir ilitph cornpanies. works on the ef th, e 'lntr a ', ""r " h ave commenced the The terms Ai% , tsolltp ct'which are of easy character. ous to , l 'ltii Ite t Your directors consider advantage `, 13411 Y. 44/4itr ue dir for a la % otto eeters have also made arrangements Auckland to , %t ,kill in en the line fr.( na Bishop N I °•_ltt ttlodaesehedience to the Act of Parliament. market, Tatrattp•peeith e. view the existing state of the money shareholders, ii i e cleat lir to the convenience of he.,:'-'411., d l',1(, that as little nutiey as possible should resent ,cl , vf• tnet i , ,the directors will, therefore, at p ta e The hill policy of this nature. . with It o Lio,, t : 'Or the amalgamation of this i company -T •ne T h ;‘) , ty 6old, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3 h ke li t , lll of nl th P a nY was withdrawn at an early . stage. aste Lee 4 4 )4 J . e • Liverpool, Manchester, and Newc line a* "" It '1 lteration of main i e ceiv 83 br ave n ai way a N ed Mehl ' • , •they were interested, twto ? the tot% 11-leecv.;")l assent, by which the line from distance of th e N e • %Il e , flows to Castle Bolton, a se I . "0 e t ,, e , 1 e to be constructed at the joint ex t p or en t _ e o r ,sat ans "",.Raties, and to be held in common ,t _ en , s h . 1 _ NZltteti in Fre management during cons . truc o ! _ ye ' dtio tliki , r ,s fro nt :t_ joint committee, to consist f five ointed on 11,1, 11 4 o f eh compan are he directors app r sq., ' ilare, dui ero any William Beresfo d, t• . 1') 4n - 1, P .- Castel Hopkins, -441„ it 1 , e Yyvill, Esq., John Other, rnkins, Esq., and Christopher 4 4 ; The h., ' of i i. , 84 al:lee-sheet of the company to the 31st •• been R 4 ' ; ' englil4s a 1 'hd of 96,4991. 13s. sd. 4-14- thels re pc n t e i e te ln d that tae; 444 '4Bt half-yearly meeting his attention has e leee t , i ° the subject of making still further lying een 11.' h esP ' ci all o that portion of the line . f litt Is - °P A Y la Tebay. This! section o ete tt ,„ • _e . w ool , ~ uckland and . chain of tric„,l;loiektio" , orni the closing link in the ~ ''lte c 4 frona Nee castle to Lancaster, Liverpool, ro cs? he re af ter ' d bsnit of this was, that he Wotk,., e etittbl is further investigation Net t i tl q with ed to lay down a line that could be which llre e , cost r e siirvtY, efficiency, and economy, et lit -cal 300,000/. to 400,0001. less than their la el Th e t e • k feetle Stttlerel route of the line from Bishop A ue re. "V I M io r would be much the same as at p es vs, From y uarnard Castle and Row . -•e to i.aietri somewhat mil e t th e s , , oor the line would be taken one 'ort.itti,tht, so - ti n t ' l l i l, so that instead of passing only it 441,:..130n thetr line nf Kirkby Stephen, as at present, three 4 tO t t ram W th to Clifton, about „Iv he zouth cla WC li t ler e li itie etio ' 3l tbat place. in point 3ee titi ' the% :would be considerably higherline conse r,tkei? i t Will a! of the Parliamentary nii,, oer ~,,,, ald us considerably in attaining the IN ,a ths t th ai l% and by this means he was inc in 1' ed to rks te, e :Qau thesee gradients will be better and the section e. raitit'l.Jsiewhi sh °wa on his last improved b sub ,,,o ie oetg.‘g,"l and the summit at Stainmoor, the ' e noid er rer lase also 1'441144 % ng th e immense mineral traffic, .and cl liitiella ba ust r treffie between N e w castle and Liverpool, ree tt ,?P AueePl_ai's along the section of the line between 1%44'4 of t ; E XId and they,T together with t 'eti l 'etur e frice which line from Wath to . the large k li eti. coon °4l nter t., Leedon, Leeds, York, and the id no eil4" lion i t ,' t° eew and E, , iiibur4h, he had e t ,, k , k, e 3 , txpressing his opinion that the under -1,, ~?rier,tt, "tole, w ould be the most important and l'h. 've lin e • i'ltt ,- '''orli . ,,, 'n the north of England. . ' r te ll -e 4) Le% b urn, Plans andsections of the line from 11 ° - tele '''-urn• d t e, L. Put`' 1 ,.., , , is.anee of nineteen ' ten miles, kii, 'vet ""rimy Stephan, a distance o. twenty-nine ap t e nd llnelet, d, the total length b, Mg t INFilekd glltbi. ineeessary tioticeS, with plans and c t l h e it and ..i? ''oete„.,etl";!°weers and tenants on the Wa th a 4 teceipt'. and t o, eep tmit a amounted to 194,618/ 12s. 10a., • e .i il ke sta ie re to 98,1161. 19s. 5d., leaving tn 41 he Crated In the report. 11 44.4. N. report, ad d tvt a t tid e d h,‘:_,. moved the adoption of thewhich, tep eAt hav e i t "e : RY to the matters dealt with, to Pa t t i here b e ''"ell fully, it will be unnecessary 1 / 4 4) 4 1 4 1 in nt b ad e 3 °rid the substance. He regretted that q 7 , t b v th_.rnot t hought fit to grant the powers riaakhat ti n 7 I:)eviation Bill, After the rejection to had e 444, 3'Parliament, the directors sought th ` e i i net 37c.teZlena with other companies. They in thAneashire een able to come to terms wan t li t ~ e mo st fri and Carlisle, but they had been me ti,.. 311, ar i d ,rdlY spirit by the Stockton and Dar: t r Zeus to tha‘telportion of their undertaking ; lie be arr st ey would commenced make Nvhe, gereterits with soon soon be enabled to Co n , ~, , 1 1 the w orks the Lancashire and Carlisle,be Nvotil' eti ted, e n d Qf that portion would line t,...ed s ubseq uenti that the - whole of the -41,1111:.sive roatter, Y„b,e completed in a steady andn lit i i ,„ ... liae b a d b • -the contracts on the Wath portion ..e t v juk) Or soo been let ; it would cost 5,500/. a T!! The, 4, 1 r pool, k a the Were at work upon it. bettlettoo line ll,Fister, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Preee'svi.thdraw' Which Was promoted by . them, , had_ / send 4 y hi s et licitor s re il re e l that t i, ~,. consent on the so passed. 'svoul t i to seve _"? 13111 could not possibly be alls tn.,. oe 4,, 'at. questions, he stated that no calls rno s. " t his Year not tell how 114 ttlr e r e calls - • lie could . exact trit e ., ,of th e works w ould be required until the , ht o te :, Int o dev, and the arrangements they fing rt ,.., half of ~ &Al:Ted themselves. 44,0001., or only_ t rial of the calls, had d the di net, t Would• d been paid up, an th, r . ° o nfo r , e consider whether they ought, or ought T h . wo uld the Payment of hem. Most likely ,0 3,3 1,,,b, di l l ci ot be another call t hefore the spring. "Ned ieterestriq Pay at the proper time would be Aar Sit 44:llo _ at the rate of 5 per cent. expenses e ro " Rreet, -_ 'l,l)Ert complained that the _.. % tate , • particularly the travelling expenses, which ofAllottu to nearly 1 0001 th `nr„Suaati ' • • ~th F• ea.,s vc•non-payment up of said the atilt Were • as not confined to this company, as h •he toe , in similar condition—(Hear, hear) — ridUN. Could not avoid saying, that an especial gloom 4 i i - c o r the eoropany—(Cries of " Hear, hear," to the eff ect s ll°"-- but he trusted the report would O hirn that of dispelling that gloom. It appeared floret, the • -,, a t, e directors Should practice more eco jhe a "e executive expenses were too heavy. t .e be st likia Said been informed, eel et . auth . he had . . tiditio (it itY, that many capitalists, quite in a till • 4 to p a S their C apital, y their calls, would rather apply Per dent . t ° other purposes at present, and pay tca ttle clue • reters, than pay their calls as they a t e ( ' oo ' t h 4 " , no doubt, those of smaller means C me4 rail: same plan. General depression per il:lN b a3' Property. Their line was an excep- L 4 ut it a , ng o ver . . Ppeared to him that no especial gloom 10 the 41 , n it , at any rate, no such impression existed the tra , 1 (I .s of the directors. A great proportion of (iirt,etortellite• e j , '-, exPenses was caused by the northern Ze tit 11.1ernng 0 11th to attend the board meetings. , Port-was then received and adopted, After some dismssion, a proposition was agreed to to reduce the number of dire ctors from eighteen to twelve. The following gentlemen were re-elected : Messrs. Berresford, Wyvil, Arclen , on, Hcpes, Other, Pease, Hopkins, Underwood, Middleton, Salkeld, Whitwell, and Thompson. At the commencement of the meeting several share holders complainedithat the meeting had not been suf ficiently advertised—it had not appeared in the Times. The CHAIRMAN explained that it had been adver tised in the Morning Chronicle, in The Sun, and Daily News, and :it had thus, they thought, obtained the utmost publicity. A special general meeting was then held, for the , purpose ( f amending the. agreement proposed to be entered into with the Stockton and Darlington, which was agreed to ; and a vote of thanks having been awarded to the chairman and directors, the meeting separated. Earth-work Soil stripped off Fencing erected Sea-walli, g Bridges complete Ditto in progr• , sM Permanent way laid WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the company took place to-day, at the company's offices, 1, Guild hall Chambers. The Earl of LONSDALE too le the chair shortly after one o'clock, and the usual preliminary proceedings having been gone through, The SECRETARY read the following report of the directors of the proceedings of the company for the last half-year : " In reviewing the progress of the undertaking during the past half-year, the result of which is now laid before the shareholders, it will be seen that the policy of the directors has been such as the pressure of the times demanded, and which, under these circumstances, they believe, will meet with the full concurrence of the pro prietors. " Their desire has been to lighten the responsibilities f the company, so far as was consistent with the steady progress of the works, under the conviction that their more active prosecution, as intended at the commence ment of the present year, would be, in the altered state of the money market, less conducive to the ultimate prosperity of the company. " Upon the portion of the railway under contract, being about fifteen miles, or nearly half the length of the line, the progress of the several contractors has been, during the half-year, satisfactory. Of the total esti mated cost of this portion of the line to its completion (about 135,0001.), 75,000/. has been expended, leaving to be paid upon these works 60,0001., a large portion of which will be required during the ensuing half-year. " Bearing in mind those engagements, the di rectors have abstained during the half-year from entering into any further contracts; the progress of two portions of the line has, however, been pressing upon their attention,—they refer to the Whitehaven Tunnel and the Duddon Crossing. " With regard to the former, the Parliamentary esti mate of which is 25,0001., its completion contempo raneously with the opening of the line, they consider essential, as well to its efficient working as to the de velopment of its traffic. The proprietors are aware that it forms the connecting link with the Whitehaven and Maryport line, and with the harbour of Whitehaven, and from the break in the continuous railway commu nication which its non-completion would involve, as well as from the position of the terminus on the south side of the town, and at a distance from the harbour, without supplying this link, the goods and mineral traffic of the country could not be developed. " A mode of effecting a junction, however, with the Whitehaven and Maryport line, at a comparative trifling cost, by keeping to the lawer part of the town, and so tailing in with a proposed extension along the quays of the harbour, is also engaging the attention of your directors. " Should that mode of junction be decided upon, the necessity for pushing the works at the tunnel may not continue to exist ; and by this step also the extension line of the Maryport Company before alluded to will be available to this company's traffic in a more advantageous manner. " The necessity of pressing forward the Duddon Crossing is urgent, as will be seen on reference to the engineer's report, and it is to this work that the funds at the disposal of the directors will be at present di rected, the remainder of the line (about fifteen miles) requiring, as the shareholders are already aware, but half the time fur its completion which these works will occupy. " By the completion, however, of the contracts in hand, and the execution of eleven out of these fifteen miles of railway, being the least expensive part of the line, a con tinuous railway communication from Whitehaven to Whieham, near the Duddon estuary, would be opened, and should the funds at the disposal of your directors el able them to effect this object at an earlier period than can he relied on for the completion of the Duddon Crossing, their careful attention will be directed to the expediency of adopting this course. " Before dismissing the subject of the Duddon Cross ing, the directors think it necessary to observe upon the result of the negotiations with the inhabitants of Broughton, which have occupied their attention, while the works at the Duddon have been kept in abeyance. "It will be remembered that the object of the nego tiations alluded to was to obtain the consent of those in habitants to dispense with a swing bridge in crossing this river, which Use company are, by their Act, hound *0 construct for the protection of the navigation which is used by the inhabitants of Broughton and its neigh boerhood. - By estimating the advantage of a swing bridge at a value wholly groundless, and withholding their consent to its withdrawal, the inhabitants of the district in ques tion have deprived themselves of the advantages which the directors were enabled to offer them, and will, it is feared, have reason to regret their non-compliance with the proposal which was made to them. " As stated, however, by Mr. Stephenson in a previous report to your directors upon the subject, the original estimate will not be exceeded in consequence of this refusal on the part of the Broughton people to co-operate with them in this matter, and it will be satisfactory to you to learn that in no other particular have circum stances occurred to impeach the probable sufficiency of that estimate. " And in regard to the traffic to be anticipated upon your line as the southern approach to the port of White haven, it will be gratifying to you to learn that the traffic on the railway affording communication with that port from the north has already shown a very satisfate tory result. " The traffic upon that railway (the Whitehaven and Maryport line) although in work for only three months up to June last, has realised a dividend at the rate of four-and-a-half per cent. by the quarter's earnings, with a steadily increasing traffic ; your directors think, therefore, that their anticipations of a remunerative dividend upon your property are not unreasonable, when its cheap probable cost is borne 'in mind, and also its con nexion with the southern and more important districts of the country. " the payment of the larger portion of the arrears of calls reported at the last half- yearly meeting to he due, has with the balance in hand, enabled the directors to meet the payments to the several coatrace,rs in respect of the works in progress ; the amount received en ac count of the third call, and that remaining due, will, however, be immediately required for carrying on these works and those before adverted to as about to be um dertaken ; the attention of those shareholders who are ,till in arrear upon the third call, is therefore particu larly directed to the necessity of its prompt payment ; and twelve months having intervened between the making 1 of that and the previous call, the directors feel confident that no reasonable ground for indulgence can be urged oil account of their frequency. " Looking to the future also, the prospect of further calls to a greater extent than 21. per share is distant, as upon payment of that sum, the borrowing powers of the company will come into operation. " At the present meeting, in pursuance of the Act of Parliament, five of the directors retire from office, but being eligible, they offer themselves for re-election: they are Thomas Ainsworth, William Miller, John Peile, and George Pew, Esquires, and E lward Stanley, Esq., M P. " The vacancy in the direction, caused by the death of Sir John Beckett, has been supplied by the election of Francis Mills, Esq. " Mr. George Knox also retires from the office ol auditor, but being eligible, offers himself accordingly. fhe following report of the engineer was also read:— " Gentlemen, —According to your instructions, the following report upon the state and progress of the works is now submitted to you. " In the report presented to you on the 22d of Febru ary last, it was stated that the aggregate length of line under contract at that time, amounted to about sixteen ' miles, comprising the chief earth works. It not having been deemed advisable to proceed further in letting the remaining contracts, which, as you are aware, are light a nd will not require any great length of time for execu tion, no other works are in hand. " It is to be regretted that so considerable a delay has unavoidably taken place in carrying on the works at the Dunning crossing and the Whitehaven tunnel. The hopes which were entertained of coming to an arrange ment with the parties interested in the navigation of the estuary. by vietue of which a swing bridge would have been avoided, have not been realised, and after a pro tracted and tedious negotiation it has at length been found necessary to revert to the original plan and con struct the viaduct according to the clause inserted in the Act. The plans have accordingly been 'prepared, and there is nothing in this respect to prevent your imme diately urging forward the execution of this portion of the work. " The portions of the line now under contract, are proceeding upon the whole in a satisfactory manner, and the remainder may be lett immediately, or at such future period as will ensure their completion simultane ously with the crossing of the Duddon. . 1 line s , state da n m t h e e n t p e s r h i o o w d s a t t h N e v h d i i e vi h s t i h o ne several e t r h u e i por (ions may be completed." to the contents The CHAIRMAN, in shortly adverting of the report, stated that he felt more assured than ever of the success of the undertaking, and the soundness of the basis on which it was placed. Ile had no doubt, if not the whole, the greater part of this line would be opened by this time next year. The report of the directors, and also that of the engineer, was unanimously agreed to. The directors that went out by rotation were re elected. 1 :01. ofGa ne thankso a r n g d e dir . Knox ehc a uo i directors, 8: a s re . appointed auditor ; and a Ch v the meeting e e c t a i r:d gep t a o ra t t h e e d. Noble The following is the account given in by the engineer of the works executed on the line up to the present time :...._ EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS, AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the share holders of this company was this day held at the offices of the company, No. 12, Old Broad-street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and for transacting the ordinary business of the company. The chair was taken at two o'clock by J. Scott, Esq., the chairman of the company. The usual preliminaries having been disposed of, the SECRETARY proceeded to read the report, as follows : " The directors beg to report that they have carefully proceeded with the purchases of the property required for the railway, and they believe that the arrangements have generally been satisfactory. The directors have been anxious not to press these important transactions too rapidly, and have bestowed upon them much time and consideration, with the feeling that on the manage ment of this portion of their duty the economical con struction of the railway mrtinly depends. " When the purchase of laud had so far advanced as to admit of a contract being taken for two miles and a half of the works, tenders were invited by public adver tisement. Much competition took place, and the directors are happy to report that Mr. Jackson, the suc cessful competitor, has contracted to execute the works at a satisfactory price, and below the engineers' estimate. " The shareholders will perceive from the accounts of receipt and expenditure uow to be laid before them that further funds are requisite for meeting liabilities incurred and proceeding with the undertaking. The directors have been most anxious to defer making any call until such a proceeding should be absolutely necessary ; that period has, however, now arrived, and a second call of 51. per share has accordingly been announced. " The directors alluded in their report of February to a rival project, promoted during the last session of Par liament by the Regent's Canal Company. They have now to report that after proceeding some stages before the House, the Bill for that project was withdrawn. "The negotiation opened with the London and North Western Railway Company, also alluded to in the re port of February last, has necessarily been suspended in conformity with the resolutions passed by the House of Commons, forbidding any such arrangement as that contemplated until one-half of the company's capital shall have been paid up." A statement of the receipts and expenditure of the company was also appended to the report, from which it appeared that the former amounted to 119,7611. ss. 11d., the latter to 91,1121. 15s. 3d., leaving a balance in the hands of the company of the sum of 28,6491. Os. Bd. In answer to a question put by an Hon. Proprietor, the CHAIRMAN said, that as soon as the amount of capital prescribed by the resolutions of the House of Commons was paid up, the arrangement for the sale of the line to the London and North-Western Com pany would be renewed, and that there was not the slightest doubt but that that company would under take either to purchase or to work the line. The resolution for the adoption of the report was then unanimously agreed to. A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. MARRIED.—This morning, at St. Peter's, \Val worth, by the Rev. George Ainslie, Frederick Thomas, :second son of William K. Cowley, .Esq., R.N., late Secretary of the Coast Guard, to Louisa Emily, second daughter of Thomas Buddy, Esq.,of Walworth. IRELAND. THE HARVEST—POTATO CROP. DUBLIN, AUG. 23.—Very considerable progress has been already made in the reaping of oats and barley, both of which are excellent and abundant crops, but the wheat harvest is yet rather backward, and that grain appears to be irregular and unequal in the ripening. Fields of wheat have been cut in various districts ; but the bulk of that grain is not yet fit for the sickle. Since yesterday the weather has undergone a de cided change. It is dry ; but the wind is due north, and the temperature is much lower, having all the sharpness usual at the latter part of the autumn. The reports from the country are all exceedingly favourable as regsrds the crops, including potatoes. SMITn O'BRIEN, ESQ., M.P.—This Hon. Gentleman, on the occasion of a soiree given in the city of Londonderry to the Very hey. Theobald Ma thew, on Tuesday last, at which he was present, expressed his grateful acknowledgments to the elec tors of the county of Limerick, for having returned him again as one of their representatives, and stated his determination to take his seat in Parliament. This declaration at once put an end to the various surmises and predictions which have been given since the result of the polling became known, as to the ulterior ~ , sorse whieh would be pursued by the Hon. Member. Cork Reporter. DUNGARVON, AUGUST 18.—On the night of Sun day last the friends of a man named Power, residing at Kilminnen, within a mile and a half of Dungar von, in the county of Waterford, assembled and cut down fifteen acres of wheat, which was forthwith carried away by some 240 cars. This was done to evade an anticipated distress for rent. This has urged several landlords in the locality to be more than usually vigilant, and, I regret to add, more than usually severe.—Limerick Examiner. DREADFUL OUTRAGE AT RATHCORMAC.—The sub-sheriff, with a party of twenty police under Sub- Inspector Ashbery proceeded to dispossess a farmer named Mullins, whose house was barricaded and de fended from within by three armed men. The bailiffs proceeded to force an entrance, but were immediately fired upon from within, and one of them received the contents of a blunderbuss loaded with slugs in the abdomen. The police were ordered to fire in through the windows, and the party from within kept up their fire, without, however, doing further injury than sending a bullet through a policeman's cap. The police broke in the door, and ar rested the party, all " armed to the teeth," one of whom, a son of Mullins, had his left hand dreadfully shattered, his gun having burst. The party were all escorted to Carrick-on-Suit last night. Three doctors agreed that it was necessary to amputate Mullins's hand, but he resisted the opera tion. Ihe bailiff is still alive, but no hoof's of pital at Carrick-on-Suir.—T;-. Saturday. RErEm .. . A--,AATION.—The weekly meet in g of ;;;Tre:s his recovery—he is now in th eti e r i . of F the A Q .,.,..fattoii was held this day. Mr. J. A. o.;seill (the unsuccessful candidate for Kildare) pre sided. The Chairman, in an address of considerable le. gth, vindicated his character from the aspersions which had been cast upon it during the recent elec• tion, and attributed his defeat to the alliance of thi.. Whigs with the Tories of the county, combined with intimidation, which had been extensively practised. Mr. J. P. Somers, M.P., Rev. G. Doyle, P.P., and others having addressed the meeting, Mr. J ohn Rey nolds, M.P., addressed the meeting at som e len g th, and handled rather strongly Mr. Gregory's want of punctuality in paying the sheriff his share of the' expenses, whilst he insisted (through his agent) in that functionary not putting him (Mr. Reynolds) in nomination till he lodged his share of the contingent. Mr. John O'Connell having addressed the meeting at some length, the rent for the week was announced to be 52/. The meeting then adjourned. AUG. 24.—THE CITY or DUBLIN ELECTION.-- This day Mr. Gregory's draft for 7501. was paid to the high sheriff. RrPoRTED F.,-,prw9NT.—Notice of an action for libel has been this day served on the proprietors of a Dublin paper for the publication of an article, on Saturday last, to the effect that the wi fe of a profes sional gentleman, said to be pointed out, had eloped with an officer. There is no truth in the report, if it apply to the parties supposed to be referred to. FAILURE IN DUBLIN.—A respectable house, of old standing in this city, recently connected with the corn trade, has suspended payment. The liabilities are estimated at 40,0001. The recent failure in the same trade in Sligo was the main cause of this stoppage. A firm in the distillery trade in the northern pro vince has also stopped payment. The liabilities are not ascertained, but it is understood that they are not serious. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF ME. J. JAmEsoti..—Mr. James Jameson, governor of the Bank of Ireland, is very dangerously ill. lie is one of the partners in the extensive distillery of Jameson and Co., in this city, a firm of considerable wealth. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday the mar riage of the Marquis of Drogheda and the lion. Mary Caroline Stuart Wortley, eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, was solemnized at St. George's Church, Ilanover-square. PROPOSED RAILWAY CLUB.--Last evening a meet lug of civil engineers, surveyors, and others connected with the railway interest, met at the King's Arms Tavern, Bridge -street, Blackfriars, to consider the ex pediency of establishing a railway club. Mr. Valentine, C.E., was called to the chair, and explained that the growing extent of railway enterprise, and the immense increase in the number of the body, not only resident but located in London, rendered such an institution de sirable and necessary. Resolutions for carrying out the objects of the meeting were proposed and carried unani mously by Messrs. E. W. G ooc h, W arren, Jesson, Oram, and other engineers, and the meeting was ad journed for a month. Tim WORK'S Or ART IN WESTMINSTER HALL.— Yesterday the visiting hours to view the works of art in %Westminster Hall were restricted from nine to six, and the exhibition will finally clise on the 17th September. A HOPEFUL. —A tutor of college, lecturing a young man on his irregular conduct, added,• with great pathos, " The report of your vices will bring your f a th er ' s grey .htiiar i ,, r, replied h hairs with sorrow r pu wt,otlr grave . " " I beg your pard on , ~ guy father wears a wig.' ...stbuev.) lasamau3..—.iiom ca oell C: :,. . - ' LONDON THURSDAY ... 425,000 cubic yards ... 160,000 superficial yards 11 1 1 1 miles, doubl, line 726 Auf....1 yards 185 linpal chains. AUG-UST 26, 1847. The cargo of the Madrid consists of—almonds 150 boxes, lemons 287 boxes, grapes 996 boxes, melons one case, saffron 2 cases, specie 5 parcels. LISBON, A no. 19.—The mail going this day will convey sorrowful tidings to at least one family in England. About midnight on the 11th inst. a fire broke out in a large house in the Bona Vista. Boats crews from all the ships of the British squadron were immediately dispatched to assist in extinguishing it, ri n. to I her but the flames raged so furiously that eve ry effort to get them under was unavailing, and i n a few hours the building ma was grieve A i Majesty's s s t a y, y s h h a i t p a Jackal, belonginga u of the name of Wilson, and about seventeen years of age, fell a victim to his own overdaring intrepidity. When all others—Portuguese, French, and Spaniards, as well as English, had retired, he and a seaman alone remained behind, rashly perilling their lives for the very inadequate object of saving some property. They were repeatedly warned of the danger of staying one moment longer, but to no purpose. At last the floor on which they stood gave way, and down they sank with it. The seaman contrived to scramble out, and, though sorely burnt, escaped with life ; but the unfortunate Wilson fell to rise no more. His body was found next day, and conveyed on board, whence, twenty four hours after, it was taken to the English cemetery and interred. It may afford some poor consolation to the bereaved parents to learn that every mark of respect and deep regret was paid to their brave boy ; that all the ships of war, foreign as well as English, lowered their flags as his remains left his own vessel; and that the funeral was attended by Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, the British Minister, Sir Hamilton Seymour ; the captains and other officers of the Eng lish squadron, and the other officers of the French and Spanish ships of war in the port. It is worthy of remark, that though it was in the endeavour to save Portuguese property that the young man lost his life, not one Portuguese officer was present at the funeral. One of the King-Consort's aides-de-camp suggested to his Majesty the propriety, and moreover the good policy, of sending to Sir William Parker to express his regret at the melancholy occurrence, and at the same time to inquire whether there was any service he could render to the family, such as recom mending another son for promotion: but the sugges tion was net adopted by his Majesty. Shortly before the last mail went, the British, French, and Spanish Ministers addressed a joint note to the Portuguese Government, demanding the fulfil ment of the 4th article of the protocol relative to the immediate formation of a new Cabinet. In a couple of days after,_ they received a note in re ply from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the substance of which was, that as the protocol stipulated for nothing more than had been demanded by Lord Palmerston in his note of the sth of April to the Portuguese Envoy, Baron Moncorvo, the dismissal of the Saldanha Mi nistry and appointment of the present one, which took place on the 28th of April, ought to be consi dered as the fulfilment of the condition insisted upon in that note, and only incidentally alluded to in the protocol, and that moreover to change the Ministry at all was an act of great condescension on the part of her Majesty, the demand made in that respect being an encroachment upon the indisputable prerogative of the Crown to choose its own advisers. A rejoinder soon followed from the three Ministers to the effect that as the protocol was signed on the 21st of Mey it necessarily pointed to the then exist ing Cabinet, and not to that which had preceded it, and that unless the condition in question were promptly complied with, they would be under the necessity of demanding their passports. This clincher, together with the receipt of a communication from Baron Moncorvo, stating that Lord Palmerston had told him that the British Government was deter mined not to be trifled with, induced the Queen to descend from her stilts, and yield to the pressure from abroad. She at once sent severally for M. Rodrigo da Fonseca, M. Silva Carvalho, and Count Lavradio, and invited them to take office ; but as she refused to commission any one of them, or any one else, to form a Cabinet, in accordance with the usual practice, but signified her intention to pick and choose each individual Minister for herself, they declined serving on such terms, and the negotiations for this purpose are therefore at a stand-still. Before this step was resorted to, and indeed imme diately on receipt of the last note from the three Ministers, the whole of the Cabinet tendered their resignations, which were of course accepted, and the individuals composing it therefore only continue ex ereiaing their functions until the appointment of their successors takes place. It is a curious Pact, yNtikh may serve as a useful hint to others under similar circumstances, that their last official act, prior to re signing, was to pay themselves in full the arrears of their salaries. Before the resignation took place, a decree was issued for the Convocation of the Cortes on the 2d of January next. According to this decree, the elections, which are to be indirect (as affording greater convenience for the acts of bribery, intimida tion, and solicitation), are to commence in the first week of November. The qualification is regulated as before, by the amount of direct taxes paid by each individual, with the exception of the public employes and pensioners, in whose case the receipt of 100 milreis per annum is to be a sufficient qualification — a clause which will have the effnt of introducing to the poll the whole swarm of hungry dependents upon the Government. Count Casal, who lately commanded the Queen's troops in the province of Minho, has been appointed Military Governor of Oporto. He has set out at once by assuming arbitrary power, and in defiance of the protocol and the convention of Gramido, and without the least warrant from the law of the land, has or dered a great many of the officers who served under the Junta to leave Oporto and proceed to different parts of the kingdom to which he has best for them banish them. The illye i rede-e- ed, within 24 hours, to state sth --ga l idestinations, to travel not less than five leagues a day, and never to deviate more than half a league from their prescribed route, and that, on ar riving at their places of exile, they are to present themselves once a week to the chief military or civil authority there, their omission to do which w ill not fail to be severely punished. Among the officers thus arbitrarily treated, I have heard the names of Colo nels Figueiredo, Vidigal, and Osorio, Major Pereira, and Captain Botelho. Many of the officers have made representations on the subject to the foreign consuls at Oporto, calling upon them to claim the fulfilment of the protocol and coavention' accor ding to both of which they ought to be left at liberty. The popular party are making preparations to take the field in the approaching elections. Unless the appointment of a popular ministry should first take place, they will have no chance of success; but, at all eve nts, by putting forth all their strength, they will force the Government to have recourse to that system of combined fraud and violenee which al one can en sure it the victory, and which will not fail to heap additional odium upon it both at home and abroad. The central electoral committee in this city is com- f d of the following gentlemen :—Marquis o. pose Messrs. Ottolini, Loule, Don Jose d'Alencastre, and Caldeira, and Sampaio, the la st named of whom is the writer of the splendid leading articles in the Revolucao de Setembro. In this city everything is tolerably quiet, but the state of the province, especially Algarve, is frightful, and the daily papers teem with accounts of murders and other acts of violence all over the country. d Th t e unfortunate partiza ns of the Junta f ar t e h p m ers i e m c v u e te emi. o that degree, that vast numberrsefuo e intoe the moun grated into Spain or fled for g tain district. Parker will proceed to the Vice-Admiral Sir W . Mediterranean today w ith the greater part of the mand, leaving th e Canopus, squadron under his corn 84, the America , 50, and _ two steamers in this port app I‘ , l. Rodrigo de Fonseca Since writing the abovF I am informed that the shall be removed from Queen has agreed to a to form a Ministry, but th.atsne has so fettered him with conditions and restrictions, that he will not be able to do anything• He has made overtures to g the army, a several persons without effect,. as they all make it a sine the measure to which the Queen will not consent. The fact is that they have the salutary fear of the threatened Ca'bral qcuoamninoanndttt..l3efi.3ifn ist outbreak before their . eyes, but are ashamed to own that as their motive for refusing to take office. P.S.—The squadron is now under sail.—Herald. _-..•1.............••1•1••• BURNING OF A SUGAR FACTORY IN WIIITECIIAPEL. —y es terday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, the parish of Whitechapel was alarmed by a report that the premises of Messrs. Craven and Lucas, sugar refiners, were on fire. Unfortunately: the report turned out t o b e correct, and before information could be communicated to the engine stations flames were rushing through the top windows and root. All hands were immediately summoned, and an attempt Was made by the men em ployed on the premises to extinguish the fire, but with out the least avail. At . first the total destruction of the factory and all it contained appeared certain. Fortu nately there v'as an immediate supply of water furnished by the East London Company, and the engines of the parish, of the Lo don brigade, and of the West of Eng land arrived. It was not, however, until halt.past five o'clock that the fireme n obtained the mastery over the flames, and not before the contents of the upper floor were nearly consumed, and the whole of the lower floors s severely damaged by "ter* •••, HER. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. REVIEW OF THE SEASON. In noticing the close of the Opera for the season on Saturday night, we said that it was the longest, the most remarkable, and the most successful season ever recorded in the annals of Her Majesty's Theatre. It commenced in February, and continued until the middle of August; and it is certainly the most re markable for more causes than one. It is remark able as an instance of triumphant success, achieved in the face of what, until surmounted, were fondly hoped by the enemies of - the management to be in-- surmountable difficulties, It is remarkable as the first season of a new orchestra, a new chorus, and, with the exception of the- Lablaches and Castellan, a new troupe. Above all, it is remarkable as the Jenny Lind season, a name by which it will long be remembered in the annals of the musical drama in England. Deserted by .his orchestra, his chorus singers, and, with the above-named honourable ex ceptions, by his artistes, who, not content with leaving him, established an opposition opera in his immediate neighbourhood, Mr. Lumley had to re organize entirely his operatic establishment for the commencement of the season. Re had, however, been fortunate enough to secure the services of Balfe, one of the best musicians, and perhaps the best musical instructor of the day, as his conductor, and to retain those of his two leaders, Tolbecque and Nadaud. Erwagements were immediately made with all the most celebrated instrumentalists on the Continent, a new band of chorus- singers was organized, and, con sidering the short time in which they were collected together, the performances, both of chorus- singers and orchestra, was marvellous, and reflects the very highest credit on the power of Belle as an instructor and a con ductor. We will venture to say that never before has there been an orchestra which, in so short a space . of time, performed so well together. The performance of the chorus-singers, too, has been admirable; and, in - one respect, has been a great improvement on that of their predecessors. They are actors as well *is singers, and notwithstanding the persevering efforts that have been made by a clique to depreciate them, both chorus-singers and orchestra have stood their ground admirably. The season opened with Donizetti's opera of La Favorite, in which we were introduced, for the first time, to Gardoni. It was impossible to hear him without congratulating:Mr. Lumley on the secession of Mario. He had Jost a clever amateur, and gained an accomplished artiste—one who will, ere long, by the unanimous suffrages of the whole musical world, be hailed as the successor of Rubini. Witness his subsequent performances of Elvino, of Arturo, and of Nemerino. Superchi and. Bouche appeared in the same opera, and it was evident that as far as tenors, and baritones, and bassos :were concerned, Mr. Lumley had gained rather than lost by the secession of his former troupe. Coletti shortly afterwards ap peared, and it was at once acknowledged that he was the first baritone of the day; and the injustice of 1840 was amply atoned for by the enthusiasm with which he was received in 184 1 7. Fraschini, the great tenor of Italy, was also introduced to the English public, and by his intensity and power created a great sensation, although justice was scarcely done to his great powers as a musician. The fact is, strong tenors are not favourites with the English musical public. Donzelli himself was admired rather then liked, and soon gave way to Rubini, and since his time no "strong tenor" has created the least sensation. Sanchioli was the prima donna, at the commencement of the se ason, and she was shortly after succeeded by Castellan. Lablache, in every sense of the word, the greatest basso in the world, appeared before Easter, and, as usual, was hailed with the greatest enthusiasm. About this time the opera of I Due Foscari was produced under very ,peculiar circumstances. In consequence of a severe cold the debiit of Lablache was obliged to be postponed, and instead of presenting his sub scribers with a worn-out opera, Mr. Lumley antici pated by a week theyroduction of 1 Due Foscari, the success of which was complete. Madame Montenegro appeared as the heroine, and Coletti, by his magnifi cent acting as the Doge, at once secured his position as one of the greatest artistes of the day. But these, which would have in former times been considered great triumphs, were all eclipsed—nay, even the very remembrance of them has been nearly obliterated by the great event of the season, the debia of Jenny Lind. On the 4th of Mai the Swedish Nightingale made her first appearance. Well has she been named the Nightingale, and in describing the wonders she performs we cannot do 'better than borrow the lan guage of old Izaak Walton in describing her proto type. " But the nightingale breathes such sweet, loud music out of her little instrumental throat that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the na tural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth." With her came Staudigl, but even he was scarcely noted, so completely was the attention of all engrossed by Jenny Lind. Alice in Roberto it Diavolo, Amine, the Piglia del Rpggimento. Norma, were a succession of triumphs, and then came I Masniederi, an opera comp , ,sed expressly for Her Majesty's Theatre by Verdi, and conducted by the maestro in person. Most fortunate was . Verdi in having his opera supported by Jenny Lind, Lablache, Coletti, Gardoni, and Bouche. In no other lyrical establish ment in Europe could he have had such a cast, and great credit is due to Mr. Lumley for having gone to the expense of the production of this new opera, when Jenny Lind would have filled his house to suffocation every remaining night of the season from her own re pertoire. A short • additional season followed, during the course of which the Nozze di Figaro was pro duced, with Jenny Lind as Susannah, and which we have noticed so recently that it is unnecessary further to allude to it. The ballet has during the season been as attractive as ever. First of all we had the deb& of Carolina Rosati, who now takes her station as of right among the deesses, and on the same night that of young Marie Taglioni, who bids fair to rival the fame of her celebrated relative and namesake. They' appeared together in one of the most beant;f.- 1 ballets of the season, Thea. Then .injestic as Grahn in the Ar.nazot,—..... illness prevented her ever = 1-ee euwards the end of the season. Cerito, and her husband St. Leon, came after Easter, and were speedily followed by Carlotta Grisi and by the Taglioni—when the " Pas de Quatre" and the " Pas des Deesses" were revived, and created quite as great a furore as ever. In addition to this, " Les Elemens," a new pas, was produced, in which the deesses appeared alsd together.' The great triumph of the season, however, was the appearance of Jenny Lind, in coinparisein with which everything else appears small. Never has such enthusiasm been excited as she has excited—never have such crowds assembled, night after night, as have been assembled to Witness her performances—never has so much money been received, and never has so much money been sent away from any theatre as has been received at, and sent away, from her Majesty's Theatre on the Jenny Lind nights. Truly this may be called the Jenny Lind season. AR RIVAL OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER AT RYDE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, with a small suite, arrived at the South-Western terminus, in the Royal Clarence yard, at ten minutes before three o'clock this after noon. Previous preparation had been made, and on her alighting from the train she was received by Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker ( doin g the duty, in the absence of Sir Charles Ogle, of fort Admiral), Cap tain Sir Edward Parry, Captain Chads, the officers of the Clarence-yard, and by a guard of honour fur nished by the Rifle corps. The state barge, with the Hon. Mr. Spencer, flag-lieutenant, was at the land ing place, in which her Majesty and suite were con veyed to the Fire Queen, Lieutenant Commander Johnson. After receiving Admiral Parker and the several captains in attendance on the deck of that vessel, the Fire Queen proceeded out of harbour to Ryde. On the royal standard being hoisted in the steamer, the customary salutes were fired by the Victory and the Platform battery, the Victory and the Apollo manning yards and cheering as the Fire Queen passed them. On the steamer passing the Agincourt, at Spithead, that vessel also manned yards and saluted. It it understood that her Majesty the Queen Dowager will sojourn at Ryde until she takes her d epa rture for Madiera. Admiral Parker has ordered the Hon. Mr. Spencer, his flag-lieutenant, to attend till further orders on her Majesty, at Ryde, in the Fanny tender. DEATH Or COL. SIR HENRY GEORGE Nisa.non. K.H.—We have to record the demise of the above Gallant Officer, who expired on Friday last, at his resi dence near Windsor, after a comparatively short illness. Sir Henry entered the army in 1807, and saw consider able service with his regiment, the 35th Foot, up to the great victory at Waterloo. On the Corn -Exchange yesterday there was again further depression, and the failure of Messrs. Alexander Dickson and Co., of Belturbet, near Belfast, increased on in a very strong deg ree the general gloom. Mr. Dicks was a large distiller, and has latterly been a miller and dealer in grain, and the liabilities of the firm are stated at 200,000/. Score of the most prudent of the London core-factors are creditors to a large amount, as are several of the houses in Liverpool. This failure, more over, has already brought down three or four smaller houses in Ire Times. HISTORICAL FACT.—It may not be unworthy of mention at this time that Banquo, tbe Thane of Locha ber, and who resided in tbe castle of Inverlochy, was tile progenitor of the Stuart family, of whom many of the crowned heads of Europe are descended. So that it is no wonder that our 'gracious Queen should select Fort William, the capitiFof-LOchaber, for her landing-place On her visit to this part of her ancient king,lom of Scot -11u2a.--Norilt Priti*lda4 THE MURDER OF THE DUCHESS DE PR A SLIN. A postscript t 9 our Paris letter of Tuesday, written at post hour, states that the last sacrament had been administered to the Duke de Praslin. The ceremony took place in the presence of the Chancellor and other personages. It was not thought thatthe Duke would survive the night. The following are the latest particulars relating to this dreadful crime that have transpired :--- great four hours , lucidity te Mdlle. de Luzy was i n t erroga t e d on Monday for which various tqiumeestiosnhae preurtieodhewr wish the Chancellor and the members of the Committee of Inquiry. - • . . The matter discharged from the t hofth e Duke stomach Duke de Praslin after the attempt t poisoning was analysed by M. Chevalier,' an d fo:n cl. 1t . a considerable quantity of arsenic. M. ,L contain Louis, who usual was in attendance on the. Duke as his u physi cian, has been replaced by M. Aud I b ra , y the orders of the Chancellor. • • - On Tuesday the Duke was too weak to support an examination, and the Chancellor and the committee agreed to postpone it until the next day. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux of Tuesday.) " We have already said that- the existence of seve ral wounds on the person of the'Duke of Praslin was proved. Independently of those remarked on his hands, and which seem .as if caused by bites, two others have been discovered, one on the side and the other on the leg. When called on to explain how those wounds had been occasioned, the Duke, after having at first refused to do so, replied, it is said, that it was the buckle of his trousers which had rubbed his side, and that he gave himself a violent blow on the leg the evening before when getting into one of the railway carriages. When asked if he had men tioned these injuries to any one, he replied in the negative, but afterwards said that he had spoken of them to a person of. his household. It is also known that after having found in the fireplace the remains of clothing, almost entirely consumed, and on which traces of blood were perceptible, it was discovered that the dressing gown which the Duke wore was also stained with blood, and that it had been recently washed. The Duke, it is said, admitted this latter fact, but attributed the 'blood to his having come in contact with the body of the Duchess when he found her expiring ; the cause of his washing out the stains of blood was, he said, to spare his children the sight of it. Several versions have circulated relative to the circumstances of the horrible drama which took place on the night of the. XBth inst. It may be comprehended how-difficult it is at present to make on this point probable conjectures, if the precise posi tion of the rooms of the apartment at the moment when the crime was discovered, and the nature as well as the direction of the wounds be not known in an exact manner. We do not, think it right to re peat these several versions, particularly as they do not accord completely with the contents of the proves verbaux and the observations of the medical men. In tact, if the bloody stains marked on the door, and on the hangings of the chamber, proving the desperate efforts of the victim to escape from the murderer, be taken into consideration, the conclusion must be come to, that the unfortunate Duchess was first struck in her bed, and that then, escaping from her murderer, she must, whilst overturning the furniture and whilst she still was receiving blows, have struck with her mutilated and bleeding hands at every door, and then, at last, must have fallen exhausted into the arm-chair, near the chimney. There, bent double, still uttering cries which her assailant endeavoured to prevent •by pressing her mouth, she received from behind on the head and neck repeated blows, one of which opened an artery and produced death. According to these indications, it appears probable that the pull at the bell which roused the persons belonging to the household was not given during the struggle,' but that the Duchess recovering for a moment her senses, after having been left for dead, found sufficient strength to seize the bell-rope which was at the side of •the causeuse on which she had fallen, and where she was found expiring." The Patric of yesterday evening says:— " The Chancellof and the Commission of the Court of Peers went this morning to the prison in which the Duke of Praslin is confined. They found him in bed and still suffering from violent spasms. It ap pears that the antidotes administered after his at tempt to poison himself have not yet destroyed the effect of the laudanum. The sufferings which ensued have produced such ravages on the sys tem, that a Peer of France who saw him, has declared to us that he is only the shadow of what he was. The Duke is said to have replied at first with great difficulty to the questions of the Chan cellor, who repeadly exhorted him to compose him self and then to reply without reserve. The Duke is reported to have wept frequently during this exa mination, respecting which the commission preserves the most profound secresy. This morning M. Brous sais and a ccmmissary of police made, we are assured, another search at the Hotel Sebastiani, and at th places of residence of the two mistresses of the Puke, who were both governesses in his family. 31cIlle. de Luzy i 3 no longer in secret confincment. The cor respondence seized at her residence has been examined by the commission of the Court of Peers, by which she is to be interrogated. She is very calm, and does not appear to have the least dread of the result of the examinations as far as she is concerned. She acknow ledges having replied sometimes with vivacity to the Duchess of Praslin, whose jealousy and violent lan guage she dreaded. We have spoken of the alterca tions between the Duke and Duchess, of which she was the cause. The Duchess suspected her rela tions with the Duke, and frequently complained of them. 'What contributed much to irritate her was a journey which the Duke made two years ago to Corsica with Mademoiselle de Luzy. The Duke took with Mdlle. de Luzy his two eldest unmarried daughters. It was only a month since that" - Duchess was able to obtain the renk n „.. , ...,titte, with- Luzy. We have alreadT sw ..teu dile, de Luzy out informing the val, having with him two of on the Duchess,shaving been apprised of sacs visit of the children, expressed her dissatisfaction in very warm terms." The National Contains the following remarkable paragraph relative to the Duke of Praslin : "It is by no means probable that the Duke of Praslin, Peer of France, Gentleman of the Bed chamber to the Duchess of Orleans, and at the same time accused of murder, will appear before the court instituted to try him. We are informed that his health is hourly declining. The weakness of his organs is so great that he cannot endure an interro gatory for any length of time, and it is with the grea test difficulty that an intelligible reply can be obtained from him." EVEN ENG, NEWS FROM PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, MURSDAY MonNING. The Madrid arrived from the Peninsula this morn ing. at six o'clock. She brings hews from Lisbon down to the 19th. Part of the squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker sailed on that day for the Mediterranean. The Canopus, America, and two steamers, were left in port. CITY OF LONDON ELECIjON• A YOUNG WOMAN SHOT BY HER SWEETHEART. WORCESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. -- A shocking occurrence happened here on Sunday evening, which has this day been the subject of an investigation before Mr. Hyde, the coroner for Worcester, and a jury, as sembled at the Waterloo Tavern, in this city. The jury was summoned to Itlquire into the cause of the death of Jane Steel, aged between 16 and 17 years, who came by her .death in a moment from a gun shot wound, under the following distressing circum stances : It appeared that on Sunday last Mr. John Wal dron lock-keeper On the Worcester and Birmingha m Canal, ' in this city, left home for the day with his wife, leaving his family of eight or nine children in the care of a neighbour, Mrs. Steel, who went over to Waldron's house early in the morning, and remained there all day. After dinner Mrs. Steel's daughter, Jane, joined her mother at Waldron's, and the youth ful party having purchased some fruit, were in the height of enjoyment, when one of the youngest of Waldron's children came into the house with the news that " the pigeons were eating the peas in the garden." Thomas Waldron, the eldest son, aged between 17 and 18 years, who was looked upon as the sweetheart of Jane Steel, then said that he would frighten them away with stones, but some others of the party proposed that a small charge of powder should be .fired from the gun. Mrs. Steel at first objected to this, but allowed her self to be over • persuaded, and Thomas Waldron reached down the gun. It was a percussion gun,ht!nd 'Thomas h cap m was as w f a o ludnrdo tookn p upon offt he and n r ay' su it ) : ung ippthlereowf the lock, w (as did the whole of the family) that e gun was last fired. been left on the nipple when. loaded, arid that this w an etxhpeloded ca p gu w n bich had se aretesealgti:hreesshededanedveesrireeeteonsaeegtuhne 'l l At this time Jane gun fired off, fired, and wished to know how it was done. Her motherbuactcoobr jdoointegidytporoaponysedvotwhadtershbeeisnhgouuldsedfi,reaonffd a cap, while some of the family were looking for the percus sion caps Thomai Waldron was clearing the touch hole with a pin, having the muzzle of the gun pointed at Jane Steel, and the stock being placed under his arm . While in this situation, the hammer fell upon the nipple, exploding a small quantity of the percus sion powder, which had been lett on the withdrawal of the car, and lodging the whole contents of the gun in the face and head of the unfortunate girl. The poor girl in a moment fell from her chair, covered w ith blood, and expired without uttering a sound. A surgeon was called in, but she was quite dead. It appeared that the gun had been left loaded when last used. The ill-starred youth, who was dreadfully dis tressed at the accident; was the same evening take" into custody until an . .inqueit could be held. The jury found a verdict of "Accidental death," and he has since been releised from custody. The affair has caused a good deal of commotion in the neighhourbood. lavintrooL, - , at Cork, WitronaszaT..—By *e Seraphina, ar rivedwe-tave.slates from Pernambuco to the lath of July. Tbere vas no - & t angs in commercial age*. Xxohbnge: On Ei*ltmd, Ife • i u u.. (:,,' •:, : •-• .- - ----•- . , • The following circular has been i ssue d by the Li beral Registration Association to the supP ort&Ts of the four Liberal candidates at the late election : " Dear Sir,—We have been especially requested by Lord John Russell, Mr. Pattison, Sir George Larpent, and Baron Lionel de Rothschild, to return you their most cordial acknowledgments for the sup port which, through your vote and interest, the Li beral cause has received at the recent election for .the city of London. " It will be satisfactory to the members of this Association to know, in confirmation of their report to the general body - of the electors, that even accord ing to the official returns, 'the average majority ,th e the four Liberal over the four Tory candidates, was 1,4C 9 , independently of 513 votes given for Mr. Payne .; while the polling for Messrs. Pattison and Bevan,. the only genuine test - of the relative. strength of the parties, exhibits a Liberal majority of 1,762. " The committee entertain a lively sense of the great share which the unparalleled exertions and un wearied zeal of the general body of the Liberal electors had in realising the present triumphant re. suit ; and whilst they conceive it to be their duty to express a strong conviction that the fourth seat be longs in point of fact to the Liberal party, they are most anxious to join their personal congratulations i w ec it t h iv., t i h y e , f s o i r nc: m r u e r t e h .ffi an e k ie s n o t f stehne,iefeosuriiiLiberal candi eohdefaastsetisoloftsee th is ypo principles i n apt d l e t es o ffoo ? . r to f progressivee s i e ] individually d c s ret he se legislation eascendancy d s a n n d wcpyh e: i etz l h - f. the promotion t religious, g u o b u l e s a corroboration nd commercial liberty. i-o - thev ha ve causeree re ceived d civil, su eh —We remain, deity. sir, your obliged and faitbfUl servants, " JOHN ABEL SMITH. • Deputy Chairmen:" Tnosisor: HANKEV, jun. " P. A. TAYLOR, " J. J. TRAVERS, "W. HAWES, . Business Committee. "W. J. HALL, " ARTHUR PATTISON, " SIDNEY SMITH; Secretary. • " GEORGE LEDGER, Jun., Assistant Secretary."' STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, AUG. 24.—The state of our market continues as unsatisfactory as ever. There is a de mand of low water twist for the Mediterranean, and for home consumptioh ; but it is supplied generally at prices a shade below those of last week. In the echs market there is a fair business doing in the lo ' w'er qualities of printing -cloth ; and some 40-inch shirt,' ings have also been•taken for the same purpose ; but other descriptions of cloth are neglected, and prices continue greatly depiessed. The accounts fromindis continue very unfavourable ; the rate of interest there being very high, and English manufactures in very limited demand. The non- arrival of the mail from China also tends to increase the prevailing depres sion ; many partieslearing • that the non-arrival of the steamer at Point-de-.Galle was caused by her deten tion at Canton, in consequence of some further die- turbances there. - Some sensation has been caused here by the stop page of the long-eitablished and well-known house of Castellain and Co., of London and Liverp' ool , which has been brought down by the previolls failure of Fraser and Co., of Antwerp. We are po s t aware that the first-named failure will at all affect this town. . The following r e view of the Manchester market for the last fortnight is taken from Messrs. Gibson, Ord, and Co.'s semi-monthly overland circular:— " We have to report a month of great depression in the cotton district, accompanied by a greater amount of gloom and apprehension than we have, perhaps; at any former period, been subjected to. During the months of April and May, when prices of food of every description were high, and gold was being carried out of the country, it was apparent to all that money must be dear and difficult to obtain, but now that bread stuffs are little more than one half of their then value, with every pros pect of a still lower scale of prices, it does appear incom prehensible that money should only be obtainable at the most exorbitant rates'. The minimum rate of the Bank of England for short 'dated paper is now 5i- per cent, and out of doors three to six months' bills cannot be dig- counted under 6} to 8 per cent. The extensive faileree which have taken place in the corn trade, together wilts the French loan, have tended, no doubt, to produce la greater stringency on the part of the Bank, but with the: abundant crops gathered on the continent, and the almost certainty of an equally abundant harvest's] this country, the natural expectation has been than such a transition from scarcity to plenty would prodace a re turn of con fi dence, and cause tra de to flow through its accustomed channels.' Such, however, has Eafortunately not been the case, Gut the very opposite, and had we in anticipation a partial failure of our crops, we could hardly be in a worse position than we are at the pre sent moment, nor can it be expected that under such a pressure cir money, the foreign merchant will come under mesh engagements, or the manufacturer continue to produce to a heavy loss. The tendency therefore clearly is on the one hand, to curtail exports and thus increase the balance of trade against us, and on the, other to throw a large mass of people out ot emplo)ment. " The course of the exchanges has not varied mate rially during the mouth, the rate from New York, by the steamers of the lit instant, -....l; e htiv more unfavour able, but this will h ave been corrected ere now oy ...... receipt of tidings of the great fall in bread stuffs which had taken place, and still further by the large amount of hills gone, and to go back, under protest. We think it quite probable that on the arrival of the steamer which sailed hence on Thursday, that the rate will advance to 8 or 9 per cent. premium, and that shipments of specie are much more likely to be made to, than from, this country. Our letters by the above-named vessel give a most favourable report of the state of trade generally — the autumn business had commenced vigorously, and C l c a o ll n Y su a m ffe e c r large sales of British goods had been effected- -The busses will h e failures which most ... ta ..6 lfell s a , c a e s th th e e tlze a -„,,....... Luis full benefit of the high prices which have [ and speculators in suted for their agricultural produce. tn . 7l T e he sales of the past month in 40 inch shirtings have been most i ns ignificant —scarcely a transaction has t r anspired, and we,.censequently, quote prices as nomi nal. The stocks ot low reeds are small, whilst of 66 and 72 reeds they are very heavy. 9-8 shirtings have had some little inquiry, and sales made, in some cases, at a slight reduction from our present quotatio been ns, taken 7-8 printing cloths, in the l ower qualities, have off pretty regularly 'at the p rices of last month, but the better descriptions ate ail bu t unsaleable. Madapolams continue neglected. Grey Jaconetts are in moderate request. For white cambrics and Jaconetts the demand of last mouth has been continued, and for fancy muslins we have experienced a more ready sale than for some time past. Domestics have given way somewhat in price, which has tended to increase transactions in them. Long cloths are in moderate request. Fustians continue much neglected—stocks very heavy. " YARNS.—This branch of our trade has Italy Parlui cipated in the general depression —prices baie , a" through the month, been declining, and now sales m erl es only be effected at a decline ' from the ruinous ly lowl quoted." . . ROCHDALE , A U GUST' 23.—There has the two been deci dedly a still er market to-day than on previous Mondays. This last week being the wakes, fewer pieces have been offered, and there has been a rather thin attendance of buyers. There is very little change in the wool market. The dealers are desirous to sell, but the manufacturers purchase sparingly at last week's prices. • b th e e tte b r usi i n n es t s h o e f d o em ur an p d iec f e or b l a a ll sti e n o g n s ti HALIFAX, AUG. 21.—There is no change for the o n r u e d s a m e x a s c e k e s di n a g n l y d dull. There is a slight improvement in the demand for yarn, and a tone of greater confidence prevails; but as yet it has not produced any advance of price. As to long wool, there is a much better choice in the warehouse, and the staplers are. free sellers. Shoff wools remain firm ; and the amount of business Is restricted by the smallness of producti on. HUDDERSFIELD,, of foreign business doing to-day, and a fair st 1 transactions have and home buyers ; but the princ the advanced state of HUDDERSFIELD,. AuG,24.—Thetreendi re . ther more been in job lots. Considering _by the warehouses LEEDS, Rua. 24.—We had last Saturday a very . the have season, the a ti c o t r o d r e y r 8 . ' received I t , fair business done at our cloth hall ; but to-day the keep pace with the supplies, r market has been flat. The fact is, there is scarcely m th s e t w o' hole, very trifling in menu- L anything bought,' except to definite orders. Still the hands.—Manches ter t er Guardian. ic ii f r f o r it e c g t us ti tl E kd s s ' e h ma a n rae l d s o. GOING INTO THE &AXE BustNass.- r —There is a talk of turning the Fleet prison into baths and washhouses- There could not be a building in London better adapted for this purpose, the prison having been so many years a sponging-house on the very largest scale.—Punch. THE LATE FATAL FIGHT BETWEEN Two BOYS. — Yesterday an inquest was held at the Old Commodore public-house, High-street, Poplar, before Mr. William . Baker, respecting the death of a boy named John May Harris, who died op Thursday from injuries received in a fight with a boy. named Robert Anty. On Saturday four men named Joseph. Johnson, Joseph Carter, Wil liam. Newson, and. William Aiger, were charged at Thames Police - court, with being present and De the detailingfi g h t . fi required a full in stating that the case was andseriouseourned to Friday. h b e le en le r n n g u th er the E ‘ C i i d rc e u n in ce st w a a n s ce a s d o d t u• vestigation, the inquest was ad PT .1 PlTAL.—Yetterday a THE WESTMINSTER —OS . adduced at considera ble t meeting of the .. the Board-room for the transaction 1 Hospital was held tri The report for the past year stated of general business.. that the above hospital, first established founded 129 years since, was the Governors and Committee of the above that period it has extended relief to more than 335,000 poor patients. 1 646. `During the past of -its kind , and during 771 to , urgent cases had been relieved. The number °fin-patients has p y r e o a g r re s s , s 9 e i d 6 a tec nnu id al en ly ta ft o r d t A a meeting of coloured people in 'New York, a committee was appointed to write a letter of condolence to the family of the late Mr. Daniel O'Connell, and a resolution was passed to.the effect, " That in the death of Mr. O'Connell,. the enslaved and oppressed in the United States Of America have kat ame at their warmest friends and ablest admetse )e A Ip' co )0'