The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-22 00:00:00

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK IN THE CHANNEL. LOSS OF THE DALHOUSIE AID SIXTY LIVES. Much regret pervaded the City yesterday at the announcement of the foundering of the well-known ship Dalhousie, Captain Butterworth, commander, in the Channel, off Beachy Head, and the loss of all souls on board, one only surviving to tell the melancholy tale. • The circumstances of the loss are of an unusual character. The Dalhousie was a fine Indian teak built ship, of nearly 800 tons. She was launched at Moulmein in 1848, and was threfore a first-class vessel, in good and sound condition. She was the property of Mr. Allan, the shipowner of Leaden hall-street, and, we believe, was chartered to Messrs. Fry Davison, of Fenchurch-street, as one of the "White Horse Line of Australian Passen ger Ships," but previous to being put on she un derwent a thorough overhaul in Mr. Young's dock, at Limehouse. She went into the East India Docks to load for Sydney, and, happily, on this occasion she was more devoted to the conveyance of freight than passengers. Her crew amounted to about sixty-one, and her cargo, comprising every de scription of merchandise, was estimated at upwards of 100,0001. Her master, Captain Butterworth, is said to have been a most experienced navigator, and to have passed many years in the owners' service. She cleared from the docks at Blackwall on the 12th, and proceeded down the river to Gravesend. Rer passengers were confined to chief-cabin class, and the reporter was informed by Mr. Davison that not more than twenty berths in all had been secured. Of these there went on board at Graves end Mr. and Mrs. Underwood and three children, Mrs. Simpson and three children, and Miss Rad ford ; and the following expressed their intention of joining the ship at Plymouth, where she had to touch :--Major Hawks, Captain R. Daniel, Mr. J. Baldwin, Miss Macintosh and her maid, Mrs. Hill, and Miss A. M. Castles. Mrs. Butterworth being anxious to accompany her husband, Captain But terworth, to Plymouth, where she would leave, she Went on board with three of her sons for the trip down. .Channel. The eldest, however, on the ship reaching the Downs, went ashore with the pilot at * Deal, to return to school, which is in the neigh bourhood. On the 18th the ship's departure from the Downs was telegraphed at Lloyd's ; and the next that was heard of her was about five o'clock on the following afternoon, when a boat reached Dover from the brig Mitchel Grove, which was lying off in the roadstead, reporting the appalling loss of the ship, and landing the only survivor, Joseph Reed, a seaman, every soul on board having perished with the vessel. All that is known, or is likely to be elicited, of this melancholy loss will be found in the subjoined Statement, the contents of the protest which, by the permission of Mr. Allan, the owner, the re torter was allowed to copy : " I, Joseph -Reed, lately an able seaman on board the ship Dalhousie, belonging to the port of London, Joh n B u tt erwor th commander, do solemnly and sin cerely declare as follows :—On the 13th of October I set sail in the capacity of an able seaman. The ship was laden with a general cargo ; her crew consisted of 4 8 men and officers, and she had also twelve passengers On board, it being intended that she should call at Ply- Mouth to embark the remainder. She was towed down the Thames by a steam tug, and on the 15th, at 7 a.m., . E she arrived and was anchored in the Downs, the wind °dug contrary. The pilot wha had taken her down from London quitted her in the Downs, and the vessel lay there, detained by adverse winds and stormy wea ther, until the 18th. During that interval she rode out a heavy gale of wind from the S.W., which lasted from the morning of the 15th till the evening of the 17th, ac companied by a very heavy sea ; but the ship rode it out easily with a single anchor and chain, being veered away to upwards of 100 fathoms. At 7 a.m. on the 18th, Captain Butterworth got the ship under weigh, and proceeded down the English Channel with a fresh breeze from the N. W. She arrived off Dungeness at about 10.a.m., when the wind fell light. Captain But terworth made the best of his way down Channel under all sail, with the starboard tack on board, and nothing more took place until between 7 and 8 p.m. At that time, the vessel being eight or ten miles to the west ward of Dungeness, the wind shifted to the S.S.E., and gradually freshened from that quarter. At 10 p.m. Captain Butterworth took in the topgallantsails, and at midnight all hands were called to reef topsails, the wind Increasing rapidly from the southward and eastward, and a strong sea getting up. The light on Beachy Head was then in sight, six or eight miles on the star board beam, and at 1.30 a.m. the mainsail and jib were stowed. At 2 a.m. I took the helm, from which pos'- tion I had the means of observing everything which took place subsequently, and at 4 a.m. the fore and maintopsails were double reefed, and the mizentopsail stowed. The wind was then blowing a gale, accompa nied by a heavy sea, in which the vessel laboured greatly. Up to that time she had shown herself, to the best of ky judgment, a lively, manageable ship, and during the Rale in the Dosims she had behaved remarkably well. fie pumps had been sounded night and morning, and she was quite tight, and upon trying them, as usual, at 8 P.m. (previous night), no water (excepting that always 11 1 the bottom) could be found. Towards 4 a.m. the Ship began to lurch deeply in the sea, going a long way corer on her broadside, and she seemed unable to recover herself when she rolled. I began to suspect that there Must be a considerable quantity of water in her, and I Mentioned to one of my shipmates that the vessel seemed like a water-logged ship. Shortly afterwards t he starboard quarter boat was carried away by a sea ; and, about 5 a.m. the crew, by the commander's orders, commenced throwing overboard water casks, sheep pens, and other lumber, from the deck. While they were so Occupied the ship gave a violent lureh to starboard, and a heavy sea at the time breaking over her to leeward, Washed overboard the long boat, which was full of live stock. The weather was then getting worse, and the ship was kept hauled to the wind on the port tack, under the double reefed fore and maintopsail, foresail and foretop mast staysail, the foresail being hauled up, and the main topsail lowered down on the cap. She continued to lurch violently, and at half-past 5 a.m. she rolled right over on her starboard beam-ends, and remained in that posi tion, with her masthead in the water, lying at the mercy of the sea, which then made a clear breach over her, and washed away the larboard quarter boat. A great many of the crew took refuge in the maintop, and I got outside the ship on the weather quarter gallery, it being impossible to stand on deck. A sea broke into the maintopsail and carried away the main-topmast with all its gear, and likewise washed four men out of the main top. Captain Butterworth, the chief and second mate, the carpenter, cook, and some of the crew joined me on the weather quarter, and they dragged through the gallery window four passengers, consisting of a gentle man, his wife, and two children, who took refuge with them. The declarant and another seaman also succeeded in getting out of the water a young lady who had come out of one of the poop cabins, and I lashed her to a large spar, and placed her with the rest of her party on the gallery. Immediately afterwards a large sea broke over the ship, which washed off the gentleman above mentioned, with his wife and children (four in all), and they perished together. At about this time a schooner was observed about half a mile to the eastward, bearing down upon the wreck. The vessel was at that time settling fast in the water, and it was evident that she could not remain afloat many minutes longer. I cut the lashings of the spar to which the young lady had been made fast, in order to give her a chance for her life. As the spar went adrift, Captain Butterworth, the second mate, and one or two of the seamen quitted the sinking ship, and held on to the spar in the hope of saving themselves, declarant being left on the quarter with the cook and carpenter. Many of th e people had by this been drowned, but others remained holding on as they best could, on the weather side of the wreck. She lay thus for about ten minutes after Captain Butterworth had left her, and then sank, goin g down head first. I scrambled from the quarter to the mizenmast, which I ascended as the ship sank. I found the surgeon in the mizentop, and we went up together in the mizentop crosstrees. When we were submerged I lost sight of the surgeon, and I swam to som e (kola whioh were floating about. I got hold of one of them, but shortly afterwards I saw near me one of the chocks of the long boat, capable of affording me better support than the deal, which I therefore left, and Placed myself on the chock. The schooner was then within shouting distance, being about 100 yards to lee ward of me, and I hailed her, begging her crew to go about to windward, and afterwards drift down among the Dalhousie's people, of whom several were still alive, and might thus have been picked up and saved, with a little exertion on the schooner's part. The only re sponse which I could hear from her was given by some Person on board, who told me " Swim to her ;" but she Was drifting to leeward much faster than any man could swim, and she shortly afterwards stood away to the )•vv., and left me and my companions struggling in the water. I watched her for nearly two hours afterwards, p_ut she at length disappeared, without having (so far as could see) made the least effort to save any of us, although the schooner was close to the Dalhousie when !he foundered, and her crew must have seen her go down. In the course of the morning several other vessels Passed near me, both going up and down Channel, with °lit seeing us. My companions gradually perished one af ter th e other, and I was repeatedly washed off my toil support. At about one p.m. the wind veered the S.W., and towards four o clock a brig hove in Wi ght to w i n d war d , standing down towar d s w h er e I was Boating. I made s i gna l s t o h er w ith my handkercqiief, boa he best way I could, wh i ch were f ortunate l y seen on . tv rd the brig, a n d s h e b ore d own t o me . The wind 8 :ta, s still blowi ng a ga l e f rom th e sou th- wes t, an d th e running so hi g h as t o ma k e it d ou btf u l w hether a_ e b oat vraa could live in it. Th e b r i g th ere f ore came along _, de me, and having lowered a rope with a bowline in it, I trade it f as t round my body, and sprang from the chock into the sea. Although the crew of the brig observed .1 ° 2 1 7 precaution in thir power, I was unavoidably L_Nged under water for e a minute or two before I could .-__° a t s en board, and when I at length reached her deck I Svuen'dMerrla. d ',T iro nearly senseless. She proved to be the Mitchel Rawson master, bound from Littlehampton to with timber. Captain Rawson and his c rew all treated me with the . greatest kindness and hos altteahlioti):zdanitirii li at four p.m. on the f o ll ow i ng d ay t h e b r i g Lvar Roads. The weather was then tilodorate k and Captain Rawson, having lowered a boat, -_~: R. Ger i the es on f the tober 3cl an a the Aeins 1 re lying ne of ;ton, 3ven usual dates ghts 1001, id. THE SU'N, LONDON, SATUrRnAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1858. SIIABE MARKETS.-(TIII3 DAY. BRITISH RAILWAYS. 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St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek ICobre Copper Colonial Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 72 p. cent English and Anstrin Copper Smeltg.Co General , Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered 'Great Polgooth !Lake Bathurst . Liberty 'Linares Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co , Mariquita Meal Car BcS.Amerien. New Granada INouyeau Monde.. . dis 2j li_ 29 - 30 96 -- 98 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago do Cuba Pluth Australian Tin Croft United Mexican , Waller West Granada , Business this day. d —, p P ar --- fn c l 2 2 od id od d d par 7 4 5 2i 3 33i —34 i id 42 —44 # P lot D i i 55 65 5 7pxd 2i 3 14 16 par — i P 2 2 d d 84 —9 4 d - d d— par i 1, • i • -- •.• - k i i d- ii P West Mariposa Yuba 31 a id 3i dis di d - idi BANKS. 69 - 71 i d — par 21d -- lid par -- i p mISCELLA Australian AgTioult. Australsn.Pcific.Mail Australn. Royal Mail Brit. American Land Canada 22 - 24 33 - 34 43 - 45 dis— parl 39 40 1 67 69 64 74 174 —18 i 33 - 35 &n --60.x..d Crystal Palace.,,,, Crystal Pal. of F:ance Eastern Steam ........ Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat, General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land..., Nrth. ofEuropeSteam Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph.. Univeral Emigration and Colonization.,,, Van Diemen's 'And - I ::: i-11 - ii =.- is 32 - ii 146 - 15 5 i i LLOYD'S SHIPPING._(THIS DAY. LONDON, Oct. 21. Wind this day at Noon, S.W., fine, RAMSGATE, Oct. 21.—Wind, S.W., strong breezo. Ar• rived—Tridente, Bremen, for Havannah, damaged. Put Back—Haviland, for Carthagena, leaky. DEAL, Oct. 21.—Wind, S.W. by W., blowing strong, Arrived—Tyro, Smyrna ; Black River Packet, for Sydney. FOLKESTONE, Oct. 21.—Part of a vessel's stern or quarter board, with " lii‘Larin" on it, in large letters, has washed ashore at Hytho. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 21.—Wind, W. S.W. Sailed—James, Melbourne.—The Emily, from London to Syra, reports having seen yesterday, about seven miles S.W. of St. Katharine's Light, what appeared to be part of the deck of a large veesel, with two iron knees attached; and the Ada, from Shields to Port Philip, reports having seen, be tween this and Beechy Head, yesterday, several rough spars, cabin doors, and bulkheads, painted light green. HARLEPOOL, Oct. 21. Wind, blowing a gak. Sailed— Ellen, Porto Grande. HULL, Oct. 21.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Washing ton, Richibucto. Sailed—Amherst, Melbourne. GRIMSBY, Oct. 21.- - Arrived—ldes, Shields, for Lowes toft, very leaky- SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 21. Sailed Wanatah, Port Philip. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 21.—The David Harrison, hence for Bahia, has been towed back from Holyhead. PADSTOW, Oct. 20.—The smack Caroline, of New Quay, struck on the Villaes, three miles off this port, and after wards sunk at her anchors. FISRGUARD, OcL. 21.—The William and Mary, from Liverpool, for Bristol, drove ashore on the Codwick Sand, where she sunk ; a great part of her cargo washed out, her hatches having come off. BRISTOL, Oct. 21. — Arrived—A schooner, from New foundland. COWES, Oct. 21.—Arrived—Courier, Matanzas; Agnes Smith, London for Naples, with foremast sprung. DARTMOUTH, Oct. 11.—Put Back--Victoria, from Glou cester, leaky; pumps choked with cargo—wheat. TORBAY, Oct. 21.—1 t is blowing a gale from S.S.W. to S.W. LOWESTOFT, Oct. 20.—schooner, supposed foreign, is reported to have been lost on the Baneard Sand yesterday. GUERNSEY, Oct. 20.—The Champion, from Mevagisocy, to Jersey, drifted from the road-ste ad yesterday, and stranded on the Flatney Esplanade, where she became a total wreck; crew saved. LLANELLY, Oct. 20.—The Providence, from Hayti, for Neath, has been abandoned off Milford, in a sinking state. LEITH, Oct. 20.—The Wilmington, of Hull, was wrecked on the 16th of September, in Exeter Bay, Davies' Straits ; five of the crew arrived here this morning. LYDD, Oct. 21.—The Chapman, of and for Plymouth, from Sierra Leone, was lost on the 14th of October, 480 miles S.W. of Scilly; crew saved. PENZANCE, Oct. 19.—Wind, N.N.E, blowing hard, and squally. Arrived —Eleonore, Falmouth for Antwerp, with loss of foretopmast, ma.intopgallantmast, and sails, with other damage, having been on her beam ends in the night, in a hurricane, from S.E. and E.S.E.—The Olivia (fishing lugger), in running for her moorings during the gale last night, went on shore a mile to the westward of this place, and is a complete wreck; crew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10 a.m. Wind, S.W., fresh breeze, and kne. Arrived—Rosa, from Santander. _ I WATERFORD, Oct. 20. Wind, S.W. Sailed—Ann Jenny, for Now York ; Gazelle, for Mel bourne. GR IO A . P IS H. a ) .m. AN Saturday, TE L i 1 (BY SUBMARINE G A R N A D vs E s U E R N O: DP CIISTOM-HOUSEORETURN. Arrived—Fifeshire, from Archangel ; Sophie, Aarhuus. Sailed—Caledonia (s), for Hamburgh ; Triton (s), for Calais ; Belgium (s), for Ostend ; Perseverance, for Leer ; Wanderings Manden, for Christiania. Tide, 10 a.m., low water; weather, fine. DEAL, Saturday, 9.23 a.m. Wind, S.W., fresh, thick rain. Passed—Caroline, from Taganrog for London. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of both fruit and vegetables on sale to-clay were extensive, yet the demand ruled steady, at last week's currency. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s Od to 6s Od men; ditto colonial, is to is 3d each ; Orleans plums, is to 2s ; green gages, is Od to 2s Od per punnet ; hot-house grapes, is Od to is 6d; foreign ditto, 8d to is per lb; apples, 3s to 6s per bush.; pears, 2s to 4s per half sieve ; lemons, is Od to 2s Od ; oranges, 2s to 3s per doz. ; almonds, 5s per peck ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, 50s to 60s per 1001bs. ; c h esnu t s , 8 s t o 20 s per bushel ; filberts, 65s to 86s per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to ls 6d per 100 ; peaches, is to 5s ; nectarines, 2s to 7s ; apricots, is to 3s per dozen ; figs, 1s t o 2 s p er d ozen ; d amsons , s6d to 3s 6d per half sieve • melons, is to 3s Od each. VEGETABLES.— Cabbages, Gd to Os 9d ; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 2s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 2s to 4s ; greens. 2s Od to 3s Od per dozen bu nc h es; broad beans, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; French beans, is 6d to 2s 6d per half sieve ; sea-kail Os Od to Os Od ; red cabbages, 2s to 4s Od per dozen ; potatoes, 1308 to 185 s per ton ; turnips, 2s Od to 2s Gd ; carrots, 4s Od to Gs Od per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 6d each ; celery, 9d to is 6,1 per bundle ; spinach, is Od to 2s Od per sieve ; onions, Gs Od to 108 Od per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; sh a ll o t s , Gd to Bcl ; garlic, Gil to 8d per lb ; endive, 2s 2d to 3s Od per score ; small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-raddish, is Od to 3s Od per bundle ; mushrooms, 6s Od to 8s Od per bushel; parsley, 2s Od to 4s Od per dozen bunches ; turnip greens, is 3d to is Gd per bushel ; beet, is Od to is 6d per dozen ; cos lettuces, Od to is per score ; radishes, is Od to 3 s Od p er d oz. hands ; tomatoes, 6s Od to 8s Od per d o z en ; m i n t, 3d t o 5d per bunch ; artichokes, 3s to 6s per dozen ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve. THE DRAINAGE OF LONDON. (Front the Times.) On Thursday last, as appeared by our impression of yesterday, the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers held a special court for the purpose of re ceiving what the Chairman correctly described as some "interesting and important" reports relating to the drainage of London. This business was transacted in proper official form—that is to say, the reports in question were read, " received, ' " adopted," and ordered to be printed and put into circulation forthwith. We apprehend, however, that the publicity thus desired will be of no great effect without some more popular exposition of the matter actually in hand, and we perform our duty, therefore, by putting into plainer language what has been now announced of the views and pros rests of the Court. It will net be forgotten in what position the Commissioners were left by recent proceedings. They possessed an ordinary income of some 200,0001. a-year, of which 50,0001. was absorbed in current ordinary expenses, leaving 150,000/., or thereabouts, available for " extraordinary works." The works thus characterised included the construction and reconstruction of sewers wherever they were required, and the obligations under this head represented, it was said, at pre sent an amount of not less than 200,0001. a-year more ; so that upon the whole the Commissioners, if they performed the whole of their duties, would have found themselves with an annual deficit of 50,0001. Besides these obligations, however, there was another and a heavier one. The whole system of London sewerage was so unscientific, imperfect, and unserviceable that an entirely new scheme was required upon new principles, and with a compre hensive character, before the metropolis could be well drained at all. Not only was it indispensable to relieve the Thames, as well as other localities, from pollution, and to find some fitter main sewer for this huge city than an open tidal river flowing through its centre, but it was a t length plainly confessed by the Commissioners themselves, that even district drainage could never be thoroughly accomplished without the provision of a better out fall, under an improved system. This is what was termed the "Great Drainage Scheme." After certain proceedings, to which we need make no present allu sion, the second Commission of Sewers approved, in the year 1850, of a plan proposed by Mr. Frank For sterfordraining afreshthe north and the south side of the Thames, at costs respectively of 1,200,000/. and 250,000/. ; but the funds for this undertaking were not forthcoming, and this Commission soon after broke up. There next appeared on the stage a private company, which offered to provide the re quired substitutes for the bed of the Thames, by constructing two intercepting tunnel sewers at an outlay, if we remember rightly, of some 650,000/. for the north, and 350,0001. for the south side of the river. The conditions they demanded for the execution of this enterprise included a fee simple in sewage abstracted, and a guaranteed interest of 3 per cent., by means of rates, on the expenditure incurred. The bill for this purpose, however, having been successfully opposed by the Metropo litan Commissioners, was lost in the last session. This opposition seems naturally to have quickened the responsibilities of the Commissioners them selves, and they now appear, accordingly, with a scheme of their own in place of that to which they objected. As far as we can extract any definite statement from the successive recitals of official reports, it seems that the Commissioners contemplate the im mediate commencement of certain works in con nexion with the Great Drainage Scheme on each side of the river, and we presume these works will be in substantial accordance with the plans pre pared by Mr. Frank Forster, and approved by the second Commission some three years ago. The operations on the north side, we are told, " will divert the whole of the sewage and flood-waters of 14 square miles of the upper districts from the river Thames ;" will relieve the Fleet sewer, and, though still incomplete, will change the whole character of this portion of the London drainage. Those on the south side, if we correctly apprehend the report, aro intended "to produce the same , effect that would be produced by raising the land on the south side of the metropolis 20 feet." Without, however, entering more minutely at present into the specifications before us, we conclude that it is proposed to put in hand im mediately certain portions of the great drainage scheme on each side of the river, and to carry these out, as far as may be found practicable, on , 1 the true principles of metropolitan sewerage. With ' such a resolution nobody can quarrel ; but there are several points on which more distinct informa tion is exceedingly desirable. Official forms, un fortunately, do not always convey much popular knowledge, and the public is still left in uncertainty respecting many details of considerable interest. We observe in the documents published that the "estimated cost of the whole (northern) work " is 271,2901., a sum which Sir W. Cubitt wisely re marks may as well be called 300,000/. at once. We also observe that in the report relating to the " south side of the Thames," a certain " high level sewer " is set at 258,000/., and a "low level ditto," ' with its appurtenances, at 379,0001., making together an amount of 637,000/. We should be glad to learn more intelligibly to what these sums refer. Is it proposed to make an expenditure of 637,0001. on the south side of the Thames, and 300,000/. on the north ? If so, this appears to be a reversal of former estimates, whisk all made the northern works materially more expensive than the south ern. Perhaps this practical raising of the whole southern side which is now projected involves an outlay not contemplated on previous occasions. Again, if we add the 637,0001. to the 300,000/., this gives nearly a million, which is upwards of two-thirds of the total demanded under Mr. Frank Forster's plan for the complete performance of the entire drainage scheme. Will two-thirds of it be completed by the present works ? What is the real aggregate of the outlay at present proposed, and what proportion of the whole scheme is this ex pected to accomplish ? Mr. Robert Stephenson, we observe, says of the northern undertaking, " the work proposed by your engineer, and sanc tioned by Sir W. Cubitt is undoubtedly a step in the right direction, but its effect will scarcely be felt if not followed up by similar designs of much greater magnitude, both on the north and south sides of the Thames." Now, this description does not exactly coincide with the anticipations put on record by the Commissioners, and we should like to get some better approximation to actual facts. Besides all this, there is a further point of very considerable importance. How are the funds to be provided ? The Commissioners, it is true, ob tained from Parliament the other day additional powers for raising money to the extent of 200,0001., but this would not go very far, especially with an established deficit of 50,000/. to start with. Taken in conjunction with the whole available funds of the Commission, it would amount certainly to some 350,000/., but then what becomes of the extra ordinary works—works of " urgency," which were described as pressing on the Commissioners to the extent of 200,000/. a year, irrespectively altogether of the main drainage scheme ? To put the case in half-a-dozen words, if the Commission requires 250,000/. a year for its regular duties, and pos sesses but 200,000 i. to performthese withal, how can an addition of 200,000/. for a single year enable it, over and above its current liabilities, to undertake works involving a further expenditure of a million ? These are points on which we look for some infor mation. In the meanwhile we fully concur with Mr. Robert Stephenson in thinking that " the amount absolutely required for rendering the sewerage of the Metropolis what it should be," ought to be laid before Parliament and the country without hesitation or delay. When these estimates have been properly tested we shall discern the real extent of our obligations, and either get our city well drained at last, or know the reason why. IFIRE AT SHAD THAMES.—The loss by the late fi re has proved more serious than was anticipated. The three highest floors of the granary contained s everal thouwsa le n I quarters of wheat, Indian corn, barley, and oa ts, h flour the lower floors were filled with bags of guano' report , and other articles. Mr. Braidwood, in his offleni,althe fire raises the damage, gives the following : e " r Fir C e a o use of fire raises of Mr. J. Dudin, granary keeper. unknown. The three upper floors and of granary destroyed ; the two lower floor s and contents severely damaged by fire and water. Insured in the Monarch Fire-office." The subscription e onooblr.ought to TESTIMONIAL TO MR. BRIGHT.— _ - -DM menced. in Rochdale for a testimonial to Mr. Bright for his exertions in behalf oN,f,farseeuptrwaadredsiaosfbsee, a close. The a mount After consulting with the lion. member, the co mm i ttee decided that a library wo uld be an appropriate testimonial. The case is an elegant and elaborate work of art. to this handsome A The library consistssilver plate is affixed furniture, with an appropriate inscription. of more than 1,200 volumes. It Ny Bright at an additional cost of 1,300/ as selected by Mr. after deducting the expenses,•, and the balance, has be en • tleman. paid to that gen- THE Hort. MRS. NORT says :—" This distinguished".--The Waterford Mail been staying at Lismor and much-injured lady has accompanied by her Z.l Castle for the past three weeks, about the middle size, eldest son. Her portly figure is as to win the , and her attractive appearance such the foul debasing stranger in her favour at first sight ; but have had its influence tongue of unfounded slander seems to preyed deeply on her constitution, and to have retains all those upon her cultivated mind. She, however, . traces of exquisite beauty for which she and her two sisters, Lady Dufferin and Lady Seymour, are 8,3 I)re-eminent." landed me at Dover. I made application to the owners' agent, who furnished me with the means of coming to London, and on the same evening I arrived in London, and lost no time in reporting the loss of the ship to the owners. I further declare that when the ship went down the light on Beachy Head bore from N.E. by E., distant about sixteen miles, and, to the best of my judgment, in about twenty fathoms of water. I believe that every person on board of her, with the exception of myself, perished. I cannot account for the circumstance of the ship foundering in the manner she did, otherwise than upon the presumption that a butt end must have started, either from her having struck upon a wreck, or from some other cause unknown to me. And I, the said Joseph Reed, do conscientiously believe the above state ment to be true, &e. (Signed) " JOSEPH REED." From the ship's paliers - dePosited at the Shipping office, with which we have been favoured by the officials, we learn the names of a portion of the crew : Mr. John Butterworth, aged 45, captain, of London. Mr. William Walter Edge, aged 33, chief mate. Mr. Charles Fitch, aged 23, second mate, of Little Hedi ngh am . Mr. Charles Bowditch, aged 20, third mate, of Lon don. Mr. William Simpson, aged 20, fourth mate, of Suffolk. John Alexander, aged 23, carpenter, of Stromness. James G. Brotherstone, aged 45, steward, of Dept ford. James Brotherstone (son of above), aged 17, cuddy servant, of Deptford. Alfred Scarfflin, aged 23, cook, of Walton-on-Naze. George Lopers, aged 31, sailmaker, of St. Helena. James Burley, aged 26, seaman, of Kent. James Marcus Harris, apprentice, William Hartshorn, apprentice. Edward Saxon Kendle, apprentice. John Henry Sturtman, apprentice. The remainder—thirty-two—were Lascars, who had been brought from Calcutta on the ship's last voyage, and whose names are not mentioned in the ship's papers. It is stated that the ship and cargo were insured for a sum amounting to about 70,0001. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY EVENING. The distressing fact of the total loss of the Dal housie, at 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning, off Beachy-head, was telegraphed to Mr. B. Wilcocks, emigration agent, this afternoon. The Dalliousie, which left London on Thursday, the 13th inst., was appointed to call at Plymouth for passengers, several of whom are waiting here. Their names are—Major Hawks, of 21, Doughty street, Mecklenburgh-square, London ; Mr. Ewart, of Oldhousei Crawley, Sussex ; Captain Robert Daniel, Mr. Beech and wife, of Bath ; Mrs. New man and child, of Penzance ; Miss Hills, of Graves end; Miss Castle, of Nottingham • Mr. J. Muir Dome, of Liverpool ; Miss Macintosh and maid, of Liverpool ; and John Prott3y, servant to Major Hawks. Captain Daniel had on board property worth 1,0001., and Major Hawks about 1001. The others had little of any value in her. Mrs. Newman is the wife of a master mariner, whom she is about to join in the colonies. A special interposition of Providence seems to have saved the life of Miss Hills. On Friday, the 14th instant, she was off Gravesend -in a boat, when the Dalhousie was behind a steamtug going down the river • the captain would not stop the ship, and Miss hills was compelled to come on by land to Plymouth. She reports that a Mr. Underwood was, with his wife and two children, in another boat which followed the Dalhousie. Mr. Under wood expressed his determination to employ a tug, if necessary, to overtake the ship ; and, as nothing has been heard of him since, it is very probable that he overtook her, and with his fainily perished in her when she foundered. The Dalhousie was one of Fry and Davison's White Horse line of packets. She belongs to Mr. John Allan, of Lead enhall-street, and was built at Moulmein in 1848, of 756 tons register, and was commanded by Capt. Butterworth, whose wife, it is feared, was on board. In 1850 she left this port with Government emi grants for the Cape of Good Hope ; and in April, 1852, she sailed hence for Port Philip with general passengers. On the present voyage she was laden with a full general cargo, and bound to Sydney direct, as she took only poop cabin passengers, most of whom are at Plymouth. It is computed that the total loss of life, passengers and crew in cluded, will be about 30 persons. FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER MEDWAY. A frightful accident occurred on Thursday evening at Hartlake-bridge on the river Medway, near Tunbridge, by which it is supposed that nearly 40 persons have perished. The accounts of the accident are at present somewhat imperfect, but it appears that, in consequence of the river Medway having overflowed its banks, the hoppickers in the employ of Mr. Cox, a large hop grower living at Golden-green, in the parish of Hadlow, near Tunbridge, after having finished their day's work, were being conveyed through the flood in a waggon, drawn by three horses, when, on arriving at Hartlake bridge, they became alarmed at the rush of water, and uttered loud cries. The party consisted of men, women, and children. The noise made by them alarmed the hors-s, and it seems that the animals consequently ran away, and came in contact with the side of the bridge, which, being in a dilapidated state, broke down. The consequence was that the waggon was precipitated into the rivez, and all the persons in it were drowned. Up to yesterday the bodies of two women only had been recovered, but, according t. the best information that could be obta;ned upon the spot, no less than 37 persons are missing. In consequence of the vast body of water which is now flowing down the river, and the locks being open, the probability is that the bodies may be washed a con siderable distance from the bridge. Numbers of per sons are engaged in endeavouring to find them. The names of the two women whose bodies have been re covered are not known The coroner is to hold an inquest upon them to-day at the Bell Inn, Golden-green, in the parish of Hadlow. WEST SUSSEX QUARTER SESSIONS. IGNATIUS FRANCIS COYLE V. THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND THE SUSSEX JUSTICES. The appeal against the conviction by his Grace the Duke of Richmond, Mr. Bridgeman (the Recorder for the city of Chichester), and a bench of Sussex jus tices, under the Vagrant Act, of the appellant for an attempt to pick pockets at the late Goodwood races, having been fired for this day, the quarter sessions were invested with a more than ordinary interest. The notoriety acquired by the appellant from his having been for many years connected with the " turf," but more particularly his alleged participation in the " Running Rein" alair, his trial and conviction on a charge of forging the name of a sporting nobleman to a bill of exchange, and his general intimacy with the " men about town," had not only attracted consider able interest to the affair, but rendered the case one for sporting speculation, and , so confident were his friends of success, that they freely offered two to one that the conviction would be quashed. At 11 o'clock Mr. PRIME, M.P., the chairman, took his seat on the bench, and there were present a greater number of magistrates than, perhaps, had ever assembled on a similar occasion. Mr. Creasey and Mr. Johnson appeared to support the conviction, and Mr. E. James, Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Wyatt were in attendance on behalf of the appellant. The court throughout the proceedings was crowded to excess, and many of those present were from London. The evidence taken at the petty sessions when the case was first heard was reproduced. Mark Loome, a sergeant of the metropolitan police force and B division, distinctly swore that on the 27th of July last, he saw the appellant attempting to pick pockets in the Good wood betting enclosure. Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, produced a cer tificate of the conviction of Coyle at the Central Crimi nal Court on the 25th of October, 1851, on a charge of forgery, and his sentence to 12 months imprisonment. Sergeants Quinnear and Combe, of the P and L divi sions of police, deposed to having seen Coyle in the com pany of the swell mob. The cross-examination of the latter witness by Mr. Ballantine created considerable laughter in the court. Other witnesses were called to prove the same facts, and this closed the case in support of the conviction. On the part of the appellant, the Earl of Uxbridge was called and deposed,—That when he asked the officer why he did not bring forward the persons on whom the robberies were attempted, he said he could not find them when he took the accused, and did not mention a word of that to which he had sworn on that day,— namely, that one of the old gentlemen had so many bets on the race that he could not attend. His Lord ship also said, that on tel'ing Loome that he thought he had made some mistake, or had acted under some personal or vindictive feeling towards Coyle, his reply was, that this was quite impossible, as he knew nothing about him. Mr. Pearce, the superintendent of the F division o f pollee ; Mr. Field, the late inspector of the detectives ; Serjeants Langley and Whicher, all actively employed in police matters for many years, were exa mined, and, one and a'l declared that they had known the appellant for many years, and that he had never as sociated with the members of the swell mob, nor had they ever heard of his being concerned in or addicted to picking pockets. The witnesses went further, and said they must have heard if he had made such attempts. Mr. James addressed the bench in a most forcible speech, commenting in severe terms on the conduct of Leone, the officer. Mr. Creasy also spoke for some time in reply to the evidence called on the part of the appellant ; and the Chairman having read over the evi dence, the Magistrates deliberated for about 10 minutes, and then affirmed the conviction. MONUMENT TO THE LATE LIEUTENANT BELLOT.-- It is stated that Lord John Russell and the Earl of Ellesmere have requested Sir Roderick Murchison to place their names on the list of the Committee for the purpose of furnishing the erection of a monument to the memory of the late gallant French officer, Lieu tenant Bellot, and have authorised him to announce that they are ready to contribute liberally to the laud able object. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Birmiug. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh. & Cheshire Juuct Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20.. . .. Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester di Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New...... . East Anglian.. Do., (£lB E & H).... ,Eastern Counties..... ,Eastern Union, Al Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June— Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee Glasgow & S. 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Geese, 5s to 6s 6d ; Turkeys, 3s 6d to 5s 6d each ; Ducks is 9d to 2s 9d; tame Rabbits, 10d to is 6d; wild ditto, 6d to is ; Pigeons, 5d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 3s Od to 5s Od; barn-door Fowls, is 9d to 2s 9d per couple; Capons, 3s to 4s 6d : Chickens, 1s 9cl to 2s 3d per couple ; Pheasants, 3s Gd to 4s Od; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Leverets, 3s Od to 58 Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Grouse, is 9d to 2s Od; Snipes, 9d. to 1s 6d; Teal, 6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 9d to is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, 8s 6d: to 9s Od; French ditto, 5s Od to 7s Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh Butter lls Od to 12s, and English 11. s 6d to 14s per 12 lbs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s Od ; Brills, 2s 6d to 7s Od each ; Salmon Trout, is to is 4d per ib; Cod Fish, 5s to 12s ; Soles, 4d to 33 per pair ; Eels, &I to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 641 ; Whitings, 6s to 12s Od per doz.; Doreys, 2s 6d to 8s; Mullets, is to 4s Od each ; Common Oysters, 10s Od to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Od to 50s Od per bsh; Mackerel, 25s to 30s per 100; Smelts, Is6d to 5s pr doz.; Skate, Gd to 7d per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon• ; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per dozen; Fresh Herrings, 3s Od to 4s Od per 100 ; Haddocks, 6s to 12s per doz. ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace ; Tench, 2s Od to Os Od per brace ; Gurnots, 4d to is Od. each ; Halibut, 6d per lb.; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d Der lb. ; Prawns, 3s Od to 5s Od per lb. ; Flounders, is to is Gd per dozen ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb.; Pike 6d each. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to 101 2 4; of household ditto, Bid to 90 per 41b loaf, WHITECHAPEL. ' Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s Id to 4s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d; veal, 4s CA to 4s Gd ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per Blbs. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to aid; 721 b to 801 b, 3jd to 3d; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 3id; 881 b to 961 b, :Rd to 4d; 961 b to 1011 b, 4d to 41d ; 10411 to 1121 b 4,1 d to 4:ld. Horse hides, 6s 6d to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s Gd to 3s 6d; ditto, full, 6s 6d to Os Od; polled sheep, 4s 6d to 5s 3d; gents, 4s Od- to 4s 4d; Half-bred; 4s Od. to 4s 4d ; Downs, 38 4d to 3s 10d; Lambs, 2s 6d to 4s 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 5/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ 5s to Cl 6s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ 18s ; clover ditto, 4/ Oa to 6/ 6s; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 4s per load. A. fair average supply, and a steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 lOs to 51 15s; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade steady, at very full prices. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—To-day tho West India Sugar Market presen ted a dull appearance, and prices compared with last Friday shows a decline of 6d per cwt ; in fine yellow there is, however, no change. Sales to-day 406, making for the week 1,744 hhds and trc. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was only in moderate demand for home trade purposes P brown lumps 4.18 to 44s 6d, and low to fine grocery 45s to 475. A good export de mand for Crushed at previous terms. EAST INDIA.--This afternoon demand was not better for Bengal sugar. In auction 2809 bgs were only in part sold—Mauritius sorts went at 34s to 37s 6d, being rather lower, but mid to fine white Benares sold at 37s 6d to 395, being the full value. . _ MOLASSEB.—There continues to be a very good de mand, and stiff prices are obtained ; West India selling at 17s 6d to 18s 6d ; Bengal and Mauritius, 16s to 17s per cwt. COCOA.—Demand does not improve for West India, and larger parcels have been offered for sale—prices declined ls. per cwt. COFFEE.—At auction to-day 6,300 bags were all sold at rather lower rates, good to file fine ord went at 47s to 54s 6d, low mid and mid 55s to 575. Plantation Ceylon •n,y in limited demand, and at auction 59 casks 38 bags went at barely previous terms, low mid and mid 56s to 58s, and other sorts 52s to 55s 6d. Of Mocha 50 brls, 237 do, 18 fzls in part sold at 58s to 65s 6d, and ungarbled 45s 6d to 545, being 2s to 3s lower. 24 cs 100 bgs Neilgherry, very fine 78s 6d to 89s. 6d. TEA.—In better qualities of Congou large purchases have been made, and previous terms are well maintained At present common is not much required, but held with firm ness. Price are—for low to good ord. lld to 11#d ; rather blackish leaf is to Id, strong to Pekoe sorts is 2d to 2s 2d, and fine new crop 2s 5d to 2s 6d per lb. Demand has been brisk for good to fine green, and prices rather im proved. RICE.—To-day there was a much better demand for East India rice, and full prices were obtained.. At auction 2,400 bags Bengal all sold at 14s Gd to 15s Gd for mid to fine white. A cargo of Arracan realised 13s 3d per cwt. TALLOW.— Transactions in Russian on the spot have been greater than on the previous week, and prices have been supported; first sort P.Y.C. selling at 58s 6d to 58s 9d per cwt. For delivery a large business has been con cluded, prices closing at 58s to 58s 3d for the last two months, and at 59s to 59s 3d for spring. Of home melted, a clearance has been made, and 61s to 61s 6d is the cur rency cash, and supply remains much under last year. OlLS.—This afternoon at auction 100 hhds 20 tons 37 bts Cochin cocoa nut sold 46s to 46s 9d ; 300 hhds 25 pps 36 bts 30 tns East India fish oils 291 to 34110 s ; 70 tns seal tinged 351 5s to 361, straw and yellow 341 to 351, brows 3315 s to 341; 77 cks palm 40s 9d to 41s. DRITRY-LANE.—EQUESTRIAN AND GYIINASTIC PER FORMANCES.—No sooner has the dramatic season been brought to a successful conclusion than the note of pre paration falls upon the ear indicative of the forthcoming interesting and popular entertainments, in support of which the lessee has made engagements with a galaxy of talent of acknowledged and even world-renowned celebrity. In the arrangements of Mr. smith are in cluded the names of the first male and female equestrians, not of our own country alone, but also from France and America • including Hermandez, Eaton Stone, New some, dadame Pauline Newsome (from Franconi's, Paris), Stoke's American Wonders, Ella and Leon, and many others. The facetious Tom Barry, aided by his mirth-provokingiconfreres, Messrs. Doughty and Knight, are also engaged. As professors of gymnastic art, we should look in vain for names such as the brother& Elliot, Messrs. Russelli, Zamesou, and Arthur Barnes, who has accomplished, with infinite ease and grace, the unprecedented feat of throwing 91 summersaults in suc cession. A combination of fortuitous circumstances has placed the lessee in a position to combine this array of talent for a season necessarily limited, owing to the other engagements of the various talented artistes. STRAND THEATRE.—The benefit to be given to Mr. Crosby, previous to his departure for the Colonies, and next Oct o un c ce t. th d 2 fo 4 rt , ohisnwhich evening, o cicsaspioosnt, Mr. R. J. postponeduntil Monday Osborne, of the Australian Theatres, will make his first and only appearance in England. LORD BYRON'S OPINION OF THE TURKS.—In all money transactions with the Moslems, Laver found the strictest honour, the highest disinterestedness. In trans acting business with them, there are none of those dirty peculations under the name of interest, difference of exchange, commission, &c., &c., uniformly found on applying to a Greek consul to cash bills, even on the first houses in Pera. In the capital and at court, the citi zens and courtiers are formed in the same school with those of Christianity ; but there does not exist a more honourable, friendly, and high-spirited character than the true Turkish provincial Aga, or Moslem country gentleman. The lower orders are in as tolerable disci pline as the rabble in countries with greater pretensions to civilisation. A Moslem in walking the streets of our coun ty towns, would be more incommoded in England than a Frank in a similar situation in Turkey. The Ottomans, with all thei r defects, are not a . people to be despised. Equal a t l east to the Spaniards, they are superior to the Portuguese. If it be difficult to say what they are, we can at least say what they are not ; they are not treacherous, they are not cow ar dly, they do not burn heretics, they are not assassins, nor has an enemy advanced to their capital. They are faithful to their Sultan until he becomes unfit to govern, and devout to their God without an Inquisition. Were they driven from St. Sophia to-morrow, and the French or Russians enthroned in their stead, it would become a question whether Europe would gain by the exchange. England would certainly be the loser. With regard to that ignorance of which they are so generally, and some times justly accused, it may be doubted, always except ing France,and England, in what useful points of know ledge they are excelled by other nations. Is it in com mon arts of life ? In their manufactures ? Is a Turkisk sabre inferior to a Toledo ? or is a Turk worse clothed and lodged, or fed and taught, than a Spaniard ? Are their pashas worse educated than a or g ran d ce? o. _ t an Effendi than a Knight of St. Jago ? I think n Byron's Memoirs. made by this company, loaded vessels. Several have been used forthe first time by without accident or dan- NORFOLK ESTUARY . — lea T d l i i n e come through the new cli c a u n t n not have been thus avail ger. Had the estuary w ould have been imposed upon now being just eing able, a day's delay ei w s which apened to arrive late several:of thoselvt e vk ss ill thus be seen to what great ex upon the tide. r w o i r ie t i: fully completed will benefit g n t e o w t the a b n a n r e b l o , u n r ° , tthenetahtihpepinesatuofartyh,e JOINT-STOI 'Australasia . British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chil Colonial Commercial of Lond Englislt Scottish and Australian ,Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminstei London Bank of Aus• tralia and India National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation Do. Slew Provincial ofirelane Do. New Royal Austra in. Bkg. & Gold Imp Co 1 South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London , Union of Madrid ' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. _ ~_ ,I_,' , 7:-.„ ;1_ :,:.-.1 . . = - r 0... THE BATTLE OF TRAF.4I..GAtt. ''''',(, The anniversary of this glorious day'w4.9 celebrated as -frA usual yesterday. The Victory, flag-sl74pi- at Portsmouth, - , , :`,., , A according to custom, decorated her trucks with garlands. ,'.:..;:t The surviving flag-officers who served under Lords • ' :;r i ff Nelson and Collingwood on the occasio n , are Vi ce - , e'*- Admiral Richard Thomas. Rear-Adrufrals—Joh n Pa s co - , S , • (who was Nelson's signal lieutenant),"-Sir G. R. Bar- .. torius, W. W. Henderson, C. 8., W. WalPcie, TIZW. Bruce, J. H. Pl umr idge, Sir John Franklin, C. 8., Sir A. P. Green, C. 8., J. Carter, the Earl of Egmont, Sir G. Westphal, N. Duff, T. F. C. Mainwaring, A. Ferris, J. Symes, L. Hole F. J. Thomas, H. Robinson, G. W. H. D'Aeth, W. S. Lovell, K.H., J. Rattray, G. Hewson, E. Barnard, J. Hay, H. Forbes, A. D. Y. Arbuthnot. Among the other surviving officers on the Navy List are— Captains.—George Mowbray, Patten, Drake, Her ringham W. Robertson, Si r W. H. Pi ers on, A. Luc kraft, Sir J. Hindmarsb, Dickinson, M'Crae, M. H. Sweny, W. Shepheard, Parkin, Gape, Hood, J. Robert son Walker, G. Bignell, R. Douglas, S. Smith, T. P. Robinson, Reeve, Allen, Festing, Herbert, C. Hall, G. Brown, Rowe, Buchanan, Murley, Sykes, West, Sir A. Dixie, Bart. Commanders—Colby, Parker, Gill. C. A. Johnson, Pukernill, Kelly, Mason, D. Dent, W. Marten, Wood riff, Maclean, W. Carleton, IL West, H. Lancaster, Garrett, Lancaster, Vicary, Eyton, Adamson, Bowden, Howe, Basten, Purches, Bogue, Carslake, Barclay Eaton, Hilton, Entwistle, Price, Colthurst, J. H. Sanders, Sal mon, Blennerharsett, C. Chappell, Anthony, Lamphier, Rich, Chrystie, Woolcock, Phepoe, Waterman, Treeve, Syer, Walford, Lauzun, Hickes, Tardrew, A. M`Kenzie, Cock, Rawlins, Snell, Napier, Seymour. Lieutenants—Rivers, Pollard, Knapman, Parsons, Hemer, Finemore, Harris, Boyce, Beckett, Parr, Hay don, Wolrige, Dumbreck, A. Martin, L. Denys, A. Gallaway, Poad, Hick, Sir T. W. Holburne, Chesnaye, G. E. Patey, Deuchar, Lambert, St. Quintin, Brenan, Elmhurst, Barker, J. H. Brown, Pilch, J. B. Elliott, Lechmere, Day, Blight, Weaver, Jackson, Cres wick, Cordry, Master—H. Andrews. Medical Officers—The Director-General Sir William Burnett, K.C.8., M.D., F.R.S. Inspector of Hospitals —J. Mortimer. Surgeons—P. Lyon, P. Suther. Paymasters—Holman, Wells,Jewell, Bailey, Whichelo, Starr, Mason. Royal Marines Major-Generals Lawrence, Sir J. Owen, K.C.8.; Colonels Coryton, Ellis, C. 8., Wearing, Philips ; Majors Finmore, Lemon ; Lieutenants Rotely, Magin, Brattle, Fane, Cinnamond, Rooke, Hawkins, Nicolas, Reeves, Mackintosh, Lister. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 21. The Duke of Wellington, St. Jean d'Acre, Arrogant, and Amphion are ordered into harbour from Spithead to repair defects. The Russian frigate Aurora, 46, sailed into harbour this morning, from Spithead, to get a refit. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 21. Arrangements have been made for the departure of her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess of Russia, family, and suite this morning from Torquay. The Im perial party leave by the up express, going over the South Devon, Bristol and Exeter, and Great Western Railways as far as Reading, where the Royal saloon will be de tached from the Great Western train. Her Majesty's ship Queen, 110, Captain F.T.Mitchell, and the screwship Ajax, Captain Warden, had the blue peters up all day yesterday, and they were appointed to sail to-day. It is now (10 a.m.) blowing a strong gale from the southward and westward, and has been all night. The Queen will proceed direct to the Mediterranean, and the Ajax to Queenstown. The Alarm, 26, is ordered to be brought forward for commission. WOOLWICH, OcT. 21. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. (1837), to be Flag-Captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas J. Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, and to the Victory flagship at that port, vice Shepherd. Captain William R. Mends (1852) to be Flag• Captain to Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., K.C.H., and to the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam flagship at Portsmouth, preparing for service on the Mediterranean station. Captain 'William Houston Stewart to the Modeste, 18, sloop, on the Mediterranean station. Captain Houston Stewart, son of Rear-Admiral Stewart, C. 8., Superintendent at Malta dockyard, was formerly in command of the Virago paddlewheel steamsloop on the Pacific station, and was appointed shortly after his re turn home to be commander in the Prince Regent, 90, making ready at Devonport for service in the Mediter ranean. The Modeste is at present under the command of Lord William Compton. Assistant-Surgeon Frederick L. Leonard (1852), acting Assistant-Surgeon to the Ajax, 58, screw steam ship at Devonport, is confi rme d as ssistant-Surgeon to the ship. Nav;,l Instructor John Fitzgerald (1853) to the Im• perieuse, 50, screw steamfrigate at Portsmouth. Midshipmen. —E. S. J. Daniel to the Diamond, 28, at Sheerness, L. Wildemar to the Blenheim, 60, screw steam-guardship. It is understood here to-day that Captain John Shep herd (1840), from the Victory flagship, will succeed CoMmodore Henry Eden at Woolwich Dockyard. Commodore Henry Eden was appointed Superintendent at Woolwich Dockyard on November 13, 1848. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. Mr. Snell's committee have addressed a letter to the shareholders, in consequence of a circular put forth by the chairman of the company respecting the pledge given to Parliament in respect to the extension scheme. The committee assert that the Southampton and Dorchester branch has not paid 31 per cent, per annum upon its cost, as stated by the directors, and that the statement in the report of the directors presented to the May meet ing was a gross misrepresentation. That instead of the cost of the Dorchester line being 752,0001., as stated by the directors, it should have been 800,0001., exclusive of 148,4801. for rolling stock, &c. The committee allow the receipts for the year 1852 to be 56,1291., as stated by the directors, but they do not admit the working expensesto be only 28,0641., or 50 per cent, of the receipts. They contend that the expenses amounted' to 40,0081., inchu-l ing interest on working stock, leaving a balance of 16,1211. to pay interest on the outlay. The committee estimate that the 800,0001. expended on the Dorchester line cost the company on debentures at 4 per cent. 32,0001. per annum, towards which they get the above sum of 16,1211. only, thus entailing a loss per se of 15,8791. per annum. The length of the Dorchester branch is 63 miles, and of the company's lines 251 miles. The working expenses of the Dorchester branch by the above account is 6401. per mile per annum, and of all the other lines of the company upwards of 1,0001. per mile per annum. That the branches put forth from the parent line have reduced their dividends from 91. and 101. per cent, per annum to their present amount of between 31. and 41. per cent. The letter of the committee states : " sharWehoeldwersele 7h a eplapoianttmed.oraieyco,sumtetel on by th th e e 3d m i e n e s t t i . ng A o t f that meetir; the resolutions were passed of which we en close a copy. We the i addressed a letter to the chairman and directors of the company, requesting a conference with the board, a copy of which is also enclosed, and we received a reply from the secretary, Mr. Crombie, appointing the 13th instant for the conference. Mr Snell opened the conference by assuring the board that we came there in an amicable spirit, and desirous to bring about a prudent pa cific policy through and by the directors only ; but, after every gentleman had addressed the board who wished to do so,—all in the most courteous language,—and several requests had been made for some observations from the board, the chairman inquired if we had all done, and then simply rose and said he should consider over what had been urged by us, and in the same breath added, `a nd I declare this conference dissolved.' We know not what comment to make upon such a proceeding ! We feel our friendly disposition was des p ised—ou r efforts as a few shareholders defied—and that we, personally, were mocked. We throw ourselves upon the consideration of our fellow shareholders, and appeal to them with confidence for their judgment,—for their condemnation of the treatment we received. Mr. Serjeant Gase]eo and Mr. Mortimer were the only directors besides the chairman who addressed us; Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Uzielli, Count Eyre. and Mr. Reed were unavoidably absent. The rest of the eoan d to il bu T ayr c na t td o bh r ley s i — indr t ipr h eoel a rce t tastao i nrse s, st nine—were present." of Commons respecting Theinctohmemreitptoeret s t tlt t e he th m at eet t i l n ie g great error r r givenhey OM that of the ttohethse ha c r o eh m o m id i e t r te s e fr o o f m th t e he H p o l u ed se ge on those ° measures; fttohhuierr, ,teif thirteen oDorchester directors five , a nd r d esioxp Exet er poon sley dli aloof.o urge eo. them, and the rest are negative th e ex tension n at their fel low abroad, or standT he yex l o w-sbarebolders to forwarding their proxie s to Mr scheme by London, or to Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Serjeant Gas e l e yde-park-gardens ; or to ef Comb *d ge-square ; and in every case to writ e underneath the signature the wo r d s " to e extension." FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL. The report to be submitted to the proprietors at Glas gow on the 26th inst. states that the accounts exhibit a surplus revenue for the year of 34,4271., enabling them to declare a dividend at the rate of 5} percent. amount. ing to 31,3861., and leaving 3,0411. to add to the rest. This statement of their affairs will, it is hoped, be satis factory, showing not only an increased trade, but also a diminished expenditure. The large saving in the extra ordinary expenditure is exceptional, no part of the canal having this year required such extensive repairs as to necessitate an interruption of traffic—a circumstance which has of course told favourably upon the revenue. In the ordinary expenditure retrenchments have been made, and others are in contemplation ; the results of these will, however, be unfavourably affected by a rise of wages and materials during the last few months. Under these circumstances the governor and council have, after due consideration, to recommend the large ts h addition to rest which has been stated , raising Its amount to 7,382/. The Grangemouth harbour having t h r a a e d e b , surpluseen applied participated in the general increa4seolf. income on the last half-year, of co to reduce the advances formerly made by the company, and now debited in "joint accounttat wiamou nt t e h ee th t e ti E le arlof Zetland," thereby diminishing, by h con tingent account maintained to meet these advances. within a few weeks , an The Drumpeller Ital wayd will l en in si o o v n e w a il u l s b ef e ul c f o e m ed p e l r ete t d o traffic, as well as an accommodatton to important mine rid Adds. iil es, of the ich ian ore ied ger up ent ivers ;ue ; ourt .d to de nst., ,nge tele- , and with L 854. 3 the was wish Pain' id of 16th >pen. btack rirtb, Pro •eals, and vioa ortly . wing men- with great d on and large l the were cold, were abia, 6th im- inst. had t , on the en a ;tate Bre- 3r in Rye fair 1 by the rds. had rip- Dis' rket the *. Leaf )mom 801 -off bat red Arao