The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-08 00:00:00

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I X Alo . ~ • ce . .l V, 0% , - .4, ... , v • „ le _ ..;- 1 1 f:- - --- -/r ( cfi- s -- Z -.4 'fiCt -..—:—..„,,, , ~,, # v t .... ,..--- 0. 4, DllOll •t•••• ) < fr V ii ''• .I , r ~ •,... :40 „ ... 4 .., 704 ,,....., Ati --, , gs) A. --:: :i ; 4 . w%, ..5 ......- ~ , : r);-;, . .„ r;,...,... I ; 1 AFtl,r ; • 7-7,,A, GIVE YOUR ORDERS IMMEDIATELY. Every person who shall subscribe for E D I S P TCH During this Month of JUNE, • Will be presented with a FINELY ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF ELIZ A C 0 0 K. a homes w)ems of Miss Conk are national property. There is hardly heV.tead in the is where. her tame met her e‘mtributions to the powerful are not familiar as lioivelvild words. Apart front ~,:„Ptio,vrerful and brilliant talent with which the • Dispatch is t iZ ttsa u „ n ted this handsome and ace,>ptab'e present to its fifty or sl,ty kap „ readers, cannot fai! t he appreciato 1." -- Chronicle, 147, The lik nes" and the e--. - °.`+o , " s Po,tie gen!its, by Trantschold,is most strking, engraving sakturk Edition of th is by aillard, the styli; of the art. e Di -•PATeII is pi,l7slied f , at F.v o'cloe (- t very k ai c aY morning, tor traiisufs-don and ',Willi:4 reeei,is;:". , that residiug'in tON1 ; 11A 250 miles from London in , y '" same evening. thLhis. Edition ~ tit till the Lou ,oil Markets of the week, including ika r ee held on Friday ; the spirited letters of Puhlicola, austic, p and trequently original poems by Mi , s Eliza Cook P4 r e 'rls desirous of feing supplied wit! the WEEKLY DIS- New, I ni ' , Y give their tiers ay their subsc:iptions "nIY 139, F or to Mr Itieliani Wood, itt iiISPATCII Office, eet-s t reet, Loramit. who, by a remitta,ce of 25., or imstage I ,4 t Ps to that amount, will supply the 1)IS1' vrcii throughout June The terms for the T)PiPATCH are, rr Qtot , ter - 7s Od. Per Year, in advance - - Od. en Credit, payable by reference in Lutdon LI 10a. Od. 3L.11* -1- beautiful frame, of an original character, In imita t t i i v o e n of a -4 bran h kis s c e es and folisg,, interspersed with medallions illu tident_ v n a works, has been prepared by an artist of zo ' n t ,Tder; bele blent;h4and Which can be had at twenty shilling.s each. A, rat g Legant ;„‘ also been made with respectable manuiacturers to su . i .. ) , ,i b y at prices varying from 35. to 25s , and any . u - fla k the DISPATCH may, by transmitting to Mr. Wood the the frame he wishes to obtain, be supplied with the same. A TIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Capital 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. a , ain g = 4-500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. with ristitatiou embraces important and substantial advantages o liPect to life assuraw•es and deterred annuities. The assured lethal-, all occasions, ' the power - to borrow, without expense or for -4110 t` Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); ter est r2Ption of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in- A„,„,,`' ) meet other conveniencies or necessity. - ` 44.. zes for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. The , DIVISION OF PROFITS. io the prosperity of the Society has 1847, enabled the Directors "aa= l Meeting sp held on the 12th May. to declare a fifth Policy . Ying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the prem iums p aid on each eff ected on the profit scale. ""s r" - -- EXAM!' ............. .-- EXAMPLES. i Penna. Sum tke Ara.. l 2 . Annual !Policy Bonus in i nent Re- Assured § Pre- , taken addition Bonus in duct ion of may bor -7' " 1414111 . 'out in Assured. C as h. Annual row on ........ Premiums. Po.icy. -- ----- £ s. it' £ s d. £ s. d. £ a. d. 1 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 6 10 e 4 74 IL —A g s.d.l 1838 218 4 8 99 8 10 15 13 5 1 445 0 0 "s" , 4 1839 192 1108693 13 4 9 1395 11 1 1810 143 5 10 66 8 41 9 19 1 1346 2 3 I 1841 138 14 2 6 1 17 6 1 9 9 2 296 13 4 .% ~.... 1. 1842 ,111 6 8 49 10 0 , 7 10 4 1 247 4 5 ______------- The t il e% oi• 4 ' 14 Report, with tables of rtes, &c., may he had at the imfo r ` nitY of its branches in the country ; or, on application. will 'Wed Past free. U,4:—TYA---ACADEINIY OF Tie TRAFALGAR SQUARE. fe n of the ROYAL ACADEM Y is now OPEN. 'we Siniir n (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. Catalogue, F. FERGUSON CXMROUX, Secretary. AItTS, JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R.A., Dep. See. 11.,°YAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, • 5 ,,,, REGENT'S PARK. „WEteND EXHIBITION" this Season of PLANTS and ..▪ .ki te , will take place T0..16 °BROW (WEDNESDAY), June 9th. tua Ybe obtaine a the Gardens rers from Fellows — T B , price ss. each, d or t on the day 7s. 6 by d. O eac d h. Gates open at Two o'clock. 14 VAIN alt SAMBRE RAILWAY COM d,he 1 ) 1 '. ANY. —Direct to tAIITit and to CHARLEROI". ,Elt ir f„,.„ B beg to give n - otice. that the SECOND ANNUAL 'xr.ETING of SiIAttEIIOLDERS, to be held at 1111 U - 4- -141 1b,ty ' t ake Place at ' their Otbc, , s, No. 146, Rue Royale, on the Gne;2jh _, June instant, at Twelve o'clock noon precisely, on ,_ 0 1311 ! t his 41 bilsiness of the Company. r2on Ar„ e ksion the vatious resolutions passed at the Secon i T ."ual General Meeting, held on the 11th May , last, at d t . n., salon u .7, v ern, Bishops gate-street, will be brought tor ward for is ., contnnation. JOHN TIMINES, President. N,B„„_ GEO. DANCE, Secretary. tltract a ttention of the Shareholders is invite d to the following Artieront the statutes of the Company. 't he k1eae,,,.36.; Every hidder of five s h a r e s shall have a right t o attend never Every whether it be an ordinary or a special one. he hold 4 of shareholders' powers of atterney unless he - bv - t lde r himself. The form of sueh powers shall be deter uArtid. 'me Council of Adinb.istration. : t eeth:a . In order to be a .milted to take part in the General I,.hall"`Ynether ordinary or special, every owner or holder of titles Or the Person delegated to deposit them with the secretary of the Company, trationvlllon delegated for that purpose by the Council of Adminis- The h+ at least ten days previously. kriDevrodets t e t se rn re s s y ent at the General Meeting who err the holders of must also deposit their power. , within the same a receiptl i ,l or theS the ecretary, or the aforesaid delegated person, will give same to the depositor. 28, Thr eadneedle -street, London, and 146, . Rue Royale, Secretary. Bruxelles. —June 7, 1847. I AM to ITALY DIRECT, from SOUTH. A MProv -- for GENOA. and LEGHORN, calling at Gill- Cot e P EMT INSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM N %VIGATION 2vt fr o n , Steamship MONTROSE, Captain C. F. Burney, will for the ZoMuthampton on TUESDAY, the 15th June, at Two p.m.. e'peditleusve Ports. Families travelling to Italy will flnd this route 1448 economical, and interesting. oho r Ter pi , or rst-class Passengers, Servants, Horses, and Carriages, Y's o ft rus and Parcels, may be had on application at the Corn ---••••,..e__", 6 1, St. Mary Axe, NOTICE. "", V ESEND STAR and BLACKWALL 41 '01(11,., -4 ' p CKETS. Boat and Railway included in one Payment , r" the danger and delay of the Pool. 15 1 i 2 't/le arnnswick Wharf. Blackwall, at 9, 934.10. 10%, 11, 12, 3 %, 4%, 5%. 6. 7, sod 7%. Sundays. at 41114,10, q * 11, 1%, 2% 3% 5, 6, 7, and 7%. The TII.A.INS starting one T te j.,„. r Of an hour , befo re ' each of these times. 2, a :. New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7. 734. 834, 334. 1134, 1, a, 6 6,6%. 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7.73{. 8%, 11%, 12, 1, 3, 4, ig , n , 7,734. and 0. other packets call at the Grays or Greeuhithe Piers. Star Office, Giavesend. May 23, 1847. I)AVIES'S CANDLES, 60. per lb. ; Genuine I Jr Spent:4lB.9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per ll2lbs. , Itottled, 60s. and 645. ; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German Wax, _ 1 11.2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trans qtrent Wax, Is. lid. ; Genuine ..Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick 110111,15,7%d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ; 'solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor. Is. 9d ; It o r ,_se • 25.; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Hale's Parago n ' c raPosite. requiring no snuffing, 10(1. tqlr lb. y Por Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Utill's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. YEBROWS, Mi,USTACHIOS, and WHIS- Dr,„ KERS' , produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and vented „ by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE ae K, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, tapir delightful , of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a betBL' e lightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only In triangular 7 8 ,' - o• Protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, Aand double this size, lie. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con d iuE of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' It i ,"ee on tke Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c." '/o"est 4s. Gd., 78 8d" ' and 12s. for money orders only. 1 4,4 Wholesale * only at Grimstone's llerbary, Highgat . e, near Oita and by Messrs. Barclay and Son , Farringdor s i . -street , ii Srfer r , Ca„.,",:street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside • } isher an , o h l i e , 8411 M-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warelaouSe, 68, Corn ll • R. 41 1 Jkemists. Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and tiSer — „L n ". Lelth-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver TVA l TO THE LADIES. bap Br 4 -3 , had the following letter inserted in the "Times" this news tip til " Aug. 7, 1546, Reader. remember, er by the lady herself , as a testimony to me. letter was put into taalw rB •„ W eekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tate üblicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, H ietatr the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having cern th_`"tered the hair on her head, after using it about four months, vrhole of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant than . 1 7 Wall before the baldness appeared. Itegenral• Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s ,feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase 1 ) , ( 42. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex '" 8 8kat 7 b2 not only in the restoration and production of hair in alsund beypaci as a cure et nervous headache ; as a toilet pernime it is far lady of 941 7 to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any T elPectability to the above fact-- 3, Swan-street, Borough." tir e „.'* ,. .ea of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few v 8 ,.,r,. 011 the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre 71e hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and fiZeon your grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A ciretis on your g hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the tair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the Qeat aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing -o ar' removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion e the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops a the crown of the heal ; if , r •ry bad, repeat it every quarter of an °l 2r. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces 'in' on children's heads in a few apppliestions. It used on infants' tad s, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre 'vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair. —nee Pamphlet of testimonials. Alli e tt e re addressed to William Orimstone netball% 111,71,0.01. DR. CULVEItWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each. HOW T 0 BE HAPPY. JuctUide Vivere."—Cie. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for 11 Complaints.) a. MARRIAOE and its MYSTERIES. To7be, or not to be, tkat the quc stion."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. The." Cura ut valeas." -e publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adaptedTo to the intelligence of the times. I C be had of gierwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn the . . C "valho, 147, Fleet-street all Booksellers, or direct from tuthor, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta ate"; Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, 10 , ' , Y , ••olace secant-ntreet CN rtiE sEcß6'r INFiamtTlEs tOtITH aaio MATURITY. J (l* , Pu ITII TWENTY-F COLOURED ENGRA.VINGS. 2 ; r _ W blished, Twentieth lVE Thonsami, in nv a sealed eelope, prt,t (I T 3r post paid, to any address, for 3 s. 6d. in Postage tarni,s. ~ , reet from the Author's residence. NEI4F- PRESERVATION : A Medical 'rreat-e tu n ," the Secret Infirmities and Disorders ot Youth and Matur. y. p h ' rated with Twenty-flve Cololred Plates on the Anatomy. e z 34 :. °1, 1Y, and Diseases 01 the Urinary and Repr-auctive 4.)r„tars, the Ming their various tures, uses, and runctions, and showo g 110,4:78, -+ that aroduced in them, by solitary habits, AIL:. SAtil,r 11 0 ,4:7 8 - Witl. - tractical Observations on the Treatment of Ne . rvous th Y ` 14, r-al and Constitutional Weakness , and other dtseascs of rethra. It/ SAMUEL TA'MERT, CONSITLTUNG SURiIEON, Ma 9 , 3edforia-street, Bedfor,l-square, Lon,lon; Member or the Uatversar of ledinhorgh, llonorat aLltot the Lond.ri Me(fical Society, L!oontiate "'llB2 - 1 . Lop don, CRAp Tiot CONTENTS OF VIE 171EATISE. an d.-)3tir,4,, 1 ; On the l'hii,:soptry of Marriage , w ith its ni!tdiranci ~ , Lin an lon imelle,toiv an Unprioductive On th e rflysiolegy o.'the Genera t h t ~r furiction., and secretions, t Power urn dependant upon their heal '-- Animm On Solitary Habits; their Tar]ous ego' , ' 4 " " n `Y ; the concealed canto of D e hillty of tb of the , httltai Lnugs, end Brain, and generlviT` anl CiAAPTIEII 4. On tb , SO, and the 'treatment of Servo , Oleet, rder. arising from indi th e Div, ebn 4 Y, and Premature 1) ca) Tictores, and other Di ear ZEVIEWS Wealr.nev id 6. 0; -CrIAPTXR 3 C4cnit-lorboaa Of .6e ITr.nthr; rut h4fhor of th's g 8e:13 it exi matt, who o t.ft to tr , •+tritetit of the vuri traittlea of earl ,- in , P.R.1^.1.!. .. , di non. by 10 . . - 1 . 1135tr7..t :114 ti".'" ~. ,, 1: 1., . .!...j0 ;;;'' ." ''.. '.,,,,,..! .'•;'' . 1 act OA fl ,i'lliitdn' W:irtling to ..., , ,,,:ltl ~i! r.i.l:ll ,l tY • '''.',. . T . ,,, , M°llV qtleittoils way tw AntLICI.- , •r'' , ''' .' l*-1 .1 C... 3 vett to Pio r 0 ,,, , ~ , , ,ie ,-1,,1 fripn.l.'' — P.' l, . ..), th.at wall , ~ L_,.., f' . ' 'E a legally quali ,~~ 5 LO_N TCEsDAY MORNING SUN, 0 THE ELECTORS OF MARYLEB3NE, GENTLEUEti, A. •• 0,-o:aim, a Parli a ment will shortly tAze S ,a,,ce, and several Cailditi,lteff :re already in the field, for the trurp_ , s<~oh Ali tt the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of toy Gaila ;t Colleague, it het:owes my duty to inform you that I shall agave solicit your suffrages, and asp•re to the honour of representing you in the ensuing Parliament Prf.vious to the dissolation I shall have the pleasure of seeing you at public meets ge hi the several distrsicts of the or bo sup ro ugport w h, wileo hich I trust I ma y receive f:oin you those asuraces w.ll place ine in the same positi.m on the day of pulling that I have occupied at each of the preceding election. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your much obliged and faithful servant. B. HALL. St. Jaittc,s'i-place, June 5, 1847 ALE OF 01,1) S roitEs A.T GOSPORT. ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, JuNE 4, 1847 The CO NIMISSIONERS for .Exeetaing the (Mice of LORD 111C111 ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDONI of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give notice, that on THUIISDAY, the 17th in hit .it, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, the Captain-Superintendant will put up to Sale in the Royal Clarence Victuallin Yard at Gosport, several Lots of OLD STOR S; consisting o! SERVICEABLE ,!EADING, BISCUIT TONGUES, OLD P ROVISIONS, STAVES , BAGS, RELIGIOUS BOOKS, &c., &C., &c., all lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to clew the Lots must apply to the Superintendent for Notes of Admissi .n for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale maybe had here and at the Yard. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 6.—On Friday night a special in , sst naer cam, down to this pert from her Majesty the Qu Dawa,crer, corvaying a letter for his Serene High ness Peince Henry of Hesselberta who was on board the Danish corvette Flora, (;a.plain'Ellbrecht, which passed through ;pithead on Thursday morning, and anchored at Cowes. Her Majesty had heard his Serene Highness was on baar-i the corvette, and had immediately sent the above messenger to invite and conduct him to her Maesta's residence, nirlborough-house. The mes seeger arrived at this port at half past ten P.M., and was immediately conducted to Sir Charles Ogle, the Com matidt r•in-Chief, who ordered t:.e rtle steam-tender, Acting Master• Commander Balliston, to take him to Cowes immediately. embark Prince Henry, and convey hie.) to Southampton, %hence he would proceed to Lon don by the South- Western Railway. On arriving at Cowes, however, the carvette had sailed at three o'clock on Friday morning for the Mediterranean. Orders were received yesterday for the Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, to prepara for sea imme diately, and be ready to peoceeti for Lisbon on the ar rival of the dispatches, for the further expediting which a boat was ordered to be in waiting at the Cla rence Victualling-yard; all letters, packages, and su pernumeraries for ihe squadron were aecor_iingly put on board of her, and she got her steam up early in the evening. The messenger from the Foreign-office beat ing the dispatches did not arrive, however, till 12.30 A.M. on Sunday by the mail train, and it was conse quently nearly 2 A.M. when he left the dockyard. 'aisle steamer sailed this morning sit 4, going through the Needle's passage. The Frolic, 16, Commander C. B. Hamilton, was off the Lizard at nine A.M. on Friday morning ; she had on board upwards of a million and a half of dollars. She is expected at Spitheed hourly. The Growler steam sloop, Commander J. M. Potbury, sailed on Friday evening tor Plymouth, whence she will proceed to the coast of Africa. The Joseph Sotnes, convict ship, sailed at the same time with prisoners for Van Diemen's Land. The Seaflower cutter, Commauder H. Damaresq, sailed yesterday morning for Brighton, to protect the fishery. The Acheron steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander A. R. Dunlop, arrived this morning from Cork. She has been employed as one of the relief squadron. The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander J. Caffin, went outside the Nab Light yesterday to try the effects of firing 20 shells from her 13-inch mortar. temporarily fitted on the plan of Lieut. J. Robers, R.M. The result was highly approved of. Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excel lent, and a number of other officers, both naval and mili tary, were on board. The following are the promotions and appointments for the past week:— pumps choked and in great Ilistress lat. 46.50 N., lon. 8 . 40 W.-25th Oct., 1847." (Q uer y 18,46?) SLIGO, JuNS 2.—Arrd. Walpole, Brown, New York. Sld. Wonder, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Wind var i a bl e .—Arrd. H.D. Flora, on a crui,e. Off port, Tudor, Say, Calcutta. DEAL, JUNE 6.—Th e Gl en ly on , Hodgson, from Singapo re, arrived in the Downs, lost sa il s , bulwarks, gate off the Western IslanclP. BRISTOL, JUNE 4.—The Seli na , o f Aberystwith, is be neaped on the mud, entrance o f th e river. Sec., in a heavy FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE LON DON AND NOR WESTERN RAIL WAY. WOLVERTON, SUNDAY.—Last night one of the most alarming arid fatal accidents that ever occurred on the line of the London and North-Western Railway took place within a short distance of the Wolverton station. The down mail train for Liverpool, consisting of 19 carriages of various descriptions, started at its appoa ppointed time, a quarter bef o r e n i ne o ' c l oc k l as t e vening (Satur day) from the Euston:square terminus, and was due at Wolverton at 15 minutes before 11. The train was heard approaching th e W o l ver t on - s t a tion at its proper time, and was properly signalled by Police-constable Fossey, who was stationsd at the bridge between 600 and 700 yards on the Lond on s id e o f th e station. The signal indicating that all was right for the train to enter the station was hoisted at the latter place, but to the asto nishment of the officers at the station the train turned off into a siding instead of c o m ing onward down the main line, and in an instant after a fearful crash was heard. On the superintendent reaching the spot a shock i ng scene presented itself. The mail train had entered the siding commencing near the bridge, usually appropriated to coal and merchandise waggons, and had come into collision with five or six waggons laden with coal. The fifth and six attiring*. of the mail train were literally smashed to pieces, and were strewed about the line.to gether with the passengers they had contained ; lst, singular to relate, the engine and tender and all the other carriages in front of them, which consisted of the Liverpool and Manchester parcels' vans of the second class carriages, were, with the exception that the engine had its buffers and plant somewhat broken, compara tively uninjured. The consternation amongst the passengers at this mo ment was frightful in the extreme, and some were ob served rushing from the broken carriages with blood streaming from their faces ; and the groans uttered by those unfortunate persons who were unable from the severe injuries they had sustained to extricate them selves from the fragments by which they were sur rounded were truly appalling. As soon as the conster nation created by the first shock had somewhat subsided, all the energies of the company's officers, and the more fortunate of the passengers were directed to the assist ance of the sufferers, and body after body, apparently in a lifeless condition, was removed from the line to one of the ante- rooms of the Wolverton station, where they were at once attended by Mr. Rogers, surgeon, of Wolverton, in the employ of the company, and by the other medical gentlemen who happened to be in the train at the time of the collision. We regret to state, that no less a number than seven persons, who were in the sixth second-class carriage, were found either in a dead or dying condition, scarcely half an hour having elapsed from the time of the occurrence before they had all ceased to exist. The most singular circumstance, however, connected with the deaths of these unfortunate persons is the appearance of their bodies, so unusual in cases of railway collision. With the exception of a few slight scratches and bruises, none of the bodies (which are those of seven male persons of various ages) ex hibit crushing of bones, and other marks of violence. Scarcely any blot) is to be seen about them, and they are all believed to have died from the same cause, namely, concussion, resulting from the suddenness and violence of the shock. Amongst the passengers injured is a gentleman named Turner, residing in Staffordshire, who received several severe cuts about the head and face, but who was yester day reported to be going on favourably. Another gentleman had one or two of his ribs fractured, and six or seven others are stated to be more or less injured, but were enabled to proceed to their destinations as soon as the train was got ready to forward them, after having received proper medical attention. As soon as possible atter the sufferers had been at tended to, and the broken carriages removed from the main line, an investigation was made into the circum stances which had led to so frightful and fatal a calamity. It was stated that at the Wolverton station the points are always kept straight with the main line, and they require to be altered to allow a train to enter the siding. It appears that the constable Fossey, after having given the signal for the arrival of the mail train, ran from the bridge, where be was stationed. to the points of the siding, about forty or fifty yards, and hell them back, so that the mail train passed on to the siding instead of passing onward down the main line. This was not discovered by the engine-driver until he had passed the points a considerable distance, when seeing the danger he instantly applied the breaks, turned off his ,`steam, and reversed his engine, and then both he''and the firemen jumped off on to the embankment, and thus in all probability saved their lives. The train was at this moment going, it is stated, at a rate not exceeding ten miles an hour. On the constable Fossey being interrogated as to the causes which led him, after signalling the arrival of the mail train, to run down the line for the purpose of turning it on to the siding, the Only explanation which he af forded was, that he aft e rw ar d s t h oug h t i t was not the mail train, but a luggage train, and he did so for the purpose of securing its safety. This statement, however, being very much doubted, the man having been empl eyed by the company at his present duty six months, the super intendent of the Wolv erton station fe l t it his duty imme diately to give him into custody. Immediately after th e mail train,. which was detained nearly two hours by th e unfortunate occ urrence, had been dispatched on its jo urney , a s p e cial engine was started off to London with the melancholy news to the directors, and other high officials connected with the railway, and Captain Eluish, the general manager of the line. Mr. Bruyeres, the superintendent, Mr. Creed, the secretary, a n d- some of the di rec t or s, arrived at Wolverton yesterday by the mail train for the purpose of pursuing an investigation and ascertaining who were the sufferers. This was found extremely difficult; but from the cards and other evidence discovered on the persons of the deceased parties their names are supposed to be as follow: J. B. Ratteray, belonging to a n iron foundry at Dun dee; Mdler, secretary of a Lon Ragged-school; James Clifton, supposed to be irom Coventry; T. Mac kinson, a collegian of Camb r id g e ; T. Shenott and Cooper, not known where belo n ging to. The seventh London is the body of a respectably attired yoang man, but who had nothing upon him to lead to identity. All the deceased persons are attired in the most respectable manner. The bodies were removed to an outhouse at the Wo . verton station, where they now lie awaiting a coroner's inquest, which, in consequence of the distance to send information to the coroner f; :r Northamptonshire, can not possibly be held before Tuesday. The following official report of the occurrence was furnished to the reporter by Captain Huish, general manager of the line, after the investigation by the rail way authoriqes, this day (Sunday):— " OFFICIAL REPORT. " It appears that the 8 45 P.m. down mail train on Saturday, the sth of June, left London at the usual time, and passed safely till within sight of the Wolverton station. At the bridge, which is distant from the en trance to the station about 600 yards, a siding com mences, into which coal and merchandise trains are passed. The train arrived precisely at its proper time, the steam was shut off before reaching the bridge, and the guards were at their post. The policeman at the bridge gave the usual signal of the arrival of the mail, and the signal was acknowledged and repeated from the station. At this time the points were right, and every thing in proper order for the entrance of the train into the station. " From some cause, yet to be explained, the signal man appears to have gone to the points, a distance of forty or fifty paces, and to have turned the train into the siding. On . finding himself o ff t h e ma i n li ne an d going into a siding usually full of goods, the engineman reversed his engine, and walked the wheels backwards. The break of the tender which locks all the six wheels was applied, and the guards used their breaks. The The leading carriag e was t h e e train, which was composed of ni neteen carriages of various kinds, after r unnin g a c onsiderable distance into the siding, struck a wa gg on of co als which, with four or fi ve others, was stan din g ther e. The engineman an d fi rema n were unhurt , andthebuffer pl an k o f the engine on wasdamagedan T dthesecond the M anc h ester parcel Liver pool ly parcel van, van : both are uninjured. The next was a second class carriage, also uninjured, and th e p assengers unhurt. Following this was.another second-class carriage • the fifth from the engine s. econdclass also. ' This carriage appears to have . been lightly loaded, and from the momentum of the train an.d. reaction of the b u ff e rs of the leading carriages, was lifted up on i ts end. The nex t carriage was a second-class a l so, b eing the sixth f ro m the engine , and on this the lamentable effect of the concuss ion was felt in the deaths o f seven male persons. T injuries appear to h ave resulted entirely from the iron work of the under f ram i ng. The carriage itself is broken to pieces, and, altho ug h t h e l ea di ng car riages show mark s of the collision, with t h e except i on of the parcel va ns, the whole mischief appears to have and ca u ph,e rri t a h g e e was forced under the one wh i ch was lifted fallen on the tifth a nd sixth carria ges . alt w ould be improper to anticipate the evidence before it is officially given, but from all we can learn the accident arises entirely and solely from the pointman turning the train off the main line. 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R. R. Preston, to the Bull dog; J. W. Bradshaw, to the Victory. Second Master—H. M'Causland, to be acting master of the Growler; C. Albert, to the Penelope. Masters' Assistants—G. B. Jackson, to the Growler; G. H. Dominy, to the Queen; C. J. Slaughter, to the Dart; Digby de la Motte, to the Odin. Naval Cadets—H. P. Knevitt, to the Odin; L. H. P. Strachey, to the Hibernia; E. White, to the Howe; E. J. Pollard, to the Canopus; H. Dunlop, to the Ven geance. Royal Marines—Lieutenant Buck and a detachment of Marine Artillery embarked on board the Odin on Sa- turday. Coast Guard.—Appointments—Lieutenant T. A. But ler, to command a station, and appointed to Bourn mouth; Commander ff. C. Harston, to be an inspecting commander. Removals—Lieutenant E. Digby, from North Yarmouth to St. Alnan's Head; Lieutenant W. Lyons, from Glenarm to Killibegs Station, as inspecting lieutenant. CHATHAM, JUNE 4.—The Garland steam-vessel, Captain L. Smithett, left this port on the Ist inst., to re sume her station as a packet-boat. to run between Dover aria Calais. She is of 120 .horse power, and her speed is about 16 miles per hour. The Arab, 16 guns, fitting for sea, is nearly ready, and she is expected in a few days to be placed in com mission. . - . The Terpsichore, 18 gnns, also fitting for sea, is so far advanced that she will be ready fur the pendant about he 24th inst. The Antelope steam-packet, in dock, is ordered to be brought forward for commissioning ; consequently, the artitt..ers now employed on her are working at their dinner-hours, and until eight o'clock at night. Two pensioners from the Royal Marines are to be en raged as sergeant-majors, for the service of the Dock yard battalion. The guns for the practice-battery, erected at the east end of the Dockyard, for the exercise of the Deckyard company of Artillery, consisting of lour 8-inch, were received this day from the gun-wharf, and also four guns for gun. boat practice. The Goodwill, Pledge master, is leading with stores ;or Woolwich and Deptford yards; and the Rochester, Sedgwick master, is loading for Sheerness. ooLwiterr, JUNE s.—The Monkey steam-vessel left ,Voolwich this morning, with a de tichment of Royal Sappers and Miners (volunteer=), who have offered their sorvic , s to proceed to the Arctic regions in the spring of next yea*, in the event of no intelligence being received from the latter by that male. The detachment of Royal S.:pliers and Miners consi,;ts of one non commissioned officer and 15 privates, and they will embark in the Prince iltioert, one of the Hudson's Bay Company's vessels, at Gravesend, and leave immediately after for their destina tion, to pass the winter in the Company's territory. Sir John Rtehardson, who is to have charge of the search ill join the Prince Rupert at Gravesend. Toe stores were brought round from Portsmouth, in the Hecate, and put on board the Company's vessels Prince Rupert and Westminster. The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Maser-Commander S. 13. Cook, went down the river to-day with the Hon. H. G. Ward, Secretary to the Admiralty, and a few of his friends. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDOW, JUNZ. 7.—Wind N.N.W., light breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, JUNE 6.—Wind N.; 6, N. 8., &sail and squally.— Arrd. Jeannette Phillippa. Rademaker, Batavia, and sailed for Amsterdam; Meevo Campeador, Havannah, and sailed for Christiansand. Sld. Mercator, Havannah; Centurion, New York; Australasia, Hobart Town; Plumstead, Algo Bay; Coesaria, Rio Janeiro; Lancashire Witch, Porto Rico; Mary Ridley, Santiago de Cuba; Kilblaine, Quebec. OFF Dovm—Eliza, Warwick. Ceylon. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. American Eagle, New York. FALMOUTH, JUNE 6. Wind N.N.E. —Sid. Seagull packet, Brazil. Off port, H.M.S. Frolic, San Blas, left lb Dec., Valparaiso, I Ith Feb., Port Famine, 22 March, and Rio Janeiro, 18th April, on freight about 2,000,000 dolls. ; Van dernaerf, Van Dieyrenbooder, Sourabaya, for Amsterdam ; Veranda, Leonard, Antigua; Guineaman, Thompson, Coast of Africa ; Heroine, Hobart Town ; Countess of Durham, Pe lAN, Isles; Chedun, Rio Grande, for Havre; Westbrook, Tobago; Black River packet , Baker, Jamaica; Amelia (of Havre) ; Colenza ; and Rob Roy. WATERFORD, JUNK 4.—Wind E. t o S.E. ; 5. N.N.E. —Acrd. Robert G. Shaw, Mathews, New Orleans ; Sarah Maria, Oldridge, Norfolk. Sid. Alert, Quebec. Off port, 4th, Alice, Aystbrd, Barhadoes. SCILLY, JUNE 4.—Wind E.—Arrd. National, Sikkas, Rio Janeiro. for Antwerp. Off port, Symmetry, Finch, Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Part of the wreck of a ti fir-buon ilt vessel, of about 300 to 50 0 tons, apparently a long me the water, has been towed in here. Several pieces of timber and deals have been brought in during thelast few days. SHIELDS, JUNE s,—Sid. Guatemala, Valparaiso. BRISTOL, JUNE 6.—Wind N. E.—Arrd. Caroline, Bayley, Nevis ; Nora Creina, Tinmouth, Antigua. Sld. Jane, Halifax. NEWPORT, JUNK s.—Wind E.—Sld. Ann, Smith,Grenada. NEWrIAVEN, JUNE 6.—The Freedom, of Sunderland, was in contact %hh a barque last night to the westward of Dun genes:, and both received damage. LIMERICK, JUNE 3.—Sid. Alexander Stuart and Oh! No, Quebec ; Eagle, New York ; Rosa, Richmond. NEwRY.— Sld. Apollo and Frances, New York. SWANSEA, JUNE 2.—Sid. Lady Price, Cuba. B E LFAST, JUNE 5. Wind ✓ N., fresh. Sld. Imperial, Norf ,lk. LivEnroor., JUNE s.—Arrd. Bellairs, Webb, Calcutta and Demerara. 6th, Mersey, Jamaica; Charles Challoner, New Orle. , ns. Off port, Caledonia, Brander. Sid. sth, Belle, Bahia; Duchess of Clarence, St. Thomas; Scotia,Baltimore ; St. Lawrence, Philadelphia; Perseverance, St. John's, New B,4nswick ; Manchester, Quebec ; Wave, Newfoundland. Th u Nymph, front Cbristianmadt, has been towed in here to day, with loss of fore and main masts, and nearly full of ti~kcer, and part of cargo thrown overboard, having been aground on Teylor's Bank. P ENZA NCE, JUNE 4.—Off port, Anna Elizabeth, Harker Surinam; Miranda, Antigua. CLYDE, JUNE 1.-Arrd. Alister, Kerr, Trinidad. Std. 3, Vixen, Jatnaica. 4, Diadem, Demerara ; Cingalese, Porto Rico. DUBLIN, JUNE' 4.—Wind E.N.E. to W.N.W.; 5, N.E, to E.ti E.--Sld. Campbell, giebn. OFF - 1 . 07,11AY, JUNE I.—S.“mme, Maestrue, Laguna, for HdintJui.gh. A boule was picked up this morning, off the Start, containing a nota--" Schooner Tamar, Qom, wig' i), 7,073, PRICE SD. JUNE 8, 1847. mail train were solicitous as to their safety, awaiting the arrival of each train with great anxiety. Some of those who were unfortunately injured in the collision were brought up from Wolverton by the York mail train, and were removed to their residences suffering much from contusions and bruises. The guards of the train had a most miraculous es cape, the chief guard, Haines, was actually sitting on the carriage that was destroyed, and on seeing that a collision was inevitable threw himself, at all risks, off the top down the embankment and escaped unhurt. The second guard also followed his example and was uninjured. _ _ _ Although every endeavour was made last night to get a more authentic description of the parties dead, it was unattended with success. It is to be hoped, however, that by the publicity given to the supposed names in the foregoing account of the accident the friends will be dis- covered. DREADFUL EXPLOSION-EIGHT THE POTATO DISEASE. DUBLIN, JUNE 4.—A very full meeting of the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society was held, with closed doors, yesterday, for the purpose of receiving authenti eated reports of the actual condition of the potato crop, with a view of elucidating to what extent, if any, the symptoms of last 3 ear's blight had shown themselves. Sir Robert Kane presided. The Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Charlemont, and several other leading members were present. _ . The SECRETARY stated that he had received various communications from several places respecting the state of the potato crop, giving different accounts of its ap pearance up to the last few days. Messrs. Higgins and Sons, of College-green, stated that they had planted a plot of " early martins" in the open ground in January last, the seed of which had been saved with great care; and about the same time they had also planted a few sets in a green house. They both came up well, and appeared healthy until the early part of last week, when they all manifested unquestionable symptoms of disease, similar in its appearance to that of last season. Those that were under glass and those in the open air were affected at the same time and in the same manner. Messrs. Purdon, proprietors of the Farmer's Gazette, stated that they had issued a circular to the secretaries of the different local farming societies, requesting them to send in returns of the exact state of the crop in their immediate neighbourhood, and the great majority of re turns already received described it as still apparently in a healthy state, and all the other crops looking exceed ingly well. Mr. Monsell read extracts from reports of several per sons employed by the Board of Works in drainage, from different parts of the country, stating that the disease had attacked the stems generally, underground, though the leaves and stalks appeared still healthy and flourish ing. A letter was also read from Mr. J. M. Spong, a prac tical agriculturist in Carlow, stating, that within the past week he had travelled over large portions of Carlow, Kildare, and the Queen's County, in company with some gentlemen whose names he mentioned, and that they had found the first symptoms of the disease existing gene rally. It manifested itself in the stem, low down, near the set or seed, under the earth, and afterwards advanced into the leaves and branches. It appeared to have at tacked the autumn or early planted potatoes . to the spiemacriecmlegnesnoefraplloytaatffoopctlaedn plants, which present. Mr. greatest extent ; and even the English reds, which had escaped the disease last year better than any others, ap peared Spong's statement was accompanied by several contain evident symptoms of the di e se s a t pro cured different . places in the above counties, and s a e ted e:s he a b h o a v d ede which,. upon being examined by the council, appeared t o scribed. They were also inspected by Professor Allman , and other practical and scientifi c gentlemen, who fully concurred concurred in the above opinion, and considered that the disease resembled in its leading features the epidemic of last year. Considerable discussion then ensued as to the course it would be most prudent and advisable for the council to pursue, so as to produce the best information relative to the exact nature and extent of the disease, and to suggest such remedial and precautionary measures as might be deemed prudent and advisable. The chairman was clearly of opinion, in which his Grace the Duke of Lein ster and the other members fully concurred, that their best course was to seek, through the machinery at their command, for the most accurate information on the sub ject, and, at the same time, to take advantage of the pre sent timely warning to suggest such substitutes for . the present crops as may, urn' inquiry, be deemed advisa ble, end can be planted in time. Accordingly, it was ordered that a circular should be prepared and sent to the secretaries of the different local farm-societies in connexion with the central one, stating that the council, having received reports from some parts of the country, leading them to fear that the potato crop in those districts were already showing partial signs of disease, deemed it right to direct the attention of all growers throughout the country to the necessity of im mediately examining their respective crops ; and in order to enable them to form a sound opinion on their condi tion, they subjoined the following short statement of the principal external marks by which the disease can be generally recognised i s ; namely— That the disease to be found in that part of the stem which lies under ground, and may exist, although the leaf appears perfectly healthy. This is shown some times on that portion of the stem near the surface of the ground, but more frequently near the seed, or set, and presents the appearance of a bruise, or dark mark, upon the surface. The council further recommend, in any instance where a crop appears decidedly affected with this disease, the immediate substitution of Swedish or Aberdeen turnips, or of mangel or cabbage plants, where they can be ob tained; all of vrhichma) be dibbled into the drills between the potato-stalks, without any additional manure. RE-APPEARANCE OF THE APHIS VASTATOR UPON THE POTATO PLANT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I regret to announce that the Aphis Vastator re-appeared last week upon the plat() plant in every dis trict round London. At present it may be found sparingly upon the under surface of the leaf, and though within the last few days it has multiplied twenty •fuld, several plants must be examined before it can be de tected. _ _ The present hot weather is highly favourable to the rapid multiplication of this pest, which, coupled with its early attack. must lead us to have the worst apprehen sions for the crop this season. This creature has already greatly damaged the peach, apricot, and nectarine trees. It is now feeding upon the turnip, potato, and other plants. Allied species are de stroying the currant tree, and damaging to a serious extent te carrot, parsnip, and parsley crops, that they have exhibited in some instances the fatal plague-spot noticed in previous years upon the potato plant. These facts unfortunately prove that in all human pro bability the great plague of Aphides will again run their destructive course this year. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED SMEE. 7, Finsbury-circus, June, 5, 1847. P.S. I should feel obliged for information and speci mein of the Aphis from all parts of the country. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 5. STOCK ExcmcgoE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, New, 1 1 / dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, par-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1 p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 15 dis.-London and North-Western, 1744-Ditto, Quarters, New, 104 p.-Ditto, Fifths, 14 1 4 p. -Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 16 p.-London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 67 1 / 2 -London and South-Western (scrip), dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 7 p.-Ditto, Fifths, 3s. 9d. dis.- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 214-Ditto, Eighths, 2 dis.-Ditto (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), Quarters, 174, dis. -Midland, 119 3 / 4 -Ditto, New, 2% p.-North British, New Quarters (scrip), % p.-North Staffordshire, 2 1 4 p.-Northern Counties Union, 274 dis.-Shrewsbury and Cheshire (late N. W. M.), 4 p.- Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), 3 / 4 dis. -South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4,3 s. 9 d. di..-York and Newcastle, Preference, 3 p.-Dutch Rhenish, 2% dis. MANCHESTER, JUNE 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 6% c. p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c, Prefer ence, 1 1 / 2 -East Lancashire ( 171 . paid) , 1 3-16 dis.-Ditto, New, % c. dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 1% dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester (19/. paid), par-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, % p.-Manchester an d Birmingham , Q uarters (B), s!‘ p.-Manchesterand L e eds, 321. Shares (late Extension), 1 4 dis.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), la dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 3,4 dis.-Man chester and Southampton, 30s. c. dis.-North Staffordshire, 2 1-16 p.-Preston and Wyre, 35%. LEEDS, JUNE 5. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The business has not been marked with much firmness during the past few days, as the appear ances last week fairly warranted us in anticipating. This decline is attributable to the speculative character of the purchases lately made, and to a rally in prices on the corn markets. The sales are-East Lancashire, New, 235. dis.- Ditto, New (scrip), 4s. dis.-East and West Yorkshire, 245. dis.-Great Northern, 355. dis.-Huddersfield and Manches ter Railway and Canal, 2s. 6d. p.-Leeds and Think, New, 5 dis.-Ditto, Preference, ls. p.-Malton and Dritfield Junction, 16s. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares, 3s. 6d. dis.-Ditto, West Riding Union, 3s. dis.-Midland, Pre ference, 2% p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 1% p.-North British, Thirds, 1% p.-North-Western, 1% c. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Jorm 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Huddersfield and Man chester, Thirds, 6s. 3d. p.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 p.-North Staffordshire, 2% p.-West Riding Union, 2s. dis. SHEFFIELD, Jules 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 255. dis .- Manchester and Leeds (West Riding Union), 4s. dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, (Grimsby and Sheffield), 8% dis.-Ditto, 201. Shares, 565. dis.-Ditto, 121. 10s. Shares, 365. diitto, Docks, 4% dis.-Ditto (She ffi eld and Lincoln), 34 dis.-Leeds. Wakefield, and Midland, 1 dis. HULL, JUNE 5. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham,eeds and Thirsk, Preference , % p. - and Boston, ya' -Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Prefer ence, 30s. p. cash- Newcastle and Berwick, New, 1 p.-North British, Quarters, 87s. 6d.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 2s. 9d. p.-Ditto, Thirds, 525. 6d.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 4 3 p. EDINBURGH, JUNE . STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 301.__ Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 158.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 11. 19s. 6d.- Caledonian, 301.-Ditto, New, 1/. Ils.--Caledonian and Dum bartonshire, 1/. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 421. 10s.-Dee side, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 11. 7s. 6d. -Dundee and Arbroath, 40/.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 29/.- Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31. Is. 6d.- Ea E st di L n o b t a h r Dundee and Northern Junction, 1/. 12 s. 6 d . -Dundee and Lothian Cahedntral, Glasgow, l/. 5s 1 701 Perth, 321. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New,- 131.-Ditt o , Quarters, 2' Edinburgh lBs.-East of f nd Bathgate, Fiflil BL -8 8- - 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 221. 15 5.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. ss. - Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181. 10s.-Ditto, Prefer ence, 201. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21. 75,-Ditto, Quarters,l2B.- Edinburgh and Northern, 17/ . 55.-Ditto, New, 31. 28.- Ditto, Newport, 71.-Ditto, ditto, New, 11. IN.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 11. 125.-Ditto, Halves, 83. -Glasgow and Ayrshire, 117/. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 401. 103.- Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 91.-Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 71.--Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, Si. U. -Glasgow an d ? 5 2 : . 11 kirk, 38/. IN.-Glasgow General Termi nus, 12 . /. Glasgow and Greenock, 17/-Ditto, Halves, Si. Ditto, Preference, 8/.--Glasgow, Kilmarnock , nd Ardros -25,-Great san, 31. 155.-Great North of Scotla nd, _ . North ern (late Direct Northern), 21 . -- Di tto (late London and MEN KILLED (Abridged from the Liverpool Journal of Saturday.) . We are sorry to record that, on Wednesday morning, an explosion of fire-damp took pace at Gerard's Bridge Colliery, St. Helen's, belonging to Messrs. Speakman, Caldwell, and Co. There was at the time about fifty men employed under the ground, and thir teen ponies. Most of them were got out in a few hours, very little injured ; but eight of the number were found dead. The inquest was held yesterday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at St. Helen's, before John Hayes, Esq., co roner for the district. . . Mr. Taylor, agent for the proprietors of the mines, appeared to watch the proceedings on their behalf ; and Mr. W. P. Roberts, of Manchester, the miners' " attorney-general," was present, as the representative of the Colliers' Union. _ The first witness called was Thomas Winn, who said he was employed as a collier in the Cowley-hill Mine when the accident happened. All the persons who were killed worked in the same mine, but in a higher level to the one :in which he was em ployed. About five o'clock in the morning he went down into the mine, but having a long way to go from the bottom of the shaft it would be six o'clock before he got to work. It was between seven and eight o'clock when the explosion took place, there being upwards of 50 persons in different parts of the mine at the time. Witness worked in the place where the fire occurred, accompanied by a man named Marsh, who worked a little higher up than himself. Marsh, who Ras hacking with his pick against the side of the mine, said to witness that he thought he was going through, or there was a " bit of a slip , or a shoot." Witness said to him, if that was the case he must put his candle out. They then put both their candles out, and witness said, " Let's be going." Marsh, at the same time, observed, " Aye, Lord, it has fired!" They im mediately made their escape, and sat down in the next opening. They both began to be alarmed lest they should be suffocated, and witness exclaimed, " Oh dear me, we are all done." He then put his hand to the mouth of the upper level, and the strong foul all forced it back again. They then both got into the bottom level, and ran down the main road towards the pit mouth, a distance of 400 or 500 yards from where they had been working. Witness kept shouting to the men to put their lights out. He never saw a breath of foul air in the mine before, and could not account for it in the present instance. Witneis did not ask Marsh to pick through, but said that if he did he must put his light out. In reply to a juror, witness admitted that he feared an explosion from the pick going through the old working. By Mr. Taylor—Was aware that it was a rule of the colliery to provide lamps for the men. By Mr. Roberts—He was not aware that there had been any conversation amongst the men that there was foul air where he was working. He never heard of any. He had never used a lamp in that part of the mine, nor ever saw any one else use any. It is usual to have candles in preference, as they give a better light. Thomas Marsh, a collier, employed with the last wit ness, corroborated the whole of his testimony. After some further evidence, The jury, after about a quarter of an hour's delibera tion, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death, caused by gases arising from the combustion of coal, which was set on fire during an explosion." The names of the persons killed are John Matthew, collier, aged 45 ; Peter Matthew, collier, his son, aged 22 ; John Matthew, aged 17 ; David Matthew, 15 ; and Joseph Matthew, aged 10—all his sons, all drawers ; be has left a wife and several young children. Joseph Worral, collier, aged 50, left a wife and five children ; John Lea drawer, 17 ; and James Morris, drawer, 12. SUSPECTED MURDER. BIRKENHEAD, SATURDAY.—The discovery of a most atrocious murder within the last twenty-four hours has thrown this place into the greatest excitement. Last evening an inquest was held at the Dock Hotel, on the body of the unfortunate being who perished, and the following facts were disclosed. His name was James Frimingham, a quiet young man, aged nineteen; and it appears oa the night of the 24th ult. he had been par ticipating in the annual festival of some club. He did not return home, and nothing was heard of him until yesterday morning, when his body was found in the Mor peth Dock, bearing such appearances as to show that he had been murdered. A black silk handkerchief was stuffed in his mouth, the left aide of his face was lace rated, and the left hand trousers pocket was turned inside out. The police being apprised of the discovery, they were instructed to apprehend a stonemason of the name of Edward Silk, on suspicion of being concerned in the death of the unfortunate young man, he having given very contradictory accounts as to where he left him on the preceding evening. It al,o appears that this party when he reached his lodgings on the night in question, was seen to have blood on his hands and pocket hand kerchief. Silk was then intoxicated, and on being asked where he had left the deceased, he replied that he had been drinking with him, and that he left him at the corner of Bridge-street. He added that the deceased had severely cut himself under the eye by falling, and that he (Silk) had wiped the blood off his face with his pocket- handkerchief. Mr. Vaughan, a surgeon, who examined the body, said that the handkerchief was firmly wedged down the deceased's throat to the extent of ten and a half inches. Suffocation was the cause of death, produced by the handkerchief being stuffed in the throat. Deceased could not have placed the handkerchief in his throat himself. The CORONER here intimated that he would adjourn the inquiry, so as to enable the police to collect more witnesses respecting the murder. POST-OFFICE NOTICES. The following notices were issued on Saturday last at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le- Grand :—" Mails will be made up for Sierra Leone, to be conveyed by her Majesty's steamer Growler. The postage on letters so forwarded for Sierra Leone will be at the rate of Is. the hall ounce, and so on ' • and no postage will be charged on newspapers. All letters, &c., intended to be forwarded by this vessel must be specially addressed, ' By her Majesty's steamer Growler.' The Growler is expected to sail from Plymouth about the 12th inst." •4 The mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon. India, Hong- Kong, and China, will be made up on the evening of the 7th inst. (this evening), to be forwarded bv the fortnightly closed overland mails, vied Marseilles. For Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, &c., on the evening of the 19th inst., vid Southampton, Corunna, Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, vid Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the morning of the 7th inst. (this morning), to be forwarded by the Iberia steamer from Southampton; next packet due, the Madrid steamer, on the 14th inst., Madeira, British and foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Mexico, Hon duras, and Havannah), Venezuela, Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Grenada, Chili, and Peru, on the morning of the 17th inst., to be forwarded by the Severn steamer from Southampton ; next packet due, the Medway, on the 7th inst. (this day). British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, on the evening of the 18tfi inst., by the Caledonian steamer, aid Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston; next packet due, the Britannia, on the 15th inst." FALMOUTH, JUNE 5.--Her Majesty's brig Frolic , yesterday Commander Hamilton, arrived off this port morn ing, from the Paci fi c, having sailed from San Bias Decemb er 15, Valparaiso February 11, Port Famine (in the Straits of Magellan) March 22, and from Rio de Janeiro April 18. She has on freight about 2,000,000 dollars; in addition to which, also 18,000 dollars taken out of the wreck of the brig Can ning, which vessel took fire and sank in December last, in Port Famine, on her voyage from Islay for London, laden with wool, saltpetre, and 30,000 dollars on freight. The fire is supposed to have arisen from spontaneous combustion, and three of the crew were unfortunately drowned at the time. The Frolic left at Rio her Majesty's ships Curagaa, the Firebrand steamer, the Griffon (from the River Plate), and the Crane packet, arrived from Falmouth on the 17th of April. The Swift packet sailed two or three days before the Frolic for the northern ports and Falmouth ; she spoke, on the 2d inst., in lat. 48 55 N., and long. 10 12 W., the ship I Tudor, with the 50th Regiment of Foot on board, from Cal cutta for London. FUNERAL or DR. CIIALMERS.—The funeral of this distingnished man took place on Friday . last, when his re mains were committed to the earth in the Cemetery at Grange, near Edinburgh, in the presence of many thousand persons, the funeral procession consisting of the civic autho rities, the gentry, the magistracy, and numbers of ministers not only of the Free Church, but of the Established Church of Scotland, and of various dissenting congregations, who, together with other mourners, amounted to nearly 2,000 persons. Upwards of forty carriages formed the rear of the procession, in which were Lords Moncrieffe, Robertson, and Ivory, Sir J. H. Maxwell. Principal Lee, Professors Robert son, Simpson. Wilson, Alison, &c. The carriages of the Duchess of Gordon, of the Lord President, the Lord Provost, and Sir James Forrest, were also in the procescion. When the head of the procession had reached the grave the rear had b are ly entered the ground. The ranks of the procession formed in two lines, between which the coffin, with its plate, inscribed, " Thomas Chalmers, t).D., died May 31st, 1847, aged 67," was borne along, followed by the son of Dr. Hanna, as chief mourner, the relatives of the deceased, arc. When the coffin was lowered into the ground the members of the procession no longer retained their places ; they all drew towards the grave, and gathered round it in one vast and dense multitude, in silent awe, whilst dust was piled above the dead. The Royal Botanic Society's second exhibition of p l a nts and flowers in the Regent's Park will take place tomorrow. 27l—North Ditto, Quar . 6 1—Ditto, Altirds, 2/. ,Ils.— Ditto, Fit ,ttish Central, 25 4—Scottish Grand Junction, 19s.—Scottish Midland, 184 10s.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.—Shrewsbury, Oswe s t ry , and Chester, 9/. 15s.—Ditto, New, U.—Stirling and Dun fermline, 51 .5s.—Stirling and Midland, 21. ss.—Wishaw and CJtness, 491.—Y or k and Newcastle, 35/. 55.--Ditto, New, ! ss. —Ditto, Preference, 6/. 15s.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 6d.—East Indian, 2s. 6d.—Great North of India, 3s.—Great Southern of Madras, Z.—Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, Juwz 4. &Mai EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Aberdeen, 30 5 4 Caledonian, New, 40 s. —Dundee and Perth, New, 13/. Ditto, Quarters, 60s. —Eas t Lothian Central, 34s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 22L—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 138.—Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 71.-- Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.). 3ls. 6d —Ditto, Halves, Bs.—Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, New, 51. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock. and Ayr, 11 8—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 61. Is.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61 3s.—Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 32s.—Great Norther n , 85s,_ Manchester and Southampton, 9s. 6d.—North British, Thirds, Ms.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 15s,—Stirling and Dun f. rmline, 43: I —York and Newcastle, Preterence, 71. THE TRIPLE MURDERS AT MIRFIELD. It is now proved that the soldering iron which was found at the bottom of Mr. Wraith's well, and which, from marks on the bodies of the victims, there is scarcely a doubt bad be,n used in the commission of the murder, belongs to the lather of the prisoner Patrick Reid, and that the prisoner fetched it the day before the murders from the house of a neighbour to whom it had been lent. On Saturday morning last Reid, and the other prisoner, Michael M'Cabe, were brought before the magistrates at the Dewsbury Court-house for further examination. Mr. Superintendent Grt'en prouueed the soldering iron found at the bottom of Mr. Wraith's well, and the first witness examined was— Thomas Kilty, hawker, of Daw-green, who stated—l know the prisoner Patrick R.-id, buying travelled with him many days. He livd within twenty or thirty yards from me. I have not seen the prisoner sir ce the day before this occurrence, which was the day before Dewsbury fair. On that day I saw him in my own house. Reid said his father had sent him for the iron. There was a soldering iron lying in the corner of the house. Reid took up the iron, and took it away with him. I have had the same soldering iron several times in my possession, but the last time it remained with me - a considerable time, six or seven days. I had a use for _ the iron in the way of my trade. The iron was Patriclt Reid's, to the best of my opinion. The prisoner K id's father was the owner of it. The soldering iron now pro duced is the same soldering iron I borrowed from Reid's father. Catherine Kilty, the wife of Thomas Silty, corrobo rated the evidence of her husband. Mr. Richard Green, superintendent of the Dewsbury police, stated—l produce a soldering iron. I received it on the 20th of May, from John Leadbeater and John Howarth, constables. Thomas Icilty recalled—l used the soldering iron in the way of my trade. I know it by a particular mark upon it. Then- is a mark or hole on one side of the copper, on the iron, which required to be subdued by filing before it could be used. I have frequently com plained of the hole to Frank Brennan, who lived next door, and who has seen me use it. '1 here is a hole burnt in the handle. If it was amongst ten thousand I could pick it out. Mr. r uperintendent Green here produced a dark green coat and cap. John Sheard, a boy of fourteen years of age, stated— I live in the city, at Mirfield, with my father, qeorge Sheard, who is a blacksmith. I remember the day on which Mr. Wraith was murdered. I know the prisoner Patrick Reid. I saw him On that day in our house. ab was betwixt eleven and twelve o'cloAt. He bad on grey coat, and a cap like a striped shirt, only the stripes were bigger. I said to him " Your cap is nearly take mine, Patrick." I am sure he had a cap on. Pa'..rick replied, " Yes, lad." I liv e 400 or 500 yar d s from Mr. Wraith's. The cap now produced is like the one Patrick Reid wore on that day. Henry Clarke, of Mirfield—l am servant of Mr. Joshua Ingham, the magistrate, of Blake-hall, Mirfield, and I live at one of the lodges. I remember the day of the murder at Mirfield. I saw the prisoner Reid on that day, about ten minutes past two o'clock in the afternoon. He had a gray coat and a black hat on. Jonathan Ashton, of Lee-green, one of the wit nesses examined before Mr. Barker, the deputy coroner, on Thursday week, proved the finding of the soldering iron and key at the bottom of Mr. Wraith's well on Wednes day, the 19th ult. Joseph Cowgill, constable of Dewsbury—l fuund the cap produced last Tuesday morning in Reid's lather's house. By the instructions of Mr. Green, I went with John Martin to search the house, and I was present when Martin found a man's cap on the tug of a box, and he directly gave the cap to me. William Sheard, of Robert-town, pot hawker for Charles Flint, stated—On the day of the murder I had gone as far as Hopton, and, as I was returning, in Hopton, I met a woman named Ellis, who asked me if I had heard of the murder. In consequence of what sbe told me I went to Mr. Wraith's, awl saw Mr. Wraith lying dea , t in thefront room. I saw him throi*h the window. I saw blood running under the front door, and there was a great crowd about the house. I then went home to Charles Flint's, and touncl his housekeeper, Mary Scorah, in the house. I had been two or three minutes in the house. when I saw the prisoner Michael Nl‘C:ibe come down from the chamber, with some mugs in his hand. Charles Flint wis %kith him. I told AMOR, in the presence of Charles Flint, that I heard he had been at the place where the murder had been at. lie said he had, and I asked him which way he went. He said, " Down the footpath opposite Mr. Wraith' s house." He then said he went into the yard, and that the blinds were down and the shutters to. I went to Mr. Wraith's house, where I saw John Howarth, con stable of Mirfield. I remained there about 10 minutes. Half an hour after I le't M•Cabe at I saw Min met on the road by Leadbeater, the' constable, who took bim into cust,,dy. M'Cabe, at the time, was in the direct line frt.m Robert-town to the Shoulder of Mutton. He was alone, and had the pots, mugs, and glasses with him. When I was going to get upon my galloway to go home. M'Cabe tapped at the window and said, "Bill, con here." I inquired what he wanted, and he asked me to sell the pints and glasses to the mistress. I said I would not have auything to do with them. He then re peated, three times, striking his hand on the table, see where I have missed it, I see where I have mis se d it, I see where I have missed it." The Liversedge con stable heard him at the same time as myself. I asked the prisoner where he had missed it. He said if he he 4 made an alarm the man would have been taken, and h e said, " Now the man's gone, and I'm here." 'file CHAIRMAN a-ked Slr. Green if he had any fur ther evidence to produce at present? Mr. Green —I have not to-day any other evidence. The CHLIRMIN then, addressing the prisoner, said_ You will be brought up this day fortnight, and, if the case be then in a situation to be carried out, we shall probably take it from day to day till it is completed, if Mr. Green is in a possition to present it in that form, which he possibly may be. The prisoner then left the bar. ALARMING FIRE.—THREE PETA SONS FRIGHTFULLY INJURED. Yesterday morning, about five o'clock, the geeatest consternation prevailed in the vicinity of the. Surrey Theatre, Biacktriars-road, in consequence of an alarm ing and destruction fire on the premises known as the "Surrey Cole Role," for many years the favourite re sort of the members of the theatrical profession on that side of the water. At the time above-mentioned, Mr. J. W. Tabernacle. the landlord, with his family, wh o were in bed, were alarmed by a suffocating smoke enter ing their bed-rooms, and such a fearful hold had the flames got of the upper part of the building by that time, that they were cumpell,d to make a precipitate re treat by the windows. Mr. Tabernacle leaped out at the side window, near the stare-door of the theatre, whereby be received a fracture of the arm and several contusions. Mrs. Tabernacle was caught in a sheet by the neighbours, but was not so much injured as her husband, although most dreadfully shaken. The female servant followed afterwards, and by the fall broke her back. They were severally taken into the Surrey Coffee house, where they promptly received medical assistance. the meantime the police and others were sent to the various engine stations, and in a fe w minutes the one from Waterloo. road, and that from the Southwark Bridge- road, at tended, followed by the West of England. The whole of the firemen set to work in a most courageous manner under the judicious management of Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the district, and with an abundant supply house ° of water succeeded in confining the flames to t: Mr. Tabernacle, but not before t he latter was totali sy destroyed e e foaenod their h contentseeeuhncepar praise ige ofec e n d eavour s dn t e h nao e vto übrs b e buildingto awarded.avthe pro perty whollyto ce z..e firemen m Tr of Mr. Tabernacle , and likewise that of Mrs , su Davidge, which fur a conside rable time seemed doomed t o destruction. During the rag in g of the fire a great is much engaged for nu mber of the actors and various officials connected with the the best.theatre Twheere roofto be of steheen Surrey most T heatre actively damaged, but the interior has sustained little or no in jury. The Equestrian Tavern, on the o th er s id e of the a th re ea f t o r r e t , en is amy much injured u redbry. Tabernacle v%-afer in the Lici-n ed. ,B:c., but all p ar ti es Victuallers' Office, Mr. Harris in the Westminster and Sun offices. Mrs. Davidge is likewise insured. Great praise is due to the police for keeping back an immense multitude. The origin of the fire is at present unknown, but it is generally supposed to have broken out in one of the upper rooms. MILITA RY INTELLIGENCE.-CHATHAM, JUNE 4. The depot of the Bth (King's Own) Regiment has arrived at this garrison, from Canterbury, for embarkation for India; and the 63d, recently formed into a four-company depot, was detached from the Provincial Battalion, and to date u s separation from - the Ist of the month. The depOt is in cow.. A ROYAL ARSENAL, WOoLWICH. will Isl haveto mend of Major Green, who has recently principle as t Major Moore, of hose ' d k in ber Majesty soc 0 1 ? d th ilL e on the same yards. Sergeant the Royal Artillery, is named for the ad jutancyin a ccordance the excellent provision workmen in this departmentardw of the battalion, with an allowance ef 1001. for made by the new warrant on. non-commissioned officer", being apponted to commissions. [ADvERTISEMENT 3 —Mercantilp Life.—lt has been rip. m arked by intelligent foreigners, that cases of baldness prevail gre Atli In this country, and as a cause, that the unwearied application to com mercial pursuits contributes largely to this result. Be this as i'Lmay, nowhere is a protective and res orative preparation more needed ; and probably there is no European people to whom artificial appli. . maces have been so eminently sery ceable. The numero,us cases of \recovery of the hair after having fallen off, or partial '4aldness, are truly astonishing. The testimonials ef the efficacy of Cildridge's Balm of Columbia place its power and vir. ues beyond all doubt or cavil: 3s. 64., 65., and I ls. per bottle. No other prices are genuine. Oktridge's Balm, 1, weuiugton-street, Lite see.4lld house from the Strand.