The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLVNIAL ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA. The royal mail steam ship Caledouis, Captain Lott, which left Boston on the Ist instant and Halifax on the 3rd, arrived in the Mersey on Sunday afternoon, shortly after four o'clock. She has brought letters and papers from New York to the-31st ult. inClusive, being eleven days later than the advises brought by the Great Western. The merchants of New York hadit in contemplation to present Mr. M`Lane, on his arrival, with an appropriate token of their estimation of his valuable services in bringing about a settlement of the Oregon question. The aspect of affairs between the United States and Mexico was becoming somewhat difficult and complicated, owing to the return of Santa Anna. It is evident that the United States Government is sick of the war, and anxiously seeking the means of arriving at a peaceable settlement of difficulties on the ivest terms that can be obtained. How the return of Santa Anna will ilea these views it is not easy to foresee. Mexico was in a very distracted state, in consequence of the numerous declarations in his favour. A revolt had taken place amongst the soldiers in the _gar rison of the city of Mexi oomost of whom had declared against the government. The government troops sent to •quell an insurrection at Jalisco had been totally defeated at Guadalaxarc by the promcciamentadat, and their , com mander, General Arevollo, killed. Intelligence was every day expected of the arrival of Santa Anna in his vessel, the Montezuma, and rumours prevailed that he - had already landed, an opinion being entertained that the United States Government had given orders to their com modore to allow him to break the blockade. Meanwhile, General Taylor and , his army were still advancing, and the commander had pushed some of his troops beyond Camargo, where he had temporarily established himself, and whither numerous•volunteers were hastening. In the Gulf an attack on .A.leorado had been unsuccessful in consequence, of the want of vessels of light draft, and two small steamers had been despatched for the service. As soon as Alvarado was taken it was intended ito attack Tampico, end subsequently, unless the Mexicans acceded to the offers of negotiation made by the States, Sanluan d'Allca was to be captured. In this state of affairs, , f;equent meetings of the Cabinet had been held at WashiKton. At a meeting onnthe 26tb ult., it was determined to take no new steps in the pro secution of the war, , until the result of the revolutianary movements in Mexico should be ascertained. Rumours had revived that the Mexican Government were doing all in their power, through the medium of their consuls, to encourage privateers to undertake-expe ditions against Amen:lan merchant vessels. By the barque Mason Carney, which sailed on the 3rd of July, from Monte-Video, news had been received of similar tendency to that which reached this country last week LI the Antelope. A portion of the 45th regiment had embarked a few days -previous to the 3rd on board a vessel of war, destined, it is said, for the Cape of , Good Hope. "The 73rd remained at Monte Video. There is no doubt that the alliance between Paraguay and Corrientes is dissolved, and that the treaties of 1845 are not longer in foree. A somewhat curious• document appears in the ¶uenos Ayres , journals. It is a public accusation of gross and dishonourable falsehood, issued by General Mancilla against Captain Hotham, of the British navy, accompanied by a challenge to mortal combat, or at least by a delara- tion of readiness to sustain with the sword what the General a - ffirms with the pen. The alleged falsehood is in Captain Hotham's official account of the battle at the Vuelta de Obligado. . _ We extract the following from the New York lourual of Commerce of AuguEt.246 : " Rio DE JANEIRO.—We learn from Captain;Williems, of the barque Brazileiro, from Rio, 16th July, that the arrival of the barque Amelia, M'Cholland, with news.of the war with Mexico, created a great sensation. Freights for American vessels are almost impossible to be obtained. American credits are in disrepute, and cannot be procured except at considerable advance." _ _ Canadian accounts state that the Toronto Board of Trade had resolved to memorialise her Majesty for the repeal of the existing discriminating duties, and for the opening of the St. Lawrence to vessels of all nations. The at. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway would be pro ceeded with. Political of:airs remained still unsettled. Mr. Pakenhaen was at Quebec. Trade was dull. Yutican advices to the .sth ultimo, received via" Havana, state that the recall of Santa Anna had been favourably received. Congress had passed a law admitting, duty free, the materials necessary for the manufacture of gun powder. Barbachano, the President, had stated that Yutacan would join Mexico again solely on her own con diti.ns being fulfilled. Exchange on London is quoted at 1081 to 109. ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL By an extraordinary express, which reached town on Thursday, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, we are in receipt of news from Bombay, to 6th August ; Madras, 27th July ; Calcutta, 23rd July ; Delhi, 22nd July, and Scinde, 20th July. The intelligence has been received by a special steamer, which was despatched from Bombay rather unexpectedly in consequenceof the dangerous in disposition of the Governor. The Ackbar arrived at Suez on the 27th ultimo, with the following passengers : Sir George Arthur, Bart., Governor ,of Bombay; Lady Arthur; Captain Arthur; Mrs. Martin; Captain Hun ter ; Lieutenant W. F. Leeson; Lieutenant D. H. Hewett ; and Doctor R. D. Peele. Mr. Reid, the senior member of the Council, has succeeded Sir George Arthur in the temporary government of Bombay. We are happy to say that cholera had disap-peared from the camp at Kurrachee, though it continued still to afflict the town. Sic C. Napier had ordered the fortifications to be levelled, and the ditches to be filled up. The pestilence appears to have followed the course of the Indus, and wqs by last accounts desolating Hyderabad, where the average number of deaths was 800 daily. Fever had abated at Sukkur, but her Majesty's 17th Regiment, which had suffered severely, would, it was expected, return to India, and from thence proceed to the Cape. Among the deaths recorded in Scinde, we find the names of Lieut Campbell. 17th Native Infantry, and Capt. John Napier, nephew and Military Secretary to the Governor. It is now esti mated that 10,000 individuals, including 500 Eueopeans, were cut off by cholera at Kurrachee between the 14th and 30th of June. The Governor-General and Lord Gough were still at Simla. Lord Hardinge had summoned to his councils the political officers from the North-West frontier. This, when taken in connection with reports of an army to be assembled on the Sutlej, was considered ominous of hos tilities, to be undertaken as soon as the cold season would permit of warlike operations. The troops at Lahore con tinued healthy, but the state of matters in the Panjaub was unsatisfactory. The Vizier, instead of consolidating his strength was doing all in his pswer to become unpo pular. It is reported that Maharajah Goolaub Singh had refused payment of the indemnity he bad guaranteed on behalf of the Lahore Durbar, and it was even said that he had threatened to resist any attempt we might make to compel him to perform his engagements. He probably expects assistance from the Moultan Chief, who is deter miced to assert his independence. The government of the Queen Mother and of Lall Singh at Lahore, was threatened by acts of violenee. The Akahalees, a band of notorious fanatics, were collecting in the neighbour hood of the capital, and fears were entertained of some sanguinary conflict. In fact, th e t ranqu ili ty prevailing was solely attributable to the presence of a British force, and when this is withdrawn, as stipulated by treaty, the spirit of turbulence now prevailing throughout the king dom generally will doubtless extend itself to Lahore. There are rumours of a movement on the part of the Aff ghans under Uckbar Khan, through the Kyber Pass, intended for the recovery of Peshawar, some years since conquered from them by Runjeet Singh ; but these re quire confirmation, especially as Dost Mahomed has shown a pacific policy, and is anxious to maintain friendly relations with our government. The British dominions, up to the latest account, were tranquil. The Monsoon had proved a favourable one, and the whole of western India had been blessed with abundant rains. The Nizam's territories continue in a wretched state — the treasury exhausted, and a mutinous aamy, General Fraser, the British resident, is an able and an excellent man, but the local malady is beyond the reach of any re medy he can administer. The medical school at Bolarum for the instruction of native youth, lately abolished, is restored. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Thomas M'Alahon, has en dangerously ill at Poonah. The station was un- The death of Meer Sobdar Khan, one of the Ex-Ameers of Scinde, is announced. He expired at Dam Dum, near Calcutta. This is the third of these unfortunate princes who have been cut off since the commencement of their captivity. The Calcutta journals describe a most extraordinary act of plunder in the centre of that capital. Sixteen men, well armed, entered a goldsmith and banker's shop, wounded several people, and then retired with their spoils. The police of that city had not discovered the perpetra tors. It was openly stated that the shopkeepers there paid " Black Mail" to escape from being attacked. This is an astonishing admission in the British capital of India. A new crime had been found out in Bombay. A gang of hardened ruffians poisoned a number of Buffaloes, then brought the carcases, which they sold to the butchers in the public market, to be disposed of as meat at the hot test season of the year. They were to be tried at the next criminal sessions. Commercial news from Borbbay is more favourable. The money market was easier, and a brisk trade was con fidently expected. The proprietors of the Oriental Bank being dissatisfied with the expenses and conduct of the borne management, have resolved to put an end to their London direction. . . . The Times has news from the Mauritius to the 11th July, received by this opportunity. One of the most rp markable circumstances mentioned is the expulsion by Sir W. Gom, the governor of that island, of a Roman Catholic priest, who, by his skill as a surgeon, performed the Caesarian operation on the body of a dead woman, and saved her child, which survived 24 hours. The newspa pers of that colony are loud in their denunciations of this sentence. The affair has produced a sensation in the Mauritius. The Ackbar brings intelligence of an attack made on kden by the Arabs, who marched in force outside the They were repelled by the garrison with a loss to enemy of 2 killed and many wounded. A more seri ous collision was looked for the same nicht, but no ap prehension was entertained. The Arabs would pay dearly for their temerity. said that Mehemet Ali's recent visit to Coustan tinople has cost him_£2so,ooo. Tile Lyons journals state that a meeting has taken place in that city for the purpose of forming a free-trade asso- ciution ELOPEMENT.—A young married " princess," daughter of an ea-King, eloped from Paris, on Wednesday nignt, with a Dutch painter.—Para Cmcapondent 0/ the Times. Accounts from Algiers, coming through French sources, say the Emperor of Morocco bad taken active measures to check the enterprises of Abed-el-Kader. The . petition presented to the King from Joseph Henri, praying for a commutation of the sentence pronounced by ' the Court of Peers, having been preferred to the Council of Ministers, it has been determined, after a long con sultaticu, that the sentence shall be carried into effect. The Limerick Chronicle announces that the recognised successor of Bishop Luscombe, at Paris. is the venerable the Archdeacon of Ardfert, the venerable Mr. J. Keat inge. Mr. Keatinge is a native of Limerick, and , has alweys been a liberal in politics, and a supporter of the Beard of Education in Ireland. The rev. gentleman has for some time acted as Bishop Luscombe's coadjutor. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE HAMIWRGH THEATEE.— On the morning of the 31st ult , while the workmen at the Hamburg Theatre were hoisting to its place asplendid bronze chandelier for gas lights, just brought from Lon. don, and weighing above 10,8001 b., (he rope bro 7 .e, and the enormous mass falling to the ground, was broken to pieces, crushing two Englishmen who had come over to superintend its being suspended. ITALY.—According to offirial accounts from Leghorn, about the late earthquakes. it appears that two villages, Craona and Lorensana, were entirely destroyed, and that 27 districts, towns, villages, and hamlets, had more or less suffered. The number of those who perished was 70; of the wounded, 521; and of persons left without asylum, through the destruction of their habitations, from 3,000 I to 4,000. A PRINCE KILLFED A DUEL.--..GRATZ (Styria) AUG. 21.—Owing to an altercation which took place at a ball between the Prince of Tour and Taxis, Lieutenant Colonel of H ussars, and Captain Schnedt, cif the Infantry, a meeting with pistols took place, and the former was killed on the spot, having received the bullet of his ad versary in the breast. The event caused a painful sensa tion at Gratz. The Prince of Tour and Taxis, of the il lustrious family of the same name, was only 35 years of age, and universally esteemed for his amiable qualities.— Globe. In reference to the marriage of the Queen of Spain, the Eco del Comercio asserted that three of the ministers, Messrs. Isturitz, Sarz, and Armero, had resigned, in consequence of a note addressed , to the Cabinet by Mr. Bulwer against the Infanti's marriage. The correspon dents of the English journals, in• Madrid, bad waited upon Mr. Bulwer to ascertain if he had entered such a protest, and were assured by him that the report was totally un founded. The government was only waiting the sanction of King Louis Philippe to the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier, to annousoeit crfficially through the Gazette. It was believed that the amnesty, published on the occa sion of the Queen's marriage, would be general, and only exclude Don Carlos and his family. THE CHOLERA IN INniA.—The dangers to which the troops, under the guidance of their gallant leaders, were exposed in the conquest of .Scinde were regarded with pride by their fellow-countrymen at home; but a very f di ff erent feeling will be excited by the perusal of the } frightful details of tt e waste of human life that the occu pation of that country has occasioned. Nothing in the I accounts from the seat of war, when the contest was raging with the greatest fury, is half so sickening as the statements lately received from India on the subject of the mortality among the troops through the mere un healthiness of the place in which they are located. The following statement, from the private correspondence of the Bombay Times, presents an awful picture, displaying a circumstantial minuteness that affords a melancholy guarantee of its not being overdrawn :—" Who shall de pict the scene in the hospitals-? I speak more of the Fusiliers, because of that I saw much ; every cot was filled—delirium here, death there: the fearful shrieks of pain and anguish. Men whom you had seen but a short time before hale and strong, were rolling in at every door, crowding every space—countenances so full of misery— eyes sunken and glaring—shrivelled and blackened cheeks. This, too, the work of five short minutes or less ? So sudden was death with some that they were seized, cramped, collapsed, dead, almost as fast as I have written the words. Previous health and strength were no gua rantees ; men attending the burials of their comrades were attacked, borne to the hospital, and buried them- selves the next morning. Pits were dug in the church yard morning and evening ; sewn up in their beddings, cof finless, they were laid side by side, one service read overall." RELIGIOUS AGITATION AT MADEIRA.--MADEIRA, AUG. 17.—The religious agitation which has been carried on in this island for some years has at length led to the I committal of the most serious outrages on British persons and property. On Sunday, Aug. 2, a body of Portuguese subjects being assembled for religious purposes in the house of Miss Rutherford, a crowd collected and de.. mended that their countrymen (the Calvinistas) should be given up to them. This, of course, was refused ; the mob maintained their position, and at length, at eleven o'clock at night, broke into the house, searched it thoroughly, and having found their countrymen in the kitchen vio lently assaulted them. At this moment the police and solc:iery appeared, and at once dispersed the rioters, tak ing several of them into custody. These men were, how ever, discharged from confinement the next morning, on the pretext that no one had appeared to make a complaint against them. During the following week it became gene rally known that more serious attacks on British resi der c were meditated; and on Sunday, August. 9, at mid day, a crowd collected round Dr. Kalley's house. The governor, the administrador do corcilho, and the British consul, were on the spot with a guard of soldiers, but no opposition appears to have been offered to the entrance of rioters, who, having searched the house in vain for Dr. Kelley, proceeded to burn and destroy his books, prints, medicines, &c. Dr. Kalley, who had been much alarmed during the previous night by various occurrences, had left the house at three a.m., and was, during the early part of these disturbances, concealed in the house of a friend ; but on the arrival of the royal mail steamer in the bay, escaped to it disguised as a female. The mob, having missed their prey, threatened to search the British consulate. but disisted from this on the consul consenting to go off in his boat at their head, and show them that Dr. Kalley was actually on board the steamer. That gentle r:Rim was shortly joined by his family, and proceeded in the ship to the West Indies. Numerous other British , families have been threatened. The Misses Rutherford, ; Dr. Miller, and Mr. Tate, and their families, are living I on board a British vessel in the bay, the consul having declined to answer for their safety, even in his own house. Mr. Dyster and Mrs. Freeman, and families, are living at the consulate. A letter, numerously signed, has been presented to the consul, requesting him to apply for a British man-of-war to protect British persons and property in the island.—This is popery. She glories in her un changeableness ; and here is an illustration of the truth of her boast that sbe changes not. She has ever adapted herself to her circumstances. She speaks and acts as a lamb or a dragon, as it suits her purpose. In England, we have her lamb-like properties displayed, for those have been, and at present are here, the most forcible weapons of her warfare. In Madeira her dragon qualities are called into exercise, for there. her softer qualifications are found to be unavailing in shutting out the light of truth. IRELAND. A MI LD AUTUMN.—There are apple trees in blossom at the present moment in more than one part of the county of Waterford. ASSAULT.—The Freeman's Journal of Wednesday con tains an account of a murderous assault on a policeman at Kingstown. The assailant is not known. The occurrence took place at a fight where many were engaged. At Cork, and other places, the Repealers have publicly resolved to disregard the ban on the Nation, notwith standing that the said ban was a peace-offering originated in Conciliation-hall. Mr. Robert La Touche, of Harristown, county Kil dare, dropped down dead besides his friends, whilst stand ing on the upper lead roof of the stand house at the races at the Curragh of Kildare. A moment before he was con versing in the full enjoyment of good spirits. SPREAD OF INTEMPERANCE.—The Kilkenny Mo derator says that on Sunday week the streets of that town were disgraced by drunkenness and riot. On Sunday and Monday mornings an unusually large number of persons were fined by the mayor for being drunk and disorderly IMPROVEMENT OF IRELAND.—Among the improve ments on the waste lands of Ireland contemplated at the present moment is one to enclose a portion of the coast at Dungarvan, now waste ; it is 1,500 acres extent, and the cost of the enclosure would be £17,000. On Sunday week, in St. ;Audoen's Church, Dublin, ten persons publicly renounced the errors of popery. Three of the converts were educated for the Romish priesthood, and another had been a priest's clerk for thirty years, and is deeply versed in the mysteries of the profession he has left. IRISH WHISKEY.—The distilleries of Cork are in full activity, and their stocks are going off at a rise of 4d. per gallon. This increase is not caused by any dread of a pro hibition of distillation from grain, but from an increased consumption, it is supposed in consequence of the many thousands earning large money wages on railways. The Earl of Enniskillen has established a depot of In dian meal at Florencecourt, Fermanagh, and two men are daily employed selling it, at prime cost, to the tenantry and dependents in the neighbourhood of his Lordship's residence, where the potato crop has been totally de stroyed. Pun Lac WORKS.—There are no less than 34 proclama tions under the late act, in the Dublin Gazette of Thurs day, for barony meetings in the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Donegal, King's County, Longford, Meath, and Limerick. Every day applications for relief are received at the castle. DEATH FROM BOXING.—On Sunday, August 30, two soldiers belonging to the 95th Regiment, stationed in Tralee, the one a corporal, the other a private, named Hennessy, commenced, at first in play, a boxing-match As generally happens in such cases, the play came to earnest, when the corporal hit Hennessey with his clenched hand, and killed him on the spot. Colonel Blacker and Mr. Archdall, the "Orange" ma gistrates, have been restored to the commission by the present Lord Chancellor of Ireland. It is said that Mr. Watson and Mr. Cleland, (the latter of whom resigned in consequence of the dismissal of the former,) have received an official intimation that the Chancellor was disposed to reinstate them, but both respectfully declined the honour. INDIAN CORN GROWN IN IRELAND.—We have seen a splendid plant of Indian corn, which was grown by R. T. Usher, Esq., of Wai renpoint, in the open air, i❑ Doctor Dickson's garden. A small quantity of seed, which bad been picked up in the hold of one of the steam vessels, was sown, as an experiment, in the month of May last; the rapidity of its growth was such as to exceed expecta- lon, and the produce and ad plant in question is six feet high, and at the base four and a half inches in circumference. It has six heads or "cobs," as they are termed, full of grain—each " cob" being about eleven inches in length, and five inches in circumference. The plant has been forwarded for exhibition at the ensuing show of the Belfast Horticultural Society. Newry Telegraph. THE 'IMVERPOOL STANDARD. YiT THE REVEAL ASSOCIATION, Onlvfonclay. there was but a thin attendance. Mr. O'Connell intimated that the origin of his quarrel with the Young Irelanders was their approbation of the " infidel colleges,' and the " godless 'education" which they inculcated. "He differed with them on the subject of the infidel colleges bill, because the heads of the holy church, of which he was an unworthy member, disapproved of it, and he never attempted to dis agree with them, for he knew that they could not be wrong—and the propriety of the protest against that measure was fully borne out by the news they had lately received from Rome." The rent was £142. HORRIBLE DizATTis.— , On Wednesday, an aged woman, named Margaret Dillon, wife to a small farmer, named James Dillon, who resides at Kilmalady in this county, while in a field adjoining her husband's residence. was set upon and gored to death by a furious cow, the property of her son ; she was not many minutes out of the house, still she was•dead when found, and the cow goring and lacerating her to pieces. —A few days since an infant, named Maria Cornally, being left alone in the house in a cradle, was, in the absence of the mother, attacked and torn by a ferocious pig, at Clontanny, near this town ; the child languished until Sunday, when death terminated her sufferings —Leinster Express. OPENING OF A NEW TRAFFIC WITH IRELAND—IM• FORTATION OF SHEEP.—The Fair Trader steamer arrived at Drogheda on Thursday with a cargo of no less than 1,600 sheep, direct from the Island of Mull, Scotland. This flock, which, we understand, is a very fine one, con sists of about one .half breeding ewes—the remainder wethers for feeding. Such an importation as this con- stitutes quite a new - leature in the live stock trade, and is deserving of consideration by landed proprietors and stockmasters here. The cargo belongs to Messrs. Adams and Banks, of Liverpool, who have the merit of being the present movers in• this new, and we trust we may pro nounce, promising traffic between the Scottish isles and this cou•ntry.—Freeman's Journal. Disrscss tx CORE..—Last Thursday, a very numerous meeting was held at Cork, the Earl of Bandon in the chair, to consider the present distressed state of the people. The Earl of Mountcashell and Lord Bernard delivered long speeches.. A memorial was resolved on to her Majesty " to exercise that authority with which the constitution invests her, by assembling forthwith the Parliament of the United Kingdom. That she will graciously direct that the Houses of the Legislature, being so assembled, shall, waiving every other subject or discussion, apply them selves to devising such measures as, by securing employ ment and money wages for the labouring people, will enable them to resort to that foreign, as well as domestic, food which open markets and natural demand will supply, when consumers have the means to purchase. Your memorialists and dutiful subjects refrain from those de tails of existing and approcbing distress which would harrow with grief and care your royal and sympathising heart, in the full conviction that they cannot be more earnest in their solicitation, than you are anxious to relieve the public distress—to guard the public peace, and to promote the ultimate happiness and prosperity of your Irish subjects." RAILWAY INTELLIGEA CB. The opening of the Richmond Branch of the Great North of England Railway, took. place on Thursday. The cutting of the first sod of the North Staffordshire Railway, on the 23rd instant, is to be celebrated by a de jeuner, a procession, and a ball. The gauge of all railways hereafter to be constructed is to be 4 feet inches in Great Britain, and 5 feet 3 inches in Ireland. A Parisian bank, much engaged in railroad speculation, is understood to have suspended its payments. Its lia bilities are said to amount to 10,000,000 of francs. THE MENAI TUNNEL.—This tubular bridge is to be 450 feet long, 30 feet high, and 15 feet wide, offering 13,500 square feet of rigid surface (exclusive of the width underneath the roadway) to its resistance. On Monday last, a stoker was killed on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway. A spring underneath the engine snapped, and the engine oscillating, he was thrown, and so injured that he died in a few hours. None of the pas sengers suffered. On Wednesday, as a number of excavators were working in the tunnel of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, which runs under Upper Northgate-street, Chester, a portion of the roofing fell in, and buried four of them. All were more or less injured; and one of them, named Joseph Gough, was taken out lifeless. WINGS V. STEAM—On Wednesday a large number of persons assembled at the Queen's Arms, Ashton, to wit ness the result of a pigeon match against a railway train upon the Leeds branch of the Ashton Railway. It ap peared that a wager had been laid, that the pigeon, if sent off at Manchester when the train started, would arrive at Ashton before the train. The pigeon arrived at home three minutes before the train and won the wager. RAILWAY PARCELS AND THE SPY SYSTEM.—The 59th clause of the Bristol, Birmingham, and Midland Counties' Railway Bill, recently before the House of Lords, enacts, "That it shall not be lawful to include in one packet several parcels of various sorts, and intended for various individuals, but it shall be lawful for the Midland Railway Company to charge for each such par cel, although they are enclosed in one packet." How are they to ascertain that there are several parcels in one packet ?—why, by the outrage of opening that packet ! This clause is the most iniquitous one we have read for years. THE NORTH-WESTERN.—The North-Western, (late London and Birmingham,) North and South Branches, starts 22 trains daily from the Euston station. Of these 1 takes passengers through to Carlisle, by means of the Midland and North of England Railways. 3 to Durham, 3 to Shields, 5 to Newcastle, 7 to York, 8 to Leeds, 4 to Derby by Birmingham, and 8 by Rugby, 7 to Manchester, 8 to Liverpool, and Chester, 4 to Lancaster, 3 only as far as Birmingham, 6 to Northampton and Peterborough, 4 not farther than Rugby, 2 to Aylesbury, 1 to Tring, 1 to Blisworth, 1 to Watford, and 7 for Leamington and War wick. On Sundays the number leaving London is reduced to 7. The meeting of the South-Eastern passed off satisfac. ALARMING PROCEEDINGS IN IRELAND. torily, and a dividend of 17s. on the paid-up shares, and Bs. 6d. and ss. Id. on new shares respectively, was de- The present crisis, and the measures taken by govern- dared. The receipts of the half year were stated to be ment to meet the emergency occasioned in Ireland by the £193,058, and the disposable balance only £70,515. At failure of the potatoe crop. have brought about a number the corresponding half year of 1845, there was a disposable of influential meetings of the landed proprietary of the balance of £85,322 on receipts amounting to £160,402, county of Meath, Cork, &c., at which every precaution (aide Railway Chronicle, pp. 1,259 and 8,227.) The possible has been resolved upon for alleviating the pressing earnings per mile in 1845 were greater than during the last distress. In the meantime the intelligence received half year—more work was done, receipts were greater, but through the provincial papers of last week with respect to the profit absolutely less—and as this profit was not so the progress of popular discontent continues unsatisfac- large as to be quite satisfactory, nothing could be done tory. Thus a letter from Borrisakone in the Nenagh but to re-adjust the fares; and the proprietors, notwitb- Guardian communicates the following : standing a slight protest, submitted with good grace to the "On Saturday last, Mr. Geraghty, of Dublin, barrister, change. Authority was given to issue bonds to a large went to the lands of Middletown, near Borrisakone, to amount. auction some wheat which he had under seizure for three MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.—The 20th half-yearly half-years' rent due on the premises. Some hundreds of meeting was held on Tuesday, at Manchester. The direc countrymen assembled on the lands, and effectually put tors report that the receipts of the half-year, after de a stop to the sale, as Mr. Geraghty did not like to pro- ducting working expenses, are £95,449, which, with the ceed under the circumstances. The country people were surplus, makes £146,110. Out of this sum they recom well armed with pistols, and fired three shots when passing mend a dividend of 31 per cent. for the first half year on through a bog, as a token of triumph. A similar occur- the £lOO and £5O shares, and (for the first time) on the rence took place a few days ago in the parish of Eglish. £6 55., or six-sixteenths, and the £2O, or fifth shares, and It appears that Mr. Prendergast had some tenants under also the usual 2s. per share on the £25, or quarter shares, seizure for rent and arrears; he did not proceed with the subject to the deduction of all income tax. These divi auction on account of the numbers that atteneed in a dends amount to £83,621 lls. (X 21,471 more than on any menacing manner. They were also well armed with former occasion), and with £28,053, payable for interest, pistols, and if the sale had gone on it is probable they leave a balance of £34,453 ss. 4d. to be carried to next would have been used." account. The report entered at great length into the con- The Cork Constitution gives the subjoined account templated policy of the directors. The report, and fifteen from Clonakilty. It is dated Sunday week : resolutions based upon it, were carried unanimously " This town was last evening subjected to a visit from FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNC the mob of lawless fellows who have been threatening TION RAILWAY.—The first general meeting of the share this peaceable neighbourhood for some time, having levied holders in this company was held on Wednesday at some contributions from the neighbouring gentlemen. and Preston. The branch to Burnley had been lost, but threatening to come again. They arrived in town, and would be renewed in the ensuing session with every pros proceeding to a baker's shop, they produced an order for pect of success. The length of line authorised to be con bread, which appearing to be a forgery was refused. For- structed at present was sixteen miles, and the capital bad tunately Sub-Inspector Grant came up, and, by deterrai- been reduced to £270,000, which was divided into shares nation, prevented any further proceeding. From the of £l2 each. After defraying all expenses out of the de• great numbers then collected in town, it was thought ad- posits, there remained a balance in hand of upwards of visable to bring out the military, consisting of Major £7,010. Upwards of 15,000 shares had already been re- Hill and 60 men of the 54th Regiment. Having remained g i stere d . T he report was unanimously adopted. The in the street for some time, the mob retired, many of them remuneration of the directors was fixed at £5OO. The having drunk deep of something stronger than water. A directors were authorised to apply for an act, next session, meeting of magistrates was held this day, and an applica- to construct the branch to Burnley, and also to take tion has been made for a party of dragoons, as informs- steps for setting out the line and purchasing land, so as to tion was received of a large meeting to be held to-mor- be in a situation to commence operations at the earliest row." _ _ . ~ possible neriod. .. Ae ti The Kilkenny Moderator publishes a highly inflam- THE BUTCHER AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH....-. matory threatening notice, which was discovered posted One day last week a rough-spun country butcher, whose on the chapel gate of Johnstown, on Sunday week, con- travelling companion was a dog, took a ticket at one of taining awful denunciations against landlords who distrain the stations on the Midland Railway for Birmingham. It for rent. was shortly afterwards ascertained by the officials that he On Sunday morning week an atrocious notice was posted had a dog in the carriage with bim. On being remon oppot:itd the house of a respectable farmer at Askeatoe, started with, and told that he must pay for the dog, he near Limerick, threatening him and all farmers, if they refused, and a regular row commenced, in the course of paid or demanded any rent until after Christmas with th e which the butcher got out of the carriage, and the dog " death of Dawson," and warning them of " plenty of followed. Here the disturbance was renewed, and the powder and ball." war grew fiercer, when all of a sudden the train started. On Monday a large number of persons paraded through The butcher, forgetting his indignation at the parties, the principal streets of Birr, and one man carried a pole turned round and jumped into his place again, followed by with a loaf. They called at the residence of Thomas his dog. The train went on, the burley man of beef Hacket, Esq., a magistrate, and stated that they had nei- laughing as though his ribs would crack at having "done ther food nor employment. Mr. Hacket told them that the beggars," told the whole affair to the passengers with the magistrates were aware of their destitution, and that glee, and concluded by saying that they might "tallyscope" every means were being taken to alleviate it. Seventy about him, he did'nt care ; he had done 'em, and they special constables have been sworn in to preserve the peace. could'nt tell 'em at Birmingham before he got there, he OUTRAGES.—The Rev. Mr. Waller, a clergyman of the was sure. On the train arriving at its destination, a gen county of Limerick, and a gentleman of large property, tleman in a blue buttoned-up -to-the-throat livery, with has been threatened with injury, for unkindness to the trousers, and sundry hieroglyphics on his collar, touched poor. On Sunday week, some stands of arms were forcibly the butcher on the shoulder, and said, " Sir, you have a taken from various houses in the neighbourhood of Bource, dog with you, for which the fare has not been paid ; you county of Limerick.—The county people in the neigbour- must either fob out the needful, or I take you into cus hood of Coonagh, near the city of Limerick, have cut the tody." The " tallyscope," as the butcher called it, had road across, as an indication, says the Limerick Chronicle, arrived at Birmingham first, and the poor fellow's feelings that if they will not obtain employment, they will do may be better imagined than described.—Nothrighant mischief. Mercury. The Dublin Evening Post, a Radical paper, speaking RAILWAYS AND SABBATH OBSERVANCE.—It has been of the distressed position of the Irish gentry, says that pleaded, however hypocritically, in times past, that there they are liable, particularly in the present year, to be was a very extensive class of the people whose avocations mulcted by fraudulent tenants. With ti,e exception of kept them confined in cities from Monday morning to potatoes, last year and this have been right good seasons Saturday night, and whose health required some occasional for the farmers. All produce—live stock and dead — wheat, ch ange of a ir ; therefore, it was urged, that it would be oats, cattle, sheep, pigs, have run up from 15 to 25 per very bard to deny to these parties, because of their cent.—nay, higher. The exportation of this stock to poverty, the occasional relief which their health rendered England, notwithstanding open ports, and unlimited free necessary. Such being the plea, the Divine Giver of all trade, is greater than ever has been remembered ; yet, skill and wisdom has been pleased to enable men to de there does appear to exist a sort of compact amongst the vise such machinery as will accomplish in an hour the small, snug farmers, to refuse rents on the plea of the ge- same amount of locomotion which formerly occupied half neral distress. That these last have suffered to some ex- a day. A man may now transport himself far away from tent cannot be denied. But, it is undeniable, on the the bustle of towns, after leaving his avocations on Satur other hand, that the great majority of those who have not day evening; and may return to his duties at an early sublet for con-acre are better able to pay their rents now hour on Monday. The plea, such as it was, from a sup than for many previous years. But they are not paying. posed necessity is gone. We are not speaking, indeed, And this we consider is one of the most dangerous ale- with commendation of those " Sunday excursions" which ments in the present condition of the country. commence on Saturday and end on Monday. We merely The Dublin Mail confirms this statment, and adds, remark that steam has, in fact, taken away all kinds that the Government are in possession of official state- of pleas in defence of Sunday travelling as necessary. talents that riotous processions of the kind alluded to are Even the mercantile argument that the mails must travel compi , sed partly of farmers so far from want as to on Sunday, to enable the Liverpool merchants to receive. be in comfortable circumstances; and partly of labourers, on Monday the London letters of Saturday, has vanished. able at the present to earn an honest subsistence, either in The mail can now reach Liverpool very easily in eight or the course of the usual demand for labour, or on the nine hours of night passage. In every way, then, all works laid out for the emergency. Of one such of those apology for Sunday travelling, is taken away by the ap mobs, which made its appearance in the county of plication of steam. Yet. instead of being glad and grate- Mayo, there were ascertained to be a large number (our ful for the obvious practicability of now entirely abolish informant states three hundred) who were at that time ing all such desecration of the Sabbath, we are eagerly receiving wages and support in the public works set on perverting this new gift of God, to the general breach of foot by the Government; and who, therefore, could bis laws, and dishonour of his merciful ordinance ! neither feel nor apprehend the misfortune which they af- GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. ft cted to deprecate. - ---On Tuesday the first ordinary meeting of the share- It is said to be the intention of the Lord Lieutenant to holders of this company was held at Glasgow ; Mr. John sanction the assessment of a million and a half, to be em- Learlbetter in the chair. After the reading of the notice p!oyed under the provisions of the Relief Act. calling the meeting, and list of registered shareholders, ......... Mr. Logic, the secretary, read the report, which was of Considerable length. It recommended the amalgamation STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER —The markets since our last have remained firm, and prices have been fully maintained ; in some instances advances have been demanded and acceded to by purchasers, but the business has beeil limited in consequence. For print ers, 27. inch, whose ruling price a few weeks ago was 5s 3d, an advance of 40. per piece is demanded ; and for 60-reed calicoes an advance from 4s. 6d. to 4s. gd. per piece is asked. With re gard to the other descriptions of cloth, we refer to our prices of last week. Yarns are flat. of the Company with the Glasgow and Ayr Company : " Tnat the amalgamation between the companies shall take effect on the completion and opening of the main line of railway." That the dividend payable to the sharehold ers in this company shall be according to the following scale, viz., so long as the dividend to the other ordinary shareholders in the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company shall continue at the rate of 7 per cent. (their present di vidend), the dividend to the shareholders in this company_ shall be at the rate of 5 per cent., and the dividends of day, have had a better demand for Flannels to day, at prices much the same as those of the previous week. this company are to increase or diminish a quarter per The wool market has been slack, and the business transacted cent in respect of every increase or dimunition of a half has been upon a very limited scale. Middling priced wool is extremely scarce, and difficult to meet with. per cent. in the dividend on the ordinary shares of the ii UDDERSFIELD.—There has been a fair amount of business Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company, unless the dividend doing to-day. Good dark styles are still bought up very readily. There is no alteration in prices. of that company shall exceed 10 , or be reduced to less LEEDS —The kind of goods calculated for the coming season than 5 per cent., in which event each class of shares is to being principally delivered direct to the merchants, our markets participate in the excess, and to suffer equally from the at both Cloth Halls continue to be thinly supplied, and in con- dimuniticn, as the case may be. Not more than two sequence of the goods sold there do not indicate the true state thirds of the capital is to be called up, without the con of the market. Fine beam cloths, double milled cloths, and sent of the Ayr Company, unt;l the borrowing powers cloakings, of new tastey shades, are the principal articles sell- conferred by the act shall have been exerci-ed. The act ins. Prices are steady. Business in the warehouses has been • rather better this week with the houses connected with the having only received the Royal assent on the 13th inst., home trade, but the foreign houses are doing little. it had not been possible to ascertain the amount of the Brunroan.—There is hardly so much doing in combing parliamentary expenses. The deposit of £2 lOs has been wools as we observed ten days ago. This is in some measure paid on 46.651 shares,amounting to £116,627 18s. Of that accounted for by the wool combers in the town and neighbour- sum £90,000 has been invested in Exchequer Bills at hood of Keighley being out of work, and seeking an advance of prices ranging from 12s. to 16s. premium—and the ba price for their labour, which the masters have not yet complied lance of £26,627 lO s . i s i n th e h an d s o f th e com pany's with. The demand for tops is very active, but there are few on hand, and the higher prices are readily submitted to.—Yarn bankers. To meet the current expenses, however. money Market : The demand for Yarns is very steady, and the spinners has been drawn from time to time by means of a credit are generally working to order; but as no general advance, account with your bankers, which will now be repaid." equal to the increased cost of labour and the disproportionate At a special meeting, held immediately afterwards, the price of wool, compared with yarns, can be realised, there is a amalgamation aiiyproposs d w , it a h n d t h a e g G re l e a d sg t o o w . and Ayr railway was for strong feeling in favour of decreasing the pt odUction , but not lighting up.—Piece Market : The business doing is an average m one, and the prospect of a continued demand, probably both A RAILWAY SMOKING SALOON.—Within the last few with the home trade houses and the shippers, without any ap- lays, a novelty has been introduced on the Eastern prehension of lower prices. Counties Railway in the running of a very handsome LEICESTER.—The demand for goods for the home trade con- carriage, termed a smoking or excursion saloon, which, Unties active, and the hands are fully employed. Yarns are from its elegant and peculiar construction, has excited in price. Wools are firm. The stocks of of so great, and it obtains a small advance. tiles interest. In size and form of build it much resew- The pies the royal carriago's on the Great Western, 50uth ,,,,,,,„ ~.., ~,,,,, deiscionnadivtieornyodfetil:reesssteodeksitnagtet.rathuee csiolfkaginlouvees .W .ha e ni s cu t h e fa rn, and other railways. The peculiarity of a portion trade is even worse this week than last, the drawer and Pants - of the Cambridge and Newmarket traffic suggested to the loon branch cannot be considered as improved , and the hosiery company th e f orma ti on o f suc h a d escr iption of carriage, trade has considerably revived at Godalming and io London, but in the counties of Hants, Berks, and Bucks, it is quite ex - e c e tu rt r a e i r n . ly I r t e s fl e e x c i t r s em gr e ea le t ng cr th ed i i s t fo o r n ty the fee s t, kill of its the body ex tinct. The bobbin net trade may still be considered as ashade m improved, and the cotton warp lace trade has again, with some aBoUt thirty feet, the ends being converted into a kind of of the manufacturers , retrograded, but not to the extent that it open lounge. It runs on six wheels, which are fitted bad advanced, with Adams' patent bow springs. The internal decora- \i OTTI.NOIIADI.- Lions are of the most recherché description. The seats extend the full length of the sides, and are handsomely covered with morocco leather. A highly polished maho gany table occupies the centre, the entire fitted with self balancing lamps. The sides are lighted by eight plate glass windows of unusual size, while the ends are fitted up with four plates of looking-glass. Its drapery is com posed of bright crimson•silk, formed in a very graceful design. The roof presents an exceedingly chaste appear ance. The groundwork is painted white, the mouldings being gilt. The general furniture is of richly carved polished mahogany. The exterior is painted a deep marone colour, ornamented with gold etchings and embla zoned with the company's ciphers. It was manufactured by Mr. Adams, the company's carriage builder, at Fair field works, Bow. It was launched on Friday week, when Mr. Hudson, M.P., and a large party of the directors and friends, proceeded in it to Ipswich, to a grand enter tainment at the seat of Mr. Bagthawe, the late member for Harwich. Its easy movement was a subject of much praise. Several others OR the same style are in a forward state for the company. They will be attached to all the fast trains to and from Cambridge, passengers using them paying first-class fare. The company are having first class excursionist carriages made of extraordinary length, similar to those employed on the foreign lines, capable of holding 130 passengers each. They will first be used on the North Woolwich line, which is rapidly approaching completion. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE BETTING IN MANCHESTER ON FRIDAY. A good attendance; comparing books a prominent feature. THE GREAT ST. LEGER We noticed once 3 to 1 laid agst the crack, 100 to 26 was booked ; 5 to 1 was obtained to £6O on Brocardo, but such waa the rush to be " on," that 450 to 100 was with other bets in those sums booked. Fancy Boy was backed rather more sub rosa than in public, 8 to 1 was taken to about £150; 9 to 1 was taken on Traveraer, and the same on Grimaton. Poynton had several friends, but 25 to 1 was rather beyond the fieldsmen's desire to lay. Closing Sept. 15, 11446. UNIVERSITY 4 CLERICAL NEWS. The Honourable Spencer Cowper has contributed the munificent donation of £5OO towards the completion of the new church of St. John's, Lynn. The Peel Club candidate for the rectorship of the Uni versity of Glasgow, for the snsuing year, is Lord Ashley; and the liberals are divided on the comparative claims of Lord John Russell an d M r . Macaulay. - On Monday week, the Rev. George Drinkwater Bourne, A. 8., was instituted by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. to the Rectory of Weston-Snbedge, in the county of Gloucester, vacant by the cession of the Rev. . Hueh Smith.—Patron, Mrs. Margaret Bourne. The Committee of the Protestant Association have adopted resolutions, preparatory to an address. calling on all who take a part in the support of the religious institu tions of the country to oppose the contemplated endow ment of the church of Rome. On Wednesday, the Rev. W. Harrison, one of the canons of Winchester Cathedral, expired at his house in the Close, without any apparent previous illness. The rev. gentleman, who was in his seventy-eighth year, went to bed in his usual health, and finding himself ill the next morning, got out of bed, and dropped dead a few momenta after leaving it. On Thursday the Rev. George Leigh Cooke, of Cab bington, presented a purse, containing five hundred and fifty five sovereigns, to the Rev. George Lincoln Galton, in the name of the inhabitants of Leamington, anxious to testify their respect fo r hi m p rev i ous t o hi s ceas i ng to mi nister in that parish. Mr. Galton immediately gave £lO5 to the chaplain's fund of the Warneford Hospital, Bir mingham. Tie living which Lord John Russell has presented to a son of the late General Sir W. Nott is that of Tutter ten, near Boston, Lincolnr hire, worth from £9OO to a £looo a year. His lordship, in announcing the presen tation, says—" I trust that you will be enabled by this increase of income to give that assistance to your sisters which your circumstances may warrant. It is as the son of Sir W. Nott, as well as iz the character of a deserving clergyman, that I have brought your name before her :Majesty." The Rev. C. B. Taylor, M.A., Rector of St. Peter's and Lecturer of St. Mary's Chester, has been presented by John Tollemache, Esq., M.P., to the vicarage of Acton, near Nantwich, in the diocese of Chester, vacant on the death of the Rev. R. Mayor. Subsequently an ex change has•been effected by which the rev. gent. become* Rector of Otley, Suffolk. in the diocese of Norwich. the patron being the Earl of Abergavenny, population 647, value £5lO. The Rev. F. Storr, M.A., appears in the clergy list as the Rector of Otley, and we presume he is the new Rector of Acton. BIDSTON CHURCH. —The parishioners of Bidston hare shown a laudable desire to raise their church from its hitherto much dilapidated condition. to somewhat near the level of the churches around. With this view several alterations and additions have been made internally. A. gallery has been erected at the sole, and voluntary, ex pense of the parish, for the accommodation of the children of the national schools. An crgan has been placed therein, the expense of which was defrayed ny subscription among the parishioners, aided by Hobert Vyner, Esq., the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Bart.. and the Rector. The organ was opened on Sunday the 30'1 ultimo, when two excellent sermons were preached, and most liberal collections made towards the funds. CHURCH PASTORAL•AID SOCIETT.—At the meeting of the General Committee on the 2d instant, five new grants for additional curates, one for a chaplain to the labourers on the North Staffordshire Railway, one for the incumbent of a new district not yet endowed, and three for lay-assistants, were made, the ten grants amounting to £985. The aggregate population under the ministerial charge of the incumbents aided is 52,000. The average amount of their incomes, £175. At the same meeting, thirteen grants for additional curates, and one for a lay-assistant were renewed, amounting to £1,429. The society now aids 297 incumbents, having under their ministerial charge a population of 2,083,611, or, each an average charge of above 7,000. while the aver age rate of their incomes is only £202. The grants pro vide stipends for 285 additional clergymen. and 64 lay assistants, calling for the expenditure of £31,028 when all the grants shall be in operation. The present actual Ha. bilities of the society are estimated at the rate of £26,000 per annum. prices : THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES Offers to lay 6 to 4 agst Slander, or to take 2 to 1 ; or take 2 to 1 about one bar one. ST. LEGER. Offers to back above thirteen to be at the post. A ten ner laid that both Sir Tatton and Brocardo are better fa vourites at the start than Fancy Boy. Three agst the field wanted. and Fancy Boy to be one. 100 to 36 agst Sir Tatton Sykes (taken) 450 —loo Brocardo (taken) 8 1 Fancy Boy (taken) 9 1 Traverser (taken and offered) 9 1 Grimston (taken and offered) 10 1 lago (offered, take 12) 13 1 Cranebrook (offered, 16 wanted) 15 1 Free Lance (offered) 20 1 Poynton (taken, 25 taken freely) 25 1 Sting (offered) 4 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's two taken to some money at the close. At a late hour there is a strong desire to bet on Fancy Boy ; 8 to 1 cannot be got ; 20 to 1 has been taken on Sting. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. There have been some pencillings during the week, but we saw little or nothing to-day. 6 to 1 agst J une (taken and offered) 7 1 Ennui (taken) 8 1 Quadruped (offered) 9 1 Morpeth (offered) 10 1 Fair Rosamond (offered) 123-1 Cranebrook (offered) DONCASTER CUP. Yesterday 4 to 1 to £5O was laid on the field. " ST. LEGER PROPHECY." BY " A THOROUGH-BRED In these times, when many persons try their hand at prophecying, we ourselves cannot allow the present op portunity to pass over unnoticed. To pick " THE WIN NER" of the Leger, from the extraordinary fluctuations so many horses have undergone, would indeed be a difficult task, were we not well convinced of the high capabilities of the animal we have in our " mind's eye"—his breed is spotless, and his performances the best of his, and the year—" lago the winner," Grimston second, and Sting as a " cockboat." Manchester, Sept. 11th. The match at cricket at Manchester. between eighteen of the Manchester club and eleven of " All England," was won by the former in a single inning, by 31 runs. Lord Henry Bentinck has had unprecedented success among the red deer, his lordship having already killed 16 stags, many of them of great size. CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—The number 72 seems to have been a favourite in several of the innings at the re cent great matches at cricket. The Sheffield men, in their second innings, obtained 72 ; the Manchester, in their first innings, scored 72 ; and the Leeds, in their first innings, also scored 72. SALE OF THE LATE BENTINCK STUD.—Tbe first divi sion of the leviathan stud lately purchased by Mr. Mos tvn, of Lord George Bentinck, was sold on Tuesday by Messrs. Tattershall ; it was numerously attended, excited a good deal of competition for a few of the prime lots, realised the satisfactory total of 3,195 guineas. ROCK FERRY REGATTA.—We perceive that a regatta will be held at the Royal Rock Ferry, on Friday, the 25th instant. Six prizes are announced—the Mersey Plate for Yachts; a cup for the four-oared boats of amateurs; a purse for boatmen; a prize for ships' gigs; a purse for boats rowed by women ; and a sculling prize for the punts of flats. In order to prevent accidents, the gentlemen's rowing boats entered fur the Rock Ferry Cup are to have at least 4-feet beam. GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR FIFTY SOVEREIGNS —The great half-mile match, which has for some time been pending between Jenkinson, of London, and Cun ningham, of Stockport, was decided on Monday, at Mitcham. The backers of Jenkinson were very sanguine of his success, and risked large sums of money on the race. The start was at a splitting pace. Jenkinson took the lead, which he maintained more than half the distance, and, to all appearance, had winning certain, when Cun ningham shot out, passed his opponent, and ran in the winner by four yards. FISHING MATCH.-At Warrington, on Monday, the disciples of Izaak Walton were all on the qui vice for the settlement of the long-pending match for £2O, between six members of the Salford Piscatorial Society and six members of the Warrington Fishing Club. The condi tions were, that they should fish in the river Weaver. between Acton-bridge and Winsford, from six o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in the afternoon, those c aching the greatest weight of fish to be the winners. At the close of the day, and on the fish being weighed up, it was found that the members of the Salford Club had caught 54 lb. weight, and that the members of the War rington Club had caught 361 lb. weight. The Salford men thus winning by l7t lb. weight. LAW INTELLIGENCE. DEATH BY ACCIDENTS.—On the 26th ultimo, the act (9 and 10 Victoria, c. 93) for compensating the families of persons killed by accidents came into operation. An action can now be maintained against any person or com pany causing death through neglect or default. It must be commenced within 12 months of the death of the party, and be brought in the name of the executor or adminis trator of the deceased for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent, or child of the person killed. The act does not apply to Scotland. BREACH OF PROMISE OF. MARRIAGE.-011 Thursday last, an inquiry of damages, in an action for breach of promise of marriage, was held in the County Court, be fore Mr. Brandt, assessor. Tne action was brought by Miss Harriet Cooke, daughter of a gentleman residing at Cborlton-upon-Medlock ; and the defendant was a Mr. Samuel Turner, who, a short time since, carried on busi ness as a silk-dyer at Collyhurst, but is now superintend ing an establishment in Manchester. The fair plaintiff is, we understand, about thirty years of age, and the defend. ant is somewhere about forty. For twelve months an intimacy existed between the parties, which eventually ripened into mutual love. But in this case, as in many others, the course of true love did not run smooth, for although the defendant had promised the plaintiff mar riage, nay, had actually published the banns in the Old Church, Manchester, and invited the wedding-guests, he suddenly broke off the connexion, without assigning any cause whatever for his singular conduct. This took place in January last, and on the 4th or sth of February he married another lady.—Verdict for plaintiff, the damages £l5O. Mr. l'ollock, barrister, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Green, barrister, for defendant.—Man. Courier. ---.•.- G A S. ROLLS COURT, SEPTEMBER 11 (Before the Right Honourable the Master of the Rolls.) HAINES V. WESTERN GAS LIGHT CO. AND OTHERS This was an application, made by special leave of his Lordship, for an injunction by the plaintiff, Mr. A. Haines, of Kensal-house, Kensal-green, to restrain the defend ants, the Western Gas-light Ccmpany, from proceeding with the erection of their gas works, and from manufac turing gas upon a piece of land situate within 90 yards of the plaintiff 'a freehold mansion and grounds, on which he had expended a very large sum of money, and which, as the bill alleged, would completely destroy the value of the plaintiff's property as a place of residence for himself or any respectable family. Mr. Roupell and Mr. Welford, for the plaintiff, stated the outline of the case, and that the allegations of the bill were supported by affidavits of the plaintiff, and nu merous scientific and practical witnesses. Mr. Swanston and Mr. Heathfield, for the company, stated that the defendants had only commenced digging foundations for some buildings upon their own land, and that they had only received notice of this motion on Wed nesday afternoon. They asked that the motion should be allowed to stand over until the second seal of next Mi. chaelmas term. The Master of the Rolls.—When will your works be ready for making gas? You must satisfy me that you do not intend to do anything to create a nuisance to the plaintiff in the meantime. • Mr. Swanston.—The only affidavit tiled on the part of the Company, states that gas cannot be made on the pre mises before next December. The Master of the Rolls.---No nuisance then has yet been created ? Of course the defendants must have time to answer the plaintiff's affidavits, but they must remem ber that the plaintiff having taken the most effectual means of impeaching their proceedings, it will be for the company to consider whether they will throw away their money in erecting buildings which they may never be able to bring into use. The motion was accordingly directed to stand over until Michaelmas Term next, the plaintiff being at liberty to apply in the meantime, in the event of any nuisance being created.—London paper. THE CJURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD, The Court returned to Osborne House on Wednesday morning, after her Majesty's marine excursion. Arrangements have been making for some time past for a grand entertainment to be given by her Majesty, at Os borne House, on Friday, the 25th instant. Lord Stanley and the Hon. E. Stanley are expected to arrive in the course of a few days at Latham House, the seat of Lord Skelmersdale, in Lancashire, from Drum mond Castle, Perthshire, where the noble lord has been enjoying the sports of the season. THE QUEEN AN ANXIOUS WlFE.—During his Royal Highness's absence from the Victoria and Albert on Monday, on a visit to the mines, her Majesty (says another paper) was observed to be very nervous, and after the hour of his proposed return, two p.m., one or other of the gen tlemen of the suite was continually with a glass in his hand, reporting moment by moment the movements on the shore, as indicative of the Prince's arrival back. The Prince appeared to have some sense of her Majesty's anxiety by driving on at once to the pier, instead of wait ing at the Polytechnic-hall. THE ROYAL YACHT.—If anything could render the sea agreeable to those whose stomachs are always deranged bY the motion of the vessel, the luxurious accommodation of the Victoria and Albert would do so ; there is a beautiful suite of apartments, so perfect in all their appointments, that, but for cer'ain ivory handles inserted in the wails to hold by when there is any great motion, it is almost im possible to fancy yourself on board ship. All the rooms are hung with chintz ; bed, bedroom, dressing rooms. drawing, dining rooms, all chintz ; and it has a very light and elegant effect. Exclusion is. however, the "order of the day." and the captain and lady in waiting, &c., are rarely bidden to the royal table. The Queen and Prince always breakfast alone in the little house on deck, in which a sliding table is inserted ; that is, when his royal highness can eat any breakfast, which is not always the case.— Cheltenham Looker-on. THE PRINCE OF WALES A MIDDY.—On Saturday the Prince's name was entered on the ship's books of the Victoria and Albert. The event was celebrated by a tre ble allowance of grog to the crew, who drank to the suc cess of the young officer. It is usual to muster the crews of her Majesty's vessels every Sunday morning, and the Prince in his new character was not exempt from thisduty. The Prince's outfit was not of an extravagant character it consisted of only one white duck jacket and trowsers and one blue suit, the former soiled by the youngster's pranks on deck. He was bound to appear neat and trim at muster on the Sunday morning, and this he was enabled to do by the good nature of the captain of the foretop, who washed the white jacket and trousers on Saturday night, and dried them by the fire, and for want of a mangling ap paratus or an ironing box, sat on them to get them smooth, giving them all the appearance of a first-rate man-of-war's wash. Lord Fitzclarence, on Sunday morn ing, when all hands were called to muster, noticed the cleanly appearance of the attire, and, on inquiry, learned this little circumstance, which, on being repeated to her Majesty, was the subject of much amusement to the Queen and Prince Albert.—Globe. On Monday morning Prince Albert landed from the royal yacht at Falmouth, and proceeded to chit the ►Mun sted copper mine and the Polheron Consol's tin mines at St. Agnes. In the afternoon the Queen embarked on board the Fairy, and proceeded about ten miles up the river Fal to Truro. On Wednesday morning the royal squadron left Falmouth, and anchored two hours after wards in the little harbour of Fowey. Three carriages and four were there waiting to convey the Queen and Prince Albert to Restorrnel Castle, the property of the Prince of Wales, a noble ruin of the seat of the ancient Dukes of Cornwall. After inspecting the castle, the Queen pro ceeded to the Restormel iron mine, where her Majesty and Prince Albert entered one of the ore carts, lined with green baize, and were drawn by eight miners 200 fathoms into the recesses of the mine. The Queen alighted from her cart and witnessed the process of hewing the ore. Prince Albert also took a lesson in the art of using the hammer, and various specimens of ore were conveyed away. After examining the residence of Mr. Trefoy, the royal party re•embarked at Fowey on board the Victoria and Albert, which immediately put to sea; and at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning the Queen and Prince Albert, with the royal family, landed at Osborne pier. THUNDER STORM.—Leeds and the greater part of the West Riding of Yorkshire were visited by a tremendous storm on Monday afternoon last. Rain for a short time fell in torrents, accompanied by vivid lightning and loud claps of thunder, which followed each other in rapid suc cession. The storm approached from the south, and crossad the country in a south-easterly direction. As it was but of short duration less damage was done than might have been expected from its fury. Harvest opera tions, where carrying on, were stopped for the day, and in some few instances considerable damage has been done to the second crops of hay, which are in the course of being obtained pretty generally throughout the county, and on the old meadow lands as well as on those of seeds or clover. A poor woman, who had just returned from attending a funeral, and was in the act of undressing her self in her own house, near Pudsey, about four miles from Leeds, was struck by the electric fluid and killed on the spot. At Birkisland, a double cottage, occupied by a shopkeeper, named James Rook, was struck. The electric fluid entered the roof and cracked the wall down to the bottom story, knocking several bricks out of the wall over the fire-place in the chamber. The inmates happily es caped with a severe fright. Some sheaves of corn in a field near Allerton were struck by lightning, and burned to the ground. A dwelling-house on Moorhouse Moor was also struck, but no damage was done beyond the breaking of a quantity of pots and most of the class in the windows. The mill chimney of Mr. Simeon Townend, of Thornton, received some damage. The electric fluid de scended the chimney,after loosening a few stones near the top, forced open the doors of the fire-places near the boilers, and knocked down the engineer, who happened to be in the doorway of the engine -house. He, however, re ceived no injury. The lightning also entered a cottage in the village, by going down the chimney, but happily no person was injured. A horse was killed in the neighbour hood of Birkenshaw, and several other disasters occurred. The inhabitants of Farsley and Bromley declare that the storm was the severest within their recollection. At Farsley, Jonas Hargreaves, cloth weaver, was knocked down and stunned by the lightning, but was not greatly injured. His house and web were also slightly damage d at the sam e ti me . I n Brarnley the electric fluid struck to four or five places. It broke upwards of ninety squares of glass in the house of Mr. Cowlson. A person who had been weaving cloth had just left his seat when it was struck and shivered to pieces.