The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

RAILWAY MEETINGS.

GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE.
The report of the directors to be submitted to tile half-
yeerly meeting of the employ to-day dates that cored-
storable progress bit bees made in con.tructing the line 1
north of Dumfries towards Its junction with the Ayrshire
Railway ; and ft is for their mutual interest to have the
whole I.ne comeleted with the least possible delay. Thos
works between Dumfries sad Closeburs (about two miles
from Thornhill) are so far advanced u to allow of the is-
mediate opening of this portion of the line' which will secure
nearly the whole traffic to be expected from Thornhill.
The portion, however, between Closeburn and Thornhill
cannot be completed for several months. The new con-
tractor foe the Drundanrig tunnel is proceeding vigorously
with I-s construction, and has bound himself to complete it
by the lit of October, 1350. The contract may be regarded
as the key to the whole line. The sceeding tract
emitinues the line to Sanguhar, ands is nearlyco n
com-
pleted. The works on the line between Saegubar and Oid
Curt:mock have beet undertaken by able and responsible
contractors for an aggregate sum of about 61,0001., being
greatly under the estimate. Thew contracts, wish one ex-
ception, are to be finished by the let of October, 1850. The
directors will devote great attention to the expenditure in
formieg the stations between Dumfries and Cumnnek, so at
to avoid unnecessary outlay of every deseriptioa. The board
have made a new arraegement, by which the superintemseuce
of the whole works. including thugs still nnfi.iished on the
Ayrshire line, is placed under two properly. guatiti el resident
engineen, in immediate communication with the directors,
from whom their instructlins will emanate. The accounts
to the 3: at of July show that 805,2341. had been received,
of which 716,9391. way expended in the construction of the
line, 67,4871. legato the Ayr Company, and 21,3.581. invested
in shares, leaving a balance against the company of 9,4881.

Essr ANGLIAN.
Yesterday the semi ball-yearly meeting of the proprie-
tors of this mammy was held at the London Tavern,
Bishopegatostmet. The chair was °wield by IL Blocs,
ighe CHAIRMAN commend the promediegs by stating
that dam the last meeting four of the direeton—namel7.
Mlisre.Whiting, Clay, Teatime, and Wheeler—had resigned
their seats at the board.
The SECRETARY then read the &Dewing report of the
directon:
" We have the satisfaction to inform you that the bill, to
T which yea met here in June, has received the royal
mere. This set grants an extension of time for !oakum
the li* frm El to St. Ives, and authorises the company to
effect this important otrject by means of arrangements for
leasing the line from parties who any be disposed to invest
espied in its construe:ion. it also authorises the conversion
of the bond dsbt into share capital, and the raising of
M 1,7261. 10s. for paying the liabilities of the company, by
means of the imus of new shares bearing
of 7 interest at the rate
um and ureferenc to an other sres
P" "nt. Per We eaobjecti f
of the company. li • feel um est that hen the or
which this set was obtained are carried out, the anticipa-
tions reguding its beeefieili effects on the value of your
property will be fully realised.
" We have elan very great satisfaction in informinic you
that the Norfolk Estuary Bill It
pasted into a law. f hose
oaly who are stegeainted with the trade of Lynn can esti-
mate the importance of this measure to that port, and, con-
sequently, to our mews's. The anxiety evinced by the
corporatioe, merchants, aod leaders of Lynn :or the games I
of this project, affords the beat criterion of the vette slashed
to it, and which, whin carried into effect, roust give to the
port of Lyon that importance to which its geographical posi-
tion evidently eetides it.
Tee Eastern Counties' Company having erooglet into par-
liament a bill to authorise the annlemolie of that co
mapaed
any
with the Norfolk Company, tn which bill were i
chums iecreasing to a considerable extent the rates legally
chargeable by the latter company, else giving them entails
powers which, if exercised, would prove iejurious to your
trate, we telt our elves compelled, by a due regard for your
later eta, to oppose that bill, which was consequently rsjected
ter a committee of the Lords. As
exanivation of the chart.
will enable you rally to estimate the difficult volition in wheels
your lines would have been placed bad the Eastern Coned,'
Competty. who already mesas the port of Wisbeeb, obtained
so large an interest in yo,moUng the trade of Yarmouth and
Lowestoft, to the prejudice of Lynn and of your railways,
which the advanced tolls sought to be leguliwd would have
easbled them effectually to have accomplished.
"We have ever been torsions is enter into equitable ar-
rangements with all acij Ming companies for the improve-
ment of th• waffle of our districts, to our mutual benefit; t tat
pest experience has might us the necessity of having all
arra, gement, of this nature legaily binding. No progress
has yet been made in the a 'justment of the revs ral matters
that have so long be-n arranged for submilsion to the decision
of erbiums:cm ;we have exprened tee the new bo of the
matters Counties C mepany our anxious desire to have these
matters settled, and we have been assured that teey shell
receive their early attention.
"The revenue secntset for the haltyearerding 30th June,
1849, ealsibite a diminished amount of receipts, as compared
with the half-year imen.thati ly preceding. 'fe'• omen ethic,
have led to the decrease have teem time to time sets the
inhjectorinvestigetion by the beard, and they have been femur
'aridly to hem arisen free: the bed harvest of lest pm r,
which, together with the first comment !meet or free trade in
min, has produced that err me degree et depresiien white
Les "meet ed through every branch of trade in the thunth a
of Sortu;'s and Cambridge, and we believe in the
agrivalterel dietticte gerieratly. The advance &sanded
by the Eestern Counties' Company In their rate% for the con-
wriste of cool, and other heavy nevem, while the rats
by enter have been considerably reduesel, has alio had en
tnj .ricus effort on cur mafile. The lithieect of an abun-
dant LIZTI st, and the p ming of the Neteut Eg'nary Am,
give us good 'pounds for cepewing that the tr.the derive the
current eta months will rad a more satiates:tory enure. With
renegue* to the expeoehture, we have sadist in in eehieg
your extent on to trio re tuc'ion in the c.nstroptien of coke,
oil, eta, In the locomotive department awl at the atveral
rations. The item carriage an wigged mire,' and
' Oulu; also show a c naiderelee dim:untioa. 'lt pairs of
permanent wee' anow on inutaza, none to the 1% ince o
Bruns and the line irons Siraffhem to Searle keying come
under the compauveo charge. We have been meintaieir is
the tit. I- s six meeilluo 63 miles of line, of which went 21
miles are Kouble, and the cost has averaged Itheut GU. per
mile p r ftP.RIIOI, hien:ling et:vire to aidis fr. Tee coo of
60 miles, 73 20 chaies, is eluding wereeeu gets
lolgteete, ant tlo, ex .e- sire area and landing accernmeile-
ter., at the harbour will amount to about 18,0001. per tulle,
withoot any additional charge for sidings.
" MARRO( Blue it.—This has hob( ire been very unpile
Stable, p irtly owing to the circuuntarice of the line pinnate
at a considerable distance from the villages, and tin fen
roads being so Ind in wit weather, that tee tranmert
of
;train to the melees has been frsqw toffy impeactiessbie.
This road; aro row heirs; greatly Immoral by mean. ~f
extensive supplin of chalk and ;a is:l, which we are &liver.
log at very moderate rat s, and we expect that the consolida-
tion of e roads will tend grin ly to increase the traffic.
ST. PIRA AND UUNTINUDON.—Tess line continues to
be used by the Ender* Counties coiareny, but the lemon,
ration triseh than compsey is to receive has net yet b.:. n
settled ; this matter forma part ot the before-mention:et
aummeat of reference. The veluo el this portion of sour
property will be reedy improved by the swathe ot toe
Greet Northern lies to Huntingil in ; and, if the oriein -I
p.an be completed, by making the .the seem Ely to :it. Ives,
tee veins your entire property soil: ho cons:Jerald; in-
creased.
" kIARII4I/1( BRANCH AND STATION --Veil considerable
improverseu.e have been (dented iu this important pr.rtioa
of your propetty, by whi a very extensive import as
capon trade can be conducted with ter at t ennomy and
dee eatch. The arrangement formerly meetioned an haven
been made with the owners of the Bo et'egreen and of :••r
cellieriet, by which they were to trent 24 coke ovens. len
been fully carried out, and the coke for the compeey's we
eat, during the Mt ten days, been supplied from tneee oven..
This tinn has also establiehed a coal detelt, and norchinvy
for loading and, which will enable them to carry on a trey
extensive teethe oa our lines.
"I he company's bonds to a censidereble amount have
Cahn due, the hi Hers of which have acted with the
greatest tothearence. It is now the imerative duty of the
company to provide funds for their redepmptin.
"It having been understood to be the wish of the pro-
prietors that the number ot direetora should ha reduced, a
acs elution to that effect will be euemitteid to the meeting."
The SECRETARY next Teti the auditer's repro,
in
which tker recommended that the accounts of the company
should in future be k pt in a less number of books; that the
be ks and accounts be open for inspection at alt reasonable
time.; that reductions be made in the annual salaries for I
otti era ; that the line he effectually worked by contract; and
that at the end of the present year a detailed account should
bo submitted of the liabilities of tee c-impeny.
The CHAIRMAN, after having commented upon these
various suggestion', said that the report of the auditors
would be laid before the general board, and that it would
receive due attention.
A very satisfactory report from Mr. run, relative to the
traffic on the East Anglian Reiterate', was nest reed, in which
he gave it as his opinion that, with improved menegement,
the waffle on portion% of the line might or easily doubled.
The report of the auditors was ordered to be printed and
circulated with the proceedings of the dry, and it was left to
the disnetion of the directors to print and duellist Mr.
Pelee report, if they should think it advisable so to do.
Upon the motion of Mr. BROADBENT the four follow-
ing
admen were sleeted members of the board in the
place of those who retired :—W. Tinker, Esq., of Hyde,
Chothire • Mr. Chadwick, of Manchester ; Mr. Print, of
Hua ; aid Ida. Bates, of Leeds.
The report of the directors was then adopted unanimously.
Mr. BROADBENT moved that the report of the com-
mittee of investigation, which has already been made public,
be received end adopted.
Mr. ALBEROA thought the report of the committee was
after all a very flimsy aril imperfect at demon*. As men of
bulimia he should have thought they would have gone into
every d'tall of interest to the company.
The report was then received.
The CHAIRMAN said that a cell of 31. would be turn,
dint on all the amount of shares. He hoped the effect of
this meeting would be to class the remainder of the prefe-
rence shares to be taint up rapidly.
A SHAREHOLDER asked „what was the real amount
now required by the company ?
The t,HAIKHHAN remied that there was a large amount
of the bends already overdue, but the holder" were very in-
dulgent ; but as it was uncertain how many of them could
be renewed, and how many of the shar,s weuld be taken up,
that question could not be anew, red at present. It the calls
Weis raid generally, they would be in easy eirciamstances.
Attie tome other observations, the resolution of Mr. Bates
was paosee, and a vote of thanks wee riven to the chairman
and directors and to the committee, when the meeting ad-
journed.

LLYN VI VALLEY.
Yesterday the kit-yearly general meeting of this cons•
piny was held at the of 449, WM-strand—W. MAT-
11111W11, Esq., in the chair.
The Stet/MAT MCI the following report:
" Since the lest half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in
February, 1549, the disectere have the satisfaction to rep arc
that • small items in the beanie, and revenue of the rail
way has token place, and though that is but slight, they are
willing to receive it as enindication of • gradual revival from
the depressed condition under which the district through
which the line passes has been for so long suffaing, end
on the prosperity of which the railway so much de-
pends. The pr spec', too, of an early openina of a
contiguous portion of the S,eirli Wales Railway, it may
be reasonable expected, will be opening extended mar-
kets for the produce of the district., and materially
increase the tonnage on the Hoe. The directors will embrace
every practicable opportunity availing themselves of any
advantages that may effer. The accompanying statement of
the last her )ear's receipts and expenditure having been
examined end approved by the auditors are submitted here-
with for your consderat.on and approval. It will be ob-
served by en ieepeetion of these acoounts that the smell in-
gress* of revorue lose been more than counterbalanced by
the unavoidable payments of the poet half-year, of which
those for rates and teees form the cos -f item. Appeals have
been made agaiest some of thaw assessments, and • partial
reduction obtedied. It is hoped that a still further diminu-
tion may be effected io these branches of expeuditure.
The nett profit available for a dividend for the
ball-year is 1,1191. 14s. :31., and the directors recommend
that & dividend at the rate of 21 per cc- t. per annum upon
the paid-up capital of the company be declared, without pre.
jedies to the deices made on behalf of the holden of new
paid-up clock created under the Amaleamsion Act, the
same I.llVslllllll to 9111. 17e. 71 , which will leave • below: of
1771. 16s. Si,. u hich it is cooposod to carry to the eraolit of
the Tan"' account. In compliance with the wish of the
propeirto-s at the lest general meetieg, the bill then bet ere
parliament for an extrusion of time Inc the exercise of the
power, granted under the Act of interpretive was imme-
diately withdrew' , and no further expense incurred. A.
t. earde the e- einecrirg department of the lice cad
port, the directors hays now to report, in refer-
ence to the first, that every WO and means have beets
taken to sustain and improve the road for the verve
oieue or the existing traffic, it being cons:dereol prudent to
efc:er any extensive alterations nail the (peeing of the
South \Vele.' Railway shell hove indicated their extent and
cheese.: r. As regards the tort, VITO forth' r outlay this
rammer has been male in the breakwater, which has toen
a '<led to the c.pit.l account, and what has been expended
in fillitog up the ie.torstices of the rents of which it is foe med
with coucrcte, an op ration found most if. tenet in pre-
venting t-. it dieplaceuret by the effect of the boisterous
fah s experienced f n the South Webb coast. Tnie point is
referred to mere at length in the report of the diro eters iu
Anew', ISIS."
The Cuelustaw, in =ovine the adoption of the report,
sail that althoueh the circumstances of tee Compony
cleft
not permit him to contratulate the shareholders cn a !vote
Livid o.d, he thought that, looking the eutworrion of viol-
ent, dynasties and the prostration of large c ,nspanits which
coo'tae d onfertunately witneend theyey had reason to
Th rnt with the sate position which ceeopbd.
re,oort was agreed to, as was • divid eel at the
rate of 21 :sof scut. per annum for the last half-year. Some
of the old p-o,rietoros present protest d sexiest this dividend
sari thead tit et it excluded them from a d:vieleed of 5
pee econ.. to which they conceived themselves to be entitled.
Tne i roceediegs then termiared.

IRELAND.

LEEDS AND BRADFORD.

-- -
Yesterday the half yearly Fewest meeting of the pro-
prietors in this line of railwav was held in the board room at
Midland Station, Leeds. The attendance was very small.
JOHN' WADDINONAM, Ellq., the chaisman of the board of
directors, presided.
Mr. RATLIFF, the iecretaty, read the statement of an-
manta, from which it appeared that the expenditure to the
21st December, 1848, wat 1,270,2301. 3s. d,; siuce paid
106,6621. Bs. 51.; total payments te the present
.time,
1,376 8121. Its. 61. The roceipte had been, prior to
the 31st December last, 1,275,3411. Bs. Il.i. ; since
received, 126,1481. 17s. 83., making the total receipts
1,344,2281. 6s. 7d.
The statement of accounts, en the motion of the Duran-
MAN, was anprnved and adopted.
The CHAIRMAN then, after alluding at considerable
length to the ',abject of the lease of the Leeds and bradtord
Railway to the Midland Company, and justifying the con-
duct +hie' he himself had pursued in retaining his seat at
the Midland board, though he will a Leeds and Bradford
abarenolder, moved a !notation declaring a dividend for
the hall-year ending June 30,1849, of 21. 10s. per SOL share,
less Lootne-tax, ands dividend to be payable on the 30:h

inr4ant.
Mr. J. RHODES. Leeds, maid that, to his own know-
ledge, Mr. WaVingham bad originally made every exertion
to procure the construction of the Leeds and Bradford line
as en extension of the Midland, and, upon th plan e of
getting the public to take shuns. gulinnteed a mum
I •ividend of 4 per cent. by the Midl :n4 Company.
The resolution dechring the dividend was then carried,
and after an unimportant conversation toe meeting ter-
mimated.

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1849.

Tim LINEN CAMBEICB 0? IRELAND.—Not uncon-
nected with her most gracious Majesty's recent visit to Bel-
fast may be mentioned that the chief supply of cambric
pocket-handkerchiefs hu long been drawn from Ireland,
tor, by a return moved for by Mr. Alderman sidney,
the other day, it appears Oast Francs has long ceased to sup.
ply any quantity, the return of imports brine—in 1842
12,139 pieces; in 1843, 14,307; in 1844, 14,032 ; in 1846
(when the duties were reduced), 10,679; in 1847, 19.222 ;
in 1848, 31,029. This latter increase ben been owing to a
very light gauzy fabric becoming fashionable, not yet manu-
factured in Belfast. The is-exports have, of course, been
but bmitsd of French cambric handkerchiefsviz.: in 1846,
23 pieces ; in 1847, 206; in 1848, 22.

CLERICAL—
VAcAscias.--Prohus, V., Cornwall, dio. Exeter ; 5091.,
with resident".
St. Andrew's, P. C., Plymouth, dio. Exeter ; 1151 ; pat ,
Vicar of Plymouth.

NAVAL.
ADMIRALTY, AtIOUBT 23. AgromassaNTS.—To Sphynx
—Commander: H. &bomber*. Lieutenant: H. P. Kont-
sm. Mosta : T. W. Sulwin. Purser :R. B. Robins.
Clerk: R. T. Raines. Gunner : J. Tomey. Butswain : J.
Wallace. Carpenter: H. Wise.
PROMOTION.—To be commander: J. H. Kay.
FORTSIROUTH, AVOCBT 23.—The Russian frigate arrived
on Tuesday is the Pallu, Commodore Norden, from Cron-
'Wit, for Madeira; she saluted the garrison and port admiral
yesterday morning, at 0.30, the compliment being returned
from Victory and platform b Mary. The officers, yesterday,
visited the dockyard.—Lightniog, U.-v., arrived yesterday
from Devonport, sad sailed again for Wool aies.—Arrogset,
st.-fg., has been Waal otat ot dock, and Flyieff Fish token
into doek.—Tne Lords of the Admiralty will arrive here on
Saturday neat.
DSVONYOUT, AUGUST 22.—The Persian, 12, whi
ch ar-
rived here on Sunday, was paid advance on Monda and
alter !rude natal f. r the West Ind es —Sinbad lighter at rived
hare yesterday, wills stores, tram Portsmouth.—Hound, sloop,
was p aid off yeatnday.—Advent sore, store-ship,P.W, l'it.gton
master, arrived here on Monday b .und for Ascension, with
stores.—Alarm, 26, was commissioned this day ; she is to
have a complement of 230 men.—V.Flllillll, steamer, left this
day, in charge of Mr. biar.M, the masts of the Car a met,
and crew, wilt Mr. Brown and a putt' in his charge, to
navigate the Greenock, new iron steamer, from G. cancel' to
this port. —ln the Sound : Adventure. In Barnpool :
In harbour : Impr.gns')!e, Agincourt, Dlrdelu., Crane, Lin-
net, Confiner, toe Sylph tender, Jack, Sinbad, Ilamosz•,
and Tortoise lighters.

SP 0 I:TING.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.
WEDNE7.49 1.17 S 12,10 ES ;coseLt-oroi.
The following is a return of the races d.cided after our
parcel was dovatched, the results of which were trabsruitted
by electric telegraph :
COLT BAPLIM.: STAKES of 50 SOTS. each, 20 ft, for 2.yr-
oils, Sat 71b each. Ono mile. (10 subl.l
Mr. Jacques's Sliliew (V. Baler)
Lord Zetlentr- Centeb (J. Mersea) 2
7 to 4 on ldil :eer, who won a very severe raga by a Ecul.
Run in 2 min 2 tee].
Enos. ST. LEGER STARER of 25 PATS wish, with 100 saws
added for the accord ; cults, Sat 71b; fist 31b; wiu.
news eats. I. Too mile*. 44 subs.
Lard fglintou's Ylthirou, S t 71b ..... (Marlow) I
Lead 4:brace's Ifor.eyciinb, ,et lelb (Ito. ism) 2
Oilonel An Chatapl,n, Mt 7lb (r. Butler) 3
Bettind :-7 to 4on Awn rn yo.b and srt 2 incr. R,thiron.
The rare was entirely between the two favuuntea, Rlth:r4u
winnir.g by a rock. Run in 3 rain 52 sec..
YORKSHIRE OAIS STAKES of 15 iu.sa. each, 5 ft; f. r 3 vr
old Silks, ho' 71b cacti ; lOU sows added, the second t r‘. c*ive
40 eon and the third save his stake. One mile and a gnat,
toe. (61 subs.)
Lord Zettand's Olen MeDiktre. est 7lb
Mr. Patti...es Maid of Teem Vol ey, Est
31r. B. Green's I wly e.varior, Set nib
Colonel Ante's Bonbon, h-t
Mr. B. Wo's DAT %CH. n, Set ;Kb ....
Ounnt Bethy.usy's Xrie, ..

(J. 31 z.om) 1
Ma. ,w) 3
(V. Batley) 3
. (Flatolark) 4
.. 1 Pettit) 5

Dessau, Arovas. 23,
Tice amounts in the various local journals about the
potato crop are cootie' ing, hut the private accuunts
are encouragiug. The weather continues to be
waterbed wits rt,..xiety, and is just now a etNect of
importance. The season seems sets fair, and we are
enjoying a ripening harvest sun, so the a f•tv days
of such waathcr would make all safe. We have now
arrived at a E eltiod much later than that cat which in
previous ,eArs tLc potato tot appeared. The follow-
tng remarks are from the Ihiblin PO as:
The cirsumstance that we have reached the 22nd of Au-
gust, and that the re is still considerable doubt as to the re-
appears. et ots 'light in the potato to any very destructive
piece, is of itmlf calculated to afford no smell townie:ion ;
for, dudes the last three years, the disease exhibited unmis-
takeehle symptoms of its el. sulatine presence over a large
tract of c tuutry at a period of the season much anterior to
that at which we now write.
We have carefully examined the accounts that have reached
as Oa ugh the provincial journals, and which we transfer iron
day to day to our columns ; and the ( occlusion which we glean
from an attentive perusal of these agricultural reports is that
the tuoers are still sound (with serf slight exceptions),
but that in many counties dieceloration of the leaves and
stems has been extensively observed. It milt be remarks d
that the accounts most calculated to cause alma are those
I from the north-east. In Down and Antrim cansider..ble
fears seem to prevail. From Donesal the a:counts are cm-
flictirg. Throughout the rest of the country the great ma-
jority .1 the accounts are calculated to inspire the hope that
the crop will be spared. As a scientific fact it is deserving
of notice that the districts in which the display of atmo-
spheric electricity has been most frequent, base
presented in the greatest degree examples of the
discoloured leaf. Agrieultur.el authorities state that
this discolouration is not • certain sign of the presence
of disease, and the examination of the tubers of the die-
eoloured plants often coutirms this view ; but it must 'be
observed that the sputa indicate the approach of disease, and
thence arises the necessity of ocrisideri.l what coarse should
be ad .pt-d wi.h respect to these hails in which diaceoura-
tion has appeared.
It is b. zaniest'. to offer advice on • matter of such vital
imp stance ; but it would seem that the safest remedy yet
suggested Is to pull up the stalks—net merely to man them
down. Tea may be done with safety in light soils; but in
Deasy land it may be necessary to cast • little fresh mould
over the beds after the stalks have been pulled, to make
the surface even, and prevent water from lod-ing on it;
as thus would inevitably cause the tubers in the Carta to rot.
Oa this matter, however, the practical agriculturist, and not
the journalist, must be consulted.
Passing from the agricultural to the social view this
momentous subject, it is a fearful thing to think how many
theusends of lives arc in this country perilled on the success
or failure of the potato. A nation is staked on the cut of a
die. E irly in the season we strongly advised that the potato
'toted not be each:Mealy relied upon. Toe universality of
p ,Cato cultivation has led to numerous social evils in
Ireland. To return to a system which leaves no sub
b that' in the eau of a failure of the scot, now proved
by dire experience to be v. ry precarious, mutt lead to most
fatal results. The people will feel each sear that they stand
upon the verge of • precipice. The potato well deserves the
farmer's care along with other esculents; but to surrender
all the national energies to its cultivation fatally depresses
the condition of the peasantry. We trust that if • season of
plenty be decreed for us, the respite will be used in entice-
vauring to turn national attention to a more mixed cultiva-
tion of the toil, thus preveating, as far as human foresight
can, the recurrence of these calamities, which have resulted
from national dependence upon a single article of diet, and
that holding .o humble a peattioa in the teak of human fond.
The wallah here is very unwholesome, and there is
a great quantity of sickness throughout Dublin. The
Brewing Post hes a return of the burial receipts for
two cemeteries, which show a fearful difference bo-
tweet, the public health at this time and during the
same period 12 months since. From the 20th July,
1848, to 17 h August. the receipts for burials at
Golden-bridge and Prosp:ct were 196/. 15s. 9d., and
for the some vericd during the present year, the re-
ceipts have been 5201.19 e. 93.
A great change is taking place in the internal con-
dition of the workhouses throughout the country.
During the last month not leas thanl,ooo paupers left
the Limerick workhouse. 5,000 out-door paupers
have been struck off the lists, and in Tralee the num-
brs have fallen from 11,000 to 4,00. In the Castle-
rea union, in the county of Itoecommon, 6,000 names
have beer struck off.

wAlkint over

THE QUEEN'S VISIT.—The Banner of Ulster con-
tains the following anecdote of the visit of ber Majesty to
Belfast :—A corpora of the 67th, who was on guard at the
Royal Pavilion, on the occasion of her Majesty'. visit, has
been honourably mentioned in g 1 orders, and warmly
recommended to the notice of his commanding officer, for
having dischargrl, in a firm and soldierlike manner his duty
as sentinel, in preventing the ingress to the pavilion of •
person of title (a noble 1 nd, owner of a property in a part
or DOWneinre, not twenty mire from Behest, as unattsched
offioer of Ordner.ce), who, although not dreseed according
to the regulations insitted upon obtrading himself into the
prance of 1141.4.

V-1850.
25 to 1 agst Epirote
itat
YOKKSUIRE STAKES.
unnyaira.

tsattiv.o.
7 to 4 on L oiy Superior. and 5 to 2 NO Ellen Micsicton.
Won by a tend; the Maid of Tram beatintr the
favourite by about two leryths ; a bad fourth.. Run
in 2 min. 19 secs. Under en intprtmion that she w told
only have tb ctry the 71'). p n 4ty for wmuing the Oak*,
L" rd Chestertieid sent L oly Er, la to run f. r tale ert.mgc-
mer.t; the stewards, however, basing decided that the nava
wail( its woe aecumuistier. and that she would hove to
carr 111 b. stns. his iordst.ip withdrew. Tue ad nis
lookey d upon by many posits as spposed to precedent, and
to the intention of the s-ti.let.
LATEST BETTING ON THE ELOR HANDICAP.
It to 2 agst Glen Saddle I 7to 1 'gat Wmt...tw
to I 12leniale 12 to 1 Melton
7 to 1
No other mentioned.
'THURSDAY.
CHESTERFIELD ILINDiCar of 10 ans. each and 60 added.
1 mle. (20 rubs.)
Mr. Lillie's Spithead, 6 yrs, 7d711.1 (Simpson) I
Lord thfilen's Comm Lord. 3 yrs, fht 6th (Docktroj 2
Mr. le:swoon's lislatil.er, 4 yrs, .t Ifilb (kneed) 3
Mr. WoHendens P.ot termer', 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Charlton) 4
Mr. Peoley's Fellow Commoner, 3 yrs, eat lib (W. sharp) 3
Bettie g : 7 to 4 eget Post tempera, 3 to 1 nest Sp :nevi,
to '2 nest Dr fault, r, 4 to 1 a3st Co.ton Lord. Won by n
lergth, a neck Intwcen moon! sad third. Run in 1 min.
48 secs.
COUNTY Cur of 1601. added to a sweepstake et 20 son.
each, 10 ft. 2 miles. (12 subs.)
Lord Stanley'sCasesou, 4 yrs, list ..— 'Buhr) 1
Mr. Ileikinoi's Wensltilee, yrs, Gat alb 4Arao!di I
Mr. A. Johnottesc'e Confederacy, 4 yrs, ad 1111 (Marne) 3
Ste. W. Sutton's Crocodile, offish bat MA (O. :rime, 4
Mr. W. Sutaan's Suiten:ides, eyed, CA Eh, startled
7d 10th . startled(
m)
Betting: 4tol on Cautetu. WOO east!, by_ a length;
Confederacy a very bad third. Roo in 3 nun. b 0
w.
BRANHAM PARK STAKES of 100 sous. each, 30 ft. 000
rails and a half, (S subs )
Lard Stanley's &longbow
(By Electric Telegraph.)
GREAT Bann HANDICAP Of 20 sums each, 15 It, amt 5 ft
on'y if dect:artd, with 200 tors. added, the .'ennd to ressme
501. Two miles. (99 subs ,69 of whim pay ssm .. esch )
Mr. Powney's The Hero, yrs, INt ( Wyl 1
air J. Ilawley`e Yershlll, 4 re, Rat
Mr. Y. Walker's Maki of Teem Valley, 3 yrs, 3st lit tO,looruo) 3
thptain Sarcoart's Elletdole, 3 yrs, let alb (llan,m) 4
Tne tollowing also started; Executor, 5 yrs, 7at ilb, carried
7at 13th (Ffittatao); Melton 4 pro, 7st (Fenn); Blucher,
4 yrs, 7st (Ilarrisuu); °Wale, ti rs, 6st 91b (IJoekeray)
Glen Sad del, 4 yrs, Gat 71b (Walkeyr); Cockertarouth, 4 pas,
6st 51b (W. Sharp); bliss Whip, 5 yrs, Iht 4io (Arnol I ;
Chantrey, 3 yrs, 54 81b (Charlton) ; Wesusw, 3 yrs, sst Blb
(:Wham); Castanette. 3 pro, sst 31h (Met); and Alp, 3 yrs,
net 21b (Marwood). Won by a neck.
TRant•Tnalut OLD Paouncs STALES of 100 sore. each,
It ft. 2 miles. 4 subs.
Sir R. Bulketry's riecoroon
LOITINY PLATE ot 25 SOTS., added to aBO t of 5 cos..
each, second to save his stake. 1 mile. 8 subs.
Mr. Pediry nd the Probe, 3 yrs
Col. Anson's Iton bon, 3 yes
Lord Zetlanc.'a Polonaise, 3 yrs
Won cleverly. Bias s acted.
BETTING ON WEDNESDA 1' NIGHT.
GREAT YORKSHIRE TARES.
5 to 4 apt Nunuyk.
ST. LEGEIt.
5 to 2 on Er)ing Dutchman.
EDGE HANDICAP.
3to I 110 Filereale I 100 to S ag‘r. Mni4 of Tema
7to 1 then Saddel Valley
•7to 1— Giscile I 100 to G— Ert,cuurr
Bto 1 We,tow 20 to 1 I.ruWa
12 to 1 Cuckermouth
DERE`
22 to 1 egg William Conqueror
25 to 1 se
LATEST BETTING ON
tali'
5 to 4 on

TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES—TIMRSDAT.
Mason STAKES of 3 'ova each, and 36 added, cue tecond
to save his stake, and the winner to be wild tor 2UOI. Heats,
one mile and a half. 6 subs.
Mr. Simmonds's Dan Tucker, 4 yrs, Tat 71b (Ilormty,
jun.) 0 1 1
Mr. Myttem's Martingale, 5 yrs, Mt 411
Mr. litrby's Rosa. aind, eat Ilb 0 2 2
Mr. stesser's Malmo bury, 4 yrs, Mt 211 3 4 4
Mr. U. !tsekley's Bayonet, 4 yrs, Tst 1111 2 dr
The first heat was won cleverly by kalt a length ; the
others easily. The winner was claimed.
Tows PLATE fd 301., added to a sweepstakes of 2 son.
each. Heats, one mile and a half. Winner to be sold for
801. 7 subs.
122 b
Mr. Webb's My Mary, aged, Ost 1
Mr. Broweriot's Mountain Denr4lllrs„ Sat 131 b 2
Mr. Formby's Grist, 4 yr, Int am
Two others started. Two well.contasttd heats.

HUNTINGDON RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The 111./NTINOD3I4 SWLES of 6 sous each, and 20 added.
Heats I mile. (7 tube.)
Mr. Tothlagton, nd Plus IL, 4 yrs, net Mb (Bartholomew) 3
21
Mix of ltuttand's Pitiable, 4 yrs, Sat 51b
Mr. TuornbiU nd b c by Cetherron out of Mandan', 3
yrs, 7st 101 b
Sir. Soikbury's Macaw, S yrs, 7st 101 b 4 4
Two well-oonteetad heats.
The Cur STAKES of 10 sore. each. Once round and a
mile. (10 subs )
Lotd Enter'. Gardinla, 4 yrs, SR 411) (Mann) 1
Mr. Lowther's Watchdog, 5 yro, Set 1 Ilb 2
Mt. lkaborough ad Own Sister to Bird of Paradise, 3 yrs, 7st 3
GREAT ROWING MATCHES.
The two great rowing match,' which have for some time
past engrossed the attention of aquatic men came off yesterday.
and attracted an assemblage of some thousands of person,.
The first of these was a match for 200 f. between Townes
Coombe', of Westminster, the brother of the champion of
the Theme?, and Th .mac Mackinney, of Richmond, the die-
taace contested being from Putney bridge to the Shin at
Mortlake. Shortly after five in the evening the two crack
watermen made their appearance in very beautiful light ow-
rigger wager-boats. At about twenty minutes to six the men
effected a capital start, Coombes having the choice of station,
and being at the Middlesex side of the centre arch of Putney-
badge; his opponent cn the opposite side of the arch,
towards the Surrey shore. Coombes immediately took a
alight lead, having the nose of his boat two or three feet in
advance in an instant, and In the next making a slight
increase upon that. The advantage, however, was bu: tran-
sient, for in the next half-dozen stet lc- s Mackinney was scull
and null with him, and continued to apply himself co vigo-
rously to hit work that, off Moon. Seerle's, he had drawn
his boat clear of his adversary. Coombe& then made a moat
aU:lnt effort to overhaul his opponent, bat the pane of the
was too good fee him, sad liseklamey gradually drew,