The Sun.
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TILE SUN, LONDON; WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 185 4.
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SPOR T I N G INTELLIGENCE.
THE ANTHRACITE COAL OF PENN- scent into darkness thereis a subterranean' road,' banks, especially in the slack water of rivers, are liable to ,
SYLVANIA. called in the mines a "highway," from which there be washed away, and lockage to be swept away by sudden
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- IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
are branch shafts to feed the highway, and thus the floods. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 9. PANIES' STOCK.
-es coal is brought to the foot of the thousand feet shaft, With regard to coal railroads, although from the great NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Mariano ----a
MONDAY CONCLUDED. Carsi as Consul -General in the United Kingdom for the
POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 'U.S., SEPT. 13. -The whence it is raised by a windlass worked with steams hauling outlay incurred in their first construction, they may not From the Official Lest.
The gathering in and near the Subscription Room at
anthracite coal trade of the United States is altogetilier of up two cars, each of which contains a ton et least of pure pay as speedily as they ought : yet as, with proper repairs, Queen of Spain. •
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recent origin, but it has increased with a rapidity perhaps coal, while two empty cars are lowered down he parallel they last for ever, and as the demand for coal so rapidly CROWN OFFICE, OCT. . PUBLISHED EVERY THEiDA.Y AND FRIDAY EVENING.
altogether unexampled by any similar mining traffic in the track at the same time. I timed the ascent of several cur- augments, their ultimate success can only be regarded as a night was neither so large as on previous Cesareerich
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 10, 1854.
world.- Before, however, entering into its growth and ex- loads of coal, and the journey from the bottom of the shaft mere matter of time. In relation to the supply, I will occasions, nor were the proceedings of that animated
PARLIAMENT. . • •
tent, it may not be amiss to appropriate a few linee to the was performechin exactl two minutes. At the same time only say that the single anthracite field to which this letter character which they were wont to exhibit. The cause,
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
various coal regions of the earth, so that your react era will the steam. engine, wheny necessary, works two immense refers is sufficiently rich to furnish all mankind with fuel however, needs no explanation ;it is sufficiently obvious Borough of Wigan.-Joseph
.Acton, of Wigan, Esq., in
the room of Ralph Anthony Thicknesse, Esq.. deceased.
to all sporting men. Dividend Amount
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have an opportunity of judging of the extent and import- pumps, to extract the water from the bottom of the mine. for countless ages.
COAIMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
ante of the coal-beds of Pennsylvania, and indeed of all the But at the distance of a mile Mr. Potts has an exhausted Muscovite continued firm, notwithstanding the in- ' • per of Paid. ; Price.
' I creased support given to Cobnut, Rodo-melt, Ammonia Kirkeudbrieht and 'Wigton Regiment of Militia-Wil- Annum. Share.
United States, by that best test of admeasurement -corn- mine, deeper than that I visited, where the steam-pumps
are constantly at work, and with such effect that they THE GREAT FIRES AT NEWCASTLE
Rattle, . Laßelle-, and Ethelwolf. At 12 and' 11 to i-
parison. AND GATESHEAD. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia-
liam Munro, Esq., to be Adjutant, July 7.
4 s. d. X s. d.
Among the greater wants of mankind, next to food and drain then pper mine pretty expeditiously. The water La Belle was backed for upwards of 3001., and 25 to 1 - - -
raiment, we may regard fuel as the most necessary. from these great depths is impregnated with iron and sill- ela was taken to a good deal of money about Ethelwolf,
prices at the close of business were as follow :- George Hope, Gent., to be Quartermaster from 2d Aug., BriCitiamshe-o•f•C•Tmlani
Aug. 3. Ditto Provincial •• •• It. Bs. 2) 0 0 20 0 0 21
. 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 o -
For a century and a quarter after the founding. of the phur. The cars of coal, having reached the surface, are Brighton •••.•• • •• • ,
NEWCASTLE-ON•TYNE, Taesday Afbernoon.-During The
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. city of London ...... 41 les I;0 0 0 150 0 u 100
colony and commonwealth of Pennsylvania by William instantly run along a railroad, and through a tunnel, to a the whole of yesterday afternoon and . e vening gangs of 7to 2 agst Muscovite. County of Ross--Thomas Mackenzie Esq., one of the continental (3d Cap.)... 4/. 10s. 1,0 0 0 43 10 0
100
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all }, 217.1.
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Penn, wood was the only fuel used by the people ; but cracking mill, where the blocks of coal are broken by steam
labourers were employed in clearing away the ruins in 7to 1 agat Cobnut.
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the wonderful increase of population has actually power into different sizes, known as " nut," "stove," Ste.,
Gateshead, with the view of recovering the bodies of the 10 to 1 agst Rodo-meli. LDieepuutteynaLntie, uotcetu.atin!.s of the county of 'Ross, to be Vice-
GEgretiaittacbelentr;l. •........ ••••
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cleared the forests for many miles around the towns, all falling through a revolving screen with several coin-
unfortunate people who were known to be buried among 10 to 1 agst Ammonia. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia-En- i -
and even villages; the wood, which years ago was cheap, partments, each having smaller or larger holes-and. thus in ..... .. • • 40 0 0 9, .
is now extravagantly dear-quite beyond the reach of all the cod of different sizes is deposited in separate of
heaps. the mass rubbish. 11 to 1 agst La Belle. sign Frederick Barnes to be Lieutenant, vice Ibbetson, re•
London • ....... .. - • .
Imperial ............ 6: loons 50 0 0 ail 56
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71 Ipie'reesent
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families of ordinary means. It was at this moment of The whole is on a mountain aide, so that the coal is The bodies of the following persons were dug out :- 12 to 1 agst Rattle. signed, Sept. 27. Do., Part. Preference 6/. per cent. '25 0 0 , 125
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scarcity that Providence directed the attention dropped, LIS it were, upon the bank of a railroad, one of James Williams, worsted weaver ; Sarah Hutchinson, 16 to 1 agst D. O. 3,1 or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Pce 1x ............. 41. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 i 26;
of some of the citizens of Schuylkill county to the vast many scores from different mines connected with the single woman ; Samuel Hart, Mary Ann Hart, his 20 to 1 agst Indian Warrior. Middlesex Militia-Hugh Beauchamp Halsts-ell, Gent, to Ratcliff ... ....... 51. 100 00900 0 , 70
veins and beds of anthracite coal that are imbedded Reading Railroad. A " coal cracking machine" is, in niece, and John Hart, his son. The bodies of the three 25 to 1 agst Ethnlwolf. be Lieutenant ; James Henry McEwen, Gent., to be En- rirvnesittedintinisencrai ...... 2l. IN, 50 0_ 0 a,11., I 235%
ter i bartered 5, per cent. 50 0 0
in their mountain ranges. At first a doubt was felt and point of fact, a coffee-mill on a gigantic scale.. I saw latter were taken out of the ruins of a dwelling in the 25 to 1 agst Hungerford. sign ; Henry Bulkeley, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 27. Ditto, New ........ , 51. per'cent. 50 0 0 10 . 0 614
expressed as to its adaptation to the purpose of fuel, and other mines in other mountain valleys, but ab lino disco Church-walk. The body of Hart's wife has not been 50 to 1 eget Balrownie. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia-
Lieutenant Willia.m Browne Ponsonby, half-pey 22d Born- WATER-WORKS.
the idea was scouted and ridiculed. The old German rest- omnes, so there is no occasion to describe them. One
recovered, and, without making any exaggerated state-
dents could not realise the possibility of making tires with feature in these valleys strikes every stranger with TUESDAY.
iI.ANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 15 soya each, 10 ft, for I,
bay Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Morrah, ap-
, Dividend Amount
what they called " black stones." But the experiment was surprise, and that is the millions upon millions of tons of ments, there is reason to fear that wore families are es•
totally destroyed in the yet smouldering ruins of Hill- three-yr-olds and upwards. D. 1., two miles 119 ointed to the 3cl West India Regiment, Sept. 27 ; Percy Name of Company. i per of red. Price.
and with partial success. Necessity is the mother coal dust, or, as it would be called in England,, Annum. Share.
of invention, and
made, science will • • • o
111 r. Mare's Ilex, 5 yrs, Bst 71b Charles Smyth, Gent., to he Ensign; Edward Hamilton ,
Finney, Esq., late Ist Royal Regiment, to be Captain,
vice Masterson, resigned, Sept. 20.
?(I,areaiinlnti;d:ti;e7.t.i.o.n. :: ..: ....
1 X s. d. X s. d.
464;/... ppp 6: rrr cut.ccinitt
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150003t0:.00 100
Gradually stoves were constructed, on new principles have been little better than useless, being anthracite. Mr. Davison, Mr. Harrison, and Todd, one of the fire (Rogers) 1 East London
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of strong draft and ventilation, and now anthracite Were it _bituminous dust, it could be mixed with different brigade, have also been recovered and identified. They Lord Clifden's Poodle, 5 yrs, 7st 1216
Mr. Megson's The Medal, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Clementl 372
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coal is burnt with as much facility as bituminous, ingredients into ' fire balls. as in some parts of England presented a most affecting spectacle, and were removed Artillery Regimeut of Militia of the County of Durham
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while its radiation of heat is much more intense. In the and Wales, or it could be used by blacksmiths ; but no to the aisle of St. Mary's Church. They pr esented the maMnaija'ort 1.1,
Cenal7taiShtoibvairlltiatmo
Cookson,beLieuteonfanthaeCosloountehl CDolmu.--
Betting-6 to 4 agst Ilex. Ilex took the lead, kept hamillnegiment, to be Major ; Charles Frederick Perkins, 1 - iOO oei - 97
invention of these stoves, which have done so mach for discovery has yet been made to render the anthracite small appearance of black and charred substances, and could it, and won by two -lengths. The second beating the Esq ,to be Captain; William Stobart, Esq., to be Cap- New River C.c;;;n.y... i 21. 10s. - -
Southwarkwri:ilecLtux...ll.a.l.l I
sLii
opBcriTte.t. 100
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the coal regions and the comforts of the people, the coal available as fuel. There are air shafts here and there, not possibly have been recognised, but for _keys and third twice that distance.
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navies of Messrs. Warnick and Leibrandt, of Philadelphia, leading from different galleries of the mines into upper
rings that were picked up near to where the ey were fain
Clir;ge
mer'._t banourable mention ; for had it not been for the air, at the bottom of some of which large fires are kept . SELLING HANDICAP SWEDOCKS
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found buried. The body of Mr. Bertram, the- ma is. three-yr-olds and upwards vs each,for
winnerofi sous
be sold for encoonddgsoLl4ieutotenhaentsFCirhatarleLsiehWteinllaianttus
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science, thought, and enterprise of' such men the wealth of burning for purposes of purifying and ventilating the sub-
trate, has not been found, but a snuff box wt rah be-Dividend Amount
the Pennsylvania mountains might yet have remained for terranean atmosphere. I find that at the mouth of a mine, 100 sees, if demanded, Sze. Last half of Ab. M. .
Fea,therstonhaigh, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Oct. 4.
Name of Company, per of ' Paid. Price,
longed him has been dug Aof
Y Lord Anglesey's Lizzie, 3 yrs, Bst ...... ..(J. Goatee 1 The Lords Commissionersof h Majesty'a hav-
leer Treasury
ages comparatively useless. But turn we to a few appro. say from two to six miles from the town, coal may be hadto up. young gentlernan Three fur 217 yds. 8 subs. Annum. Share.
ins certified to the Commissners for the Reduction of the -
priate statistics. at s2.} per ton ; but then the purchaser must haul it home. the name of Ingham has not been heard of since ei 'ride
The coal product of the world for 1853 is estim'tted by Most of the mines are worked upon royalties-thit is, a morning, and two policemen are among the
surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Commercial .. • • ...... 41. pr cent. Stock. Stock. -
able statisticians at 75,000,000 tons, of which amount coal company pays the owner of the land and mind from lost. Seven persons have died in Newcastle Infir •mars National Debt, 10 Geo. Iv., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual
East and West India.. 5/. pr :tent. Stock. -
Mr. Vernon's Jessamine, 3 yrs, fist 41h .. (Fordham) 3 and Irelaud be 1 the dual expenditure thereof for the'
yore e a
40,000,000 tons are produced by Great Britain (the Practical 25c. to 40c. per ton for allhe gets out said company being at
the landowner' since Friday, from accidents sustained by the explosion ;
Game Chicken,
sotaxrutge,
a:73dNßeallyß.righton, Glen- year ended the sth day of July, 1854, amounted to the East Country.. 2os. Decent. - - -
illeclecenics' Journal says, only 32,000.000), at least 0,000,000 the expense of mining, and keeping .s clerk and, from inquiries I have made at that institutiot i this London .• • • ....... 51. p Stock. - 109
sum of one million and fifty-eight thousand six hundred Ditto 80nd5...... •• 4/. per cent. - _ _
by the United States, France 4,500,000, Prussia 3,500,000, at the works, to count andb chheck the produce of the mine. forenoon, there are no hopes of three others in tl ie ac-
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to 1 agst any other. Lizzie had the best of St. Katharine •....... 4 per cent. Stock. -
Austria 700,000 tons, and Belgium 5,000,000. It will thus This may also be proved y t ereceipts from the mineat the st
Chicken,r The
Betting-Even on Jessamine, 4 to 1 agst Game and seventy-eight pounds eleven shillings and tenpence. -
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cadent ward-men named Gough and Henderson, .and a
, f the branch railroad with the Reading Road or '
the race all the way, and at last won easily by a length .
appear that the United States ranks second already among junction of _ . D'elle Commissioners for the Reduction of the National -onteampton ........ er. es per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
bt hereby give notice, that the sum of two hundred and Victoria ............ 51. per cent. 20 0 0 I 12 0 0
the coal produeing countries, although her mines, canal, as the case may beAfter all, there apps
to' be young woman named Short, a servant in the house
and a half ; ten lengths between second and third ; Oxus
of Mr. Davison the miller. The other patients score sixty-four thousand six hundred and sixty-nine pounds,
especially the anthracite, are but the discovery of seater- as much risk. in mining here as elsewhere. While many
was fourth, Genie Chicken fifth, Glenstrae sixth, New BRIDGES.
twelve shillings and eleven pence, being one-fourth part of
lay comparatively :-peaking. It is generally believed that fortunes are made at it, others are lost. It is a eatery, considered to 1); making tolerable progress to !ecovery,
. Dividend Amount
'bee' Pennsylvania'furnishesby far the largestquantity in which sometimes the most experienced judgment is at lam happy to state that beyond the three deaths al-
--ause Brighton seventh, and Rally last. Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
of coal for consumption and export, that her coalfields are fault. The population of Pottsville (urban) is 9,000, and ready reported, there have been no more deaths from The e,
..:LEA.RIVELL STAKES of 30 soya each, 20 forfeit, for the said surplus of one million and tiftyiet thousand
s siinhundred and seventy-eight pounds eleven shillings and
ten pence will be applied under the provisions of the said • , Anntun. : Share.
X s. d. 7-£ a. d. ----'
the most extensive in the Union. This, however, is far suburban, and in the adjoining mountain valleys, about the wounds and bruises sustained by the soldiers belong• two-yr-alds ►;
colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bat 51b ; certain act, between the 11th day of October, 1854, and the Zith
from being the case. Out of I'2 coal producing States, she 18,0.;0; all of whom are supported by the coal mines. The nig to the Cameronians who were crushed by the fall of winners extra. T.Y.C. (5 fur 140 yds). 27 subs, day of January, 1855, to the following purposes, viz. :- Hungerford .......... 12
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only ranks as No. Bon the lies, having the smallest coal entire population supported by working this field of an- the Wesleyan school a rstt the time of the explosion. The Mr. Payne's cby Cothel 1 one, out of P 0 y( ora, Bst
To be applied towards the reduction of Southwark ...... •... - 100 0 0 - 9
area of all except four. Yet !,y diligence, skill, arid enter- the cite is about 50,000. 15 privates who were in hospital are doing ;exceedingly 131 b
• _Lord Exeter's Almond, Bst 51b (Flatman) 1 the National Debt - -
prise she mines at least two-thirds of the whole that is deg With regard to the qualities of the coal, I subjoin three Water 100......, ...... - 100 0 0 - - 4i
well, and are all considered out of danger. Two pri-
Mr. J. Clark's The Hind, Bst 5.b
in the United States. In this connection lam enabled to specimens : - Ditto Old 'a, nn. of 81. 11. 14s.' 60 0 0 - 31%
give you an interesting table of all the 11. Mauch Chunk-Specific gravity. 1.550; carbon, 90.10; %Tates who were removed with injuries to Newcastle In• (Whitehouse) 3 donations and bequests, to be applied 1 Ditto Nw ditto of 7/. 11. 10s. Od. 40 0 0 - 28
firina.ry, were able to leave yesterday, and return to theto the purchase of stuck 2,729 11 Vauxhall ............ 1/. ss. 70 10 3
COAL-FIELDS 07 THE UNITED STATES. water and volatile matter, 6.60; ashes, silica, earth, and The following also ran :-Oulston, Le Fripon, and - 22
iron, 3.30.-(Professor Olmstead.) • barracks. It is impossible to state, within one or two, The Sandboy. -
Area of etate. Coa' areas. Proportion 2267,399 4 0 JOINT-a rocK BANKS.
• 2. Pottsville-Specific gravity, 1.472 ; carbon, 85.90 ; the number of deaths that have occurred from this sad
1 each agst Le Fripon and Polydora, colt,. Almond
States. Sti • miles. Su. miles. et coal. Betting-7 to 4on Oulston, sto 1 agst Almond, 7to National Debt Office, Oct. 6, 1854. Dividend Amount
1. 'Alabama.
2. Georgia
Annum. Share. Paid. Price.
41,720 ... 4,300 1 1-0 hcarbon, 31-90 ; upon 40. --
3. Tennessee
63 • aehes silica earth, lied A ,others well together, made the running into the corde, BANKRUPTCIES ANNULED. i
t. teof fire insurance 1 ents will be ee, s. d. X a. d.
4. 'Kentucky
5. Virginia
.. Central Exchaniee Hotel to-day fur the of as er- . inAustralasia........,.. i 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 all -
It resent mere are tares principal ways by whie • •11 the . ' purpose •es favour of Polydora, colt by a head, the second beat- William Beckett, cattle dealer and salesman, Gilling- British North American-! 61. per rent. 50 0 0 „ -
6.
Meryla,nd 10,829 ... 550 ... 1-"Oth. p • . . -
-y a neck. Oulston and Le pen, close aln•
7 Ohio-
taking the necessary measures thereupon. A meeting of
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•snd by Aar the most impnrtan, 1:. the .cm..1.-q-, .ai 1,,,, .up, were fourth and fifth, Sandboy last. Henry Kerfoot, silk manufacturer, Bedford. C010niat.............. 31- per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
8. lodiana
34'800 - 7'700 •• • 1 -'*;th' 'have recmitiy forwarded so complete an expos/': of the finin- will also be held Produce Match, 200 h ft, 2025
00 0 25 0 0 -
`.l, lili.4:.•is 59,1:10 ... 44,00 - ... -;-4th. . T.Y.C..C. (5 fur. 140 yds ) BANKRUPTS. sone. Char. 13k. of Aus. -0 all 0 21%
10. Pe icisylvauia 43 q 0) 15 437 1-3 d. - •
ej.l, condition of this road, which you published, that to in the Central Exchange for the PurPose of discussing Duke of Bedford's Sik, Bst 71b (S. Ro • Henry Chatteris, merchant, Lothbury, to surrender, London and t oanty .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 35
gers) walked over
11. Mi eh igen
60,810 ... 5,000 ... 1-20th. ) yrr us e irst, dam y Oct. 19, at eleven, and Nov. 21, at twelve, at the Cotirt o f Lonna and Westminstr 6/, per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
la Missouri - London Joint stock ... 6/. per cent. 150 0 0 10 0 0 284
of this road worthy of consideration, especially as the non- T 1 Provincial of Ireland.. SI. per cent.. WO 0 0 25 0 0 50
le mass of ruins in Gateshead appear still to be full The CESAREWITCH STAKES, a free hand. ' ,• ' ines • Reed, Langford, anti Marsden, Cheapside.
It will be seen thee, the ag•gregate area in the 12 States payment of the last hell-yearly dividends on the stockreap of 90 sous bDitto, New. •• .. •... s:. per cent. 10 0 0 all
of fire, and send forth a dense mass of choking vapour,lose' h T air b• k k Lower Norwood, Oct.
p rove an, ric ma. or,
is about 56/,009 square miles, of which 133,001 miles, or created so great a sensation. This, as I explained to you „hi, • • -t, - '• ' each, 15 ft, with 300 added by the Jockey Ciub, for National of Ireland.- 41. per cent, 50 0022 10 0 On
'ls is very oppreesire to those whose avocatlOTlS 25, at eleven, and Nov. 21, at half-past twelve, at the
nearly one-fourth, are composed of coal-beds. More of at the time, was owing to the large floating debt of the three- r-o . y Ids and upwards ; various penalties ; the Nat. Provilcial of tang. 6!. per cent. , 100 0035 0 0 -
l them • Tstill
mug near to it. hereseems a very strong Court of Benkruptcy. Stansfeld, official assiguee ; King- retie, Nnew ......... 5' per cent. t 20001) 0 0 -
these beds are bituminous than anthracite; for example, company, partly produced by the extra traffic of this road owner of the second horse to receive 50 soya out of don and Shepherd, Clifford's-it,u, Meet-street. Oriental Rank Corpora. 121. p ct.&bs. 125 0 0 all 42%
all in Vireinie are bituminous, and all is p,„syjeenia eemending an extra outlay for cars, &c. ; and partly on impression that gunpowder was the agent which pro- the makes, Ceserewitch Course (2 miles 2 furlongs Thomas Waghorn, draper, Rochester, Oct, 25, at two, South Australia ...... 8, p. ct.& hs. 25 0 0 „ -
west. of the Allegheny mountains ditto ; while nearly all account of the high rates paid for money, for the per pose duced the explosion. 23 yards). 54 subs, and Nov. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. &ans. Union of +ustralia.... 40 . per cent. 25 0 0 25
100 0 69
east of the mountains is anthracite; and as this letter is of paying the dividends on the stock, &c. -a bad mode of Without attempting to give any opinion upon the sub- Mr. Greville's Muscovite, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ...(Flatman) 1 fold, official assignee; Prial, Gray's-tun-square Ditto .. ........... 411 percent- -
the miner 1 that supplies the cities of Philadelphia and doing business. It is to be regretted that in the statenient of jest, as this point will, no doubt, be strictly examined Mr. M., Dennett's Rattle, 4 yrs, Bst 31b... S. p 9 George Fox, clothier and tailor, Commercial-road East, Union Union of London ..... 8/. per rent 50 0010 0 0 233 e
S. sogers) e on of Madrid ... 40 0 0 all -
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New York, and hurls its way to tide-water for export, I accounts made by the company, the amount of the floating into at the adjourned inquest to-morrow, it is only pro- nlr. Wray's D. 0., 3 yrs, sst 111 b -
(Carroll) 3
will, sketch a brief synopsis of the birth and progress of its debt was not exhibited. I learn, by the way, that it is about per to state that the rumour alluded to is not confined , CANALS.
mining and traffic, showing a growth as rapid and magical flip following aso ran :- ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Steinberg, Bread- .
2,200,000, more or lees; and I have it from the Directory to the lower orders of the town, but is a current topic of M T. street.
as any of the fabled changes effected by the wonder- e• r. Parr's Rataplan, 4 yrs, s
of the Road, " that the present floating debt will be en- cony. reatioli ainfluential •h I • If ' Lewis Bassett, grocer, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, Names of r; Dividend .1 Dividend'
working lamp of Aladdin.mes of cLt
~ along the in a utaets. Mr. Greville's Adine, 5 yrs Bst 7ile (E. Harding) 0 oes
tirely absorbed by the profits of the road in about a year - powder has been smuggledp in'o the hous those Baron Oct, 23 and Nov. 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District companies.
.; per , Companies. ss Price
It was not until the year 1329 that any of this valuable after which the stock dividends will be resumed. This
mineral was conveyed to Philadelphia, and then only 3i35 who did it have incurred a fearful responsibility. ' Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Castle, Hon- -a Annum. : ,h
will be good news for the English stockholder s ; and it is (Charlton) 0 dereon, and Co., Bristol. e - ._
tons of which remained useless in coal yards, and Was ,The Mayor of Gateshead has issued a notice upon the Mr. Howard's Balrownia, 4 yrs, Bst llb 4 '
b b • • this 1 I t.' h • leaked t that
pre .1 ,y owing to IA ca cu a ion aviogon(Wells) 0 John Hughes, inukeeper, Bangor, Oct. 20, and Nov. 16, , x
generally regarded as incombustible, the grates then used subject. shte ..qcOldh 98 7. .ct 151 )falfl ld 2/. 10s. 51 ..1,
the etoek has advanced from 31 to 3•.;A within a few days. Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior, 5 yrs, let 121 b (Basham) 0 at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, offi- Barnsley • .me --P . ,:eactelics e ' I°°
bsi .•; only adapted for wood or bitu:ninous coal (the lat- •••• •• too ISt 150
The interest on all the bonds is paid reeularly, and English Yes erdey a public meeting of the inhabitants of Mr. Parker's Joe Miller, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ...(J. Goiter 0 cial assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Sun, Liverpool. Brknk& %brg 150; V. 60 Oxford .•• •• 100 13. 110
ter i•nported)ria fuel. Skill, however, in the construction capitalists hold $2,000,000 of its stock and $6,000,000 of Newcastle was held in the Guildhall. It was largely Baron eer: Mollendorf's Seherz, 3yrs 7st 71b (Birbeck)-
Daniel Longdin, ironfouuder, Manchester, Oct. 23, and Birmingham 401, 41. 934 Peak Forest. 78; 5.: Os. 86
of tire-places with powerful drafts, and still more of stoves its bonds. Alreedy the tone of coal brought to tide-water attended by merchants and the more influential classes, Mr. Barber's Domino 3 7 'lb" - 0 10, at twelve, at the hte District Coventry.... 100'. 25/. 209 Regent's •••, 30
~ 'lli le%
Nov.
, yrs, st ..) ...... . ...(West) 0i
as I have already ehown . , soon overcame all difficulty, and are 400,000 more than to the EINTIV-, period of last 'year. who hastened to give a ready assistance to their poor• Blair Hernaman official assignee, Manchester , r, Munches, Derby •- •• 100' 6t 80 Rochdale ••• 851 1/ lOs GO
in the following year 1,073 tons were sent to Philedelehie. Air. Barber's Cobnut, 4 - 7 • 41b (Clement) o,y rs, htEllsmre&Chs 69 23,4 p:ct. - Somrs, • - i • •
t Coal 140 - -
..1-ndo.e, then, of the increase of the traffic. neighbours deprived of their all by the calamitous fire. ter.
Thence it increased rapidly; hut it was not until the. year ' - Mr. Murland's Ammonia, 5 yrs, 7at llb (Chilman) 0 Grand
:nein t00;4;. pr. ct. 57 Do. Lk Fa- t 12 - -
Joseph Burge Godfrey, coach maker, Taunton, Oct. 20,
physically speaking, the very nature of the ground from It was agreed that a eubeription should he made, and a Count Batthyeny's Eltliewo'f, syrs, Tat (A.ld f Do , 6 pr• Ct.! 101'11. pr. ct. 11% tfird &wore 140 281. 425
1840 that it reached 1,000,0;10 tons, anti last year, only 13 Pottsville through Reading to Philadelphie is favourablecommittee appointed to promote it. . ' . , • - cre t) 0 and Nov. 23, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt- rand ,urrey, 100 21.105. 48 turewsbury. ,:25
thereafter, theamount tto tide treached•
years scut -wa water
7__
fur a coal railroad, the descent being about .t./6 feet, so The subscription-list Lord Derby s Bracken 3 yrs, fiat 131 b... (T. Harrison) 0 eel, official assignee Exeter; Trenchards, Taunton ; Stog- Grand Union' 100, l'• es
was then handed about, the Sir J. Boswell's La Belle, 4 fist slb (Ashman ' - ' 121,4 Aoarbridge.. I ' 12/ 285
'145 •
yrs,
5,19;,151 tons, per Reading Railroad, Schuylkill Canal, that in the sharpest grades the trains of cars laden with) 0 dun, Exeter. Remit Sr. Avnl 39 6s. Od. 64 'event and j 1
• 2/ 24
Lehigh Canal, and other navigation 3. From all the in- . really descent; without rt.locomotive, while e
coal could.
Al iyor iea in-1g it asu scrip ion of n a Mr. Bennett's Brown Brandy, 3yrs, 6st 31b (Dowling) 0 INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Lancaster ..!100 - - wi e Rail. 26 •
seliries I can make, in these regions there is reason to be- eround for the entire distance is of rocky gravel, herd and short time it was annouced that 2,000/. had been sub- Mr. Mather's St. Clare, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (T. Cliff) 0 W. Russell, Dorcas-buildings, Hammersmith, dealer in Leicester ..•1100
Leccis &L vrp 100 251. - Warwick & 1
51. G 8 Birming. 100 21. 27%
have that mole than 6,000,000 of tons will be sent to tide- firm- Near Philadelphia, it consists of micareous rock, scribed. Since then it has been considerably increased. Mr. Mather 's Candlewick, aged, 6st 2lb (Walters) 0 bread-S. Atkins, jun , Berkeley-mews, Portman-square, Lelestr 8c:ill; 83 41. 294 •Varwick & 1 31 IS
water this year. From the western side of the Aliogha- and nearer, and to the mountains, of limestone and red There seems a praiseworthy rivalry among all classes in Mr. Ost.orne's Gamelad, 3 yrs, Sat 51b ...(J. Rogers) 0 licensed victualler-J. *Stammers, Br d es•street, Covent- Loughborogh 142 701. 575 Napton.. j 100 '
nies, I learn that 34,000,000 of bushels of bituminous coal ,thz,de. Starting front Philadelphia the grade of the road the town and district to contribute to the necessities of Lord Clifden's Rodo-melt, 3 yrs, 4st elb
..,(Fordfia garden,musical Is t -S• PliY gP
d- t t d Monmouthsh 100 - - ororcstr 81 78 Si. 32
were sent to Pittsburg iu 1853 ; and when the products of :a thus, the whole distance being 01 miles :- the poor families who have been cast on the world with- • in) 0 r irec or . a eier, rae s ree and
__
..
NI t viler 'sh 10:1 - - Birmimr. I
Betting at starting -3 to 1 agst Muscovite, 8t 1 Victoria-terrace Paddington, clerk to an alpaca merchant 'ni 4 3 • ' i 1-
Virginia,•Tennessee, slaryla.nd, Kentucky, &e., are taken • ' o agst Me tnNlvvbry 100 - - Wilts Sc 'irks, - 105. Od. -
Miles. out home or habitation. On Sunday collections wereT. Adams, dreat Warner-street and Red Lion-yard,
into account, there is reason to believe that the Yield of• Cobnut, 9 tar 1 agst D. 010 to 1 Bodo-melt, d ' -
, agst o onnele 12 to
Level 4O made in the places of worship, and Mr. Davies the
9.000,060 tons in 1853 for the entire Gaited States is rather from 1 each agst Rattle, La. and 'Clerkenwell, wheelright-T. Clarke, Mace-street, Hackney,
Grade 2 to 3 feet per mile
below the snack. I may remerk, en peasant, that the - manager of the theatre, gives a full benefit toht toforeman to an engineer---P. N. Adkins, Willow-street,
3to 7 a Hungerford, 25 to 1 .agst Belle,thelwolf, 40 to 1 Rata
agst- Dividend Amount
neighbouring state of Maryland sent more than half a mil- JP
lion- tons of cox: to market last year. But here is a emu- PIP 7to 15 „ 30.02 night for the same object. p-an, 100 to 3 agst Candlewick. Scherz and Adine took • ' engineer-W. '' •
passage, City, clerk to an Jones, Skinner- Name of Company. • per of Paid. Price.
pieta table of the „ 15 to 19 „ e-street, Bishonseate•street City, ow-
0,,1 0 r-11-1 - I interval. being the next two. emi tees. ee . dee:en. A:. 1.----- rn u..-- a __,_ r.........___! sii--_,-- ' -..v- icr-? - I r - . I r - a

PENNSYLVANIA. ANTEnuerrE SE\ T TO lIKIIKET FROII TUE

Year.
1820..

1821

1522.

I n 23

1124

182.>.

h2G.

Total.
739,292
8,9,327
875,414
058,99
1,104,001
1,*.?33,539
1,631,6(59
2,023,0:12
. 2,3-15,99
2.932,309
3,039,233

JB2i-.
180-
1833_

1834..
1835..

1835...
1a37...

COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRADE.
Total , Year.
3658 18 fS

1,033

3,720

7,1011

11;1031

34,!..t9.1

48,047 i

63,434;
_ _ 77,516
112,083
174,734
176,20
. 363,871!
487,718]

~ 376,633,
.. 560,7581

1839.

140

1841

1642.

1343.

1844.

1845
1846.
1847.
1'43
1549.
tiso.
1351.

1552
1853

. 682,428
. 881,476

3; 4J,8

3,356,899
4,429,458
...... 4,99-1,471
5,195,151

43,01;0,491

The annual increase in the demand for coal for consump-
tion in Philadelphia, and export therefrom, is estimated at
600,000 tons, so that if the supply should meet the demand,
the trade must continue to augment with a rapidity in fu-
ture equal to that of the past, particularly as there will be
a railroad cothp!eted i❑ the spring that will convey the coal
direct from the Mauch Chunk (Lehian) mines to New York.
At present there are three great lines of conveyance for
coal from the mines to Philadelphia :-
1. ThO Reading Railroad, including branches, 92 miles in
length, having its tide water terminus at Richmond, which
is a part of the city of Philadelphia.
2. Schuylkill Canal and branches, terminus at the
Schuylkill wharves, Philadelphia.
3. The Lehigh Canal and Navigation (including a State
canal), terminating at Bristol, 16 miles above Philadelphia,
on the east bank of the Delaware.

2 to :3 feet per mile
3to 7
7 to 15 „
15 to 19
28}}
42.4-

These besides ininoraWimiesoicoal conveyance.
But before I. dwell upon the traffic and facilities of
these communications, allow me to transcribe roughly
a few notes made in the mining regions. The coal beds
and veins are made in the "Sharp" or South Mountain,
a range or spur of the Blue Ridge, extending from
east-to west about seventy miles, and varying in width
frone six to twelve miles. It is singular that all
the coil is found on the north side of the moun-
tains, while on the south side theme is nothing but mould'
and red shale rock. An experienced miner informed me
that in the very centre of the summit, and running along
each range from west to east, a black line was discover-
able, always by a little digging, which was in fact nature's
dividing line between the coal and the stony rock. The
whole region is mountainous, intersected by romantic
valleys and streams, while along the sides of the hills run
rtfelremele, an,l still lower canals, some of which are from
single where. The face or the country is exceedingly like
the coals: el iron legion of the Forest of Dean, in Glouces-
tershire, except only that the hills are two or three times
higher. even than those near St. Briavel's. Along the
entire range of mountain, the coal is found in seams and
veins, dipping is various angles from the horizon, and no •
where horizontal, as iu the coal-tiel,ls near Bristo! ; but
these seams and veins, the best which are about 60 feet
wide, and 12 feet thick, converge towards a common heart
or solid mass at the eastern end of the range, at and near
a portion of the mountain called Mauch Chunk. Here, ex•
cept.the outercoat of rock and earth, the masses of the hills
are solid coal, so much so that a slice of the mountain is cut
down, exposing the coal, whence it is actually quarried
like stone,dnstead of being reached by shafts and subter-
ranean galleries, as at and near Pottsville. This Mauch
Chunk coal is conveyed to Philadelphia by the Lehigh
Canal and -,aviga.tion, and is reputed to be the very best
that reaches the market. I was particular in inquiring into
the rate of wages, and earn that mere labourers are now
getting from $l4 $ lel per day, whereas three years ago
they only received from 87-2,:c. to $l. There is quite an out-
cry he New York and Philadelphia in relation to the pro-
mpt high price of coal ($6l per ton of 2,000 lbs. in Phila-
delphia, and $74 in New York), but really, under such an
advanced pressure of wages, to say nothing also of increased
rates of freight, it is difficult to see how reduction can be
effected. Many' fortunes have been lost in coal lands, and
in the search for coal. I met with one gentleman who had
spentd. IMMO in sinking shafts, and that, too, without
vast ex-
pienn-si ens!. 9.hadseaoranlywhlhiluen.mnany after encountering
'all and comparatively thread-
like veins. But a ricc Many of the
small
is a fortune.
shafts are deep, a thousand feet d
while a few are horizontal
tunnelsinto the body of the mountains. while
ins. In other mines
there is a horizontal tunnel,
perpendicular shaft.
041, and
.than a.d.eep and nearly
had hori-
zontal shaft, at the end of mountain I visited a
ich was a deep perpendicu-
lar shaft of nearly 800 feetW
dust. At this mine it would butbe
no coal except in smau
seam, to sink a third shaft of t'linecessary, on hitting. a
of the coal—that is, to follow thee same angle as the dip
valuable in proportion as the coall?ain.
most
above or below the
Mines, too, are
water level of the springs. The valuable and exten-
sive are the St. Clair mines. It on
that there is now an additional expense itnhicemleliminnicaantioned
that the
pared with a few years ago, com-
pared
and shores required for the galleries and
mines have literally used up all the large timbers the
aafts.
of
the
vicinity, and although the mountains are covered with withtrees, yet they are now all small, and lam assured th
that
timber for the use of the mines—and a few mines
willuse
up a forest—is hauled for fifteen or twenty miles. Thus
the hauling costs more than the trees. A majority of the
population here is foreign— from Wales, England, Scotland
Ireland, and Germany. Miners of skill get much more
than labourers, and generally realise from $2O to $3O per
weak, and they usually work by piece or quantity, at sti-
pulated prices per ton or per yard, with the operaters.
I visited an extensive mine belonging to Mr. George H.
Potts, and the nature of the coal, the angles in which it
lay, and the modus operandi of working the pit, extract-
ing the coal, and afterwards breaking it into different
sizes by a coal-cracking mill, serecning and sifting it from
the dust or small coal, were all ably explained to me by
Mr. A. 31adison, formerly of the county of Durham, Eng-
land, bat who hart been fur nineteen years an overseer in
the Schuylkill mines. And, B,h the fatal explosions; of
fire-damp prevail here as in England, and my friend Mr.
Madison lost a beloved brother by this death-blast only
.a
few days before I saw Lim. The descent into
mine.:smas by, a shaft 1,000 feet deep, at an angle of a)?-
partin tly :S5 degrees, anti with a: double railway. 'to
100 r: thiwil it was= !ike gazing into the mouth of an
acherontic pit. At the foot of this terribly steep de-

2.50
3.13

1.43

Total distance • 94.00
I was much pleased with the general management of the
road, not only from my own observation, but from the i aqui-
ries I everywhere made ; and when it is remembered that
this road, both near and at the coal regions, is like the
trunk of a tree with numerous branches, especially at
Schuylkill Haven, five miles on the Philadelphia site of
Pottsville, some idea may be formed of the prudence and
judgment required in the management and freightage of
such a road. But the fact is, all the officers and directors,
from the president, Mr. .1. Tucker, downwards, have the
advantage of several years' experience, and a thorough
acquaintance with their duties. Here lies the secret; for
certain I am that to manage such an extensive and com-
plicated undertaking must require at least an apprentice-
ship, and that new and inexperienced hands would inevit-
ably entail embarrassment, loss, and perhaps ruin, upon the
stockholders. The present directory consists of Mr. John
Tucker, president ; Messrs. S. Norris, C. S. Boker, R. D.
Cullen, G. W. Richards, M. S. Richards, and Chas. Loeser,
as managers; and Samuel Bradford, as secretary and trea-
surer. I should here remark that Mr. R. D. Cullen is a
manager representing the English stock and bondholders,
and although not acquainted with that gentleman, yet I
:tin enabled to say on reliable authority that he fulfils his
duty to his constituents with rigid fidelity—nay, it is
even said that his judicious and economic counsels have
already saved hundreds of thousands of dollars to the road;
while at Pottsville, in Philadelphia, among the clerks and
on the route, he is vigilant in seeing that all the employes
are attentive to their work. But the president, Mr. Tucker,
is the master spirit ; for when, years ago, he was elected
to office, the road was deeply embarrassed ; and now, by
his management alone, it is fast emerging from its difficul-
ties. The fact that 2,060 men are employed by the com-
pany will show you that the task of Government is no
joke. But to results :
The receipts of the road in 1853 were

THE AFFAIR OF THE DAUNTLESS.

$2,688,288

COURT MARTIAL-SENTENCE ON LIEUT.
KNIGHT.

PORSMOUTII, OCT. 10.—A court martial was held on
beard the Victory to-day, to try Lieut. Knight, of the
Royal Marines, for a breach of the regulations of the
service, in taking Matilda Jane Lodge on board the
Victorious, hulk to the Dauntless on the night of Sun-
day, the 17th of September. The court consisted of
Rear- Admiral Martin (president), Captains the Hoa.
°rep, Sir T. Maitland, Elliott, Robinson, Massie, the
Hon. F. Hastings, Harris, and Crispin. The following
were the charges against Lieut. Knight.

Thus :
From coal..
Passengers
Merchandise
The expenses of the road in 1853 were .
Such were the sums total.
I find on inquiry that there are employed on the road
Steam-locomotive engines lO3
Coal cars
General freight cars
Passengers cars
Stationary engines
Water-power engines lO
•
Steam-wood cutting engines 3
Snow ploughs
Carts and waggons 33
Horses

$2,254,69i
225,763
. 180,c12
$1,01.8,163

Then there are machine-shops, foundries, wheel-shops,
carpenters' ditto, smiths' ditto, at the termini, Reading, &c.
I learn that on a recent day no fewer than 2,500 cars
were sent down the road from Pottsville and Schuylkill
Haven to Philadelphia, each car containing tons of coal.
The receipts are frequently 20,000 dols. per clay. The
present freight for coal to Philadelphia (Richmond) is
2) dole. per ton. The coal by railroad reaches the market
in six or eight hours ; by canal it requires nearly as many
days. By way of illustration as to the quantities con-
veyed down from the mines to tide-water, I take last
week's accounts :

" For that the said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles
Knight of her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces, did on
the night of Sunday, the 17th of September, 1854, bring
on board her Majesty's hulk Victorious, two improper
women, and did act improperly towards such women, in
supplying them with wine and spirits in immoderate
quantities, when so on board the said hulk, the same be-
ing scandalous actions in derogation of God's honour
and corruption of good manners.
" For that the said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles
Knight did, on board her Majesty's hulk, Victorious,
on the night of Sunday, the 17th September, 1854, sug-
gest to Mr. Robert Hancock, midshipman, falsely to in-
form the chaplin of her Majesty's ship Dauntless, that
the wome❑ which he, the said First Lieutenant Frede-
rick Charles Knight had so brought on board the said
hulk were sisters of him, the said First Lieutenant, he,
the first lieutenant, well knowing at the time that such
was not true, the same being a scandalous action, in de-
rogation of God's honour, and in corruption of good
manners.

TonB.
By Reading Railroad ..
By Schuylkill Canal
By Ly Lehigh Navigation, &c 41,931
I also take the freights of all for this year thus far, show-
ing their respective increase and decrease :

Reading Railroad, 1854
Ditto, same time last. year

Tons.
1,514,928
1,151,638

Increase in 1851

...... ....... 360,290

Schuylkill Canal, 1851....
To same time last year....

" For that the said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles
Knight was on the 17th day of September, 1854, with-
out his proper uniform, and without having obtained the
requisite leave or permission dispensing with his wear-
ing such uniform. _ _ _

Increase in 1854

648,006
582,541

65,465

The Lehigh region, 1851
794,174
(This is an increase, but I cannot get last year's return.)
The Reading Railroad has been the means of converting
the upper part of the city of Philadelphia, called Richmond,
into an American "Newcastle-upon-Tyne," a fleet of coal
schooners, brigs, and barques always lying there. You will
judge of the extent of the Richmond traffic, when I inform
you that there have been at the wharves this year, since
6,229 vessels for coal, with an aggregate ton-
nage against 765,140 for the same time last year.
LastjanuowafrY 1
week the at Richmond were 188 vessels.
With regard to the Lehigh Navigation, I find that 19,700
doll. of its stock, f anodh4t34a,nooo4
tdoouglas.e on a tonofitsbond fs,oareo!iaelldairen
England. The freight
Reading
of oo and 5o
freight. ltc o2nv e d
,000 tono tide-water
other
la
swter yearth h
lan tooe,mcons
freight. The company pays its dividends and interest re-
gularly.
conveyed 888.995 tons of coal to
in England' In 185:3
it
freight. Its traffic is in-
creasing The Schuylkill Canal has only 383,359 dols. in bonds held
market, and 350,000 tons of otherayistoth3e43in,otesr3eitool:
aI
iThenoy,
tne there
tin in kn igl.l
its oans w rapidly,h i nbtuetreastt presenthsty e a ri tam onlyounptei
land. But any detailed notice' of these lines and other minor
itserthheavLinigttzle37S2c,oliglokfiiltl,s
and
stock theld 1S:
roads would render any communication too long for your
columns. I must not forget to state, however, that an-
other great coal railroad will be opened from the Lehigh
region in the ensuing spring, connecting with railroads or
water navigation both to New York and Philadelphia.
This will be called the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and will
reach from Mauc'i Chunk to Boston, 46 miles. Seven-
i thisuri
injuring
road—
any oeighths of the whole line are already finished. But the.
t
great and fast increase in both the demand and suppl 3 of
afts competitors. ut
ctoombetiatonow
Readingcßoaaill Idl—lilferov enni
There is
abundant traffic for all.
I must not close this article without reminding your
readers who are interested in` he coal regions of this country
~1 the immense advantage o railroads over cAnals. The
former are open and in action all the Tear, whereas the
Later are closed by ice all the winter, the average annual
navigation of the canals is only 35 weeks. Besides, canal I

—"
For that the said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles
Knight was on the night of Sunday, the 17th day of
Sep ember. 1854, and on the following morning, drunk
on board her Majesty's hulk, Victorious.
"The said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles Knight
at the time mentioned in the foregoing charges, being
borne on the books of her Maj-esty's ship Dauntless,
then and now in commission."

After the examination of a number of witnesses, but
whose evidence contained nothing in addition to what
has already been repeated several times, the prisoner
read his defence, in which he admitted the truth of the
first charge, but pleaded in extenuation that the fault
specified was committed in a moment of indiscretion, at
the request of the girls themselves, and that he did not
intend to have kept them long on board. With respect
to the words forming the subject of the second charge,
they were uttered by him in joke, and he did not intend
them to be repeated, nor think they would have been re-
peated to the chaplain. The third charge he admitted
but pleaded ignorance of the regulations on that point,
and the fourth charge he indignantly denied, and as-
serted that no proof had been given in its support.
The Court found Lieutenant Knight guilty of the Ist
and 3rd charges, and acquitted him on the others, and
taking into consideration the irreproachable character
he has borne, sentenced him to be placed at the bottom
of the list of first lieutenants of Royal Marines.
Lieutenant Jervis was then tried for allowing the wo-
men to come on board on the night in question, and not
reporting the fact to the officer in command of ship.
He was honourably acquitted of the charge, having had
nothing to do with the affair.
To-morrow a court-martial is to be held on Lieutenant
Elphinstone, for allowing the women on board, he being
the commanding officer of the ship for the time.
By the sentence on Lieutenant Knight that officer
loses 11 years' service.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

CENTRAL WALES.

A largo and influential meeting of the landowners of
the county of Radnor was held at Penybout, being the
central point of the county, on Thursday, for the
purpose of promoting a railway from the Craven
Arms station, on the Shrewsbury and Hsreford Rail-
way, rich Knighton, Penybout, Llandrindod Wells,
and Llanwityd Wells to Llandovery and Carmarthen,
there to join the South Wales line to Milford. Mr.
John Jones, high sheriff for Radnorshire, took the
chair. Several influential landowners having made
eloquent speeches in favour of this line, which is con-
sidered to be the most direct and easy of construction
between the two termini, resolutions were proposed
and unanimously adopted, to the effect that the meet-
ing very cordially approved of the plan proposed for
supplying the direct line of railway communication
between the towns of Manchester, Liverpool, and the
north of England, and port of Milford Haven, and
pledging the parties present to support the under-
teking by every means in their power ; appoint-
ing, a committee—consisting of Mr. J. Jones, Sir
T. F. Lewis, Mr. Richard Price, Mr. Henry Thomas,
Mr. F. A. Railing, Mr. T. Prickard, Mr. Thomas
Thomas, Mr. T. IL. Lloyd, Mr. E. M. Evans, Mr.
E. Bennett, and Mr. J. Edwards, to carry out the
undertaking ; that a subscription be entered into in
order to defray the expenses of the requisite survey, and
of the other steps necessary to forward the undertaking.
The landowners present signed a minute to the effect
that they were willing to sell their land to the company
at the rate of 25 years' purchase, upon the fair agricul-
tural value tber,24.
The pr )ceedings concluded with votes of thanks to the
members representing the borough, and to the high
sheriff for presiding on the occasion. -

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 15 soya each, 10 ft, for
three-yr-olds and upwards. D. 1., two miles 119
yards. 4 subs.
Mr. Mare's Ilex, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Rogers) 1
Lord Clifden's Poodle, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flattnan) 2
Mr. Megson's The Medal, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Clement) 3
Betting-6 to 4 agst Iles. Ilex took the lead, kept
it, and won by two lengths. The second beating the
third twice that distance.
SELLING HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 Boys each, for
three-yr-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for
100 sovs, if demanded, &c. Last half of Ab. M.
Three fur 217 yds. 8 subs.
Lord Anglesey's Lizzie, 3 yrs, Bst ...... ..(J. Goater) 1
Mr. E. R. Clarke's Ruby, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Wells) 2
Mr. Vernon's Jessamine, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Fordham) 3
The following also started :—New Brighton, Glen-
strae, Game Chicken, Oxue, and Rally.
Betting—Even on Jessamine, 4 to 1 eget Game
Chicken, 6to 1 agat any other. Lizzie had the best of
the race all the way, and at last won easily by a length
and a half ; ten lengths between second and third ; Oxus
was fourth, Game Chicken fifth, Glenstrae sixth, New
Brighton seventh, and Rally last.
The CLEARWELL STAKES of 30 sove each, 20 forfeit, for
two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b ; certain
winners extra. T.Y.C. (5 fur 140 yds). 27 subs.
Mr. Payne's c by Cotherstone, out of Polydora, Bst
1316 (Flatman) 1
Lord Exeter's Almond, Bst slb (Marlow) 2
Mr. J. Clark's The Hind, Bst 5.b (Whitehouse) 3
The following also ran :—Oulston, Le Fripon, and
The Sandboy.
Betting-7 to 4on Oulston, sto 1 agst Almond, 7to
1 each agst Le Fripon and Polydora, colt. Almond
with Oulstun and The Hind second and third, and the
others well together, made the running into the cords,
where they all closed, and a very fine race in terminated
in favour of Polydora colt by a head, the second beat-
ing the third by a neck. Oulston and Le Fripon, close
up, were fourth and fifth, Sandboy last.
Produce Match, 200 h ft, T.Y.C. (5 fur. 140 yds.)
Duke of Bedford's 31k, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) walked over
Lord Glasgow's ch f by Pyrrhus the First, darn by
Lanercust, or Retriever, out of Physalis, Bst 31b paid
The CESAREWITCH STAKES, a free handicap of 95 sovs
each, 15 ft, with 300 added by the Jockey Ciub, for
three-yr-olds and upwards ; various penalties ; the
owner of the second horse to receive 50 soya out of
the stakes. Cesarewitch Course (2 miles 2 furlongs
23 yards). 54 subs.
Mr. Greville's Muscovite, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ...(Flatman) 1
Mr. M. Dennett's Rattle, 4 yrs, Bst 31b...(5. Rogers) 2
Mr. Wray's D, 0., 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Carroll) 3
The following also ran :
Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan, 4 yrs, 9st 71b.. (r. Parr) 0
Mr. Greville's Adine, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (E. Harding) 0
Baron Rothschild's Hungerford, 6 yrs, Bst 4lb
(Charlton) 0
Mr. Howard's Balrownie,. 4 yrs, Bst llb (Wells) 0
Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior, 5 yrs, let 12Ib (Basham) 0
Mr. Parker's Joe Miller, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ...(J. Goater) 0
Baron W. Mollendorf's Scherz, 3yrs, 7st 71b (Birbeck) 0
Mr. Barber's Domino, 3 yrs, 7st 516 ...... . ...(West) 0
Mr. Barber's Cobnut, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Clement) 0
Mr. Murland's Ammonia, 5 yrs, 7st llb (Chilman) 0
Count Batthyany's Elthewoif, 5 yrs, 7st (tkldcroft) 0
Lord Derby's Bracken, .3 yrs, Est 131b...(T. Harrison) 0
Sir J. Boswell's La Belle, 4 yrs, Est slb (Ashman) 0
Mr. Bennett's Brown Brandy, 3yrs, Est 31b (Dowling) 0
Mr. Mather's St. Ciare, 3 yrs, Get 31b (T. Cliff) 0
Mr. Mather's Candlewick, aged, Get 2lb (Walters) 0
Mr. Ost.orne's Gamelad, 3 yrs, sst 51b ...(J. Rogers) 0
Lord Clifden's Rodo-meli, 3 yrs, 4st 91b ...(Fordham) 0
Betting at starting —3 to 1 agst Muscovite, 8 to 1 agst
Cobnut, 9 to 1 agat D. 0., 10 to 1 agst Rodo-useli, 12 to
1 each agst Rattle, La Belle, and Ammonia, 20 to 1 aget
Hungerford, 25 to 1 agst ithelwolf, 40 to 1 agst Rata-
plan, 100 to 3 agst Candlewick. Scherz and Adine took
the lead at starting, it. Clare and Domino, at a long
interval, being the next two, and these at a distinct dis-
tance in advance of the ruck. No change of moment
occurred with.the leading horses until they approached
the New Ground, when Scherz, Adine, and Domino
gave way, and D. 0. joined St. Clare, and took ground
in front, foLowed by Muscovite, Rodo-rnell, Rataplan,
Candlewick, Rattle, L Belle, and Ethelwolf, and in
nearly the same order they arrived at the Abingdon-
mile Bottom, where Muscovite came out, and bore
his colours in the van. Rataplan persevered to half-
way up the hill and then declined. On entering the
cords, Muscovite, holding a decided lead, showed that
his chance amounted to a certainty. Rattle, attended by
D. 0., Candlestick, St Clare, and La Belle, made a vi-
gorous effort to catch him, but he won very easily by
four lengths ; the second beating the third two lengths.
Candlewick was fourth, St. Clare and La Belle next ;
Rodo-meli about seventh or eighth ; the others finished
at straggling intervals, most of them being beaten off a
long way. Pace good throughout. Joe Miller, who
got badly off, came in some time after .the others had
passed the chair. Bracken, Balrownie, La Belle, and
two or three others, also got badly off. Balrownie broke
down.
Mason-200, h ft. D. M. (7 fur. 201 yds.)
Mr. Greville's Kaffir, Bst 51b
.(Flatrnan) 1
Lord Glasgow's c by Pantaloon, out of Physalis,
Bst 71b

Betting-2 to lon Kaffir. Kaffir made play ; when
half-way in the cords Physalis colt went up, but was at
last defeated by half a length.
SWEEPSTAKES of 10 BOVE. each, for three-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. The winner to be sold fur
100 sous, if demanded, &c. D. M. (7 fur. 251 yds.)
3 subs.
Lord W. Powlett's Bobby (S. Rogers) 1
(Charlton) 2
(Flatman) 3
Gabie
Communist
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de
tSargent'sChesterfield'sngto 1 on Bobby. Won by a neck ; three
2
lengths between the second and third.
The ROYAL STASES of 200 soya each, 120 ft, for three-
YexTraid.B ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies Bst 21b. Certain winners
The owner of the second horse to receive
back his stake. A.F. 1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards.
13 subs.
Mr. Howard's Scythian, Bst 71b. (Wells) 1
Mr. Greville's Quince, Bst 71b (Flattnan) 2
Lord Clifdcn's Rodo-rneli, Bst 71b (A. Day) 3
EAtitig -3 to 1 on Scythian, who made all the run-
ning, and won by a length, the second beating the third
three lengths.
Challenge for the WHIP ; 200 soya each ; lOst. B.C.
Fourisitilens
....... . 1.
... 3.
.... .
(Bashain) 2
Lord Exeter's Stockwell (Norman) 1
MB"e3ittinirgr—is'Bs tKoil;go on Kingston. Won by 30 lengths.
Kingston broke down.
SWEEPSTAKES of 5 soya each, for two-yr-olds, Gst 101 b ;
three, Bst 81b ; four and upwards, list. The winner
to be sold for 70 sovs, it demanded, &c. Rutland
Stakes course (5 fur 182 yds). 78t subs.
Mr. Batson's Sweetness, 4 yr 5........ (sly) 1
Captain Lane's Guy Mannering, 6 yrs (tartholotnew) 2
Mr. Rogers's Guitar, 2 yrs ..................... (Wells) 3
Mr. Wood's Duet, 2 yrs ..................... (Ashrnall) 4
Mr. Barnes's Petrel, 4 yrs
..... (Flatruan) 5
Mr. Drinkald's Donum, 6st 121 b ............ (Aldcroft) 6
Betting : Even on Guy Mannering, 5 to 1 each agst
Guitar and Duet, 6' to 1 agst Sweetness. A good
race in with the first three was won by a neck, same
distance between the second and third.
Brilliant weather, and'phe town all bustle and busi-
ness, the special and other trains to-day having brought
in a vast accession of visitors.
The scene on the heath was highly animated and ex-
citing, and the preparations for the great race were
watched with a very lively interest. At the saddling
stables, and in and around the ring, professionals and
amateurs congregated in large numbers, and speculation
was anxiously and sedulously pursued, as judgment
directed, fancy imagined, and books were to be " ope:
rated" upon:
Muscovite maintained his position in the betting with
unshaken firmness, and his performance in the race fully
justified the strong confidence of his backers. He won
very easily.
The challenge for the whip was not the least interest.
ing incident in the day's sport. It was a severe task for
the competitors, and although Kingston unfortunately
broke down in the fetlock joint of the off-hind leg whilst
in possession of the lead, and when within half-a-mile of
home, there is no doubt that Stockwell would not have
obtained the trophy had no such casualty occured.

BETTING AFTER THE RACES.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Rattle (taken freely).
14 o 1 agst Early Bird (taken).
500 to 30 agst Orinoco (taken).
25 to 1 agst Scherz (taken).
On the course; after the Cesarewitch, 6 to 1 was taken
about Rattle.

NEWMARKET RACES.—This DAY.
Six races are set for this day. The first (the Oat
lands Plate) at 2, the last (the Bedford Stakes) at 4.30,
Kingstown is scratched.
flungerfora's match is off.

W. Russell, Dorcas-buildings, Hammersmith, dealer in
bread—S. Atkins, jun., Berkeley-mews, Portman-square,
licensed victualler—J. Stammers, Brydges-street, Covent-
garden, musical director—S. Palmer, Praed-street and
Victoria-terrace, Paddington, clerk to an alpaca merchant
—T. Adams, Great Warner-street and Rod Lion-yard,
Clerkenwell, wheelright—T. Clarke, Mace-street, Hackney,
foreman to an engineer---P. N. Adkins, Willow-street,
Bermondsey, licensed victualler—T. E. Soupor, St. Bride's-
passage, City, clerk to an engineer—W. Jones, Skinner-
street and Primrose-street, Bishopsgate- street, City, cow-
keeper -T. Eames, Acacia Cottage, Downham-road, Kings-
land-road, tailor—T. Taylor, St. George's-place, Hyde-
park, carpenter—G. H. Turnbull, Smirk's-road, Old Kent-
road, clerk to a builder—T. Cheal, Mill-lane, Brixton,
carman—J. Harvey, Great Warley, Essex, baker.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. • per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. X s. d.
Albion .... •......... 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 -
Alliance Brit. an For. 71. 14s 6d .bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20
Ditto Marine....... il. p c. & be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 f 0 1 0 0 -
Atlas
argue Life ........... 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 22
British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7
Clericl.Med.Bt Gen. Life 5 pr ct. & be. 100 0 0 , 10 0 0 20Y,
County .............. 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 125
Crown .............. 17s. Od 50 0 0 5 0 0 18
Eagle
Equity and Law...... 414 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5
European Life ll. 20 0 0 all 19%
General.. - - ......., 6/. 5 0 0 ~ 5%
Globe .....„ 6/. per cent. Stock. 123
ouardian ............ 5". per cent 1,0 0 0 45 0 0 55
Imperial Fire ....• .... 121. per cent, 500 0 0 50 0 0 , 335
Imperial Life
Indemnity Marine.... I'. 38 •& 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 6i
Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 2 10 0 4%
Law I.ife... - ........ - 100 0 0 10 0 0 55%
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6%
London
London 4 hip... -
Marine... •• - - - - - IBs.per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 28
Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 414 4. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Minerva • • ...... •... 5 p. ct. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5%
Monarch ..... ...... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 21y
Palladium Life ..• -
Pelican .... • • •• • • ..•• - - - -
Phtenix • . . - - - 183
Professional Life....., 51. per cent. 5 0 0 10 0 14
Provident Life........ 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 , 10 0 0 39%
Rock Life.... • •
Royal Exchange ...... 6/. p ct. & be. Stock. all -
Sun Fire ...... 6/ 10s. - ~ 252
Ditto Life l/ 10s - -
United Kingdom .... 41 p. et &bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4%
Universal Life • -
Victoria Life • • - 4 12 6 -
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Am"uut
Name of Company per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X s. d. 1 X s. d.
seam Tea -
keet.,.. Mart.. . - • . • 21,1 i per cent. 50 0 0 -
Australian uriculturl 11. Is. 100 0 0 i 17 10 0 -
Australian Trust ... 61. per cent. - I 25 0 0 -.Australian Royal %Tail 51. 10 0 0 all -
nglo •Mexican Mint. 11 10s. 10 0 0 all -
British American Land 15s. -4) 0 0 -
Can ida .. ..., .... . 61. percent. 100 0 0 52 10 0 -
Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. - - -
I ;q.t., 6 per cent. - - 110
'itv Navigation Bonds - - - -
N:letriC Telegraph (A) 7 per cont. 25 0 0 90 0 0 61%
Ditto - - .... (B) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 -
Equitable Ileversionry 51pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Ditto New • • - 50 0 0 i 17 10 0 -
len. ~ ewers & Invest. 5 p. c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Gen. -team Navigation 10 p ct 15 0 0 14 0 0 .-
;i (woofer Bay.. •• • . • • - Stock. - -
Bun gerf ord .... • -
London , n-H •tution . • • - - - -
London Reversionary 4% per cent. 15 0 0 all -
Russell !nett tution • • •. - - 12 16 0 -
Prlel's Patent cand.Co 10/. per cent 20 0 0 17 10 0 -
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Royal ~tail • team •• ~ 11, p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 -
South A ustralian .• - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 all
Trust and Loan Comp.
Upper Canada - - -
LIST OF SCOTTISEI COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -
Z s. d
Rank of Scotland - •• V. per cent.- 100 0 9. 10t1 0 0. 181110
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2041 0
Caledonian Bank - • • . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 2 10 0 3'. 18-
City of Glasgow Bank 5./. per cent. 10 0 • 0 10 0 0 10/ 15s
Clydesdale Bank .... 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 ,2 Sc
mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 51'0 0 0 100 0 0 198110
Eastern 8ank.....• - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 111 Os
Edinb & Glasgow .. -3% I. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 15s
Exchange 13nk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 31 5 0 -
National Bank ...• •• 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 51 18s
North of -cot.and Bank 54. percent 20 0 0 2 10 0 4/. 7e
Royal Bank of -icotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 12811
Union Bank of Scot. .. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 5s
Western Bank •... - .. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 78u 101
.11iance Fire and Life.. 84/.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 251 Os
British Guarantee .... 44. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 01. 16-
Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251. O.
City of , ilasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. I Is
Colonial Life ......... 51. per cont. 50 0 0 1 0 0 s'. 25
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 251 105
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 141. 7s
Life 4 ssoc. of Acotland 81. per cent. 10 0 0 1 10 0 i4f. 16s
National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,11. 14,
North British Incur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 '341 or
4cottish Union Immo. 719/. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 'll.lls
tandard Life .. •• .. • . 51. per cent 50 0 0 7 0 '0 1711's1
United Dep. Assurance 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 r =

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF QUIVOY CHUIIOII.
—On Wednesday last, the 4th inst., the ceremony of
laying the foundation stone of the new church at Quivoy,
in the parish of Drumlane, county Cavan, was gone
through by the Countess of Londesborough, in the pre-
sence of a large number of the parkhioners and others.
The Countess of Lanesborough was accompauLd by
noble earl, the Lord Bishop of the diocese, and Mrs. Ewes-
lord, the Countess of Erne, AU. •

The Peregrine Oliver, Sept. 30, lat. 3T N, long. 27 1*
Tha Buctouche, from Whitehaven, bound south•w.`F
Oct. 2, lat. 51 N.
The Defence, from Callao to Hampton. Roads, Sept.?'
lat. 8 N, long. 26 W.
The Main, from Callao to Cowes, Sept,. 16, lat. 29 :4
long. 39 W.
The America, from Bombay to Liverpool', Sept. 23, 11,.
41 N, long 34 W.
The Peggy and Mary, from Sydney, N. S. W., to L
don, Sept. 28, lat. 46 N, long. 25 W.
The Najade, for London, Oct. 4, lat. 47 Y", long. 9 NI.
The Andreas, bound to Point •de Galle, St 'pt. 4, lat. t':
N, long. 10 W.
The. Julia, steering for the westward, Se pt. 19, 25 itiY
aouth•east of Malaga..
The Catharine, from Labrador, Sept. 29, lat. 52 N, 104-
15 W.

COUNT la M A UKETS.

LIVERPOOL—Ocr. 10.

The Corn Exchange this morning was tolon %bly well f.
tended by millers and dealers, who operated ver3 cautionst
taking merely sufficient of any article to suppl 3 r immedi
wants. Foreign wheat fully sustained tbo price of Tuesci,
last, and prime quality of American flour corn manded
per barrel advance. English wheat and flour we re both .
better supply, and prices were rather easier. Good IP
red wheat sold at 8s 9d to 8s 10d per 701bs; and gk )od tbout
hold flour 44s 6d to 45s 6d per 280165. The best _ln (lien e(1.
declined is, and the secondary sorts 2s per qr. Gat al •
gave way is per load. Barley and beans rather do, as
Oats and peas without change.