The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-20 00:00:00

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No. 17,136. LON DON, FRIDAY E
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y AUGUST 20, 1847.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
Tire Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
vith re,yeet to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
is, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
'eittire of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his In-
crests to meet other conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
et the arnual meeting held on the 12th May; 1847, to declare a fifth
bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each
policy effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

.
,
."! ! Annual Policy Bonus in' nent Re- Assured
.I,;e. st. Pre- taken addition , Bonus in duction of may bor-
m , mium. out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on
m' ! Premiums. Policy.
. £ s. di £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
r 1837 243 9 3,112 8 5 18 4 6 494 S 10
£ £s.
1838 218 4 8! 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0
d. .
1839 192 1 10 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1
60 1000 74 3 4 1840 143 5 10: 66 8 4 919 1 346 2. 3
1841 138 14 2! 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4
1842 111 6 81 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the
office, or any of its branches in the country; or, on Application.will
be forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON cminoux, Secretary.

ENGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE
ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION.
12, Waterloo-place, London; 119, Prince S-street, Edinburgh.
Established in 1839.
Subscribed Capital, One Million.
A BONUS of TWO PER CENT. PER ANNUM on the SUM
ASSURED to the 25th of December, 1846 (equivalent to 28 per cent
on the premiums paid), HAS BEEN DECLARED, and ADDF.D
to all POLICIES entitled to participate in the. profits of the Asso-
ciation.

The business of this office embraces—
Every description of Risk contingent upon Life, whether Civil,
Naval, or Military, at home or abroad.
A C,mprehensive System of Loan •(in connexion with Life As=
surance) on undoubted personal or other security of adequate value.
Immediate, Deferred, and Contingent Annuities and Endowments.
The Assured participate in two-thirds of the profits.
12, Waterloo-place. J. HILL :WILLIAMS, Actuary.

COLLINS'S ODE .on. the PASSIONS will be
recited by Mr. J. RUSSELL, with Illustrations in a Series of
DRAWINGS magnified by means of the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE,
accompanied by Music by Dr. Wallis, on the Mornings of Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday, and on the Evenings of Tuesday and
Thursday, at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr.
Bachhoffner's LECTUIV:S on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY will
comprise the subject of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, &c. CHE-
MICAL LECTURES by F. 11. Holmes, Esq., on the Evenings of
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The beautif 1 OPTICAL EF-
FECTS include the last DISSOLVING VIEWS, DIVING BELL
and DIVER, with EXPERIMENTS, &c. &C.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

TO BE SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the
HIGH COURT of CHANCERY made in a cause " PARA-
MORE v. GREENSLADE," with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN
WILSON, one of the Masters of the Court, at the Auction Mart,
Bartholomew-lane, in the City of London, on FRIDAY, the 221 .clay
October, 1847, at Twelve o'clock at FOOD, by Mr. CHARLES
WARTON, the person appointed by the Master for the purpose, in
Five Lots,
A COI'YIIOLD ESTATE, held of the Manor of Bronswood Or
Brim'esw. od, in the parish of Hornsey. in the county of Middlesex,
comprising ten brickbuilt Dwelling-houses, situate and known as
Diapason-row, adjoining Victoria-grove, and in front of the Gm:A
North-road, at Stoke Newington, Middlesex, and the Leasehold
Gardens attached thereto.

Printed particulars and conditions of sale may be had (gratis) at
the said Master's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane,
London ; of Messrs. Tooke and Son, solicitors, 39, Bedtord-rOw,
London ; of Mr. George, Brace, solicitor, Surrey-street, strand; of
Mr. Charles Warton, auctioneer and estate ag,nt, 38, Threadneedle-
str«et, London; and of Messrs. Pearse, Son, and Cross, solicitors,
South 31olton, Devon; and the premises may be viewed on applic-a-
Bon to the tenants.
Dated the 16th day of August, 1847.

DAVIES'S CANDLES, 60. per lb. ; Genuine
Sperm, Is. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per 1121b1. ;
Mottled, 6N. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb.; German Wax,
Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 11d. ; Genuine
Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7%c1.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ;
Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind-
...or and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ;
Rose, 2s. ; Almond, is. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Hale's Paragon
Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. per lb.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Martin'e-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house.

THE FINALE TO THE ELECTION.
The contest now 'twixt Whigs and Tories
Is past, whilst each successful glories ;
And, true, we have a mighty notion,
That ended Is the great commotion.
Now it is strange amidst the fuss,
Which certainly amuses us,
To find that HYAM'S still retain
Amidst the world so great a name !

Go ask the Whig—go ask the Tory,
What tradesman has the greatest glory ?
The answer is, we vouch it clear,
Why, HYAM'S first in every sphere.
And why is this ? Why all protest
His clothing is the very best;
See for yourselves, and with surprise,
You scarcely will believe your eyes.
His cut, his fit, his style and make,
Precedence will at all times take ;
Whilst sterling goodness, lengthened wear,
Proclaim that standard clothes are here,

The Hosiery, Hat, and Outfit Department, recently added to this
Establishment, is now complete, containing a well-selected stock of
Shirts, Gloves, Hose, Handkerchiefs, &c. &c. Paris and town made
Hats, Travelling, Fishing, Youths', and Mens' Caps, in every va-
riety, at prices in accordance, with L. Ilyam's well-known econo-
mical system.

L. LIYAM'S LIST OF PRICES s. d.
Good Dress Coats (well made) .. ••• • • • 2l 0
Good Saxony Do. do.. •..••.. • • • 27 0
Good wool-dyed d 0....... •., • • , 34 0
Vey superior West of England.... ..
Good Surtout Coat .. •••• • • • • •• • ..... 25 0
Do. faced with Silk ••..• • • • • •
Imperial wool-dyed Black
Do. Saxony d 0....... ••.. • 48 0
Do. West of England do. • 54 0
The Hyamonian Paletot (a superior article) .... 25 0
The Mazourka Wrapper ~........ ..... ....... 34 C
The Capot Dete (a delightful Autumn Coat) .... 42 0
Vests in every description of material and
style ..... .........
Trowsers cut in a superior style, ofthe most novel
fabrics and designs 6 6
The Registered Lustre Shooting moat .. •, 14 6
Youths' Jackets and Tunic Suits •..... from 18 6
L. lIYAM'S Clothing, Hat, and Outfitting Establishment, 36,
Gracechu rch-street.

ON TIIE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS 'IRE DURATION OF HUMAN
LIFE.

ILLUSTRATED WITS! COLOURED ENGRAVINGS,
Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free
by post, 3s. Gd.
CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular
Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen-
sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.
Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
Cases, &c.
By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newmaa-
street, Oxford-street, London.
Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c,
CONTENTS OF THE WORK,
Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate
indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings.
Chap. 2.—Banethl Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body,
evidenced in the. production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other
convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges-
tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the
Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful
Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital
Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and
the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice
of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, Its symptoms, complica-
tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate.
Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases,
and concluding observations, Plates, &c.
Sold by Brittain, 54, Paternoster-row; Gorden, 146, Leadenhall-
street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 114, Chancery-
lane; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Winhal, 78, High-street, Bir-
mingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell,
54, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Greenside-street,
Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; and all
Booksellers.

Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to
apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it
direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage stamps.
Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Tenti 11 Two, and
from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60,
Newman-street, Oxford .street, London, and country patients !may
be successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclos-
ing the usual fee of 11. for advice.

A POPULAR TREATISE on the REALTR. LIFE, and VIGOC,
of the BODILY FUNCTIONS.

NINETEENTH EDITION price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Pest (in s Seals
Envelope) 3s. 6d.,
- - - -- - -- -

- -
THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Wort
on the loss of the reproductive powers,neglected Strictures, Se.
with means of restora.
tion. The baneful effects of Indulgence,
condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Es
gravhigs ; followed by observations on Marriage. By It. and L.
PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence.
Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster-row; Gordon, 146, Leadenhal -
street ; Purtis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxfor.i•
street. and 37, Roy al Exchange , and all booksellers.
Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who ar.
prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of cer
lain disqualifications, and will bef ound an available introduction t
the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood.
Part 11. treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, tithe
.n their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showini
how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, enta'
themselves years of misery and suffering.
The CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively directed LC
the cure of nen ons and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar.
renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debili
ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price I is. and 335. per bop,
e. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti
syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from vs
(wren' contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and both
ulcetaeb4ma, and those painful affections arising from improper treat
stem, sozondarysymptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price I 1 -
and ads. per battle.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC ' PILI rice Es. 9d., 4s. Id
and 11 s. per box, are the most effectual 'reedy'p for strictures, ID
flarnmation, Irritation of the bladder, lisc., without hindrance n
ness.
Consultation fee, if by Letter, 1/. A minute detail of cape is n
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residenc
9, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven tilt two, as
111 Y 0 till eight; and on liuldars from eleyeo tin twelve.

CONTRACTS for SALT BEEF and PORK.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, Aug. 13, 1847.
. The ;.ontmissioncrs for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
notice, that on THURSDAY, the 30th September next, at One o'clock,
they will be ready to treat with such persons at may be willing to
CONTRACT for the supply of a quantity of

,ALT MEAT,
of the cure of the United Kingdom, or elsewhere, equal to 5,000
tierces of Navy Beef, and 11,000 tierces of Navy Pork (in separate
tenders), all to he cured in the ensuing season, their Lordships re-
serving to themselves the power, when the tenders are opened, of
contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only, as
they may deem fit, or of not contracting for any part; and also an
unlimited power of selection, according to quality.
Tile tenders, Loth fcr Beef and Pork, to specify the place where
the meat is intended to be cured.
All Beef to be delivered in tierces, and a quantity of Pork
equal to 150 tierces (and for which separate tenders are to be
made), to be delivered in casks, containing 100 lb. each, and of the
remaining quantity of Pork three-fourths to be delivered in tierces,
and the remaining one-fourth in barrels, into her Majesty's Vic-
tualling Stores at Deptford, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Haulbow-
line, in such proportions as shall hereafter be directed, and within
the following periods:— . _

BEEF TWo-thirds 31st March,
One-third 31st May
On or before the 1848
PORK, One-third 31st Iflarch
Two-thirds 31st May
and to be paid for by bills payable at sight, but not during the first
period of delivery, for any quantities beyond those specified.
._ .

The conditions of the contract may be seen at this office, or by
applying to the Agent for the Victualling at Cork, or to the Collectors
of her Majesty's Customs at Limerick, Relfast, Waterford, and Newry,
or to the Secretary of the Postmaster-General at Dublin, or to the
Resident Agent for Transports at Leith.
No tender will be admitted for a less quantity than shall be equal
to 300 tierces of Beef, or to 300 tierces of Pork, except for the Pork,
to be delivered in casks containing 1001 b. each.

No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
nor any noticed unless the party attends, or some person on his
behalf, duly authorised in writing; and it is to be expressly under-
stood that the tenders must contain a separate price for the Beef, and
a separate price for the Pork ; and that every tender must also spe-
cify the prices both in figures and words at length, or the tenders
will be rejected.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, and bear in the left-hand corner of the envelope the words
", Tender for Salt Meat," and " Comptroller for Victualling," and
must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and be accompanied by a
letter signed by two responsible persons, engaged to become bound
with the person tendering, in a sum equal to 251. per cent. on the
amount of the contract, for the due performance of the same.

PUBLICATIONS.
By Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
Now ready, in 2 Vols. Bvo., with numerous Maps,
Plates, and
s,
ARRATIVE ofW theoodcut SURVEYING VOY-
AGE of H.M.S. FLY, under the Col-whoa:l of Captain BLACK-
WOOD, R.N., in Torres Straits, New Games, and otherN Islands in
the Eastern Archipelago ; together 'with an Excursion into the In-
terior of the Eastern Part of the Island of. Java, during the years
1842 to 1846.
By J. IZEETE JUKES, M.A., Naturalist to the Expedition.
T. and W. Boone, Publishers, 29, New Boud-street, London ;
Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh.

Immediately, in One Vol. Bvo., with Illustrations.
JOURNAL of an OVERLAND EXPEDI-
TION from MORETON BAY to PORT ESSINGTON.
By Dr. LUDWIG LEICREIARDT.
Describing extensive Tracts of Fertile Country, watered by several
large Rivers.
T. and W. Boone, Publishers, 29,
N.B. A large Map of the Route, by..Arrowstnith, contairdeg much
Geological Information, will be published at. the same t me.
New Bond street, London.

THE .ROMANCE Or REGENT•

STREET AGAIN.
ELLAH V. ESTHER DE VILLARS. - The parties in
this action have already figured before the
public at
Marlborough-street Police-court. The plaintiff, Benja
min Ellam, a shopman, who dated his epistles to the de-
fendant, Mademoiselle Esther de Villars, from the
" Commander-in-Chief 's
-office," brought his present
suit (at the Bloomsbury County Court yesterday) to
recover 151., alleged to have been lent to get goods from
the Custom-house. The defendant, who was accom-
panied by her sister, Leoline de Villars, who had also
figured at the police-court, attended to deny her lia-
bility, and, after waiting from the sitting of the court
till five o'clock, the plaintiff did net make his appear-
ance.

Mr. De la Mare, a solicitor, on the part of the defend-
ant, applied for an award of compensation from the
plaintiff to the defendant. The plaintiff had not at•
tended, and he thought he had acted wisely for once in
his life. •
The Learned Judge said he was atithdrised by the
Act to award a sum for attendance of the defendant.
He wished to know if she was in court ?
Mademoiselle Esther made her appearance, and her
solicitor, alluding to her swollen face, said she had been
attending the whole day at great inconvenience from
indisposition.

'Tie Learned Judge asked the amount of the debt?
Mr. De la Mare said the claim was 151., alleged to
have been lent.

The Learned Judge—Does she admit any part of it?
Mr. 1)e la Mare—Oh no, not any. He referred to
the 79th section of the 9th and 10th Viet., c. 95, by
which the Court was authorised to award a sum for the
trouble and attendance of the defendant.

It was stated that t.le plaintiff not having attended
to urge his suit, the professional adviser for the de-
fendant had paid the fees of hearing to enable him to
make the present application. The defendant's sister
Leoline and another person had attended as her wit-
nesses.

The Court awarded 1/. to the defendant for her at-
tendance bt sides costs, and ordered the cause to be
struck out of the list. _ _ _

By the order made, the plaintiff, in default of pay-
ment, will be proceeded againg; the order made being
by the section declared to be in the nature ofa judgment
recovered.

ASCENT OF .. M ....E. GALES
BALLOON
SINCE ITS RE-
CENT RECOVERY. —The announcement that Mr. Gale
would make another aerial trip with the identical balloon
that escaped a few weeks since at Glasgow, and de-
seceded at Brandon, in Northumberland, drew together,
on Tuesday afternoon, a large assemblage of spectators
at the Rosherville Gardens, near Gravesend, where the
truant machine proudly lifted its vast proportions with
all the brightness and grandeur that characterised its
first exhibition. The visitors, who were happily
grouped in large and small parties on the green lawn,
bolt cliff, warlike tower, and other picturesque places
of resort and promenade, watched with no small atten-
tion the process of inflation, which, owing to some acci-
dental obstruction in the gas-pipe, did not proceed so
rapidly as was necessary for the carrying out of Mr.
Gale's varied evolutions in mid air. The difficulty,
however, was, in a measure, met by the aeronaut's de-
termination to use only a single car, which was accord-
ingly adjusted for the purpose of ascertaining the as-
cedding power of the balloon, which was little more than
half full of gas. Fortunately it was found sufficiently
light to lift with Mr. Gale, Mr. Henry Coxwell, of
aeronautic celebrity, together with some fireworks, and
a fair share of ballast. At about six o'clock the Prince
of Wales was liberated, and rose majestically over the
gardens, when the aeronauts bowed their acknow-
ledgments to several rounds of hearty cheers. At an
altitude of about half a mile a grand salute was fired in
honour of the Duchess of Kent's birthday, the smoke
and reports of which created wonderment and admira-
tion. The balloon then entered a cloud, but soon re-
turned within view of the spectators, and hovered for at
least twenty minutes over Gravesend. After remaining
up for half an hour the balloon descended safely at
White Hill, near Cobham Park, and on the return of
Mr. Gale and Mr. Coxwell, the spectators, both out-
side and inside the gardens,_ expressed their commenda-
tion at so unusual a spectacle.
SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM BEFORE GEN.
SIR HARRY SMITH.—On Wednesday a grand display
of siege operations took place beforo General Sir Harry
Smith. A large number of the officers of the garrison
were present, including the Commandant-Colonel James
Simpson. The' operations were under the direction of
Colonel Sir Fred. Smith. The operations commenced
by an assault on Prince Henry's Bastion, the East India
Company's men, with the Royal Artillery and line, being
the defenders of the works assaulted under command of
Captain Robertson. The attackers consisted of the
Royal Sappers and Miners in charge of Captain
M'Kerlie, R.E. The next operation was the construc-
tion of a pontoon bridge, which was ably and quickly
formed under the direction of Captain Fenwick, R.E.,
and Sir Harry Smith, with several officers and ladies,
walked on it for some time. Some field pieces with a
number of artillery-men
were also taken across the
bridge, which was remarkably steady. This was fol-
lowed by the destruction of a sunken battery of five
L andie n one:
eR a ofn t 8
Wilkinson,
I bse the rguns, by mines consisting two of 601bs. of powder each,
man-
nerfi
as would be adopted by the defenders of a place in
destroying the breaching batteries of the besiegers.
and
dg
was being
doun under d
in
nr thethe direction
same
The explosions followed each other in succession, and
the effect was most magnificent, giving the greatest
satisfaction to all present. Sir Harry Smith particularly
expressed delight at the operation. The last operation
was that of breaching a stockade of great strength. A
party of men, with large
sap rollers, advanced to the
stockade with a charge of powder, which they deposited
by means of a hand-truck against the building, when
the first charge of 601 b. of gunpowder, pressed down
with bags of sand, was fired, the effect of which was the
destruction of several pieces of timber. At the other
end of the stockade a charge of 1001 b. was placed, with-
out being pressed with bags of sand, which, by Bick-
ford's fusee, was timed for a minute or two, when an
explosion took place, effectively
clearing an opening, by
blowing down and breaking ono or two of the balks of
timber, dislodging others, and scattering large splinters
of wood in all directions. The operations being con-
eluded, General Sir Harry Smith paid a high compli-
ment to Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, and the engineer
officers and men under his command. He had been
highly pleased with the operations of the day. The
Gallant General on riding off the ground, attended by
his brother, Major Thomas Smith, was loudly cheered
by the assembled troops. During the afternoon Sir Harry
recognised several of his old campaigners, the wounded
soldiers of the Sutlej, and entered tatniliarb• into con-
versation with them. In the evening General Sir Harry
Smith dined with the commandant of the garrison,
Colonel Simpson, at his residence at the Government-
house. Sir H. Smith intends leaving Chatham to-morrow.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]--A DANGEROUS CASE OF ERY-
SIPELAS, ATTENDED WITH SWELLING AND INFLAMMA-
TION, CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—
Extract of a letter, dated East Keal, Spilsby Lincoln-
shire, Oct. 8, 1845:—" I beg to announce to you a most
wonderful cure wrought upon myself by your ointment
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FATAL FIGHT BETWEEN Two BOYS.—Yesterday
information was received by Mr. Baker, the coroner,
that a fight had taken place on Wednesday between two
youths, aged eight and nine years,
which, unfortunately,
had terminated in the death of one of them. The boys
were named John Harris and Egleton, and some trifling
when Egletonhe was beaten. lie was taken
light took place. Twoto pass _ happening at the
quarrel led to blows, andmeevne,ntuallyregular stand-up
where had some porter and rum,
time, encouraged the boys to fight, which they did for
'fell into a state of stupor, and died in
atholaidlaf
spahunobrhi
tioloyu.
hr,o u
afters e
the course of the night.
FATAL STEANI-BOAT ACCIDENT.—Mr. W. Payne
is: yesterday at the Glazier's Arms, Water-
-I.s, on the body of William March, aged
nineteen,
o lost his life by falling from the Ant
Ihl
ed a
Bn i ianegkwuf
hre
steamer. The deceased was an apprentice to Mr. Howse,
hair-dreeser, and on Saturday last fell from the side of
the Ant steamer, plying between Ilungerford and
London-bridge. Ho was
rivernotfo off
undußnitaileintforoinary.h\rVidegde-
nesday, floating in the
steam-boat pier. The jury returned a verdict of acci-
dental death.
IslingtonialGli TNwas
ING.
Mr. Spencer T. Hall, who sat reading, on a chair, the
I seating of which was bound with a thick brass wire, was
caught by the lightning. Fortunately, however, it did
zsiCteaduThlyo a storm, with thunder, when
LIGHTNING.—CAUTION. -- On Monday evening
no harm beyond giving him a slight shock, and scorch-
ing that portion of his thigh in proximity to tho metal.
This should be a warning to those in the habit of sitting
on chairs or sofas thus constructed whilst lightning is so
prevalent and active.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
THE GREAT WESTERN.
- Yesterday the half-yearly meeting was held at the
Bristol station; Mr. Charles Russell in the chair, sup-
ported by Viscount Barrington, Mr. F. B. Barlow, Mr.
11. Simmons, Mr. T. R. Guppy, Mr. J. Lean, Mr. E.
Mills, Mr. W. Toshill, and Mr. Brunel, the engineer.
There was a numerous attendance.
The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the proprietors, said,
under the pecuniary pressure that had recently prevailed
in the money market, the distress caused by dearth,
almost amounting to famine, and the difficulties that had
attended not only upon railways, but on almost every
other commercial enterprise in the country, gave him
cause, he thought, to congratulate the proprietors on the
result of their working during the last six months.
There was nothing, he thought, so sensitive in seasons
of national distress and of financial fluctuation, there
was no surer barometer of commercial activity or of
commercial stagnation than a railway; and he, there-
fore, thought that their receipts were, under the circum-
stances, extremely satisfactory.—(Cheers.) The length
of line that had been opened during the last six months
was exactly the same as that which had been opened
during the corresponding period of 1846, and the
number of passengers of all classes had during that
period remained very much the same; their goods traffic
had 'considerably increased.—(Cheers.) The general re-
ceipts of their revenue had advanced; not indeed in a
very great degree, but to the extent of about 10,0001.,
demonstrating that, independently of the extraneous
sources of property to which they might look when other
lines were completed, that the traffic on that portion of
their line which was already opened was still far from
developed, and that under ordinary circumstances of
national prosperity they might sately and fairly look
still further for a considerable increase.—(Cheers.)
Under all these circumstances the directors felt that they
were perfectly justified in declaring a dividend at the
rate of eight per cent. per annum.—(Cheers.) The
Chairman then alluded at some length to the result of
their Parliamentary proceedings in the last sessioh.
They had most unexpcctedly lost their Windsor line,
While th-at tine had been obtained by a company who had-
no legitimate claim to its possession. The South-
Western, however, could only carry their line to Black-
pots, so that they were in reality almost as far from
Windsor as the Great Western were at Slough. In ad-
dition to this, there was a strong and general feeling
that great injustice had been done to the Great Western
in the matter, and from what had since passed, they
(the Great Western) did not entertain a doubt but
that they would eventually carry their line to Wind-or.
As a set-off to this loss, they had obtained the West
London Extension to the City. The South-Western
had carried their Exeter and Yeovil line through the
Commons, but the Great Western, as they had done
in a previous case, might beat them still in
the Lords. They (the Great Western) more-
over, by their line from Hungerford to 'Westbury, and
Castlecary to Taunton, had what was almost tanta-
mount to a competing line to this, and with the powers
of the broad gauge, would be able to demonstrate that
they were infinitely superior in speed, safety, tend every
other attribute.—(Cheers.) On the Ist of September
they would bring fresh improvements into play. They
proposed to accelerate the speed of their ordinary trains,
and by an alteration in their arrangements they hoped
to be able to diminish the time in which more particu-
larly third-class passengers would be conveyed between
the termini. He believed that the more the South-
Western made aggressions to the west, the more they
would he inflicting injury or. themselves. The i
South-
Western had hitherto acted on the offensive. It way
now the turn of the Great Western, if they pleased
to retaliate, and they might, if they saw fit, proceed
from Basingstoke to Southampton and Portsmouth,
the inhabitants of both which latter places were
eagerly looking for it, to shorten their comtnunica-
tien with the south and north of England. Not a
single instance could be found of an aggression of
the Great Western on the South-Western, though so
great a clamour was raised as to the aggressive policy
of the Great Western. Mr. Hudson, the other day, had
cast a stone of this kind from his sling, as though to
warn the Great Western on the subject, but through all
the wide extent of Mr. Hudson's dominions, he was at
a loss to know one instance in which the Great Western
had even touched or approached his sovereignty.—
(Laughter.) How different, however, was it with Mr.
Hudson, who, at the instigation of the London and
North-Western and others, promoted several Bills that
were direct aggressors on the Great Western district,
besides buying up the Birmingham, and Gloucester, and
Bristol lines at the very moment that the Great Western
were negotiating for them. If Mr. Hudson meant what
he said as the vehicle of a threat, the Great Western
were well able to treat it with indifference ; if, on the
other hand, he meant it in a spirit of peace, tl-ey were
as perfectly ready to respond to it.—(Cheers.) lie con-
gratulated them on obtaining the Cheltenham and
Oxford line, notwithstanding Mr. Glyn had congra-
tulated his constituents on having lost it, for it
was most important to the Great Western in-
terests as connecting them more intimately with the
south of Wales and the south of Ireland. In
other respects they had succeeded in keeping what
must become the broad gauge district intact. He re-
gretted he could not report any amicable adjustment of
the Birmingham and Oxford; the only case, he believed,
in which they could be charged with having adopted an
aggressive line of policy, and this was not the case until
they had been unceasingly attacked on their north both
by the Midland and the then London and Birmingham.
They bad agreed, as a last resort, to submit the matter
to an amicable suit in Chancery; but although the de-
putations of both companies agreed to this, the solicitor
for the dissentient shareholders in the Birmingham and
Oxford and the solicitor of the London and North-
Western totally disagreed to it, and the matter was
abruptly broken off. They were further asked to sur-
render the right to appoint four directors to the dissen-
tient shareholders, but of course they could not consent.
That question, therefore, remained as it was. In Oc-
tober the directors would take an opportunity of laying
before the proprietors their prospects for the next ses-
sion. They would be as few as possible, and those that
had been already passed would not be carried on with
precipitation. What capital they required to complete
their lines in progress they proposed raising by loan,
on the security of the parent undertaking; and there
could be no doubt of their obtaining the money at
5 per cent. His colleagues and himself were still ear-
nest, as they always had been, for peace, not only with
the Birmingham and Oxford, but all others; and when
the disputed question of the Birmingham and Oxford
was settled by some competent authority, he saw no in-
surmountable obstacle to the consummation of such a
peace. If they came to some amicable and reasonable
arrangement, if they pursued their projects prudently
and progressively, there was ample room for all of them,
and the resources of the extended, and still extend-
ing traffic of the country, were sufficient to maintain un-
impaired, not only with advantage to themselves, but the
greatest advantage to the public, the prosperity of the
irrespective undertakings.—(Loud applause.)
Mr. C. A. SAUNDERS, the secretary, read the report,
which stated—
" That the passenger traffic had continued numerically
about the same as in the corresponding period of 1846,
although the income had diminished to the extent of
4,1001.; while the merchandise business, on the other
hand, had, upon a similar comparison, increased both in
tonnage and in receipts, viz.:—
Tons conveyed. Amount.
To the 30th June,.
11884476
119465:13381 £19171:897307

The length of line worked by
Increase ... 51,0e0er7eovre.n5.
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precisely the same during both periods, The expendi
lure had
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been credited with a sum of 30,0001., being about a
moiety of the premiums which have been realised by the
differencee
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circumstances.
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with pleasure to the improving receipts of this
confidently believe that any suspension of such natural
increase has been temporary, and may be justly ascribed
to the state of affairs consequent upon the disastrous
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in all respects as satisfactory to the interests of the co in-
pany as could have been desired, much had nevertheless
been accomplished in the protection of their rights, anti
considerable advantages had been obtained in securing
hr
valuable traffic to the Great Western . T e-
South-Western Company had obtained an extension of
their Richmond Railway to Staines and Windsor,. and
for a time defeated the projects of this compar,, for
similar extensions to the same towns from the Great
Western line. On the other hand, the company lead
succeeded in obtaining an Act for Farrying a railway ii.
extension of the West London hue across the river
Thames to Vauxhall, whence the traffic will find access
to the City by some arrangements. as soon as the public
short branch of two miles into Windsor will, when accommodationiiainent
for that shoabljlercetndei‘Aoirt dceasniTthlbeeto d
o.aupbptleydtitvhla)
that
ap-
plied for again, be granted, for the convenience of the
traffic passing toand from the Great Western Railway at
Slough. The measures submitted to Parliament for dii:ect
tines to Exeter were still left to be finally' disposed of
the next session. The Committee of the house ef Com-
mons decided to give this company a direct line as far a:
Castle Carey, and also to give to the Bristol an..
Exeter Company a broad gauge continuation from
Castle Carey to join their line between Bridge.
water and Taunton the whole scheme forming

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one direct railway of
.1721 mi/es between London
and
theEsoxuettebr.. n Cnoamrmroiwtteegaruegpoertleidneisn fabveotwureeonf
Salisbury and Exeter (without thei • r contemplated
branches), rejecting the counter projects of this com-
pany, in which state the Bills remain suspended for fur-
ther consideration in another Parliament. The railway
from Oxford to Cheltenham, promoted by a company l •
connexion with the Great Western, had been preferred
n
to the opposing scheme of the London and North-
Western Company, between Marsworth and Chelten-
ham, which was rejected. In no case had success at-
tended any of those various projects in direct opposition
to this company, which were attempted during the hat
session by the Midland, or the London and North-
Western Companies, and which it had been thought ex-
pedient to resist in their progress through Parliament,
as injurious to the interests of the Great Western Com-
pany. The power to purchase the Birmingham, Wol-
verhampton, and Dudley Railway, and the confirmation
of the agreement for that purchase, as well as of those of
the Uxbridge and Wycombe lines had been obtained, with
authority to make the Henley and Radstoke branches.
The directors had given their best consideration to the
steps which might be most advantageously taken in the
way of augmenting their capital, by a new creation of
shares, or of otherwise providing the funds necessary
for the subscriptions authorised to other railway
companies, and also towards the construction of new
lines, or works; sanctioned by Parliament. The sub-
scriptions to other companies hitherto paid up had been
advanced out of the general funds of the company,
without any specific employment of the powers granted
by those several Acts, which in each case enable
the company either to create new shares of their own,
or to raise the money by guarantee out of the corporate
funds, or annual revenues of the Great Western Com-
pany, to persons who may advance the amount of such
subscriptions. A resolution was to be proposed to the
general meeting, for the purpose of sanctioning the issue
of such guaranteed securities as may enable the direc-
tors to obtain the requisite funds for the subscriptions in
question, without resorting at present to any creation of
shares. The circumstances of the country and the
iiioterfetotis seem teiricuircrity toire4

quire that, during the present pressure of the money
market, as little outlay as possible should be incurred,
and that the construction of new works should be re-
tarded and spread over a longer time rather than be ac-
celerated. It is intended to work the Great Western
trains over the new line into Cheltenham in the course
of next month, the rails for the broad gauge being al-
ready laid between Gloucester and Cheltenham, and the
station at the latter place nearly completed. The ap-
proaching completion of the South Devon Railway to
Plymouth would, it was predicted, open an entirely
fresh source of traffic to the line, and add importantly
to the income, by bringing that harbour and arsenal
within an uninterrupted railway communication with the
metropolis. It was proposed for the future to keep the
whole locomotive stock (the cost of which at present
amounts to 755,896/. 17s. 4d.), as a separate item in the
capital account, showing the total sum expended from
time to time, as plant for all the lines worked by the
company, distinguished from the cost of the construction
of the railway."
Mr. BRUNEL, in reply to the Rev. Mr. Nicholson, said
that the line to Newbury would be opened in the course
of the year.
A PROPRIETOR called attention to the large propor-
tion of revenue absorbed in legal expenses, and hoped the
directors would do all in their power to reduce them.
Mr. VOUZLEY complimented the directors on the
course they had pursued in connexion with the Bir-
mingham and Oxford question. It would be unworthy
on their part, having the right on their side, to succumb.
Mr. LAWRENCE FIEYWORTII, of Liverpool, congratu-
lated the meeting on the satisfactoriness of the financial
statement. lle deprecated the present contest in regard
to the Birmingham and Oxford, and warned all the nar-
row gauge lines of this—that, as the Great Western had
the most powerful means for conveying the traffic of the
country, it must of necessity prevail. The country de-
manded, and the country would have it.—(Cheers.)
They might as well attempt to stop the tide as to arrest
the improving progress of the broad gauge.
After some explanations from Mr. Crossthwaite, one
of the auditors, with reference to the accounts, the re
port was adopted, and a vote of thanks having been
passed to the chairman and directors by acclamation,
the meeting dispersed.

SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER.
The usual half-yearly general meeting of the share-
holders in this undertaking was held yesterday at the
offices of the company, Nine Elms, Lord de Manley in
in the chair. The report of the directors stated that the
line had now been opened some months, and that the
traffic had exceeded the most sanguine expectations of
the promoters. The untoward accident which occurred
to the tunnel soon after its completion and approval by
Captain Coddington, the Government inspector, was the
only thing which detracted from the general satisfac•
•ion. An arrangement had been entered into with the
London and South-Western Railway Company, by
which that company became the sole proprietors of the
line. The offer which had been made by the London
and South-Western was a liberal one; and iu effecting
the amalgamation, regard had been had to the comple•
tion and efficiency of the line and to the interests of the
shareholders. On the motion of the noble chairman the
report was agreed to; and as this concluded the busi-
ness, the meeting, which was very scantily attended, se-
parated.

MURDER OF THE DUCHESS OF

PRASLIN.

Our Paris letter of Wednesday contains the follow-
ing :
" Between five and six o'clock this morning the
Duchess of Praslin, daughter of Marshal Sebastiani,
was discovered murdered in her bed in her hotel in
the Faubourg St. Honore, eight doors from the Bri-
tish Embassy.
" It appears that the Duchess returned to Paris
yesterday evening only, in order to take with her to
a watering place some of her children, whose exami-
nations at their respective schools had just concluded.
This morning, between five and six o'clock, the
femme de chambre of the Duchess was awoke by her
lady's bell, znd instantly proceeded to her apartment,
which she found secured within. After calling loudly
and making ineffectual attempts to open the door, she
called up other servants, who forced an entrance, and
found the Duchess expiring in her bed. She had re-
ceived seven wounds from a poniard. The assassin,
who is supposed to have known the house well, is be-
lieved to have escaped by leaping into the garden
from the window of the Duchess's sleeping room, and
which opens on the Champs Elysees. The victim
was unable to utter a word before she expired.
" An alarm was instantly given, and in a very short
time the Procureur du Roi, the Prefect of Police, and
a considerable number of the most intelligent police-
officers were on the spot, and took active measures
for tracing the author of the crime. Every person
found in the house, and everybody who entered it
afterwards, were taken into custody. The efforts of
the police have not, up to this moment (three o'clock
p.m.), relaxed in the slightest degree. If human
sagacity and energy can insure success, it is impos •
,ible that the assassin can escape.

" Several rumours are afloat, to which, of course, I
shall not give publicity. As no robbery was effected,
murder only is believed to have been the intention of
the perpetrator of this appalling crime. It is, among
other reports, stated that the murder is a ' Corsican
vengeance' (vendetta), but it is difficult to admit this
this rumour, for there did not exist a more excellent
woman, nor one more universally belovpd 4. .ti,-
Duchess of Praslin. She was very handsome, the
mother of nine children, who live to deplore her loss.
i'he Duke is, it is said, at Plombieres (a watering
place in the department of the Vosges).
" Marshal Sebastiani left Paris only three days
since for Corsica. A telegraphic dispatch has been
sent to Marseilles to recall him to Paris.
(From Galignani's fessenger.)
itisw
uett this No.
55, the residence
Rue du Faubourg St. Honor ,_
Yesterday evening the
of the Duke de Praslin.
the daughter of Mar-
iot with
ad
lamentable
entli b regretle event
Duchess de Praslin,
who
was
sher of several children,
shal Sebastiani, and the
.m
dence from the country, and
arrived at the town resi
'our and five o'clock,
this morning, between ._
was bed. There are various Re -
found murdered in her
the circumstances of this
ts in circulation as to . . .
coun .
but in the confusion which necessarily
horrible affair,2:sreanlmournnie:g the
in oc-
currence theassured,however; that no robbery
ncdo commenced etnhcee da
differentrigid examinationperspersons
w, vwho
of the
private vengeance. The Procureur du Roi and other
om were permitted to leave the house
swpaisrecdo. prevailsmninlovi
committed,
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ht
actatnhebernruerlideedruispoantthriabvuetet tran-
spired. nt
to
were at the house early this morning, and
household,inmonin
until e daoifpateer;'3eha'et conviction had been obtained that they
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sewitha
Duchess, who
who
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already beened
highly accomplished woman, was about 40 years
of age.

FATAL OCCURRENCE IN THE CLYDE.—The Edin-
burgh Advertiser of Tuesday says—" We are sorryhto:
have to state that four lives were lost yesterday,
inthe
a. estero metropolis. Two of them, both men,n were
t.e
drowncd by the upsetting of a boat in the river, and duels_
other two consisted of a man and boy,
dentally killed by one of the trains ont
Railway. We understand, however, that
connexion with the
was the misfortune to be taken in
visit of the Queen."
k• The slight rains re n o
casec k
we have had,
freely in the past wee .
otherwise, by causing
have been beneficial rather than
the ear. Most of the corn
the grain to hang better in
both
is excellent,for quantity and.
whic has been reaped
.qualibp—,Dover Chronicle.
Harvest operations have been carried on pretty
winthhoneeiGthree