The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

No. 7,153.] LON DON, TUESDAY v ENING SUN, SEPTEMBER 14, 1847.

ENGLAND to IND'A and AUSTRALIA.
he IN inA and AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM-PACKET
ANY, incorporated by Royal Charter, which limits the re-
sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which th -y
subscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commu-
nications to and and from the United Kingdom, the East Indies,
Australasia, tvid New Zealand.
Capital One Million sterling.
Divided into series of shares of 201. each.
COMMITTEE.

Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of
1846 for Exten,lon of Steam Navigation to Australis.
Sir William Verner, Bart., SI .I'.
Hon. Francis Se M.l'., Agent fur New South Wales.

Sir Themes L. ilitehell; Surveyor-General of tiew South Wales,

London,

Lieut.-Col. Abdy, Indian Army
Thoinas Browne, Esq.
Captain (2, gun, Indian Navy
Archibald Cutnghame, Esq.
Captain 11. M. Denham, 1.R.5.,
Royal Navy
G. H. Donaldson, Esq.
Capt. R. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy
Captain Ford, East India Maritime

IJ.Maclean Lee, Esq,
Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian
Navy
Milbourne Marsh, Esq.
R Montgomery Martin, Esq.
J. Monteflore, Esq.
Sir F. Waskctt dyers. K.C.S.
Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq.
Richard Paterson, Esq.
Robert Henley Payne, Esq,
:John Wilson Pillaus, Esq.
G. 11. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal
Navy
Colonel Torrens, F.R.S.
William Gordon Thomson, Esq.
Lieut. Waghorn, F.R.A.S„ Royal
Navy
Melvil Wilson, Esq.

service
Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal Navy:l
E. S. Halsw ell, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.i
Capt. H. Hamilton, _Royal Navy
Gustavus; Hamilton, Esq..
James Hunter, Esq.
J. A. Jackson, Esq.
Charles Joyce, Esq.
Frederick Lambe, Esq.

BANKERS—Me,Ssrs. Currie and Co., Conihill

SOLICITOAS—Iiessrs. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square.
India, Australia, China, and the adj,icent regions, contain a popu-
lation of more than half the number of the inhabitants of the
gl,,be, and teem with every product which con minister to the wants
of man.
. . .

To carry out effectually and economically steam communication
with those countries is the object of this Company, for whose o7e.
rations there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards
our numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which
have an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England
—are the only portions of the British empire unconnected by steam
navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the
overland route has been exclusively granted to this Company.
The route sanctioued by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com-
pany is via Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of
which are, that Sydney, the metroplitan capital of the whole of the
Australasian colonies, would he brought to a certainty within 64 or
.5 days of London (frequently in 60), and withir less than 30 days
of India. The coal stations are convenient, ezNallent coal from the
pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be put on board there at
7s. to 7a. rid.
per ton.
Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, and further
information may be had on application at the offices of the Com-
pany, where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may be
obtained.
Offices, 34, Cornhill, London.

JOIIN YATES, See.

BANK OF ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 9. 1847.
The Court of Directors o! the Governor and Company of the
Bank of England give notice,
That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on Tut:B.6I3AT
'5 't, the 16th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to consi-
der of a Dividend ; this will also be one of tke Quarterly General
(Aims appointed by the Charter.

JOHN' KNIGHT, Secretary.

NOTICE.
REDLY ED FA/ZES-LOWER THAN EVER.

GRAVESEND via -13CACKWALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.

Second Class and Fore Cabin, SIXPENCE ;
First Class and Saloon, EIGIITPENCE.
Railway and Boat Included in one Payment.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9,9%, 10, 10%, 11, 12,
2%, 354, 4%, 554, 6,7, and 7%. Sundays, at 83., 9,9%, 10,
.056, 11, 15._,, 234, 3%, 5,6, 7, and 734. The TRAINS starting one
luarter of :us hour before each of these times.
The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7, 734, 834, 9%, 11}, 1,
3,4, b, 6, 634 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7,7%, 8%, 11%, 12, 1,3, 4,
6, 65%, 7,7%, and 8.
Star Office, Gravesend', June 29, 1847.

This day is published, Bro., price Ss., The
ANTIDOTE for the CAUSES that ABRIDGE
the NATURAL TERM of HUMAN EXISTENCE ;
And an Outline of the Organs and Functions subservient to Life.

By JOEL PINNEY.
London : S. Ilighley, 32, Fleet-street.

Just published, price Bs., with Key, 10s. 6d.,
GERMAN IN ONE VOLUME,
containing a Grammar, Exercises, a Reading-book, and a
Vocabulary of Synonymes.. By FALCK LEBAILS.
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
LECTURES on CHARACTER, with Musical Illustrations,
by Mr. J. RUSSELL, accompanied by Dr. Wallis, on the Pianoforte,
every Evening, at Eight o'clock, except Saturday. Dr. Bachhoffner's
LECTUIL.:S on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY will comprise the sub•
ject of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, &c. CHEMICAL LEC-
TURES. To the WORKING MODELS, explained daily, have just
been added GALLOWAY'S APPARATUS for ascending and de-
scending INCLINED PLANES on RAILWAYS. The bewail.]
OPTICAL EFFECTS include the last DISSOLVING VIEWS.
DIVING BELL and DIVER, with EXPERIMENTS, &c. &c.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

A VIES'S CANDLES, 61d. per lb. ; Genuine
ia 9 Sperm, Is. 9ci. ; Yellow 1c ap, 485., 545., and 60t. per 1121bs. ;
Mottled, 60s. and v4s. ; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German Wax,
Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, le. sd. Transparent Wax, Is. 11d. ; Genuine
Wax, 2s. id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 714 d.; Sperm 011, Bs. per gallon ;
3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6,1. ; Wind-
or suid Palm Soar, Is. 4,1. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. M ;
Rose. 2s. , Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Bale's Paragon
Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. or lb.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house.

EYEBROWS, MUSTACHIOS, and WHIS-
KER,; produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and
prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE-
RATOR, au essential sg.drit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers,
a few drops of which cure headache In a few minutes; it is also a
most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only In triangular
bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size,
is. ; and double this size, Its. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, eon•
mining testimonials of undsubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes'
Advice on the Growth :Ind Preservation of the Human Hair, 2cc."
By post, 4s. 6d., Is. 8,1„ and 125., for money orders only.
Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near
London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, lartingdon-street ; Sanger,
Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside • Fisher and Teller,
Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cernhill •
end by all kheinists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and
It. REAMCP, Leith-walk; for Manchester, ereseke and Son, Adver
tiser-office.

THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.
(From the Court Circular.)
ARDVERIKIE, SEPT. 10.—This afternoon her Ma-
jesty and the Prince drove out in a pony carriage,
attended by Major-General Wemyss, the equerry in
waiting.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal walked out, accompanied by Miss
Hilliard.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, who
remain on a visit to her Majesty, are the only addi-
tion to the royal party.
Her Majesty will leave Ardverikie on Friday next,
to join the royal yacht on her progress to the south.

(From the North British Mail.)
Albert's visit to Glen Spean yesterday wa-s
LOCH LAGGAN, THIIESDAY.—'fbe object of Prince
not to
shoot grouse, but to see the celebrated parallel roads
of Glen Roy. His Royal Highness was accompanied
by Sir James Clark. The morning was misty ; but
as the day advanced, the cloudy vapour crept up the
sides of the hills, and allowed the valleys to be filled
with sunlight. The mouth of Glen Roy is distant
about eighteen miles from Loch Laggan. The Prince
and Sir James set out at an early hour without any
attendants, and after proceeding as far up the glen
as enabled them to obtain a good view of the "paral-
lels," as they are briefly termed by the natives, they
returned to the lodge in time to join the royal party
at luncheon.

Glen Roy, or the Red Glen, is a lateral branch of
Glen Spean. It is a long, narrow, winding, and steep
ravine, whose bare sides are scantily covered with a
reddish mixture of earth, grass, and heather. A rapid
stream, bearing the same name as the glen, dashes
down thei bottom of the valley, and, with its wooded
banks, assists in giving an air of life and beauty to
what would otherwise be a dreary and monotonous
chasm. The natural curiosities, with which the name
of Glen Roy is more particularly associated, become
visible immediately after entering the mouth of the
glen. As you stretch your eye up the ravine, your
attention is attracted by a line like a belt of rope
running horizontally along the sides of the hills.
Lifting your eye a little higher, you trace another
line of the same kind ; and higher still another.
Curiosity is excited by finding that the same de-
scription of lines are marked on both sides of the glen,
and that not only do the lines on the same side run
parallel to each other, but that the lines on both sides
occupy the same horizontal levels. As you proceed
into the glen the lines become more marked ; and,
upon ascending to them; the traveller finds that they
are ample terraces or roads projecting from the sloping
side of the mountain, and composed of a mixture
of clay and gravel. These terraces are of varrying
breadth—at some partsprojecting only a few feet from
the side of the hill, and at others s welling out into magni-
ficent pathways eighteen or twenty yards wide. Where
the surface of the hill is composed of bare sharp rock, the
roads are entirely effaced ; but these gaps are too in-
significant to destroy the unbroken continuity of the
lines when viewed along two or three miles of the
valley. The first or lowest terrace is 972 feet above
the level of the sea, the second is 1,184 feet, and the
third or highest is 1,266 feet. One or two detached
rocks tower up out of the centre of the valley, and on
these, as well as on the lateral mountains, a line cor-
responding with the lowest terrace is covered.
The origin of these wonderful appearances has long
been the subject of curious and earnest discussion.
Five different theories have been advanced in expla-
nation of their construction. In the first place, of
course, they have been traced back to the flood—that
unfailing resource by which the popular mind resolves
every difficulty presented in the physical construction
of the globe. In the second place, some people who
take delight in accumulating proofs of the antiquity
and greatness of the Celts, have contended, with more
zeal than wisdom, that the parallel roads were formed
by the persevering labour of the Fingalians, and were
intended to expedite the movements of the huntsmen
as they scoured the forests after the deer. These vene-
rable notions received their firstblow from Sir Thomas
Dick Lauder and Dr. Maculloch, who broached quite
a different view of the matter. According to the)
latter writer, llthe parallel roads are the shores of
ancient lakes, or of one lake, occupying successively
different levels ; for, in an existing lake among
hills, it is easy to see the very traces in question pro-
duced by the wash of the waves against the alluvial
matter of the hills. Ancient Glen Roy was, therefore,
a lake, which, subsiding first by a vertical depth of
82 feet, left its shore to form the uppermost line,
which, by a second subsidence of 212 feet, produced
the second, and which, on its final drainage, left the
third and lowest, and the present valley, such as
we now see it." The Learned Doctor consoles the
proud Fingalians for the loss of their darling fiction
by assuring them that his theory invests their country
with "one of the most striking and magnificent phe-
nomena of the universe—singular, unexampled, and
no less interesting to philosophy than it is splendid
in its effects and captivating by its grandeur and
beauty." But it was not long before the correctness
of the Doctor's own interpretation was called in ques-
tion. Mr. Darwin maintained at a later period that
the terraces are sea beaches, formed at a period when
the now elevated land constituted a level bay of the
ocean, and that the successive volcanic forces by which
this land was ultimately raised to its present height
gave time for the formation of a lower and lower
beach. A more recent theory than either of these
has emanated from the celebrated French philosopher
Agassiz, who, in a letter to Professor Jameson,
dated Fort Augustus, October 3, 1840, writes
as follows :—" After having obtained in Switzer-
land the most conclusive proofs that at a former period
the glaciers were of much greater extent than at pre-
sent, nay, that they had covered the whole country,
and had transported the erratic blocks to the places
where these are now found, it was my wish to exa-
mine a country where glaciers are no longer met
with, but in which they might formerly have existed.
I therefore directed my attention to Scotland, and had
scarcely arrived in Glasgow, when I found remote
traces of the action of glaciers, and the nearer I ap-
proached the high mountain chains, these became
more distinct, until, at the foot of Ben Nevis, and in
the principal valleys, I discovered the most distinct
morains and polished rocky surfaces, just as in the
valleys of the Swiss Alps, in the region of existing
glaciers, so that the existence of glaciers in Scotland
at early periods can no longer be doubted. The
parallel roads of Glen Roy are intimately connected
with this former occurrence of glaciers, and have been
caused by a glacier from Ben Nevis. The pheno-
menon must have been precisely analagous to the
glacier lakes of the Tyrol, and to the event that
took place in the valley of Bagne." The view
taken by Agassiz is participated in by Professors
Buckland and Forbes, and, in short, is now the com-
monly received doctrine of the learned. Glen Roy,
therefore, has in all probability been the scene of
a clearance more awful and destructive than any
yet effected by the lairds. The solemn and majestic
march of a sea of ice from Ben Nevis, down through
every over-populated valley, would form a very potent
agent in working out the new social economy of the
Highlands.
w VlCllitcry.
,1 he Difilbledriiirai occur in Glen Speen, Glen
.1

Gloy, and the adjoining valleys, as well as in the
neighbourhood of Loch Laggan, Fort-William, and
other parts of the Highlands; while in Switzerland,
and in the mountainous parts of the continent anti
America, they are seen on a much grander scale than
in this country.
In the afternoon her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort drove out to the falls of the Paatock, accompanied
by the Duke of Norfolk and General Wemyss.
The weather to-day is boisterous, but there is not
much rain.
FORT WILLIAM, Scpr. 9.
A few days since we stated that the royal yacht
steam-tender Fairy and the Garland, steam-vessel,
ow the Fairy and
Master Commander Smithett, had proceededreodv
throughisitto
the Caledonian Canal to Inverness, to be in attendance
thato nt the Queen,
cplace.
T h
iosn
morning,
i Majesty'sghever, projected
Garland returned to Fort William. They only pro-
ceeded for about two miles up the canal when they
were stopped, and owing to the unsettled state of the
weather their previous orders were countermanded,
and they were desired to return to Fort William.
The 14th instant is the time fixed for her Majesty's
departure from Fort William, and the royal squadron
will be in readiness by that time, and it is expected
that her Majesty will arrive at Osborne by the 20th
instant. _

A royal vi,it to Fleetwood, it is said, is projected,
an 1 Captain H. M. Denham, who may be said to have
made that port is spoken of as the officer appointed
to pilot the royal squadron thither.

REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday
the bakers of the metropolis again reduced the price of
the 41b. loaf. The high-priced bakers lowered their
charge to 7d., while those ot other qualities were figured
as low es 6d., and some slops on the south side of the
Thames intimated a further reduction in the course of
weuk, these of the League anticipating their prier
at sid.
FOOD CHEAPER, THAN MANuftr..-I,l7lthin the
few days Indian meal has been sold at 12s. 611. a barrel,
or about 7L per ton. The present price of a ton of guato
is 81.—Behest News Letter.

[PRICE SD.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAIL-

WAY COMPANY.
(FROM OUR Ow REPORTER.)
The half-yearly general meeting of the share-
holders of this Company took place yesterday, at the
George Hotel, 'Walsall ; and, although the meeting
was not numerously attended, there were many of
the most influential gentlemen of the neighbourhood
present. Among them we noticed Charles Smith
Forster, Esq., the banker of Walsall, Chairman; the
Hon. Mr. Littleton; Mr. Edward Buller, the late
M.P. for Staffordshire; Mr. Johnson ; Edward
Elwell, jun., Esq., of the Forge, Wednesbury ; Mr.
Sowerby, &c., &c.

CHARLES SMITII FORSTEIt, Esq., took the chair at
half past one o'clock ; and, the advertisement calling
the meeting having been read, he proceeded to con-
gratulate the shareholders on the undoubted success
of their undertaking. He regretted that there was
not a larger attendance; but it showed the pro-
ceedings and prospects of the company did not create
any great amount of dissatisfaction among the share-
holders. The report which would be read represented
the satisfactory state in which the affairs of the corn-
pany
then were. The contracts had been let to re-
spectable men, and they had every reason to believe
that they would be speedily completed. They had
entertained hopes that the branch line to Birmingham
would have been opened that day, but they had been
compelled to postpone that event for another fortnight.
The delay was not their fault, but rested with the
engineer of the North-Western Company, whose duty
it was to form the junction of the two lines. When
they last met they had a prospect of litigation with
the North-Western Company ; but that point, which
was with respect to the Lichfield line, had been ar-
ranged by himself and Mr. Chawner on behalf of the
South Staffordshire, and Mr. Hornby and Mr. Booth
on the part of the London and North-Western Com-
pany, at at meeting which they had had in London.
Expensive proceedings had thus, in this instance,
been avoided. They had also had litigation with
the North Staffordshire Company, but the clauses
introduced into the Bill brought into Parliament
by the latter company having been defeated, there
was an end to that dispute. With respect to the Bir-
mingham Canal Company he was happy to say, that
although they (the South Staffordshire) had had
to pay a considerable sum of money, the Canal Ccm-
pany had made liberal and most satisfactory conces-
sions. Before concluding, he might be allowed to
congratulate them upon the pecuniary affairs of the
company. They had an amplitude of capital, and in
this respect stood in a much higher position than
many other companies. He might also state that the
depressed state of the money market might in some
degree account for the depression in the price of their
shares, as well as the shares of other established and
paying lines of railway. The Legislature, during the
last session, in his (the Chairman's) opinion, had been
too liberal in granting railway Acts of Parliament,
and he hoped that many of those companies who had
obtained Acts would not proceed to act upon them.
The Chairman concluded by moving that the seal
of the company be affixed to the register of share-
holders.

Mr. EDWARD BULLER seconded the motion, which
was unanimously carried.
The CHAIRMAN, at the suggestion of Mr. Chawner,
explained that no blame was attributable to Mr.
Norris, the engineer of the London and North-
Western Company, for the delay in not placing the
points and completing the junction at Bescott. Cir-
cumstances had occurred which prevented him
doing so.
Mr. HORATIO BARNETT, of Bescott-hall, the se-
cretary to the company, then read the following
report
. .

Since the last half-yearly meeting of the com•
pany, the second and third contracts have been let on
very satisfactory terms, the former to Messrs. Hoof
and Hill, and the latter to Mr. Earle. These, to-
gether with the first contract (previously let) include
the whole of the lines of railway autliokised by the
Acts of incorporation, except the Darlaston.and .4w
End branches.

" The proprietors will learn from the subjoined
re-
pert of the company's engineer the progress f the
works comprised kcipileitseveral contracts ; an Chet
directors covratulate tlhareh'rs at the pros`
pact this afford of aft early completion of the
origin's'( undertaking. The portion of the line com-
prised in the Birmingham branch, and such part of
the main line as is requisite to open a direct commu•
nication between Walsall and Birmingham, will be
completed and ready to open in the course of the
present month ; and an arrangement has been con-
cluded with the London and North-Western Railway
Company for the working of this portion of the line
on advantageous terms.

"The di—rectors confidently expect that another
portion of the line, viz., from the Trent Valley Rail-
way to the Midland Railway will be completed and
opened in the spring of the ensuing year.
" The Bill alluded to in the last report of the
directors, and which was then in progress through
Parliament, has now received the sanction of 'the
Legislature. By this Act the company are autho-
rised to construct branches to Cannock, Norton, and
Wy rley.
" The original capital of the company is amply suf-
ficient to meet the additional expenditure occasioned
by construction of the new branches, consequently
it has not been found necessary to take powers for
raising further capital.
" The accompanying balance-sheet will show that
a considerable sum remained unexpended at the close
of the half-yearly account on the 31st of July ; but
the directors have, notwithstanding, found it neces•
sary to decide on a further call of 1/. Ss. per share, in
order to meet the disbursements which the simulta-
neous prosecution of the works throughout the whole
length of the main line will necessarily involve. And
the directors avail themselves of this opportunity of
congratulating the company on the promptitude with
which their first call was paid up.
" The directors recommend that a sum of 101. 10s.
shall be subscribed out of the funds of the company
to the General Hospital at Birmingham, and the
Stafford Infirmary, in equal moieties, in order to
obtain relief for the workmen on the line in cases of
accident.

" In conclusion, the directors venture to express a
hope, that up to ie present time they will be found
to have redeemed the pledge they gave at the last ge-
neral meeting of the company, to press forward to an
early completion of the undertaking."
The Secretary also read the following report of
Mr. M'Clean, the engineer of the company :
" Contract, No. 1.
" The portion of the railway included in this con-
tract, with the exception of the works at the junction
with the London and North-Western Railway, is
ready for the inspection of the proper officer of the
Railway Commissioners, and the necessary notice
previous to the openihg of the line, has been given to
that board.

" Contract, No. 2.

" This contract has keen let since the last meeting.
It embraces the portion of the railway between the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway,
at Dudley, and the first contract, passing through
Dudley Port, Great Bridge, and Wednesbury. The
contractors are at work wherever the land has been
aitu at nave peen made witn the
Birmingham Canal Company which will greatly
facilitate the progress of the works.
" Contract, No. 3.
" This contract has also been let since the last
meeting. It includes the portion of the line between
Walsall and the Birmingham and Derby Railway,
near the Oakley Station, passing through the city of
Lichfield. The contractors have possession of the
land for eight out of seventeen miles of railway in-
cluded in this contract, and, with one exception, at
places along the line where the greatest exertions on
their part will be required for completing the line.
" Contract for Rails, Chairs, and Sleepers.
" Messrs. John Bagnall and Sons, of West Brom-
wich, and Messrs. Harrison and Co., of Leeds, con-
tinue to supply the contractors regularly, the former
with rails and chairs, and the latter with sleepers.
" On the whole, I have to report favourably to you
of the work that has been executed, and of the mate.
rials for the permanent way at present on the ground,
as I consider them to be of the best description and
quality."
The statement of the accounts showed that the
total receipts
had
eoefnl2 thecompanyB92. and lup to thethnexpenditure
31st of July,
51,497/., leaving a balance in the bankers' hands of
77,4951.

JESSON inquired when they thought the whole
line would be completed ?
The CHAIRMAN said, the contracts expired on the
28th of July, 1848 ; and in answer to other questions
put by shareholden, he observed that the balance in
hand stated in the account was up to the 28th of
JL:ly, and that in all probability at the present time
it was not more than 40,0001., if so much. The ,
con-
tracts on hand amounted to nearer 300,000/. than
200,000/. ; but after all, with the exceptionh e
did 0
notf he
cost of the new projected line to Cannock,
think that they should require calls for more than 71.
out of their 121. shares.
that the line from Wichnor to Mr. JOHNsON inquired if hiLicuinilideelrdst:
ted? He
odArdi,gallfttle3;
e
thought the branch from
the Birmingham branch,
Lbe.
hfifirsltdctoom
pWeralsall was
`much more important.

.at
between Lichfield andWalsall i•••its- meld desirable;
A the work between Lichfield arid Wichnor being
der, the probability was that it would be done first-
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr.-
mxTori, the report was received and adopted, and
.-sum of 101. 103. ordered to be subscribed in equal
moieties out of the funds of the company to the
General Hospital of Birmingham and to the Stafford-
shire Infirmary.
The CHAIRMAN noxt read a letter from the
Venerable Archdeacon llodson, applying for a money
grant in aid of the moral and religious instruction of
the workpeople employed orC the line. He laid it
before the meeting without expressing any further
opinion than that, unless it was du' unanimous wish
of the proprietors, he should not p?„ess the question.
I The Chairman also read a letter from bin anonymous
correspondent, signed " A Shareholder," X' which the
writer expressed a hope, seeing that the shaitZs of the
company were at a discount, that they would I.e just
to themselves before they were unnecessarily gs:
ne-
rous to the public.
The Hon. Mr. LITTLETON,
after some discussion
' had taken place upon the subject, proposed a grant
out of the funds of the company to the amount of
2001. for the moral and religious in, struction of the
people employed on the line.
Mr. SOWBRBY seconded the motion..
A resolution was alsoroposed and sooorlded9
effect that no such amount to the
after some further should be granted ; and,
discussion, Mr. Littletoes resolu-
tion was withdrawn.
Thanks •
were then voted to the Chairman said direc-
tors, and the meeting broke up.

IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION OF

THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY.
A flying sheet of the Corriere Livornese of the 4.'11
inst., received yesterday, contains the following im—
portant "motu-proprio," under the sign manual of
the Grand Duke Leopold 11. of Tuscany :
MoTu-Pnorßio.

"«'e, Leopold 11., D.G. Imperial Prince of Austria,
Crown Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of
Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany, k.c.
"Always animated by the most constant attach-
ment to the general welfare of Tuscany, and per-
suaded of the utility and convenience of creating a
civic (or national) guard, which may concur in the
maintenance of the public tranquillity and security,
" On the unanimous advice of the constituent mem-
bers of the Royal Council of State, on our own mature
deliberation.
" We ordain as follows :

" Art. 1. The Civic Guard is established in the
Grand Duchy (of Tuscany), and we hereby declare
that it is to be regarded as an institution of the state.
"Art. 2. We reserve to ourselves the approval of
the fundamental regulations of the said institution,
consequent on the advice of the Royal Council of
State, which is already called upon to take the matter
into consideration, in conformity with the law.
" Tuscans! the Civic Guard is a Conservative in-
stitution—an institution for the guarantee of social
order, and of public and private security.
"Receive its establishment as a new pledge of the
unlimited confidence reposed in you by your father
and your Prince.
" Let your anxiety be calmed in expectation of the
necessary development of the institution already ap-
proved.

"Be still, as you have ever been, faithful to the So-
vereign and obedient to the laws, and the magistrates I
Do not lose sight of the fact that all your interests
are staked on the maintenance of order and the
observance of the laws,—that popular agitations,
instead of promoting civil progress, are invariably the
causes of disorder, and may occasion a stagnation of
trade and commerce, the disturbance of private and
general interests, and the less of all, by inducing dis-
trust and fear in all classes of society.
Given this 4th day of September, A.D. 1847.
" LEO FOLD.
" V. F. CEMPINI.
" L. ALBLVNI."

" Countersigned by

SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.

Another of those awful calamities which have been
so prevalent during the late storms occurred on the.
eveiiing of Saturday last, the 11th instant, during a
heavy gale from the W'.S.W., in Carnarvon Bay, by
which 110 fewer than five persons have met with a
prehlitu4e death. It ppears that on the afternoon
of Saturday two N •-• Is, one a yacht, the other a
schooner, vw,a 'a. out in the bay, the former of
N signalar fur • ‘ lot to cross the bar. The yacht
p `e to be the cl-e•- ,e property of J. Fleming,
Esq., ember of the Roy. ‘Yacht Squadron ; but i,p
conseq ence of the distance fiwn Ale station, ine.ea
not wailiArtheot's arriv u exchanged one of
viF own hands fie mate oAtlre"Other vessel,who was
to act as her pilot. The schooner proved to be the
Vine, of Pwllheli, bound with a cargo of coal from
Llanelly in South Wales to Bangor. From some
cause or other, perhaps the darkness of the evening,
she, in attempting to pass the bar into the Alenai
Straits, struck on the north bank, must have im-
mediately capsized, filled, and sunk with all on board.
rite pilots belonging to the station at Llanddwyn
went out in the life-boat to their rescue, but owing
to the extreme darkness, and the schooner showing
no light, they were unable to find out her position
until daybreak on Sunday morning, when they
boarded her. She was on her beam ends, with her
masts imbedded in the sand. In the cabin, the dead
body of a woman passenger was found; and on the
bank, the body of a man was recovered, and both
were immediately taken to Carnarvon, there being
signs of life in the man ; but four other men, the re-
mainder of the crew, perished.

CURIOUS SWINDLING CASE.—At the head police-
office, Dublin, a person named William J. Reddy was
on Friday charged with swindling. Mr. W. D. La-
touche, of the bank in Castle-street,. stated that the pri-
soner had called at the bank and said that he had been
supercargo of the American ship Victor, which arrived
in Dublin in last May, with a cargo of Indian corn and
meal for the relief of the poor; that he had been robbed
of a portmanteau, containing 180/. and all his clothes,
and was now in a state of great distress, and had not
eaten anything for two days. Mr. Latouche gave him
five shillings to help him out of immediate want, and
ordered inquiries to be made respecting his story, in
order that if true he might have a passage to America
provided for him. On inquiry it was found, however,
that his story was utterly devoid of truth; that he had
been exposed at the time the Victor was at Dublin, for
his attempt to pass himself off as her supercargo. Tho
prisoner was remanded for further examination.
SUPPOSED MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM.—MONDAY
EVENING.—J. B. Davies, Esq.. borough coroner, is now
engaged investigating the cause of the death of an agri-
cultural labourer, named William Brown, who is said to
have been murdered near the Crescent-bridge, in this
town, on Saturday morning last. There are three per-
sons in custody, and an active pursuit is being made by
the police after a man named Badger, who is supposed
to have been the principal offender in the case. The
first witness is yet (seven o'clock) under examination at
the Crescent tavern, and from what he has stated, it is
impossible to form an opinion of the precise nature of
the case.
__

THE HIGHLANDS.—A HURRICANE.—The sharp
squalls of Tuesday and Wednesday last week increased
by daybreak on Tnursday to a perfect hurricane, equalled
only for virulence here, for years, by that of the 4th of
March, 1846, but much more disastrous in its general
consequences. The loss sustained in the course of its
progress, which appears to hive been across the E boul-
ders of Sehallion, diverging thence south cast by Appin,
and south west by the gorge leading into Bresdalbane, is
incalculable. Hamlets and fields exposed to its viru-
lence suffered extremely. flotv-es were bared to the
rafters—growing crops were scutched, as if subjected iookto
s
the action of the thrashing-mill ; and e hat
w was
driven ns
some
m better, est
ttreerw, beingn likechuff, carried
while "bodily
great quite off
, the
fields,
driven into the rivers, and is ere now, we
dare say,
miles ayent Dundee." Petatoes and beans appear as
uprooted,branches broken off
great many trees were
and
This serious blast appears not to have ex-
by hundreds.
if visited by severe frost, blackened and broken down. A.
he storm of Wednesday in its full force, and
ttheneydehdat the west beyond the hue mentioned, though
do
the hill• tops were covered with snow—which mantle
Benlawers still retains.-- Witness.
fi°ealclun seci,
A PEST DEPOT IN Sr. MART, NEWINGTON:6—:
distributed
of the nuisanc'ss with which this extensive and highly
South-street,
o assesseduth -st
rpe
ea
ti
leading
abounds,ading fr 0 is situated
East
-street
%Valworth. It is dtscribfaedsifi in
fetid,
poisonous
row, and surrounded by thousand's ofu'Pteeiocir
dthitrcohu,grheoenktingth:,itlhoctiaeliatdyl,y
and which is allowed to remaiu uncoverediin,nhsNpa
death around.
should, if there be any law
disease, fever, and
abate these most frightful nnistosn 711.17beiataanintsg,
filthy, I. ar d ,
dceosT.ith,e
bl local c
compelledal a authorities
to:
THE CHOLERA. —According to a letter from
Odessa, of the 22d ult., the cholera appears to have
almost entirely subsided at Tiflis, and to have much
diminished at Taganrok; but, en the other hand, it has
invaded Rostof, Marianopolis, and several other towns of
Southern Russia. At Rostof, out of a population of
8,000, in three weeks not less than 2,000 were carried
off. The terror of the disease was so great, that all the
post-houses along the road from Rostof to Odessa were
abandoned.
The Bishop of Rochester has refused to license to
a curacy in his diocese the Rev. Mr. Jay, who has
preached a sermon calling into question the doctrine of
Baptismal Regeneration. The Bishop of Rwsliester some
time since refused to grant a license to a clergyman on
the same grounds.
The Rectory of All Soul's Church, Langbam-place,
L,
. thee parishreign
notti
02,n1 arylebone, ruyf etbhoen ev,e
riys aboutiiev
Gtoe (13)
re,ceo become
avnaed lenrt
Ii.C.L., Dean of Chichester, who has held benefice'
ever since the extensive parish of Marylebone was di-
vided into the four districts of which it is now composed.
The benefice is of the annual value of 1,0001., and is in
the
Quaesen'the following parody relative to
Conciliation Hall repeulers:—
" The fool that is truly gull'd never can doubt,
But as truly is gull'd to the close: •
As a bull, if you once et a ring through his snout,
Ever after is led by the nose:"

A.—
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RAILWAY SliAltEs 11Y PUBLIC SALE.
ESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY
.1., SISARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends
the Public ler their continued support and patronage, and
to announce that .Aelr Public Sales of Railway Shares, &e.,
tkke place every WEDNESDAY. at One o'clock, (instead of Tuesday
and Friday, as hitherto), at the Bali of Commerce, Threadneedle-
street, Londe:du, to witch place, favours, containing instructions
(with a reference), are respectfully r :quested to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certi9cates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered ; ari,4 advice' of results will be
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds Mame-
di oet, disposed ef according to inetructions.
N.B. Sales arulpurchases of all descriptions of stock and shares
effected by !private cJutraet, every day, as usual.
vtitees. ttall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street.

THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI.
Under the direction or Madame Celeste.
TIIIS EVENING
be preseented RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More, Mr. Hudson ;
Kathleen, Mica Woolgar. Other characters by Messrs. Paul Bed-
ford, 0. Smith. Selby, and Cullenierd ; MISS Marian Taylor, Mist
Ellen Chaplin, !Liss Brooks, and Mrs. Laws.
THIS HOUSE TO BE SOLD
After which, a New Farce, entitled
(the property of the late Shakspeare), Inquire Within. Cha-
ractens by Messrs. Wright, Cullenford, Worrell, 0. Smith, Paul Bed-
ford, Mrs. Laws. Ice., &c.
To conclude -frith the original farce, called HOW TO SETTLE
ACCOUNT, WITH YOUR LAUNDRESS. Whittington Widgetto,
Mr. wright ; Jack Brown, Mr. Munyard; Squibb, Mr. Redmond
Rya, ; Mary Waite, Miss Wooigar ; Mdlle. Cherry Bounce, Miss
Emma liardlnZ.