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OCTOBER 20) 1846.
No. 16,875. LON DON, T LTESDAY 1.4

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OFFICE of the GA S LIGHT and COKE
• COMPANY.
19, New Bridge•street, Blackfriars.
London, 19th October, 1846.
Ido hereby give Notice that, pursuant to the Bth bylaw of this
Company,

GEORGENVIGG, Esq.,

one of the Directors of this Company, has given me notice in
Writing of hits intention to stand for the office of Deputy Governor at
the election which will take place at this office on Monday the 2d
day of November next. By order,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.

OFFICE of the GAS LIGHT and COKE
COMPAN Y,
19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
Loudon, 20th October, 1846.
I do hereby give Notice that, pursuant to the Bth by-law of this
Company
FRANCIS WITHAM, Esq.,
ALEXANDER LUARD WOLLASTON, Esq. The present
and Auditors.
JONAH SMITH WELLS, Esq.
have severally given me notice in writing of their intention to stand
for the office of Auditor at the election which will take place at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, hi the county of Middle-
sex, on Tuesday, the 3d day of November next.
By order,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.

I,IANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON
RAILWAY.
19, Great George-street, Westminster, October, 5, 1846.

,
It having been resolved at a numerous meeting of Shareholders in
this Company, that a renewed application should be made to Par-
liament, in the ensuing session, for authority to construct a railway
from CHELTENHAM to SOUTHAMPTON, power being also given
to the Directors in that event, to allow those who shall dissent front
this decision to withdraw, receiving hack their relative pnportton of
deposits, after payment of the expenses incurred—parties being
Scripholders, are requested to notify in one of the annexed forms
(copies of which may be had on application), on or before the 21st
day of October instant, whether they elect to proceed with, or
withdraw from the undertaking. If the Scripholders who have not
yet notified their intentions shall determine (in pursuance of the
resolutions of the meeting), to proceed with the undertaking, those
who elect to withdraw, in case they signify their wish within the
time above specified, may receive hack the sum of Fifteen Shillings
per Share, with any further sum which may be found due to them
upon a complete adjustment of the Company's accounts, which ad-
justment will he effected with all practicable dispatch.
The Scrip must at the same time be forwarded to the Company's
Offices, in return for which receipt will be issued immediately, to
be exchanged hereafter for New Scrip by those who elect to proceed.
Scripholders, not being original allottees, will be required to give a
reference. •

By order,
JOHN WHEELER, Secretary.

To the Directors of the Manchester and Southampton Railway

Company.
Gentlemen,—l hereby inform you that, as holder of the Scrip for
Shares in this undertaking, which I enclose, it is my wish to*
he a party to the proposed renewed application to Parliament tor
power to construct a Railway from Cheltenham to Southampton ;
and I elect accordingly to PROCEED with the undertaking, in such
ma.mer, and under such name or title, and subject to such conditions,
as the Directors shall deem best ; and I request you, accordingly, to
issue to me Scrip for Shares in the said Manchester and Southamp-
ton Railway, or any new undertaking founded thereupon, in exchange
for those now held by me.

Name • • .... ..........
Description • ................
Address ........ ..... •.. • • ...• .. • •
Date.. ••• • • • •• • ...... •
reference ••..•••••• • • • • • • • • • •
Total number of Scrip enclosed •••• • • •••• • • • ••••
Designating Nos. ............ ••.. • • •••• • • • •
Parties wishing to withdraw will substitute the folio king words:
—" itinuaw and to receive back the balance of
my deposits, in respect of such Scrip, in the manner prescribed in
y our Advernse..,..•.-

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management inform the Shareholders that the
Parliamentary Contract and Supplementary Subscribers' Agreement
will lie for execution at the following places and times, between the
nth'', *"
hours of ten and four daily:—
Innlng, Austin-friars.
Company's
London—From October 22d to October 24th, inclusive, at the
In
's offices in Westminster ; and from October 26th to October
i.inclusive,fr at the offices of Messrs. Bolton, Merriman, and Dun-
ning,
rhanan, Aitkin, and Co.
In Manchester_ Glasgow—From October 22d to October 24th, inclusive, at the
Wheeler, 58, George-street.
the offices of Mr. Jain':
v?,ztober 27th to October 31st, inclusive, at
And in Southampton--D
Messrs. Deacon and Long. uring the same period, at the offices of
It
should will parties attending to execute the deeds
thattransraitted their scrip to the Company's
viounseicyes havesary
previously bo
offices, and obtained, in lieu thereof,
change for which New Scrip will be issued the
sue Secretary's
dafter
Due notice will be given of the times and places,
suchexecution.
n herein
speci-
fied, at which the deeds will hereafter lie for the convenience
shareholders.
(By order) JOHN WHEELER, Secretary.
19, Great George-street, Westminster, Oct., 1846.

BORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, and CETTE
RAILWAY,
EZPELETU'S COMrANY.
The Shareholders in the Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette Railway
(Ezpeletu's Company, are requested to send in their Scrip to this
office forthwith, to be exchanged against Definitive Shares in the
Constituted Company, which will be ready for delivery as soon as
the arrangements for that purpose can be completed.
DAVID SALOMON'S, Chairman.
Bordeaux and Cette Railway Office, 37, Lombard-street,
London, October 19, 1846.

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THE GREAT 'WESTERN IN A
STORK

The following is the detailed account of the terrible
storm encountered by the Great Western, of which we
have already given an abstract :
Saturday, Sept. 12.
The steam-ship Great Western, B. R Mathews com-
mander, left Liverpool at four o'clock P.M, having on
board 126 passengers, captain, 5 officers, 5 engineers,
and ;'4 crew, in all 211,persons.
The weather generally was pleasant for the. season
of the year, and our progress good, averaging 200 miles
a day. _ _

" Saturday, Sept. 19, lat. 48 34, long. 37 43, 4 P.M.—
Light airs from the S.E. and foggy, with light drizzling
rain. Got the yards aloft, and set the jibs and tore
spencer. Breezes refreshing. At 6 set the single-reefed
main spencer and the square sails;"with two -reefs in the
topsail. e.
" At 8 P.M., the wind increasing ad variabiEtiftile
westward, took in the square sails, outer jib, and main
spencer, At 10 P.M., freshening gales and ugly weather;
sea getting up and tossins, high. At midnight, increas-
ing gales and heavy squalls ; took in the fore spencer,
the outhall having broken; in the meantime, the inner-
jib stay bull's eye hook broke, and the sail became use-
less ; hauled it down, and set the fore staysail."
The above is an extract from the captain's log-book,
and gives an account of the commencement of the awful
storm which the Great Western surmounted on her pas-
sage from Liverpool to New York; one so terrific during
its continuance, and marked by such a signal deliverance
in the end, that it should be carefully related.
" Sunday, 20th, at forty minutes past two, A.M.," con-
tinues the log, " srlit the fore staysail ; took in the re-
mains of it, and lay to under bare poles, the sea rising
frightfully, and breaking over and against the ship. At
four o'clock the wind increased to a heavy storm, and
the sea running most furiously at the ship ; the wind
veering to the north-west at the same time, an the ship
breaking off into the trough of the sea, rendered our
situation more critical. A great quantity of water got
into the engine-room from the soot breaking over the
ship, which was pumped out by the lee bilge pump.
" Sunday morning most of the passengers assemble 3
in the cabin and saloon. Their haggard faces told too
surely of the sleepless and anxious night • which had
passed. Even those most ignorant of nautical affsirs
could not fail to discover that we were in the midst of
great peril. Few could dress with their accustomed
care, owing to the violent pitching and constant rolling
of the vessel. The stewards abandoned any attempt to
prepare the breakfast table, and both then and througi-
out the day were obliged to content themselves with
bringing such articles of food as were most convenient
to those who felt any disposition to eat.
" Eleven o'clock, A.M.—A heavy sea broke over the
fore part of the starboard wheel-house or paddle-box,
which started the ice-house and large iron lite•boat from
their fastenings, and washed them to leeward, and with
much difficulty they were temporarily secured."
To understand this, the reader must bear in mind that
the Great Western is, so to speak, three stories -high
forward and aft, and two in the waist, or middle of the
ship; aft, there is the lower story or cabin, above it,
the saloon, the roofer covering of which is the quarter-
deck, and may for the purposes of description be consi-
dered as a third story. In the waist, or middle, the
lower story is occupied by the engine-room, the roof or
covering of which is the main deck. On this main deck,
in the centre, are placed the chimneys, galleys, and ice-
house. The various offices appertaining to the stewards
and police of the ship are at the sides. This part is
open above, and protected by the wheel-houses and sides
of the ship, which rise to the height of fourteen feet.
The width of the paddle-box is about twelve feet. The
ice-house contained some seven or eight tons of ice, and
was fastened by elects and stprichions. Let the reader
imagine the force of the sea, and the height of the wave,
which, rising over the paddle-box, struck the ice house
and the large iron life-boat above it, twisted them from
their fastenings, breaking the ice-house into two parts,
ripping off the planks, crushing the starboard com-
panion way, and only prevented from making a clear
breach in the sides of the ship by a sudden lurch to port.
rigging.
" At 11 o'clock and 15 minutes A.M. attempted to wear
ship, to get her on the other tack (thinking she would
be easier), as the wind still continued to veer to the
northward. Lowered the after gaffs down; manned the
fore rigging, and loosened the weather yard-arm of the
foresail, to pay her off, but found it had no effect. There-
fore let her come to again. In the meantime the square
sails blew away from the yards.
" Half-past 11 A.M.—The lee quarter boats were torn
from the davits by a heavy lee lurch of the ship, bending
the davits, and tearing out the ringbolts from their stems
and sterns.
" Word was passed among the passengers that two of
our boats were gone, and the others were likely to fol-
low, the davits and bolts beginning to give. But not a
remark was made; each spoke to the other only through
the eye; and the ominous silence which pervaded the
whole company told how sensibly all felt themselves in
the very presence of the King of Terrors, uncertain of
their doom.

" At noon, storm and sea raging in all their fury, sea
still breaking over the ship; a heavy sea struck the lar-
board paddle-box and smashed it to atoms; sprung the
spring beam, breaking the under half; shattered the
parts of the ship attached thereto. A splinter struck
the captain on the head while standing on the poop, and
the force of the blow, together with the sea, carried him
over the lee quarter, and he was only saved by the
nettings.

" After this sea had passed over, we found the water
had gained on the pamps ; the wind appeared to lull a
little and the ship a little easier, but still blowing a
storm. All the hatches, except those made use of for
passing into the engine-room, were battened down, and
the skylights partially covered. The weather continued
the same until midnight, at which time it lulled for half
an hour.
" Monday, 21st, 12.30," continues the log, "the storm
commenced raging again in all its fury, and the sea a
perfect foam, until eight A.M., at which time the clouds
began to break and the squalls less furious. Got the
ship's head to the N.W. and hauled the yards round, the
sea still raging as before, and nearly ahead, curling and
breaking over the ship in every direction. At noon the
sterna ceased ; but the sea continued more violent till
two p.m., at which time it ceased gradually with the
wind, having lasted about thirty-six hours; during which
time it gives Me much pleasure to state my officers and
crew concluded themselves with great coolness and pre-
sence of mind."
At half-past five o'clock on Monday morning we were
in the greatest possible danger.
Mr. Stevens, one of our passengers, who was an eye-
witness, says of it—" A peculiar lifting of the haze in
the east, with an appearance of au amber coloured belt
of light, low down on the horizon, warned us of an ap-
proaching blow. Presently it came, a perfect tornado.
driving before it the clouds of spray, and, as it neared
us, fairly lifting up the white foam from the waves, like
a shower of rain. As the squall struck us, the ship
careened over and buried her gun-wales in the ocean,
and lay for a few moments stricken powerless, and ap-
parently at the mercy of the savage waves that threatened
to engulf us. This was the trial, the last round fought
between the elements and our gallant vessel. At this
critical moment the engine was true to her duty. Still
went on its revolutions, and round and round thundered
her iron water wings. Gradually recovering her up-
right position, the good ship, with head quartering the
sea, came up to her course, and all was well ; it was the
climax of the storm ; the last great effort of the whirl-
wind king to send us to the sea giants' cave below."
On Monday, about 12, the storm had abated suffici-
ently to admit of standing on the upper step of the corn
pardon-way with safety. It was a sublime, but an awful
spectacle. The ocean still laboured under the effects of
the hurricane. The wind veered 20 points in 36 hours.;
it is impossible to imagine or describe the wild and
tangled confusion of the waves. Rising to a height ap-
parewly greater than that of the mainmast, they leaped
and roared around the ship, as if hungry and maddened
at the loss of their prey. At times the Great Western
seemed as if lowered by unseen spirits into her watery
grave ; and every moment you expected to be filled in,
and her requiem sung by the winds amongst the wilder-
ness of waters.
But our danger was past, and with grateful hearts, on
Tuesday morning, all assembled in the cabin to render
au act of commoa prayer and thanksgiving.
After the religious cervices were ended, Mr. Archi-
bald Gracie, of New York, was called to the chair, and
the Rev. Mr. Marsh appointed secretary. On motion,
it win

" Resolved—That a committee be appointed to draught
a resolution expressive of our gratitude to Almighty
God for his great goodness in our almost miraculcus de-
liverance from destruction, and also to the captain, offi-
cers, and crew of the ship for their arduous labours, and
their skill, firmness, and perseverancs in carrying the
ship through her late perilous condition."
The same committee was charged with the duty of
reporting a suitable memorial of our gratitude to the
captain, officers, and crew.
The Chairman, Secretary, the Rev. Dr. Beecher, of
Cincinnati, the Rev. Mr. Balch, Dr. Washington, and
Dr. Detmold, of New York; Mr. Hutchinson, of Geor-
giana ; Mr. F. Mather, of Geneva ; and Mr. Rawlings,
Of England, constituted the said committee.
The Rev. Mr. BALCH, at the request of the committee,
stated, at a subsequent meeting of the passengers, the
conclusions at which the committee had arrived, when,
subsequently, it was resolved that two subscription
papers be opened, one for the purpose of giving a suit-
ablo testimonial to the captain, officers, and crow, tho

other to form the nucleus of a fund for the relief of the
families of those whose heads and supporters have been
lost at sea, and to he called " The Great Western Fund;"
said money in the meantime to he deposited in the hands
of James B )orman, Pelatiah Perritt, Rev. Lewis P. W.
Balch, James Lennox, and Rohe: B. Minturn, of New
York, as trustees:

In pursuance df the above resolution, Mr. Gracie ad-
dressed The following letter to Captain Mathews:—
"At Sea, on board the steam-ship Great Western,
Sept. 28, 1846.
"Sir,—As chairman of the committee appointed by
the passengers on board of this ship, I have now the
pleasure of informing you that the sum of 200 L 10s.
has been subscribed by them, to be presented to the
captain, officers, and crew of the Great Western,' is
a token of the estimation which is entertained of their
valuable services during the late perilous scenes through
which we have passed. To those services, as well as to
the great strength and other admirable qualities of your
noble ship, we are (under Providence) indebted for the
preservation of our lives.

" To yourself in particular (without overlooking the
meed of praise due to others) we would express our
feelings of admiration of the coolness and skill displayed
by you during the trying period of peril, when, while
endeavouring to prevent alarm among us, you did not,
when called on, withhold from us your sense of the
danger to which we were exposed.
"Of the above subscription in behalf of the passen-
gers, I ask your acceptance of the sum of 804, now
presented to you by the treasurer, in the beautiful
purse which has been worked for the occasion by one
of our fair passengers; and to distribute the remainder,
which is contained in another beautiful purse, presented
by one of our fair passenlnirs; among the officers and
crew under your command; agreeably to the schedule
whilit accompanies it.
"At the same time it gives me pleasure to inform you
that a liberal contribution has been made, with the view
of creating a fund for the relief of families whose heads
and supporters have been lost at sea, and that in compli-
pliment to yourself and this ship, as well as in comme-
moration of the signal mercy we have experienced in
her, it is to be called the' Great Western Fund.'
"With sincere wishes for your continued health and
prosperity, I remain, with great regard,
"Respectfully yours,
" ARCIIIBALD GRACIE, Chairmen.
" To Captain Mathews."
To this letter Captain Mathews returned the following
answer :

" Great Western steam-ship,at sea, Sept. 28,1846.

. -
" Sir,—Your letter to me, in behalf of the passengers
by the Great Western steam-ship under my command,
I feel as a very great compliment to my, ship, officers,
and self, and, in reply, I beg to tender most gratefully
our best thanks and warmest regards.
" It is to Divine Providence alone that we are all in-
debted for our safety ; for during my long experience at
sea I never witnessed so severe a storm, and had it not
been for the good qualities of my noble ship, under the
direction of God, she could not havp weathered it.
" I am more than pleased at the step your committee
have taken to promote the interest of the widows and
orphans of seamen and others lost at sea ; and I am sure
that the directors of the Great Western Steam-ship Co.n-
'my, with myself; and all interested in this ship, will
consider it a high compliment whio you have conferred
upon her : and I, for one, will e.mtribute my mite to
this glorious undertaking, and I have no doubt but my
officers and crew will follow my uxample.
"I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
_ " BARNARD it. MA THEWS.

" To A. Gracie, ELq., Chairman, &c."
Mr. Gracie also handed to Mr. Balch, as one of the
Tusters of the Great Western Fund, the following
letter :

"On board the steam-ship Great Western,
Sept. 29, 1846.

" Gentlemen,—l have been directed to inform you by
the committee appointed by those passengers on board
of the. Great Western who have made a contribution for
the purpose of forming the nucleus of a fund for the
relief of the families whose heads and supporters have
been lost at seat and which, in compliment to the captain
and ship, as well as in commemoration of the signal
mercy we have experienced in her, is to be called the
" Great Western Fund," that they have unanimously
named you trustee of the said fund,
" That subscription now amounts to 580 dollars, which
sum will be handed over to 'you by the treasurer, Mr.
Robert Hutchison, to be invested in such manner as you
may deem beSt, in order that the interest accruing from
this and subsequent subscriptions may be applied to the
object proposed.
" We doubt not you will lend your valuable co-opera-

tion to the furtherance of this noble charity, which de-
serves, as doubtless it will receive, the cordial support of
the community at large. I have the honour, gentlemen,
to remain, your obedient servant,

" ARCIIIBALD GRACIE.
rEL-. "C P ~~~~.... _ p l~tioh P.pritt Raw_

Minturn." - -
The following resolution, expressive of our gratitude
to Almighty God, and of regard for the captain, officers
and crew, wa', at a meeting of the passengers held on
board of the Great Western, Sept. 29, 1846, unanimously
adopted,—
" Itesolved,—ln view of the perils of the late gale,
which threatened the termination of our earthly plans
and endeared social relations for the allotments of eter-
nity, and of our deliverance, with the cheering prospect
of restoration to our families and friends, we desire
desire with grateful hearts to render to God the
homage of our devout thanksgiving ; with our sup-
plications that He will sanctify to us the admonitions of
His providence, and render them subservient to our pre-
sent and future well-being. We would also render
praise to Him for the calmness, and decision, and endur-
ance granted the captain, officers, and seamen of the
ship, through the whole period of this protracted storm ;
con-
duct which, amidst such protracted and appalling dan-
and far
ers,hatrhaectseorleis;it3', and equanimity, and good t
the passengers and inmates of the
ship."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, S UNDA Y. —We understand that two
captains, who would have been included in the brevet
promotion on the 9th proximo; for their active flip,
have, for conscientious reasons, signifii.d their intention
to the Admiralty of accepting the offer of retirement.
One of them is the gallant and highly-distinguished
Captain Henry Hope, C. 8., the only other officer besides
Captain Hornby below the rank of admiral to whom a❑
honorary medal has been granted, and that was for the
capture of the American frigate President, on the 15th
of January, 1815. Thus, by the death of Captain
Wilkes and the above retirements, the promotion of the
20 seniors to the rank of rear-admiral will now include
the Comptroller of the Coast Guard, Captain the Hon.
William Gordon, late Lord of the Admiralty, and Cap-
Charles John Austen, C.B.
THE SQUADRON OF EVOLUTION.

The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain W. F. Lapidge,
arrived at Spithead last evening from the Mediter-

ranean.
She had been to Southampton, and landed at noon his
Excellency Lord Howard de Walden, British Minister
at Lisbon, family, and suite.
The squadron under the chief command of Vice-
Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., at Gibraltar, con-
sisted of (when the Cyclops left, on the 3d inst.) the
Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards, flag Of Vice-
Admiral Parker; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain Nott,
Commodore Sir J. G. Bremer; the Rodney, 92, Captain
Collier, C. 8.; the Albion, 90, Captain Lockyer; the
Vanguard, 80. Captain Willes; the Superb, 80; Captain
Corry; the Spartan, 26, Captain Symonds; and the
steam-sloop Rattler, Captain Smith; the Polyphemus,
Commander M'Cleverly; the Virago, Commander
Lunn; and the Phmnix, Commander Dennis. The
Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, had gone to
Malta for provisions for the squadron.
The Cyclops arrived at Lisbon on the 4th inst., and
embarked Lord Howard de Walden, family, and suite,
whom she brought home, on leave.
The Cyclops was delayed a few days, to endeavour to
tow the flag-ship Hibernia through the Straits, it being
the Admiral's intention to pass the squadron through,
by steam-vessels, in two divisions; but, owing to strong
westerly winds, he failed in accomplishing his. wishes.
Later intelligence, however, informs us the squadron had
succeeded in passing through (by an easterly wind), and
had proceeded off Cadiz, with the probability of its
entering that port.,
The squadron was perfectly healthy and in the highest
state of efficiency, having watered at Tetuan, and com-
pleted their previsions.
The Cyclops remains at Spithead for orders.
The Penelope steam-frigate was commissioned on
Friday evening by Captain Henry W. Giffard. Yester-
day she was brought under the dockyard sheers, and
took in her fore and mainmasts and bowsprit. She will
be cqmpleted in her roasting to-morrow.
The Belvidera provision depot, Master-Commanding
Peter Wellington, has very rapidly progressed in her
fitting under the hands of the dockyard riggers. Her top-
gallant masts were got on end yesterday morning. Her
lower and topsail yards are across, and a great portion
of her running rigging rove.
The Vengeance, 84, was commissioned yesterday
morning by Captain S. Lushington, and immediately
afterwards taken into dock. Although the officers and
crew of the Retribution are all transferred to her, the
pendant has not been struck on board the steamer yet ;
she will be the hulk for the Vengeance.
The Nautilus, 8. L'eutenant-Commander Macdonnell,
went out of harbour to-day to Spithead.
Captain George Eliot gave up the command of the

Eurydice yesterday, and —left fur London. On Friday
evefling he gave an elegant entertainment at the George
Hotel, to the officers of the Eurydice, which was highly
gratifying to all present. Yesterday morning, on taking
leave of them on board, the men mounted the rigging
and gave him three hearty cheers on leaving the ship.

WOOLWICII, OCT. 17.--:The name of the Eclair steam-
sloop, formerly the Infernal, and a vessel of more than
ordinary notoriety, owing to her being the scene of so
many fatal cases during the existence of the fever which
broke out in her when on:the African station, is ordered
to be changed to the Rosamond.
The Garland steam vessel, Captain Smithett, will
occupy some days in having her defects made good, when
she will return to Daver. Tho Charon steam-vessel has
been sent there in the meantime, during the absence of
the Garland.

The Porcupine steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, having
had her engines surveyed and repaired, left Woolwich
on Tuesday afternoon for Ramsgate, and is expected to
proceed to Ireland.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander
Petley, proceeded to Gravesend on Tuesday, where she
embarked a party of the Royal Marines of the Chatham
division, and brought them up to St. Katherine's-wharf,
where they embarked in a steamer for Ireland.
The Wildfire, Mr. Brockman, Second Master, com-
manding, proceeded up the river with the baggage of
The Retribution steam-frigate, Ciptainiuslimgtisn; is
ordered to be paid off at Portsmouth.
Lieutenant Crawley is appointed to the Gladiator
steam-frigate at Woolwich, and Mr. 11. G. Cunningham
Second Mate to her. Sir H. Pottinger will embark in
the early part of the week.
The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, has un-
dergone several alterations since her experimental trip;
but it is found difficult to get her to a sufficient depth in
the water to give her stability. Forty tons extra of
water was taken on board on Thursday, when trying her
engines at her moorings. The vessel is admirably con-
structed for a war steamer; but her extreme buoyancy,
which it was at first imagined could be overcome by
having sufficient weight on board, has been found more
difficult to master than was anticipated.
Vessels in Harbour—The William and Mary yacht,
the Sidon steam-frigate, the Gladiator steam-frigate, the
Black Eagle, the Lightning, and the Dwarf steam-vessel,
the Plover surveying vessel, and the Ceres depOt.
In the Basin—The Sphynx, the Geyser, the Rosa-
mond, the Medea, the Amphion, the Vixen, the Kite,
the Grappler, the Violet, and the Ariel steam-vessels.
In Docks—The Monkey and the Garland steam-
vessels. . .

The Vindictive, 50 guns, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral
Sir W. F. Austen, K.C.8., by the latest accounts was at
Quebec. The Admiral had gone with a party of friends
to visit the falls of Niagara, and on his return the Vin-
dictive will sail for Halifax. The Countess of Cathcart
was on a visit to the Falls at the same time. Mr. John
E. Haig, midshipman of the Vindictive, fell overboard
that vessel on the 24th of September and was drowned.
Every exertion was made to save him by throwing over
a life-buoy, but he never rose again.
The Gulnare surveying schooner, Captain Bayfield,
had arrived at Montreal, from surveying Lake St. Peter.
The Belleisle troop-ship,,left Quebec on the 15th of Sep-
tember, with 400 invalids on board, from regiments serv-
ing in Canada, and sailed for England. She will touch
at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and take on board 100 invalids
from that garrison.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, Ocr. 19.—Wind S., light breeze, and fine clear
weather. -

DE IL, Ocr. 18.—Wind E.S.E. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Kings.
down, Simmons, South Seas. Arrd. from the River, Sultana,
Dixon, Pernambuco ; Arabian, Robertson, Hobart Town ;
Thames, Barclay, Jamaica; Marcia, Harwood, Boston. Sld.
a three-masted steam schooner,' westward; London, Shuttle-
worth, Madras; Spheroid, Baillie, St. Vincent, with the rest
of the outward bound, except the Henrietta Wilhelmiva, for
the coast of Africa.
LIVERPOOL, OCT IS.— Wind Easterly,. light.—Arrd. Bal—
four, Overend, Bombay ; Emma, St. Domingo ; Annie,
Mearns, Quebec • Placenix, Card, ditto. Sld. Crown, Johns,
Bombay, with the rest of the outward bound. Put back,
Jessie, Oliver, for Apalachicola' leaky.
STRANCIFORD, Ocr. 15.—A. vessel sunk near the Cannon
Rock last night, and the mast was seen above water this
morning; crew supposed to be saved.
Ponrsmount, Ocr. 17.—Wind N.N.W. to S.S.W. 18,
N.N.W. to W.N.W.—SId. 17, Lady Flora, Kennett, Cape and
Madras; Florinda, Hodgssn, Ceylon ; Cleopatra, M'Eachern,
Demerara; Durham, Davidson, Bermuda; Emily, Cram,
Halifax. 18, Clifton, Ingersoll, New Orleans.
SHIELDS, Ocr. 16.—The Medora, from Quebec, in entering
this morning, grounded on the island, but is expected off next
tide without damage.
HARWICH, OCT. 15.—Arrd. Mary Ann, Chittleburgh, Nor-
wich, for London, leaky.
JERSEY, Ocr. 15.—Arrd. St. Peter, Le Brien, Labrador.
HULL, OCT. 18.—Wind E.—Arrd. 17, Douglas, M.Kennel,
St. John's, New Brunswick; Intrepid, Wilson, Richebucto.
GLUCKSTADT, Ocr. 13.—The schooner George, Robinson,
of Hull, from Grangemouth to Rotterdam, has been brought
in here, dismasted and abandoned.
CUXHAVEN, Ocr. 14.—Two brigs are reported on shore on
Langerooq. •
FALMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Wind S. to S.E., light ; 18, .N.E.,
light.—Arrd. Minalto Tregarthen, Rio Grande. Sld. 17,
Packet Squires, Cape ; Eleanor, 'Limey, Barbadoes ; 18,
Birkby, Nickels, Sierra Leone.
LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 17.—The Annie Dreams arrived here
from Quebec, passed upwards of fifty vessels bound to Que-
bec, on the 26th ult., off Cape Chat; had a very heavy cross
sea all the passage, but no severe gales.
SnIELDS, OCT. 17.—The Earl of Fife, Houston, from
Stettin to Antwerp, arrived here on the 15th inst., is leaky
and strained, and has cargo shifted.
HARTLEPOOL, Ocr. 17.—The Hope, Bowman, of Montrose,
on shore on Seaton Beach 12th inst., has been got off much
strained and very leaky, and brought in here.
NORDEN, Ocr. 13.—The brig Robert, Gray, from New-
castle to Amsterdam, was stranded on Langerooq on the 11th
instant; crew saved; and also the brig Blandford, Monk,
from Sunderland to Hamburgh, same day.
AALBORG, OCT. 13.—The Mercur, Kramer, of Papinburg,
from St.'Petersburgh to Havre, was stranded on the Swedish
coast on the 30th ult.; seven of the crew drowned, and one
man saved.
PORTANAGEE, KIRKCUBBIN, Comm- Dowx, Oar. 17.
A three-masted vessel, supposed to be a barque, was seen on
the 15th instant, lying in ten fathoms water, between- the
North Rock and South Light, three or four miles from this.
The tops of her masts are visible for a few feet ; crew sup-
posed to be drowned.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

FLAG SIGNALS AT THE ISLAND OF ST. MICHAEL'S.
A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's from the Ad-
miralty, inclosing a copy of Notice to Mariners, respecting
flag signals at the islandiof St. Michael's, but which had al-
ready been transmitted from the Foreign-office, and published
on Saturday.

The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) left his
sett, Bowood Park, 'Wilts, on Saturday, for Windsor
Castle.

PRICE SD.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
TIMES.—If it is i❑ the nature of e%euts to force
people to think, the events of the last four months must
have set the Protectionist party a thinking. Already
the more observant and reflecting members of this class
must have devoutly thanked Providence for a consum-
mation which, however it may have positively wounded
their pride or seemed to damage their interests, they
must now acknowledge to have saved them from the im-
petuosity of popular hatred, and the horrors of national
convulsion. No one can for a moment conceive the pos-
sibility of the old corn-law existing under the present
pressure of dearth and indigence. Had any Govern-
ment attempted to maintain it, the attempt must ha►e
been enforced by bayonets and_ polluted by bloodshed.
What would have been the fate of a political party rash
enough to identify itself with so outrageous an obstinacy,
is more easy to conjecture than the bare probability that
such a party could have been created. The calm good
sense —not to mention the humanity—which we hope
distinguishes all classes of Englishmen, would have in-
terfered to shield a political combination from the worst
of social crimes and the most terrible of social calamities.
As it has turned out, the corn-law was abolished
just in time to preserve its defenders from a most serious
dilemma, and the nation from enormous confusion. And
now that it has ceased to exist, its old supporters have
leisure to inquire what was the value of its lost protec-
tion, no less than what is the worth of its lingering
remnant. The answers to these queries must be looked
for in the physical and social state of the inhabited earth:
The value of all human laws must eventually be referred
to the action of those higher laws by which Creative
Wisdom regulates the nuiverse. On the subordination
of the former to the latter depends the success of those
institutions by which man combats the necessities and
provides for the wants of his changeful and uncertain
condition. And what presents itself to our notice, as
we survey the resources and the exigencies of distant and
populous nations ? We heard strange tales of lands
rich in the prodigal exuberance of spontaneous
but useless produce—of deprecated corn fields and
diraded harvests. We were taught that Provi-
dence had laid in stores of ruinous abundance on
the banks of the Ohio and Mississippi on purpose to
overwhelm the trade of Briti h agriculture, and swamp
the industry of the British farmer. Men were instructed
to regard plenty with a greater horror than famine ; and,
lo! their reward. The famine has come ; but where is
the antagonist plenty ? Famine is on our shores ; but
what soil is irrigated by the refreshing streams of a
counteracting abundance ? Alas ! the laws of man are

dependent on those of God. They cannot control,
neither can they thwart, the disposition of Heaven.
Nature will tot be defrauded of her rights, nor, when
human folly has provoked her, of her revenge. That
which existed before the corn-law was dreamed of sur-
vives its extinction. The original condition of our being
remains unchanged and unchangeable. The great struggle
is between man and food—between life and its suste-
nance. Search the world through and through,
this iron fact stands out in hard prominence to pro-
voke and to defy our energies. From the poor
Cingalese. subsisting on his rice to the humblest
Celt starving on his porridge, the multitudes
of the human race have a scant and rude
subsistence. Comfort and competence are for the few ;
contented indigence for the many. Earth has yet failed
to satisfy the longings or the labours of her suns. There
are myriads of acres as yet untilled, miles of allege but
rudely and poorly adapted to the cravings of their occu-
pants. This fact the average condition of the human
race might long; ago have brought home to the sense of
eve: y logislator, even were each legislator aiandowner.
But it requir, s the prerent tenors of an extraordinary
calamity to mike men recognise a truth so often illus-
trated by the recorded sufferings of humanity. Dearth
is' on our island; and hunger on our he4rchs, ere we
conress the pre-ordained law and struggle of our being.
Six months ago men talked with fear of the bounties of
God; and now they are punished by the fear of their
withdrawal. The harvest of this autumn has been

prolific of the b( tter sorts of grain. Buperficial ob-
servation would have chuckled over the prospect of a
more than usual supply of food. Low prices ruled the
market, and were expected to rule it for some time.
" There is plenty of corn at home," it was said :
" and if more is imported, it will be dirt cheap." In
the midst of these prophecies a power greater than
man's was at work. The "mildewed ear blasted its
wholesome brother;" the humble root, though it did not
breathe its fatal taint, yet threw a baneful influence over
the nobler and richer food. The poor can never suffer
alone. That which supports them is but taken from the
common stock of human food. And when the very
poorest are deprived of their usual subsistence the pri-
vation must spread far beyond even their wide click.
Necessity then trenches—as it is trenching now—on
the stores of the affluent and the middling classes. From
dearth of potatoes to dearness of bread is a shorter in-
!Tura ,t.),•".. Joeusn' ‘l,......a_rai_und_thia_mauviunLi barulon_
the inexhaustible magazines of wheat ant meal where-
with our people were to grow fat and wanton? Alas
for the fatuous ignorance of man! They are not.
Nature will not work miracles to save theories. Those
who shut their eyes to her laws must perish
by her laws. Those who seek to thwart her operations
must bend at last beneath their force. Now, when we
crave food for our poor, we find it removed from us.
The harvests of Europe are insufficient for the exigen-
cies of Europe. France is straitened even more than
ourselves. Austria is bidding against us in the marts of
the Mediterranean. Odessa is well nigh drained. And
America !—that land of fabulous redundance answers to
the requirements of an ordinary commerce, but not to
the demands of an extraordinary need. It has a suffi-
ciency for our average, not for our present, wants. She
has sent us 641,112 barrels of flour more than last year;
she is about to send us wheat and Indian corn: yet, even
with this prospect the price of bread has risen at Glas-
gow, it has risen in London, and Indian corn is becom
ing dearer every day to the Irish peasant ! And this,
too, in the first quarter of our provision year l What
will the state of things be when the American canals are
frozen, when the liners have ceased to run, and the pas-
sage is alike blocked up from the far west to the eastern
ports, and from those ports to England ? " Yet in the
face of such a crisis we are maintainiug a rate of duty
which, though it may never become rigidly prohibitory,
must embarrass the speculations of the corn trade, and
complicate a great catastrophe with the evils of delay,
uncertainty, and irritation. Is it wise to bolster up such
a system, or brave the odium which it must excite ?
CHRONICLE.—We can hardly suppose that any
public man of note in France participates in the absurd
speculations which some of the newspapers of that coun-
try are just now busy in propagating. In this country
there has been a very general and unequivocal expres-
sion of dissastisfaction on account of the marriage of the
Infanta with a French Prince. Everybody can under-
stand the anxiety of the Court and Government of France
to make it appear that this is but an indication of indi-
vidual, or at best of party, discontent; and we were not,
therefore, surprised at their efforts to give a totally false
colouring to the recorded opinions of the British Cabinet.
At first it was only a fit of temper of a particular Minis-
ter. By-and-bye this Minister is found to have partizans
amongst his colleagues. Then it is only " a section of
the Cabinet" that is displeased. New light breaks in
however, and it is reluctantly admitted that the Cabinet
is united. It is even said that the strongest expression of
opinion comes from those quarters from which the greatest
indulgence had been anticipated. This is unlucky. But
still " it is only the opinion of the Whigs." The matter
can be easily set to rights. The Ministry must be
changed. The Ministry must be changed ! So we are
coolly told by the organs of the French Court—by
newspapers notoriously in communication with members
of the King's Government. Our Paris correspondent,
indeed, goes so far as to assure us that the suggestion
has been openly made by a member of that Government.
There are very few of his countrymen, we apprehend,
who refuse to do justice at iV.I events to Lord Palmers-
ton's motives in the administration of foreign affairs.
Nobody supposes him to be in any degree influenced by
personal or party feeliegs. But if these, and not the
interests of his country, could be regarded as the springs
of his policy, surely no man could have better reason to
rejoice at this recent triumph of French intrigue. It is
the complete justification of all those views and opinions
which have been so much misrepresented, and therefore
misunderstood. And so it is felt to be. To ascribe
then, as the French journals do, to the " personal feel-
ings" of Lord Palmerston his lisapproval of the Spa-
nish marriage, is an absurdity too glaring to call
for serious notice. To say that st Iran's pride is wounded
by an event that gives practical evidence of the sound-
ness of his judgment and the propriety of his conduct,
is simply a contradiction in terms. We can appreciate
the uneasiness of the French Government at finding
that there is not, upon this event, a shadow of differ-
ence in the opinions of our rulers. There is really no
greater evil attendant upon party contentions in a state,
than that the combatants should su far lose sight of the
common interest of all parties as to have recourse to
foreign influence to turn the evenly-balanced scale. Let
this once become the tenure upon which power shall be
held, and adieu to the greatness of this empire. In pro-
portion as men come to coincide in their views of do
mestic policy, and this ground of difference is narrowed
between then, does the danger increase to
.our external
a
affairs being administered, not so much with
view to our own interests as to conciliate.
S nfarforeign
support to a timid and yielding Minister.in
vt haensteag
else t eirn
yearsad-
this has
way, sthatFrance pauhsiheefd h
autehies
rorit
have been known to boast, not only that they had
amongst us their especial " friends of the French alli-
ance, ' but that in the very heart of the party which
they falsely and mischievously represented as hostile to
it they had succeeded in getting a leverage from which
they could disturb our most compact political combina-
tions. It is not twelve months since the French Govern.
ment scattered circulars over the kingdom, announcing
to their prefets almost in so many words, that Louis
Philippe had dismissed the English Ministry, because he
was not altogether satisfied with the new Foreign Secre-
tary. If indeed French rulers did sneered in getting
hold of such a position, they are at length effcctua.ly
dislodged. The disguise under which they entered no
longer imposes upon the most credulous, and we may at
least console ourselves that in the hearty union of out
statesmen we have some compensation for the gross in•
stilt and publio wrong that has produced it. The French

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Although, perhsps, the French our,
writers are not altogether wrong when they in-
clude in the general felicitations upon the late "happy
event" at Madrid the minister who really "gave away
the bride," yet we cannot but think that even Lord
Aberdeen must regard such congratulations less in the
light of a compliment than as an insulting mockery.
Our generous ally distributes promises of office to those
whom he considers to be his servants in England just as
he sends the crosses of his Legion of Honour to it's ,
creatures in Madrid. This, kowever, is to mistake oar
national character—to confound the principles of action
in one country with those in another—a blunder hardly
to be expected from one who has had such peculiar op-
rortunities of knowing us. The members of the late
Government must now feel how completely they have
been duped. W hen they call to mind the successive
steps by which they have assisted an ambitious and un-
scrupulous Power to arrive at an object which they admit
to be unjustifiable, which they believe to be dangerous
to the peace of the world, they must feel how grossly
their confidence has been abused, and we have no doubt
they will, as far as they can, compensate for their error
by supporting those upon whom is imposed the daty of
repairing its effects.

POST.—Attempts are daily made by a section of the
influential Irishism of the sister kingdom to fix upon
England the whole responsibility of checking the famine
which is decimating their unhappy countrymen. The
people are taught to believe that it is the Government
and not the scarcity, which starves them;—that the
price of food depends not upon the amount of importa-
tions from abroad, but upon the reality of English sym-
pathy, and the inclination of the Imperial Parliament to
do " justice to Ireland." In their political discussions,
the settled misery of their condition as a nation is
traced, as to a sole cause, to the " domination of the
stranger," and if the occurrence of the potato blight is
not directly ascribed to the same source of evil, we are
significantly assured that the onus of administering effec-
tual relief lies properly at our door, and that we are
justly held accountable for the consequences of possible
failure. We deny the soundness of these conclu-
sions ; England is properly responsible for so
much of the famine as can be shown to hive
resulted from the denial of seats in the House
of Lords to Catholic prelates, or the non-assimilation
of the political rights enjoyed by the inhabitants
of both countries. Trace the connexion of the dearth
with the want of a domestic L' gislature ; show that the
genius of famine is enlisted in the cause of repeal, and
!hilt O'Connell has won over to the side of his proffs-
sioos the powers of the air, and we will admit at once,
that the starved pea: ant who shouts tor a dissolution of
the Union, is a martyr in &tepee of his country ; but
until these facts are established, the efforts now made to
relieve Ireland will he considered as so many sacrifices
on the part of the State to assuage misery, which it had
no sh ire in creating ; which could never have existed,
if Irishmen of all classes had done their duty; or which,
if inevitable, ought to have been alleviated without the
aid of Government charity, or help of any kind, save
that which native interests could furnish. It is at the
present moment that the interference of England is truly
degrading to the patriotism of Conciliation Hall. The
value of good advice is great even in a time
of national scarcity ; but we are at a loss to
know the grounds upon which the " Liberator" con-
tinues to urge, despite the recent measures of the
Viceroy, and whilst rejecting the idea of calling Par-
liament together in extraordinary session, the assem-
bling of the Irish laidlords• in Dublin, to "direct
and control the Government" in the present emer-
gency. We should have no objection to the calling in
of landlord-counsel, provided it were landlord•purses
which had to find the means of earring into effect the
result of their deliberations ; but as it is the wealth of
the national treasury which must rescue the people frcm
starvation, the Government have a right to say to the
Irish landlords, "Stand from between us and the inter-
ests which you are not able to protect. You have,
socially, at least, ruled the lard for ages, and this is the
result of your supremacy—:•an inability to supply the
want of Jumpers.' Talk not to us of the uninaliepable
title which you have to the possession of the soil ; the
existence of a perpetual right involves the performance
of a perpetual duty. If the land is yours for ever, the
nrcossity of finding food for the human beings who
were horn on it rests for ever with _ou also. If they
die of famine, whilst it can be male to grow somethirg
mere life-sustaining than weeds or hemlock, it is you
who are justly chargeable with the guilt of their destruc-
tion. They now appealed, as a last resource, to the
supreme authority of the State, which can dispose of all
rights, whether of property or existence, when the
general good is in peril. Give way then, and pass into
oblivion, wanting the charitable benison of—' Heaven
bless you !' "

MARY LEBONE VESTRY.

EXPENSE_ AND ALLEGED INEFFICIENCY OF

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. --
On Saturday a very full meeting of tae Marylebone
Vestry took place at the Court-house, Marylebone-lane,
for the purpose of considering a notice of motion given
on the previous Saturday—
To consider the propriety of appointing a committee
to investigate the very numerous complaints of the in-
efficiency of the police as it present constituted, and to
ascertain the number of police employed in the parish,
and to compare that number with the large amount
char g 211! for their services ; and. lase to
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and the public at large, ought not to be revised."
Mr. Gomm having been called to the chair,
Mr. NICHOLAY rose to submit for adoption the fore-
going resolution. He observed that the vestry con-
sidered the subject one of the most vital importance, not
only to the ratepayers of Marylebone, but to the inhabi-
tants of the metropolis generally. He was sure there
was no-one who had paid the slightest attention to the
matter but would agree with him that the present police
force were a most inefficient body for the public protec-
tion, and at the same time an enormous expense, whilst
the regulations that guided the officers in the perform-
ance of their duties were the greatest tissue of absurdities
that could be contemplated. The question was, whether
these foolish regulations emanated from Parliament or
the commissioners. If from Parliament, then it would
be the duty of the vestry to go to Parliament; and if
from the commissioners, then they must call open Par-
lhment to correct the absurdity of the cemniissionors.
Mr. Nicholay here at great length went into a variety of
cases where robberies and other misdemeanours had
arisen, in the Marylebone district, and where in frequent
instances half an hour and sometimes three-quarters of
an hour elapsed before a policeman could be found.
Another strong ground of complaint was, that although
that and other parishes were called upon to pay double
the amount they ought to pay for the maintenance of
police, on state and other public occasions they were
drafted away for many miles, and the districts which
paid were left entirely unprotected. The many com-
plaints whith could be substantiated showing the gross
inefficiency of the police he hoped would induce the
vestry to grant this committee.
Mr. HICKMAN, in seconding the resolution, remarked
that before the new police came into operation, the cost
of a much more efficient police in Marylebone was under
10,000/. per year, whereas the present inefficient force
cost 100 per cent. more. Under the old system they
had in Marylebone 256 constables, whereas the nominal
amount supplied by the police commissioners was 211.
Mr. RIDGWAY could scarcely believe that any good
could result from the committee proposed, when it was
recollected that the p slice authorities set the public at
defiance. He had communicated with the police com-
missioners frequently on the subject of the number of
men employed in the large district in which he resided,
and the commissioners had refused to give the desired
information. He had, therefore, instituted inquiries
himself, and he found that during the day the entire dis-
rict from Salisbury-court station-house, Marylebone, to
the Swiss Cottage, at Hampstead, and to the Windmill,
in Edgware-road, at Kilburn, there were but five police-
men employed. This, too, in a district covering a space
of many square miles, having in the parish of Mar) le-
bone alone upwards of. 2,000 houses, and paying s
police-rate of 2,044/. 13s. 6d. annually.—(Shame.) The
fact was, that the whole conduct of the police was a
perfect Star-chamber system, and instead of being the
protectors of the public they were mere soldiers of the
Government in disguise. Mr. Ridgway having cited a
great number of cases against the police, concluded by
expressing his opinion that the vestry should go to Par-
iament at once.
Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., thought the vestry were per-
fectly justified in taking up the matter, and at least he
thought it proper that a general survey should be made,
in order more equally to divide the charges for police-
rate. There could be no doubt in the world that many
of the existing regulations of the police were absurd ;
and he believed from what had fallen from members of
the vestry, that a good case could be made out for the
appointment of a Committee of the House of Cummins
to inquire into the subjeot.
After a few observations from Mr. SAVAGE and one
or two other vestrymen, the resolution was put and car-
ried unanimously.
After some further discussion, the vestry separated.

THE LATE RODDERT OF BAIJE-NOTESAT ROGERS
AND Co.'s.—Within these last few days circumstances
understood to have transpired which leave no doubt
areth atere long the ,large amount of property stolen from
the banking-house of Messrs. Rogers and Co. will be
recovered. That the whole of the notes, to the amount
of 4e,0001., are still in existence, has been satisfactorily
proved by the fact, that a few days since a it note, the
number of which does not appear in ;he printed list pub-
Itzdied and circulated, but which was stolen at the time,
was forwarded to the banking house, the party sending
it requesting the receipt of it to be accknowledged in the
newspapers, and the whole of the notes would be re-
stored upon the payment of 10,000 L—the acknowledg-
ment to be to "H. F. This request was accordingly
complied with; but, as to the compromise, that has itot
been entertained; and, from a variety of circumstances
which have transpired, but which would be at present
highly injudicious to notice, further than the mere asser-
tion, no doubts are now entertained but that the whole
of the stolen property will be IN covered, and at the same
time such evidence will be adduced as to lead to the
conviction of the offender. Paragraphs have occasion-
ally appeared, stating that some of the stolen notes
have been circulated on the Continent. This is incor-
rect, for the steps taken by the solicitor for the prose-
cution, who sent over to the Continent a most intelligent
gentleman, and who visited every banker, money-
changer, hotel, and caf6 between this country and
Russia, render the negotiation of them impossible; and
it is, therefore, well known that the whole of the stolen
notes are at the present period secreted in the metro-
polis. A few days or weeks may, in all probability,
elucidate this extraordinary and hitherto mysterious
robbery.