The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-11 00:00:00

SECItET CORRESPONDENCE.

A young lady, newly married, being obliged to show her
husband all the letters she wrote, sent the following to an
Intimate friend :
" I cannot be satisfied, my dearest friend,
blest as I am in the matrimonial state,
unless I pour into your friendly bosom,
which has ever beat in unison with mine,
the various sensations which swell
with the liveliest emotions of pleasure
my almost bursting heart. I tell you, my dear
husband is the most amiable of men.
I have now been married seven weeks, and
have never found the least reason to
repent the day that joined us. My husband is
both in person and manners far from resembling
ugly, cross, old, disagreeable, and jealous,
monsters, who think by confining to secure
a wife, it is his maxim, to treat as a
bosom friend . . . . and not as a
plaything, or menial slave, the woman
of his choice Neither party,
he says, should always obey implicitly;
but each yield to the other by turns;
an ancient maiden aunt, near seventy,
a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady,
lives in the house with us,—she is the de-
light of both young and old, she is ci-
vil to all the neighbourhood round,
generous and charitable to the poor.
I am convinced my husband likes nothing more
than he does me ; he flatters me more
than the glass, and his intoxication
(for CO I must call the excess of his love)
often makes me blush for the unworthiness
of the object, and wish I could be more deserving
of the man whose name I bear. To
say all in one word . . . . and to
crown the whole . . my former lover
is now my indulgent husband ; my f0nd...0
is returned, and I might have had
a prince, without the felicity I find in
him. Adieu! may you be as blest as lam un-
able to wish that I could be more
happy !

N.B. The key to the above letter (in cypher) is to read the
first, and then every alternate line.

DEPRESSION OF THE COPPER
TRADE IN BIRMINGHAM.
BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY.—By the tariff of 1842, a duty
was levied for the first time on the importation into this
country of foreign copper ores : the duty was imposed
avowedly by way of experiment, the President of the
Boat d of Trade for the time being, expressly stating in
his place in Parliament that the question was open to
revision. Copper smelting had previously been carried
on almost exclusively in this country, the ore being
chiefly brought from the mines of Chili. As there are
no manufactures in Chili, the Chilian merchants and
miners were supplied by British manufactures on the
principle of a fair exchange of copper ore for manufac-
tured
goods, and a good trade to British shipping was
desired therefrom. When the duty was imposed in 1842,
strong remonstrances were presented against the impo-
sition, by those engaged in the copper trade in Birming-
Lam and elsewhere, it beinc, their derided conviction
that the imposition of the duty on their product, at a
time when almost all similar dutiei were boinr, abo-
lished, would be viewed by the Chili= Government " as
a hostile and unfriendly act, which they would meet
by encouraging smelting in their own and other coun-
tries," particularly in South America and the United
Mates. Four years have nearly elapsed since this
remonstrance was presented, and events have proved that
it was well founded. Another memorial was subsequently
addressed to Sir Robert Peel, praying, without effect,
that the duty might be abolished ; and now the memo-
rialists come forward again, urging their petition on the
ground that, unless the duty be forthwith repealed, the
copper trade in this country will be utterly destroyed.
From facts that have recently transpired, it appears that
smelting of copper ore in Chili has been most extensively
resumed—that copper bars and pigs are now largely
shipped to various parts in Europe, and sold under rates
whichthe British merchant could sell for—that the
Chilian Government has removed the duty on foreign
coals—that negotiations have concluded with the United
States
of America, in virtue of which the best ores will
be shipped for that country, that the Americans have
erected large smelting works at Boston and Baltimore,
finally, that France is also being supplied on terms
and
which preclude our competinga with the founders and
smelters on the continent.
therg e
security advances
made by British capitalists onores,
the proprietors of the mines have just been enabled to
havepa got
mt
ineffti,maantdinnnotlhvaitt
theyap appears our
receive no more ores
our copper merchants
from Chili; and vessels thatthwe
their
chartered to take car-
goes
These, to,
and England,
such
a e
being urged on the
Government, and it isa v
hoped.re n
thato measures will be
speedily adopted with
truth
to
of
trestorehese the
statementstrade
apApasreann evidencetlylost. of the
are sorry to point to the fact that the brass founding,
casting, and cock making trades here getting into a
paidare
d
o
t 1,31, iankge
place, the conse-
t tthheer t oil oa rffl rrae ed..
very depressed state ; the rates
ah
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rvianln
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turers being greatly below any
il
oudt this town and
neighbourhood. The number en
tiAnnec
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g,
neighbourhoodmay be thus
in the trade in
Birmingham and its neighbourlt'
stated :

Brass founders. Men employed. Families.
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
16
34
Walsall, Dudley, &c

Total
And if to to these we add factors, factors' clerks, and
others less directly dependent on the trade, we are quite
sure that the number thus employed.and depending on
the copper trade will not be under 20,000. A reduction
of 55. a week in wages is equal to a loss to the working
men of 20,0001., and the 10:3s to England is not merely in
the smelting trade, to our manufacturers also, who
now find, that as w'd cannot take Chilian ore, the Chilians
cannot buy Brit=ish goods. The experiment, in short,
has been a pp:Table failure, and it is now time to retrieve
the error by abolishing the duty.

MONSTER LOBSTER.—Last week a large pea lobster
was caught at Port Iron, which weighed 8 lbs., length
21 inches, and circumference 14,12- inches. It was in the
possession of a lady in that neighbourhood, and attracted
great attention from its size. Even the fishermen of that
district, where shellfish abound, said they never saw so
large a lobster before.—Mar..c Sun.
MILITARY CONVICTS FOR GIBRALTAR.—A number
of soldiers from the various regiments serving in the
Canadas have been tried by General Courts Martial.
Two of them have been- sentenced to transportation for
life, ten for fourteen years, five for VII years, and five
for seven years, all of them being most incorrigible cha-
racters, and for desertion. They are to be sent from
London to Sheerness, and put on board the Euryalus,
44-gun ship, now under immediate orders for the con-
veyance of four hundred convicts to Gibraltar, to COM" Piet° the Government defences there.

THE RAILWAY CRISIS IN BERLIN.—The financial
crisis which has for so long past existed on the Berlin
Exchange is still, we understand, much the same. The
number of ralway shareholders who refuse to continue
their instalments increases from day to day. The lines
the estabishment of which is now very uncertain are
the Lippstadt and Cassel, the Magdeburg and Witten-
burg, and the Stargard and Posen, without counting
others of less importance. This distressing state of
affairs still increases the number of actions relative to
railway matters. There are already 1,700 actions
pending at the Berlin tribunals.
SNARE-HEADS.—DELIGHTFUL .—A passenger on the
Harlem rail narrowly escaped death in New York
recently, from a snake-head, which passed through the
bottom and top of the car. The flat bar rails used in the
United States frequently give way, and rise in this
manner. Wilful and casual accidents, with damage of
person and loss of life, are as frequent as ever, and little
notice is taken,
_it seems, nor any means to diminish or
abate them. The conductors and inferior servants are
insolent and reckless, being pretty much appointed by
political influence for votes, rather than for their skill or
respectable conduct.

FALLING IN OF CUTTINGS ON THE BISHOPSTOKE
AND SALISBURY BRANCH LINE.—WEDNESDAY, NOY. 4.
—A very serious falling in of earth occurred (says our
Andover correspondent) on this line yesterday. The
late rains and stormy weather caused the earth to give
way at the part of the works called Barley-hill, near to
Dean, and so extensive is the slip that it is computed
it will require at least 500 labourers to work for a month
or more to remove the same. At another part of this
line, near to Pool's Barn, it is calculated that within the
last few days more than one hundred thousand yards of
soil has fallen in. Fortunately, in both cases, no lives
were sacrificed, nor any serious accident took place,
timely notice being given to the workmen by the earth
gradually cracking ere it gave way. These casualties
must cause the opening of this unfortunate and long-
delayed branch to stand over now until the spring of
the year.
ORLEANS.—The Minister of Public Works has visited
that portion of the line which suffered by the inundation
of the Loire, and it is most probable that prompt mea-
sures will be adopted for the reconstruction of the
damaged viaduct bridge. By a report from the above
functionary it appears that a royal ordinance has autho-
rised a credit of 2,000,000 francs to be employed in re-
pairing the damage caused by the rising of the Loire;
and a further sum of 500,000 francs for the Eke purpose
with regard especially to the bridges that may have suf-
fered on that river.

Amongst the subscriptions towards repairing the losses
occasioned by the late inundations in France, the Orleans
company have added a sum of 30,G00 francs; the Bor-
deaux company have subscribed 15,000 francs; and the
St. Etienne and Lyons company have added a sum of
1,000 francs for the same purpose. Thus it will be seen
that those companies who have themselves been the
greatest sufferers have twen most prominent in exerting
themselves by their charity to relieve the sufferings
caused by the late calamity.

SPANISH BONDHOLDERS'
ASSOCIATION.
We have received the following communication from
the Spani,li Bondholders' Association, which throws
additional light on the proceedings taken by the dete.
gazes recently assembled at Paris to consider the subject
or Lbw ~F c.,',,,;x1 1—
" A congress of deputies from the Committees of Spa-
nish Bondholders of Great Britain, France, Holland, and
Belgium, consistio4 of—
" Mr. lleming
" Mr. Chard
" Mr. Henderson
" Mr. Guynet
" Mr. Duburg
" Mr. Eisenlohe Bondholders,
" Mr. Drucker 1 On the part of the Dutch
" Mr. Wertheim j Bondholders,
" Mr. Cogels
On the part of the Belgian
" Mr. L. Brasseur Van •
Bondholders,
den Bogaert
" Having assembled at Paris for the purpose of con-
certing the most efficient measures for obtaining an ho-
nourable settlement of the claims of the foreign Spanish
bondlioldsrs, have unanimously come to the following
resolutions:—
" 1. That Spain is in a normal state of tranquillity,
with her resources improved, her revenue increasing, and
her credit reviving amongst her native capitalists, as
appears by her having lately contracted a loan with them
()I' 2,000,0001. sterling for internal improvements at about
51 per cent. per annum interest ; and it has been satis-
factorily ascertained that Spain is at I( ngth in a position
to grant justice to the foreign bondholders, who have
borne their privations with patience till the return of
order and stable government in Spain ; moreover, rely-
ing on the promises of Senor Mon and other Ministers of
Finance, and expecting that the authorization voted by
the Cones more than a year ago to deal with the public
debt would have long since been acted upon, more es-
pecially as the very money advanced to Spain by the
foreign kr .dholders, whereof they now crave the liqui-
dation, enabled Spain to expel Dun Carlos, and seat the
present constitutional Queen of Spain on the throne ;
besides, the Church and national property pledged and
hypothecated for the effectual security of the claims of
the foreign bondholders has recently been applied to
other purposes, without any payment or equivalent being
given to them in lieu thereof.
" 2. That Spain having already partially redeemed
her credit by satisfying the claims of the Treasury
Bondholders by capitalizing their bonds at 2111. 13s. 4d.
per cent., and of the holders of domestic loans by capi-
talising their bonds asts.m6(dr.eptehractnel34o.oo/znpeeurreeenatpitawlhhilasst
that tthis
Spainonly since
tbhece
u pittanced oie
doouft
pons to
eiannan
et
thrbeeelipvevre cent.it
p esstsoicbllce;
of her Con-
gress,tothtehraetfodraet,e
of her national securities.
credi-
tors, viz., the foreign holders
have sent deputies to
will delay any longer te satisfy the resi lue
" 3. That the committees who
this Congress, collectively and separate, will continue
ly, b
to urge these claims with ut ceasing, in every possible
way, until a just and satisfactory arrangement of
h
is obtained.
" 4. That if this final appeal to Spanish honesty proves
m
by the
and enei getic measures be forthwith adopted
unavailing, which is considered impossible then strenuous
members of this Congress, after having exhausted all
bad
other means, to induce their respective Governments to
redress the wrongs inflicted on their subjects by the
faith of Spain.
" 5. That the conduct of M. Guizot in aiding their
just claims entitles the French Government to the gra-
titude of the bondholders of our respective countries.
"It is resolved that the thanks of this Congress of
Deputies be communicated to Viscount Palmerston and
the Earl of Clarendon, for the readiness with which
they have given their support to the deputation from
London in furtherance of their measures to obtain justice
from Spain.
" That the thanks of the deputies be conveyed to the
Government of his Majesty the King of the Pays Bas for
the assistance given to the Dutch committee.
~ s
Signed
" That the thanks be likewise conveyed to the Bel-
gian Government for its manifestation to serve this great
eau
by the preceding named deputies.
" Meurice's Hotel, 30th October, 1846.

SURVEYORSHIP OF ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.—The
Surveyorship of this establishment is vacant, and is to
be filled up at a meeting of the Governors on Tuesday
next. Among the numerous competitors is Mr. Tress,
who is an architect of experience and ability, and whose
talents, moreover, have been acknowledged by Mr. Barry,
the eminent architect of the New Houses of Pa liament,
and whose testimonial he hears.
WORKING MAN'S TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION.
—A v orking man's temperance demonstration was held
at Exeter-hall on Monday evening. The meeting was
very numerously attended, every part of the hall being
densely crowded. Dr. Oxley was called to the chair,
and Mr. Randall was appointed secretary. The speakers
NA ere twenty in number, and were composed exclusively
of the operative classes. They were as follow :—Messrs.
Webb, Pitckery, Richardson, Jackson, Battoo, Rowe,
Davy, Jos. Palmer, Morris, Js. Reynolds, Walters,
Robinson, M‘Bean, Applegate, Mathew, Currie, Booth,
Baiiiss, Watson, Mann, and Wood. A memorial was
adopted to Lord John Russell, praying that steps might
be taken by her Majesty's Government to prevent the
distillation and brewing of intoxicating liquors from
grain during the present season of scarcity, on the
ground that such drinks were not only unnecessary, but
roductive, to an incalculable extent, of crime, poverty,
and human misery. The meeting separated at ten o'clock.

- - - - ---- -
Monday evening the Rev. Dr. Wolff gave the first of a
series of three lectures on his travels is Affghanistan,
comprehending an account or his first visit to Bokhara,
as also that of last one, in order to ascertain the fate
of Colonel Stodart and Captain Connolly, in the Hall of
the Horns of Kennington Hotel. The lectures are for
the benefit of the national schools erected in that dis-
trict, and the opening one, last evening, was attended by
a large and respectable audience. In the commence-
ment the Rev. Doctor explained the reasons which led
him to undertake a misiun to these countries. In doing
so he stated that after having made himself fully master
of the Oriental languages and theology. in acquiring
which he studied for some time at Rom., where he was
the fellow student of the present Pope Pius the Ninth,
be f.?lt that, being himself, by the power' of the Gospel.
placed as it were in a lonely garden listening to the song
of the nightingale, and enjoying the perfume of roses,
he should- endeavour to impart some of those blessings
to the natives of heathen lands, and make an attempt
to confer upon them the benefits which he himself
enjoyed. Under these impressions, he resolved on
becoming a missionary to the heathens ; and the cir-
cumstance which made him direct his attention
more particularly to Bukhara was, that when in
Jerusalem, in 1821, he was told by the Jews resi-
dent there that the Jews of Bokhara were, without
doubt, a remnant of the twelve tribes. This he wished
to ascertain, and in order to do so, he set out for that
country in 1830. He then proceeded to give a detail of
the incidents which attended his journey from the time
he left Constantinople up to the period when he was
taken as a slave by the Turkoman's prowess, to his
reaching Bokhara, leaving out the mode of his release
until a future' lecture. In the course of this narrative he
gave a detail of the interviews he had with the various
Princes through whose countries he passed. One of the
most gratifying sights he saw in the course of his travels,
and one which he should like much to see in England,
was at Ancona, where GrLek and Armenian Christians,
and Chaldees, .of sli,77ereat clettomiliations,,-were every
evening to be seen reading the Scriptures together, and
endeavouring to convince each other of the truth, with-
out the least symptom of animosity among them. In
the future lectures he would deliver, he would give an
acconnt of his last journey to Bokhara, in reference to
Colonel Stodart and Capt. Connolly; but he considered
it necessary, in the first place, to detail the circumstances
of his first one, in order that the whole matter might be
fully understood. He wished hlso to state, that his ob-
ject was not to give a geographical account of the coun-
tries he had visited ; but was strictly of a missionary
nature, his whole aim being, as he had previously stated,
to place others in the enjoyment of those privileges and
blessings which he himself enjoyed.

THE GUILDH
THE GENERAL
256 tureens of real turtle, con-
taining five pints each
200 bottles of sherbet
6 dishes of fish
30 entrées
4 boiled turkeys andoysters
60 roast pullets
60 dishes of fowl
46 ditto of capons
6 do. of Capt.White'sSelim's
true Indian curries
50 French pies
60 pigeon pies
53 hams, ornamented
43 tongues
2 quarters of house lamb
2 barons of beef
2 stewed rumps of beef
13 sirloins of rumps and ribs
of beef
6 dishes of asparagus
60 dishes of mashed and
other potatoes
44 dishes of shell fish
4 dishes of prawns
140 jellies
50 blancmanges
40 dishes of tarts, creamed
40 dishes of almond pastry
The remainder of the general bill of fare was divided
amongst the five upper tables, the five short tables next
the upper tables, the four long tables in the body of the
hall, the seven side tables, and the three tables in the old
Court of Queen's Bench.
Wines—Champagne, Hock, Claret, Madeira, Port, and
Sherry.
Mr. Toole performed the duties of toast master with
his usual tact, enunciating-the toasts, &c., with distinct
ness and full tone of voice.
The dinner, as well with respect to the viands and
wines as the dessert, was excellent, and showed that the
caterer, Mr. Younghusband, of Gerard's Hall, Basing-
lane, understands to the full all the mysteries of the
cuisine.

.LL BANQUET.
BILL OF FARE.
30 dishes of orange and other
fruits
20 Chantilly baskets
60 dishes of mince pies
56 salads

REMOVES.
80 roast turkeys
6 leverets
80 pheasants
24 geese
40 dishes of partridges
15 dishes of wild fowls
2 pea fowls

DESSERT.
100 pine apples, from 21b. to
31b. each
200 dishes of hothouse grapes
250 ice creams
59 dishes of apples
100 dishes of pears
100 ornamented savoy cakes
75 plates of wulnuts
30 plates of dried fruit and

preserves
50 plates of preserved ginger
60 plates of rout cakes and
chips
46 plates of brandy cherries

REMOVAL OF THE WELLINGTON STATUE FROM
TUE ARCH.—During the sisit of the Queen and Prince
Albert to town on Saturday last, her Majesty communi-
cat, d her decision to the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, that the Wellington statue shall be removed
forthwith from its present unsightly elevation.
rr...,- C.r.r.T.,... "T\TT,Tcs Ter ti PiND TIIE LORD
MAYOR'S Snow.—ln consequence of Inc Iwu -...., _—
day having on Monday fallen on the principal Sinithfl, Id
market-day. a number of r.ccidents occurred owing to the
various herds of beasts being driven through the City.
In Bridge-street, Blackfriars, opposite Bridewell
Hospital, Jane Underwood, a child scarcely seven years
of age, was knocked down by an ox, and before assist-
ance could be rendered, the poor child was so severely
kicked and trampled upon by three or tour of the animals
that there is little hope of itcovery. Shortly afterwards,
on Blackfriars-bridge, a child named Cothing was tossed
by an ox from the same drove, and sustained such in-
juries
as to endanger its life.
Commanders Lowe and Birney, of her Majesty's
ships Pluto and Madagascar, stationed in the Shannon,
have received orders from Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, at
Cove, to use all possible exertions and dispatch to ex-
tricate the Swallow steam-tender, which was driven
on shore at high water in the storm on the morning of
the 21st ult. A large quantity of timber, cordage, and
other materials were taken down to the stranded vessel.
It is
expected she will he
got off with the present spring
tides, and brought to Limerick for repairs.—Limerick
Chronicle.
HER MAJESTYS STAG HOUNDS.—The meet on Mon-
day of her Majesty's stag-hounds took place at Wink-
field row, but the field exhibited a smaller muster than
usual, amounting to little more than fifty, including the
Earl of Granville (the Master of the Buck Hounds), the
Marquis of Worcester, the Hon. Mr. Denman, Messrs.
Worley, Cox, &c., &c. An untried deer, on being
turned out in the neighbourhood of Warfield, doubled
back towards Wink field, heading to the right into Sir
John Walsh's park, and over Chevy Downs to Swinley,
where it crossed the plantations in the direction of Bag-
shot, taking to the left to King's Beach, thence to Sun-
ninghill, an away for Ascot. The deer then made to
the right to Mr. Crutchley's park, and on nearly to
Fern-hill, where it doubled in the plantation, and ran
back to the One Ton at Sunninghill, thence through the
grounds at Buckhurst Lodge, nearly to Sawyer's Gate,
where it was captured, after an excellent and unusually
fast run of nearly one hour and a half. Earl Granville
and most of the field were up at the take. To-morrow the
private meet will take place at Broom-hill Hut, on the
road between Sunninghill and Bagshot.
leoneln. 1 o d
STONY S'ERATFORD.—EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.
~—An accident nearly of a fatal nature occurred here on
Tuesday;the 3d instant. A firework-maker of the name
of
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however,
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made
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gotten. of oven to'
dry,
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de-
struction. The fireplace and grate were completely
causing considerable damage to the people in the next
house, who were sitting at breakfast. The doors and
windows were all blown away, carrying hinges and face-
tenings, and the man and his son were much injured;
his wife, who had only that moment left the room, carry -
ing in her hand a boiler of water just taken from the
fire, was forced several feet.—Northampton Mercury.
EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE BY FIREWORKS.—
On Wednesday last an explosion took plane at Bedford,
in the shop of a chemist named Prior. The window
shutters were forced into the street, and on the police
forcing open the door, the brother of the occupier of the
shop was found with his clothes in flames. A child was
thrown out of the window into the arms of some one in
inand sthhoopmaonsdt 1
the street, and sustained no injury. Mr. Fowler Prior
also made his escape from the window, and was assisted
Soon r
after °
down into the street with safety. T h
theef
apalne
ebcnoe
ternrr::
m backct i c ed
room,throwing
barrel gunpowderownrwematoevriTneotmhebuftsatim•belse
of Apthorpe,
a lying grocer, per-
ceiveda log woo in the back
something liekevouring
valuable articles. Mr. Sweatman,se. ofk
to remove it his hand
room, and on endeavouring
of another part he was able to
slipped, but takingo
of the ruins, when it proved to
drag it out
body,
was made into the shop,
a human quite dc ad, and it was
be
that the hand of Mr. Apthorpe had
ascertained his first
the leg on
slipped down
the flesh being almost burnt to a cinder. The body, found
to be that of a youth named Smith, was removed to the
presented a most shocking appearance, not a
cage, and
(i.tinguishable, the limbs contracted, and
feature being
jack-mass. The circumstances which led
the trunk one
he are as follows: A person named
to this catastrop
the occupier of the premises, retired to
Fowler Prior, d
night, leaving his brother, William
rest on Wedne.slf
smith,
the deceased, a young man,
Prior, ands Wil f age, soil of William Smith, tailor, in
about 21 yrs oik,
employed in manufacturing fire-
Grey Friar's-
awere Fitting together at work at a bench
works. They
%hen, by the account given that night
in the back room, 1
by William Prior, a
spark flew from the fire or fell
from the candle
amongst the combustible materials
around them, and
before they could extinguish it or
reach either of the doors, the explosion took place. This
accident that has occurred at Prior's,
is the second
though not on the same premises. A coroner's inquest
and the jury returned a verdict
was holden on Thursdays
" Prior having been before ad-
of " Accidental death." Prior
him that he should
monished, the coroner.
him for two penalties of r,I.
• against .
enter a prosecution
n and letting off fireworks, to
each, for manufacturi
dgtheir assent.
which the jury expresso

The following merchant vessels have discharged In-
dian corn at the Royal William Victualling-yard during
the last ten days, viz. :—The Charlotte Ann, of Fowey,
Captain R. Pearn, from Antwerp, 340 quarters ; the
Honour, of Fowey, Captain W. Bell, from Antwerp, 492
quarters ; the Kate, of Plymouth, Captain W. Lang-
maid, from London, 374 quarters ; the Glyndwr, of
Barmouth, Captain Edwards, from London ; and the
Maria Catherine, of Enwine, Captain J. Jones, from
London. These five vessels have delivered in all 2,636
quarters. The corn is to be ground for the use of the
Irish. Before grinding it requires to be either kiln or
oven-dried—a preliminary process said to be especially
necessary where French stones are used in the mill,
which is the case here. Not half of one cargo is yet
completed, but the grinding is going on night and day.
The meal will probably be sent to Ireland in Government
bottoms.

WooLwlca, Nov. 9.—The Grappler, steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander Hawker, when ready for sea,
will proceed to the coast of Africa for service at that
station.

In noticing the Geyser and Medea steam.vesseis being
placed in commission on Thursday last, the names of the
commanding officers were transposed. The Medea,
Commander Graham E. W. Hammond, when ready for
service will proceed to the African station.

The Sidon, steam-frigate' Captain Henderson, C. 8.,
has had her steam up to try her engines at her moorings
during the day, and will be ready for trial down the
river in the course of the week.

The Amphion, 36-gun frigate, with screw propeller,
Captain Williams, is getting ready for sea with every
dispatch. Lieutenants Foote and Fitzgerald, one ser-
geant, two corporals, one drummer, and 30 privates of
the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, have been
placed under orders to embark for service in her to-
morrow afternoon, in addition to one sergeant and 10
privates of the Royal Marines transferred from the
Avenger steam-vessel.
One sergeant and 10 privates of the Woolwich division
of Royal Marines are draughted, and will embark to-
morrow afternoon, for service in the Geyser, under the
command of Commander Brown. Two other draughts
have also been made for service in the Medea and Poly-
phemus steam-vessels.
One corporal and a detachment of Royal Marines
landed on Saturday night at the dockyard, and joined
head•quarters, from the Tartarus steam-vessel.

The caulkers and riggers of the Woolwich Dockyard
were medically inspected on Thursday last, to ascer-
tain their fitness for serving on board men-of-war and
war steamers, in the event of their services being re-
quired.

APPOINTMENTS.

NOT. 9.—James Justice, third engineer, to the Sidon ;
George Griffiths,
,gunner, to the Albatross ; George
M'Grath, acting gunner, to the Medea • James Jeffery,
acting gunner, to the 'osamond ; Charles F. Robinson,
midshipman, to the Thetis ; William Andrews, gunner,
to the Seagull ; llearnden, clerk, to the Geyser ;
W.F. Cooketgur.ner, to the Hazard ; Reuben Harvey,
master of longboat, to the Sheerness Hoy; John Polk-
inghorne, acting inspector of shipwrights, to Pembroke-
yard ; Richard F. Wiley, clerk's assistant, to the Sea-
flower ; Edward Hodges Cree, promoted to be surgeun,
engineer, to the Penelope.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, NOVEMBER 9.

STOCK EXSMANGE.—The salesare-13irmingliam and Oxford Junc-
tion. 8 X —London and South-Western, 7U p.—Midland, New, 434 p.
—Ditto, 6 per Cent. Birmingham and Gloucester Quarters, 32—North
British Extension, 1% —North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Taff Yale, 133%
—Ditto, New, 1%.
LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 9. . _ .

STOCK EXCIJANGE.—The sales are —Aberdeen, par —Ambergate
and Eastern Junction, 14 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire,
1% p.— Birmingham and Dudley, 6% p.—Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, 714 p.—Buckinghamshire, 14 dis.—Caledonian (Clydesdale
Junction), 14 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, 50—Ditto, 201. Shares,
par—East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Ormskirk, and Preston), cum new,
4% p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, Us. 3d. p..—Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, 3 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 14 dis.—Ditto, Extension, 1% dis.
—Huddersfield Canal and Railway, p.—Ditto, Extension, 1 p.
—Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.—Ditto,
New Shares, % dis.—Liverpool and Bury, 4 p.—Liverpool, Manches-
ter, and Newcastle Junction, 1.4 dis—London and North Western,
19714—Ditto, Quarters, 21% p.—Ditto, New Quarters, 14 p.—Ditto
(G. J.), Quarters, 22 p.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham,
Quarters (II), p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 5% p.—
Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Midland, 401. Shares, j p.—North
British, New, 235. 9d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North Union
(A), 220 —North Western, % p —Preston and Wyre, 34—Sheffield
and Lincolnshire, 6s. 3d. dis.—Sheffield and Manchester Quarters,
No. 3, la. 3d. p.— Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 1% dis.—
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 3s. 9d. dis.—South-Eastern
and Dover, No. I, 3% p.—Ditto, New, No. 4, 1 Is. 3d. p.--York and
Newcastle, 44%—Ditto, New, 13 p.—Limerick and Waterford, 1214
dis.—Demerara, 54 p.—Dutch Rhenish, % dis.—Jamaica and South
Midland, par.

MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 9.
STocx Exciterroc.—The sales axe—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos-
ton, &c., % p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 2 p.—Bir-
mingham and Oxford Junction, 7% p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, Re.,
l'4 dis.—Caledonian, dis.—Ditto, Halves, % dis. —Churnet and
Blythe, % dis.—Direct Northern, % dis.—East Lancashire, No. 1,
New, 4% p.—Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres-
ton), 454 c. p.—East Lincolnshire, 5-16 p.—Glasgow and Dumfries,
dis.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, Re., 34 c. dis.—Great Grimsby
and Sheffield Extension,' dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Rail-
way and Canal, 32 —Ditto, 4% p. —Ditto, Thirds, 1% p.—Leeds and
Thirak, 7, dis.—Ditto, New, % ills.— Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man-
chester, 10% p.—Ditto, New Branches, 7—Ditto, Extension, 1 9-16
p.—Liverpool and Bury, 4% p.—Ditto, New, 1 p.—Liverpool, Man-
chester, and Newcastle Junction, 34 dis.—Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock, 1% c. p.— Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 4 p. —Ditto,
Fifths, 5% p. —Ditto, Extension, 154 c. p.—Manchester and South-
ampton, 13-16 dis.—North British, Extension. 154 p.—North Staf-
fordshire, 3% c. p.—North Western, 1 p.—Oldham, Birkenhead, Re.,
c. dis.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4 p.—Ditto (B), % p.—
Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 34 dis.—Sheffield and Manchester Quar-
ters, No. 3, par—Shrewsbury and Hereford, % dis.—Shropshire
Union, 3.16 c. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % p.—West
Riding Union, 1% p.—Wharfdale (late liorth•Eastern), % dis.—
Whitehaven and Furness, 2% dis.—York and Newcastle, Prefer-
ence, 4% p.