The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-26 00:00:00

TIIE SUN,
_LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN,ING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1846

WATERFORD, SEPT. 23.—Arrd. Martha, Fitzpatrick, ' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
Quebec; Ann, Wiseman, Rio Grande. RICHMOND RACES.—THURSDAY.
Cons, SEy.r. 23.—Wind S.E., light.— Arrd. 22, Urgent, The Two Years 01(1 of 30 sovs. each, loft; for colts, B.st 51b,
Pringle, Patagonia; T. Miller, Bruce, Macao; Gem, and fillies Set 21b. Those who have run twice and not won
M'Grath, St. John's, New Brunswick; 23, Vibelia, Porcq, allowed 31bs. From the Grey Stone in.
Rio Grande. Mr. Pedley's Virago .. (Templeman) 1
RINSALE, SErT. 22.—Arrd. Harry King, Sargeant, St. Mr. Jaques's Dipthong
John's, New Brunswick. Mr. O'Brien's Conceit
Cao OX HAVE.N, SEPT. 21.—Arrd. Argyra, Rees, Bombay Mr. Hargreaves's Spem Gages ..... ... 4
for London. A fine race.
GRAVESEND, SEPT. 25.—A barque, apparently of about 600 The Stewards' Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added,
tons, with fore and main masts gone, was seen on shore on a the second saves his stake. One mile and three furlongs.
reef to the S. of Cannoniers Point, 24th, by the Iris, Trevitt, (15 Subs, 7of whom paid 5 sovs. each.)
arrived in the Downs. Mr. S. L. Fox's Fsalmsinger, 4 yrs, 6st 41b (Longstaff) 1
_ _

MILFORD, SEPT. 24.—The Flora, Brown, from the Cly.le
to Cardiff, has been obliged to run on the ground on Mulls-
Wick Beach, Dale Roads, being very leaky.
CORK, SEPT. 23.—The Cato barque, of Sunderland, was
abandoned in a sinking state iu lon. 20 W.; part of crew
saved by the Mary Ann, arrived at this port.
YAnatount, Sitrr. 25.—The Christopher Dove, Richard-
son, of and from Newcastle for London, got upon the Cross
Sand this mording, but has been assisted off, and will pro-
ceed with extra hands.

Mr. Kitching's Lucy, 4 yrs, 6st 21b- 2
Mr. Hargreaves's Advice, 5 yrs, Est 3
Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst 41b
The following also started but were not placed :—Mr.
Wharton's Cossack Maid, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Sir J. Gerard's Cu-
riosity, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs, sst
101 b—and Mr. J. Osborne's Hopeful, 3 yrs, sst 101b.—Won
easy.
The Gold Cup of 100 Guineas, for thre years old, Est 121 b
4 yrs, Bst 31b ; 5- yrs, Bst 101 b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 21b

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
COVENT-GARDEN.
Pines, English, 6s per lb ; Melons, 2s to 4s each ; Dutch
ditto, 18s per dozen, Peaches and Nectarines, 8s to 18s per
dozen ; Plums 4s to 7s per half sieve ; Hothouse Grapes, 2s 6d
to 3s; and out-door ditto, 4d to is per lb.; Apples, 6s to
18s per bushel ; French Beans, 2s to 2s 6d per half sieve ;
Cucumbers, is to ss; and Artichokes, Is to 2s per dozen;
Potatoes, 3s 6d to 6s 6d per cwt ; white Cabbages, is ; and ditto
red, 2s to 4s 6d per dozen;; Greens, is to 2s per dozen
bunches; Celery, ls, and Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle;
Mushrooms, 2s, and Mulberries, 6d to 8d per pottle ; Onions,
4s per bushel ; Spinach, 3s Gd per junk; Carrots and Turnips,
4d to 8d per dozen bunches ; Filberts, 10d to is per lb ; Wal-
nuts, 6d to 10d per hundred,
NEWGATE AND MEADENNALL.
Prime Mutton moved off steadily at very full prices.
Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state.—Beef, from
2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; Lamb, 4s 8d to
5s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per
81bs, by the carcase. Turkey Poults 4s to 6s ; Geese, 4s 6d
to is ; Ducks, is 8d to 2s 8d; Tame Rabbits, Is to
is 9d; Pigeons, Gd to 8d each ; Roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to
7s each; Surrey Fowls, 5s 6d to 8s; ditto Chickens, 4s to
5s 6d ; Barn-door Fowls, 38 to 5s per couple. Eggs,
English, 7s to 8s per 100. Fresh Butter, 10d to is 2d
Der lb. Partridges, Is to is 8d ; Hares, 2s to 4s; Le-
verets, 25 6d to 3s 6d ; and Grouse, 2s to 3s each.
lIIINGEN.FOR.D.
For most articles, the supplies of which were on the in-
crease, we had a very inactive demand, and prices ruled
somewhat lower.

geldings, or three and four years old mares allowed 3 lbs ;
winners once of a cup or sweeps (not handicap) of 100 sovs.
allowed 5 lbs extra ; twice, 7lbs ; thrice, 101bs extra.
Once round and a distance.
Mr. Stewart's Cranebroke, 3 yrs (G. Abdale) 1
Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 6 yrs 2
Lord Milton's Hemp, 5 yrs
Mr. Morritt nd The Lamp, 3 yrs
Lord Zetland's Coheiress, 5 yrs ..
Mr. Jaques's The Spur, 3 yrs 6
Won easy.
The Wright Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p., for two yrs old ;
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b ; horses that have started
twice, and not won allowed 31bs ; winners before entry,
21bs extra. From the Grey Stone in. (13 Subs.)
Mr. Jaques's Dipthong (M. Hutchinson) 1
Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale
Mr. Stebbings' Socrates
The following also ran :—Mr. Maxwell na Monk—Lord
Zetland's Helias—Mr. E. Wright na George Stephenson—
Mr. Hawke's The New Era—Lord Normanby's Queen of the
May—Mr. O'Brien's The Field—Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor—
and Mr. O'Brien's The Emerald Isle. Won by half a head.
The Corporation Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats,
once round. (5 Subs.)
Captain Peyton's Magnet, 4 yrs (Bumby) 1 1
Mr. Dawson's The Old Boy, 3 yrs
Mr. S. L. Fox's Waxholme, 3 yrs 2 3
Mr. Smith's Charley, 3 yrs 3 4
Mr. Buckley's Hemp, 5 yrs
Won easy.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
LINCOLN RACES.—Tx URSDA E.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; for three yrs old, Bst 21b ;
four, yrs, 9st 41b ; five yrs, 9st 111 b ; six yrs and aged, 10st.
Heats. Two miles.
Sir C. Cockerall's Duke of Richmond, 3 yrs 1 3 1
Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 6 yrs
Mr. Meiklam Godfrey, 5 yrs
Mr. Bell's Ritania, 4 yrs
The second was a dead heat.

The Blankney Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, and 20 added;
for two yrs old colts, Bst 51b, and fillies, Bst 21b ; winners
of the Champagne and Two-yrs-old Stakes at Doncaster,
Sibs extra ;if both 71bs extra. Three quarters of a mile.
(4 Subs.)
Mr. Brook's Luminous --(Noble) 1
Lord Stanley's Abdiel
Mr. Bell's Amasina
Mr. Winch's Faunus . 4
The Hunters' Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added; four
yrs old, iOst 11Ib ; five, list 81b; six and aged, 12st ;
thorough-bred, 71b extra ; mares, &c., allowed 31b. Heats.
Two miles. (2 Subs.)
Mr. Sprigg's Mogadore, 4 yrs
Mr. Skirving's Christopher North, aged 2 2
Colonel Sibthorp's Silver Cup of 501. (handicap). Heats.
Once round.

Mr. Collett's Pal, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b ...... ...(Whitehouse) 1 1
Mr. Haves's Lucy Long, aged, 7st 71b 2 2
Mr. Marshall's Protectionist, 7st
FRIDAY.

The County Cup of 801., added to a Handicap of 15 sovs.
each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second to save his
stake. Two miles. (5 Subs.)
' Mr. Osborne's Mount Charles, 5 yrs, 7st 1 11b...(Simpson) 1
Mr. Collett's I'al, 3 vrs, 7st 41b
The Brownlow Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added ; for
two yrs old, Est 101 b ; three yrs, Bst 101 b ; four yrs, 9st
51b ; five yrs, lOst ; six and aged lOst 71b. One mile.
(4 Subs.)
Mr. Brook's Luminous, 2 yrs (F. Mason) 1
Mr. Bell's Ritania, 4 yrs 2
Mr. Winch's Faunus, 2 yrs
The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Purse of 70/., for three yrs
old, 7st 21b ; four yrs, Bst 41b ; five yrs, Bst 111 b ; six and
aged, 9st. Mares, &c., allowed 21b. Winners of 1001. in
cup or stakes before naming, 31b extra; of two, 51bs; of
three or more, 7lbs. Heats. Two miles.
Sir C. Cockerell's Duke of Richmond 3 yrs (Simpson) 1 1
Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, 5 yrs
Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles, 5 yrs
The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats.
Two miles, over three hurdles. (2 Subs.)
Mr. Snaith's Adrian, aged
Mr. Skirving's Christopher North, aged 2 2
GORTON HALL RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Gorton Stakes of 4 sovs. each, and 15 added ; winner to
be sold for 80/.,:&c. Heats. One mile and three quarters.
(4 Subs.).
Mr. Whaley's Stranger, 9st 21b ......... ......(Livesley) 1 1
Mr. Wood's Maid of Auckland, 9st 71b 3 2
Mr. Redhead's Factory Girl, Bst 111 b 2 dr
"Won cleverly.
A Match for Si., catch weights, Mr. Jones's Cotton Lord
(owner), beat Mr. Lamplough's Father Mathew, by a head.
The Longsight Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added. 2 miles.
Mr. Lamb's Lady Flora, Bst 131 b (Mattison) 1 1
Mr. Lamplough's Bottonian, 7st 21b 2 dr
Mr. Skelton's Father Mathew, Bst 131 b
Won easy.
BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.—FRIDAY.

CBEsTmt HANDrcar.-7 to 2 agst Romance (t)-4 to 1
agst Spithead (t)-5 to 1 agst Camera Obscura (t)-5 to 1
agst Pal (t).
THE CESAREWITCH STAKES.-15 to 1 agst Sir Tatton
Sykes-30 to 1 agst Fenvaragh (t)-33 to 1 agst Tom Tul-
loch (0-33 to 1 agst Sorella (t).
DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Van Tromp, and 20 to 1 agst any
ether.

RAILWAY METROPOLITAN TER-

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK.

MINI.

The novel sight will soon be witnessed of many
hundreds of men employed in the very heart of Lon.
don in the construction of a railway. The London
and South-Western Company have now got pos-
session of nearly all the property necessary for the
extension of their line to Hungerford-bridge, and the
most active preparations are snaking for commencing
the construction of the works without delay. There
will be a magnificent station at Hungerford-bridge.
The extent and style of the erection may be inferred
• from the fact, that its coat will exceed 100,0001. The
expenses of constructing the extension line from
Nine Elms to Hungerford-bridge, including the pur-
chase of property, will not, it is supposed, be under
600,0001., making with the station, 700,0001., or the
enormous sum of 350,0001. per mile. The South-
Western Company, though making their prin-
cipal station at Hungerford-bridge, do not
mean to stop there, but are to extend
their line to. London-bridge, where means will be
adopted to connect their station with that of the Lon-
don and Brighton, the South-Eastern, and the vari-
ous other companies, which have their termini on the
east side of London-bridge. It is calculated that the
expenses of extending the South-Western Railway
from Hungerford-bridge to London bridge will be
about 400,0001., making the sum altogether expended
by that Company, in carrying its line from Nine-elms
into the centre of London, upwards of 1,000,0001.
The extension to Hungerford-bridge is expected to
be finished in eighteen months, and that to London-
bridge in three years. Mr. Hudson, also, has it in
contemplation to erect a new station at the Shoreditch
terminus of the Eastern Counties, and which he is de-
termined to make the most handsome and commodious
work of the kind which has yet been constructed in
this or any other country. The estimated cost will
exceed 150,0001.

From tie Official. List,
PUBLISTIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVERrIiG,
LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.
3OZNT-STOCI BaNics.

Dividend
per

Amount

Name of Company.

Annum.

Share.

£
iustralasia •••.•• • • • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0
Brit.liNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0
commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0
. • .. ••••. • . • • N. per cent. 100 0 0
Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0
London Joint-Stock ... 6/. per cent. 50 0 0
Metropolitan ..... •• .. 25 0 0
rovincial of Ireln.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0
Ditto, New.
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0
Ditto, New... •• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0
Union of Australia •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0
Union of London. •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0
INSURANCE COWIPANI:
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of
Annum. Share.
s. d.
A7bion •• •••• • • • • 31. 105. 500 0 0
Alliance rrit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0
Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0
Atlas . I3s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0
Mush Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0
Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life 5/. per cent. 100 0 0
County .• • • •• •• • • 31. 100 0 0
10s. 50 0 0
Eagle
Eng.& Scot. Law •• .• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0
European Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0
Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0
Globe ..... •• • • 6/. per cent. Stock.
Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 2
Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 5
Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 1
Indemnity Marine... • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0
Law Life...• •••• • • .. 1/. Se. 100 0 0 1
Legal and General Life 50 0 0
London Fire •••• • • • •
•.•• • • • • 10s. 25 00 1
London Ship
10s. 25 0 0 I
Maxine.. .•.••• • • • .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 1
Red. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0
National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0
National Life.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0
Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0
Pheenix ...... 3/. p. ct. & bs. -
Protector Life. •.. . 51. per cent. 20 0 0
Provident Life..
Rock Life • .
Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock.
Sun Fire.
Ditto Life
Universal Life
CANALS.
Names of I v., Dividend Price . Names of
Companies. , per Companies. A
cc Annum.
Ashtn& oldh 97 5/.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100
Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 4/. 70 Mntgomrysh 100
Barnsley.. .. 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100
Basingstoke.. 100: - - Neath ...... 100
Brknk& Abrg 1501 57. 85 Nottingham . 150
Cromford..•• 1001 141. - Peak Forest. 78
Dudley lOOl 4/. - Regent's .... 33
Derby .• •• • • 1001 6/. 73 Rochdale.... 85
Ellsuire&Chs,l33,l 41. 55 Shropshire .. 125
Erewash • • •1001 321. - Somrset Coal 150
Forth & Clyel,loo. 41. - Do.Lki,d St 12
GrandJunctn ;1001 71. 86 Stffrd &Wore 140
Grand Unionlloo, 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125
Glamorgnsh.,l72l 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145
tr & Brkly 1001 - - Strtfrdon Av 99
Grantham • •1150 121. - Severn and
26
Huddersfield.l 571 - - Wye Rail.
Kennt & Avni 39; 7s. 6d. - Trnt & Mr-1 50
Lancaster 1 47, 17.105. - sey, sh.s
Leeds& Livrplloo 341. • 520 Thorns &Med 19
Leicester .. • .11401 101. 105 Worcstr &.1 ,8
Leicstr &Nth, 83, 4/. 52 Binning. '
Loughboroghil42l 707. 850 IWilts & /Irks 67

Paid.

X s. (1.
SO 0 0
50 0
20 0
25 0
20 0
10 0 0
7 10 0
25 0 0
10 0 0
20 0 0
35 0 0
10 0 0
25 0 0
10 0 0

DOCKS.

:ms.

Paid.

£ s. d.
50 0 0
11 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
2 10 0
10 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
2 0 0
All paid.
3 0 0

36 10 0
50 0 0
10 0 0
5 13 1
10 0 0
2 0 0
12 10 0
12 10 0
15 0 0
2 0 0
2 10 0
5 0 0
2 0 0

1 0 0
10 0 0
0 10 0

6 15 0

Dividend
per

Annum.

1/. ss.

71.10 a.
61. p. c.
281.
151.
20/.
I/. 10s.

it. Bs.

Price

135
48%

9.,;
21. Os.
1 205

Price.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
.• --
X s. d. £ s. d.
Commercial . .
East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. 141
East Country
London 5/. pr cent. Stock. 113%
St. Katharine •• • • .... 5 per cent. Stock. 100
Southampton •• .. •• •• 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0

WATER-V/OEIEs.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of i Paid. Price,
Annum. stare.
X s. d.
East London-- ....• 8/. 100 0 0 203%
Grand Junction • ....• 31. 10s. 41 13 4 90
Kent • .• . 2/. 10s. 100 0 0
Vauxhall .. • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 57
West Middlesex • ••••• 51.55. pr cnt. G 3 12 9 , 130
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X a. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 171
Royal Bank Of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 158
BritisirLinen Company 8/. per cent. - 100 0 0 220
Commercial Bank ..• • 6/. per cent. • 100 0 0 163
National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 14%
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 92%
Western Bank ••• • • •
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7
Clydesdale Bank ••• • • . 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13/.75.
Eastern Bank .. Si. per cent. - 10 0 0 11
Caledonian Bank • • • • 7%1. pr cent. - 2 10 0 41. 4s.
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 7L 2s.
City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. Gs
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. 6d
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Incur. Co. of Scetlnd • • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9l
North British Incur... 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27%
Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18%
Edin. &Glasg. Railway 11.10 s. pert. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74
Ditto, 14 Shares •• • • 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 18%
Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 -
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. -
Glasgw & Green& Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. -
Gisgw & Gamkirk Rail. fil. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. -
Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. -
StandazdLifeAssarnce.l Si. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 9

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.)
An Account, puwant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending ou Saturday, the 19th day of September, 1846.
'awn DEPARTMENT.

X.
Notes issued • •• • • • • 29,758,615

Government debt . • 11,015,100
Other securities .. .. 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,044,770
Silver bullion .. .... 2,713,845

£29,758,615

29,758,615
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 24th day of September, 1846.

prices are firm at present. Geneva has been in excellent
demand f',,r exportation and prices are still on the
adf~ ice, as the stock is on the decrease, common has been
selling at 2s 5d to 2s 6d, indeed in some cases 2s 7d per
gallon has been paid. Home consumption sorts are higher.
British Cora Spirits have been extensively dealt in, and
prices are still rising. In English Gin a large business has
been transacted, and a considerable rise in the value has
occurred.

SALTPETRE. —Tc-day 1,752 bags of Calcutta were offered
at public sale, and taken in above the value, 4 to 3* per cent.
refraction at 26s 6d, a few lots sold at 24s for strong grey
unrefracted and washed at 24s 6d to 25s per cwt.
OrLs.—There has been a brisk demand for Seal Oil this
week for home consumption; several export orders have
been executed, and an advance in the value
has taken place. The business transacted has been
larger than for some time; merchants manifested much
firmness. Cod has been only in limited request, and
there are sellers at 271 103 ; the tendency of prices is down-
wards. Southern of all qualities is wanted, chiefly by the
home trade, but the supply at market is small at the present
time. Sperm Oil has not risen in value, but the demand
has been brisker privately. There is, however, a fair
supply of all qualities at market. The arrivals of
Fish Oil have been upon rather a more extended scale, and
several parcels are near at hand. Cocoa Nut is still much
in request, and, owing to the small supply at market, buyers
have been compelled to pay further advanced rates. No
further advance in prices can be quoted for Palm, but the
demand has been brisk.

REPRESENTATION OF MAN-

CHESTER.
It will be seen from the following letter, read at a
meeting of the Manchester Reform Association on
Thursday, that Mr. Cobden has declined accepting the
honour intended him of representing the borough of
Manchester, preferring to maintain his connexion with
Stockport, whose confidence, as he says, has been so
generously extended to him :

"Bagneres-de-Bigorre, Hautes Pyrennees,
Sept. 17, 1846.
" My dear Sir,—Ever since I was honoured with the
offer of the representation of Manchester by the deputa-
tion of the Reform Association, I have been reflecting
upon the subject to see if there were any public grounds
which would justify me in complying with the wish of
my Manchester friends ; but I confess I have been only
confirmed in the objections I so strongly urged to the
deputation against my removal from Stockport. If the
change were calculated to advance any public principle
—if, for instance, it would have enabled Manchester to
have pronounced itself to the world through mein favour
of free trade—then I am sure the electors of Stockport
would have been the first to have applauded the step.
But the free trade question being settled, no such ad-
vantage can be-gained by the change, and I fear I should
be fairly chargeable with personal motives, and a disre-
gard of those honourable ties which unite me to my pre
sent constituents, if, under existing circumstances, I were
against their wishes, to accept the representation of Man-
chester.

TALLow.—RussiaTi has been much in demand on the spot,
and in consequence of the arrivals being small for the period
of the year, buyers have been compelled to pay further ad-
vanced rates, numereus purchases having been made at
43s 3d to 43s 6d forfine new Petersburg yellow Candle, and at
42s 6d to 43s for old, even at which prices there are not free
sellers, as stocks in the hands of soap makers and chandlers
are small. For forward delivery a good business has been
transacted, 43s to 43s 3d paid for new for the last three
months of the year, and 43s 6d to 43s 9d for the three first
months of next year.

GLOUCESTER, ABERYST WITH,
AND CENTRAL WALES RAILWAY COM-
PANY.
An adjourned meeting of the shareholders of this
company took place yesterday at the London Tavern.
None of the officers of the company being present, neither
the chairman (the Hon. H. Berkley), or any of the direc-
tors, solicitor, or secretary, shortly before two o'clock,
Mr. lixox was unanimously called to the chair, upon
taking which, he animadverted in most severe terms upon
the conduct of the chairman, the directors, and officers
of the company, in the course they had pursued, and
unhesitatingly declared that the directors had been
guilty of a breach of trust in the appropriation of the
funds of the company. From the results of the accounts
submitted to the last meeting, it would appear that the
solicitors and agents of the company had been paid
8,2731., and that there was still due to them 9,514/., mak-
ing a total of 17,7871.—(Cries of" Oh, oh.") The en-
gineers and surveyors had been paid 6,0841., and there
remained due 4,021/., making a total of 10,1051.—(Oh.)
There had been paid for printing, stationary, and adver-
tising, 2,484/. Tradesmen's accounts, to the amount of
1,337/. had been paid, and 872/. was still due. For
secretary's superintendence, office and house ex-
penses, 2,1641. had been paid, and 3001. remained
due.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") The assets nominally of
the company were 22,4341. ; of this sum they had been
told 16,0971. had been applied to the purchase of shares,
about 4,000/. had been attached in a law suit, 164/. was
due from another railway company, I,Boot. was named
as the value of the lease and fixtures, and only 3741. was
in their bankers' hands to meet claims amounting to
14,716/.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and " Shame, shame.")
In the circular addressed to all the original allottees the
directors stated that they were prepared in February
last to pay the necessary deposits into the office of the
Accountant-General, although they stated that they had
invested 16,000/.
Mr. John Bentley, Mr. G. D. Clarke, and Mr. John
Clark, having been appointed scrutineers, one of
those appointed at the last meeting having discovered
he was not a shareholder,
Mr. G. D. CLARKE read the report of the committee
of investigation appointed at the last meeting, from
which it appeared, that all information by the directors,
the solicitor, and the secretary, was refused to be given
to the committee appointed by the shareholders, and
that that committee was treated with contempt
and defiance by all the officers of the company.
The report concluded by- stating that the committee
regretted that they were unable, in consequence of the
course that had been adopted, to throw any light on the
affairs of the company. The committee were, however,
of opinion that every exertion should be made to ob-
tain a dissolution of the company, and to prosecute the
into
the investigation into its affairs, as well as
the conduct of the promoters and managing committee.
—(Hear, hear.) But, after mature deliberation, the
committee were not prepared to recommend that the
dissolution should be taken to be an act of bankruptcy.
They were, however, of opinion that out of the disas-
trous state of the company this consolation might be
extracted, that the transaction of the so-called invest-
ment of 16,000/., and other circumstances, would
enable the shareholders to recover the whole
of the deposits (Hear, hear) and they would
have the power to take measures to compel the directors
to do them justice. The committee, in conclusion, ex-
pressed their unmitigated indignation at the culpable in-
difference, or premeditated defiance, to their wishes on
the part of the managing committee, which they con-
sidered alike insulting to them, and the large body of
the shareholders.
A long discussion then took place with reference to
the question of dissolution, in the course of which the
conduct of the directors and all the officers of the com-
pany was most severely animadverted upon, and a de-
termination expressed to use every means to bring them
to account for their disgraceful conduct in the affairs of
the company.
The scrutineers then proceeded to take the votes of
the shareholders, and at five o'clock they reported that
the number of votes they had taken was 7,763, that of
that number 7,628 had voted for the dissolution, and 235
against it; that 1,833 voted for the dissolution being an
act of bankruptcy, and 5,730 against its being so.
The CHAIRMAN declared that there was not a sufficient
number of votes present to constitute a meeting under
the Act that could declare the company dissolved, and
the meeting broke up, thanks having been voted to the
Chairman.

"In a letter which has followed me to this place, I
have just been informed that a requisition has been
signed by a large majority of may constituents at Stock-
port, requesting me not to sever my connexion with that
borough, and I have not felt justified in withholding, for
a day, my acceptance of this renewed offer of their gene-
rous confidence. It remains only then for me to express
through you to the members of the Reform Association,
my deep sense of gratitude for their kindness. You
will, I am sure, believe me when I say that to differ
from try Manchester friends is to do violence
to every predilection of my heart. But I
feel strongly convinced that, upon full con-
sideration of all the circumstances of the case, they will
arrive at the conclusion that the course I have adopted
is consistent with sound policy, and that, on public
grounds, I could not with propriety or justice have acted
otherwise.

" Will you oblige me by making this letter known to
the electors of Manchester, and believe me, my dear Sir,
faithfully yours, "RICHARD COBDEN.
" John Potter, Esq., President of the
Reform Association."

The meeting was adjourned for three weeks, when the
discussion on the representation of the borough will be
resumed. It remains to bo seen whether the consti-
tuency will determine upon accepting the services of Mr.
Bright, as Mr. Cobden's coadjutor in the cause of free
trade.

_
ESCAPE OF THREE MEMBERS
OF THE SWELL MOB.
Yesterday Mr. Poynter and Mr. G. Clive, the two
magistrates of the Hammersmith Police Court, were
occupied for the greater portion of their sitting in inves-
tigating, by order of the Secretary of State for the Howe
Department, the circumstances attending the escape of
George Davis, William Barnet, and James M'Lean,
three members of the swell mob, while being conveyed
from the above court to Newgate for trial, on a charge
of felony, on Wednesday, the 16th inst.
The inquiry took place in the Police Court. Mr.
Frere, a county magistrate, was present, as also In-
spector Morgan, T division.
Price, the gaoler made the following statement of the
circumstances :
" On the 16th instant I was conveying three prisoners
from the Hammersmith Police-court to Newgate, viz.,
George Davis, Wm. Barnet, and James M'Lean, and as
we had also one prisoner for the Westminster Bride-
well, we turned down Sloane-street, towards Cadogan-
place, when James M'Lean, slipped one of his handcuffs
and jumped clean out of the cart, turned short round,
and ran into Sloane-street, where I then observed a cart
standing. M'Lean did not get into the cart, I was so
close to him, but he took hold behind, and was driven off.
I followed, shouting " Stop thief,",and " Police." There
was one of the B constables close to the spot, but there
was a waggon between the constable and the cart. I
asked him why he did not attempt to stop M'Lean,
and he said he was not going to have his guts trod out.
I went on as far as Sloane-square, but not hearing
anything of M'Lean, I returned to where I had left
the prison cart, and found it gone. I then made
inquiries in the neighbourhood, and I found
that the moment I left the cart, George Davis
and William Barnet, the other two prisoners,
pushed George Pummell, the driver, out of the cart,
and got away, but was retaken, and conveyed
to the Ebury-street police-station in Pimlico, where I
followed as quickly as I could. I then gave informa-
tion to the sergeant on duty of M'Lean's escape, and a
description of his person, and got then one of the B con-
stables to go with me to Newgate with the other two
prisoners. From Newgate I returned to Bow-street,
and gave information of the escape there, and from there
went to Paddington station, and gave information there,
and also at Kensington. I have been going on seventeen
years in the service, and have conveyed upwards of
seventeen thousand prisoners, and never had any serious
accident before. I have a wife and large family de-
pendent on me for support."
It appeared from other evidence, that Price, on the
road, took up a woman who asked for a ride, and that
she appeared to be acquainted with one of the three pri-
soners. It also appeared that Price, having some tip
prehension that an attempt to escape would be made,
had asked a police-constable to accompany him, but the
latter begged to be excused, as he had three friends
come to see him.
The evidence will be immediately forwarded to the
Secretary of State, who will forward to the magistrates
his decision in the matter.

VAUXIIALL GARDENS.— CLOSE OF THE 114TH
SEASON.—Yesterday evening the " Royal property "
closed, after a season of unexampled prosperity, mainly
attributable to the fineness of the weather and the very
attractive character of the entertainments. The season
extended over eighty-five nights—the longest on record
—out of which there have scarcely been five wet even-
ings. It being the farewell gala last night, all the re-
sources of the establishment were brought into requisi-
tion to render the fete the most attractive of the season.
THE LATE BISHOP or ST. ASAPH.—The mortal
remains of this venerable prelate were removed from
Portland-place on Wednesday last, and conveyed by
railway to Chester, and thence to St. Asaph, the funeral
cortege reaching there on Thursday. The interment
was to have taken place yesterday, in the cathedral of
St. Asaph, when a large body of the clergy of the dio-
cese was to attend the obsequies, in addition to the im-
mediate relatives of the Right Rev. Prelate. _

A meeting of shareholders was then held for the pur-
pose of considering what course should be adopted in
order to compel the directors and committee of manage-
ment to account to the proprietors for the manner in
which they had conducted the affairs of the company.
Mr. Knox was called to the chair, and a resolution
was unanimously passed that the committee of share-
holders shonld call a public meeting for the purpose of
considering what measures should be taken to pro-
mote the interest of the shareholders, and obtain justice
from the directors.
The meeting did not break up till nearly six o'clock.

SAVAGE ATTACK ON A POLICEMAN BY POACHERS.
—A brutal outrage was, on Tuesday last, committed on
policeman M‘Kay, stationed at Fyfield, in this county.
It appears from the constable's statement that about
half-past one A.M., when on his beat between Forest-hall
and Fyfield, he found a bag containing two hares, and
on looking round saw a man standing at a short distance
in a field. M‘Kay went towards him, and asked him
what he was doing there, when the fellow without
making a reply whistled, on which two others rushed
out of the hedge behind the constable, and without a
word being spoken the three at once fell upon and beat
him with large knobbed bludgeons, many of the blows
falling on his head, and but for the protection of his hat
they would in all probability have proved fatal. He
succeeded in wresting a stick from one of his cowardly
assailants, but before he could defend himself he received
other severe blows upon his head, and one by which the
principal bone of his nose was completely severed, and
he was rendered insensible. He subsequently managed
to reach the cottage of the gamekeeper to Bramston
Slane, Esq., and information been conveyed to Superin-
tendent Flood, the attendance of Mr. Pincott, surgeon,
at Ongar, was promptly procured ; we are glad to state
that he is not considered by that gentleman to be in
danger. It unfortunately appears that M'Kay would not
be able to identify either of the fellows, and we fear there
is consequently little clue to their discovery.— Chelms-
ford Chronicle.

CIIERTSEY FAIR, SURREY.—This fair was held
yesterday, and was tolerably well supplied with stock.
Well-bred mulch cows sold off quickly, at 17 to 18 gui-
neas, and large framed Yorkshire-bred cows reached
prices as high as 22/., the small calf inclusive; cows to
calve down fetched from 15 to 17 guineas ; sound and
young cart horses made from 16 to 24 guineas, and colts
from 12 to 18 guineas ; pigs maintained high prices—
small stores at prices varying from 1 ls. to 16s. each,
store hogs made from 17s. to 295. a head, good breeding
sows ranged in prices of 30s. to 355. each.
THE OLD RED BRICK RECTORY HOUSE OF ST!
JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.—This building was gutted this
week, and in the course of a couple of days will be level
with the ground. It stood in Piccadilly, at the corner of
Church-place. In this house (one of Sir Christopher
Wren's) Dr. Samuel Clarke, when rector of St. James's,
wrote his " Attributes of the Deity." Clarke, though
fond of staying at home, was fond of violent exercise;
he, therefore, amused himself with leaping over chairs
and tables. Perhaps this kind of amusement had some-
thing to do with the necessity for rebuilding the house.
ST. MART'S, MARYLEBONE, AND PADDINGTON HOS-
PITAL.--MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.—Yesterday, at a meet-
ing of a number of gentlemen connected with the new
hospital now in the course of erection near the terminus
of the Great Western Railway, called the St. Maryle- '
bone and Paddington Hospital, it was stated that since
the last announcement made by the managing com-
mittee, the highly-munificent bequest of 1,0001. had
been made towards the funds for the erection of so
much required an institution, by the late Miss Preston,
of Nottingham-place, New-road, Paddington. A legacy
of 501. had also been made by the late Mrs. Margoty, of
Upper Berkeley-street, Berkeley-square, for the same
benevolent purpose.
FIRE NEAR CHATHAM, SEPT. 2s.—Early this
morning a fire broke out at the Elephant and Castle, a
beer-shop on the Luton-road, a short distance from
Chatham, and such was the rapidity with which the
flames spread, that with the exception of a bed thrown
from one of the windows, no portion of the stock or furni-
ture could be saved from the devouring element. The in-,
mates escaped from a window with great difficulty, and
at the imminent risk of their lives.

LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.—For several days
past the surveyors of this line have been very busily em-
ployed about Harworth and neighbourhood, in forming
the line which was to have gone through Bawtry, but
which is now intended to go near Harworth and Styrrup,
in its direction from Doncaster via Tickhill toll-gate,
Blyth Norney, to Retford, about eighteen miles. Con-
siderable glee was manifested by the inhabitants of
Tickill, at their first sight of a beautiful flag, which is
fixed in a high tree, near that place, but to the no less
mortification of their rival town, Bawtry. It is ru-
moured that three miles will be gained by thus altering
the line, and a saving of 30,0001. per mile on an average.
—Nottingham Journal.

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ARDROSSAN.
On
.Wednesday. last, the village of Ardrossan was
placed in a state of great alarm, if not same peril, from
an accidental cause, which, however, passed away with-
out any serious harm. It appears that, on the preceding
evening, a large party of Irish reapers, amounting, it
is said, to between 609 and 800, who had been booked
from Glasgow to Londonderry, by railway and steamer,
arrived at Ardrossan so far on their way. The Isabella
Napier, however, having been detained by the dense
fogs which have recently prevailed, did not make her
appearance to ship the passengers, who, in the course of
Wednesday morning and forenoon, began to lose all
patience, and threaten something like military execution
on the local railway superintendent, and the peaceful
inhabitants to boot, unless they were forthwith put under
weigh for Derry, in spite of the fog or any other of the
casualties arising from the detentions and dangers of the
sea. The authorities and inhabitants of Ardrossan endea-
voured to mollify the Irish " deputation," by repre-
senting the unforeseen and unavoidable cause of the
delay, and the prospect of its immediate removal, but
soft words had no effect upon them, and, as a clencher,
the inhabitants—unguardedly perhaps—threatened, if
they would not listen to reason on other terms, that
they would turn upon them the guns of the fort which
overlooks the village. A word to the wise is enough ;
and no sooner had the threat been uttered, than the
passenger rabble, which had been parading the streets
in hostile fashion in various directions, formed together
in a body, many hundreds strong, and marched up to
the summit of the fort, where they formally took pos-
session of the hill and all its artillery, consisting of five
old guns and two ricketty mortars. Most mercifully,
however, the successful storming party had neither
powder nor shot, nor did they know where to get them ;
otherwise they might have played in earnest the game
against the good folks of Ardrossan, which the latter
had threatened to play against them. On the strength
of the demonstration which they had made, and the
ground which they held, a foraging party made a seizure
of a quantity of vivers in the village below, in the shape
of about a ton of potatoes and a barrel of herrings,
which is said to have had a wonderfully composing
effect on the multitude. In the meantime, an express
had been sent to Glasgow by a respected justice of the
peace, earnestly requesting the aid of a detachment of
police, which, after conferring with the Lord Provost
and the Convener of the Officers' and Watchmen's Com-
mittee, Captain Wilson sent off by the half-past eight
o'clock train, under the charge of two experienced di-
vision officers. Previous to their arrival, however, the
Isabella Napier had made her long-looked for and wel-
come appearance, and was hailed as the much-needed
peacemaker. The passengers were embarked as soon
as circumstances permitted ; and the steamer sailed for
Derry at three o'clock on Thursday morning. The Mi-
lesians, or Goths, as our Ardrossan friends may term
them, gave three cheers when they went away ; and, no
doubt, they will take the shine out of us by boasting to
their own countrymen that they heroically took a Scotch
fortified city, and kept possession of it for a night and
a day.—Glasgow Herald.

IMPRESSIONS OF VENICE.
, We landed at the Custom-house, where a very severe
and very elaborate examination of carpet-bags and
baskets detained us for a very vexatiously long period,
and we were then turned adrift to our fate, being pro-
nounced innocent of evil intention towards the sea
Cybele. We engaged another boat and rowed
briskly onwards towards Venice in good earnest, her
buildings rising up like fabrics in a dream, from the blue
expanse, as we entered her watery streets, shot under the
arches of the Rialto, and stopped suddenly at the foot of
the flight of steps, giving entrance to the Leone Bianco.
To me there was nothing melancholy, nothing gloomy,
about the appearnce of the city ; all was brilliant, sur-
prising, bustling, and animated • along the quays boat-
men and market-people were busily employed ; on the
shores were crowding sails and flitting boats—those
strange boats seen only in that region ; the form of the
palaces was so exquisite, with their ranges of pointed
arches and Moorish tracery, some of them splendid and
fresh looking, all touched and glowing with the rays of
the mid-day sun, that I forgot all that I had heard of the
tristesse, the sadness, the gloomy ruin of the place, and
saw in it only a "glorious city in the sea," We secured a
suite of rooms, all hanging over the Canal' Grande, and
for an hour, I had nothing to do but to stand gazing, in
fixed and delighted admiration, on the picture of Venice
spread out before me. There was the reality of all my
day-dreams ; there, -beneath my balcony, rolled and
sparkled the deep blue sea, across its quivering bosom
darted innumerable gondolas, " black but comely," with
shining silver lute-shaped prows, and rowers with gaily-
flowered jackets, urging them along, as they stand row-
ing in a manner directly opposite to the usual method,
but in the same way as on the Italian lakes. There
rose, within a few yards of me, the theme of song and
romance, the noble arch of the Rialto ; there, glaring in
the clear water, lay reflected, and there glowed in reality
ranges of palaces once covered by the frescoes of Titian
and Tintoretto, their lace work parapets cut sharply out
against the intensely blue sky, and the deep rich shadows
of their long arcades brought boldly out by the searching
beams of a sun, so golden and so genial, that it seemed
as if no cloud could change its lustre. Numerous white
sails gleamed along the shores, and many boats lay
moored to the frequent and high pillars striped with
the gay colours of Austria. Barques which wore not
the gondola shape nor hue, but with bright coloured
awnings and painted sides, shot across the canal, and
under the peopled. bridge ; and as far as I could see,
all was life and movement on the broad expanse of the
Canal' Grande. * * * Having satisfied myself with
home news, I hastened to set. forth, and was soon in the
midst of the cale of Venice, with her water streets ap-
pearing every two or three minutes beneath the bridge
of steps, which are crossed on the way to Merceria and
the Piazza di San Marco. These eule of passages are
filled with shops all pretty and gay, though rather
small and necessarily confined ; painted Indian mats,
glass beads, models of gondolas, and every description
of trifle, such as the Palais Royal at Paris can furnish,
are crowded in the windows and in cases outside. A.
continued stream of pedestrians poured along, making
the whole scene as gay as possible, and nothing appeared
that could for an instant impress me with the idea of
Venice being dull.—ltiiss Costello's Tour to Venice.

APPREHENSION OF INCENDIA-