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London, England, 1846-09-14 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, SEPTEMBER 11.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 91. 10s.-Airdrie
and Bathgate, 41. 2s. 6d.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half
Shares, 151. 105.-Armagh and Portrush, 12s. 6d.-Ayr and Gal-
loway, 11. 65.-Belfast and County Down, Bs.-British and Irish
Union, 21. 2s. 6d.-Caledonian, 161.-Ditto, New, 11. I ls.-Cale-
donlan Extension, it. 125.--Caledonian and Dumbarton, it. 25.-
Clydesdale Junction, 281. 7s. 6d.-Cornwall and Devon Central,
It. 10s.-Deeside Railway, 21. 7s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 11. 15s. 6d.
-Dundee and Arbroath, 371.-Ditto, New, 231. 10s.-Dundee and
Perth, 251. 7s. 6d.-East Indian Railway, 16s. Bd.-East of Fife,
11. Is.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 15s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glai-
gow, 731.-Ditto, Half Shares, 181. 10s.- Ditto, Quarters, 171. 10s. -
Ditto, ditto, New, 171. 10s.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-
Dille, Preference, 21/. 155.-Edinburgh and Northern, 10/. ss. 6d.
--Ditto, Newport, 21. 125.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21.-Forth and
Clyde •junction, It. 18s.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 771.-Ditto, New
Stock, 411. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181. 155.-Glasgow and
Belfast Union, 21. Bs. 6d.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. 16s.
-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, U. 13s. 6d.-Glasgew and Garn-
kirk, 391. IN.-Glasgow General Terminus, 91.-Glasgow and
Greenock, 161. 10x.-Ditto, New Stock, 81. 155.-Ditto, Preference,
11. 155.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 11. 12s. 6d.-Glas-
gow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 21. 195.-Granton Junction,
10x.-Great North of Scotland, 155.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena,
95.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 11. 3s. 6d. -London and
York, 21. Is.-Ditto, Half Shares, 1/. 155.-Midland and Eastern
Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 271. 155.-North British,
381.-Ditto, Halves, 161. 108.--Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 41. 3s.
-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 17s. 6d.-North Staffordshire, 61.-North Wales
Mineral, 181. 10s.-Ditto, New, 91. 17s. 6d.--Scottksh Central, 191.
10s.-Ditto, Now, 91. 7s. 6d.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junc-
tion, 1/. 108.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.- Scottish Midland, 8/.
2s. 6d.-Scottish --outhern, 11. 175.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, Bs.
- Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 51. 10x.-South Midland, 21.
148.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 65.-Stirling and Midland, 21. 16s.
-Stratheru Junction, 21.-Wishaw and Coltness, 471. 10s.

CHA.RD.—After the destructive fire at the King's
Head, it is painful to have to record a deliberate at-
tempt to set fire to another part of the town, which took
place on the Thursday night following, between ten and
eleven o'clock. This diabolical intention was happily
frustrated by the servant of Mr. Curtis, in Coome-
street, who was going to fasten the chamber window,
overlooking the cottages near, when she saw a light in
the thatch. She immediately gave an alarm, when the
neighbours found a piece of turf in an ignited state, en:
closed in a rag, and which must have been placed there
within a very short time previously, but fortunately
was extinguished before the fire communicated with the
thatch. We were thus providentially saved from what
is often an alarming and sometimes a ruinous visitation.
An investigation into the circumstances attending this
wicked attempt has been made by the authorities of the
town, but it has not led as yet to the discovery of the
incendiary.—Somerset County Gazette.
THE IRON T/tADE.—The present state of the iron
trade in the South Staffordshire district is as satisfactory
as it has been for many years past. The very extensive
and increasing demand for home consumption for carry-
ing out the various railway projects, with the require-
ments of the export trade, are calling into requisition all
the improved facilities of production, and must keep
them fully employed for some years. The order-books,
both at the larger and smaller works, are well filled withorders, in many instances of such a nature as will in
their completion extend over a much longer period than
ordinary ; and fresh contracts are brought forward every
week for various requisites for railway construction.
These are generally for heavy articles, and though a
very considerable quantity of pig iron was sold and dis-
tributed among the works in the neighbourhood at quar-
ter-day last, yet those masters who are entirely depen-
dent on purchases, find their stock diminishing more
rapidly than they had calculated, and in many in-
stances have been under the necessity of giving much
higher prices for extended supplies. The uncalled-
for reduction that was submitted to during the
last quarter, and which was sanctioned by no equi-
valent reduction either in wages or materials, may
therefore be considered entirely at an end ; and from
the well-known fact that all the principal holders of
stocks parted with them at quarter-day, and the certainty
that no reduction can be expected either in wages or
materials during the winter months, it would not be a
matter of surprise if an advance should be declared at
the next quarterly meeting of the trade. Due consider-
ation will, however, doubtless be given, before taking
such a step, to the effect it might have upon the exports
which form so serious a part of our consumption. At
the present rates of 51. for pig iron and 101. for manufac-
tured, no possible danger can arise ; and we trust that
no rash movement will check the increasing demand
which may legitimately be expected from the various
alterations in duty that have lately been made upon the
admission of British iron into the ports of foreign
nations. The exports of British iron in the year 1845
were as follow :—Pig ir0n,77,622 tons ; castings, 02,036;
bars, including hoops, rods, &c., 179,612 ; unwrought
steel, 7,ols—being upwards of 286,000 tons.—Aris's
Birmingham Gazette.

REFORM YOUR JURY LISTS.—I must think that
some different system should be adopted in the selection
of juries. There is nothing that requires so much care;
there is nothing done with such carelessness. It appears
to be of no moment whether a juryman is an educated
man or not ; if he possess a few acres of land, or a 40s.
freehold, he is deemed eligible to decide upon cases of
great intricacy. I once heard a case at Ely, when the
assizes were holden there, between plaintiff and de-
fendant, and at its termination, the question was put to
the jury: "Are you agreed, gentlemen—what say you ;
is your verdict for the plaintiff or defendant ?" The
foreman, a man of good property (whence his qualifica-
tion for a juryman)—answered—" I don't know what
you mean by plaintiff or defendant ; but" (pointing to a
barrister) he emphatically exclaimed "that there man
is right."—Correspondent of the Cambridge Independent
Press.

A NOBLE EXAMPLE.—On Friday last Lord Wors-
ley, M.l'., was travelling from London to Lincoln, when
on arriving at the Rugby station, he quitted the first-
class carriage, and took a second-class ticket, at the
same time producing his address card, and desiring the
station-keeper to inform the directors that he should
never travel by first class on their lines, until the present
exorbitant fares are reduced. His Lordship did the
same at Leicester, Nottingham, and Lincoln, so it is to
be hoped the directors will get to hoar of it. Several
noblemen and gentlemen are reported to have made
similar resolves as it regards the Midland lines ; a
general observance or such conduct wotlid bring' the
directors to the more reasonable faxes Qf othor
Hull paper.

- - - -
SINGULAR. MATCH.—A wager was laid by several
gentlemen in this town, on Wednesday last, that a pigoll
would not be able to compete with the railway train run-
ning between Manchester and Ashton. As the trains
upon the Ashton branch of the Leeds Railway were cop;
sidered to run at a greater speed than those upon th
pigeoa
Sheffield branch, parties were despatched with the
to Manchester. At the moment when the train startel
from Hunt's Bank, the pigeon was set at liberty', and
arrived at home three minutes before the train reacheu.
the Ashton terminus. Numbers of persons were stand
ing waiting in George-street to see the result.----Man-
chester Guardian.
SHIPWRECK OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP OSPlan
NEW ZEALAND.—On Saturday dispatches were received
by the Lords of the Admiralty, communicating the total
loss of her Majesty's ship Osprey, twelve guns, Oar
o tile
manded by Captain Patten, off False Hokianga, nr
coast of New Zealand. The following are the Parei
culars:—On Tuesday, the 10th of March last, the °_asPeo-
went off the western coast of the above-mentioned anlony, returning to England. The master had taken of
observation, which proved that she was in latitude
Hokianga, but the weather coming on thick and hall
she was kept off the land till the evening, when it clew
away. She then stood in and fired two guns to :Inoue
to the pilot at Hekianga that the ship was off the hfaorl.
bour, but again stood to sea for the night. On the
lowing morning, on nearing the coast, a high southern
headland, similar to Hokianga, was seen, with what
presumed the pilot's house, but which subseque,lli.
proved to be a white spot on the cliff. Soon site,
wards, perceiving a flag run up, it was confldelT,Y.
anticipated that it was the entrance of the 1t.,1
anga, and the ship stood on, over the surf, bre4r
ing the northern and southern heads in one.
crossing the breakers, which were judged to be the tui"-s'
of the Hokianga, the vessel touched the ground; but it w,
thought that se was just merely on the bar, over 'Ale&
she would soon forge, but almost immediately she etre f
again, with increased violence, and a succession :11.
shocks brought the alarming conviction that she *Oslo
shore, and that it was not the entrance to Hokianga,
that of Haere-Dino, or False Hokianga, situate eight° 5
miles from the real harbour of Hokianga. The glints
(12) were instantly thrown overboard, and the nlesds
were cut away, which, falling with the sails set tooh.
the shore, dragged the ship still higher on the pea
On the tide receding, the vessel being about half
between high and low water mark, the officers and ere",
were enabled to land about two o'clock on the morning
of the 12th, with their small arms and some dry sallp.i,ll;
nition, which had fortunately been saved on decic,:e-
greater part having been thrown overboard. •L't
vessel stood upright in the sand, and appeared hen
slightly injured ; it is feared, however, that she cat•
never be got off, owing to the character of the en°
the
The natives rendered every possible assistance 0 al
officers and crew. The accounts state that they •
friendly and peaceable. The Racehorse had been
patched from New Zealand, to bring back the an,
tunate ship's crew. A court-martial will be aPrn
to try the master for the loss of the vessel.

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No. 16,844,

.bt), , CONTRACTS Fait SALT BEEF AND PORK.
pir' ARTMENT Of the COMPTROLLER for VICTUALLING and
TRA.NSPOUT SERVICES, Somerset-place, Aug. 3, 1846.
R 2 Commissioners for executing the Office of
,4aia 4,L/2"1. Mei Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
•mlitemi,"_—".% do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 24th
lige!, 13;7 -1. next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
tiluint4tl/4;;77s as may be willing to CONTRACT for the supply of a

tf ti,
SALT MEAT,
31,,,,e re of the United Kingdom, equal to 12,000 Navy tierces 0..
55,4 and 18,000 Navy tierces of Pork (In separe.te tenders), all to be
th;7 in the ensuing season, their Lordships 'reserving to themselves
tbt, 1)°o, when the temiers are opened., of contracting either for
tte,t Wit°le• or for such part thereof only, as they nag deem fit, or of
v`raracting for any part.
tier . 'l:thirds of the Beef to be delivered in tierces, and the remain-
vncithi barrels, and a quantity' of Pork equal to 250 tierces (and for
tontatJ'cParate tenders are to be made), to be delivered in casks.
Sito.th;'trig 1001 h. each, ro' li of the remaining quantity of Pork three-
b 'Nis gbe delivered l'i tierces, and the remaining one-fourth in
irony_ , into her Mitir,ty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Ports-
betnafift.. IlYniouth,, and Ilaulbowline, in such moportionS as shall
—l.r...be dl oth,
and within the following periods i-
-.-.EPt '-1.7..,-(e thirds 31st March
it, 4bot.-third ' 31st May
1)(1—'4 Or.e-third On or before the 31st March 1847
.44 to 1., , 'ewri-thirds 31st May Period n"`,,,,P4,"'. for by bills payable at sight, but not during the first
lho ,„._me Avery, for any quantities beyond those specified.
i'Myir'''''',. ..litions of the contract may be seen at this office, or by
vti/ her** to the 'Agent for the Victualling at Cork, or to the Collectors
to sl3:lostY's Customs at Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, and
io tb 4., or to the Secretary of the Postmaster-General at Dublin, or
e!sesident Agent for Transports at Leith.
11'.et? tender tor a less quantity than shall he equal to 300 tierces of
t•isiti; Or to 300 tierces of Pork (except for the Pork, to be delivered in
No colitaining 100 lb. each), will be admitted.
tot "„LoOder will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
161,4ip- noticed unless the party attends, or some person on his
atom gito•Y authorised in writing ; and it is to be expressly under-
il NI Lrat the tenders must contain a separate price for the Beef, and
fy, t',4 ate Price for the Pork ; and that every tender must also spe•
be r• ~le Prices both in figures and words at length, or the tenders will
Fr-Ream.
in ;very tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the. Admiralty,
*r gal in the left-haul corner of tbt envelope the words " Tender
11.44.4itComptroller for Victualling," and must also be
hr 4red at Sornerset-place, alp? be accompanied by ale signed
144 te„%resPcmalble persons, augaged to become bound with the per-
t‘irttp.'"ering. in a sum cqr,tl to 251. per cent. on the amount of the
`,..._—m t. for the due perr,minanee of the same.

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11E LEED:3, WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND
ejlbtt„ JUNCTION RAILWAY.
110145'e 15 herb given, that a MEETING of the. SII ARE-
IIOI,I. ptIAIS of P.m LEEDS, WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND JUNC-
waken n, COMPANY will be held at the Sessions House in
e'eloc,elit'(l au THURSDAY,' the 24th day of September instant, at One
the itel..yde afternoon, for the purpose of laying before the meeting
id oru no of the receipts and expenditure of the said Company,
Ittet._' to
th s' the Whether the said Company shall be dissolved
.:a Provisions of the Sta 9 and 10 or, w
heteher
,40 mairs of th e said Companytute shall not be wound Viet w up, or hhetr it
na of ?'-:zilent to prosecute the said railway In the ensuing ses-
et. iiarnent, and, if necessary, to 'empower the Directors to RN, ..?._") arrangements with certain other Companies upon the
hilly io"":1 eeralitions to be laid before the said meeting, and gene-
kted „,s`rat'.sact all other business whatsoever that can be trans-
br Se,;',,u,ler the provisions of the said statute. Dated this 10th day
'''lx,ber, 1846. EDWARD TEW, Chairman.
HI"..INRY BERNERS, Secretary.
It°,..STON, STAMFORD, AND BIRMING-
"AIkt RAILWAY (STAMFORD AND WISBECH) ACT.
Lit it„,.., REGISTRATHrN or SHARES AND CALLS.
Viebeiflig been brougl- t before the Committee of Directors super-
m._ C the registratfon, that many of the Scriphclders in
.this
to aY hay
h. leak, _ e been tuformed that it is the intention of the Directors
;`,1,1 re3;' Call of 31. per share immediately en the completion of
uesr 'rattan, sith continuous calls as speedily as the Act will
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tatc4tice
a, ele linur ler ehy given, that such information has been promul-
t-r1 hike+ e :v: Without the sanction or knowledge of the Committee
it 4 Tii
in air , and that NO CALL has been determined upon, and
at
PTlThability, unless highly beneficial circumstances render
Ihtill rw tee n e,,.. nz-. ~, ecessary, the first call, when made, will be for a few
__q entitleY, to equalise the credit to be giver, on the reduced shares.
',et, the holder to interest thereon at 51. per cent. under the
•
b ‘'ite is l
X.Tz,5..,4 so given, that the time for REGISTRATION of shares
the •-...-,ED from the 19th day of September instant, to Sexua-
IA .'31,21 day of October next.
of, --,7`.'Pfor registration, and commnnications, are to be addressed
wesin,,: "e anon Esq., or to the Solicitor, at 18, Abingdon-street,.
--`14t4r..%

S. S. BAXTER, Solicitor.

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THE LAST STROKE OF PORTU,
GUESE FINANCE.
(From Douglas Jerrold's Weekly Newspaper.)
We have been used to every irregularity in the pay-
ment of debts owing.by Spain and Portugal, and by their
descendants in the New ZtVorld, till we have considered
it a mathematical impossibility for 2os. in the pound
to proceed from a nation of Peninsular race. Sus-
pension of interest for a long period of years has been a
thing of course, and it is a familiar spectacle, that of a
mob of disappointed creditors assembled at the top of
the London Tavern in the very middle of July, oft pur-
pose to receive some proposition for giving them ones per
cent. instead of five.
But in all these tricks of the Spanish States, there is
something of the assumption of virtue, if the virtue itsellf
be wanting. It is doubtless very disagreeable to go up
the stairs of the London Tavern, and vote away four-
fifths of the interest at which you have lent your money,
but still there is something of decency in the trans-
action. The propositions may be mean— despicable—
fraudulent—the facts on which they are based may be
no facts at all—for who shall attempt to check an
account of the resources of New GraL'ada or Ecuador ?

But, at all events, the bondholders are asked to consent

to them, and if they refuse, which, with all their for-
bearance, they will do sometimes, the despi led terms are
sent packing across the Atlantic, there to )e trimmed

into more acceptable shape.
In a word, we are used to be swindled by the
Spaniards, but when the swindle has been perpetrated,
we have always been consenting parties. We haNV
lis-
tened to tales of woe; referring to anarchy and war, 101 a
tales of hope, to the effect that anarchy and war wou
be no more, and we have agreed to endure a dark past'
when so bright a future seemed to dawn upon our vision;
generally we have grumbled and yielded • and shown a
little prudery with respect to the first batch of terms,
that we might with more dignity embrace the second.
But Portugal comes out with a financial coup, that
strikes even the experienced Briton with surprise—so
consummate is the impudence of the measure. The
Portuguese Government, looking over its accounts, dis-
covers that it is mach more convenient to pay four-fifths
than five• fifths of the interest on its foreign debt. The
old method, as we have said, would have been to convene
a meeting, and implore the creditors, in the name of
humanity and suffering virtue, to take a little less than
their due. This method, as we have also saM, involves
the chance of a refusal, and therefore Portugal invents
a bolder plan. She asks no questions, but goes ,to the
point at once, by levying an income-tax of 20 per cent.
on the interest paid on the foreign debt.
We ask our readers to lay their hands together, and try
to conceive a greater piece of national villainy than this.
In our experience, and we have watched foreign stocks
not a little, it is the greatest atrocity that was ever re-
cord,d in the history of finance. Even Mississippi had
the decency to get up a trumpery doctrine, the substance
of which was, that the dishonesty of the agent who sold
the bonds articled the claim of a boat fide purchaser.
The doctrine was the merest rubbish in the ears of all
men of business, but still, just as Robert Macaire's hat,
in spite of its batteredcondition,was —encore U7l chapeau,
so the Mississippi excuse was an excuse of some sort,
and showed that the Governor had a notion that a state
should not commit a robbery without attempting to be
plausible.

Portugal has no decency whatever. She coolly 'de-,
clares that she will henceforth pay the foreigners who
have advanced her their money, and who have, of
course, no voice in her Legislature, one-fifth less than
isactually
the plan—but
S she wl—
hedoes
ilnotw"il—mill payhlope.the n
they will
agree
m4te.

The creditors of Portugal are going to hold a meet-
ing to express their indignation and disgust, and a grand
" row," no doubt, there will be on the occasion. Indeed,
there ought to be a " row," for if the defrauded ones;
search their dictionaries tbr alt those terms of vitupera-
tion in which our language is so wealthy, and bawl them
out till the walls of the London Tavern are wady to
crack, it will scarcely be commensurate with the great-
ness of the wrong. They have got not only to kght
their own battle, but to defend the very principle of in-
ternational credit. If a nation can borrow money of sr,
foreigner, and then arbitrarily reduce the rate of inte-
rest which she has contracted to pay, the word " national
security" becomes a mere mockery. If Portugal can, at
pleasure, knock off one-fifth from her liabilities, what is
to hinder her taking a legislative sponge and wiping out
the other four?

THE POST-OFFICE. - NEWS-
PAPERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Allow me to call your attention to the follow-
ing case of the arbitrary manner in which the business
of the General Post-office is conducted, and of the unjust
treatment I have received. Yesterday morning I sent
three sacks of newspapers, in a cab, to the Post-office, to
be forwarded by the day mail. Fleet-street being
blocked up, they had, as usual, to work their way through
the back streets, and on coming out of Farringdon-
street, to go up Ludgate-hill, they found, unexpectedly,
that the paviours had just stopped that road, which com-
pelled them to return through Farringrlon-street, and
when they reached Newgate•street that was impassable,
owing to the large number of carts, &c., and they were
obliged to pass through Smithfield. In consequence of
these repeated interruptions, the cab did not reach the
Post-office till three minutes after the time allowed for
receiving papers. My men begged of the receivers to
allow the papers to go, explaining the cause of being be.-
hind time, and ultimately got them taken in, with the
understanding that they should go by that post; but,
judge of my surprise when, at ten o'clock last night, the
enclosed letter was sent to me, by a customer at the
West-end, who had received it by the eight o'clock even-
ing delivery.

.... .
"General Post-office, Sept. 12, 1846.
" Sir,—l beg to inform you, that nearly two thousand
newspapers, from the office of Mr. Wild, Catherine-
street, btrand, arrived here this morning ' too late' to be
of this
detection day,
to you
forwarded by the day mails. Some of them, from their
superscription, appear to have been sent from your office;
if, therefore, any complaints are received by you of delay
ofpapte
proper cause.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" JOHN RAMSEY.
ornscpeobseted enabled forthet morning
o ascribernin gm
their r

" Mr. Houghton, 162, New Bond-street."
Now, what I complain of is—first, the arbitrary con-
,duct, well knowing, as they do, of the interruption of the
thoroughfares, in allowing two thousand subscribers to
be disappointed of their papers for so trifling an excess
of time, the more especially as they had not sent all
those up to the sorting-room that were received before,
as the men were busily engaged sending them up, and
mine were put along with them for that purpose. Se-
condly, I complain of their writing to others about the
papers being too late, and yet sent me no intimation of
the fact, who certainly ought to have been the first to
hear from them, and have had an o,:iportunity of writing
by last night's post, and explaining the cause to some of
the disappointed parties. Thirdly, .I cona:Aer myself un-
justly treated by their taking in the
papers and then not
letting them go, because had they come bu-ek to me,
there wore a very many I could have sent by failway,
coach, &c., and the agents and others would hate re-
ceived them the same morning, the expense of wh.'ch
would have been nothing compared with the vexation.'
and loss of papers rendered useless through not reaching
their destination in proper time. Should you think the
statement worthy a place in your paper, it will perhaps
be the means of preventing a repetition of such unfair
conduct.—l remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
L. WILD.
13, Catherine-street, Strand, Sept, 13, 1846.

CRICKETTING IN lIYDE PARK.—On Friday even-,
ing, the Foot Guards quartered at the powder tangaziner
Hyde Park, proceeded, according to custom, ill play
cricket on a piece of ground in the park, adjoining- the
magazine. But they had scarcely pitched their wickots
saidwhen he w
they
old were ordered offaereldlowthem
byone
to
of theconstables,
athere.
The
soldiers remonstrated, and assured the constable they
were in the habit of playing there without any molesta-
tion. A crowd that had assembled, seeing that the
constable was determined to prevent the soldiers having
a game, commenced hooting and pelting him, when the
soldiers, dreadin..; that worse results might follow, very
prudently withdrew, assuring the constable that they
would lay the matter before their commanding officer.
INTERMENTS IN CHURCHYARDS, Si.% ANN'S
WESTMINSTER.—Yesterday, the following revisition,
signed by thirty-three inhabitants to the churchwardens
of St. Ann's, Westminster, was posted on the chuzch
doors, with a notice from the churchwardens, that they
will lay it before the next vestry:—" We, the under-
signed rate-payers, deeply impressed with the necessity,
from the state of the burial-ground and the churchyard,
for preventing any more interments therein, as injurious
to the health of the neighbouring inhabitants, respect-
fully request you to convene a public meeting of the in-
habitants, to consider of the propriety of closing the
burial-ground, or to take such other steps as may be
deemed necessary for the well-being of the inhabitants.
To the churchwardens of the parish of St. Ann's, West-
minster." The churchyard abuts on Rupert-street, and
the vicinity is closely populated.
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVI-
GATION COMPANY'S NEW STEAM-SHIP POTTINGER.--.
This fine vessel proceeded down the river yesterday
afternoon for another trial, her trim having been cor-
rected by art alteration in the stowage. Her perform-
ance was in the highest degree satisfactory in every re-
spect, not only to her owners, but also the numerous
scientific gentlemen who were on board, including the
Aeaniralty surveyors, by whom she was approved for her
Majesty's mail service. The Pottinger has gone round
to Southampton, whence she will start on the 20th inst.
with the mails and passengers for India.
DEARTH or SHIPPING.—The prevalence of easterly
winds for a considerable time past has prevented the
homeward bound fleet, which have arrived in the chops
of the Channel from the East and West Indies and other
distant parts of the globe, from rounding the coast, and
arriving at their respective destinations. The conse-
quence is, that the great dock establishments are at the
offeswteaam rr-ivshalispsthfraotmdatihlye
present time unusually slack, and devoid of import busi-
ness and commercial bustle, the
take place consisting principally
Continent, and other vessels from the adjacent ports of
Europe.
DOVER, SEPT. 13.—A most disastrous fire took
place yesterday afternoon at Tower Hamlets, about a
mile from this place, consuming eight stacks of corn and
three of straw, of the value of about 900/. The above
were the property of Messrs. Going and S. Finnis,
merchants of Dover, and were insured to about half the
value only. It is understood that the conflagration was
caused, as is too often the case, by some boys at play
near the stacks igniting some lucifer matches, by ac-
cident. Every endeavour was made to arrest - the de-
vouring element, but from the dry nature of the ma-
terials, all was of no avail, and both corn and straw were
totally consumed.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 18 minutes after 8. I Evening .. 0 minutes after 9.