The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.

(YESTERDAY.)
As the poll approached to a termination the utmost
anxiety was exhibited by the dense crowd which had
been ever on the increase since one o'clock, and the ex-
citement became still more intense, as up to the last
minute it was known that the supporters of Sir George
Carroll were diminishing the odds that had existed at the
Close of Monday's proceedings.
The hall, at four o'clock, was crowded to suffo-
cation by a motley assemblage, whose "most sweet voices"
seemed pretty equally divided between the
.candidates.
1,11 r: Alderman Wood was upon the platform, and it re-
quired no very keen eye to observe that the "chances of
bh' day" were closely calculated by him, and that with
all his efforts to appear calm, he yet could not conceal his
agitation. Sir George Carroll entered at four o'clock,
a ceompanied by his friends, and stoodimme-
diately behind his honourable opponent. Considerable
merriment was excited by the witty remarks which were
called forth from the gentlemen clacquers in the hall, at
the expense of one or other of the two rival sections ;
and thus the anxious twenty minutes which elapsed
from the closing of the poll-books to the announcement
of the numbers were by no means the dullest in the
day's proceedings. Bets, too, were freely offered ; nor
slid the close proximity of the candidates prevent this
delicate species of speculation being very spiritedly
carried out on the hustings. The galleries were filled
with ladies.
The numbers were as follow:
Sir George Carroll
Mr. A:dermaa ,Vood .
Mr. Alderman Hooper
Mr. Alderman Moon
Mr. Alderman Farncomb
Immense cheering from the adherents of Sir George
Carroll.

1,653
1,644
324

Mr. Alderman CHALLIS then came forward, but for
some time was quite inaudible. Its merely repeated the
statement of the numbers as above.
S r GEORGE CARROLL then came to the front, and
having in vain attempted to address those in the body
of the hall, at last its despair confined his attention to
the reporters immediately around him. TheAagforthy
Alderman said—Gentlemen, I thank you for yafff kind-
ness in placing me in my present honourable position.
I base no doubt that you will give me credit for speaking
the truth when I say that I have taken no part in
this centest beyond what I felt to be necessary and jus-
tifiable, in order to protect myself as the next Alderman
in rotation after Mr. Alderman Wood.—(Cheers.) The
Contest is now over—(Cheers and hisses)—as far as the
Livery are concerned.—(Cries of " Not yet.") The de-
cision now remains with the Court of Aldermen. If
that is in my favour I will endeavour to do all that the
Lord Mayor of this great city ought to do--(Cheers)—
if it should be otherwise, I will be perfectly contented.
And now, gentlemen, I thank you both sincerely and
kindly for all the trouble you have taken on this occasion.
Mr. Alderman WOOD then came f r xard, and said, I
regret that you did not hear my excellent colleague, for
he would no doubt have told you that which is the fact
—that there is no personal contest between him and
myself, for I am quite sure that no angry feeling or
angry wish has escaped from each in respect of the
other.—(Cheers.) Indeed, there was no occasion for
anything of the kind between him and me, the contest
being altogether between himself and the gentleman
whom Mr. Anderton proposed to the Livery.
All that concerns me is the fact that I am 1,320 above
that gentleman. You are bound to return two Alder-
men to the Court of Aldermen, and therefore Sir George
Carroll and myself are in precisely the same position
in which we stood at the beginning of the contest.—
(" Hear, hear," cheers, and groans.) When Mr. An-
erton proposed Mr. Alderman Hooper he should at the
same time have taken care to have found the friends to
that
Kinne him. But the Livery have now proved to him
thy Rene determined to support the two Aldermen
Who we
the
shorwe declared in the first day's proceedings to have
this contesotr hands."—(Cheers.) I find that during
ties have un
been
worthy and unwarrantable liber-
ftnuaYnaous taken with my name by
in some of the papers. These letters have appeared
apers. I am in a condition to
prove the untruthfulness of their statements, by a
tleman who is
now standing behind me. lam ablegen-
to
show you that the person who uses the name " Truth "
as his signature is a disgrace to his kind, and altogether
unworthy of credence. In a letter addressed to
the Times, the writer affirms that the new
trial in the cause of Howard against Shaw did not take
place. Now this was untrue, for his friend was present,
having been subpcenaed. Again, in the case of Levison
against Hodges, he said " that this trial assuredly did
not go on." No; but then he should have told alsothat the plaintiff had preferred a bill of excep-
tions, which would be argued in the coming term.
Now I will ask, whetikr this anonymous writer does
not deserve to be repudiated from all society for his un-
called, for malignity. I may attribute the fact that lam
nine votes deficit to the circumstance of these letters
appearing.—(Loud cheers.) Again, I find my friend
Mr. James Anderton has been at work. He
has issued a letter, dated this day, from the
Committee-room of Sir George Carroll, stating that
although a friend of mine yesterday said that the fees of
Counsel were paid at twelve o'clock that day, yet that
they were not so. I affirm that they were paid at twelve
yesterday, and my friends hold the receipts. I com-
pletely exonerate Sir G. Carroll from any knowledge of
this ruse, hut I merely notice it for the purpose of showing
that this man must go into certain holes and corners to
write that which he will not do in his own house, or in
my committee-room, where he might have the oppor-
tunity of satisfying himself as to the facts of the case.
The worthy Alderman concluded by thanking the
Livery for the position in which they had placed him
on the poll.
Mr.BENNoc$ then came forward to address the Livery.
He must confess that he felt sorry for the ir sition in
which the Livery had placed Mr. Alderman Wood. He
was sure that it was a position that he did not deserve,
Mr. Hour thanked the Livery for the exertions they
had made on the behalf of Alderman Wo td.
The hall was then adjourned till this day at two
o'clock.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TuEsnAv.---The unfavourable state of the
weather prevented her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert leaving the Castle this morning.
The Royal Family were also prevented from taking
their airings in the forenoon.
Her Majesty rode on horseback this afternoon, accom-
panied by Prince Albert. The Lady in Waiting, and
CH. olonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel F.
Seymour, Equerry to the Prince, were in attendance
on her Majesty and his Royal Highness.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Princess Alice took a carriage airing in the afternoon,
accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred and the Prin-
cess Royal rode in the slopes, on ponies, this afternoon.
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-1' he Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord President, and the
Marchioness of Lansdowne, arrived at their residence
In Berkeley-square, on Monday evening, from the con-
tinent. The Noble Marquis attended at the Council-
office yesterday morning, and in the afternoon left town
on a visit to the Earl of Clarendon, at his seat, Grove
Park, Watford, Herts.
Sir Valentine Blake had an interview with Lord John
Russell, on Monday, at his official residence, in Down-
ing-street.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the
Colonial-office, for the Governor of Gibraltar.

WARWICK AND WORCESTER
RAILWAY

A meeting of shareholdert of tins company was held
yesterday at the 'hill oF Commerce, for the purpose of
considering the propriety of dissolving the company,
under the provisions of Lord Dalhousio's Act Mr. Po-
cock was called to the chair.

After a short address from Mr. Spackman, scrutineers
were appointed; and there being present but 6,200 votes,
the meeting adjourned till Monday.

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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
A meeting of the shareholders was held yesterday at
the liallof Commerce, Mr. Astell, M.P., in the chair, con-
vened for the purpose of authorising, under the Act of
Parliament, the purchase of the Stamford and Spald-
ing Railway,
The SOLICITOR read the deed of conveyance, and a
resolution, authorising the directors to affix the seal of
the company to the same, was put and carried unani-
mously.
The CHAIRMAN reminded the gentlemen present that
the extension shares that had been created would
be applied to meet this purchase. The directors
of the Great Northern determined, as they had done
in reference to the old shares, to give interest
on the money paid upon the new shares, at the rate of
four per cent. up to the 30th of June, and five per cent.
from the 30th of June to t'.e 31st December. That
would not be paid immediately, but at next half-yearly
meeting the directors would render their account on this
subject to the gentlemit coming in under the present
purchase, considering that they also had lent out their
money on the undertaking equally with their own share-
holders.

In answer to Mr. B. DENNISON.
Captain LAWS said they confidently looked forward
to a hundred or a hundred and thirty miles being
opened and in productive operation by the Ist July, 1848.
He said he had recently visited from London to York
over the main line and the loop, and, looking at the
works with which they would or would not have to con-
tend, and the population on the line, he was confi-
dent that the London and York was the safest under-
taking that had yet come out. He had no hesitation in
saying that the revenue would fully realise their most
sanguine expectations.
After a few words from the Chairman, the meeting
separated.

LARNE, BELFAST, AND BALLY-

MENA RAILWAY.
An adjourned meeting of the shareholders in this line
was hcldyesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose
of considering of the dissolution of the Company, Mr.
W. Morley in the chair.
Mr. M'Quig, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Freeman, acted as
scrutineers.

The questions of dissolution and bankruptcy, moved
at last meeting, were formally put, and the shareholders
present proceeded to the vote, which was then declared
to be, including the former day's voting, for dissolution,
4,39 o—against it, 25 ; for dissolution by bankruptcy,
260, and against it, 1,005.
This, not being a sufficient number to make the result
decisive, endea the formal business of the meeting.
Mr. Morley having been re-elected to the chair,
Mr. M`Quia, one of the committee appointed to
examine the affairs of the company, read the report.
It stated that the capital of the company was
divided into 15,000 shares of 201. each, which
were allotted in the month of September, 1845;
that of these shares 8,975 only had been paid upon,
giving 20,0871 14s. Bd. Payments had been made up to
July last to the amount of 8,5981. 13s. 7d. by the direc-
tors, leaving a balance of 11,4891. ls. ld. Claims were
made upon the balance to the amount of 7,7001. If that sum
were paid, and no further expenses incurred, there being
at present 7,780 scrip shares, there would be a dividend
on each share of about 10s. From 5,000 to 6,000 shares
allotted had not been taken up, and that principally by
the provisional committee ; that 1,180 shares by order
of the directors were purchased in for 3,3951. ss. on
behalf of the company, and out of the company's fund,
in October, 1845. The balance of money in hand was
found to be in the name of the solicitor to the company,
at Messrs. Drummond's Bank; it had been refused to be
paid over.
Mr. M'KEE, one of the directors, said, that purchase
of shares was made by the authority of two directors
alone; there never had been a board before that. The
broker came to the board and threatened to put a dis-
tringas on the funds of the company, unless the money
fur these shares was paid. It was undbr such circum-
stances that Mr. Spottiswoode was induced to put his
name to the cheque.
Mr. BURCHILL stated that the money being in his
name at the Messrs. Drummond's was altogether that
the shareholders might get the readier access to it. The
fund was in Chancery in Ireland, and by an order was
paid out to Messrs. Johnston, Barlow, and Spottiswoode.
He immediately invested it in Exchequer-bills to the
amount of 11,3001., and with the balance deposited them
where they were. He was ready under order of the
gentlemen named to pay out that money to any parties
whom they might please to name.
After a good deal of conversation,
Mr. MATTHY moved that, though the shareholders
might be strictly entitled to more than 15s. a share, they
would yet be satisfied to accept the same in full of all.
Mr. COHEN seconded the resolution, which was car-
ried.

Mr. HAYNES moved that the money in hand be paid
over to Messrs. Johnstone, Morley, M'Kee, and Spot-
tiswoode, Mr. Morley always signing the cheques.
This was put and carried.
Mr. MATTRI moved that Messrs. M'Quig, Cohen, and
Freeman form a committee to concert with the directors
for carrying out these resolutions.
Mr. R. JONES seconded this, and it was passed unani-
mously.
The meeting then adjourned.

STAMFORD AND SPALDING
RAILWAY.
A meeting of the shareholders in this company was
held yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, to transfer the
line to the Great Northern, Mr. Astell, M.P., in the
chair.

The CHAIRMAN said the line was but eight miles
long. It was considered as a branch line of the Great
Northern, and therefore in the Act a clause had been
introduced empowering the shareholders to sell the line
to that company.

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN

TRADE DURING THE PAST WEEK.

The recent showers having afforded the requisite
moisture fur enabling farmers to commence ploughing,
field work has been pretty actively begun ; and
for some time to come the preparation of the
soil and the committing of the seed to the
ground, will engage the attention of the agricul-
turist. Some falling off has already taken place in
the deliveries from the growers, and we must reckon on
short supplies during the next month or six weeks.
Under these circumstances we see no reason to except
a reaction in prices ; on the contrary, we deem
it by no means improbable that a further advance
may be established. That the deficiency in the
potato crop is very serious becomes from day to day
more evident; the lifting of this root is now in full pro-
gress, and the accounts from all quarters agree in
describing the produce as exceedingly short. What with
the disease, the shortness of the breadth of ground origi-
nally planted, and the ill effects of an unusually dry, hot
summer, the yield will, we fear, scarcely amount to one-
half of what is grown in ordinary seasons. The conse-
quences of a loss of one-half, or even a third of the potato
crop it is difficult to estimate; nearly half of the people of
Ireland subsist almost wholly on this article, and it is so
generally and extensively used by the poorer classes in
England and Scotland as to render this crop only inferior
in importance to that of Wheat. Great anxiety is, con •
sequently, felt as to how the masses are to be provided with
wholesome food during the approaching winter ; and it is
now regarded as a positive certainty that prices of all sorts
of provisions will rule high. Wheat has already advanced
16. to 18s. per quarter from the lowest point ; prices
have steadily moved upward almost without a check since
the termination of harvest, althoughlthe farmers have kept
the markets well supplied. Such having been the case, with
iberal deliveries from the growers, we can hard lycalculate
on a re-action now that we have arrived at a period of the
year when the supplies from the farmers are almost sure to
tall off considerably. This, at least, appears to be the
general opinion; and merchants and millers have lately
evinced greater anxiety to get into stock than they have
displayed at any previous period. At most of the lead-
ing provincial markets held during the week the demand
has been sufficiently
.active to enable sellers to obtain
enhanced rates.

At Liverpool, on Tuesday, Wheat was quoted at 6d.
per 701bs. higher than on that day se'nnight; and most

;idler atticles rose in proportion. Barrelled Flour
found takers at 3s. 6d. per barrel over former rates.
Oats were 2d. per 451b5., and Beans and Peas is. to 2s.
per quarter dearer. I4Ater in the week buyers became
unwilling to pay these enhanced terms, and the business
done in Wheat at the port on Friday was at prices a
shade below those previously current.
From the chief towns in Yorkshire we have advices
of advancing prices. At Leeds and Hull .busines was
not particularly brisk on Tuesday, but the millers
had to pay an advance of 3s. per quarter on Wheat.
The 'Wakefield accounts, of Friday, are of a more lively
character, but the advance was not greater than the first-
named market.

From the large consuming towns west and northwest
of the metropolis the advices are of a similar nature to
the reports from the places above referred to, whilst at
many of the me-kets in the agricultural districts the rise
has been even more important.
Some of the shipping ports on the east coast have
been visited by the buyers from France and Holland,
which has no doubt assisted to give an impetus to prices,
and in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, &c., similar qua-
lities of wheat to those sold two months ago at 445. to
455. have this week realised 5Ss. to 60s. per quarter.
By our Scotch letters it appears that the failure of the
potato crop is as serious in that as in other parts of
the kingdom. The prospect of the comparative
carcity during the winter, and the continued advance in
the quotations of provisions in the south, had caused
holders of grain to become very indifferent about
realising. Both at Edinburgh and Glasgow wheat and
Oats were quoted higher on Wednesday than on that
day week, and a further enhancement was confidently
reckoned upon.
The accounts from Ireland are truly distressing; in
some parts of the island, the people have, through want,
committed excesses which it has required the military to
quell, and in the encounters between the former and
latter, blood has already been spilt. That the utmost
distress prevails there in consequence of the failure of
the potato crop, is undoubted ; and it is fearful to con-
template what may be the effects should the approaching
winter prove severe.
The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have
amounted to 7,067 qrs. during the week, showing a con-
siderable decrease as compared with the receipts of the
preceding eight days. The quantity exhibited at Mark-
lane by land-carriage samples from the home counties
has also been moderate ' • indeed the show on the Essex,
Kent, and Suffolk stands was so trifling, both on Wed-
nesday and Friday, as to render it difficult for the millers
to secure sufficient for their immediate wants. The trans-
actions were consequently on rather a restricted scale, but
the business done was, in most cases, at prices Is. to 2s. per
qr. above those current in the beginning of the week: this
advance was general on Friday. The demand for free fo-
reign Wheat has undergone a decided improvement
since our last, and some rather extensive purchases have
been made. On Wednesday holders were generally sa-
tisfied to accept previous prices, but towards the close of
the week enhanced terms were insisted on, and Mon-
day's rates were in several instances exceeded by 2s. per
qr. Fine old Rostock Wheat was the sort most
sought after, and the best qualities were held at
60s. to 635. per qr. There is still a good stock of old
remaining in granary ; the bulk consists, however, of
secondary and inferior kinds, a large proportion of the
fine qualities having gradually passed into consumption.
In bonded Wheat nothing of interest has transpired ;
not so much from want of demand as from the extra-
vagant pretensions of holders. The fall of the duty
must now, be very rapid, as the averages are coming
high from all quarters : the last weekly return for the
kingdom (535. Id.) was is. 10d. per quarter higher than
that previously published ; and though the duty is at
present Bs., it will in all probability recede to the lowest
point by the end of the month. The little bonded
wheat here is consequently held at prices within is. per
quarter of those of tree, and there is no more induce-
ment to speculate in the one than in the other. The
few parcels which have changed hands have been taken
for shipment to France, where prices continue so high as
to leave a tolerable margin for profit on purchases made
I here.

The Solicitor then read the resolution authorising the
sale of the line to the Great Northern, on the terms
that the shares in the Stamford and Spalding should
become shares in that company, and credit given for
the money paid upon them, which passed nem. con., and
the meeting separated.

The rise of ss. per sack on Flour established last
Monday has been pretty freely paid by the bakers, and
a good business has been done in the article during the
week. American Flour has been in lively request ; and
though 12,072 barrels have arrived within the last eight
days, and further receipts are expected, good brands
have been easily placed at 30s. in bond, or 345. to 333.
duty paid.
The arrivals of Barley have been moderate, and the
greater part of what has come to hand from the east
coast has gone direct to the maltsters and distillers; the
display of samples at Mark-lane has, therefore, been
trifling. Superior malting and good grinding qualities
have met with a fair share of attention, and in some in-
stances Monday's quotations have been slightly exceeded
for these descriptions ; the intermediate sorts have, on
the other hand, moved off somewhat slowly at previous
prices. The duty on this grain (and the other articles
regulated by the Barley averages) receded to the mini-
mum point ; and Rye, Beans, and Peas, as well as Barley,
may now be imported at a duty of 2s. per quarter.
The supply of Malt has barely kept pace with the de-
mand, and the value of this article has had an upward
tendency.
Of the total 26,313 qrs. of Oats reported during the
week, 12,234 qrs. are from Ireland and 10,710 qrs. from

INQUEST ON BARON DE BODE.
An inquest was held, at a quarter past two o'clock on-
Monday, at 18, Grove-end-road, St. John's Wood, by Mr.
Mills, on the body of Clement Joseph Philippe Pen
Baron de Bode, aged 69, who died, as already stated,
suddenly, on Friday evening last.
Mr. Augustus Wilkins (son of the deceased) was
sworn, and said that he resided at Whetstone. Very
frequently visited at the baron's house. During his
father's last illness, which commenced a month ago, he
had remained with him continually. Deceased had fre-
quently complained of violent pains in the head and
chest, especially during the last fortnight. He had been
under the homoeopathic treatment of Dr. Epps, who had
attended him nearly six years. Dr. Epps called on him
in the middle of the day on Friday last, but had not
visited him during the three preceding days, as the de-
ceased had so much improved in health. On Friday
witness was with his father during his supper, he was
then in cheerful spirits, but presently complained of
shooting pains, and observing that the supper had dis-
agreed with him, asked for a glass of water. Witness
handed it to him, but while drinking it deceased fell back
into his sod's arms, and died almost instantly. Witness
sent his brother to Dr. Shute, who came immediately,
but life was extinct.

WINDSOR—MONDAY.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by
Viscount Canning, Lord Waterpark, and Colonel Sey-
mour. went out to shoot in the neighbourhood of Nor-
folk Farm this forenoon, and returned to the Castle at
two o'clock.
Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, and Lord and
Lady Bloomfield, took leave of her Majesty and the
Prince this morning, and left the Castle for London.
This afternoon, betwecn three and four o'clock, the
horses were brought round to the quadrangle for her
Majesty's usual ride, but a heavy squall of rain coming
On, they were ordered back to stables, and about five
o'clock, the weather having cleared up a little, her Ma-
jesty and the Prince drove out together in their pony
Phaeton and pair, attended by outriders and the equer-
ries in waiting, Colonel Buckley and Colonel Seymour
About the same time the royal children were taken ou
for pony exercise in the Home-park.
The following distinguished personages are invited to
join the dinner party at the royal table this evening :
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in
'Waiting to her Royal Highness and the Baroness de
Speth, the Marquis of Downshire, Viscount Canning
the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Mr. and the
lion. Mrs. Anson.

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abroad, the receipts coastwise having been scanty in the
extreme ; nearly the whole of those received from Ire-
land have consisted of this year's growth. The weight
of the new Irish is barely so heavy as it has been some
previous seasons, but the quality of those hitherto re-
ceived has in other respects been good ; the prices
realised for the best have been 30s. to 325. per quarter.
Old Corn, whether of home or foreign growth, has been
held at full terms ; and it was difficult, on Friday, to
purchase good fresh parcels at the prices current in the
beginning of the week.
The operations in English Beans have, from the want
of supplies, been unimportant; holders have, however,
exhibited great firmness, and needy buyers have had to
pay very full prices. Egyptian Beans in bond have been
inquired for, and as much as 355. per quarter has been
paid.
Peas have come to hand very sparingly; and with
but little passing in the article, we have no alteration to
notice in quotations.
The inquiry for Indian Corn has rather slackened,
and it is impossible to obtain the extreme rates of last
week either for floating cargoes or for parcels on the
spot.

Theodore Henry Shute, of 21, Wellington-road, was
called in to deceased last Friday evening, but when he
arrived life was extinct. He had made a post merlon ex-
amination, and considered the immediate cause of death
to be loss of power in the heart, from ossification, and
effusion in the pericardium.
By the CORONER—Could give no specific reason for
death occurring on that evening, except perhaps in-
creased excitement. But still, from the extensive ossi-
fication displayed by deceased, death might have hap-
pened in the absence of all excitement.
-Mr. Mims having addressed the jury, they unani-
mously gave a verdict of " Natural death from ossifica-
tion of the coronary artery, produced by natural causes,
but hastened by anxiety of mind, consequent on the
state of his affairs?'

RISON-lIREAKING.—On Monday morning, a man:,
named Edmund Pithers who had given himself up a_s deserter from the 28th9Regiment of Foot on Saturda
last, effected his escape from the Windsor Borough Gaol,
by breaking through the ceiling and roof of the room in
which he was confined, and then letting himself down
into the back premises of the Five Bells public house,
which adjoin the prison. Mr. Parker, the landlord,
seeing a man come rolling over the roof of an out-
building in his yard, and quietly walk out into the road
towards the Great Park, immediately gave information
to the gaoler, when the prisoner was pursued, retaken,
and more securely confined, until the order arrives from
the Horse Guards for his removal to the regiment from
which he deserted.
CASUALITY ON TUE RIVER G
MERSEY.—O Srda
night, shortly after the eight o'clock boat had lef Monk's Ferry, she narrowly escaped a collision with the Wood-
side steamer, which was seen bearing down upon her
with great speed. To all the loud cries of " Stop her 1"
which wounded through the boat, the engineer paid no
attention, and the two vessels, to the great alarm of a
crowd of passengers, barely cleared each other. A 5 the
Monk's Ferry-boat was rapidly running ashore, the ser-
vices of the engineer were still required to stop the
engine and reverse the paddles, but he remained deaf to
all the orders so vociferously urged. The result was,
that the vessel ran ashore southward of Wc,odside slip,
and remained till the rising tide enabled her to paddle
off. The Passengers were loud in their expressions of
dissatisfaction at the conduct of the engineer. It turned
out, on inquiry, that " the fireman had gone during that
trip to make his markets," leaving the engine in charge
of one individual, who, when called on to stop the vessel,
was below, attending to the furnace. The commissioners
will, without doubt, make such arrangements as will pre-
vent a recurrence of similar neglect.—Liverpool Albion.
TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMAN.—The inhabitants
of Camberwell parish have presented the Rev. W. C.
%de with a beautiful chased- siver epe gn,, also with
elegantly bound copies of D'Oyley and Ihnts' and
Scott's Bibles, and a purse of 500/., raised by subscrip-
ion, as a testimony of their sense of the zeal and
rsie„litY with which he has discharged the duties of curate
" ‘4oPsrleh, tiliwing a period of twenty-seven years.

PRANCE e. ENGLAND.—The comfort of travelling
on French railways is
much before the English. W.
find the second-class carriages well lined and padded.
with cushioned seats, glass windows, and lamps for the
tnnnels, quite equal to many of the English first-class.
Private Letter.
TSB SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—On Sunday the
4th of October, the moon beingstrong fulls a.
Et
varying
ory'cilnogckainpotihnet
evening, the wind blowing
or two occasionally, we had
gale bringing the waves on lvery high tide, the
shore with unusual vio-
lence ; the effect of hick was apparent when the tide
went back on part of the sea wall between Dawlish
and Teignmoutb, we believe a short distance on the
Dawlish side of the Parson and Clerk Tunnel ; the
only consequence is, that the trains have gone very
slowly over the part which appears to be shaken. The
train with third class passengers, which came up this
morning, had the benefit of a salt water bath for nothing;
the sea wall breaking the waves into spray, the wind
blows the spray over and on board the third class car-
riages in great style. We are informed by
myany competent.rsea
authority, that there has not been a gale for
of such violence, at such juncture, or one that was more
calculated to test the stability of the South Devon line.
—Besley's Devonshire Chronicle.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT NEWCASTLE.--A fire was
discovered about three o'clock on Sunday morning in
the extensive premises of Messrs. Richardson and Coxon,
linen-drapers, Grey-street and Market-street, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne. The fire was discovered issuing from the
roof, and an alarm having been given, the engines were
soon upon the spot, when it was ascertained that the
premises adjoining, occupied by Messrs. Alder, Dunn,
and Co., and known as the Albion House, were also on
fire, which appeared to be confined to the upper part of
the building. The engines were well supplied with
water, and the exertions of the firemen being admirably
supported by the police, the fire was subdued in the
course of little more than an hour. The upper part of
Messrs. Richardson and Coxon's premises was used as a
warehouse, and nearly the whole of the goods in it have
been injured or destroyed. The upper rooms of the
Albion House were occupied as sleeping apartments, and
the fire is supposed to have arisen in ono of these, and to
have spread to the next building.

TII_E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNANG, OCTOBER 7, I 8 g.

to London. About 80 lasts of old. mixedi weighing
601 b. per buihel, had been taken on Jersey account at
48s. 6d. ; whilst for a parcel of fine mixed, the growth
of 1842, 50s. 6d. per qr. had been paid by a local
speculator.
prom Rostock we have advices of the 28th of Sep-
tember. No supplies of new corn had then yet reached
that market ; and, there being scarcely any stocks in
granary, the little on hand had been held at high terms,
say 535. to 545. per qr. for the best wheat.
Aet Hamburgh, on Tuesday, wheat did not excite much
attention, the high prices asked having checked the in-
quiry ; tolerable good qualities of red, on the spot,
were then held at 525. to 535., and for heavy parcels, to
be shipped at outports, 525. per qr., free on board, had
been asked. A good deal of business had been done in
Danish barley, and from 235. 9d. to 255. 3d. per qr.,
according
to weight, &c., had been paid. Oats had
also been in fair request, and for 40lbs. quality, to
be shipped for a Danish port, 21s. 3d. per qr. had
been realised.

In the Dutch and Belgian markets wheat was still
tending upwards, according to the latest accounts.
In the Mediterranean attention appears to have been
directetl more to Indian corn than to wheat ; at Mar-
seilles as much as 325. to 331. per qr., free on board,
had been paid for the article, and prices had risen nearly
in the same proportion at other ports.
Letters from Trieste quote the price there, on the
24th of September, 28s. to 295. per qr., and at Ancona,
on the 23d ult., the price was 24i. 6d. per qr.—Mark•
lane Express.

PROCLAMATION OF THE COUNT

MAGAZINES —(CONTINUED)
COLBURIVS UNITED SERVICE.
The most generally interesting article in the pre-
sent number is the " Narrative of Colonel Des-
pard's Expedition into the Interior of New Zealand,
during the months of June and July, 1845." The
narrative of the attack on the natfe -.fortress of 0
Ilaiovvai is very graphically written. The " History
of the Seikhs and the Punjaub," is continued, and is
brought down to the period of the death of Old
Runjeet Singh. There are, moreover, several useful
articles on professional subjects in the present number,
and a most pathetic and beautifully-told tale, illus-
trative of the hardships which every military officer
must endure who depends upon his profession for his
living, entitled " Selling out."

THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. •
By Gilbert A. A'Beckett. Part IV.
Right merrily, but yet without any violation of the
(we were about to say truth—but where in history is
truth to be found ?)—of the records of history does
Mr. A'Beckett carry us through the reigns of John
and Henry 111. These sovereigns were, according to
Mr. A'Beckett, the "true old original Bill Swindlers."
For example—
" Henry bad been married about a year, when he had
the coolness to ask the nathfn for the expenses of his
wedding. The Barons declared that they had never been
consulted about the matter, and that the kingup to the last
hour of his remaining a single man had acted with great
duplicity. Finding it useless to command, he resorted to
the old plan of humbug, and fell back upon his old
frond Magna Charta, which he confirmed once more, for
about the fifth or sixth time, and of course got the money
he required. This great Bill of Rights was to him a sort
of stereotyped bill of exchange, upon which he could al-
ways raise a sum of money by going through the for-
mality of a fresh acceptance."
The illustrations, by Leech, are first-rate.

DE MONTEMOLIN.
Basques and Navarrese —The revolution, involved in
the chaos of its fatal measures, urges us on towards the
abyss in which it hopes to bury your liberties, rights,
and privileges—those precious gifts derived from the
virtue and heroism of your ancestors. Not content with
having traitorously and shamefully violated the most
sacred of your venerable institutions, it has proved false
to the very promises with which it deceived the incau-
tious, credulous, and docile children of Biscay and
Navarre, and trampled under its ignoble foot that con-
stitution which, if its theory had been realised, might
have conferred happiness on a nation with laws less wise
and well considered than those of Iberia. The Govern-
ment under whose yoke you groan, and which, whilst
you were armed, promised you a hundred times the pre-
servation of your privileges, is about to strike a mortal
blow at your dearest interests now that it thinks you
powerless.
The tributary system, the offspring of error and mis-
conduct, is about to plunge you into the most abject
poverty. Your sons and your brothers, torn from their
hearths by the Quinta, are about to swell the ranks of
your oppressors. The disloyal and anti-national banner
unfurled within your provinces is a perfidious snare to
deprive you of the most vigorous of your youth. The
extraction of salt, the culture and preparation of tobacco,
the free exercise of your industry and commerce, are
about to be abolished by a stroke of the pen. Your
forests, which have hitherto given you such rich profits,
are quickly destined to pass into the power of your ro-
c acious governors, not to be applied for the benefit of the
country ; in short, you will see yourselves deprived of
your deputations, which constitute your power and the
wisdom of your legislation. You will no longer have
those fathers of the provinces who represent your rights
and defend your interests. All your prosperity is about
to vanish for ever. You well know, by experience, what
credit ought to be given to those deceitful promises of
peace and liberty. Soon will you experience the re-
sults of your generous but imprudent confidence, if you
do not hasten to throw off the yoke which is attempted
to be imposed on you.
Will you ever consent, Basques and Navarrese, to
such degradation? Will you suffer an outrage which is a
stain on your nobility, your loyalty, and your reputa-
tion? Will you longer bear this tyrannical, and at the
same time shameful oppression?

Oh! forbid that foilr enemies should complete your
sllyery and ruin! Beware, lest, once enchained, it may
be difficult to break the fetters which bind you.
Basques and Navarrese! at the words "Lanrac-bat "
let the four provinces rise like a single man! Come,
fly to enlist under the banner of your lawful Prince,
whose sovereignty is the representation of your liberties,
your wealth, and prosperity ; of the august young
Prince, the prisoner of Bourges, whose paternal and
beneficent sentiments you know, lie has sent the olive
branch to his enemies! nobly and generously offering
himself as the holocaust, as the expiatory victim.
The enemies of the country, presuming, without doubt,
on our peacefui and conciliatory aspect, in exchange for
the kiss of peace which we offered them, have replied by
insults and sarcasms, with which their odious journals
are daily filled. Instead of receiving the olive branch
as a pledge of concord, they have rejected it with arro-
gant contempt. Basques and Navarrese, we have
fulfilled our duty by this offer of peace! Let the
responsibility of the evils which are about to ensue
fall with all its weight on those who excite them.
Eternal war to the malevolent who have refused peace.
Let us unfurl the standard of true liberty, order, and
justice.

CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. By Albert Smith.

Charles VI. is the envoy of Providence to restore to
you prosperity and happiness, of which you have been
so many years deprived. It is he who can make you
happy, who has promised you a noble, benignant, and
protecting Government worthy of your sentiments.
Basque s and Navarrese, Charles Louis is not a
despot, the antagonist of progress and of sound liberty,
as his enemies have asserted. This youthful Prince,
an exile from his most tender years, has learned to
govern in the school of misfortune ; in it he has studied
the wants of his generation, and the means of satisfy-
ing them in conformity with duty and justice. His
knowledge, his frankness, his amiability, and his many
virtues are known to you. Who but he has claims to
your love and loyalty ? To whom but to him is it
given to put an end to the evils which afflict you ?
Basques and Navarrese, let union and decision be our
device ! Let us forget old feuds, if, indeed, any re-
main in our memories. Let us know, for once, what are
our real interests, and save our country and our honour
from the disgrace which threatens them.
Long live the King 1 True liberty for ever ! Long
live our ancient Constitutions ! Long live our Fueror 1
Camp of Honour and True Liberty,
at the foot of the Pyrenees, Sep-
tember 14, 1846.

Part IL

In the third chapter, with which the present
number opens we are introduced to the hero, Chris-
topher Tadpole, working in a salt mine in Cheshire.
The description of the descent down the shaft, and of
the progress of the party in the mine is admirable!
The poor boy Christopher, who has been transferred
to the care of one of the miners, a brutal fellow who
constantly ill-uses him, succeeds in making his
escape from the mine, and is taken under the pro-
tection of a party of strolling exhibitors, with whom
we leave him for the present. In the fourth chapter
we are introduced to Mr. Gudge's home, his cham-
bers, and his clerk. His home is a cottage at
Brompton :
" Mr. Gudge's cottage—Coke Villa it was called—
was a thing to look at, and would have repaid a walk
out of the way, even over a gravelly soil, with thin
boots on the wane. It was composed by a cunning
builder, of all sorts of bits of different orders of archi-
tecture, which had once belonged to large mansions ; as
people who have a few friends in the evening, after a
dinner party, spoon up the different breken moulds of
cream and jelly into glasses, to form one festive dish.
There was a porch that might have done for a Grecian
temple, with vases on the top of the New Road-street-
dooric style, flanked by Gothic windows of stained
glass around which shells were stuck, in cement, by
way of making a border. Along the roof was a carved
wooden gable, with a tall spike sticking up in the centre,
like a lightning conductor, suggesting only one idea,
similar to that prompted by the extinguisher steeple in
Langhana-place—what an awkward point it would be
for a fat man to tumble upon out of a balloon. Right
and left were two niches containing figures : the one of
Shakspere, and the other of a little brigand, gaily
painted—one of those contrabandists who guard the
sun-dried cheroots and Jem Crow pipes in cheap to-
bacconists' windows.

" There was a lawn in front, with a grotto and a
fountain, bordered by white flints and clinkers, and
large shells. The fountain never worked well, from
something wrong in its inside. It would at times play
furiously for four hours in the middle of the night, and
then stop for a week ; and next, upon being started, go
off all round horizontally, instead of up in the air,
creating great confusion among the bystanders ; so
that it could not be altogether considered a hit. But, as
Mrs. Gudge observed, " the nobs always thought a deal
of fountains," and, therefore, the little leaden boy, who
who was constantly engaged in the hopeless task of en-
deavouring to blow a tune through a stone nightcap,
with the tassel end to his mouth, was held in some re-
verence, and permitted to remain ; chiefly, however, for
the edification of two feeble-minded gold-fish, who went
round and round after one another, in some dim water,
gaping and staring as though they had been holiday
visitors at the National Gallery, or British Museum."
Hl3 chambers were in Clement's Inn, and his clerk,
Sprouts. While at his chambers Gudge hears of the
evasion of Christopher from the salt mine, and em-
ploys a baked-potato-man, light Josh Skittler, whose
knowledge of all the blackguards of London is per-
fect, to watch and spy for the advent of Christopher
(for he takes it for granted he will make for London),
with orders to bring him (Gudge) immediately any
information he may obtain on the subject. The
Gudges then proceed to Sir F. Arden's fete at Rich-
mond, and the confusion created among the fashion-
able exclusives by the appearance of the vulgar
Gudges, and the various contretemps to which that
appearance gives rise, are most amusingly described.
Sir Frederick, however, even during the fete, finds
that it is impossible to do without Gudge. Josh
Skittler, accompanied by Sprouts, has arrived, bear-
ing a note from the Cheshire agent of Gudge, con-
firming the report of the escape of Christopher from
the mine. This note he puts into the hands of Sir
Frederick, who from that moment is more attentive
to Gudge than ever.

FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW.
The present number sustains the high character of
this periodical as a faithful record of masonic intelli-
gence, and a champion always ready to do battle in
the cause of the craft. The freemasons have reason
to be proud of this, their organ.

A CHILD SUFFOCATED AT ITS MOTHER'S BREAST......
Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Surrey
Arms Tavern, Thomas street, Kennington, respecting
the death of Harriet Lloyd, aged five weeks, whose
parents reside at No. 25, James-street, Camberwell
New-road. The deceased was the daughter of a com-
positor. On Wednesday afternoon last the mother fell
asleep on the sofa with the deceased in her arms, and
when she awoke sometime afterwards she discovered the
child quite insensible and black in the face. She imme-
diately conveyed the deceased to the surgery of Mr.
Carr, in the Camberwell New-road, who pronounced
that life was extinct. He subsequently made a post,
mortem examination of the body and found that death
had arisen from suffocation, most probably from pres-
sure against its mother's breast whilst lying on the
sofa. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death."
ANOTHER RISE IN THE PRICE or BREAD.—MOII-
- the bakers of the metronolis advanced the price of
the 41b. loaf to 10d., with an intimation that before the
termination of the present week a still further advance in
price will take place. At most of the second price shops
also, the 7d. loaf was increased to Bd., but some trades-
men were selling at lid.
In the Ballinasloe Star, just published, the follow-
in appears:—" ALARAIING RUMOUR.—Just as we were
going to press, a report, which has rapidly spread through
town, reached us, to the effect that r. Monaghan, of
Heath Lawn, the father of the Solicitor-General, was
fired at last night. We have made every inquiry which
our brief time renders possible, without being able to
learn the particulars, but we are led to believe that there
is no further foundation for the rumour than the fact
that Mr. Monaghan has been threatened."
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS IN YORK.—During the
present week this city has been honoured with the pre-
sence of several distinguished personages from France,
who are making the tour of this country, to inspect the
railways and other great public works. The party com-
prised his Excellency Monsieur Dumont, Chief Secre-
tary of State for the Department of Public Works;
Monsieur Girod de l'Ain, private secretary to his Ex-
celleney; Monsieur Teisserenc de Bort, Member of the
Chamber of Deputies, and Chief Commissioner of the
Railway Department; Monsieur Hochet, Conseiller i la
Cour des Comptes; Monsieur Dillion, Consul for France
at Newcastle; Monsieur Trubert, and Monsieur Deles-
sert, son of the Prefect of Police in Paris. The Hon.
Member for Sunderland, George Hudson, Esq., having
been officially apprised of their intended visit to this city,
came down specially to receive them. They have
visited various parts of Scotland, and arrived via New-
castle in this city. On Monday they were occupied
throughout the day in inspecting the immense factory
and buildings of the York and North Midland Railway
Company, and they appeared highly delighted with the
various works, and the order and regularity which is
maintained throughout the establishment. Afterwards
they inspected every other object worthy of attraction
in our venerable and important city. In the evening,
Mr. Hudson entertained the distinguished strangers at
ohrk this city, ad the ho-
nour, R. Davies, Esq., and
to be of,the party. Subsequently they appeared at
dotihnaerergeaTtlheme
eLno r
connecteMayd
of
wYi
the grand ball and supper given by the Earl de Grey
and the officers of the Yorkshire Hussars. On the follow-
ing morning, attended by the Lord Mayor and R. Da-
vies, Esq., they proceeded by an early train to Scarbo-
rough, where they partook of an elegant breakfast, fur-
nished by Mr. Hill, at the refreshment rooms. After
making a hasty survey of the delightful scenery at this
fashionable resort, they returned to this city, and from
thence proceeded to Leeds the same afternoon. Mr.
Hudson having an important engagement at Derby OD
Tuesday, was unable to attend his guests to Scarborough.
They expressed themselves greatly gratified by the polite
attention and hospitality of the Hon. Member for Sun-
derland, and the general kindness evinced by the other
gentlemen connected with the York and North Midlands
Railway. On Wednesday the distinguished party ar-
*rived as Shtffield, where they were met by Mr. Barlow,
engineer of the Midland Railway, and, attended by him,
they proceeded on a trip of inspection over that gigantic
undertaking, and its various branches, as far as Bristol.—
York si tire Gazette
On Thursday, a silver snuff-box was presented to
J. U. Argent, Esq., comptroller of customs, by the
fishermen of Brightlingsea, as a mark of their grati-
tude for his advice and assistance to the Colne Fishing
Company in their successful remonstrances against some
injurious clauses in the convention between this country
and France.— Ipswich Express.
ROYAL WILLIAM VICTUALLING YARD.—NO corn
' has yet been received at the Royal William Victualling •
P yard, for the purpose of being ground as food for the
Irish. Everything is ready at the yard to begin.—De-
; vonport Independent.