The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-20 00:00:00

THE CAPACITIES OF THE NEGRO

LITERATURE.

MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LI-
BRARY. No. XXXVllL—Journeys across the
Pampas.; By Sir Francis B. Head.
Circumstances of a calamitous nature have latterly
attracted the attention of Europeans to the republics
of South America; and from the intelligence acquired
in consequence of that attention, the interest of man-
kind has been aroused in behalf the inhabitants of
those magnificent and extraordinary regions. From
the isthmus of Panama down to the straits of
Magellan, from the eastward extremity of
Cape St. Roque to the westward extremity of
Cape Blanco, that continent presents a con-
tinuous surface of verdure, developed either in
the shape of gigantic forests, of cultivated plantations,
of arable land producing a most remunerative crop,
of savanahs, or prairies, or what are here peculiarly
called the flowery pampas, extending nine hundred
miles from the shores of he Atlantic to the base of
the Cordilleras. This beautiful and singular level,
occupying so large a portion of La Plata, is thus
strangely divided. After starting from the metro-
politan city of Buenos Ayres, the first region of the
pampas is profusely strewed with clover and
thistles for one hundred and eighty miles ; the
second region is remarkable for its carpetting of long
grass, and stretches further inland four hundred and
fifty miles ; the third region, which proceeds thence
to the feet of the Andes, is plentifully covered with
stunted trees and dwarf shrubs. The alternation of the
crops, and the marvellous transformation of appear-
ance occurring periodically in the first region, is so
remarkable in itself, and is so picturesquely described
by Sir Francis Head in the very commencement of
his miniature narrative, that we shall pilfer one
paragraph therefrom :
"In winter the leaves of the thistles are large and
luxuriant, and the whole surface of the country has the
rough appearance of a turnip field. The clover in this
season is extremely rich and strong; and the sight of the
wild cattle, grazing in full liberty on such pasture, is
very beautiful. In spring; the clover has vanished, the
leaves of the thistles have extended along the ground,
and the country still looks like a rough crop of turnips.
In less than a month the change is most extraordinary ;
the whole region becomes a luxuriant wood of enormous
thistles, which have suddenly shot up to a height of ten
or eleven feet, and are all in full bloom. The road or
path is hemmed in on both sides ; the view is
completely obstructed ; not an animal is to be seen ;
and the stems of the thistles are so close to each
other, and so strong, that, independent of the prickles
with which they are armed, they form an impenetrable
barrier. The sudden growth of these plants is quite
astonishing; and though it would be an unusual misfor-
tune in military history, yet it is really possible that an
invading army, unacquainted with this country, might
be imprisoned by these thistles before they had time to
escape from them. The summer is not over before the
scene undergoes another rapid change; the thistles sud•
denly lose their sap and verdure, their heads droop, the
leaves shrink and fade, the stems become black and dead,
and they remain rattling in the breeze one against the
other, until the violence of the pampero or hurricane
levels them to the ground, where they rapidly decom-
pose and disappear—the clover rushes up, and the scene
is again verdant."
Accustomed as we are to our more northerly
climate, and to the more homely. and less surprising
landscapes of England, it is eminently refreshing to
be transported in imagination to a country presenting
features of a character so peculiarly and pleasantly
dissimilar. In the present little volume, of a most
unassuming nature, we are afforded a glimpse of
those remote scenes, and glimpses of their population,
and glimpses of travelling adventure, and glimpses of
mercantile secrets, all jumbled together, it is true, in
most bewildering disorder, but natural, keen, ob-
servant, to the life. The author apologises for the
scrambling quality of his chapters, after having al-
ready assured us in his title-page that the contents
were nothing more ostentatious than " rough notes."
He had no reason whatever for tendering any such
apology. Every reader will feel thankful for the
carelessness of the style, sometimes even for its
actual slovenliness. They will recognise in the broken
sentences and occasionally in the scarcely coherent
paragraphs, the authentications of the sketches
they embody. Some pages we could almost con-
jecture had been penned by Mr. Alfred Jingle, of
No Hall, Nowhere. For example :—" We galloped
across the plain—forty-five miles—each at our best
pace—proceeded straggling, like the wounded
Curiatii." It must have bean Jingle, however, in
his most graphic temperament, in such a tempera-
ment as that in which he described himself to have
been to Mr. Tupman, when he (Jingle) wrote an epic
poem and fought in a Spanish insurrection during
one and the same day—" whizz ! bang !—another
idea—into wine-shop—pop him down, &c." Sir
Francis informs us, in the introduction, that during
the South - American - mining - company - phobia,
which some years ago set every one almost
as, mad as the railway speculation did last year,
he himself had the sole management of one of
those companies; that he was suddenly induced to
take charge of an association to work the gold
and silver mines- of the provinces of Rio de la
Plata; and that in consequence of that abrupt
arrangement he started a few days afterwards
from Falmouth and landed at Buenos Ayres. These
circumstances, while they fully account for the
author's journey thither, evince the fact of his being
a man of impulse, and thereby prepare us for the
sparkling, but eccentric, descriptions which resulted
from the excursion. Sir Francis Head is, from the
peculiarities of his temperament, an admi-
rable delineator of the scenery in the vicinity
of which he was a temporary sojourner.
And among the happiest of his delineations
of external life we may instance his account
of the Pampas Indians, the aboriginal inhabitants of
South America. Their living wholly, upon mare's
flesh ; their occasionally indulging in the luxury of a
bath of mare's blood to their hair; their skimming
over their pampas continually onhorseback, and never
on foot—every little characteristic is caught up by the
observant eye of the traveller, and recorded with a
faithful pencil. As he is most credible, however, in
the relation of externals, the author is most incredible
in his remarks upon the moral and intellectual features
of South ,American society ; he is, as already ob-
served, a being of impulses—he looks there through a
distorting medium, and pourtrays in caricatura.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
Powrsatorrrer, Nov. 19.—The two good service pen-
sions. which became vacant in the Royal Marine force by
the promotion of Colonels Lawrence and Nicolls to the
rank of Major-General in the army, have been conferred
upon Colonels M'Callum, of Portsmouth, and Menzies,
of the Chatham division. The services of these veterans
arc thus recorded in Allen's New Navy List :
"J. M‘Callum, First-Lieutenant, serving in the
Dreadnought at Trafalgar, and in the Endymion at the
passage of the Dardanelles, and destruction of the
Turkish squadron at Point Pasquies, 1807.
" C. Menzies, First-Lieutenant, and commanded a de-
tachment of marines; landed at Port Jackson, during' an
insurrection of convicts, 1804, and was mainly instru-
mental in restoring tranquillity in the colony ; served in
the boats of the Minerva at the capture of five luggers
protected by a battery in Finisterre Bay ; was in the
barge at the capture of the Spanish privateer Buena
Dicha, of one long gun and 26 men ; commanded a boat
at the capture of a Spanish gun-boat at Carril ; and
commanded the marines at the stormiag of Fort Finil-
terre, 1806, served in boats at the capture of the
Spanish privateer San Josef, and landed and made pri-
soner the Spanish commodore ; was in command of the
marines at the capture of the Fort Guardia, and was
slightly wounded in cutting out the French corvette
Moselle in Basque roads ; served at the taking of Fort
Camarinas and gun•boats, and was repeatedly engaged
in boat actions and against batteries. Gazetted 1806."
We take the services of the following officers appointed
to command from the same excellent source :
" Commander V. A. Masaingberd (1842), appointed
to the Alecto, vice Austen promoted ; was Senior Lieu-
tenant of the Blenheim in China.
" Commander E. C. T. D'Eyncourt (1841), to the
Comus, vice Thompson, promoted ; was Lieutenant of
the Calliope, and wounded in the operations against
Canton, and was at the capture of that city.
" Commander H. M. Ellicomb (1841), to the Rolla,
vice Simpson ; was Lieutenant of the Ringdove on the
coast of Spain, and employed at the sieges of Bilbca
during the civil war in 1836 and 1837.
" Lieutenant Rivers (1841), to the Nautilus, vice
M'Donnel, promoted ; was mate of the Calliope and
senior Lieutenant of the Sulphur during the principal
operations against the cities and coasts of China in 1841
and 1842, including the capture of the height 4 of Can-
ton, when be served on shore with the army and was
wounded. Officially mentioned on several occasions."
Lieutenant Thurburn (1841), first of the Harlequin,
is appointed to command the Griffon, vice Wilmot,
promoted.
Lietenant Western (1841), is appointed to command
the Jackal, vice Pasco, promoted.
The Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hope, was at
Buenos Ayres on the 11th of September, blockading.
Her marines were landed and quartered in Victoria
Barracks. It was expected there would be a break up
of the squadron when Admiral Inglefield left for China,
to take the chief command on that station, but the Fire-
brand expected to remain in the river Plate until a more
settled state of affairs in that quarter.
There is no truth whatever in the statement by a con-
temporary that every other port on the lower deck of
the Vengeance is to be caulked.
The Crocodile troop ship, Commander Lowe, was un-
docked to-day, and the Resistance docked in her room.
The Lively navy-lighter arrived to-day from Plymouth
with stores.
WOOLWICH, Nov. 19.—The Centaur steam-frigate of
1,270 tons burthen, built at Portsmouth from a design
of Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, and fitted
with engines of 540-horse power, by Boulton, Watt, and
Co., was tried down the river to day to ascertain the
working order of her engines. Tho Centaur left her
moorings at Blackwell under the charge of Commander
Smith of the William and Mary yacht shortly after 12
o'clock, and proceeded down the river under the direction
of Master-Commander Allen of the Black Eagle, answer-
ing remarkably well to her helm, and affording evi-
dence that her engines were in excellent condition, and
well adjusted, as there was not the slightest appearance
of heating during the preliminary experimental trial.
Amongst the officers present to witness the working of
the engines and capabilities of the vessel, were Captain
Sir George Otway, Bart., Captain Knox, Captain Jones,
Captain Pleydell Bouvcrie (of the Royal Navy), Mr.
Pontter (of the Trinity Company), Mr. Lloyd (chief
engineer of the Woolwich Dockyard), Mr. Samuds, Mr.
Wigram, Mr. Mylne, Mr. Dangleish, and Mr. Brown (of
the firm of Boulton, Watt, and Co.), with numerous
other scientific gentlemen. The engines were under the
charge of Mr. Taylor, . first engineer in the Royal Navy,
and on starting made 18 revolutions per minute, which
was considered a fair average speed with wheels 28 fret
in diameter and a stroke of six feat in the engines. As
the vessel proceeded down the river she acquired a
greater degree of speed, making from 19i to 20 revolu-
tions per minute, and gliding through the water with
the greatest ease and steadiness. The trip being merely
of a preliminary nature, Mr. Lloyd did not calculate her
speed at the measured mile in Long-reach, but it was
ascertained by a private time-piece that she performed
that distance in 6 minutes 18 seconds, although not at
full speed.
The Centaur is 200 feet long by 37 feet broad, and
strongly built. The engines are of the most substantial
construction, and finished with great nicety, as was
shown by the excellence of their working on their first
trial. They are similar in principle, with improvements,
to those of the Virago steamer, fitted by the same firm.
Some idea may be formed of the strength of the various
parts, when it is stated that the ceutre shaft alone
weighed thirteen tons when it left the forge, being con-
structed of malleable iron, and beautifully finished. The
cylinders are 85i inches in diameter, and the working
pressure to-day 61bs. to the square inch. The engine-
room is well ventilated, and access to every part of the
engines obtained in the easiest manner. There are six
boilers, which can be worked together or seperately,
according to the quantity of steam required, and a very
great improvement has been effected in lettering the
stopcocks of the boilers, such as F. for front boiler, M. B.
for middle boiler, to enable any stoker or other person
to turn off or on the proper boiler without the chance of
mistake. There is also a waste steam-engine for work-
ing the pumps, and every appliance to render the engines
perfect. The vessel turned at Greenhithe, and, on
arriving at Woolwich, was attached to moorings along-
side the coal depot. She has been in charge of Mr.
William Grant, her carpenter, since she was brought
round from Portsmouth to be fitted with her engines.
The Avon steam-vessel, Captain Denham, arrived to-
day, and while her steam was up went up the river to
tow the Growler steam-vessel to Woolwich.
The Gorgon arrived at Woolwich shortly after twelve
o'clock, and will be paid off here.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Nov. 18.—T. D. Conconi, clerk's assistant, to the Per-
seus; W. H. Sloggett, assistant surgeon, to the Thetis;
IL J. S. Walker, clerk, to the Mutine; William Methe-
rell, boatswain, confirmed; John Albert Belond, third
engineer, to the Violet; James Thurburn, lieutenant fuel
commander, to the Griffon; J. R. Baker, lieutenant and
commander; to the Ardent.
Nov. 19.—William Thomas Clifton, master's assistant,
to the Albatross; W. H. Hills, clerk, to the Naiad;
Dennis, clerk's assistant, to the Albatross; John Boul-
ton, acting second master, to the Adder; Edward Maun-
der, acting second master, to the Medusa; Frederick T.
Carr, master's assistant, to the Ocean; Rev. W.S. Miller,
chaplain, to the Vengeance; J. G. Trewin, and B. S.
Grose, master's assistants, to the Caledonia; William
Watson, clerk's assistant, to the Thetis; Richard Mun-
day, clerk's assistant, to the Birkenhead; George Munro,
clerk, to the Naiad; William Kitt, boatswain, to the
Actaeon ; John G unnis Lean, paymaster and purser, R.
P. R. Sparrow, acting assistant surgeon, T. S. Gilpin,
master's assistant, John G. Twine, acting gunner, James
Phipps, boatswain, James Carter, carpenter, and Henry
V. Haggard, lieutenant, to the Resistance.

RACE.
14 Among the negro race, with all their disadvantages,
4'l many examples may be adduced which prove their intel-
• ligence, ingenuity, and bravery, and indicate that under
other circumstances they would not be of that inferior
grade which they are now said to be. Among theiseex-..
amples there is Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Napo eon or
X'' the blacks. He has written his name in history. There
"4' is also Lislet, a negro of the Isle of France, e,whowas
named Corresponding Member of the French Institute,
J" on account of his meteorological observations. An negro,
likewise, named Hannibal, distinguished
himself as
.a
Id" colonel of artillery in the Russian service. The Ameri-
can United State of Maryland has produced two emi-
"c nent blacks. The first of these was named Richard Ban-
neker, the author of an almanack, and celebrated for his
• astronomical calcalations. The other was named Fuller,
and was an extraordinary example of quickness of reck-
oning. Being suddenly asked, for the purpose of trying
his powers, how many seconds a person had lived who
was 27 years and some months old, he gave the answer
47' in a minute and a half. On reckoning it up after him,
rc-- a different result was obtained. " Have you not for-
-7 gotten the leap years ?" said the ne,gro. The omission
was supplied, and the result of the sum then agreed with
his answer. Thomas Jenkins, the son of an African
king, became a stipendiary Scotch schoolmaster, in-
structed himself in Latin and Greek, and finished his
studies at college. Lott Cary, a Virginian slave, in-
structed himself; made himself useful in business, saved
money, purchased his own liberty and that of his
4-` family, and afterwards assisted in founding the
• African Colony of liberated blacks, at Cape Mon-
' serado, of which settlement he was elected vice-
."... agent. Phillis Wheatley, a young negro girl, a
I.'''. slave at Boston, manifested much talent as a poetess :
• she also translated from the Latin. Paul Cuffee, another
• Boston slave, accumulated a considerable property by
trading in erchant vessels, manned with blacks, and
'l'-` also distinguished himself as a friend of the civilization
""' of Africa. The chiefs of the " Amisted Captives," as
" they were called, whose story is, mentioned at length
2.4 iu the American work of that worthy philanthropist,
Joseph Sturge, appear also to have been intelligent cha-
racters. But we must not forget to mention Placido, the
::*4 bard of Cuba. This negro patriot and poet, although
less celebrated,was of a like spirit to Toussaint L'Ouver-
ture. Delighted by his verses, the young men of
Havannah subscribed together, and purchased his release
from bondage. Placid°, however, not only thought but
-"*.- felt. HA desired to emancipate his race. In 1844,
'`-•- he was arrested, and executed, as the chief of a con-
- • spiracy formed in Cuba, for the purpose of arousing
an insurrection of the negroes. On his way to the
1
place of execution he held a crucifix in his hand, and
repeated aloud a solemn prayer in verse, calling
upon God to rend the veil of calumny which was
cast around him, declaring he was transparent be-
fore the Divine, but ready to submit if it was his
will that men should blaspheme his dust. At the
fatal time he exclaimed, " Farewell, world ! there is no
pity for me. Soldiers, fire !" His body was pierced with
• five balls, but remaining unkilled, he pointed to his
heart and cried, " Fire here P and fell dead, as at the
instant two balls entered his breast. Thus perished
•Placido.—People's Journal.

REDUCTION of the DUTY on TEA.
The Committee of the Liverpool Association for the
Reduction of the Duty on Tea have issued the following
tract, being their first publication :

" Heavy Duties on articles of such general use, and ap-
proaching so closely to the character of necessaries, as Tea,
Coffee, Sugar, &c., are destructive of the comforts of the
eople."—YoutErr ScnorE.

COURT CIRCULA

The Queen and Prince Albert walked early yesterday
in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice rode
on ponies and walked yesterday in the drives of Osborne
House. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was
taken an airing yesterday.
The Earl of Morley, Lord-in-Waiting to her Majesty,
arrived at Osborne House on Wednesday afternoon.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner circle on
Wednesday evening.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of lent arrived at
,Cashiobury Parks, Herta, yesterday afternoon from her
residence, Frogmore House, Windsor, on a visit to her
Majesty the Queen Dowager.
His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg Strelitz, went from Kew, yesterday morn-
ing, to Cashiobury Park, Harts, the residence of her
Majesty the Queen Dowager, and paid a visit to her
Majesty and her Royal Highness the Princess Careline
of Hesse.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday,
at Gloucester House.
The Mayor of Sunderland and Mr. Alderman Moore,
of Sunderland, had an interview with Sir George Grey,
at the Home. office, yesterday.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of the Mauritius.
Mr. Hildyanl, M.P., and Mrs. Hildyard, have arrived
at Panama's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from Newark.

THE BANK DIRECTORS.

Some curiosity had been excited, in the moneyed
circles, as to what might be the result of the weekly
meeting of the Bank directors held yesterday morning.
So much discussion has taken place during the week, on
the snbject of the exchanges, as bearing upon the mone•
tart concerns of the country, that a possibility was felt
to exist of some alteration being made in the rate of in-
terest. The Court of Directors appear, however, to par-
ticipate in no great degree in the apprehensions of par-
ties who have been looking forward to the rapid disap-
pearance of their metallic treasure. It is true that the
late advices from the United States have spoken of large
shipments of grain and other produce for the English
markets, and of a fall in the exchange. The premium
on bills has been quoted at 61 per cent., which would be
equal to 11 per cent. against this currency, but that was
by no means the current rate of the day. First. class
bills commanded, at New York, a premium of 71 to
per cent., a rate equal. nearly, to the par value, and
it is well known that there is no general market for
any other description. But even were the lower rate
named the prevailing one, the margin would be barely
sufficient to cover the charges of transport upon specie
shipped from England. At this season of the year,
when the more active operations of commerce are sus-
pended, there is always a little drooping of the ex-
changes, and, at the present time there is, as regards
the United States, a greater cause for such a state of
things than common. The American merchants are
willing to pause in their transactions until the effect of
the new tariff, coming into operation next month, can
be seen ; but that there will in a few weeks be large
remittances to England in payment for goods shipped
from London and Liverpool, in execution of the spring
orders from America, is unquestionable. A little, and
only a little, specie may, it is thought, be taken in ex-
change for provisions and cotton ; but, contrary to the
general idea, the supplies have this year proved short of
the ordinary quantities. The Custom-house returns
have been repeatedly brought forward in evidence
of the assumed increase, but, on reference to the calcula-
tions of those engaged in the trade, and who may be
believed to be best informed upon the subject, it is found
that there has been actually a falling off. The exchanges
on the continental cities havi, so far, been maintained at
a point altogether favourable to this country, and,
although there has been some decline in the quotations,
the fall would 'seem at length to have reached its limit.
On the last post day (Tuesday) bills were not much in
demand, and the sellers had to content themselves with
the previous rates. The Bank Board have, no doubt,
taken a full and fair review of the various circumstances
here alluded to, and, as there is really now no specula-
tion going on to create uneasiness, hence it is, in all pro-
bability, that they broke up to-day at an earlier hour
than they have been accustomed to do—a proof that
there could be no very troublesome matter before them
for consideration.—Post, City Article.

SURREY THEATRE.
Shakspere's tragedy of Macbeth was produced at this
theatre last night, for the purpose of introducing to a
Surrey audience, and for the first time to the stage, a
gentleman who delights to designate himself Mr. Bayn-
tun Rolt. Whether this be his real name or not we stop
not to inquire, but of this we are certain, that Nature li
never intended him for the stage, or the stage for him ;
and, if he will take a few words of advice from us, the
sooner he gives up all notions with respect to it the better.
Macbeth is. a murderer, but Mr. Bayntun Rolt is a wir-
d erer of a murderer. There is no one redeeming quality
in his acting, and the repetition of the character of
Macbeth by him on Saturday next was announced with
marked disapprobation, by a house consisting evidently
of many of his friends. It is an old adage " that the
least said the soonest mended;" and acting upon this
motto, we leave Mr. Bayntun Bolt and his Macbeth to
the appreciation of the public, premising only that
those who doubt our statement, would do well, in order
to make themselves " competent persons," to criticise
on our remarks, by witnessing Mr. Bayntun Rolt's per-
formance of Macbeth on Saturday. On that occasion
we hope and trust that Mr. Bayntun Bolt will better
understand and more truly depict the character of Mac-
beth, as drawn by the immortal Shakspere.

DEATH OF SIR DIGORY FORREST, KNT.—We
lave to announce the demise of the above venerable
officer, who expired on the 15th instant, at his residence
in Louisa-terrace, Exmouth. Sir Digory was the son of
-the late Austen Forrest, Esq., storekeeper to her, Ma. -
jesty's Victualling-office at Plymouth. He was born Fi
1765, and married the eldest daughter of Captain
George Talbot, R.N. Having been appointed secretary
to Admiral Macbride at the commencement of the .last
war, he subsequently held the same office under three
commanders-in-chief, as also to Sir William Young and
Sir Robert Calder at Plymouth, until the close of the
-war. He was in the Ardent at the battle of Copen-
hagen, also at the battle of Trafalgar, the capture of
Demerara, St. Lucia, and Trinidad. Sir Digory received
the honour of knighthood from George IV. (then Prince
Regent) at Carlton House. The deceased has been for
;many years past a magistrate for the county of Devon.
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We 'believe tliiithe meeting of Parliament for the
dispatch of business will not be delayed more than a
week beyond the time to which it is prorogued. The
lfith of January is said to be the day fixed for the open-
ing of Parliament.— Times.
PROJECTED RAILWAYS.—Another extra number of
the London Gazeite was published last night. It con-
tained twenty-five notices of intended applications for
railway Bills next session.

TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 184 P

EXPERIENCE IN A PRIVATE
LUNATIC ASYLUM.
(From the Lancet.)
-A correspondent at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who has
authenticated his communication with his name and
address, has forwarded to us a communication, in which
a statement of facts relative to hi,: personal experience of
confinement in a lunatic asylum, is prefaced by some
very correct and judicious remarks on private establish
ments for insane persons, instigated by the painful ac•
counts relating to Haydock Lodge, which have appeared
in print. He justly condemns such establishments as
" markets trafficking in humanity in its worst condition,
in most of which those prudent, judicious, and rational
means which ought to be adopted for -the recovery of
the patients, are entirely and designedly neglected ;''
nay, he " fears that other means, more deadly and inex-
plicable, are resorted to in some of them for the purpose
of confirming the complaint, and continuing them under
alienation." He proceeds :—" From my own experi-
ence, I judge that those institutions are nut calculated
to restore the patient labouring under mental affliction.
Every intelligent person is aware that diseases of
the mind are as various, and operate as differently, a:,
the diseases of the body. Consequently, different modes
of treatment should be adopted in different cases ; but
instead of this important and salutary caution being ex-
ercised, one uniform course is pursued towards all. I
am, Sir," he says, " in humble circumstances of life, and
not able to convey my sentiments with the clearness
which better educated men might do ; but my object in
addressing you is good. I was my self confined in one
of these places. About seventeen years ago. I was
visited with an affliction of the mind, arising from nerv-
ous affection and extreme bodily weakness. After six
months' confinement I was • restored. About twelve
months ago I had another attack of the same complaint,
and was only two days ill ; but after my wife had con-
sulted a surgeon, he without using any means for my
recovery, at once signed a certificate for me to be sent
to an asylum. But Nature has again rallied, and I
am now in the bosom of my family. To detail all that
I could say
.with reference to that asylum would be
long and tedious for a communication of this kind,
but I am ready and anxious to give any information
on the subject that may be required. When I
was taken into the asylum ' I was extremely ill, and,
being a little talkative, I was handled very roughly.
No attention was paid to my bodily weakness. I was
every now and then put into a dark cell, but before that
was effected the keepers had to try their strength, and
appeared much gratified that they could master me ;
and in that way I was knocked about for five weeks
before being allowed to see any of my friends, who had
repeatedly applied to visit me, but were refused. Good
reasons there were for the refusal ; for my face had
been cut, and my eyes were swollen up and thoroughly
blackened. I had undergone the most excruciating
suffering. This was not the sort of treatment my case
required. It was medical treatment that I wanted, but
that was never thought of. If judicious means had been
taken by my surgeon, there would have been no neces-
sity for consigning me to a place of this kind for my
recovery. The most effectual cure for my case occurred
by accident: I was struck at very violently, and hit over
the nose, when the profusion of blood that flowed gave
me extraordinary relief. This clearly shows that if I
had been properly dealt with my complaint would soon
have been removed.
" With reference to the conduct of the viiitiug magis
trates it is not my wish to speak in the slightest degres
disrespectfully, but I think that they err in placing too
much confidence in the integrity of those who have the
management of these places.
" I will give you am illustration of the benefit that the
patients may expect from their visitations. Of course,
everything is made ready against the day appointed for
their coming. They visited once during each time of
my confinements. They came into the ward, or room,
where I was (a sort of second-class place, at the chug(
of 11. ls. per week each patient), accompanied by the
house-surgeon and two keepers. There were twelve
patients in the room. The visitors passed through
without speaking a word, or making an attempt to
ascertain whether any of the patients were in a fit state
to have their liberty. And in this way they would go
through the whole asylum. Now, Sir, this is the sort
of vigilance that the magistrates of Newcastle (aces
cise over these places. No wonder that selfish " re-
spectable" men act as they think proper toward=
their charges. To one case I particularly call your at
tention; it is that of a person named Robert —, why.
has been confined for four years, and who, by industry
and carefulness, has realised a very handsome inccine
amounting to about 300/. a year, but who I take upon
myself to affirm is in perfect health, a man of great in
telligence and activity of mind, married to a second wife.
having two sons by his former wife. But every person
related to him appears to be indifferent to the situation
of the man, though some cf them have his money to live
upon, the patient seeming to me to be, under the present
system, under certain confinement for life—a horrible
case! This unhappy man has made several applications
to the magistrates, and other persons, to get him out,
but some peculiar influence is too much for them all.
Are the parties in power afraid to let him out, lest he
should bring facts before the public that would ruin the
establishment? I will state a few circumstances, which
deserve particular notice. On the evening previous to
my leaving the asylum, I was sent for into tho doctor's
private room, and there I found him and the house-
surgeon sitting together. They requested me to take a
chair, when Dr. - said, ' Now, Mr. -, you are
quite well, and ready to go out.' The surgeon then said,
• Mr. -, we wish to know what you and Mr. -- (the
person to whom I allude) have been talking so much about
in the garden to-day. Has he not been requesting you to
use means when you go out to get him out of the asylum?
Can you tell us two or three things that he requested
you to do?' Perceiving their object, I avoided answer-
ing. So they said, 'Do you think -- well, and fit to
go out ? ' I waived the question, and said that he was
anxious to see his sons. They said, ' You are not to in-
terfere in his case; you have nothing to do with what be
has been instructing you in.' They then both talked a
great deal about his still being unfit to go out, and
strongly urged me not to say one word about him; but
I made them no promises. Of course Mr. had
been, during the day, in the garden, very fervently im-
pressing upon my mind the wretchedness of his condi-
tion, and the hopelessness of his ever obtaining his
liberty ; and I assured him that I would do all that I
could to get him out. He said 'ltis my little property
that has been the cause of all my present misery. 1
comforted him by telling him that I would use every
means to bring his case before proper persons, which I
did, as soon as I came out, but found my efforts availed
nothing. I . applied to one visiting magistrate, who
treated me with great contempt for 'interfering in a case
which Dr. considered a bad one,' saying that Dr.
was fully competent to manage his own affairs, and
that it was out of my province to meddle with matters
of that kind. But I feel satisfied that Mr. is a fit
person to have his liberty, and I entreat you, Sir, to use
your great power anl, influence in behalf of this cruelly
oppressed individual.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

BY THE LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL.—A line
from Salisbury to Yeovil, with branches to Shaftesbury
tnd Wincanton.
BY THE EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCIIESTER.—A
iine from Exeter to Yeovil, with branches.
BY THE BRISTOL AN7I PooLE.—A line from Briitol. to
Poole, connecting the Bristol and English channels.

A committee of the shareholders in the Richmond line
have resolved on presenting Mr. Chadwick, their chair-
man, with a service of plate, as a testimony of the sense
they entertain of his service.
A GOOD RESOLVE.—The Great Western have given
notice of their intention to apply to Parliament for powers
to erect bridges over the line where the public roadways
:rocs on a level.
CONTRACTS FOR Woßxs.—The London and North-
Western, and Stour Valley Companies, have this week
entered into contracts for works connected with the new
central station at Birmingham, and executing the cut-
tings, and laying the rails of the Stour Valley line be-
tween Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The terms are
such as will enable both companies to complete the works
at considerably less than the Parliamentary estimate.
To enable the Stour Valley Company to open early, the
London and North-Western are to lend a supply of loco-
motives and other plant.
The Norfolk Company are about to erect a slaughter-
house at their Trowse Station, about a mile from the
Norwich Cattle market, for the purpose of slaying the
bullocks there, and taking the slain meat, instead of the
live bullocks, to the London market. This (says a cor-
respondent) is to obviate the complaints so constantly
made of the beasts being bruised so much upon the rail
in their journey.
THE PROPOSED CENTRL TELEGRAPH.—The original
intention of fixing the central subterranean telegraph
office in the Strand, now in course of formation under
the streets of the metropolis, has been abandoned, for
what is conceived to be a more suitable centre, the
Royal Exchange. A large portion of that edifice, the
north-western, adjacent to the captain's room at Lloyd's
is available for the purpose. The Gresham Committee
and the authorities at Lloyd's have offered every
assistance to carry out the undertaking. Workmen are
now actively engaged laying the pipes down, in con-
nexion with the telegraph to Gosport and Portsmouth,
rid the South-Western Railway. It is expected to be
completed to the city in the course of a fortnight. The
attention of the Company's engineer will then be directed
in uniting the Eastern Counties by the same means.
On this line of route they are hourly " talking" with
Yarmouth, Norwich, Cambridge, Ely, Peterborough,
Blisworth ; on the other line with Colchester and the
intermediate towns, and it is rapidly being extended to
Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, and Stowmarket. Prepara-
tions are also being made for extending the South-
Eastern telegraph, in conjunction with those above
gamed, to the general termini. The railway companies
have no control over, nor do they derive any profit from
these extensions. The Electric Telegraph Company
have the entire management.
SOUTH-EASTERN COMPENSATION CASE.—Yesterday
a jury was empanelled before the City Recorder and
Alderman Johnson, at the adjourned Southwark Ses-
sions, and at which a bill of indictment was preferred to
try a compensation case case of " the Carpenters Com-
pany, a. the South Eastern." Mr. Montague Chambers,
Q.C., and Mr. Bodkin, were counsel for the claimants,
Mr. Alexander and Mr. Mdreweather for the defendants.
Mr. Chambers, in stating the case, said the property in
question is situated in Bermondsey-street, and was be-
queathed to the Carpenters' Company nearly two
hundred years ago, and the property comprised
a public-house (the Cross Keys) and three small tene-
ments, and which was held by the present tenant on an
unexpired term of lease of fourteen years, subject to
twenty guineas per annum rent, and which was now re-
quired by the South-Eastern Railway, in order to widen
a portion of the Greenwich Railway, for the purposes of
their scheme, and the sum claimed by the trustees of the
Carpenters' Company was 2,730/., and the sum offered
by the railway company was 1,3001. Several public-
house auctioneers were called as witnesses in behalf of
the claimants, who stated that upon their calculation the
premises were worth in present money 3,2001., and that
the sale being a compulsory one, the plaintiffs were en-
titled to a further remuneration of twenty-five per cent.
on the amount of the purchase money, and which, in ad-
dition to the value of the premises was 2,730/. Mr.
Alexander addressed the jury for the defendants, and
witnesses were called who estimated the full value of the
premises in question at 1,250/.—Verdict 1,8001.
ORLEANS TO BORDEAUX RAILWAY.—The whole line
between Orleans and Tours (says our Paris corres-
pondent), the communications ou which had been sus-
pended owing to the late inundations, are now again
open to the public. On Friday a goods train of twenty-
eight waggons, filled with cattle, merchandise, &c.,
passed over the whole line without the slightest hinder-
ante. Baron de Richemont, one of the directors, Mr.
Harrison, the head of the locomotive department, and
Mr. Woodhouse, the head engineer, accompanied this
train, in order to ascertain by personal inspection that
everything was in perfect order for the conveyance of the
public.
BISHOPSTOXE AND SALISBURY BRANCH OP THE
SOUTH-WESTERN. BISHOPSTOXE. Another serious
slip of earth, says our correspondent, ou this branch,
took place yesterday, to a greater extent than the one
which occurred about three weeks ago, and within a
short distance of the same. It was fortunate no men
were at work near the place at the time. There is not
the least 2robability of the opening taking place on the
Ist of December next, as has been reported ; nor is it
likely it will be in a fit state for traffic for six months
from the present time. To remove the carried-in earth
cannot be accomplished in less than three month a, even
if the weather permits ; but should wet and frost suc-
ceed, many apprehend further fallings in, from the
nature of the soil in some parts of the digging.

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE AND
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.
PABSTON, WEDNESDAY.—Last night, one of the most
daring outrages which ever occurred in this neighbour.
hood took place at Broughton, about three miles fron
this town, at the residence of W. Miller, Esq., surveyor
and land steward. Mr. Miller's house is at some distance
from any other residence. About six o'clock in tht
evening, Mr. Miller and his daughter being in the house,
and no other person there but a female servant, a smart
knock was given at the front door, on which Mr. Miller
observed, "It is some gentleman from Preston who
wishes to see me on business." The door was opened
by Miss miller, when six men, armed with pistols, made
a rush into the house, two of them subsequently retreat-
ing back,' and remaining in front of the house. Miss
Miller, terrified by the villians, cried out, "Thieves,.
thieves !" making at the same time a rush towards the
lawn in front of the house, when one of the men out-
side shouted out, "Grab her." At the same moment a
pistol was fired at her, which was immediately fol-
lowed by the firing of another. Miss Miller then ran
to the house of a neighbour screaming out " Murder."
In the meantime the villains had gained full access to the
house, and one of them, presenting a pistol at Mr
Miller, said, "We want your money." Mr. Miller told
them he had none; upon which the men said, " We know
you have." Mr. Miller again denied having any, and
called to the servant, whom the robbers had forced into
an adjoining room, to ring the bell. The bell alluded to
is an alarm bell, situated at the top of the house, from
which there is a communication with the room into
which, fortunately, the robbers had forced the attendant.
At her master's call, the servant commenced ringing
the bell, on which the men looked at one another in
amazement, and then ran away. In less than ten
minutes from the alarm bell having been rung, a number
of neighbours arrived. From the cool determination
evinced by the whale gang, there can be little doubt that
the lives of the whole family would have been sacrificed,
had it not been for the escape of Miss Miller and
the ringing of the alarm bell. Mr. Miller's presence of
mind, too, during the attack, was wonderful, especially
considering that he is 75 years of age. Oa Miss Miller
returning home, with a neighbouring farmer, she was
much exhausted, and it was discovered that her life had
been in the most imminent peril, the contents of one of
the pistols having grazed the front part of her head, to
the extent of about three inches. She bled considerably,
but, we are glad to say, is in no danger. The lady's
alarm may be imagined, when it is stated that on
arriving at the house of the farmer alluded to above, she
struck and broke a window in her excitement, the arm
passing quite through the framework. It is said that
Mr. Miller had, a few days previously, been receiving
certaia rents, and the presumption is that the delin-
quents were awake of that fact. We regret to say that
they have not, up to the present time, been apprehended;
but suspicion rests upon some characters in the neigh-
bourhood, whom the police are on the look out for.

THE DUCHESS OF INVEUNESS.—.II. rumour of so
extraordinary a character has reached us, that had we
not the strongest reasons for respecting the authority,
whence it is derived, we should find it almost impossible
to lend it a moment's credulity. It is said that to our
already overcharged pension list is to be added the name
of the Duchess of Inverness, with a pension of 1,0001.
per annum.—Court Journal.
BREAK DOWN ON THE NORTH-WESTERN.—The
Newcastle express train, due at Euston-square at ten
minutes before nine o'clock last night, did not arrive at
that station till a' quarter before ono this morning, in
consequence of a luggage train breaking down and
blocking up the line to 1311esthorpe, on the Midland
Counties line, but we are happy to say, no further acci•
dent occurred.
The marriage of Captain Henry Bagot, R.N., se-
cond son of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Lady H.
Begot, to Miss Frederica W. Begot; youngest daughter
of the late Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary
Bagot, was solemnized on Tuesday, the 17th inst., at
Blythfield Hall, Staffordshire, the seat of the Right Hon.
Lord Bagot.

DUTCH WALNUTS.—The supply of walnuts from
Holland still continues to take _place, even at this very
late period cf the season, when the supplies of home
growth are very nearly exhausted, the Batavier steam-
ship from Rotterdam having brought, on her last pas-
sage, the large number of 675 bags, and the Giraffe
steam-ship, from the same port, 310 packages of the
article.
SINGULAR ROBBERY BY A FOREIGNER._YesterdaY
information was forwarded to the police, that Auguste
Lepiere, a Frenchman, who had hired die upper part of
the house, No. 244, Regent-street, had removed the
whole of the furniture during the temporary absence of
the landlord, and no clue at present can be obtained
either to him or the goods, their value being 2004

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LINES FOR DORSET AND SOMERSET. BRISTOL, NOVEMBER 19.
The publication of the parliamentary notices gives us STOCK EXCBANGE.--The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
some little idea of the intentions of the two great cornpa- New, 9-7-3truringivlli and OxfluclJunetioo,Bl
—1 aieaontan,
nies of the West of England, with regard to the hotly- New, 2A;—Great estern, Ne,-, 7/. is. 3d.—Manchester,
disputed districts between Exeter and London. It is
Buxton. and Matlock:, 1)-s p.—l' orb and Newcastle, Prefer-
quite evident that the battle between the Great Western cues, 57 P'
and London and south Western is to be contested as
stoutly as it was last year, when 100,000/. are supposed
to have been expended by each company upon what, as
far as the public is concerned, turned out a nonentity.
But it is by no means clear what the respective compa-
nies are driving at in the event of a direct line from
Exeter to London being refused. To lay upon paper, or
trace upon a map, the various projects which we are
about to enumerate, it would appear that the railway
mania of last year is still raging fueiously in the west.
Places that are hardly known to the traveller, and are
not honoured with a notice on every map, are made the
termini of projects which may be intended to bear here-
after a portion of the important traffic between London
and the Land's-end; and the branches from projected
lines are so numerous, that it might puzzle the
clearest-headed calculator to plan anything like a
'time-table" to give general satisfaction. There
is one feature in this year's contest quite novel,
and that is, that the Great Western, the Wilts,
Somerset and Weymouth, and the Bristol and Exeter
(lines that formerly were expressed by the title of the
first-named) are each in the field in apparently antago-
nistic attitudes. It has long been known that the Bris-
tol and Exeter were desirous of forming a directer line
from the latter terminus to London ; and a notice is now
given for a line from Durston, near Taunton, to Street,
near Glastonbury, and from thence running into the
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, at Ansford, near
Castle Cary. This is friendly towards the latter com-
pany ; but it is curious that the Wilts and Somerset
propose a line nearly identical with one projected by the
Bristol and Exeter from Bleadon to Wells. The Bris-
tol and Exeter project turns off to Glastonbury, and ends
at Street. The Wilts and Somerset passes on from
Wells to Shepton Mallett, into Dorset, finding a termi-
nus at Blandford. A portion of this latter ground is also
fixed on by the South-Western, who have a distinct plan
for a line from Blandford to Burton. It is also run over
by a proposed company (Bristol to Poole) irrespective of
either of the two great competitors. The London, Salis-
bury, and 'Yeovil have issued notices, but it is under-
stood that they abandon their intention to make a line,
end leave the South-Western to fight this part of
the battle with the Great Western. The Exeter, Yeovil,
and Dorchester, stand forward as a distinct scheme, but
with power to sell to the South-Western ; and in oppo-
sition to these schemes for the direct communication,
the Great Western propose a line from the Wilts and
Somerset at Yeovil, to St. Thomas, Exeter, there joining
the South Devon. There is also a notice for an exactly
similar line to be made by an independent company
(really emanating from the Great Western). Between
these projects will the great battle for the communica-
tion from London to the Land's-end be fought. There
are various branches from the Great Western, which
we include in the following recapitulation :
BY THE BRISTOL AND EXETER.—A. branch from the
southern bridge of the Uphill cutting, in the parish of
Bleadon, through Uxbridge, to Wells, Glastonbury, and
Street. Another branch from the Durston branch of
that railway, from Durston (near Taunton) to Street,
thence to Castle Cary, and terminating by a junction
with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, at Ansford,
near Castle Cary. A line from Crediton to Launceston.
BT THE WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH.—An
alteration of line from Pitcombe, near Bleadon, to Roo-
len, near Frome. Another alteration from Bradford
(Wilts) to Bathampton. A railway from Bleadon to
tVells, Shepton Mellott, Henstridge, Sturminster, and
Blandford. A branch from Wells to Glastonbury. A
ine from the Wilts and Somerset, at Trent, near
Yeovil, through Sheeborne, Gillingham, Donisead St.
11ary, ending at Fugglestone St. Peter, in Wilts. A
,ranch from out of the last-named line from Motcombe
to Gillingham.
By THE GREAT WESTERN. --A line from the Wilts
tnd Somerset, at Yeovil, to Exeter, there to join the
South Deion. A branch from Ottery St. Mary to Sid-
nouth. A branch from Chard to Ilminster. A railway
)3, a junction with the Wilts and Semerset, at Brad-
)ole, near Bridport, to Chardstock. A rail way from
Aarshwood to Lyme. A line from Yeovil to Exeter,
=bracing all the above-named branches, and dependent
iines to be constructed by a new company.
BY THE LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN.—A line
-rom Salisbury to Yeovil. A line from Blandford to
Barton.

EXETER, NOVEMBER 19.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Exeter and Crediton,

ij p.—Exeter, Dorchester, and Yeovil, 3% Am bergat e,
Boston, &c.. 3—South Wales 33/4—Eastern Counties Exten-
sion, 3%—Bristol, Thirds, 834.
LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 19.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and East-
ern Junction, Gs. 3d. p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, 1% p.--Birmingham and Dudley, 61,6 p.—Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction, 7% p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, and
North Western, 114 dis.—Buckinghamshire, par—Cheter
and Birkenhead, 51—Ditto, Halves, 25 a--Eastern Counties,
223/4 —Ditto, York Extension, 13/4 p.—East Lancashire (late
Blackburn and Preston, 4% p.—Ditto, 5% p.—Ditto, No. 1,
New, 4% p.—Ditto, No. 2 (late Orrnsirk and Preston), ex
add. sh., p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding., par—
Glasgow and Dumfries, p.—Goole and Doncaster, par—
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 41/4 dis.—Huddersfield Canal
and Railway, ex int., s—Ditto, Extension, ex int., 13% p.—
Leeds and Dewsbury, 14;4 p.—Ditto, Branches (blue), 81,6
p.—Liverpool, Manchester;, and Newcastle Junction, Is. 3d.
p.—London and North-Western, 1951/e—Ditto, New, Quar-
ters, 13% p.—Ditto (Grand Junction), Quarters, 21% p.—
London and York, 14 dis.—Manchester, Midland, and Great
Grimsby, 1 dis.—Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—
Midland, 127 ex new—Ditto, New, 4% p.—Newcastle and
Berwick, 14% p.—North British, Quarters, 3 p.—North
Staffbrdshire, 3% p.—North Union (A), 220—North Wales
1% Mineral, New.p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, % dis.—
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3,3% dis.—Shrews-
bury and Hereford, % dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and
Cheshire, 365. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A),
p.—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford-
shire, 14 dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal,
dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, lls. 3d. p.—
Trent Valley Midland and Grand Junction, 14 p.—Wharf-
dale (late North-Eastern), 14 dis.—West Riding Union,
1% p.—York and Newcastle, 3914 ex new—Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 5743 p.—York and North Midland (Selby), 34 p. ex
new—Ditto, Preference, 101 p.—Newry and Warrenpoint,
1% p.—Demerara, 114 p.—Dutch Rhenish, 1 dis.—Great
Luxembourg, 31h dis.--Jamaica and South Midland, 7p, p.
MAICHESTER, Novrouszit 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, Boston, Lee., 5-16 p.—Birkenheard, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, % p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion, 71% p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 11/1 dis.—Black-
burn, Darwen, and Bolton, par—Caledonian, Half Shares, %
dis.—Churnet and Blythe, lip dis. East Lancashire, New,
43/4 p.—Ditto, No. 2 (late Liverpool, Onnskirk, &c.), 4 p.—
East Lincolnshire, % p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West
Riding, 1-16 dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 4 p.—Goole, Don-
caster, Sheffield, &c., % p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
334 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,
41/2 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 134 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.
—Ditto, New, % p.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester,
1314 p.—Ditto, New Branches, 814 p.—Ditto, Extension,
1% p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1-16
p.—London and North-Western, New 1334 c. p.—Manches-
ter and Leeds Extension, 1 c. p.—Manchester and South-
ampton, % dis.—Midland, 50/. Shares, 4% p.—North Bri-
tish, Quarter Shares, 2% —Nort h Staffordshire, 3 9-16—North
Wales, 2% dis.—North-Western, % p.-411dham Alliance,
3-16 p.—Oldham Districts, % dis.— Oldham, Birkenhead, Ai
dis.—Preston and Wyre, 34—Ditto, Halves (B), p.—Shef-
field and Lincolnshire, % dis.—Sheffield and Manchester,
Quarters, No. 3, % dis.— Shrewsbury and Hereford, % dis.
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 7-16 dis.—Trent
Valley, Midlands, 1 p.—Whitehaven and Furness, 2 11-16
dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, p.
LEEDS, NOVEMBER 19.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York
Extension,, 375. p.—East Lancashire, 514 p.—Ditto, No.
2 (late Liverpool, Ormskirk, &c.), 414 p.—East and West
Yorkshire, 6s. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 514 p.—
Leeds and Dewsbury, 13% p.—Ditto, Branches, 81/0 p.—
Ditto, Extensions, 31s. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 114 dis.—bitto,
New, 31 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Extensions, 1% p. p.
—Newcastle and Berwick, 14 p.—North British, Quarters
(late Carlisle Branch), 535. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip),
p.—North Staffordshire, 314 p.—Wharfdale Junction, 4s.
dis.----York and Newcastle, Preference, p.—York . and
North Midland Preference, 9% p.—Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston, ss. p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, per —Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 15s. dis.—Liverpool, Manchester,
and Newcastle Junction, ss. p —London and York, 7s. 6d.
die.—North-Western, 13s. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole, 3s. p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 1% p.—Shrop-
shire Union, 7s. Gd. dis.—West Riding Union, 4.—Yorkshire
and Glasgow Union, 40s. die.
SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 19. .

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, 3% c. dis.—Ditto, Extensions, 28s. dis.—Midland
New, 4% p.,—North-Western, 14s. 6d. p.—Sheffield ani
Lincoln, 34 dis. —Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. 6d
p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 21. 83. 6d. dis.—
South Yorkshire Coal Railway, dis.
MAL, NOVEMBER 19.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our market, which has been rather
drooping for the last few days, has to-day recovered its
buoyancy, and a large amount of business has been done at
generally improvad rates. North British, hull and Selbys,
and Newcastle and Berwicks, were much inquired for. The
sales are—Hull and Selby, 1081 A—Ditto, Half Shares, 53
Leeds and Bradford, 751/2--North British, Half Share 9, 171/2
c. int.—Ditto, Quarters, 82s. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters, scrip,
225. 6d. p.—York and Newcastle, New, 8% p.—Ditto, Pre-
ference, 51. Bs. 6d. p.—York and North Midland (East and
West Riding Extension, 231,6 c n.—Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston, 2/. 16s. 6d. —East Lancashire, 191/—Ditto, No.
2 (late Ormskirk), 51. Is. 3d. ex n. cash—East Lincolnshire,
Bs. 9d. p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, Is. dis.—
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21/2—Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 35s.—North-Western, 145. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire,
p.—Northern Counties Union (York and Glasgow), 10s.
6d. scrip.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NOVEMBER 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Edinburgh and North-
ern, Newport, 345. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, par—Newcastle
and Carlisle, 112 cum new—North Staffordshire, 665. 6d. p.