The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON DON, MONDAY EV_EN 1 NG, OCTOBER 30, 1048.

Do. Fifths
Do. 40, & M 25

Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . 10 to
Do. 101. .. M. and B. (B.) 9 .....

Do. 10/. ... 51. and B. (C.) 1
Le,,ton and S. Western...—. 50
Ditto, New 50/.
Ditto, New 401........._ .. •. 34
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 ....
Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40

Ditt.,, Third; l3l. 68. 8d ... 4 dis. to 5 dis.
Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct. on Calls 1/. 13s. 4d....

IA db. to

._
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 271
Londonderry and Enniskillen 271,E — ..... to
L.westoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 8
Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 4
Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100
Ditto 14 Shares( No. 1) ... 18 ......
Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25
Ditto, % Shares (No. 3 )... 10 ......
Do., New 10.. Preference.. 10 ... ..
Ditto Grimsby .
Ditto, ditto.
Ditto, ditto . -
Ditto Sheffield and Line. 121,x
Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 171
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 4/. 25....
Midland.... •
Ditto, Consol. Preference...100
Ditto, 50/. Shares... 2O ' 9 .. ... to 8
...
Midland, Birm., and Derby...100
midland, Consol. Bristol and
Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... ..
Ditto ditto 14/.185...

Midland, Leices. and 3wan-
nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... .
%I idld. Great Western (Irish) 421/2 to
Middlesbre' and Zedcar. 6
per cent. guar. -
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... -
Ditto Quarter Shares
.... ...... to
Newmarket
Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s —
Newport Abergy., and Here. 6
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostreyor ..................• 20
Norfolk ......
Ditto New 20/.
Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20
Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 5
Do. do. Wareney Valley... 3
Northern Counties Unien ... 4 - to
North British '2s ISI4 1414 i to 15%
Ditto Half Shares...-. .....-121,4 73/4 !4 ..._to
Do. Quarters' 61A...... 3% ...... to
Ditto. Eitension
Ditto Thirds .... -
North and Soath-Western... 2 ....
North Staffordshire-. - ...... 15 -.9% 94 8% to 91/1
North Wales
North Western
)xford, Worcester, and Wol-
yerhampton
Reading, Guildtd., & Reigate 10 - to
Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 2 .._ l% to
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland .... ....... -- 25
Ditto,New 17% — to
Sheffield, Rotherham, and
Goole .. 71,4 ...... -.... to ..-

Do. do. (South Div.) 5 .....
Shrewsbury and Birminglaara 9
Ditto. ditto, Class B. 5
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. WW. Liin.)
Ditto Halves, Ditto 8 ... .. . ... to --
Ditto, Oswestry
Ditto ,New).... 1
Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....-. 10
Shropshire Union 4 ... - %N... to
South Devon .. ... ... 50 ......
Ditto, Preference ...... .. ... 25
South Staflordsliire ... - .. to
South Eastern
Ditto, No. 1.
Ditto, No. 2........ ........... 22
...... to
Ditto, No. 3. 25
Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10
South Wales :2B
South Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole
Swans, and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 6
raw Vale Extension
Thames Haven Dock and
Railway 17% to
Vale of heath
Waterford and Kilkenny 17%......
Wraterford and Limerick..... 45 ... ..
Waterford,Wexiord,Wieklw,

_
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed
Do. - do. do.
Do. do. do. ...... .. 9
West Cornwall
West London.. ..
Ditto, First Class 2O ....
Ditto, Second Class 26 ...... ...... to
Whitehaven and Furness ll ..... ..-. ..... to
Windsor, Staines, and Soutk
Western .. ..
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40
York, Newcastle, and Berwick 26
Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25
Do. Exten.No. 1 (7. &N.) 15 ..... 131%...
Do. do. No. 2, .New & B. 15
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Prof. S
York and North:Blielland ~ 50
Ditto, Preference
Ditto East and estßiding
. Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Austrian
Boulogne and Amiens 2O ..... 6% to
Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon)
Ceylon ..
Demerara.
Dendre Valley
Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... .
[latch Rhenish .. 7% — -
East Indian
Great Indian Peninsular
Louvain ala Sambre ......... 71,„ — ...... to
Luxembourg
Madrid and Valentia
Namur and Liege 2O .....
Northern of France
Orleans and Boi deaux ... .. T
Paris and Lyons
Do, Do.
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen 2O
Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 9 ..-.. ..... to
Rouen an4llavre 2O -
Sambre and Meuse
:•,trasbarg and Bale ..... ...... 14
Tours & Nantes ... .. ...... .. 9

l'ournay, Jurbise, Landon,
and Hanelt
West Flanders g , to

••••
JOINT STOCK,JUNKS.
Australasia -
British North American .... 50
Colonial ..... .......- ........... 25 ..... . to
Commercial of London
London Joint Stock ...»..... 10
London and Westminster. .. 20
National Provincial of Engld. 35 -
Ditto, NeNationalNationl of Ireland
Provincial of Ireland
Ditto, New
Union of Australia - ..... to
Ditto, New.-- 21...... ...... to
Union of London ........ ..- lO
Union of Madrid -
MINES.
Anglo /lexicon lOO ......
Asturian Mining Company... 13 ......
Australian 2%
Blaenaryon Iron and Coal ... 50
Maws Scrip
British Iron - ..... to —.
Brazilian Imperial ..... .. ... 24% — •...• to •-•
Ditto Cocoas and Cuialsa... 30
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 -
Cobre Copper
General Mining ... 2O
...••• to
Real del Monte, Unregistered
..... ..... to
Do. Black Debentures _.— ..•••• to
Do. Red Debentures........—_
Santiago de Cuba ...... .... ..... 10 -
United Mexican

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—{THIS DAY.)
LONDON, OCT. 30.—Wind S.E., moderato- breeze arid
dull hazy weather.
DEAL, OCT. 29.—The Dove, Janes, from Denia to
London, got on the Goodwin Sands last night, and was
abandoned; crew saved and arrived here. The Faros
Habanera, Neal, which arrived in the Downs to-day
from Havannah, experienced a severe hurricane 27th
ult., in lat. 67 W. of Cadiz, and lon. 31 N., from S.E. to
N., and whieh continued from eight A.M. until midnight;
on the 2d instant, in Ist. 36, lon. 61 W. of Cadiz, picked
up the crew of the American brig Logan, Grove, which
vessel had been dismasted in the above hurrir..ane; on
the sth took on board the crew of the Amer:,can whaling
ship Fairy; Cook, for Boston, Unitgla States. The
Lady Douglas, Ritson, which arrived in the Downs to-
day from Faro, was in oont:•.ct this morning with
the Labuan, for Port Ptiiip; the former sustained
material damage, arid Las been taken in tow for the
jiver; the latter s'astained damage to hull, boats,
&c.
6. Arrd. Adol't,ha, Coast of Africa. 28. Forrester,
Steele, Monte Video; Enterprise, Porto Rico. 29. Puma
Habanara, V eal, Havannah for Hamburgh. Put back,
Lebuan ,Port Potentato, Launceston. 28. Sted.
fast, Srate•i, New South Wales; Tropic, St. Helena;
British Tr.r, Jamaica.
,
C"-AT'dOUTII, OCT. 29.—The Balfour, Gauvin, from
to London,
has been assisted in here with four
Asi, water in her hold, and with sails split, loss of bul-
, 'narks, &c.

SWANSEA, OCT. 29.—The Eagle, Richard, of .Aberyst-
with, from Portcawl to Aberdovey, in Mumbles Roads,
on the 26th instant, struck on Mumbles Point, and went
down immediately; crew saved.
BEAIMARIS, OCT. 28.—The smack Henry Holmes,
of Douglas, was driven from her anchors last night, and
went on shore on the rocks near the Friars, where she
now lies, bilged and full of water, and must discharge.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 27.—The ship Michigan, Maine,
of Brunswick, was abandoned in lat. 44, lon. 47, thirteen
of the crew saved by the .Joseph Anderson, of Newcastle,
from Saguenay to London, which was spoken (out 21
days), in lat. 51, lon. 28, supplied with provisions by the
Challenger, arrived here. The captain, his wife, ch;,,
mate, and three seamen of the Michigan.
The Free Trader, Bill, from Sr
to Cork, was fallen i"

...re drovvned.
unn's, New ilrtinswicit)
with 12th instb, ifl lat, 44,10 n. bO,
choked, and with several feet of water in
nold, and the crew and passengers taken off by the
Washington Irving, Upton, arrived here. The Gerardine
(Dutch ship), for Batavia, with rudder datuaged, and in-
tending to put into Rio Janeiro, to repair, was spoken 4th
inst., in lat. 18 N., lon. 26 W., by the Guttera, arrived here.
29th.—Wind S. 29th, Arrd. 27, Uliza, Thomas, Rio

leaky, pu,-

Grande. 28th, Bee, Muir, Quebec; Seraphina, Goble,
Pernambuco; Ann, Johnstone, Maranhain; Onward,
Chars, New York; Centurion, Smith, New York; St.
Patrick, Waterman, New York; Eldorado, St. John's,
New Brunswick; Zelland, Bannerman, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Hartley, Richibucto; Challenge, Shediac;
Washington Irving, Upton, Boston. 29th, Gatteras,
Cockburn, Bombay; Phoenix, M`Knight, Antigua;
Olive, Olive, St. .John's, New Brunswick. 28th, SW.
Fortuna, Ititchie, Buenos Ayres; Dettmar, Otten, St.
Thomas; Packenham, Barbadoes; America steamer,
New York; Cora, Newfoundland. 29th, Nile, Valpa-
raiso; Pink, Demerara; Courier, New Orleans; Queen
Pomare, Savannah; Charles Joseph, Savannah; Wa-
terloo, Savannah; Thetis, City Point, V.; Portland, St.
John's, New Brunswick; Reward, Boston; Elizabeth,
Newfoundland. Off port, Charlotte Harrison, Montreal.
YARMOUTH, OCT. 28.—The Meldon, Brown, of and
from Newcastle to Malta, at anchor off Winterdon, has
received damage to bowsprit, &c., and was obliged to
slip from an anchor and chain, after being run into by
the Aratus of Sunderland ; the latter lost part of main
rigging, &c. •
bT. IVES, OCT. 28.—The Louisa, Evens, of and from
Nantes for Cork, has put in here, with loss of bulwarks
cargo shifted, leaky, &c.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 29.—The Prowler, Cumming, from
Labrador, arrived here this morning, with damage to
rudder, having been on shore on the Batten.reef.
BOACHURCII, ISLE 07 WIGHT, OCT. 29.—During all
yesterday it blew a strong gale from W. by S., with
heavy squalls of rain.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN

RAILWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sett,—A revision of the calculations, and of the
principle upqn which the estimate of weekly tr3flic
required to pay a dividend of 7 per cent. upon the
total capital when called up, of 21,047,7471., has made
it appear that the nominal addition to the capital
stock in the adjustment of the terms of amalgamation
with the Grand Junction Company, 1846, was, by an
omission, regarded as an asset available for reduction
of loan; and, on the other hand, that working ex-
penses at 40 per cent. have been charged upon a por-
tion of the income to which, being net, such expenses
do not apply, viz , rents from houses, &c., and interest
upon bankers' balances, arising from revenue. These
errors the directors hasten to acknowledge, and in •
struct me to request that you will publish in your
paper of Monday the following corrected statement :
" From the summary it will be seen that the total
ultimate expenditure is expected to be 25,862,0121.
" The account will therefore stand thus :
" Dividend upon total share capital of X. X• X.
21,047,7471, at 7 per cent... •• • • .. 1,473,341
Loans, 5,779,141/., at 4% per cent. .. 260,061
Less interest at 3% per cent. on 4,545,1311.
assumed return on capital invested on
subsidiary lines, as per schedule 3 .. 173,083
In erest on bankers' balances, as per re-
ports year ending 301 h of Jnne, 1848 .. 22,270
Rents, net receipts, ditto • . • • £13,867
Estimated increadc by year 1852 4,000 per ann.

17,887

--:-- 213,240

Working expenses 40 per cent. on gross receipts from
traffic

46,52

1,520,163

.. .. .. .. 1,013,442

2,533,605
"Average per week to pay 7 per cent., 46,723/. from trade.
" The gross revenue fer tbe
year ending 30th of dune, £,
1848, was • • • • • • 2,194,093 Average, 42,1941. per Week.
Deduct Dividend, Lan-
caster and Carlisle .. 17,900
Interest upon bankers'

balances. .. .. . 22,270
Rents (net receipts) .. 13,487
----- 54,057

2,140,016 Average, 41,1541. per week.
" It therefore remains for the shareholders to con-
sider whether the k)receding calculations are sound
and moderate, and if so, whether there is a reasonable
probability of the gross revenue of the company front
the traffic of the main line, and branches to be opened,
increasing to an extent of 7,5694 per week by the
year 185'2, when all the capital will have been called
up, and the subsidiary lines in operation."
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, '
CHAS. E. STEWART, Sec.
Euston Station, Oct. 28, 1848.

RAILWAYS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I am requested by a large body of share-
holders in Exeter, to return you their sincere thanks
for the prominent part you have taken in suppressing
the system of " bearing." Many families have been re-
duced to extreme poverty in this neighbourhood by
that system, and we expect Exeter is not alone. This
system has brought railways into the present degraded
position, and the parties who have directed me to
write this letter, feel satisfied, if the Government will
place an ad valorem duty on all and every transaction
in and out of the Stock Exchange, the evil will a
once be remedied.—Yours, Sir, &c.
Exeter, Oct. 28, 1848.

HENRY VATCHER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Permit me to suggest that an ad valorem
duty be placed on all and every transaction in and
out of the Stock Exchange. The gambling system
of " bearing" will then be soon at an end. Not one
transaction in fifty pays the stamp duty at present,
although the successful operators pocket their thou•
sands yearly, while the poor shareholders have their
'ast shilling wrung from them.
Your obedient servant,
OBSERVER.

Exeter, Oct. 28, 1848.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—l was obliged by your insertion of my last
note, of the 21st instant, and as a railway proprietor,
not a speculator, I once more thank you for the very
constant and straightforward way ,in which you have
advocated the unjustly attacked and depreciated rail-
way interest. You may remember the point I
arrived at in my last communication, namely, that
shareholders should not be frightened out of their pro-
perty by the "Bears ;" and I ventured to give certain
prices which I predicted three or four leading lines
would stand at on the 30th of June next, challenging
any party to show cause against my assumptions.
We seem to be improving already, and if only
there be nerve, " pluck," and sensible determination
on the part of the holders, we have seen the worst,
and " a better time is coming."
I venture to ask for a portion of your columns, to
address a word to my brother shareholders on another
point, and it is this: Do not let thepresent improvement
throw you off your guard, or, to use your own em-
phatic words in Saturday evening's paper, "they
must not sink into apathy because a change has taken
place." Let there be no relaxing in constant, and,
as far as is practicable, combined efforts to strike out
something which shall sensibly and permanently im.
prove their property. What is this to be ? I can
only occupy your room by giving general hints,
leaving it for you or others to amplify.
Ist. I am satisfied that an endeavour should
be made to promote a meeting of the chairmen
of every railway company in the United King-
dom, who should (after appointing a secretary)
go fully and frankly into the financial position
of their respective companies so as to arrive at
the sum total of their liabilities for unfinished
works, and when this is settled, I would recommend
an interview with the Government, and a strong
though respectful demand for public assistance
towards the completion of their works without further
present calls upon the proprietors. I believe that
if the Government would advance on loan to the
leading companies of the United Kingdom sufficient
money to go on with the best of their works gra-
dually, confidence would be restored, hundreds
of families rescued from ruin, and a serious blow
averted from our staple interests and commercial
credit. It is useless now saying railway men were
mad, let them bear the brunt. It is too late to say
this. Mischief is done, and more will be done,
unless prompt and energetic measures be taken to
arrest the plague.
2. Let shareholders call upon the directors to
publish clear, intelligible accounts of their position,
one
liabilities, and prospects, based upon the model of the
from the London and North-Western, now
evenings paper, I do
.not doubt, at your office, for this
e
3. Let vigorous efforts be continued to put a stop
to bearing, by doing away with time bargains. Let
the Stock Exchange committee clear themselves of
imputations which, justly or not, rest upon them, of
affording improper facilities to gamblers. Let seven
days be the extent allowed for the delivery of shares,
and we shall have a deal less doing of that fictitious
character now too prevalent.
4. Let an effort be made to do away, or have
materially lessened, the transfer duty, and a complete
alteration in the principle on which companies are
now assessed for parochial taxes.
But I must stops 'The hints may be worth follow-
ing. out. As regards the first, I am quite sure that
GoVornment ought and, sooner or later, must come to
the rescue, and I have good reasons for believing that
they are not indisposed.--I am, Sir, yours obediently,
Sheffield, Oct. 28, I_B_4B„._

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
inniartial remarks upon the state of the
Railway Share Market embolden me to call your at-
tention to the necessity 'of some alteration taking
place in the mode of conducting business in this vast
property. It Seems quite preposterous that the chief,
indeed only, market should be the Stock Exchange,
whete the doors are closed, and the greatest caution
adopted to allow none but members to enter;
The owner of railway securities is obliged to con-
fide his business to another (perhaps inferior)
management, and to listen to a secondhand version
of matters affecting his nearest interests.
There ought to be an open railway share market
established under a proper committee as to admittance
and bye-laws, but accessible on easy terms and
general facilities.
Railway shares would then undergo less violent
fluctuations, unless occasioned by merit, and the public
would hold their property with more confidence,
both as speculators and investments, unless this mode is
adopted, or the present Stock Exchange opens its doors,
investments will materially decrease, since no prudent
man will leave to his family securities governed, as it
were, by men with closed doors
playing their own
games.
Sir, an open Exchange would prevent ti panics,"
and tend greatly to promote the interests of this com-
mercial country.
Asking your attention to the subject, I remain your
obliged and CONSTANT READER.
Oct. 27, 1848.

STOCK - JOBBING ACT AND
"BEARINa" nr _

itAILIVAY STOCK.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—You did me the favour to insert my letter on
this subject in your newspaper of Monday, 23d inst.,
but in a subjoined note you expressed a doubt as to
this most salutary Act being applicable to railway
stock. The words of the Act, however, expressly
include " any public or joint-stock or stocks, or other
public securities whatsoever, or any part, share, or
interest therein," which expressions humbly appear
to me amply sufficient to cover railway stock. lam
quite aware that the Act has been found not to apply
to Colombian bonds, as being neither public, British, nor
joint-stocks, but railway stock seems to be both, being
of Parliament, public
,constituted under British Acts

which expressly declare such companies to be " joint-
stock" companies for undertakings of a public nature.
Moreover, the Act itself is, I believe, generally held
to have been declaratory of the common law in so far
as regards the illegality of the practices there prohi-
bited, and has on that ground been frequently ex-
tended to relative transactions of a similar kind,
though not expressly named in the Act.—l am, Sir,
A LAWYER.

October 25, 1848.
[We gladly give insertion to our correspondent's
second letter. It would indeed be a matter of the
deepest importance to railway proprietors generally
if the view he entertains were correct. We fear,
however, that it is " too good to be true," and that
the, Stock- Jobbing Act does not apply to the sale
of ;railway shares—for the reason that we have
already stated—namely, that it is a stock that
has been created subsequently to the passing
of that Act, and that when it re-
ceived the legislative sanction there was no
stuck " ejusdem generis" in existence. And our
correspondent, as " a lawyer," must be well aware of
the well known rule of law, which renders a statute
inapplicable to circumstances, that have arisen since
its enactment. We have also a distinct recollection
of a decision of one of the superior Courts, " That
railway shares were not within the statute, although
at this moment we cannot immediately refer to it.--
ED. Sun.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
CHUKCH-RATES OR NO CHURCH-RATES.
Pursuant to an " Admonition and Injunction" from
the Rey. Joseph Cotton %Vigram, Arcinieacon of Win-
chester, a vestry of the parish of Northwood (in which
the town of West Cowes is situated) was held in the
Parish Church on Thursday last, and was numerously
attended.

The chair used to be regularly taken by the Rector,
but in this instance neither the Rector nor Curate at-
tended, and a layman was voted to the chair.
The admonition stated, " That at a visitatioi held on
the 25th of July last, the Archdeacon admonished the
several parties concerned of the following defects, which
he enjoined them to repair, and to return a certificate
that the same had been done accordingly before the Ist
of January next
1. The wall, &c., of the church-yard to be repaired.
"2. A drain to be dug round the church wall to
drain it.

"3. The roof of the tower, with all timbers beneath
it, as described in the specifications prefixed, to be
thoroughly repaired.
" 4. New oak-sills to the windows, &c.
" 5. The Bible to be repaired or renewed.
" 6. The churchwardens' instructions to be attained
and observed."

Two or three attempts have been before made to
make a rate to pay certain expenses incurred, and to
effect certain repairs, but adjournments have always
been carried, and thus virtually the rate has been refused.
The Rector and his parishioners are at issue about the
tithes, which have been increased from about 5001. per
annum to about 7501.; and not the poorest cottager's
garden is allowed to escape untithed. The Dissenters
muster, and move adjournments which the members of
the Church that attend the vestries (principally agricul-
turists) do not oppose, and the edifice is fast going to
ruin.

On the churchwardens being requested to state what
it would cost to effect the repairs, &c., ordered by the
Archdeacon, they could not tell, nor what amount of
rate they wanted. One thought one shilling, another a
two-shilling rate, but, it appears, suspecting that they
should not obtain a rate at all, they had not troubled
themselves with any calculations.
One of the parishioners then moved the adjournment
of the question until the Easter vestry.
This being too pointed an opposition to the Arch-
deacon's order to do his bidding by the Ist of January,
it was arranged to adjourn the vestry sine die. It now
remains to be seen what the Rector and the Archdeacon
will do next.

CHOLERA AND QUARANTINE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

am so ebtuse-headed that I cannot for the
life of me comprehend the reasoning which declares
the cholera to be not contagious, and which abolishes
quarantine. Mercantile interests are certainly of very
high importance, but life is more important still, and
I consider that the probability of the cholera spread-
ing is, to say the least, rendered much greater without
quarantine than with it.
There was no cholera in Hull until a ship from
Hamburgh took it there. There was none in Leith
until the same event occurred ; and, supposing tho
poor sailor whose death was reported yesterday had
remained on board the Ganges, at Sheerness—would
he not have been alive now ? Had the assistance
which he rendered in towing the Justitia nothing to
do with his death from cholera ? The cholera is in-
deed a mysterious disease, and they go too far who
say it cannot be propagated by contagion.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Boston, Lincolnshire. M. H. C. S.

THE EXTROTAL FAMILY OF FRANCE.-OR Satur

-- day her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
went to Claremont from Windsor Castle to visit the ex-
King Louis Philippe and his amiable consort, the Queen
of, the Belgians, and the members of the ex-Royal
Family now assembled at that royal residence. The
family circle comprises the Duke and Duchess do Ne-
mours, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, and Prince
and Princess de Joinville, and their youthful children.
The ♦isit of the Queen and Prince Albert was of the
most pri►ate character, the maids of honour to the
Queen and the usual equerries alone accompanying her
Majesty. On the royal carriage reaching the entrance
f the mansion, Louis Philippe, the Duke de Nemours,
the Queen of the Belgians, and the several members of
the exiled family came forth to receive her Majesty and
her Royal Consort. Her Majesty and Prince Albert
remained nearly three hours, and partook of luncheon
while at Claremont. The Queen of the Belgians
shortly returns to Brussels. The health of the ex-
Queen of France is delicate, but Louis Philippe and all
the members of his family are enjoying uninterrupted
health, and apparently good spirits, considering their
fallen state.

POLISH BALL AT GUILIHIALL.--It WI.S, we under-
stand, erroneously stated in the report of the proceedings
of the committee of that entertainment, which appeared
in our impression of Saturday last, that some few months
ago 700 Poles were receiving weekly allowances from
the Treasury—it should be some few years ago.
Various towns having already presented petitions
for the application of the Public llealth Act to their
respective localities, the General Board of Health have
appointed four civil engineers to be superintending in-
spectors, to commence the preliminary inquiries pre
scribed by the Act. The gentlemen selected to fulfil the
responsible duties of the office are Messrs. George
Thomas Clark, Edward Crecy, Robert Rawlinson, and
William Ranger. Mr. Clark has served much in Eng-
land and in India, where ho has been engaged in drainage
works. Mr. Crecy is the author of the "Encyclopaedia
of Civil Engineering," and gave valuable evidence be-
fore the Metropolitan Sanitary Commission. Mr. Raw-
linson, formerly engineer to the Bridgewater Trust, has
been employed in works of sanitary improvement in
several of the northern towns. Mr. Ranger has directed
drainage works in Essex, and is lecturer on civil en-
gineering at the royal engineer establishment at Chat-
ham, and at the Putney College.-01server.
A DANGEROUS MISTAX.E.—On Monday last
collier, working in the Pentrefelen pit, near Llangafelach,
nearly met his death under the following singular cir-
cumstances. He had brought with him a supply of food
for his meals--among other things a pot of good strong
tea—that famous 'plans " which cheers but not inebri-
ates." In a similar pot he had with him a more danger=
ous companion, a pound and a half of powder—not the
tea called gunpowder—but good rock powder, used for
blasting purposes. At the usual hour for the meal the
canny man took up the pot and set it on the fire. It
was the pot of powder, not tea. The result may easily
be imagined—an explosion, which burnt the man and a
boy, and five who were at the time in a shed near the

oils with. Fortunately the injuries received by the
sufferers, though severe, are not such as to endanger
their lives—a circumstance which they owe, in great
part, to the shed being open, and the roof, wo believe,
partly uncovered.— Weklnan.

Lord John Russell is at his lodge, Richmond Park,
whence he comes to town daily to attend to business.
The Baron Rothschild arrived in London on Sa-
turday afternoon by the steam-ship Triton, from Ostend.
Vicountess Moncorvo has returned to town from
Brighton. The Noble Viscount is expected to return
from Lisbon in the course of next month, to resume his
diplomatic duties at the British court.
The Countess of Darnley and the Ladies Bligh
have within the last week left Cowes, Isle of Wight, for
Sandgate, Kent.
KiirinAL.—Exmostom or POWDER MILLs,—On
Thursday morning last, about four o'clock, the throe
powder mills at Sedgewick, near Kendal, were totally
destroyed by an explosion; the report was heard at a
distance of forty miles, and mistaken for thunder. For-
tunately no person was present, so that no lives were
lost; the mills were the property of Messrs. Wakefield,
of Kendal.—Lancaster Gazette.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN SWYNET, OF
THE 63D REGIMENT.—On Saturday morning this un-
fortunate gentleman destroyed himself in his apartment,
No. 8, Cecil-street, Strand. He had for a long time past
been given to acts of excessive intemperance, which had
brought on delirium tremens. He was lately observed to
be in a most excited state, in consequence of which 11
gentleman residing in the house had anxiously watched
his movements. Being left alone, however, for a few
minutes, ho locked the door of his room. It was frames
diately forced open, and the deceased was found lying on
the floor with a severe wound in his alidti. A regimental
sword was lying by him, the point of which was covered
with blood, To have, effected his object he must have
6,, _el
t; of the sworn on “1 f;`,: fl fifiti fore ed
himself forward upon its point. A surgeon was sent for,
but the unfortunate gentleman expired before his arrival.
SUCCESS OF SHEEP VACCINATION.—At the Launditch
Association meeting, on Wednesday, Mr. H. Overend
reported that the experiment he had tried in vaccinating
sheep, on account of the disease to which they are at
present subjected, was crowned with complete success.
DECAY or STONE.—We regret to say that the
work of the French Church, St. Martin's-le-Grand, the
New Hall, Lincoln's-inn, and the New Houses of Par-
liament, is in a state of rapid decomposition, What have
the architects and builders been about?—Trade Protec•
Lion Circular.
AURORA BOREALIS.—This beautiful phenomenon
has been very visible several evenings during the past
week.—Manchester Courier.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(Prom the United Service Gazette.)
THE VACANT COLONELOIES.—Tbe Colonelcy of the
80th Foot has been conferred on Major-General Sir
Edmund Keynton William, K.C.8., an officer ,of high
distinction, who has frequently been wounded in his
country's service. Sir Edmund entered the army in 1799,
and immediately proceeded to Holland, where he served
in the actions of the 2nd and 6th October. He was
subsequently present at the battle of Maida in 1806, and
the taking of Ischia in 1009. We afterwards find him
in the Peninsula, sharing in the battle of Busaco, the
I siege of Badajoz, the battle of Salamanca, the siege
!of Burgos, the battle of Vittoria, the actions
at Tolosa, the siege of San Sebastian, the
passage of the Bidassoa, the battles of the Nivelle
and Nive, the passage of the Adour, and
the investment of Bayonne. The Major-General received
six wounds, the one at Salamanca being very severe.
Since the peace, Sir Edmund K. Williams has held the
command of a Division of the Madras Army, and enjoyed
the respect of all who served under him. He has re-
ceived a Cross and one Clasp for his services in the
Peninsula. Major-General Sir Guy Campbell, C. 8.,
commanding the Athlone District, has been appointed
to the vacant Colonelcy of the 3d West India Regiment.
It is a just reward for distinguished services in the Pt
ninsula, where he commanded the 6th Foot. Sir Guy is
a " Waterloo hero," having served the whole of the cam-
paign of 1815.
THE STAFF OFFICERS OF PENSIONERS.—The follow-
ing removals and appointments have been made, conse-
quent upon the resignation of Captain Mullen, of the
Glasgow district, and Captain Paget, of Ipswich:—
Major Crompton, from Cork to Dublin; Major bivan,
from Dublin to Nottingham; Major Campbell, from
Nottingham to Glasgow; Captain Stewart, from Salis-
bury (a lieutenant's district) to Cork; Captain Henry,
from 55th Regiment to Salisbury; Captain Ready, from
Waterford (a lieutenant's district) to Ipswich; Captain
De Rinzey, from the 83d Regiment to Waterford.
FORTIFCATIONS OF MALTA.—General Sir John Bur-
goyne arrived at Malta, oa the 10th inst., by the Penin
taller and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, to inspect
the fortifications of this island. The following day he
visited the dockyard, and in company with Admiral
Harvey, the Rear-Admiral Superintendent, and princi-
pal dicers of the yard, viewed the dockyard, new dock,
and the new factory buildings rapidly progressing to-
wards completion.
Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, commanding
the Bombay army, was, by the last accounts, about to
quit Poona on a tour inspection into Guzzerat.
The Admiralty have issued orders to the respective
harbour masters at the ports to the effect that all
changes in rivers and harbours, artificial or natural, are
to be reported, immediately they are discovered, to their
Lordships.-
The Admiralty have ordered that empty shells for all
vessels shall be supplied to the ships. The shells having
bottoms without fuses.
CAPE COAST.—No medical man is at this station; two
have left for England with the colonial surgeon, and the
one left to do the duty is since dead. The Governor,
Captain Winniett, R.N., was to leave for Ashantee the
end of August, with presents for the King. He expected
to accomplish his mission in about four weeks. Captain
Winniett was at Ancona on the 31st of July, in excellent
health.
THE COMPASS DEPARTMENT.-WO stated last week
that the Admiralty had called on the authorities at the
ports to suggest what course may be adopted to save
the great expense of surveying her Majesty's ships. We
have since heard that the duties are henceforth to be
performed by the Masters of the flag ships.