The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-17 00:00:00

HULL AND SELBY.

The half-yearly meeting was held at Hull on Friday, Mr.
J. R. Pease in the chair.
The report showed a balance of 233,923 in favour of the
company, out of which the directors recommended divi-
dend of £2 98. 6d: per £59 share, and in proportion for the
half and quarter shares (less the income-tax deducted by
the lessees).
The Cu AIRMAN moved, and Mr. J. BOWES seconded,
the adoption of the report, and declaration of the dividends
recommended therein, payable on the 28► h inst.
The motion was carried unanimously, and the proceedings
terminated.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND_ LINCOL N-
SHI RE.

The total expenses of this company's railways, including
rents, toll, duty, &c., have amouted from July 1 to Aug. 8,
to £29,768, as against £28,894 for the corresponding period
of 1857. The proportion of South Junction, &c., receipts
accruing to this company from July 1 to Aug. 8 amount to
£2,376, as against £3,935 for the corresponding period of
18.57; and the expenses to £1,530, as against £1,568 for the
corresponding period of 1857. The total receipts, includ-
ing rents, &c., of this company's canals, for the month end-
ing July 31, have amsunted to £1,977, as against £5,011 for
the corresponding period of 1857; and the total expenses,
including rates, &0., amounted to £3,333, as against £3,323
for the corresponding period of 1857 ; laving a balance of
net profit of £1,644, as against £2,618 for the corresponding
period of 18.57.

TWEED SALMON FISHING .—The Berwick Advertiser
says :—".IVe have better hopes now of a grilse season than
we had last month, as they have c,:ane on more plentiful
during the last tai days; and the salmon arid trouts arc
still continuing to be taken in fair numbers. So very fluc-
tuating Is the supply of fish, that while there were nearly
15,000 grilse caught in the Tweed in July, 1857, there were
sea- ce'y 3,000 taken last month."
EXTRAORDINARY CG:.: 11 Tho Mg/
records a rather singular affair which happened near Huh a
few evenings since. Mr. Bray, cowkeeper, who resides in
Hendyke-lane, near Newland, was passing along one of his
fields at dusk, when, a few yards in advance if aim, he saw
a band'ef seven er eight foutnarts playing on the cart-road
which skirts the edge. They pi,inted themselves boldly in,
-kis path; and when he attempted to drive them off, they
sprang at him in a body, and a furious combat ensin d for
five or ten minutes. The little assailants were evidently
bent on effectually using their claws and teeth. As fast as
one was kneeked down with his liar, which way all the de-
fence he had, the remainder continued their tikrta to climb
up his clothes and attack his face. Ultimately, however,
three or four of the foumarts were thrown disabled into the
hedge bottom, and the rest beat a precipitate retreat. Mr.
Bray secured three of them with a piece of string and
carried them away alive.
[A DYERTISEM ENT.)—The possibility of abandoning Medi-
cine altogether is shown by the numerous extrairdinary
Cures without Medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatu-
lency, Constipation, Nervous Bilious, and Liver com-
plaiuts, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility
effected by Du Barry's delicious Health Restoring Revs-
lenta-Arahica Food; the following are not the least remark-
able :—Cure No. 43,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood mer-
chant, of Fawley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of
blood, liver derangement, partial deafness.—Cure No.
58,816. Mrs. Holzei aged 107 years; of dyspepsia (indi-
ge:-tion), debility, irritability, and nervousness, Which had
tormented her fur seventy years.—Cure No. 46,814. Mr.
Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrfoea.—Cure
No. 52,612.- The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart of
many years' nervous irritabilit.t, bile, aid indiges-
tino.—Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguera, cured
of consumption, after her medical advisers had aban-
doned all hopes of recovery.—Cure No. 180. "..Twenty-
five years' neivonsness, constipation, indigestion, and
debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which
no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually
cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. IV. B.
Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London."—No. 4,08. " Eight
years' dysrpsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms,
and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice
of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health
restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries.
Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlingtou Rectory, Norfolk."—No.
32,826. " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in
my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren-
dered my life very miserable, have been radically removed by
Du Barry's health restoring Food.. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon
of Ross, Skibbereen."—Cure N0..3,006. Thirteen years'
coach, indigestion, and general debility have been removed
by Do Bari y,'s excellent Fowl. Js. Porter, Athol. st., Perth."
Supported by testimonials from the celebrated profssors of
chemistry Dr. Andrew the, Dr. Sho.lanr, 1)r. Harvey,
Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Dr. Ingrain,
Lord Stuart de Decies, Major-General Thomas Kiog and
many other respectable persons, whose health has been re-
stored by it,
after all other meaas of cure bad failed. Suit-
ably packed with full instructions. In ministers, 11b.,
2s. 91.; 2lb , 4s. rid. ; 51h.; lls.'; 121 b., 245. The 121 b.
cannistos are sentcarriage free, on receipt of Post-otilee
order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Dr:-
don, and through all chemists and grocers in toon and
country.—lmportant Caution' against the fearful dangers
of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chatkeller Sir William
Page wood granted an injunction orp_tbe 10th _March, 1854,
against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating "Du Barry's
119vglciitit Argbio

THE ARATE

The Duke of Cambri'ge, attended by General Sir Richard
Airey, Colonel Clifton, and Colonel Poster, arrived at Alder-
shott yesterday, and inspeced the whole of the Militia ir,
camp. His Royal Highness will inspect the Cavalry and
Infantry of the Line to-day, and review the whole on
Wednesday. Ills Royal Highness and suite will return to
town on Wednesday or Thursday next.
The under-mentioned change of quarters of the brigade of
Foot Guards will take place on the lot Sept. :
Grenadier Guards.—lst Battalion from Aldershott camp
to Windsor; 2d Battalion will remain at Wellington Bar-
racks; 31 Battalion from Wellington Barracks to Portman-
street and St. John's-wood Barracks.
Coldstream Guards-Ist Battalion from Windsor to St.
George's, Kensingtors, and Magazine Barracks; 2:1 Batta-
lion from Dublin to Wellington Barracks.
Scots Fusilier Guards.—lst Battalion will remain at the
Toveer of London, where they removed to from the Welling-
ton Barracks on the 3d inst., on the Ist Battalion of the
Grenadier Guards marching to Aldershott Camp ; 2d Bat-
talion from Portman-street and St. John's-wood Barracks,
to Dublin.

We understand that it is the intension of Government to
send out forthwith to British Columbia a. force of ltnyal
Engineers, provided with everything necessary for the for-
mation of roads and bridges to open up the resources of the
colony, and to erect block-huuses for the reception and safe
custody of the gold whinh may be dispoed of by the miners,
and at the same time to form an organised military force for
the maintenance of law and order.

TheiCity of Manchester, Captain Kennedy, which left
Portsmouth on the 19th of May and Gibraltar on the 28th
of May, for Algoa Bay, was passed within one day's sail of
the Cape of Good Hope on the 20th of Jame. She had on
board a detachment of the Royal Artillery, from Portsmouth,
and the 31st Regiment, from Gibraltar,. numbering in all
1,215 men, women, &c., and had made the nonage in 36
days at sea, including the deviation to qibrilter.
Major-General W. B. nitrides, C,8., tiro-Royal Artil-
lery, died a few days since at his residence, Edinburgh. The
-used General had been 55 years in the service, having
obt,iiica his commission as second-lientenant in_3Bo3. He
served at the siege of Flushing in 1809,and the following
year proceeded to Cadiz to take part in the Peninsular war.
He was detached. from Cadiz to Tarragona, in 1811, and as-
sisted at the assault and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo in Jan.
1812, and at the assault and capture of Badajoz in March and
April the same year. At the former he was wounded in the
right ankle, anti was most severely and dangerously
wounded at Badajoz, being compelled to have his left arm
amputated, and had his left thigh dislocated and hip-bone
shattered. He • received the silver war medal and two
clasps for Ciudad-Rodrigo and Badajoz. His commission
bore date as follows :—Second Lieutenant, Bth of Sept.
1803; First Lieutenant, 12th of Sept. 1893; Captain, 11th
of July, 1811; Brevet Major, 21st of Aug. 1819; Brevet
Lieutenanf-Colonel, 10th tof Jan. 1837; Lieutenant-
Colonel, 23d June, 1837; Brevet-Colonel, 9th of Novem-
ber, 1846 ; Colonel, Ist of November, 1848; and Major-
General, 28th of November, 1854.
The troops stationed at Chatham garrison are practised
daily in escalading operations and ether military ma-
nceuvres on the lines, in order to prepare them for the grand
review and siege operations which will shortly take place at
Chatham.
Two complete 18-pounder batteries, in charge of Captain
Milward, 'W battery, 11th Battalion, and Captain Bent, H
battery, 31 Battalion, Royal Artillery, were despatched yes-
terday morning to Ilythe and. Eastbourne, to add to tke
efficiency of the defences on that line of coast.
The 4th company, sth Battalion Royal Artillery, in com-
mand of Lieut.- CoL Morris, C. 8., Capt. Laseelles, Lieu-
tenants Graham, Sexton, and Guille, were yesterday morn-
ing removed from head-quarters, Woolwich, to Shoebury-
ness; and the dismounted portion of the Royal Horse Artil-
lery, recently stationed at Shoeburyness, arrived at Wool-
wich in the evening. The A arid K troops, in command of
Major Le Mesurier Tupper and Major Arbuthnot, also com-
menced their march from Shoeburyness yesterday morning',
together with Lieut.-Col, Maude and the whole of the head-
quarters staff, to return to Woolwich.
The steam transport Industry, Master Hodges is com-
mand, has left Woolwich for Deptford, to ship victualling
stores for various coast stations.
Sir J. Pakingtou and the Lards of the Admiralty dined
on Saturday evening with Port-Admiral Sir Barrington
Reynolds, K.C.8., at the Admiralty-house, Mount Wise,
in company with General Eden and Rear-Admiral Sir
Thos. S. Pasley, superintendent of the Devonport Dock-
yard. Oa Sunday afternoon their lordships left the Diadem,
in Hamoaze, and preceded up the river in the gunboat
Redwing.

MILITIA.
The Ist Staffordshire Militia sailed from Edinburgh in the
Melbourne steam transport on Tuesday, the 10th inst., and
arrived at the camp at Aldershott, on Friday last.
The 2d Somerset Regiment Militia is ordered to a.cemble
at the head-qua: ters, Bath, on Tuesday, Oct. 5, f►r 21
days' training and exercise.
Orders have been received for the Royal Montgomm.yshire
Rifles to assemble at Welshpool for 21 days' training on
Sept. lb.

The Royal Denbighshire Rifle Militia will. also assemble
on the 15th prow. at Wrexham for 21 days' training and ex-
ercise. Tnis regiment is complete as to numbers.
The Royal Angirsea Light Infantry Regiment will meet
on Sept. 13th for 21 days' training, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Williams, at Beaumaris.

The steam gtorrship Rhatinmanthus, Master Commander
V. L. Brown, with steam gear Irons Woolwich, arrived at
Plymouth on Saturday.
'1 he Queen, 110, in charge of Mr. Madge and 50 seamen,
was towed from Barnoaze at 8 o'clock on Sunday morning
by the Zephyr and Cootlance tugs to Plymouth Sound,
where she was passed over to the steam frigate Terrible,
Captain Glasse, which took her out through the western
entrance for conveyance to Sheerness to be fitted with a
screw. The steam frigate Valotous, Captain Aldham, ac-
companied item.

Ti►e paddlewheel steam sloop Argue, 6, Commander H.
F. W. Ingram, from Sheerness, left 100 men and a detach-
ment of marines at Plymouth on Sumlay, and then sailed
for the west coast of Africa, touching at Queenstown.
The lighter Aid, with stores from Chatham, arrived at
Plymouth on Sunday.

The Prussian vessel Mater Elizabeth has finished dis-
charging her cargo of timber and deals at Cbatbatn Dock-
yard.

A novel and successful experiment was tried at Keyham
steam yard a few days since, iu undocking a caisson which
had received considerable repair in dock at Keyhatn, and
was a great thoroughfare for the workmen, horses, &c.,
when crossing between the two basins south and north.
The caisson and the steam frigate Encounter were together
in the Queen's Dock. The frigate was at the head, with
extensive defec's, a large number of her timbers being de-
cayed, also the sternpo,t and other parts; to effect these re-
pairs a great portion of the bottom planking was necessarily
removed. The difficulty was haw to float out the caisson
while the Encounter was in such a state, for if temporarily
patched it would have been at a heavy co=t and great risk of
damage, as her shape was of course much loosened. The
master-builder at Keyham solved the difficulty by placing
sufficient iron ballast on the upper deck of the Encounter to
prevent the lower deck and other buoyant parts from dis-
turbing her, and allowed the water to flow in until it was
nearly as high as the upper deck. Tee attempt proved
most sncets-tul, for after the caisson was floated out and
the water withdrawn only one of the frigate's shores was
found to be disturbed. Such an experiment is said never
before to have been attempted in the west; the saving
effected is considerable.

Tile following appointments van made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Capt. E. B. Rice, to the Royal Albert ; Capt.
H. E. EJgell, to the Chesapeake; Capt. G. T. P. Horuby,
io the Tribune, vice Edgell, nppoint,l,l to the Clicsapeck,..;
Lieut. the Hun. I'. 0. B. Fitzmaurice (late of the Agamem-
non), to the Lee gun-vessel; and Licut. H. N. Knox, to the
Firm gun-vessel.