The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-07 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARES.

Versailles, • .
L.B.•••• •••• 286 25 .. 286 25 .. 286 25 .. 286 25
Rouen •• •• •• —.1035 . 1035 ..1035 ..1035
Rouen to Havre .. . • 768 75 768 75 .. 767 50 -• 767 50
Orleans .
Strasburg to Bale•• •• •• 275 .. 278 75 .. 275 . 276 25
Avignon to slarseilles 807 50 . 817 50 .• 807 50 .. 815
RAILWAY SHARES FOR SETTLING, Nov. 4.
St. Germain.•.. • •••• •• .. 920 • . 920 .. 920 .. 920
Versailles, L.B . .
Rouen •
Rouen to Havre..
Orleans •............ ..
Strasburg to 8a1e......•• •• 275 .• 278 75 .. 275 .. 278 75
Avignon to Marseilles.. •• •• 807 50 .• 816 25 .. 807 50 . 815

RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT. Nov 15.
Versailles, L. 8.•... ...... 287 50 .. 287 50 .. 287 50 .. 287 50
50 —1035 „ion 1030

Rouen to Havre.•••
Orleans .• •••• • .• ••• • • •1015 ..1025 ..1015 ..1020
Strasburg to 8a1e...... •• •• 276 75 .. 280 .. 276 25 .. 278 75
Avignon to Marseille s.• .. 807 50 .. 817 50 .. 807 50 .. 816 25

MORTALITY. IN TIIE METROPOLIS.--The total
number of deaths during the week, ending Saturday
Nov. 2, was 966, showing a slight increase as com-
pared with the previous weQk, but still much under
the average. Deaths from small-pox and scarlatina
are still numerous, amounting respectively to 36-72,
while the average is 17-45- In almost every other
instance there is a decrease. The 36 deaths from
small-pox occurred at the following ages :—two
under 1 year; eight 1-3; nine 3-5; eleven 5-10;
three 10-20; and three 20-30 years. The following
is an analysis of the list of violent deaths :—Fracture
or contusion, 3 cases, of which 1 was by machinery,
and 2 by falls; wound, 2 cases (suicides); drowning,
2 cases (bothacccaisdeesn;taplo)is;olnltrgl inega,sel
scald, 1 case. (ena:uerd(eur)ic;idaen)ci
ffocation'3
Total, 11 males and 2 females.—Rain
in inches, 1.69.

General Steam Navigation Company
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
w tobacco in h;- • •
Lombard-street, 6th Nov., 184'1.4:Mice,
SIR,—In your paper of last night you state, under
the police report, that theas Steward of oAf'iththehaQving"a
greatsteamer u farnotmi Rotterdamquantity
smuggled
_.....l,ossession ,
and as the said report is —• • -
the least found' vilcirely false and without
'•
......inn, I will thank you to insert this
in -- _
- , our valuable paper as a contradiction to the same,
never having been charged before any magistrate for
smuggling, and consider my station in life to be too
respectable to be mixed up with any such transaction.
I am, Sir, your humble servant,

ROBERT HALE,
Steward of the Ocean, to and from Rotterdam.
P.S. I consider that your report is likely to do me
serious injury if not nontradiettd,

INDISPOSITION OF SIR L. SHADWELL.—The fol-
lowing notice was posted in the Vice•Chancollor's
Court yesterday :—" Flia Honour •the Vic•P-Chancel-
lor of England Will not sit to-day, in consequence of in-
disposition.—Nov. 6, 1844." _ _ _

STATE Or TRADE.—The accounts received by the
late arrivals from India and China) do nut appear to have
made any change in our market. Yarn continues very
scarce, and exceedingly firm in price t in goods there is
a moderate and steady demand at unaltered rates.---,=-
ROCIIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. 4.—There has
been more business doing in the market to-day, but the
prices have been considerably lower. It is a general
rent-day in R.)chdale this week, of which the merchants
take advantage, as it obliges the small manufacturers to
sell. Pieces have been sold to-day at a reduction of from
2s. to 4s. a couple. The wool market still remains heavy.
-'Manchester (Feqraign,
Ogitious biscovear.—A highly curious and inte-
resting discovery, not only to geolTists4 but to others
likewise, has Just beet' M ade at the ntitiyii ifoh,Works,
nea Pond petil: *MC the otiEffien Ingagecl on those
WorkS and oCcUpied Ili one Cit the fflint4 10614; *eft pro-
ceeding with their operations; they met with a fossil ttett
63t1Sidefable side. it seas found in an erect posi-
tion and peilidildiCaltif to the tiiftio; of stratifieritioult. The
circumference at the base, immediately above thtl point
of junction with the root is six feet, and from thence it
diminishes to four feet, in a height of about five feet.
TIIE CRESCENT AND TILE CROSS; OR, ROMANCE
AND REALITIES Of EASTERN TRAVEL.—Under the
above title, a work is immediately forthcoming from/the
pen of Eliot Warburton, Esq., which is likely to supply
a want long felt by the English public as regards the
East. The writer announces that " The work is in-
tended to convey in a popular form all the information
most required by the general reader, and the Oriental
traveller, on the subjects of which it treats. The author
has visited Egypt, Nubia, Palestine, Damascus, and the
Lebanon, the Coast and Islands of Asia Minor, Con-
stantinople, Greece, and the _lonian Islands. He has
interwoven with his personal adventures the most recent
information appertaining to the state of those countries,
especially as regard% the condition of Egypt, the tribes
of the Lebanon, and the Church of England mission at
Jerusalem. The Overland Passage to India is in par-
ticular treated of, and the appendix will contain the
most accurate information for the guidance of travellers."
NAMING or STREETS.—At the Court of Commis-
sioners of Sewers, on Tuesday, Mr. Hickson, the principal
freeholder of the property situate in Water-lane, Fleet-
street, attended with a memorial signed by the other
freeholders of the remainder of the property, praying
that the Court would allow t;:e name to be changed into
Whitefriars-street, The Court acceded to the applica-
tion, remarking that whenever ti.le owners of property
applied for such an alteration, the APPlicf4j9r. would be
Attended to.

MONEY ANP COMMERCIAL NE WS
CITY, WEDNESDAY ETENINII.
Consols closed at 1004 fur Money, and 1004 for
Account. Reduced Three per Cents. touched 99i.
Bank Stock closed at 204.
The Foreign Investments were dealt in to a moderate
extent. Spanish Five per Cents. left off at 24 to 4, and
the Three per Cents, at 354 1. Colombian were 14 to 4;
Chilian, 101 ; and Brazilian, New, 84 to 4. Portuguese
Converted advanced to 55 and 56. Belgian Bonds
were 1014.
The additional transactions have been these :-Cam-
bridge and Lincoln were 4 ; Chester and Holyhead, to
; Ely and Bedford, 4 ; Great Southern and Western
( Ireland), 54 ; Great Western, 63 • Ditto, Fifths, 134. ;
irmeaster and Carlisle, 34 ; South-Western, 334 ; Lynn
a id Ely, 1} ; Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter, 3 ;
Newcastle and Darlington, 28 ; Northern and Eastern,
112 ; York and North Midland, Scarborough Branch,
28 ; Ditto, Selby Scrip, 59 ; (Moans and Vierzon, 64 ;
Oreans and Tours, 31 ; Paris and Lyons, ; and Paris
laid Orleans, 1914 premium. Eastern Counties have
been 111 4 discount. London and Westminster Bank
Shares were 84 premium.
(rm: The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet.
Sales, 2,0a0 bales, at previous rates.-A fair business was
done in shares, and, on the whole, at firmer rates. French
shares were in request. Churnet Valley, 3L 115. 6d. ;
Direct Northrn, 24 ; Dublin and Cashel, 9 ; Perpetual,
3L 12s. 4d. ; Grand Junction Half Shares, 1035 ; Great
Western Half Shares, 874 ; Liverpool and Manchester
Half Shares, 1004 ; Liverpool and Preston, a 9s. 6,1. ;
London and Birmingham, 214 ; London and Birming-
ham 321. Shares, 361 ; London and Birmingham Quarter
Shares, 244; Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 474 ; Mid-
land Counties, 1074 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 44 ; Shef-
field and Lincoln, 21. 16s. 3d. ; Siuth-Eastern, 424 •
Ditto, New, 15. i ; Ulster, 39 ; Lyons and Avignon, 2/.
9s. 6d ; Paris and Lyons 3/. ; Paris and Rotten, 38i ;
Orlean, Tours, and Bordeaux, 34; Boulogne and Amiens,
41. Bs. 9d.
There are late accounts from the Cape of Good Hope
this morning. A most severe gale had been experienced
at'Port Natal. The Brazilian slaver Isabel, detained by
her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, parted from her anchors,
drove on shore, and was totally wrecked. From this
part of the colony there has been received a sample of
cotton-wool of a superior quality, grown there.
The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, published at the
Cape, slays, on this matter :-" We consider this
subject of so much importance that in transmitting the
sample (of cotton just referred to) we purpose using the
freedom of bringing it to the notice of factors in in-
fluential quarters in England, fully trusting that the
growing cotton in a British colony, and by free-labour,
will ob-am protection and encouragement. The Zoolah
tribes, known to be in many parts of the interior a
dense population, evince a disposition to be industrious."
To the bounty system promulgated by the Govern-
silent, many objections were raised by the colonists-
complexity being complained of generally in the orders
issued-still, sanguine hopes were entertained that the
plan would work advantageously soon. The value of
importations at port Eltz tbeth, in the quarter ending
the 4th July, was 51,9591, and of exports. 55,398/., of
which 33,521/. were for wools shipped to the mother
country. The Eastern frontier had been placed
in a more safe position by the establish.•
ment of a line of military ports along the
front of Cafferland, so as to command every Kraal, in a
short time, within twenty miles of the boundary line.
Among the Caffers there was a strong party in favour of
war. The chiefs were all peaceably inclined. They
had promised to do their best to propagate the Christian
religion in their territories, and to protect the persons,
the families, and the property of the missionaries.
In the Funds this morning there has not been much
business transacted. Money is still on increased
demand, but we cannot quote any advance in the rate
of interest upon the discount of the first class of com-
mercial securities. The determination of the Bank of
England to charge a per centage upon accounts re-
mitted for the public to their own branches, has been
subject of conversation, and of course the plan 'a3 held to
be objectionable; but with the severe •
..ernas (at least the
holders of IBank Stock
are of such opinion)
exacted on the 1
renewal of the charter, no
question the court of Directors will receive the approval
of 'eroprietors for turning to account all the means
they have in their power to increase the rest. Consols
have been at par to 1004 fur Money, and 1004 to 4 for
time. The Government broker is still a buyer. Exche-
quer Bills are 635. to 655, premium. Bank Stock is 204
to 205, and India Stock 2864 to 287. New Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents. are 1024 to 1014.
The market for Spanish Bonds is still supported, and
they have been marked 24 to 4 for the Five per Cents.,
354 4 for the Three per Cents. Dutch Two-and a-
Half per Cents. are 654, and the Five per Cents.
99. Messrs. R. Raphael and Sons have received
an account of the drawing of the 31,000,000 florins Dutch
Five per Cents. at the Hague, on the 2d instant. The
letters V. 11. have been drawn to the amount of
16,316,000 florins, and the letter S. of 8,684,000 florins,
the former including the bonds of Van Harpent and Van
der Hoope, and the latter of Saportas, to be converted
into Four per Cent., or the money claimed at Amsterdam
leefore the 28th inst. The letters N. I. X. C. R. L. Q. and 0.
to the amount of 2,157,000 florins, and S. a further por-
tion of Saportas Bonds, to the extent of 3,843,000
florins, were also drawn for payment in money. Rus-
sian Bonds are at 119. Portuguese Converted obtain
55 to 5. Mexican are firmer, at an improvement to 35.
Brazilian are 84.
There is a quiet market for Shares generally. French
are very firm.
FINES OF BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
lank 5t00k."........... ........ ............ ......
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99 54
3 per Cent. Consols. Anna' lOO Iro
New 314 per Cent. Annuities 102% 01% 192
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 19130.. -16 12
India Stock
Consol• for Account 100!4
Exchequer Bills. INd.
I,_oool. •1•13,41[141.•••••••••• ••••••• ..... 65 63 pm.
OtAL•••••0•••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••. 83 - pm.
Ditto inlet.... - ..... 63 65 pm.
Ditto Advertised.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONN O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto New Bands, 1829 and 18.11.
Delilah Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 89%
Dutish Exchange 2% per Cent
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent -... 35
Ditto for the Account ...... .............
Portuguese Bonds' S per Cent, -
Ditto Converted,,,
Ditto fie the AOCOUAL ........ ......
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll9
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840..........., 24% 24
Ditto for the Account 2l
Ditto Deterred 115..16 11%
Ditto Three per Cent. .....«.„.«.„.« „.».„.. -
Ditto Int the Account
Dutch 2% per Cents .. 62%
Dutch 5 per Cents. 99
PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O:.,CLOCK.
RALWITA. nth. rifit
Birmingham and GidUCester...... 100 .... ..... 102 to 101
Ditto New -
Great Western ..... 75 -
Ditto Fifths. ........ ...... 12 -
London and Birtriinsher..it ... .. -14 -
London s'td 3011th Weitern 41% - ...... to
Ditto Eighths-- ............... % -
London and Croydon -
London and York 234 plc to 3
Midland ..... a. 4.. K'o ..:1103 to
Ifirminglrtm red 'no
re*Ustle and Darlington Junct. 21
rt!soionth Direct 11. 1 -
South Eastern and Dover 32% 42%%% to -
Ditto New 4 514,.. to -
Yarmouth and Nor-ieh .i4...i0... r. 15,111
Dlthi 5 -
York and Nertth Midland ... 50 114 ... 119
Ditto % ...:n... to
Hite Brgrien liiiil.ll 1 M.. 45.
e ^tio
Boulogne and Amiens -
Orleans Tours, and Bourdeaux 1 4 ...... to
Paris and Lyons .......• -
Paris ynd Orleans ..... ....... .JO -
Parisand Rouen ..........u+.+1111.„.. '.llll
Nov.,tte a95111 Yea tO
MA.SrettESTER Stolx EXell-kliGt, 5,-We have
had a rtiofe atilt-bitted rnathet; and p.rides close firm.-
Barnsley Junction, 54; Belfast and liallyflitiria, 3 13-10)
Burnley and Accrington, 2; Wigan and Liverpool, 45;
Cambridge and Lincoln, 2 24; Huddersfield and Man-
chester, SA-; fiuddersiileld fitid beffield, 4 ; Eastern
Counties, 13f ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 2 1-16 ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 504; Newcastle and Carlisle,
1041 Preston an 4 Wyre, Pref., 40; Sheffield and Man-
chesfrr, 1011 ottlt-Easterni 421; West Yorkshire, 84;
gailogise ahcl Attans; Manchester and Liverpool
District Bank, 104; Manchester andaSalford Ditto, 12i;
Bolton, Darwen, and Blackpool, 24.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bsd Sten...aaa...ft &V. 2(11. Ilitto Bonds 41,000 lll,l
3 per Cent. Red g9tDifttl thtclet
i per Cent. Cons
3% per Cent. Red Ditto Old Annuities -
New 3% per Cent. lO2 Ditto New Annuities ... -
New 5 per Cent. , Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 134c1... 6.5 pm.
Long Antalities to expire Ditto 5001 ...... 65 psi.
tan 1860.. 12% Ditto errintil 65 pm.
Oct. 1859 a, ll 13.46 Bank Stock for Acct.... -
Jdn. it l2 3-16 Consols for Act. ..... 10014
Indian StoCk -
FORBIU N rumps.
Austrian, 5 per Cent - I Russian 5 per -
•
Belgian, 5 per Cent lOl% Ditto, Metallic
Brazilian Bonds ..... ..... - vanish, 5 per Cent., 1840... 24%
thiehUs Atlas, 6 mi.* Cent - ditto, 1841 ...... -
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Ceht - Ditto, .....
Chllian, 6 per Cent .., lot Ditto, 1843...«................. -
Colombian, 6 per Cent
Danish, 3 per Cent
reek, 18.9, a per - 'Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Ct -
..
Metiedtii6 vet Cent .. .. •-• French, 5 per Cent,...... -t. c
Bends, 5 per ...... - French, 3 per Cent -f.
Prussian Bonds, 4 per Cent. - Exchange ......... -f.
Perttvian Bonds, 6 per Ct... Dutch, 234 per Cent ...... 62%
Ptlrtuguese Bonds, 0 per Ct Ditto,s per Cent ... 22%
SHARES.
Chester tih'i slalatiead (?paid) 1111.„ .............».. ..... 13)! astern Countia (28 rue) ••••••
ly and Bedford, 1 paid ll4
feet Southern and Western (Ireland) 5 raid ... 1034
Orest Weston (75 paid)
Ditto Fifths, 12 pant ••• 25%
Lancaster and Carlisle, 10 paid
I/Oion and South Weston (411.6 e. 10d. paid) , 74%
Lynn afid Fitt, 134 paid
Manchester and Birmingham
Ditto, Quarter Shar..s ( 2 paid)
Newcastle and Darlingron Junction, 21 paid
55
Northern and Eastern (4.5 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 41 paid)
15%
Ditto New Shares, 4 paid
York and North Midland (50 paid)
Ditto Scat bora' Branch, 10 paid
Ditto, Selby Scrip, 20 paid 79
Orleans, Tours, and Bourdeaux, 1 paid
Paris and Lyons. 2 paid
▪ ne
?aria and Orleans (20 paid)
Orleans and Vierzon, 2 paid B%

CUSTOMS.—It having appeared that some of the
"orders" which are issued to the tidewaiters on board
ships in the docks, and vessels and steamers in the river,
by, the registrar or officer whose duty it is to issue such-
documents; and which alone authorise them to deliver
any part of the cargo from the ship's hold for the pur-
pose of the same being landed or delivered overside,
had not the signature of that officer, and fears being en-
tertained that the revenue is exposed to risk in conse-
quence of such irregularities, and that goods might be
delivered without the proper authority, directions have
been givep that in future no such delivery order be issued
from the office of the registrar, without the same being
stamped with a seal to be provided for the purpose, bear-
ing the words, " Registrar's-office, Customs, Legal
gllfty.g," &e., as the case may be ; and the tidewaiters
base received instructions not to permit any goods in
future to he delivered from the ship upon the receipt of
such orders, unless they be 4cr stamped in compliance
with this regulation.

DR. WOLFF.

Captain Grover has just receirod the following
letter from the Rev. Dr. Wolff:—

Meshed, month of Shahan, 23d.

My dear Grover,—Not venturing when at Bokhara
to keep a journal, I have forgotten the date of the
Christian month !
After the infamous Nazib Abdool Summut Khan
had forced from me the promise to pay him 6,000
tillas, I should, after all, have been put to death, if.
Abbas Kulli Khan, the Persian Ambassador, had not
saved me. lam now arrived in Persia, broken down
in constitution, robbed of everything I had, and with
a debt of 6,000 tillas (2,5001), which I am to pay to
the brother of the Nazib Abdool Summet Khan, who
is to accompany me to Tehran.
You thought that 4,0001. could be collected for my
purpose ; if you can now assist me in paying the
debt above-mentioned to the infamous Nazib, who
forced the promise from me in his garden, surrounded
by his guards—well. If not, I shall be obliged to
go to prison in Persia.
The King has also sent with me an Ambassador, who
is to go to England ; and the Nazibhas forced me to pro-
mise to pay the expenses of that Ambassador out of the
money he advanced me. That same Ambassador has'
excited the Turcomans of Miwr and Sarakhs against
us, i.e., against Abbas Kulli Khan and myself, on our
way to Meshed, and forced Abbas Kulli Khan to pay
him, and the other Ambassador appointed for Persia,
150 tillas in the midst of the desert !—Yours, affec-
tionately, JOSEPH WOLFF.
Meshed.

The above, though dated from Meshed, was written
at Mostroon. lam now at Meshed, and, two hours
after me, your Gholam, Ali Ahmed Beyk, arrived.
He found me broken down in Mullah Mehdee's house.
I will only add that the Nazib wants only the in-
terest of the above money, to be paid to his son when
of age.

The Ambassador from l3okhara is also here; he
has letters and presents for the Shah, the Sultan, and
Queen Victoria.

The Nazib has settled with the King that I should
bear the Ambassador's expenses, from the money the
Nazib expects to be paid back.
I am not yet out of danger, but am too confused
to explain all now. Mullah Mehdee will do it fur me.
Lieutenant Wyburd has been murdered at Bokhara.
JOSEPH WOLFF.

NOTE ET CAPTAIN GROVER.

Lieutenant Wyburd, of the Indian navy, is another
diplomatic victim. This talented officer was sent on
a secret diplomatic mission to Khiva in the year
1835, and has never since been heard of. This un-
fortunate man, it is right to say, was not altogether
abandoned to his fate by the British Government,
for in a letter written to me by Lord Aberdeen's
direction, I find it stated that on Colonel Stoddart's
being sent on his mission to Bokhara, in 1838, he was
instructed to inquire after Lieutenant Wyburd. I
have not, however, been able to learn that any effort
has been made in his behalf since that time. I directed
Dr. Wolff to obtain all the information he could con-
'L"-‹rning this unfortunate man, and to purchase his
freedom should he be in slavery. The Doctor says
he has been murdered at Bukhara, but it remains to
be seen on what evidence that assertion is made.

I am advised to state an interesting circumstance
that occurred to me at St. Petersburgh, as it will show
that the good Doctor's mission has not been entirely
useless.

I authorised Dr. Wolff to draw upon my private
fortune for the ransom of any Christian prisoners he'
might find at Bukhara. In the first batch he pur-
chased were ten Russians, and this circumstance was
fortunately known before my arrival in Russia. A
message from his Imperial Majesty was brought to
me by the British Minister, expressing his Majesty's
thanks and wish to reimburse me. My reply was,
" That I considered it a very great honour to have
been in any way instrumental in the release of his
subjects, and that re-payment was quite out of the
question."

I am glad to take this opportunity to publicly
thank his Majesty for his kind declaration, conveyed
to me by the British Minister, that he would do
everything in his power for the relief of Dr. Wolff.
JOHN GROVER, Captain Unattached.
Army and Navy Club, Nov. 6, 1844.

BRITISH AMERLCAN LAND ASSO-

CIATION.

Yesterday a meeting was held, at three o'clock, of
the Directors and Proprietors of this Corporation, at
the offices of the Company, Barge-yard, Bucklers-
bury. G.R. Dobson, Esq. (the Chairman of Lloyd'A),
presided.

The CHAIRMAN stated that the object of the meeting
wan to consider the propriety of holding two meetings
during the year instead of only one, as was the prac-
tice now; and also to receive the report of the Direc.-
tors since the last meeting. The report stated that
the Company had sold on oredit 14,495 acres of land
for 0,9381., and that the affairs of the Company were
now assuming a most favourable aspect.
In reply to several questions from Proprietors,
The CHAIRMAN said the Company were most
anxious, and had adopted every means, to induce the
sale of their Canadian lands in this country, but it
was difficult to find purchasers here, as persons pre-
ferred taking out their money with them to Canada,
and geltig the lots before they purchased them. The
Company offered to the purchasers of a certain quan-
tity of land a free passage, and if they were not satis-
fied with their lots, the purchase-money would be re-
turned, less the passage money ; and one most favour •
able feature in the prospects of the Society wet:, that
a number of French Canadians, who were well ac-
(i:tinted with the capabilities of the country, had
located themselves upon the Company's property.
Numbers of the settlers were deeply indebted to the
Society, but in the unsettled state of things conse-
quent upon the Canadian rebellion, it would be
foolish, and worse than useless, to make an appeal to
the Law Courts, However, he trusted, through the
exertions of Sir Charles Metcalfe, aided by the Legis-
lative Assembly, the country would resume more than
its wonted prosperity.
The resolution that the report be adopted was, after
a lengthened discussion, agreed to, and the meeting
separated after a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

AWFUL CALAMITY.-SIX LIVES

LOST.

DERBY, TUESDAY.--An accident of a very awful
charactgr has just occurred here. A few weeks ago
the Town Council and Commissioners of the Borough
agreed to arch over the Glitting mill-brook, in the
Morledge, with the view of adding a large plot of
land to the cattle market. Accordingly a Mr. Sims
entered into a contract to carry on the extensive work,
in connexion with the large sewer just completed at
a great expense to the town. The works were com-
menced a few weeks back, and one portion of the arch
over the brook completed, all but removing the cen-
tres. About eight this morning Mr. Sims's labourers
commenced removing the centres, and whilst in the act
of taking away the last prop the whole mass of mate-
rials fell in, burying the unfortunate men in the ruins.
News of the sad calamity was soon in all parts of
the town, and thousands of people rushed to the spot.
Every possible exertion was made to remove the ma-
terials, but from the immense quantity which had
fallen (the arch being an expansive one), this was a
work of some time, notwithstanding there was no lack
of willing hands.
The first body found was that of the contractor's
son-in-law, and as the mangled remains were disen-
tombed, a thrill of horror passed through the immense
crowd. Up to this time, six dead bodies, all of them
more or less mutilated, have been extricated, and the
labour of removal is still going on, though it is sup-
posed all the bodies have been found.
The bodies presented a sad spectacle, and the me-
lancholy event has cast a gloom upon the town.
It is supposed that the centres of the arch were re-
moved too early, the late heavy rains having pre-
vented the materials " setting" sufficiently firm to
allow of the taking away the centres.

VICTORIA PARK.—The contract for three miles of
park paling has been re taken by a Mr. Marshall, its
execution having been thrown up by Mr. Hull, of Go-
dalming, who had previously taken it on terms of 1,500/.
below the highest tender. Workmen are engaged in
forming Old Ford-lane into a straight line of road, and
a row of houses, called King's Arms-row, has been
levelled. Within the last three weeks upwards of 700
loads of rubbish have been brought from the works in
progress in the formation of the new road at White-
chapel, to fill up the excavations, and for other purposes.
A circle has been staked out in the Grove-road, which
is to form one of the principal entrances into the park,
and some progress has already been made in the drainage
of many of the fields. The chief part of the tenants in-
habiting the houses forming the remaining wing of
Bonner's-hall have vacated their occupancy, prior to the
demolition of this interesting structure, which will com-
mence at once. This is one of the most picturesque
parts of the locality, the venerable trees which still re-
main showing it to have been the remnant of a formerly
well-cultivated park. The active arrangements for its
formation are under the directions of Mr. Pennithorne,
the late Commissioner in Ireland under the Poor-law ;n-
-spection.