The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-02 00:00:00

EXPORTS.

Opium—The steamer Pekin, which left for Hong-
Kong on the 11th ult., took on 8521 chests of Malwa.
The market for the drug continues much depressed, the
price of the old having declined to Rs. 1,100. A small
quantity of the new crop has arrived, part of which has
been purchased at Rs. 1,160 per chest. The price for
December delivery is Rs. 1,060 ; of that for February,
Rs. 40 less. The new crop is estimated at fully 30,000
chests.

Cotton Wool—Since the arrival of the English mail of
24th September on the 25th ult. the prices of Compta
and Dhollera have been raised by holders, but very few
transactions have been effected at the advanced rates.
Prior to the 25th ult. a tolerably large business had been
done for the home market at the rates then ruling. The
total purchases amount to 3,400 bales and 2,550 candies.
We understand that the Cotton bales which were seized
by the collector in Broach and Jumbooseer, on account
of being adulterated with seeds, have been given up by
the authorities, and are now on their way to Bombay
without being cleaned. The same course has also been
pursued at Surat, where the restrictions lately put on
bales known to be seedy have been removed. So we
shall again have adulterated Cotton coming to market.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NEW RAILWAYS-DEPOSITING PLAT IS AND
SECTIONS.

Saturday being the 30th of November, mis the last
day allowed by the Act for depositing plans and sec-
tions for new railways that are to come before Par-
liament in the ensuing session. The list was made
up at a late hour, and the following were found to
have complied with the standing orders. It will
be seen that there are several new applications this
year :
ANGERSTEIN'S RAILWAY.—For powers to enable Mr.
Angerstein to construct a railway from the North Kent
line at Greenwich to the river Thames at Calmb Varm.
—For powers to lease the line to the South-Eastern
Railway.
BANGOR AND CAERNARVON.—For powers to construct
a railway from the Chester and Holyhead line at or near
Bangor to Port Dinorwic to Caernarvon, with powers to
sell, lease, or agree with the Chester and Holyhead Com-
pany for working.
BLacx.wALL.—For powers to make a bract: to Hay-
don-square, NY hitechapel.—For improvement and en-
largement of stations.—For powers to extend };be line to
Tilbury.—For powers to make a branch to Iliford.—To
grant powers to the London and North Woolwich Com-
pany.
BOLTON, BLACKBURN, CLITHEROE, AND WEST YORE-
SHIRE.—For powers to lease or to amalgamate with the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Company.—To alter the name
of the company to that of "The Blackburn Railway
Company."—Extension of time for the purchase of lands
and completion of works.—To make provision. with re-
spect to the preference shares.—To make a warking ar-
rangement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
—Amendment of Acts and increase of tolls.
BRISTOL AND EXETER,—For powers to rates r the ca-
pital of the company, and to subscribe towards he South
Devon, the Bristol and Exeter, and Taw Vale Cc napanies.
—Amendment of Acts.
BRITON RAILWAY AND DOCK.—To make a dock or
docks and railway at Baylau Bay, on the Hwy'. Neatb,
with a line from the docks to the Vale of Neath Rail-
way, at Neath, in the county of Glamorgan.
BUCKHURST.—For powers to make a line from Buck-
hurst to join the Tunbridge station of the South-
Eastern.

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EAST LANCASHIRE.—For powers to extend and alter
the line into Liverpool.—To alter capital and tolls.--
Amendment of Acts.
EASTERN UNION.—For powers to use a portion of the
Eistf-rn Counties, Norfolk, Lowestoft, and London and.
Biackwall Railway.
EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.—For powers
to make arrangements with the London and Son tb-
Western Railway, in reference to the distribution of the
funds in hand, and to abandon the works.
FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RlDlNG.—Exten-
sion of time for the purchase of land and completion of
works.

FOREST OF DEAN CENTRAL.—For powers to make a
line from the river Severn, at Brimpoc‘l, to connect the
South Wal,s Railway at Awre, in the Forest of Dean.
GREAT NORTHERN.—For powers to construct a line
from Slisterton to Rassington.—To use the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire.—To construct a bran ch at
Great Grimsby to connect the line with the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire.—To erect a station in Shef-
field.—To enlarge the King's-cross station.—To alter and
amend previous Acts and make deviations.—To increase
the capital of the company.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—For powers to pur-
chase or lease the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth,
Gloucester, and Dean Forest Railways, and South Wales
Railways.—For powers to connect the line with the Lon-
don and North-Western at Birmingham, and with the
Rugby and Leamington at Leamington.
HALESWORTH, BECCLES, AND HADDISCOE.—For an
Act to make a line commencing with a junction with
the Lowestoft Railway at Haddiscoe, in Norfoll, and
terminating in the town of Haleswortb, Suffolk% with a
branch from the terminus to Beccles, in Suffolk.
HEREFORD, Ross, AND GLOUCESTER.—FOr powers
to make a railway from the Gloucester and Dean
Forest line at Westbury, in Gloucestershire, to the city
of Hereford.

HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—For powers to make a line
from the Chester and Holyhead Railway to the, Pier at
Holyhead.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE—To arrange loans.—
Extension of (501.) shares.
LEEDS AND THlRSK.—Extension of time fot com-
pletion of works.—For power to change the name of the
company to that of" The Leeds Northern Railway Corn-
pany."—To arrange capital and preference shams.
LLYNVI VALLEY.—For powers to lease to the South
Wales Company.
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.—For powers to purchase or lease
the Cromford Canal, and to amend and alter Acts.
MANCHESTER AND SALFORD EXTENSION.—For powers
to make a railway, commencing with a junction with
the London and North-Western Railway in Now Bai-
ley-street, Salford, and terminating at St. Mary's, Man-
chester.
MARYPORT AND CARLISLE.—For powers to enforce
the payment of calls.—To abandon part of the under-
taking.—To increase the capital. —To lease the line and
works upon such terms as may be agreed upon to the
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, the Lancaster and Car-
and Newcastle and Carlisle.
MIDDLETON BRANCH.—For powers to make a line
commencing with a junction with the Lancashire and
Yorkshire line at Boreshaw to the town of Middleton.
MlDLAND.—Extension of time for the purchase of
land and the completion of works on the Ripley Branch,
and the Gloucester and Stonehouso Junction.—For
powers to purchase the Leeds and Bradford Railway.—
To increase the capital of the company.—For powers to
confirm the 50/. shares, and to legalize the application of
the moneys received in respect of them.—To amend and
repeal former Acts.
MAYFIELD.—For powers to make a line from May-
field to join the Hastings branch of the South-Eastern
Railway at Witherenden.
MALTON AND DF,IFFIELD.—TO alter levels and Con-
firm the purchase of certain lends.
MID KENT AND DOVER.—For powers to make a lice
from the London and Dover Railway at New cross, to
Dov:,.r, Canterbury, and Feversham.
NORTH BRITISH.—For powers to construct a branch
to Dalkeitb.—To regulate the capital, and alter and
amend Acts.
NORTH GRAVESEND RAILWAY.—FOr powers to con-
struct a railway communicating with a junction at
Forest-gate, on the Eastern Counties line, and terminat-
ing at Westham.
NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION.—For an
Act to make a line, commencing with a Junction with
the London and South-Western Railway Company's loop
lino at Ealing, and terminating with a Junction on the
North-Western Railway, at Willesden.
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—For powers to make a line
commencing from the Churnet Valley Railway, at the
junction with the Birmingham and Derby line of the
Midland, and terminating in the parish of St. Peter's,
Derby, so as to form a junction with the Midland Rail-
way at the Derby station.—To make a line commencing
with a junction at the Burton line of the North Stafford-
shire Railway, and joining the main line at Burton-
upon-Trent.—Regulation and alteration of tolls.—Ar-
rangements with the Midland.—To repeal and enlarge
the provisions of former Acts.—Extension of time for
the purchase of lands and completion of works of Ash-
bourne branch.—For powers to lease the Ashbourne and
Appledale branches.—For powers to purchase and stop
up the Gresley and Newcastle-under-Lyne Canals.—To
sanction agreements of April, 1850, with the London
and North-Western Railway.—To provide better provi-
sions for the use and regulation of railways.—Alteration
and amendment of Acts.
RIVER DAVEY.—For powers to make a line from
Aberthefenney to the river Davey, in the county of Me-
rioneth.
ROYSTON AND Hrreurat.—To construct a line com-
mencing in the parish of Shepreth, at the terminus of
the Shepreth extension of the Royston and Hitchin
Railway, and ending by a junction with the Cambridge
branch of the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway, and
also a branch from this station to the Eastern Counties
Railway, at Trumpington.—To give powers to the Great
Northern Company to use the line.
SHEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM, BARNSLEY, AND GOOLE.
—To alter line, amend acts, and enlarge provisions.
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM.—Extension of time
for the purchase of land and completion of works. To
complete the Birmingham and Stour Valley.—To make
arrangements with the Shrewsbury and Chester, and
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Companies.
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.—For powers to aban-
don the Crickheath and Wem branches.—Confirmation
of the preference shares.—To erect and enlarge station
at Birkenhead.—For powers to use the lines of the
Chester Birkenhead, and Lancashire Junction, and
Chester and Holyhead Railways.—For powers to make
arrangements with other companies, and to alter and
amend previous Acts.
SHROPSHIRE UNION.—For powers to repeal Acts
with reference to Bala Pool.—For powers to alter and
repeal all Acts relating to the London and North-West-
ern Railway.
SOMERSETSHIRE CENTRAL RAILWAY AND HIGH-
BRIDGE HARBOUR.—For powers to make a railway
from Glastonbury to Highbridge.—To improve the bar-
bour.—To enable the Bristol and Exeter Company to
sell the Glastonbury Canal, and to subscribe towards the
undertaking.
SOUTH DEVON.—For powers to arrange with different
class shareholders.—To arrange priority of divisions.—
Amendment of Acts.—To create new shares.
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—FOr powers to extend the
line to Burton' upon-Trent.—To use the North Stafford-
, shire and Midland Railways.—For powers to make lines
to join the Birmingham and Stour Valley at Tipton and

Wolverhampton.—To make arrangements with other
companies.
SOUTH WALEs.—Alteration of powers as to tb.
Forest of Than, New lines to the Forest of Dean, New•

j port, and Cardiff.—To make arrangement with the Vale
of Neath.—For powers to arrange the shares in the Vale
lof Neath, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin,
and Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales Railway.,
and the payment of the Llynvi Valley.
STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON.—For powers to lease
to, or amalgamate with, the Middlesborough and Recker
and Wear Valley Railways.—To make a branch line
from the Black Boy Station to Coundon and Westerton.
STROOD AND DOVER.—For powers to make a line,
commencing with a junction with the North Kent Rail-
way at Frindsbury, and terminating at Dover, with
branches to Canterbury, Deal, Faversham, &c.
TAw VALE AND DOCK.—For powers to enable the
London and South-Western to subscribe capital.—To
change the name of the company to that of " The
North Devon Railway and Dock Company."—For
powers to lease to the South-Western.—To make ar-
rangements for the use of the line with the Exeter and
Crediton and Bristol and Exeter Companies.—To reduce
the capital and amend Acts.
THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWA.Y.—EStertSiOII
of powers for taking lands and completion of works.—
Division of the shares of the company.—For powers to
make a line from South Ockenden, Essex, and termina-
ting at or near Tilbury Fort.
ULVERSTONE AND LANCASTER.—For powers to con-
struct a railway from the Furness Railway, in parish of
Ulverstone, to the Lancashire and Carlisle Railway, at
Carnfortb.
WAVENEY VALLEY.—For powers to make a railway
from the Eastern Union Railway, at Tivetehall station,
to Bungay, in the county of Norfolk.—To make a hue
from Bungay to Lowestoft, in the county of Suffolk.—
For powers to extend the Eastern Union Railway to
Bungay.—To make a line from Bungay to Halesworth.
YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK.—For powers to
make a branch to the West Durnam Railway.—To use
a portion of the Clarence Railway.—To increase capital.
—To hold shares in the West Durham line.—To make
regulations respecting the capital of the Hartlepool
Dock, the Great North of Ecgland, and the Clarence
and Hartlepool Junction Railways.—To abandon part
of the Bishop's Auckland Branch, and substitute a new
line.—Extension of time for purchase cf land and com-

CALEDONIAN.—For power to lease the Motherwell pletion of works.
and Lesmahagow branches to Alex. Hustle, Esq., M.P.,
and others.—Alteration and amendment of A ct.—For DREADFUL MURDER in BELGIUM.
powers to amend, repeal, and continue Acts in reference The Courrier de l'Escaut 'gives some further de-
to the Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge, Clydesdale tads relative to the crime just committed near Peru-
Junction, Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, Wishaw and
Coltness, and Glasgow and Barrhe,d, and Neilstown The names of the parties concerned are M.
Direct Railways.—Amendments and modification cf Gustavus Fougnies, aged 27 or 28 years, landed pro-
leases, re-adjustment of guarantees, and preference prietor at Peruwelz, the person supposed to be mar-
shareholders; power to hold shares in other companies. dered ; Count Hippolyte Visart de Bocarme, landed
CAMBRIDGE AND SIIEPRETH JUNCTION.—For powers proprietor, residing in the chateau de Frandmeiz, in the
to make a line from the Royston and Hitchin Railway commune of Burry ; and the Countess, his wife, sister
to join the Eastern Counties at Shepreth. of the first-named gentleman. M. Fougnies rarely
CAMERON'S COLEBROOK AND SWANSEA.—Extension visited his brother-in-law, whose lavish expenditure
of time e r purchase of land and completion of works.—
he disapproved of. Being determined, how ever, to
Alteration of company's name and amendments of Acts. marry, be had of late called at the chateau once or
DUNDEE, PERTH, AND ABERDEEN, AND DUNDEE I
twice, 'to intimate his intention and er.ange acme
AND NEWTYLE.—For powers to lease to the Caledonian .
Tatters. The Count and Countess represent..
Company and confirm agreement relative thereto.—
mg to him that his health was delicate, and that be
Amendment of Acts.
EAST ANGLIAN.—For powers to sell, lease, or amalEa-
had lost one of his legs, endeavoured to dissuade him
mate with the Norfolk, Eastern Counties, or Great N;or- from his intention, but he held firm, and declared that
there Railway Companies.—Extension of time for nothing should prevent him from his design. The
making Ely and Huntingdon Branches —Amendment of i
report goes that the Count and Countess were ex-
Acts. ceedingly annoyed at this persistance, having hoped
to inherit his property, to which they were the next
heirs. However that may be, on the 20th M. Foug-
nies called at the chateau, and stayed to dinner. Every-
thing appeared to be passing over tranquilly, when sud-
denly an alarm was given by the Count and Countess
that their guest was seized with a fit. The servants
hurried in and found him lying on the floor. In half
an hour he expired, the general opinion being that
the cause of his death was apoplexy. Intelligence of
what had occurred having reached the authorities at
Tourney, they at once visited the chateau, accom•
panied by a medical man, and after interrogating all
the persons on the premises, ordered the Count and
Countess to be taken into custody, and placed in se-
curity. The Emancipation of Brussels also gives some
particularly stating that M. de Bocarme is the son of
a gentleman of that name, who some years past emi-
grated to the United States, where he founded an
agricultural establishment of some extent. The mother
is still in Europe, being a daughter of the Marquis
de Chasteler, whose head was offered a price for by
the Emperor Napoleon, on the ground that be was the
leader of the insurrection of the Tyrol. The Count
de Bocarmii has always been looked on as a man of
weak mind, and he lived on bad terms with his neigh-
bours. He does not appear to be under any appre-
hension concerning the consequences of his arrest,
being perfectly calm. He eats with an excellent ap-
potite, as does the Countess, who is also in good
spirits. The report at Tourney was that prussic acid
had been introduced into the wine offered to M.
Fougnies at dessert, after the Countess had quitted
the room.

THE MURDER OF A POLICEMAN NEAR BRENT-
WOOD.—On Saturday evening au inquest was held at the
Horse-shoes Inn, Billericay, by C. C. Lewis, Esq., and a
highly-respectable jury, on the body of Robert Bamborough,
a policeman, who had died from the effects of injuries inflicted
on him by a prisoner of the name of William Wood, a no-
torious poacher, who had been convicted that day by the 1311-
lericay bench of magistrates, and was being conveyed by
Bamborough to the Brentwood police-station, on the 21st, at
Hutton. Police-inspector John Rough deposed, after the pri-
soner was taken at Chatham, he made a statement that
he said he did not intend to drown the man The deceased was
46 years of age. Sarah Ann Hatch, aged 11 years, a most
intelligent little girl, stated—l live at the bottom part of the
town of Billericay. I was at Hutton on the 21st, at the
house where Mr. Gray lately lived, which is opposite a pond
in the road. I was nursing a baby at the window. I saw
the prisoner, whom I know very well, being led by a police-
man. I saw prisoner snatch his hand from the policeman,
and hit him on the temple. The prisoner then took hold of
him by his arms, and drew him a little way. He knocked
him down and pulled him towards the pond by his legs. He
then threw him into the pond. I saw him lift up his head,
open his mouth, and put mud into it; he then dipped his
head under the water, holding his mouth open. He then got on
him and trod him down ; atter that he got off of him and
ran away up the lane opposite. I saw John Langrish go to him,
it was a few minutes before any one came to him. Mr.
Thompson then came. He lifted up his head out of the
water. Ile was then got out and taken away. This occu-
pied about a quarter of an hour. Other evidence having
been given, including that of the surgeon who attended the
unfortunate deceased, the coroner shortly summed up, and
the jury delivered a verdict of wilful murder against William
Wood, who is in custody in Chelmsford gaol for the charge of
poaching.
THE DESTRUCTIVE AND FATAL BOILER EXPLO-
SION AT BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.—ThiS disastrous event, at
the mills of Messrs, Waud and Co. (a brief notice of which
has already appeared in The Sun), has resulted in the death
of another party, named Margaret O'Donnell, a girl aged 17,
making three killed, besides Ike injuries received by others,
and a very large destruction lbf property. The inquest on
the bodies was held, before Mr. John Dyson, coroner, on Fri-
day afternoon, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect
that the death of the parties named had been caused by the
explosion of a steam-engine boiler, such explosion having
been produced by the imprudent opening of the stop-valve
by the deceased engineman, John Hall, he being ignorant of
the consequence of so doing. The jury exonerated Messrs.
Waud from all blame, and recommended the fixing of a
safety-valve to each boiler, and the adoption of Mr. Wilson's
boiler protector, as the best means of preventing similar acci-
dents in future.

ALARM AT A WILD •BEAST SHOW AT BARNSLEY
—Oa Saturday evening, while Batty's collection of wild
beasts were being exhibited on the Market-hill, a person
named Charles Fleetwood went very near a den containing a
lion and two leopards. One of the latter struck at him, and
tore the sleeves of his coat and shirt, and broke the skin of
his arm. The lion roared, which, along with the screams of
the spectators, caused a regular melee, on which a confused
scramble took place in the open space, when, in endeavour-
ing to get out of the show, many were thrown down and
slightly injured. Many lost their hats, and by the pressure
broke down the boards at one corner. The tire inside the
show was upset, and strange to say about two gallons of
naphtha was spilled without taking fire.—Doncaster Gazette.

BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANT.—A meeting of
this company took place on Thursday, at the London Tavern,
for the purpose of taking into consideration a measure fir
enabling the company to raise the funds for the completion
of the works of the Birkenhead Dock Trust. Baron Gold-
amid occupied the chair, and said the meeting was aware
that the great object the Birkenhead Dock Company had in
view was that of affording accommodation and facilities
to the trade of the Mersey, by supplying them with a low
water basin, so that, at all times of the tide, vessels of heavy
burden would have sufficient depth of water. The great
object could not be effected under a sum of 320,0001., and
he contended that it was to the interest of the shareholders
that this should be raised. The bondholders had appointed
a committee of six, and he thought that six shareholders
should also be appointed to form a committee to examine
into the necessity of raising this sum, and, if they deemed it
expedient to raise it, the best mode of so doing. The chair-
man concluded by moving a resolution to that effect. After
considerable discussion, the motion was carried unanimously,
and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings
THE SECRETS OF PEDESTRIANISSI.—A case came
before the Birkenhead County Court on Saturday last, in
which a professed pedestrian, named Mitchell, sued Homer
Holden for i 2/ 2s. 10d., under the following rather singular
circumstances:—lt appeared that during the time Searles
was performing his 1,000/. miles match at Tranmere, the
plaintiff engaged to walk on the ground near Woodside,
1,344 half-miles in as many half-hours, for an alleged wager
of 300/., the admission money, according to the plaintiff,
being to be divided between him and the defendant; but
according to the evidence for the defence, such division was
not to be paid until the expenses had been first deducted,
and these it was shown amounted to 491. 12s. Bd., the actual
receipts being only 241. ss. Bd. It came out in evidence
that Mitchell engaged other parties to walk in his stead dur-
ing the night, and, after keeping up the pretence of perform-
ing the task for about three weeks, he got drunk, and did
not walk at all, in consequence of which the defendant turned
him off, and broke up the concern. His Bonour (J. W.
Harden, Esq.), after describing the transaction as a black-
guard affair from beginning to end, ordered a verdict to be
entered for the defendang”-Lirerpoo/ Mercury.
TERRA COTTA DECORATIONS.— Messrs. Bowers
and Baddeley, of the Staffordshire potteries, have recently
submitted to us some architectural decorations made from a
combination of Staffordshire clays. The clay when properly
mixed is subjected to a great pressure, in order to drive out
the fixed air: having undergone this process, the clay is
moulded and baked in the usual mode of baking earthenware.
From the great pressure employed in the process of preparing
the clay and in moulding it, as well as from the effect of
ai n
perfectlythe p r o ee s
vitreous , the clay
character,er
chavingert ai certain ihnegarne d eanktesd e
assumes
l oy e d
and loses its absorbent properties. Bricks and ornaments of
all kinds thus formed are impervious to wet, while from their
non-absorbent qualities they may easily be painted. In
work of this description the difficulty is to prevent warping
and obtain straight lines. The patentees, however, speak
with confidence of their ability in this respect. A good field
is open to them.—Builder.