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Gentleman of most extensive practical experience hi the menu- FAMILY RESIDENCE, in complete repair, and containing
a the a 5 factursf kiC VINEGAR, begs to offer some important improvements, breakfast, dining, and drawiag-rooms, fia-o bed-rooms, excellent
6 . -.. i by which an article, superior to any in the market, can be produced offices, two-stall stable end coach-house, kitchen-garden, large pan
there .-----'----- ' 1 i at a hiat'y remunerative profit, dock and well stocked er,hard ; a good supply- of excellent spring
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this an excellent investment. where boats call to and from London frequently in the day, and only
-very -_: from Fenchuxch-street Station to all parts of London
ttoqtart_ rof an hour. The advertiscr is willing to treat for the monopoly of these ten- half-a-mile from the Northfleet Station.
provemeitts, and if engaged as Manager, will introduce them free of lor
;torerms, eLe.. apply to A. It. Steel, Es., No. 1, Lincoln's Inn-
thOUfoRIiUZIVICK' WRARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of charge. fields to Mr. Frederick Goodeve, Ingress Abbey.
3 Trains free the Fenchurch-street Station. Undoubted Testimonials and References cal be produced. __—
tie', °I APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
WIER DA,. Address to A. A., W. Harrison's, Esa.,No. 1, Frith-street, Soho-
-09 i° tIiZT--------------:-------1 SUNDAY.. square. LEA and PFRRINS" WORCESTERSHIRE
1850, —
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haft. and 'PERRIN'S" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.
3IAGAZINE.
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Police-constable Wickham deposed that about two
o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, the 27th instant,
his attention was drawn to smoke issuing from the
grating above the cellar window of No. 5, Harmer•
street. Finding there was nobody in the house, he
called for assistance, and entered the house through
a window, at the rear opening into the garden. Find-
ing the smoke proceeding from the basement story he
went down and opened-a door which led into an in-
termediate cellar between the hack and front kitchens,
and which formed also a sort of lumber room. The
smoke rushed with such violence out of the door that
he was forced to go back, and he then went into the
back kitchen, found a bucket with water in it, re-
turned to the cellar, and poured the water on where
he saw some fire. Ile then had assistance, and the
fire was put out. The large box now produced by
him and partially burnt was' the first thing he re-
moved out of the cellar.- The smaller box he found
close by the partition, with the candlestick in it as it
now appeared, and with the remains of burnt wadding
extinguished by the water he had thrown on it.
The candlestick was quite hot. (The candlestick, a
brass chamber one, was inserted into the side, or it
might be the upper end, of the box, of which two
sides or ends and the stuff contained in it were burnt
or reduced to tinder and cinder. The candlestick
could by no apparent possibility,have accidentally
got into the position in the box in which it was
found.) Witness went on to state that he found a
quantity of books and other combustible ma-
terials lying on the floor round and in contact
with the box in which the candlestick and the ex-
pired snuff of a candle were found by him and the
other persons who came to his assistance. In the bed•
rooms he found the wardrobes—three in number—all
empty; one bed was tumbled as if slept on, but there
were no bedclothes but an old-.blanket and counter-
pane. On a bedstead in another room there was a
mattress, but no bedding. In the shop he found no-
thing but a few trifling articles of little value, such as
gloves and some bonnet-frames. The whole" house
seemed to have been left in a state of confusion, and
with but little of value in it. Mr. Marden had re-
turned late in the night, but he (witness) had no com-
munication with him other than telling him how the
fire was discovered. Witness had no doubt that but
for the timely discovery of the fire the house would
have been soon in flames. There was a quantity of
broken timber, and other combustible materials, be-
hind the partition against which the box with the
candlestick in it lay. Above the box, on a sort of
shelf, was a quantity of books and papers. Some of
them were partially burnt. Some of the books and
papers on the floor were partially burnt. The parti-
tion itself was burnt through nearly up to the ceiling.
It was immediately under the shop.
Robert Atkins, foreman of the corporation fire-
engines, fully corroborated the previous witness's evi-
dence, as he had arrived at the spot in a few minutes
after him.

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fruerntedaitrse.ct, the Packets not belt
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xonthBXTITl. g•—Twelve Months, 4/. 40. ; Six Months, 2l
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Ottoberl47fiTonk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.

COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY
3IAGAZINE.
Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTIL Esq.
Contents for NOVEMBER. No. CCCLIX.
1. FOREIGN INFLUENCE on the BANKS of the DANUBE.
11. London Locomotion; or, the Cabstand.—lll. My Cambridge
" Coach."—lV. Prom,tion b., Purchase in the Army.—V. French
Almanacks.—Vl. To Brighton and Back for Three-and-Sixpence.
By Dudley Costello.—Vll. Canzonet. By W. Charles Kent.—Vlll.
Progress of Discovery in Southern Africa.—lX. Daring Burglary in
St. John's-wood. By Mr. Jolly Green.—X. Soapey Sponge's Sporting
Tour. Chaps. 57 and 58. —XI. The Track of Sir John Franklin.
&c. &c. &c.
Chapman and hall, 186, Strand.

SHIP NEWS.

.155.;
!c4 the

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.—The Temindar, from Bengal,
has arrived in the West India Docks; sailed June 28,
and St. Helena, Sept. S. The Condor, from Bombay,
has arrived off Falmouth; sailed June 29, and St. He-
lena, Sept. 5. The Vallisneria, from the Cape of Good
Hope, has arrived off Falmouth ; sailed from Table Bay
Aug. 16, St. Helena Sept. 2. The Richard Cobden,
from Bombay, has arrived at Liverpool; sailed July 10.
The Agnes, from Bombay, has arrived at Liverpool;
sailed June 30, St. Helena, Sept. 3.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 28.—Wind N.N.W.—The British
iron brig Josephine, from the Havannah for New Orleans
was reported to be ashore at the mouth of the Missis-
sippi on the sth inst. The Agnes, from Bombay for
this port; sailed July 1, and from St. Helena Sept. 4.
From the 16th to the 17th of August, off the Cape of
Good Elope, encountered severe weather, and since the
12th inst. a continuance of N.E. gales. On the 16th
inst., in lat. 49, long. 24, passed the lower mast of a
large ship with the rigging over the masthead, aparently
not long in the water. Arrived, the Suffolk, from New
Orleans; the Niagara, for New York; the Pegasus, from
Sr. John's, New Brunswick; the Bona Dee, from
Quebec. Off port, the Tagus, lowa, Liverpool, and
Britannia.

To RotelkPeelAZZA HOTEL, OVENT-G A.RDEN.
Pers and Others C.
Advantageous. Opportunity for
Profitable Investment.
it. PETER BROAD will SELL by AUrj-
Geor,e j.TZ,_,without reserve, by order of the Trustees o3fo,Mart.
Twelve, 4 ‘ns. t Grarraway's, On WEDNESDAY, October
bliThe
valuable. LEASE and GOODWILL of that first-rate Esta-
-1„_ :7, xno.whain
las,
btahre,
bPIAZZA. HOTEL. The premises comprise
r‘oregnas.neor;ftone-eroom 50 feetarb-yP seven
523 feet,
hib-roem a2r3lofuere,t, sdmiookiningg.
42 hed-r feet by 13 fee
, tai
boonts, spacious kitchen fitted with every requisite for a .
largo
k 15:11. 8 !Dent, pantries 1
t drawing-rocrn 3011-fraeoellotinsbo; felBetfebeyt, about
1"----..
_lBc trage, &c,clu.,l3.rooarrdet:healnddbynumerous
rrY Pay the offices, extensive
ter, aru -e entire rent of the
mfg. 58. Years from Ehrsmus,premisetsh.e TRhoyealleaYseachist
hCelludb,fowrhao
1848, at the low annual rental of
9- a a
44rttlwettlaver.8 ofd conditions of sale may be had on the premises ; at
kki'vent,,,.,,‘ 31r. Thomas Moseley, solicitor, 13, Bedford-street,
_ -street,
Ri,rt,,,o67tb; of Messrs. Atkins and Andrew,
29 Ta-
li
't°ek-stretttleohyaerdo-ts.gtraeredte;n:lnd at the auctionesenrh AN:hite
sclotor,, br
' ffices,

99_
;r°BER CIRCULAR, 1850.
- e w,,„,_,
vest or th -suoi remind the üblic that all TEA, bad or good. 50.
• whams. e Most worthkss, pays an uniform duty of 2s. 21%d. per 1 1):p
itavitgZZatess,llbillecet to equal chargestl for freight. porterage,
the 'commonest is much
tither t:ealeci'.in riapertio'n toonsietluerenalyor marketable value, tho.aolui
tons in call:tedium or the Ilnest class Teas. Thus, cor.nmonCon.
Eats
summer
0111 Y 7d. to Bd. per lb., but before it reaches4oo theper
tent, ; th:s'aankr it pays in duty and charges no less than
age" in ti.t4"clitun class Tea, which costs 12d. to 15d. per lb., avtehre-
n-eat eb,„„-,.and charges not more than 200 per cent. whilst %nun° -" seas, which cost in China four times the Aprice of the
than, nert Pay
with -no more than 100 per cent. It must be apparent
Cue, %to I fixed charge of 2s. 6d. per lb. upon all Tea, mere pricee
tielly ir.....tv.litierion of either good value or cheapneses
Their ez' e attention of those who are solicit us ant
d "aoneoerlise
"adru P'ugiture that
i.,.. Dle wh., they voluntarily tax themselves° ednouble or
or Ale '''''', they have any necessity for doing by purchasing
la.ir
I,titeds sent y 'WELLS, and MANDUELL, 8, Ludgate-hill.
"t value "'lulls part of the kingdom carriage free on parcels of
• v,,..ee 0451. and upwards.
-s,
pl„ s "lit (Post free) upon application-8, Ludgate-hill.
.°
(Post
OF MALT LIQUORS.
trotilticx},3l, WICKEN' ,
4 and JF,NNER'S unrivalled ALES,.
,Y their _ 0 tamed in casks of 4%, 9, 14, and 36 g
ao
It;
et;
irsi v, idi lel i
vfalemr
e_id.-
tlnckieg74:?rtlwn_eedri
i127137n,111, brewed for the express use
within four miles of the brewery, at the fol on,
?elle „cs., tor cas,t : —o. 1 Ale 20d.; No. 2, lid. ; No. 3,12 d. Su-
Stout. at 16d. ; and India Bitter Ale,
Guth t_itn• Table Bepr, ss. per 9 gallons.
ndon Brewery, Southwark-bridge-road.

STOCKTON, OCT 27.--The France, of Shields, has
been put into Middlesborough Dock to discharge, being
very leaky and much strained, having been aground.
LODONDERRY, OCT. 26.—The Sylvia, from Liverpool
fur Shields, must discharge part of her cargo to repair.
Sends, OCT. 26.—A round•sterned schooner, on her
beamends and all sails set, was missed on the night of
the 22d of October off the Land's-end.
LIEBAII, OCT. 18.—The Carl Emil, from Stettin for
Riga, was wrecked five miles N of this port on Oct. 16;
crew saved.

CUXHAVEN, OCT. 25.—The Wicherdina, from Wol-
gast for Rotterdam, was stranded on the coast of Jutland
on Oct. 17; crew saved and arrived here.
NORDEN, OCT. 23.—A ship's nameboard, marked
Elizabeth," in yellow Russian letters upon a blue
ground, a number of posts 12 to 14 feet long and 10
inches thick, marked " J. C.," have washed on shore on
the Island of Juist.
PLAISTER COVE, STRAITS OF CANSO, OCT. 3.—The
Primavera, of and bound for Cork, from I'uc'wash, went
on shore on the rocks during a gale last night, has re-
ceived considerable damage, and must discharge to get
off. She will be surveyed to-day, and it is feared she
will prove unfit for repair; the cargo and materials will
be saved.
YAP,MOUTII, NOVA SCOTIA, OCT. 12.—The Messen-
ger, of and from St. John's, New Brunswick, for Liver-
pool, which capsized off Cape Sable on Sept. 8, has been
towed into Lobster Bay, near Tusket River, bottom up,
and burned out; some sails and rigging, several watches,
and a silver medal, belonging to Lieut. W. S. Miller, of
her Majesty's ship Childers, have been saved.
QUEBEC, OCT. 12.—A ship was seen on shore on
Basque Island bilged, and with yards down, on Oct. 3.
ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK, OCT. 15.—The Raw-
lins, from Portsmouth for Quebec, was abandoned en
Sept. 23, in lat. 46, long. 52, having, fallen over on her
beamends; crew taken off by the Sovereign, arrived here
from Hull. _ _

Mr. Henry Newman was agent to the Phoenix In-
surance Company. The receipt of the policy of in-
surance for 5501. now produced was given by him to
Mr. Marden on the sth inst. The policy paper had
not been sent to him yet, but the receipt bound the
company to the insurance. He had surveyed the
furniture insured for 2501. when he gave the receipt.
Could not say what stock there was in the shop at
the time. Had not seen either furniture or stock
since the discovery of the fire the day before.
Thought there was a sufficiency of furniture in the
house on the day he went to survey it on giving the
receipt for the policy to justify the amount of in-
surance.

ec tu4-, ,_
r, ' POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
r_ Lre
With oi on the liallad Music of England, by Mr. George Dar:
(e,._ mustrations from the most popular Composers every Even
Ele,,trinePt Saturd) at Ebitt o'clock —Leeare
ti, p ' machine by I) . • - n Chemistry by J.
I,_ epper, ~_ , r. Eachhoffner.—Lecture o on the Hydro-
''''.g of b_-,,c., illustrating the Ancient Fiery Ordeal and the Han ',-
11tvaliwa,`e. lint Ifetals.—Medel of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive
chick:. '4_ work a i
at
wand
0, nature, daily at Half-p
-ailY.—Dissolving Views illustrating some of the
Itegi, orte
nt° Ten; also a Series exhibiting' Scenes in the Arctic
ast Four and in the Evenings
''', 'en on. daily at One es,
and Diving-hell,
Opt, a.„ Admission, s.—Schools, Half-price.
ILIA aat„,..,"'"Y froth Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex"
-,°aY) from'Seven till Half.past Ten.

Mr. Marden, on being asked by the bench if he had
anything to reply to the very serious charge now
made against him, declined saying anything more at
present, further than that the witnesses tried to make
out a case against him. He admitted that he had the
lighted candle in the cellar, but was sure that he did
not place it in the box where it was found—if it was
found in it. He could not explain how it fohnd its
way there, and he could only say he was innocent of
any knowledge of the cause of the fire.
Mr. Oakes said the charge was one that the magis-
trates found themselves compelled to investigate
strictly, and they would remand Mr. Marden, who
was now in custody of the police, until Wednesday.
The prisoner was then removed in the custody of
Mr. Superintendent Nortb, to be brought up again
on Wednesday.

URA-ND SALoN DE D ANSE'
ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND.
Lesse PEN- FOR TILE SEASON.
5 --Ur. Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great
talned Th.'
kr. simp4 Russell-street, Covent-garden
the
beeous to have the best Band in London, has re-
past
seasoenvtc talent of the leading Artists engaged. during
Performers frontrehrn. eminent
tOd the Philharrn orxne.Gardens, including the following
4eghetril.ns-11sYward, Cohen, Rue's,
First Via °WC
e""rt"—
r .taiesty's Theatre, the Royal Italiang Opera,
Pete erin, T. ,Tack Son Ed R. T.
Second Violins I •
Tenors—apinski CSe.aGbrriooesbka,eVhiin Hed-
Violoncellos— . ' j•
jaPV-I•ii ' w '
Contra Bassestl-2Goin.thTna;'lOt:, -ii.."Tereadn. tor,
rlauto T.
Piecolo—MeyeYrn. r.
Guy, Stubgen.
PlobLat e lyet----J. Tyler.
tiarin . . Schott.
~483 etti—Park, G.
••1_ oen—Nfontara Tyler.
,oreets._.,... . 4orria...!L r,stons—liumfreess Cottrell.
l' T.. OrnbontW_lN,TF'eT)_°_,lnma Youngman'
i'Dhieleide_uosbleter, Guiraud.
Si4d':lll),,,,r4o—llartTsn
"In—Senn ,r:
CONCERT.
01ivri.,„°,9,,L AND INSTRUMENTAL
Composers, and
a., ~,,g meieetions from the most celebrated
uven
Mr. Saynor'. .
Leinet/tlr,74,;Zanetta,,Solos by first-rate. Artists.
Bole ~,,.r Rise 1,,,,Del
tie_
.k : olencello) Mr. Reed.
Donizetti.
tlnal! n front LUC lA'DI LAM NIER3100R••
eel Songs by R. Cillndonl
Bellini.
-11 &Q in LA SONNAMBULA - - • •
TO the Conducted by BORINI.
at
I Triutnphs
torteps b votaries of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence of
ereillore4nd, after the experience of its Orchestra
g,,i,,..
and yvsuld be superfluous.
Lto7 Concerted Pieces will be performed du,rinitr the evening.
irxioitui,itlrj-aaarteisrtisCiiolmieploosliitelosn, s— The Adelaide I ol
Quadrille of
The (4)4'
undergone
Galop d'lndustrie, New
Otiteide and Salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have
a, Waltzes to
boorris.ble alterations and improvements.
°Den at Rolf-past Seven o'clock. Admission One Shilling.

HALIFAX, OCT. 17.—The Oregon, from the Clyde for
Quebec, with loss of topmasts, wps spoken on Sept. 25.
SYDNEY, CAPE BRETON, SEPT. 23.--The Rosalinda, of
and bound for Liverpool from Quebec, broached to, cap-
size], and filled in a heavy squall on the Grand Bank,
Sept. 9; master, two mates, eleven men, and two appren-
tices drowned; eight men saved by a French vessel and
landed here. The crew of another vessel have been
picked up, and are on their way to this place.
The Julian sailed for the Sandwich 'elands first week
in Octc,Wr, 1849, for Valparaiso, and has not since been
heard of.

The Collins, with loss of main and wizen-masts, was
passed off Basque Island on Oct. 3.
GRANKSEND. OCT. 28.—Wind W., light, cloudy.—
Arrived—The Corkscrew, from Hamburgh; the North-
umberland, from New York; the Zwiding Brodrene,
from Aalborg; the Christiania, from Norway; the
Niord, from Ulloa; the Eida, from Calandborg; the An-
tdope, from Almeira; the Globe, from Cronstadt; the
Fp-noord, trout Rotterdam; the Now Bottle, the Stan-
dard, the Erwin, the Mary Tiffin, the William Meru, the
Arrow, and the Robert Newton, from St. Petersburgh;
the Soho, and the Nautilus, from Antwerp; the Vene-
zuela, from Havre; the City of Boulogne, from Bou-
logne; the Patriot, from Faro; the Dunkerquoise and
the Lionne, from Gravelines; the Sara, from Ancona;
the Regina, from Cronstadt; the Wellington, from Sin-
gapore , Trieste, and Gibraltar; the Alto, from Finland;
the Pearl, from St. Valery. Sailed—The Wilberforce,
for Tonningen; the Sophia, for Azores; the Wood-
stock, for Liverpool.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Rosanna, September
25th, in lat. 17 N., long. 29 W. The barque Glenlyon,
from London for California, September 11th, in lat. 2
S., long. 21 W. The brig Janet, from Callao for
Queenstown, September 17th, in lat. 10 N., long. 24 W.
The barque Alexandrina, from London fir Algoa Bay,
September 17. The Alfred, of and from London for
Calcutta, September 12th, in lat. 7 S., long. 15 W.
The Memnon, from Brest for Reunion, August 22d, in
lat. 3 N., long. 23 W.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the office, New Dr-old-street ; Mr. Ha-
milton in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN having apologised for the absence
of Lord %Vharncliffe, the chairman of the company,
Mr. NlcnoLsoN, the superintending director, pro-
ceeded to read the report, which stated that the di-
rectors had little to report as to the proceedings of the
company for the interval between the last half-yearly
meeting and the present. During that period the
monsoons had prevailed, and the operations of the en-
gineers in the fiel d have necessarily been almost sus-
pended. The surveys of the first portion of the line
had, however, been completed before the rains set in ;
and the period of the monsoon has been occupied with
the completion of the plans, sections, estimates, and
specifications. It has been determined to limit the
first contract to the line between Bombay and Tannab,
a distance of 21 miles, with a branch of one and a
half mile in length (of a single line of rails) to the
port of Mahim ; and during the construction of the
works on this portion of the railway the engineers will
be employed in a minute investigation of the country
beyond Tannab, with a view Eto obtain the best line
across the Ghauts, connecting the coast line of coun -
try with the interior. It is of the highest importance
to the success of this undertaking that the most eligi-
bleopeningThis through the western Ghauts should be
important point, must be ascertained
asen ed
determined
.
before the works beyond the Tamil]
estuary can with prudence be commenced. In the
meantime the question of the general route of the line
in connexion with the resources of the country, is un-
dergoing the consideration of the Government of
Bombay, whose decision the board confidently expect
will be speedily pronounced. The directors are about
to let the works of the line between Bombay and
Tannab, if eligible offers from responsible parties can
be obtained ; and these works will be pushed on with
the utmost vigour and rapidity. The report of Messrs.
Resting and Anderton, the auditors, stated that the
manner in which the accounts have been kept, the
economy of the expenditure by the directors, and the
control exercised by the East India Company,
afford
the most ample security to the proprietors. The ac-
counts to the 30th of June showed that the receipts
amounted to 132,0681.,
of which 15,6121. was re
ceived in Bombay, and the expenditure to 35,937/.,
including 6,8481. expended in Bombay, leaving a ba-
lance of 96,1311.
Mr. ANDERTON, one of the . auditors, remarked,
that the arrears of calls only amounted to 2161., and
that, owing to the control exercised over their expen-
diture by the East India Company there was no
such thing as spending a farthing without their per-
mission.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, stated that the line had been re-surveyed by the
company's staff, and exertions bad been made to ob-
tain satisfactory tenders from native contractors to
execute the works, but up to the present time without
works
succesps;rfelentlytheigfiorosrtaotof th
place, the henativ contractors
were naturee
of
the
required by the company,
with the mode of construction to insure the necessary
stability ; while the contractors in England were well
acquainted with the mode of constructing railway
twhoer
kksin,
dbuotf
mthaetyerkianleswtonbotehnagd, about the soil of India,
and the
capability of
the natives to execute the various works. The en-
hi
gineers had prepared plans and specifications of the
works for the inspection of contractors in Bom-
bay,oa t r aa
sctewrs. O
well as duplicates
Saturdayduplicate last advertisements s thereof for the English
ap-
peared in all the London morning papers, the rail-
way papers, and the principal country papers,
stating that the directors were prepared to receive
tenders for the construction of the works. The
plans and specifications had been submitted for ap-
proval, which was expected to be given about the
middle of November. It had been arranged, with a
view to prevent delay, that the company's engineers
shall commence the heaviest portion of the works,
and in case a contract should be entered into for the
execution of the works the contractor should agree to
take the works which may be executed at cost price,
deducting the amount from the specified sum. He
concluded by moving the adoption of the report and
accounts.
Mr. RICHMOND said, he had great pleasure in se-
conding the adoption of the report, and with regard
to the accounts he wished to observe, in addition to
what had been stated by their worthy auditor, that
they had been approved of by the East India Com-
pany. He complained of the course adopted by some
of the Bombay
papers in opposition to the under-
taking, and could not discover the reason why the
shares of the company should be quoted in the Bom-
bay papers at nearly fifty per cent. discount, notwith-
standing the five per cent. guarantee of the East
India Company.
Mr. ANDERTON did not consider it surprising that
the shares of the company should be quoted at a dis-
count in the Bombay market, when it Was known

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ANOTHER FIRE AT GRAVESEND
GRAVESEND, OCT. 28.—At about two o'clock on
Sunday afternoon smoke was discovered by several
persons passing at the time proceeding from the iron-
grating over the front cellar of the house No. 5, in
Harmer-street, at the corner of the upper and western
side of the street turning into the Crescent. So
much suspicion was attached to the origin of this fire,
that on the information of the police-superintendent
and his officers the borough magistrates thought it
incumbent on them to institute an inquiry into the
matter. Accordingly, this day, Messrs. Oakes (chair.
man), and Spencer, Smith, and Tickner, held an in-
vestigation, when the following facts were elicited.
Mr. Samuel Marden, a respectable-looking elderly
man, stated, after the usual caution against saying
anything that might possibly tend to criminate him-
self, that about seven o'clock on the previous (Sun-
day) morning he had, with his wife, servant, and a
gentleman who lodged with him, got up and pre-
pared to go by the train to London, but, on arriving
at the station, they found themselves too late for the
train. They then returned to No. 5, the house he
occupied, and prepared to go by the nine o'clock boat
Eom the Terrace-pier. Whilst so preparing, he took
a candle in a bedroom candle-stick, and went down to
the cellar to get some coals and wood, to have ready
to snake a fire when they should return in the even-
ing. While in the cellar he heard the bell announc-
ing the time of the boat's departure from the Ter-
race-pier ringing, and hurried up, leaving the lighted
candle he did not know where in the cellar. Mr.
Marden went on to give a statement of all that he
alleged to have occurred between seven o'clock and
the time of going by the steam-boat on Sunday
morning so incoherent that it was impossible to find
out from it anything that could fix the time of his
and his family's departure from the house, and the
origin of the fire.
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trates after Mr. Oakes had stated that the case of this
fire, from the information of the police, was of so
suspicious a character that the bench of magistrates
felt it to be their duty to investigate it in the fullest
possible way.
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Steam-packet Company, who deposed that on Saturday
evening, late, he was called to attend at 5, Harmer-
street, and to remove from there three boxes to the
Diamond packet-office, to b 3 sent up by the first boat
the following morning. He removed them with the
assistance of another porter, and on the following
morning, at a quarter past eight o'clock, the man (a
tall and thin man, not at all like Mr. Marden) who
delivered the boxes to him at No. 5, came to the '
office, and superintended their removal to the boat
about to start for London. He should know the man
again if he saw him. He went by the boat on board
of which the boxes were put.
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who left
left the house on Sunday morning, and that the
other man, whose name, as his lodger, he could not
recollect, had left that morning by the railway.
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that money there was worth 9 or 10 per cent.; and
under such circumstances it was not to be expected
that people could give the full price for shares yielding
but 5 per cent.

Mr. RICHMOND said, that the East India Company
could borrow money in India at 5 per ceLt., and be
considered their railway shares to be equal in value to
that stock.

Mr. CRAWFORD said, that their shares were not the
same as Government stock. The people in India
looked upon railway undertakings as a different sort of
thing, and they were perfectly aware of the deprecia-
tion of railway property in this country, and the va-
rious contingencies to which it may be liable. He
hoped the directors would have the kindness irvfuture
to circulate the report two or three days before the
half-yearly meeting.
A conversation ensued, in the course of which it
was stated that the company had contracted to pay at
the rate of 30.4. per ton for the freight of iron rails
from Cardiff to Bombay. That sum included in-
surance. The freight from Cardiff to London was
103. par ton, including insurance. A technical ob-
jection was raised by Mr. Crawford against the ap-
pointment of Mr. Nicholson as superintending direc-
tor, with a salary ; but it was contended by Mr.
White, the solicitor to the company, the Chairman,
and others, that the appointment was perfectly legal,
and that it had been sanctioned by the East India
Company.
Mr. NICHOLSON entered into an explanation of the
terms upon which he had consented to join the com-
pany, and said that Mr. Macgregor, of the South-
Eastern Company, and Mr. Laing, of the Brighton
Railway, received specific sums for their services, and
that these were cases in point, and would meet the
technical objection urged by Mr. Crawford against
his appointment as superintending director at a fixed
salary for the performance of certain duties.

The CHAIRMAN stated, in reply to a question from
Mr. Field, that the East India Company would not
allow parties to pay up the whole sum on their shares,
but when the money was required it would be called
up by instalments. The line was originally intended
to extend from Bombay to Callian, thirty-three miles,
at an estimated cost of 500,000/., instead of which it
was now proposed to make it from Bombay to Tan-
nah, a distance of twenty-one miles, at a cost of less
than 200,0001.

A PROPRIETOR urged the necessity of obtaining an
early decision as to the exact situation of their line
and station at Bombay, and, if possible, to have a
terminus near the shipping. From his long experi-
ence of the mode of carrying on works in India, he
very much doubted the correctness of the paragraph
in the report which stated that the works would be
carried on with the utmost vigour and rapidity.
The report was then adopted, and, after a vote of
thanks to the chairman and directors, the meeting
separated.

PRESTON AND LONGRIDGE. The half-yearly
meeting of this company was held on Thursday,
Mr. T. B. Addison in the chair, when a dividend of
123.6 d. per share for the half-year clear •of income
tax, and payable in January, was declared, the re-
tiring directors being re-elected.
GLASGOW AND SOUTII-WESTERN.----We understand
that a meeting of deputations of the Caledonian, the
Lancaster and Carlisle, and the Glasgow and South-
Western Railway Companies took place at Carlisle on
Tuesday last, when, consequent upcn the immediate
opening of the latter line into England, mutual ar-
rangements for traffic were discussed in a friendly
spirit, and there is every reason to believe that an
agreement will be completed of a satisfactory charac-
ter for all parties. This will prevent any ruinous
competition, and at the same time afford every facility
and convenience for the public.

ASHFORD, RYE; AND HASTINGS

RAILWAY.
COMPLETION OF THE WORKS.

[PRICE SD.

The last link in the great chain of railway coast com-
munication along the eastern and southern ports of the
kingdom was yesterday accomplished by the comple-
tion of the works on the Ashford, Rye, and Hastings
Railway, which is now in a state of such forwardness
that it will be ready for opening to the public in the
course of a few weeks. A. large and distinguished
party of the directors and their friends, among whom
were several ladies, left the South-Eastern terminus,
London Bridge, yesterday morning in a special train
shortly before ten o'clock. The. Lord Mayor, the
Lady Mayoress, the Rev.' Mr. Marshall, the Lord
Mayor's chaplain, and suite were among the guests
invited to be preamt at the interesting ceremony of
inserting the last brick in the tunnel of the Ashford
and Hastings line. We also observed Sir Frederick
Smith, the Government railway inspector; the Mayor
of Rye, Jeremiah Smith, Esq ; the Deputy Mayor
of Winchelsea, Captain Southey ; the Mayor of Hast-
ings, George Scriven, Esq ; R. Holland, Esq., M.P.,
IL Curteis, Esq., M.P., James MacGregor, Esq., the
chairman ; and a number of the directors of the
South-Eastern line.

On the arrival of the train at Rye the visitors were'
received by the mayor of that ancient borough and
the civic authorities. There was a band of music sta-
tioned on the platform, and the station and public
buildings were decorated with flags in honour of the
interesting event.
The Lord Mayor, the chairman of the directors,
and the principal visitors were conducted to the sta-
tion, where an address was presented in the following

"TO THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTH-

EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

" Gentlemen —We, the mayor and corporation and
inhabitants of the ancient town of Rye, cordially and sin-
cerely greet you on your arrival here this day, and on
the completion of the works of the Ashford, Rye, and
Hastings line.
"We hail it as a prospect of a new era, for the benefit
of this town, and we hope that you may long cctinue to
Manage the affairs .of this important company advan-
tageously to the interest of those whom you represent,
feeling as we do that, under such circumstances, an op-
portunity will be afforded for the development of the re-
sources and energies of those who now respectfully ad-
dress you, and we give you a hearty welcome.
(Signed on behalf of the meeting)
" JEREMIAH SMITH, Mayor.

" Rye. Oct. 28, 1850."

Mr. MACGREGOR, on behalf of tht company, re-
plied to the address in appropriate terms ; after which
the Mayor of Rye complimented the company on
being honoured with the presence of the Lord
Mayor of London, whowasconnected by former
ties of friendship and long residence with that part
of the country. Three loud and hearty cheers
were then given by the assembled multitude, the
company re-entered the carriages, and the train
proceeded on its way to Hastings. In consequence
of a slip in a portion of the line near the tunnel, somece
delay took place when within two or three miles of
Hastings. The heavy rains of the last few days
having formed a lodgment on one side of the line,
at the foot of an embankment, the rails were forced
up and displaced for a few yards, and a pilot en-
gine having been sent on to assist in remedying
this defect, the train again proceeded, after having
been detained half-an-hour, and entered the long
tunnel which forms the terminus of the line close
to Hastings. Here a temporary platform and scaf-
folding were erected, several hundred " navies," each
provided with a candle, were ranged on either side,
and by the glare of the flickering lights, which served
only to render the darkness visible, the Lord Mayor
and his suite, and those who were to take part in
' the ceremony of placing the last brick in the crown
of the tunnel, ascended the frail-looking scaffolding
at an elevation of some thirty feet above the rails.
Mr. MacGregor then, in the name of the company,
presented the Lord Mayor with a handsome silver
trowel, on which was the following inscription :--
"Die Lunra, Octobri 28, A.D. 1850.
" Presented to the Right Hon. Thomas Farncomb,
Lord Mayor of the city of London, by the South-
Eastern Railway Company, on the occasion of his
Lordship's completing the works on the Ashford,
Rye, and Hastings Railway, by inserting the closing
brick in the tunnel between Hastings and St.
Leonard's."
Underneath were his Lordship's arms, the whole
encircled by a handsome embossed scroll. The brick
on which his Lordship's name and the date were in-
scribed having been placed in its proper position, the
Lord Mayor applied the cement around it with the
trowel, drove in the wedges with a mallet, and pro.
nounced the work complete. Mr. MacGregor then
advanced to the edge of the platform and announced
the fact to the vast crowd who were assembled in the
depths below, and three loud and deafening cheers
were given, the workmen flourishing their lights,
which threw a lurid and unearthly glare over the
strange and exciting scene enacting apparently in the
bowels of the earth.
The tunnel in which the ceremony took place is
1,400 yards, or rather more than three-quarters of a
mile long, and is within about a mile of the Hastings
terminus. It is bricked throughout, and is a very
massive and substantial structure. The ceremony
having been completed, the carriages again moved
forward, and after a brief stay at the temporary ter-
minus at Hastings proceeded along the curve which
connects the new line with St. Leonard's. Here
another tunnel, about 700 yards in length, occurs, and
here the same ceremony of placing the last brickl in
the crown of the arch was performed by the Lord
Mayor in the presence of a still larger number of

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that a 4e had thrown off the cares of office he
con! induced to give up his single blessedness
tuid make some fair lady of Kent happy, he concluded
by giving " The Health of the Right Hon. the Lord
MaYor of London."

The Loxu MAYOR returned thanks, expressing his
gratification at beingonce again among his old friends
in the county of Sussex.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of the
Mayor, of Folkestone." He had long been connected
with the port and town, and had done much to pro-
mote its growing importance; and he believed that
the connexion of the South-Eastern Railway with
the port had materially contributed to the prosperity
of that town. That would be more obvious to them
when he stated that no less than 2.50,000 person;
landed and embarked annually at that port.
The toast was drunk with much applause.
The Mayor of FOLKESTONE (Mr. David Msjur)
returned thanks, ecknowledging the great prosperity
that the connexion of the railway with their purt had
conferred upon Folkestone.
The Mayors of Canterbury, Hy the, Dover, DPal,
and Maidstone also acknowledged toasts in which
their healthy were proposed. In doing so each put
in some separate demand on the company for increased
railway accommodation, to which the chairman made
polite and politic replies.
The LORD Mavost gave " The health of the Chair-
man," to which

The CHAIRMAN responded by expressing his regard
for the men of Kent, and his hope that in the dis-
charge of his official duties he had met with their
approbation and that of the proprietors of the com-
pany. lie had endeavoured to do so by adhering to
a lesson which he had been taught on becoming
chairman, by regarding the time-bill issued by the
company as a contract entered into between them and
the public, and which they were bound strictly to
perform. The company at that time had published
an ample time-bill, and promised much, though they
could perform little. His endeavour had been to curtail
the promises, and to increase the powers of perform-
ance. He had made many friendships in the county of
Kent, but on no occasion had he spent a happier day
that the present, nor had he ever felt more gratified
than in returning them thanks for the compliment
which they then paid him.
The CHAIRNIAN then gave, " The Health of Mr.
Stephen R. Lushington, the apostle of direct railway
communication."• •
LUSHINGTON returned thanks.

The last toast given from the chair was " The
Ladies," and at a few minutes before one o'clock the
greater part of the company started for London in a
special train;• reaching the London-bridge terminus,
without the. slightest accident, at three o'clock pre-
cisely.

Tile chairman and railway authorities were
throughout the day extremely attentive to their
guests, and their unceasing exertions contributed
much to the comfort and enjoyment of their numerous
and distinguished visitors.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Ocr. 26.
STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market was rather inactive.
The transactions to-day were as follows :—Great Western,
E9%—New, dis.—Midland Stock, 417,.
LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 213.
'the market has not been very buoyant to-day, although
a fair amount of business has been transacted. The sales re-
ported are as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consoli-
dated, 471 A— Ditto, Fifths, 7% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 12',4
—London, and North-Western. 117—Ditto, New Quarters,
214 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 3 5-16 p.—Midland,
Halves, 21 13-16 dis.—North Union (B), 170—Shrewsbury,
Oswestry, and Chester, B'l—Shropshire Union Railway and
Canal, 3 13.16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 2014---Shef-
field, R. B. and G. N. Div., par—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick, G. N. E., purChase. 414 dis.—York and North Midland,
23—Dublin and Belfast Junction, dis. —Midland Great
Western, 171 A dis.
MANCHESTER, OCT. 28.

The market opened this morning rather stiffly, but this
afternoon shares were easier all round, without, however, any
serious decline. The following are the details of the day's
business :—East Anglian, Preference (6 per cent. ), I%
Edinbargh and Glasgow, 25 Ye—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 48
—Ditto, Fifths, 7 11-16 dia—Ditto, W. 11. Union, 7% dis.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 18—Ditto, 10/. Pre-
ference, 84— Ditto. New 61. Preference, 4s. p. South-
Eastern and Dover, 20:'.—Ditto, Reg., No. 4,
BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 26.

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STOCK EXCIIA.NGE.—The share market was steady to-day,
The only transactions reported were—Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham (A), 8% dis.—llitto (B.), :61/fi: dis.—Shropshire
Union, 3y dis.