The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-02 00:00:00

RAIL WA If .;_,,;:t .A.13,E MARKET

BRISTOL, Nov. 29.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
784—Ditto, New, 4% —Midland, New, 15%—Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhatnptor, 141,—South ales, 21.85. 9d.—
Dutch Rhenish, 63/4.
SHEFFIELD, Nov. 29.

STOCK EXCITANGS.—The sales are—London and Croydon
181—Caledonian, Extension, 21A—London and Yorlc,
2~B—
and Lincolnshire, 21. Bs.—South Midland, 4.

lIULL, Nov. 29.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been more disposition
evinced to purchase to-day, but at low prices. Hull and
Selby, Half Shares, 17—York and North Midland, Extensi,,n,
2014—Newcastle and Berwick, ei —Cambridge and Lincoln,
2%—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 423.—London and York,
2%—Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, 2—Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union, 2%.
YORK, Nov. 29.

STOCK EiCHANGE.-The sales are-York and North Mid-
land Extension, 193%-Newcastle and Berwick, 8-Welsh
Midland, 17i.
EDINBURGH, Nov. 28.
Srocic EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 51. 155.-
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 2/. 95.-Airdrie and Bathgate,
2/. Bs.-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares,
151.-Armagh and Portrush, 11. 155.-Ayr and Dumfries,
2/. 155.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/ Bs.-Banffshire, 2/. 55.-
Belfast and County Down, 'a
-British and Irish Union, 3/.
is.-Caledonian, 13/. 10s.-Caledonian Extension, 2/. 10s.
-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 3/.-Caledonian and Northern
Direct, Si. Os. 6d.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 41. 55.-Carn-
warth and West Linton, 1/. 153.-Chelmsford and Bury, 1/.
12s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 191.-Cornwall and Devon,
2/. Bs.-Deeside Railway, Si. 55.-Direct Northern, 24-
Dublin and Enniskillen, 4/. 7s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath,
361.-Ditto, New, 17/.-Dundee and Perth, 81.-East of Fife,
2/. 7s. 6d.-East Coast of Scotland, 2/. 135.-East Lothian
Central, 21. 35.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 3/.-Edinburgh
and Glasgow, ex new, 70/.-Ditto, Half Shares, 161.-Ditto,
Quarters, 161.-Ditto, New, 13L-Edinburgh, Glasgow,
and Dumbarton, U.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 21.
55.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Direct, a
Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 211. 103.-Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 18/. IN.-Edinburgh and Northern, 31.-Ditto, New-
port, 1/.--Ditto, Lochgelly, 1/, 4s,-Edinburgh and Peebles,
ex new, 1/. 18s.-Edinburgh and Perth, 41. 7s. 6d.-Edin-
burgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 1/. 105.--Porth and
Clyde Junction, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 70/.-
Ditto, New Stock, 23/.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 211. 12s, Gd.
-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 21. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, 2/. 55.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, :a 4s.
_-Glasgow and Gamkirk, 451.-Glasgow and Greenock, 211.
-Ditto, New, 10/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 21. Glasgow
Harbour Grand Junction, 21. IN.-Glasgow Harbour Mine-
ral, 2/. 195.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Leemahagow, 3/.
-Graofon Junction, 2/. IN.-Great County Down, 2/. 12s.
6d.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Great North and
South Wales,
1.25. 61-Invernass and Elgin, 1/. 12s. 6d.-
-Lame and Ballymena,
Lanark and Gallowa7; 2/. 65.-Lana* don and
3/. 4s.
-London and Manchester (Rem
25.-London and Hnunalow, 2/.
/). 3/. 5§.-London and Man-
chester (Rastrick), Si. 10s.-Londoi: and Windsor, U.--
London and York, 4/. 55.-Midland and
2/. 7s. 6d.-M 11.-Newcastle
orayshire,and
Counties,
and Berwick, 11/.
-Newry and Londonderry, 2/. 10s.--North
new, 231-Ditto, Halves, ex new, 71. ls.-Ditto, Fifths,
-Ditto, Carlisles, 2/. 158.-North Wales Mineral, New,
4/. 75.-Perth and Crieff Direct, 21. 25.-Perth and Inver-
ness, 11. 155.-Scottish Central, 14/.-Scottish Central and
Caledonian Junction, 21.-Scottish Midland, 31.-Scottish
North Western, 2/. 58.-Scottish South Midland, 2/. 35.-
Scottish Southern, 2/. 55.-Scottish Western, 2/. IN.-Shrews-
bury and 'flereford, 1/. 35.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Ches-
ter, U.-South Midland, 6/. 7s. Gd.-Stirling and Dunferm-
line. 21. 103.-Stirling and Midland, 2/. 125.-Strathern
Junction, 31. 55.-Surrey Grand Junction, 1/. 2s. 6d.-Tenn
and Dove Valley, 11. 155.-Tyne Valley, 1/. 15s -Wishaw
and Coltness, 52/. 10s.
GLASGOW, Nov. 28. _ _

STocK EXCH.A.NGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bathgate,
478.6 d. —Caledonian 71/2—Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction,
35s.—Caledonian Direct Northern, 508.—Cornwall and Devon
Central, 36s.—Dundee and Forfar Junction, 465. 6d.—E(lin-
burgh and Glasgow, 68—Ditto, New, 11—Edinburgh, Glas-
gow and Dumbarton, 21s. —Glasgow General Terminus, 7
Glasgow and Belfast Union, .40s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle, 45s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 525. 6d.
—Glasgow Harbour Mineral, s—Glasgow, Partick, and
Dumbarton, 47s.—Great Indian Peninsular, 2s. 6d. p.—ln-
verness and Elgin, 35s.—Lanark and Lothians, 475. 6d.—
Lanarkshire and Galloway Junction, 495. 6d.—Scottish Cen-
tral,l2/.—Scottish Southern, 398.—Scottish Western, 47/. 6d.
—South Midland, VA.—Trinidad, 455.

Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada, and
also from the Governors of the other North American
Provinces, were received on Saturday at the Colonial-
office.

NEW WEST-END THEATRE.—A project which has
been for the last two or three years in agitation, is now
being brought forward. The object of it is to build a new
theatre, on a grand scale, to be devoted to the encourage-
ment of English authors, English actors, and English musi-
cal composers, and for the exclusive illustration of the
English drama. The vacant ground on the east side of Lei-
cester-square, now in the occupation of Mr. Buckstone, is the
site upon which it is proposed to erect this new theatre.
The Earl of Yarborough and Lord and Lady
Worsley, who have been passing some days at Manby Hall,
return to Brocklesby on Friday next.
The Duke of Devonshire came to town on Fri-
day last from Brighton expressly to dine with Lord and
Lady Denman. The Noble Duke returned to Brighton on
Saturday.
PETER PINDAR'S PILGRIM OUTDONE.—An elderly
Portuguese lady, having pledged herself to make a pilgrim-
age to a distant shrine, barefoot, her friends persuaded her
that the fatigue would prove fatal. She persisted, however,
in going to the shrine, and in going barefoot—but she went
in a sedan chair. _ _ _

The Earl and Countess of Jersey have, it is under-
stood, deferred for the present their intended visits in the
provinces. Lady Clementine Villiers's health is greatly im-
proved during the last fortnight.
THE MUSTARD CROP.—During the last twenty
years an immense tract of valuable pasture land has from
time to time been broken up in the neighbourhood of Moul -
ton, for the purpose of growing mustard, and the exceedingly
remunerative prices generally made by the article has caused
parties to give most extravagant prices for old grass land,
with the view of growing the golden crop. This year,
however, has disappointed the hopes of many, the yield has
been very deficient, and the price low, the crops have proved
of far less value than the wheat crops.—Lincolnshire
Chronicle.
HUNGERFORD MARKET COMPANT.—The half-
yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company
was held on Saturday, at the offices, 9, Villier's street,
Strand, the Earl of Devon, the chairman of the board of
directors, in the chair. The business was opened with the
usual formalities, after which the secretary read the report
of the directors. It stated that an agreement for the sale
of the bridge had been entered into by the Charing-cross-
bridge Company, for the sum of 226,000/, reserving the
rights of the Market Company therein. The report further
went on to state that negotiations had been pending for the
sale of the market to the same parties, but as the terms
finally offered by them were such as the market directors
could not recommend the proprietors to accept, the negotia-
tion was now at an end. The directors had given notice to
Parliament for power to dispose of the market property, in
case such a course should be .finally determined on. The
statement of accounts and disbursements was then read,
from which it appeared that there was sufficient surplus to
warrant a dividend of 2/. per cent., which was declared ac-
cordingly. The report was received and adopted, and a vote
of thanks having been tendered to the chairman, the meeting
separated, highly satisfied with the improved prospects of the
undertaking.
A MAN GORED ET A BOAR.-011 Friday last, No
vember 28, as a young man, named Alfred Hardman, in the
service of Mr. Birch, of the Ivy Farm, near the city of Wor-
cester, was crossing his master's fold-yard, a large-boar kept
there rushed upon him, and gored him in a skocking manner,
tearing his arm, ripping open his leg ami thigh in a dreadful
manner from the ankle to the hip. The poor fellow was un-
able to defend himself from the attack of the ferocious animal,
having no weapon at hand, and it was with considerable
diiculty that he escaped from the fold-yard by scrambling
over a hedge. He was conveyed to the infirmary at Wor-
cester. where his wounds were promptly dressed, and where
he still remains in great suffering. Indeed, should his wounds
heal satisfactorily, it will be many weeks ere 110 can leave
that institution, of so serious a nature are the injuries which
he has received. It seems that the animal has frequently
been teased, and it is supposed that he mistook Hardman for
one of its tormentors.
FRAUDULENT DEBTORg.—SiT James Graham has
issued a circular respecting fraudulent ;debtors, and such as
are not convicted of fraud, to the following effect:—Sir
James Graham is of opinion, that a marked difference should
exist in the treatment of debtors who are confined in conse-
quence of fraud, or disobedience of the rules of the Court
before which the case was heard, and those who are simply
held for safe custody and on ordinary process. He then re-
commends that the latter should be separated from the
other prisoners as far as the gaol will admit, and to have
constant communication with their solicitors, in private, if
preferred. It is hoped that this order will act beneficially
to those who are unfortunate debtors only, and not guilty of
fraud.—Observer.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT IJOYLE, NEAR COLEBROOK.
—SLOUGH, SUNDAY. —Last night, at a quarter-past eight
o'clock, a destructive fire broke out in the farm-yard of Mr.
John Cane, an extensive farmer at Poyle, near Colnbroek,
about three miles and a half from the Slough station on the
Great Western Railway. For the time of its duration it
raged with inconceivable fury. A considerable time elapsed
before any engines were on the spot; at last the Colnbrook
engine arrived, followed by those from Windsor, Staines, and
Uxbridge, accompanied bya number of labourers, and 3 party
of the T division of the Metropolitan Police. At this time
the flames had reached three stacks of corn, two barns, the
granary, stables, and other outbuildings. By the great ex-
ertions of Mr. Buley, of Colnbrook, and the constables of the
adjacent villages, assisted by a strong party of la-
bourers, the live stock, with the exception of the
poultry, was rescued from the flames. The inhabitants of
the neighbourhood, notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather (the rain descending in torrents during the
time) made strenuous exertions to save the thrashed corn
and other property. The engines were at length got into
full play, and there being an excellent supply of water from
the neighbouring mills, the fire was subdued. The property
destroyed consisted of a rick of wheat, one of barley, and one of
beans, two barns in which a large quantity of oats and wheat
had been housed for thrashing, the granary stored with wheat,
only a small portion of which had been saved; part of a rick
of hay, a large stack of straw, the farming utensils, and all
the outbuildings. Too much praise cannot be given to the
labourers in the vicinity, who, although drenched with rain,
continued their exertions during the night, and this morning
were still playing on the smouldering ruins and still smoking
remains of corn, &c. It is not known how the fire originated.
Mr. Cane, who is insured, is an excellent master, and it is
not probable that it was the act of an incendiary.
His Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the French
Ambassador, is expected to arrive to-day at Manchester-
house, from Paris. We hear that the Noble Count will be
accompanied by his son, the Marquis de St. Aulaire. The
Countess, it is expected, will not leave France for London
before the first week in January.
-1111GrAs ECLIPSED.—Since the furnaces of the Blair
Iron-works have been kept constantly going, so vividly do
the flames illuminate the district, that the street lamps in
Dairy, about a quarter of a mile distant after being fairly
eclipsed, have been entirely dispensed with.—Ayr Advertiser.
CAUTION.—The public ought to be on their guard
against certain parties who are g b
ing aout coecting sub-
scriptions for what is called "Theo Wrest of Scotland Emigra-
tion Society," and to which it is represented that the Rev.
James G. Wood, of the Middle Church, Paisley, is treasurer.
We have the authority of that gentleman for stating that lie
distinctly disavows any connexion with the parties alluded
to, who are taking advantage of his name for purposes which
are utterly at variance with those for which his co-operation
was solicited.--Renfrewshire Advertiser,

THE MAGAZINES.
BLACKWOOD'S.
The article on the corn-laws, which is headed the
"Scottish Harvest," is one of the most amusing fur its
absurdity that has appeared in Blackwood for many
months. North is never in such a towering passion
against
yWhigs,
hai
sn and
aLritbye
haverals, andw wrongfully
fdui
lelayl s
obtained,
twa
nwei some, and
rich
ornhig enjoyed, is about to be snatched from them, and
justice done to the rest of the community. The
repeal
of the Test and Corporation Acts, the Catholic Emanci-
pation Bill, and the Reform Bill, were all horrible enor-
mities. Month after month were their mischievous ten-
dencies pointed out, the ruin of the country prognosti-
cated, and the downfall of England announced as an
event as certain as the rising of the sun. Yet still he
will not learn wisdom, and will go Cal prophecying,
though all his predictions have been falsified, and the
people of this country arc more contented, and loyal, and
prosperous than at any former period, and their wealth
and gigantic undertakings surpass all that have gone
before them. The noise against abolishing the
corn-laws may, therefore, be considered a gcald
omen, and regarded as the forerunner tf what this
seer of the north calls the greatest calamity, but
what most men consider as the greatest boon that could
be granted, not only to a hard-working and industrious
population, but to the very landlords and tenants them-
selves. It is curious to witness the beautiful visions
which his imagination draws of the present working of
the system, the incalculable benefits which it confers on
all classes ; and contrast these with the dismal, dark
clouds that, owing to the malevolent machinations of
Cobden and Bright, have been for BQIIIO time lowering
on the horigou. i` We cannot," says he, "conceive a
measure more wise in its operations, inasmuch as it ac-
commodates itself to the peculiar circumstances of the
times, than the present form of the corn-law." But
how awful would be the change should the Parliament,
led astray by som selfish traitors ar some infatuated
statesmen, his so mad as to abolish protection, and de-
prive the country of the inestimable blessings of the
sliding-scale. Then the thaw-bacon would he driven to
the railroads, " The flail would be silent in the barn,
and the song of the reapers in the field. ()Devil's dust—
Devil's-dust I have we really declined so far that you
are to be the Sinon to bring us to this sorry pass." "It
may be so," he adds, " for a small shard'beetle can
upset a massive candlestick ; and it will be so
assuredly, if the protection principle is abandoned."
These are fair specimens of the entire article, and
on the whole are very consolatory, for they show that
the greatest anomaly in our system of lesgislation,
and the most ruinous and unjust law ever passed
by the aristocracy cannot be supported by better argu-
ments. It may be necessary to state, however, that the
communications in the same article respecting the state
of the crops in Scotland, made by Mr, Stephens, author
of " The Book of the Farm," are of a very different
character, and furnish apparently a very impartial de-
!crip4oti of the Scottish harvest, The light reading
in this number requires no particular notice, but there
are two historical reviews, ably written, and possessing
much interest. One on the reign of George 111., by
Florace Walpole; and the other a third notice of the
achievements of the great Duke of Marlborough. The
difficulties which he had to contend with both from op-
position at home, the miserable jealousy of the Dutch
generals, and the imperturbable obstinacy of the States,
were not at all inferior to those which so long harassed
Wellington in the Peninsula, and totally defeated some
of his best laid plans. Like the iron Duke, however,
Marlborough rose superior to every obstruction, never
despaired of his country, and finally beat all the best
generals of France. In describing the movements of
the allied army some nine months previous to the battle
of Ramilies, the writer has furnished some:interesting
particulars of the relative position of the two armies on
that small tract of ground rendered classic one hundred
and ten years afterwards by the glories of Waterloo.
On that very battle field, Marlborough, on August 18,
1705, had made all the arrangements for a great battle
and a decisive victory, but the Dutch generals and
deputies refused to co-operate with him, and he was re-
luctantly compelled to retire from the field without
striking a blow. With heavy heart' he remeasured his
steps to the banks of the Dyle, and on retiring, said
" I am at this moment ten years older than I was four
days ago." We subjoin the description to which we
refer:—

" Finding it impossible to prevail on the Dutch deputies,
who, in every sense, were so many viceroys over him, to
agree to any attempt to force the passage of the Dyle, he re-
solved to turn it. For this purpose the army was put in
motion on the 14th August; and, defiling to his left, he
directed it in three columns towards the sources of the Dyle.
The march was rapid, as the Duke had information that
strong reinforcements, detached from the army of Alsace,
would join Villeroi on the 18th. They soon came to ground
subsequently immortalized in English story. Oa the 16th
they reached Genappe, where, on 17th June, 1815, the Life
Guards, under Lord Anglesea, defeated the French Lancers ;
on the day following the enemy retired into the forest of
Soignies, still covering Brussels, and the Allied head-
quarters were moved to Braine la Leude. On the 17th
August a skirmish took place on the plain in front of
Waterloo; and the alarm being given, the Duke hastened to
the spot, and rode over the field where Wellington and Napo-
leon contended a hundred and ten years afterwards. The
French upon this retired into the forest of Soignies, and
rested at 'Waterloo for the night. The slightest glance at the
map must be sufficient to show, that by this cross march to
Genappe and Waterloo, Marlborough had gained an immense
advantage over the enemy. He had interposed between
them and France. He had relinquished for the time, it is
true, his own base of operations, and was out of communica-
tion with his magazines ; but he had provided for this by
taking six days' provisions for the army with him ; and he
could now force the French to fight or abandon Brussels, and
retire towards Antwerp—the allies being between them and
France. Still clinging to their fortified lines on the Dyle,
and desirous of covering Brussels, they had only occupied
the wood of Soignies with their right wing, while the allies
occupied all the open country from Genappe to Frischermont
and Braine la Leude, with their advanced posts up to La
Haye Sainte and Mount St. John. The allies now occupied
the ground, afterwards covered by Napoleon's army : the
forest of Soignies and approaches to Brussels were guarded
by the French. Incalculable were the results of a victory
gained in such a position it was by success gained over an
army of half the size, that Napoleon established ,his power
in so surprising a manner at Marengo. Impressed with such
ideas, Marlborough, on the 18th August, anxiously recon-
noitred the ground; and finding the front practicable for the
passage of troops, moved up his men in three columns to the
attack. The artillery was sent to Wavre ; the allied columns
traversed at right angles the line of march by which Blucher
advanced to the support of Wellington on the 18th June,
1815. Had Marlborough's orders been executed, it is pro-
bable he would have gained a victory, which, from the rela-
tive position of the two armies, could not have been but de-
cisive; and possibly the 18th August, 1705, might have be-
come as celebrated in history as the 18th June, 1815."