The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-01 00:00:00

WHIRLWIND AT PINANG.

A whirlwind, giving rise to the appearance of a waterspout of
extraordinary beauty, was observed in the northern channel on
the 16th April at mid.day. 'The American ship Anna Maria was
coming into harbour at the time, and from it the phenomenon wai
very distinct. Captain Millet, her commander, thus describes
it :—Before it commenced, he says, the sky was rather cloudy, the
winds baffiing—not blowing from one point more than a minute at
a time—requiring the sails to be continually braced. Suddenly a
very heavy cloud gathered over the town, from the edge of which
a body of the shape of a cone began to form, and quickly lengthened
and chapped in a sloping direction to the sea, a little to the north
of the tort, and somewhat nearer the opposite, than this side of the
channel. When its point was still at some distance from the sea,
the water seemed to become agitated as if it were in a state of ebul-
lition, and ultimately it appeared to rise also into the shape of a
cone, and meet the one from the cloud with which it then united.
The cone was now observed to be transparent, but at the circum-
ference to have a greyish look, and a spiral stream of water
was seen to flow through its centre—it was thought
from below upwards. This continued for nearly five minutes
whets the appearance broke up. The wind blew from the south,
but almost immediately afterwards it again became variable. The
cloud was still heavy Ad dark, and a second time the phenomenon
took place precisely in the order and manner described above, but
it was a little farther from the harbour, probably halfway be-
tween the Fort and P.lO Ticoose. The Anna Maria was now
within the segment of the arch which it formed, and the com-
mander being under some apprehension fur the ship's safety, imme-
diately brought her head to the wind, let go the anchor, and clewed
up all the sails. An eddy wind now caught the top sails, and
blew them up with considerable force from the yards, but they
were ultimately with considerable difficulty secured. It then
broke, not more than three times the ship's length off the Anna
Maria, but the water continued agitated for a very long time,
sometimes spreading, and again contracting into a smaller compass
as if it were a third time going to rise. At the moment of break.
ing there was a vivid flash of lightning followed by thunder and
some heavy rain. The second continued for fully fifteen minutes
before it broke. The sea fowl kept flying about it apparently in
a state of great alarm.—Pinang Gazette.

FOREIGN CORN.--Our Dublin correspondent, it will
be seen, repeats his statement that foreign corn is to be admitted
duty free into Irelund, only, however, for the purpose of mention-
ing that the authorities have fixed the 22d, instead of the Ist Novem-
ber, as the day on which such suspension of the law is to take
place.—Advertiser.
Loox OUT !—As a canal-boat was passing under
a bridge, the captain gave the usual warning, by calling aloud,
" Look out !" when a little Frenchman, who was in the cabin,
obeyed the order by popping his head out of the window, which re.
ceived a severe thump by coming in contact with a pillar of the
bridge. He drew it back in a great pet, and exclaimed, " Dese
A merikins cry look out, when dey mean look in."
The public have learned from the daily journals
that Sir Robert Peel, during his recent visit, with Lady Peel, to
her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, was unfortunately attacked with
gout. But it has not been stated—though the fact is of no slight
importance—that it was the Premier's first attack of that painful
and insidious disease. We are happy, however, to state that he is
now quite convalescent, and that no uneasiness is entertained by
his family as to the result of the attack, but rather the reverse.
We may add that Sir Robert returns to Drayton, with Lady Peel,
on Monday, and that a distinguished party will be assembled there.
—Court Journal. .

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FATAL ACCIDENT TO A GUNNER OF ARTILLERY.
—The accident which occurred on Thursday se'nnight to a gunner
of the loyal Artillery, named Francis Callous, of the Royal Horse
Artillery, whilst that corps was at exercise on Woolwich Common,
in the presence of Colonel T. De Koudriaffsky, an officer in the
Russian service, has been attended with fatal results. It appeared
that whilst Collons was engaged ramming home the charge in the
usual way, the gun exploded, the charge tearing off the thumb and
mutilating three fingers of his right hand. He was removed to the
Royal Ordnance Hospital, where the three fingers were amputated,
but after lingering for more than a week, death terminated his
sufferings yesterday morning. The cause of the explosion has not
been ascertained, as the gun was sponged as usual, and the vent
was properly stopped, as the man who had his finger on it was burnt
by the discharge. The gun has also been examined, and found to
be perfect. Colonel Koudriaffsky kindly sent the deceased a pre-
sent of 51. on Monday last, and Mrs. Marshall, of Shooter's-hill,
who was present at the time of the accident, also sent him 21., bene.
factions which the poor fellow did not live to enjoy. The deceased
was a single inan, and had been about five years in the service.
NV INDS Olt ELECTION.-FRIDAY EVENING. The
" coming off'' of the election, it is now rumoured, will probably
be postponed until early in the week after next, as it Is now
stated that it is fully expected the writ will not be received by
the mayor (who is the returning officer) until Monday. The
ensuing week or ten days will be a more than usually busy period
in this generally quiet borough. To-morrow the election of town
councillors for the year ensuing will take place, and Tuesday next
has been appointed for the holding of the Quarter Sessions. The
present mayor, Mr. Thomas Clarke, retires from office on Monday
se'nnight (the 9th falling on a Sunday), when the new mayor will
be elected ; and on the following day a public dinner, in honour
of the birthday of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, will
take place at the Royal Adelaide Hotel. The canvas is still in
progress, and the friends of both candidates are equally sanguine
of success.

111 E FRVER QUESTION.-IMPORTANT ORDER.-
In pursuance of directions from the Lords of her Majesty's most
Honourable Privy Council, signified by a communication from Mr.
Bathurst, one of the clerks of the Council, the Commissioners of
the Customs have caused instructions to be given to the revenue
officers and coast guard at this port, and at every outport and
statism along the coasts of the United Kingdom, to be most parti-
cular in future in the examination of the masters or officers com-
manding vessels (more particularly of steamers) arriving from the
coast of Africa or the West Indies, by putting the quarantine ques-
tions to them, and taking down their replies, so as to have their
papers to refer to if necessary, as in the case of vessels arriving from
the Mediterranean or the Levant, and especially with reference to
the quarantine questions] 1 ,1 5,10, 18;19,and 2.0, the replies to which
are to be taken down most fully, observing that, in the event of
their having been any suspicious sickness on board during the
voyage, all such vessels are to be detained under the restraint of
quarantine, and their quarantine papers forwarded to the Board.
This order has been issued, in consequence of the late deplorable
and fatal case of the discovery of an alarming and devastating
fever, existing in a certain ship which recently arrived from the '
coast of Africa, and has been lying under the restraint of quaran-
tine for a considerable time off the Motherbank, and it is the wish
and intention of Government, by taking every possible I,recaution
to prevent the spread of anything so alarming and frightful as the
disease alluded to. In the event of any disease of the kind having
shown itself during the voyage from the places in question, the
strictest inquiry and examination will be made previously to the
vessel being relieved from quarantine, in order to prevent the
extension of any contagious illness which may actually, or be sup-
posed to exist on board.
TRADE WITH FRANCE. —A Parliamentary paper
has just been issued, showing the exportations to and importations
from France for a number of years. Last year, it appears, that the
total amount of the articles exported to France from Great Britain
was 5,204,17fd., and the total imports from France 3,657,878/. The
Import duties were 1,879,799!. (If the exportations, only 828,9181.
were articles of colonial and foreign merchandise; so that the bulk
of goods sent to France consisted of British and Trish produce and
manufactures.

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY
COMPANY.

The first ordinary meeting of the Shareholders in the
South 'Wales Railway was held yesterday, at the Great
Western Railway Station, Paddington ; Mr. C. Russell, M.P.,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The meet-
ing was made special for the purpose of giving authority
to the Directors with respect to any agreements with
other Companies, and application to Parliament, which they
might think it expedient to make in the ensuing session,
and generally for other matters.
The common seal of the Company having been formally
affixed to the registry of shareholders, and it having been
announced that the whole of the capital had been sub.
scribed,
The CHAIRMAN said the Directors bad great
pleasure in meeting their proprietory, and they
congratulated them on the success which had
hitherto attended their operations and proceedings in Par-
liament. The great difficulty they had met with proceeded
from the obstacles which had been thrown in their way of
crossing the Severn. It was impossible for the Committee
of either the House of Lords or the House of Commons to
resist the authority vested in the Board of Admiralty
by law, but both Committees did all they could for them.
hey gave them their line complete, with the exception
of that portion of it which embraced the passage of the
Severn, which had been reserved for the next session.
The question was certainly a most important one, and it
had since occupied the deliberate and serious consideration of
the Directors, who still continued of opinion that the place
they had selected for crossing the Severn was in
all respects the most advisable. They believed, in
fact, that it would not only be beneficial to themselves,
but it would tend greatly to improve the navigation
of the Severn itself ; but it was not for them to impugn
either the judgment or the authority of the Board of Admi-
ralty. They had, however, lately been in communication with
that Board, and they were not without hopes that some plan
might yet be devised by which they would be enabled to
carry out the project in the mode and manner they had
originally wished. It was, nevertheless, desirable that they
should not enter more largely into a discussion of that
question then, and they had therefore not required their
engineer to make any special report upon the subject. Since
their Act had been obtained their engineer had been em-
ployed in revising the surveys, and he had the authority of
Mr. Brunel fur stating that they were nearly completed.
Immediately that they were so the shareholders might
rely upon it that the Directors would enter into
contracts and proceed with the works with the utmost
possible diligence and rapidity. The attention of the Direc-
tors had, of course, been called to the numerous projects for
new lines, which form almost a net-work over the
whole of the Principality of 'Wales. It could
not be expected that any very considerable portion
of these lines would be entertained, much less passed,
by the Legislature. From many of them they had selected
such as they thought were likely to prove advantageous to
the South Wales Railway, and to these they were willing to
give their entire, their friendly support and co-operation.
The Hereford, Worcester, and Gloucester, and the Hereford
and Shrewsbury lines were likely to be of great importance
to the South Wales Railway Company, in so far as they
would tend to convey their traffic to the north,
and they bad accordingly entered into an understanding
with them. Previous to their going before Parliament they
entered into an agreement for the purchase of the Forest of
Dean Railway, contingent upon their own Act passing. Their
Act had of course passed, and the agreement had become binding
upon themselves. It was, he might add, their intention to
enlarge and improve it, and then they anticipated it would
have the effect of bringing a large and important mineral
traffic upon their main line. They had thought it ex-
tremely desirable that they should encourage and support a
line of railway running up the -Vale of Neath, and it was pos-
sible and far from improbable that a line of railway would also
be formed from the top of the Yale of Neath to join the
Hereford, Worcester, and Gloucester, passing by Merthyr
Tydvil and Abergavenny, in order to affbrd railway accom-
modation to a large and no less important mineral
and manufacturing district.—(Hear, hear.) If this Neath
Company should be able to make an arrangement with the
Hereford and Gloucester Company, the South Wales Com-
pany would also be disposed to give it its utmost support.
He believed these were the only lines with which they had
formed any connexion, and in the present state of the
money and railway market they thought it advisable not to
encumber themselves with any fresh or extraordinary under-
takings.
The report, which was simply an echo of the Chairman's
speech, and contained no statement of the accounts, was then
read, and afterwards adopted.
The present Directors were then confirmed, and their salary
fixed at 1,8001., and Messrs. Dobree and Gower having been
appointed auditors; with an allowance of 25/. each, the secre-
tary's salary was fixed at 7001. per annum.
The purchase of the Forest of Dean Railway was confirmed,
and the Directors empowered to take what steps they might
deem necessary in the ensuing session of Parliament for the
general interest of the Company.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
terminated.

GREAT WESTERN SHARES.
• (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Cost.

A person buying 10 Great Western shares in -
Oct., 1844, at 621. pron. on 80/. paid ..... X1,420 0 0
He has since received a new issue in respect of
above, of 20 quarter shares, worth 181. prem
each, reducing his cost

Real Cost 1,060 0 0
The present value of 10 Great Western shares,
"ex New Issue," is 1451. to 1501. each—say
10 shares, at 145/.

Leave a profit of £39o 0 0
Instead of a loss of 1,0001., as represented by the Times.
Any Stock-broker in London will confirm this, and it ought
to be noticed.
The new issue has been altogether lost sight of, both by
you and the Times, and was a great boon to the Shareholders.

It is rumoured in Leicester that the Roman Ca-
tholics are about to purchase the Three Crowns, and in its
place to erect a magnificent cathedral, similar to that lately
built at Nottingham. They are now erecting a very large
college at Ratcliffe, near the Syston station; and on Charn-
wood Forest is a monastery inhabited by about thirty monks.
The latter possess a farm of about 250 acres, which they
themselves cultivate, and to the poor of the neighbourhood
they arc exceedingly charitable.—Derby Reportet.
MR. auczroff.—lt is not true, as stated by the
Morning Post, that the Rev. Frederick Oakeleys resignation
of his fellowship at Balliol College (in opposition to the
advice of Dr. Piney) is founded on the decision of the
Arches Court against him, and on his not being permitted to
perform his duties. Mr. Oakeiey has resigned, in conse-
quence of formally entering the Romanist communion at
Oxford, on Wednesday last.—Church and State Gazette.
JESUITS.—The number of Jesuits already arrived
at Lucerne amounts to nine. A correspondent in that place
assures us that they will gain no ground, not at least in the
town itself. The barricades erected by order of the Govern-
ment are still standing, the National Guards are still under
arms, a considerable number of citizens are living miserably
away from their country, and banished far from their families.
1,500 men are already condemned; others are amenable to
capital punishment, all their fortunes are confiscated, and
it is in this state of things that the Jesuits have just been
installed in Lucerne. The Court of Appeal has sent back to
the inferior court the prosecution instituted against Captain
Ulmi and Jost Barth. It has decided that they are not
amenable to the penalty of death decreed by the inferior
court. The news of banishment of Dr. Feni and Professor
Daffner is confirmed. It is still thought that they will be
imprisoned in a fortress of Piedmont.—Constitutionna
SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPTAIN HARDY.—Yesterday
Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Blue Boar, Caro.
line street, Bedford-square, on the body. of Captain Hardy,
late of 8, Tavistock-street, aged sixty-five. The deceased
had been originally attached to the East India Company's
Marine Service. After leaving the service he became one of
the most active and liberal governors of Middlesex Hospital,
and a director of the poor of the parish cf St. Giles. From
the evidence before the coroner it appeared that shortly after
retiring to rest, in his usual health and spirits, last Wednes-
day night, he felt himself so suddenly attacked with illness,
that he called his nephew, and desired him to send for Mr.
Combe, surgeon, of Caroline-street, who immediately at-
tended, and applied stimulants, which afforded temporary
relief. But scarcely had Mr. Combe left, when his illness,
accompanied with the most alarming symptoms, returned.
It was then deemed advisable to call in Dr. Arnott, of Bed-
ford•square ; but all his efforts were unavailing, as his
patient was a corpse in a few minutes after he first saw him.
The medical witnesses gave it as their opinion that deceased
died of a diseased heart, and a verdict accordingly was
returned.

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THE ISLAND OF MADAGASCAR.—The recent affair
at Madagascar naturally draws attention to that island.
After New Holland it is the largest island in the world. Its
length is about 900 miles; and its central part is about 400
miles in breadth. It is supposed to contain about 250,000,000
or 300,000,000 of acres. The climate and soil are generally
highly favourable to vegetation, including all the choicest
productions of the tropical regions. It is rich in minerals,
particularly in the metals, with forests of fine timber, and,
not improbably, fields of coal. Its geographical position
renders it capable of becoming one of the richest por-
tions •of the globe. In attempting to bring its barbaric
sovereign to reason, a better way may be found than that of
attacking valueless towns and useless forts on the coast. The
capital must be reached or threatened; but to accomplish
this by marching a force through the marshes is clearly im-
possible, or most hazardous. Is there any other way? In
the common maps, a river rising not very far from the capi-
tal, and within the healthy region, is conducted, by the
mapmakers, to the sea on the west side of the island near
the 20th degree of south latitude. But it is supposed by
others, that this river, instead of running west, runs north,
and falls into the sea about the 16th degree of south lati-

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titude ; and it is supposed to be navigable-to within four or
five days' journey of the capital. This river, it is said, was
once frequented by Arab vessels, and a fair was held at the
point where it ceased to be navigable for boats, &c. Ra-
dama's father, and afterwards Radama himself, becoming
jealous of this near approach of foreigners, prohibited this
traffic, and endeavoured to conceal the real course of the
river. Should the Admiral or the Governor of Mauritius
wish for certain information concerning it, they may find
fugative natives of Madagascar in the island of Mohilla,
near Johanna, who would gladly act as explorers.—South
African.
FOREIGN CATTLE AND FRUIT, &C.—The General
Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Sir Edward Banks, from
Ostend, a day or two since, brought 32 packages of Belgian poultry,
a quantity of fresh fish, eggs, plants, &a. The Company's vessel
Belfast, from Calais, brought 25 skins of walnuts ; the Harlequin,
from Boulogne, 64 skins of walnuts, four packages of poultry, and
other articles. The Venezuela, from Rotteraam, brought 91 sheep,
eight calves, 17 packages of poultry, eight packages of yeast, a
large quantity of cheese, butter, seeds, roots, &c. The James Watt,
from Havre, brought 39 skins of chesnuts, the first itnportation of
the article, we believe, this. season—a quantity of peas, eggs, and
other articles ; and the Soho, from Antwerp, brought, amongst
a variety of other articles of French produce, 41 baskets of smells,
&c. Two or three sailing vessels have also arrived, laden with fresh
ripe fruit fer the metropolitan markets. The Alexandre, from Grave-
lines, brought 111 packages of walnuts, besides a large quantity of
eggs and other French produce. The Express, from Jersey, brought
1,500 bushels, one barrel, and three boxes of apples, the produce of
that island, besides a quantity of pears, &c. ; and the Guernsey Lass,
from Dunkirk, brought about 30 packages of apples, the produce of
Normandy, and other articles.

We are requested to state that it was Mr. Bruton,
the comic vocalist, and not Mr. Cornish, who attended at
the dinner given to Sir W. Molesworth.
WOOrmicti, OCT. 31.—The Avon steam-vessel,
Commander Denham, F.R.S., left Woolwich on the 27th inst., on
her surveying expedition to the coast of Guinea, including the
mouths of the Niger. The Devastation, Growler, and Ardent,
paid off during the month, are to undergo a refit, and be again
made ready for commission. The shipwrights are employed build.
ing the Sphynx and Niger steam.vessels by task work, as it is de.
airable they should be ready by the close of the financial year. The
Amphion frigate, building, will be ready for launching early next
year, and to to be fitted with a screw propeller.
NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.—BeII's Lift
its London, Nov. 2, contains seven folio columns of the week's
races. Price of the enlarged Life Sixpence. Published in
lime for all the Saturday Mormon rollwart.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET S.
LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Z. Inca-
shire, and Cheshire, 10%—Bolton, Wigan, and L' 'mei% pool,
32—Buckinghamshire, 4—Caledonian, 124—Ditto , Ext eli-
sion, 4%—Cambridge and Lincoln, s%—Chester al id Birk-
enhead, 52%—Chester and Manchester Direct, 465. —Derby
and Crewe, s%—Eastern Counties, 23—Litto, New Shares,
154—Edinburgh and Northern, 151. Shares, 2—Et linburgh
and Perth, 4%—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3%. —Grand
Junction, 221—Grand Union, 234—Great Grim.% by and
Sheffield, 16%—Goole and Doncaster, 4%—Hud c'ersfield
Canal and Railway, 15—Leicester and Bedford, 3 -.Leices-
ter and Tamworth, 3/. 6s. 6d.—Liverpool and Leeds _ Direct,
3%,—Liverpool and Manchester, New Shares, 50%—i r.tiver-
pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, s%—Live,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 61. Ils. 3d.—London and Nur, 'mg-
ham, 215%—London and Manchester (Rem.), 3%—L on-
don and York, s%—Direct Northern, 2%—Leeds and Thin
133/4—Manchester and Birmingham Continuation, 2.4-
Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 4—Manchestei
Sheffield, and Midland, 614—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths,
124—Manchester and Southampton, 474—Matlock and Mid-
land, 64—Midland, 157—Ditto (40/. Shares), 251 A—North.
Staffordshire, 6%—North Wales Mineral (New Shares), 5%
—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, 434—Oxford,
Southampton, &c., 24—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton, 9%—Preston and Wyre, 40—Ditto, New Shares,
10—Shefield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 938—.
Sheffield and Lincoln, s—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and.
South Stafford, 81s. 6d.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Ches-
ter, 6A—South Eastern and Dover, 384—Ditto, Consoli-
dated Thirds 14%—Ditto, Half Shares, 4%—South Mid-
land, 6%—South Staffordshire Junction, 5 —Tean and
Dove Valley, IX—Trent Valley, 18—Ulverstone and Liver-
pool and Carlisle Junction, 2%—West Riding Union, 11—
Great County Down, 23/4—Great Southern and Western, 22
—Newry, Banbridge, and Belfast, 54s.—Dutch Rhenish, 9%
North of France (Lebeuf's),
MANCHESTER, Ocr. 31.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 93%—Blackburn, Chorley, and
Liverpool, 23/4—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, x n, 7
Boston Newark, and Sheffield, 4%—Caledonian Extension,
41/—Cambridge and Lincoln, 514—Ditto New, 43%—Chelms-
ford and Bury, I%—Eastern Counties, 234—Ditto, New,
13%—East Lancashire, No. 1, 20—Ditto, No. 2, 14%—
East Lincolnshire, 4—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding
Junction, 3%—Goole Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 6 c. n
Grand Union, 2%—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction,
17%—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 414—Great Grimsby and Dock
Extension, 8-J4—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 15 c. n.—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 25
—Lancashire and Northern Yorkshire, 3%—Leeds and
York, 33/4 Leicester and Bedford, 3—Leicester and
Tamworth, 2%—Liverpool and Bury, 31—Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, 3% —Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle Junction, 6—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston,
64—London and Birmingham, Third Shares, 43%—Lon-
don and York, 514—Manchester and Birmingham Continua-
tion and Welsh Junction, 24—Manchester and Bury Atmos-
pheric,l%—Manchester and Leeds (Fifths), 13— Manchester,
Midland, and Grimsby, 4—Manchester and Southampton, 4%
—North Staffordshire, 6 %—Nort h Western,434 —Notti n gh
Erewash, Ambergate, and Manchester,4%—Oxford, Worces-
ter, and Wolverhampton, 94—Sheffieldand Lincolnshire
Junction, 54—Sheffield and Manchester (Quarters), No. 1,
16—Ditto ditto, No. 3, 9 %—Shrewsbury and Trent Valley
Union, PA—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction,
6%—South Eastern and Dover (Halves), 44—South Staf••
fordshire Junction, 53/4—South Wales, 6—Trent Valley Mid-
land, 3%—West Lancashire Coast Line, 3%—York and
Carlisle, 33/4.