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LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1845,

Of all the colonies under the dominion of the British
steptre, there is probably none of which the natural resources
are, as yet, so imperfectly developed, as Australia. The
astonishing rapidity with which, from the lifeless condition
of a vast wilderness for penal settlements, shut out from the
civilisation and science and associations of the mother country
by more than 5,000 leagues of ocean, it has raised itself, since
the beginning of the present century, to the rank of a com-
mercial emporium, and the seat of one of the finest staples
which enters into the consumption of the markets of Europe
—namely, its wools—does but supply the proof of latent capa-
cities yet untried and inherent resources yet undeveloped. Of all
the families descended from the great German stock, the
Anglo-Saxon race has pushed furthest the career of perma-
nent establishments and colonization. It may be allowed to
a Briton to contemplate, with pride and gratification, the
noble spectacle which every quarter of the globe presents of
the triumphs achieved by the hereditary genius of his nation
in reclaiming barbarous lands, and elevating the rude and
savage tribes whom it has found there in the scale of human
intelligence and social improvement. If, in some very few
instances, the effect of generou4 treatment, of liberalen-

couragement to those wild aborigines, at the hands of
British authorities, have not hitherto been followed by the
beneficent results that, as a general consequence, are planted
in " new countries" with the British flag, we may be assured
that sufficient time has not yet elapsed since our occupation
—or that circumstances, in themselves sufficiently favourable,
have not yet occurred—for overcoming the enormous power
of national habits, the strength of early-inculcated super-
stitions, or the brutalising effects of a gross and benighted
ignorance, and ages of prescriptive indulgence in sensual and
vindictive criminality. If the Bushmen at the Cape of
Good Hope, ;or the nameless nomadic tribes who
wander over the interior wastes of New Holland, still
continue inaccessible to the mild conquests of our influence
and our example, we must have patience. We may be very
sure that public opinion at home would not permit our au-
thorities abroad to neglect the great duties that devolve on
the:representatives of the Queen of all civilised States in the
native regions of the unreclaimed savage. Besides, the
dictates of self-interest, although a more sordid, would
be by no means a less efficient motive to the adoption
of a kindly and improving policy towards the aborigines
by those who had come to live among them. But the English
free settlers, the " squatters," and the farmers of our various
territories in New Holland, complain that the native tribes
(incited in many cases, no doubt, by the runaway convicts,
deserters from merchant ships, from our men-of-war, and
from the:whaling vessels of the United States, who take to the
" bush"), are of predatory habits so incorrigible, that it is be-
coming impossible to preserve large flocks on sheep-walks
which are situate far inland, or in districts more adjacent to
the sea, but in the vicinity of the native haunts, from wholesale
plunder and destruction. We are sorry to find from the last file
of Australian papers we have seen that these depredations
are becoming so frequent :and so extensive as to have quite
disheartened some of the flock-masters. Their apprehensions
are aggravated by the vexatious operation of the extremely
impolitic pasture licenses, which the local Government per-
sists in requiring owners of any, stock exceeding a given
number, to take out at a cost which is really extravagant in
a country that circulates so little money. Many of them,
finding that the encouragement they once had for
their industry and enterprise (and their long and
perilous journeys in quest of new sheep and cattle
walks rendered them the pioneers of geographical dis-
covery through the stupendous solitudes of that still imper-
fectly explored fifth continent), have abandoned the useful
pursuits of grazing altogether, except on the limited scale of
small stock-farms. They are now driving what we conceive
to be a most pernicious trade, destructive in the long run
to their own means, although at the present it is
bringing them in very heavy returns. This trade is
strictly analogous to that which a farmer at home, here,
would be considered to be driving, who should
first have made up his mind to the sacrifice of all the previous
outlay he had been at, and then betake himself to living, as
well as trading, upon capital, instead of profits. The Austra-
lian colonists, who in past years exported the finest wools in
the world to the English and to other markets, have now
adopted pretty generally the practice of boiling or
melting down the carcasses of their sheep for the
sike of the tallow—a commodity which is, at present,
the subject of profitable export from their shores. Of
course it will now be their purpose not to follow in the foot-
steps of M'ARTHUR, and the other provident founders of
Australian prosperity, in times past, by assiduous attention
to and an enterprising outlay upon the continued improve-
ment of the quality of their fleeces and the mode of preparing
them for the consumers in Europe, and especially in Great
Britain; but to feed their sheep and their oxen for the sake
of the tallow. Any more improvident waste of means in a
young colony we cannot picture to ourselves. By the same
remarkable law of nature which pervades almost the entire
of the lands included within the enormous limits occupied by
the Polynesia, Australia is singularly poor in the larger
mammalia adapted either for the food or the service of man.
Our readers need not to be reminded that all its flocks and
its herds, and even its poultry, are of British importation or
descent.4The area of New Holland may be roughly stated as
a square, every side of which is 2,000 miles in extent.
Within these extraordinary dimensions all the types of animal
life in its higher organisation, including beasts as well as
the human race, are rare and inferior in the inverse ratio of
the inconceivable space allotted to them. So far as regards
the races of man, there can be no doubt that this scarcity of ani-
mals is not only in itself, but in its reaction on the products
of the vegetable kingdom, a main cause of the paucity of the
native population. In such a state of things it is impossible
to estimate too highly the utility of the sheep in supplying the
deficient quantum of animal and of vegetable food. To con-
sume sheep for the sake of their tallow, is to cut off
the supply both of the i one and of the other
at its fountain-head. We are astonished that in
an age like this, when not only meats of all kinds
can be so economically and so effectively preserved, both by
the older but more expensive, by antiseptic preparations,
and by the still more certain I and more largely
applicable processes of air- exhaustion and:air-tight packing—
but when the victualling of foreign shipping in the Southern
and Pacific Ocean is a trade, as lucrative as it is at times.
for want of supplies, precarious—the curing or preserving of
matter has not proved a main object of colonial ingenuity
and patience. If the duty on raw wools in England,
and the absurd restrictions on the more extensive
depasturing of sheep in Australia
.by reason of the colonial
license system, render the growing of wool a failing specula-
tion at present, of course the Australian colonist cannot
be expected to pursue it. But, in the meantime, there is
nothing to prevent him from turning his grazing to bet-
ter account than by melting down its products. His
wools might be warehoused against that better market
which every day is more nearly opening for him ; and
his carcasses might surely be cured under the application of a
little of that energy and cleverness which he has shown in so
many other instances—to an extent that would not only, as
in Scotland and the north of England, supply the families of
the settler with a nutritious article of domestic trade at
home (dried mutton, mutton hams, &c.), but furnish
the staple of a most lucrative trade with all the
shipping which frequent the harbours of Sydney, Port Philip,
Adelaide, &c. &c. Redundant millions of sheep might thus,
in the course of a very few years, be converted into many
scores of thousands of ready money, -without extinguishing,
in the melting coppers, the principles of capital and subsist-
ence for as long an interval, in exchange for an inconsider-
able present return.

whole press of Madrid, the provinces, and foreign nations; it
is attacked with equal violence by those who wish to let
loose revolution and those who wish to enchain it ; by the
Tiempo, the Globo, and the Heraldo, who demand the appli-
cation of the representative system in all its purity ; by the
Clamor Publico, the Espectador, and the Eco del Comercio,
who do not think the Constitution sufficiently revolutinary;
and by the Conciliador, the Esperanza, and the Catolico, who
find it too liberal. In the face of this universal oppositicn,
which is made with a conjunction, a boldness and force of
reason and expression which cannot be misunderstood, the
Ministry preserves the most inexplicable coolness and confi-
dence. It retains on its side the Posdata alone, a jour-
nal not more than twice as big as a man's hand, and of
which it makes use, not in its defence, but to provoke the
eight or ten other journals, some of which have remarkable
influence, which are at the disposal of its adversaries."
The France says :—" Spain is more than ever given up to
riot—to sudden and sanguinary revolutionary agitations.
Scarcely has the young QUEEN had time to turn her eyes away
from the barbarous spectacles presented to her by the
northern provinces, than she, on arriving at Madrid, has to
behold more precious blood flowing from the veins of the citi-
zens of her capital. Letterswhich have reached us from Madrid
are filled with sinister prognostications. At the departure
of the mail, alarming reports were in circulation of a new
insurrectional movement. It was said that the conspirators
were about to attempt something more serious than the last
riot. In fine, it was announced that a manifestation was to
be made that very evening. Thus menaced daily, hourly,
momentarily, the Spanish Government cannot remain much
longer under illusion as to the perils of death with which
from this time it is surrounded."

The National and Courrier Francais write in still stronger
terms, and assert, with much truth, that a military Govern-
ment now oppresses Spain, and retain office against the al-
most universal wish of the country. The French Court, as
well as Cabinet, have much to answer for. The expulsion of
EsPARTERo:and the destruction of the Constitution were ac-
complished by French money and French intrigue.
In consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather,
the KING did not take his usual out-door exercise on Mon-
day at Eu. The Minister of Marine arrived at the chateau
in the afternoon.

On the subject of Marshal BIIGEAUD'S visit to Marshal
SO4l LT, the Algerie says

" Marshal Bugeaud arrived at Soultberjon the morning of the 9th,
and left on the 11th. The first interview of the two Marshals was
toe long for us to believe that they immediately fall into accord. It
lasted from ten in the morning till live in the afternoon. As might
be expected, after the last acts of the Governor-General of Algeria,
Marshal Bugeaud has yielded all the points which were in litigation
between him and the Government. We are assured that the Mar-
shal, Deputy for Excideufi, begins to comprehend what every one
else is now convinced of—' that his time in Algiers is finished, and
that he has done all the good he could do there.' It is only to be re-
gretted that he did not retire after his campaign of last year."

The French Funds were more firm_on Wednesday, and the
market closed as follows :—Three per Cents. for Cash, 83f.
95c. ; for Account, 841 sc. ; Five per Cents., for Cash, 118 f ;
for Account, 118f.20c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,327. 50e. ;
Neapolitan, 101 f. ; Spanish Threes, no quotation ; Ditto,
Fives, 36E ; New Loan, 84E ; Paris:and (Means left off at
1,285 f.; Paris and Rouen, I,llof. ; Rouen and Havre, 907 f.
50c. ; Avignon, 1,055 f. ; Vierzon, 780 f. ; Strasbourg and
Bale, 287 f. 50c. ; Boulogne and Amiens, 650 f.; Bordeaux,
710 f. ; Monterau, 533 f. 75c.
The following are the quotations for the new lines:—

Bordeaux and Cette (Espeleta), 715 f. 50c. ; Dieppe and
Fecamp(Selliere), 560 f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe),
517 f. 50c. ; ditto (Talbot), 536 f. 25c.; ditto (Meridionale),
512 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 535 f. ; ditto (Gan-
neron), 516 f. ; ditto (La Pinsonniere), 508 f. ; ditto
(Ca-
Ion), 510 f. ; Strasburg (Ganneron), 515 f. ; ditto (de' lEst).
515. ; ditto (Bechet), 508 f. 50c. ; Charleroi (Kysaens), 547 f.
50c. ; St. Quentin (Kysaens), 509 f. ; ditto (Carette), 510 f. ;
Northern of France (Laffitte), 585 f. ; ditto (Rothschild),
542 f. 50c. premium ; ditto (Rosamel), 541 f. 25c. ; ditto
(Pepin Lehalleur), 532 f. 50c.; ditto (Decan), 530; ditto
(Decan Lebeuf), 531 f. 25c. ; Fampoux (O'Neill), 525 f. ;
Strasbourg (Gentil Fol), 512 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 18.
Anglo-Belgian 5 Namur and Liege
Boulogne and Amiens.. 11% Orleans and Vierzon -
Bordeaux &Mediterran - Orleans and Bordeaux ....

Bordeaux and Toulouse
Do. & Cette (Espelete) 21
Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 21
Central of Spain .....
Dendre Valley ...... —'
Dutch Rhenish ...... 111/
Dieppe & Paris Juact.
Dijon and Mulhouse ...
East Indian
Grt Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Do. (Le Boeuf)
Do. Peppin le Halleur
Great Paris and Lyons.
Great Western Bengal
Jamaica Junction 5l/
Do. North Midland —
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe 5
Lyons and Avignon —
Luxembourg

Over Yssel
Paris & Lyons (Lafitte)
Ditto (Ganneron's). 31,4
Ditto (Calon's).... 2%
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Compte de L'Est)
Paris and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Havre —
Royal North of Spain 2%
Sambre and Meuse
Strasbourg and Basle
Toumay,Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Hasselt...
Tours and Nantes
(M'Kenzie's)
Do. (Lefebvre's)
Iverona and Ancona ;
West Flanders 5%

LATE ACCIDENT at WOOLWICH.

INQUEST ON THE BODIES.—(THIS DAY.)
The adjourned Coroner's inquest on the bodies of the seven suf-
ferers who perished by the late explosion in the Roy al Laboratory
department of the Royal Arsenal, was resumed this morning at the
Mortar Tavern, Woolwich, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., and a highly
respectable jury. Mr. J. Colquhoun attended as solicitor on the
part of the Board of Ordance. Colonel Cockburn, Lieut.-Colonel
Dansey, Lieut.-Colonel Barney, and Mr. Coffin, the heads of the
departments in the Royal Arsenal, attended to watch the
proceedings, and to give evidence. The witnesses examined were
Colonel James Patterson Cockburn, Director of the Royal Labora-
tory Department; Lieutenant Anthony Oldfleld, of the Royal Artil-
lery ; Colonel Charles Cornwallis Dansey, Fire-master; Mr. Wm.
Collin, the Deputy Storekeeper of the Laboratory ; and three of the
men employed in the department; but the following summary con-
tains all that can be gleaned from their evidence as to this unfortunate
affair :—lt appeared that the deceased men were employed in
breaking up fusees in the shed in which the explosion occurred, which
was .not a building specially adapted for this purpose. The part
of the floor where the men stood was, however, covered over
with hides, and the whole of the floor was saturated with water.
The mode of breaking up these fusees, the tools for accomplishing
which were exhibited to the jury, was as follows :—The tube,
which is about ten or twelve inches long, is first emptied of the
meal powder, which is done by boys. The fusee is then
taken to a copper pan, and placed on an iron chisel, when it
is struck with a copper knife by means of a wooden mallet,
the fusee is thus cleft open, and the composition falls into a
pan prepared for that purpose. The question before the jury was,
at which end the fusee had been struck ? because, if it was
placed is an inverted position, a portion of the meal powder would
come in contact with tile steel chisel, In which case there was
great danger of an explosion. This was the course generally
pursued, but Lieutenant Oldfleld, who was accidentally in the
shed a few minutes before the explosion, swore distinctly that ho
observed the men break the fusses in both positions. The men, it
appeared, also worked in nailed boots. Two men who had just
quitted the shed experienced a very narrow escape, one man being
blown off a cart that was loading outside, the other being almost
stunned by the explosion. The jury, after a deliberation of nearly
an hour, at half-past twelve, delivered the following verdict :
" That the deceased were killed by the explosion of com-
bustible materials, but from what cause the explosion took place
there is no evidence to show." They also accompanied it with the
following note, which the Coroner read to Col. Cockburn, the head of
the department :—" That the jury in returning this verdict in the
case of John Crake, beg to state, that without imputing any want
of caution to the authorities in directing the mode of carrying
on the work which the deceased was engaged in, at the
same time submit for their consideration the propriety of discon-
tinuing the use of the steel chisel, and adopting, as formerly, the
copper knife ; and also, that the men ought not to be allowed to
work at such employment in nailed shoes or boots."
Col. Cockburn said, he intended in future to extract the saltpetre
by means of water, so as to avoid all chance of danger.

The Anti-Slavery Society has issued a very small publica-
tion, but one comprehending many facts of great importance,
entitled " Results of Emancipation in the British Colonies."
It will be read with delight by every friend of hu-
manity, and the people of this country who, even
before the experiment was made, never grudged the
amount, will now rejoice that 20,000,000/. were ex-
pended for such a purpose. This grant for a bene-
ficent object, for the relief of the oppressed, as well as an
inducement to secure kind treatment from their former
masters, has no parallel in the history of any state, and has
gained for these islands a character for generosity and
philanthropy which neither malice nor national anti-
pathies ever dare to gainsay. And while w. praise
the British nation, it is only an act of justice to pay the same
tribute to the objects of its benevolence, who have shown
themselves worthy of the favour. In 1831, the West India
body issued a manifesto, in which they stated, that " the
speedy annihilation of slavery would be attended with the
devastation of the 'West India colonies--with loss of lives and
property to the white inhabitants—with inevitable distress and
misery to the black population—and with a fatal shock to the
commercial credit of the empire." To show how the prophecy has
failed, we quote a paragraph from the pamphlet :—" In no
one particular has this sinister prediction been fulfilled. The
transition from slavery to freedom was most tranquil—not a
single proprietor or white man was injured, either in per-
son or property ; the emancipated slaves have derived the
greatest benefits from that act of justice ; the credit of
the West Indies is better now than during the exist-
ence of slavery ; and the commercial intercourse
between Great Britain and the Colonies, has been, in every
respect, improved by its abolition. Individuals may have
suffered, and may still be suffering from this great event; but
the great mass of the population, the proprietors as well as
the labourers, have derived the highest advantage from it.
The safety, and we may add the policy of emancipation
has been demonstrated." And Lord STANLEY, many years
after this great act of justice and mercy took
place, confirms the statement. "It will be found,"
said he, " that since the emancipation the negroes have been
thriving and contented; that they have raised their manner
of living, and multiplied their comforts and enjoyments ; that
their offences against the laws have become more and more
light and unfrequent ; that their morals have improved ; that
marriage has been more and more substituted for concu-
binage ; and that they are eager for education, rapidly ad-
vancing in knowledge, and powerfully influenced by the
mi-
nisters of religion." These are facts which cannot be dis-
puted, nor can the following picture of the precious results of
emancipation be denied :

REGISTRATIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY OFm ON.
The question whether liveryenL who OND
had taken up their freedom
since the passing of the Reform Act, to which we referred on Monday,
was this day resumed. The whole of the forenoon was taken up by
technical arguments respecting the construction of the Act of Par-
liament. At the termination of the Learned Gentlemen's addresses,
pro and con.,
The REVISING BARRISTER intimated that as the decision was one
of some importance, he would take time to consider it, and give his
judgment on a future day.

" The whip no longer sounds in their ears, as the stimulant to
labour and the instrument of torture ; the fetter no longer galls their
limbs ; the market-place no longer beholds them submitted for sale, in
lots to suit purchasers ; the anguish of forcible separation is no longer
felt or feared ; instruction is no longer interdicted ; the preaching ofthe
Gospel is no longer forbidden. Masters of their own persons and their
own labour, the emancipated slaves can now bestow it when and
where they please, as may best suit their taste, or serve their inte-
rests—the marriage-tie hallows and blesses their unions—the rela-
tions of parents and children exist, and cannot be severed by the
caprice or will of slave-masters—the chastity of woman can no longer
be violated with impunity, nor the hearts of mothers lacerated by
the base and degraded uses to which their offspring were devoted."

The intelligence from Madrid, which is to the 11th inst., is
of a gloomy character. Universal distrust prevails; the city
is kept tranquil solely by the military, and, on the return of
NAnvnEz from Pampeluna, would probably be placed in a
state of siege. " Two leaders of banditti, named MANUEL
SASTRE, alias EL PERDON, and FELIPPE PEREZ," says the
" have this day suffered the penalty of the law.
The peace of Madrid has not been disturbed, although an im-
mense crowd has attended their execution."
No business was done on the Bourse on the 11th.

The Paris journ,ds areoccupied muchwith the affairs of
Spain, and with reason, for some new outbreak in that de-
voted country appears imminent. The Cabinet gives little
satisfaction, several of the Government journals have turned
against it, and from the tone assumed by the Paris Presse,
the organ of CHRISTINA, it is evident that
ITARVAEZ and she
are not the best friends. /sTARVAEZ, in fact, is liked by no
parpty, if we except the army, and that will cling to him only
long as he is able to pay it. " The position of the RAE-
VAEZ Ministry," says the Presse, " is without example in
the history of constitutional governments. It has. opposed
to it the Carliits, the Progreeadts, the Conservatlyes, the

At the recent Congress at Rheins of the Scientific
Men of France M. Jullien de Paris presented Mr. Morgan's plan of a
Self-supporting Institution for 300 families. The observations of M.
Jullien de Paris, as well as the acknowledegment by the President,
the Archbishop, were received with loud applausmes,.pald provelvm AthNa:
the condition of the people is exciting a great interest in that country
as well as in our own.
DEATH OF P. GREENALL, ESQ.,
SEPT. 18.—This highly respectable gentleman expired at half-pa,st
one o'clock to-day, at his residence in St. Helen's. Mr. Greenall was
the Conservative Member for the borough of Wigan, to which he was
elected at the last genaral election in conjunction with Mr. T. B.
Crosse, of Shaw-hill, near Chorley, but who was unseated on pet!.
tion. Mr. Greenall had once before, unsuccessfully, stood for Wigan
in conjunction with the late John Hodson Ket-trsley, Esq. Mr.
Greenall was held in the highest estimation by all parties in this
neighbourhood of all politics, and his loss will be most severely felt in
his immediate neighbourhood, being the proprietor of very extensive
manufactories.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—It is now officially an-
nounced that this theatre will be opened on Saturday, the 27th inst.
As before, under the present management, it will be devoted exclu-
sively to opera and ballet. The female vocalists will be Madame
Anna Thillon, Miss Romer, Miss Rainforth, Miss Poole, the cele-
brated, and yet unheard, Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, and a debutante,
Miss Helen Lane. Mr. Allen is engaged as a tenor in addition to Mr.
W. Harrison, while the "bass and baritone" department gets a rein-
forcement by the engagement of Mr. H. Phillips, who will appear in
addition to Messrs. Burdini, Borrani, and Weiss. At the head of the
ballet department stands the excellent danseuse Mademoiselle Adele
Dumilatre. Her name is followed by those of Mademoiselle Flora
Fabri, a lady yet unknown to the English public, and the favourite
artist, Mademoiselle Plunkett. M. Schira is to be the conductor of
the orchestra. A new opera by Mr. Benedict, and another by Mr.
Wallace, are
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,to3biee3p'eerr--
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fboerm'esclC;amand Mr. Bunn speaks in his programme of " pending trea-
ties" with MM. Scribe and Donizetti for a new grand opera. M. St.
Georges and M. Albert are to unite in the construction of a new
ballet called La Fille de Alarbre, with Adolphe Adam's music, and the
Parisian ballet Le Diable a quatre is to be performed. The pro-
gramme certainly indicates great spirit and enterprise, and the
manager seems to have engaged all the available talent for the pur-
poses to which he has devoted his theatre. A stronger company is,
we believe, at the present day, impossible.—Times.
RAILWAY COLLISION.—WAKEFIELD, SEPT. 18.—
A collision took place yesterday at the Oakenshaw Station on the
Midland Railway, but fortunately no serious injury to the pas-
sengers was sustained. The traits from Leeds to Derby, which was
clue at half-past 10 A. H., did not arrive until 20 minutes after its time,
and there being a great number of passengers going from Oakenshaw
to Swinton (Doncaster) station on account of the races, at least 20
minutes more elapsed Without any immediate appearance of moving
on. At this moment the train from hull came up, following on the
same line of rails, and dashed into the carriages of the Derby train.
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moved was severely felt. The hull train, moreover, was slackening
its speed to stop at the station. Had it been the express instead of
the Hull train which was to follow shortly afterwards, and which
does not stop at Oakenshaw, but dashes through like a flash of
'soul must have perished. As it was, several persons
sustained severe cuts and bruises, and the greatest alarm was occa-
lightning, every
occa-
sioned to all. Prince George of Cambridge was in his own carriage,
have suffered severely, if he had not been killed, had
would certainly
open, on a truck, at the extreme end of the Hull train, so that he
the concussion been more violent. His Royal Highness, fortunately,
did not sustain any particular inconvenience.
THE GALE OF YESTERDAY.—DOVER, SEPT. 18,
Six, p.m.—lt has been blowing a hurricane here all day from the
S.W., so as to prevent any vessel from Netting over to Boulogne, or
even attempting to make the passage ; nor has any vessel been able
to get to this port from Calais or Ostend, though from the former the
North Foreland or the Downs may have been reached. A Folkstone
steamer left that place this morning, but there is little chance of her
having reached Boulogne, and the probability is that she bore up for
Calais. The Magician steamer, which left Boulogne yesterday, Is
now here, not having been able
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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1845.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
_

There was a dull market for Cotton at Liverpool yester-
day, but previous quotations were obtained. Sales, about
7,000 bags, including 1,500 American, on speculation. The
market was very freely supplied.—A good business was done
in shares. _ _

At an early hour this morning the arrival off port of the
Severn steamer from the West Indies was announced, but
up to the present hour we have not had any letters or papers
delivered. There are some later accounts from Brazil, but
nothing of interest is to be noticed in them.
" A short and sure Guide to Railway speculation" has just
been published, a copy of which is before us, by Effingham
Wilson. The author says that operations in railway shares
are of three kinds—i. e.,—

" First. Purchases in the shares of lines already esta.
Wished.

"-Second. Purchases in the scrip of lines projected, or in the
course of construction.

Third. Application for original shares in newly-pro-
jected lines."
For the information of the public, we may usefully quote
the following :
" Purchases of Scrip in projected or unfinished lines can
only be made with safety under good information and ad-
vice as to their immediate or ultimate prospects ; and
not even then unless the buyer is prepared to pay
the whole of the calls. For example, a single call of
5/. may have been made upon a 501. share, and it may be at
a premium of 21. In buying 20 of these shares at 71. each
(51. paid and 21. premium), it is not sufficient to be able to
pay the 140/. which they would first cost ; the buyer must
also be prepared (or see his way clearly) to pay the remain-
ing 900/. if necessary. Unless so prepared there is no safety
in railway speculation.
" A call may be made at a moment when prices have
fallen, and, if unprepared to pay it, the unfortunate holder
must sell, however great maybe the sacrifice ; but if his en-
gagements are not beyond his means of meeting them, he
has only to hold on steadily, and sooner or later (unless the
line was a mere bubble) he will have an opportunity
of selling at a profit. By adhering to this
one rule, the writer of these remarks (who is a
mere amateur in railway speculation) has during ten
years, never sold a single share at a loss. lie has held
shares upon which he had paid 401. each, till they gradually
fell to 201., and has sold them at last at 74/. One of the best
times for purchasing in unfinished lines is when prices are
depressed, as they often will be, in consequence of previous
holders finding it inconvenient to pay their calls."
Consols for the Account have been quoted at 981/2 to-day,
and for Money at 981% %. The premium on Exchequer-
bills is 465. Not half a dozen bargains were quoted in the
English Funds to-day. A
slight demand has existed for the Equador Bonds to-
day, at an improvement to 4%. The quotations of the
Dutch Stocks were rather higher. The other Stocks are, for
the most part, nominally given.
With very few exceptions, the Railway Share Market has
been firm to-day. As the fluctuations are given in the offi-
cial list, it is not necessary to refer further here.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anns
South Sea Stock "
Ditto New Annuities
Consols for Account

Exchequer Bills. 13/4d. I%d.
1,0001.
5001
Ditto Small — .. .. 47 49 pm.
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 90%
Ditto New 80nd5,1829 and 1839 881%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 32%
Ditto for the Account 33
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o —
Ditto Passive Bonds 6%
Dutch 21/2 per Cents
Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 94, 1 99
Equador
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE

O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
.. Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Ditto Extension
Birmingham and Oxford
Junction
2%
...... 61/ to
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln
Canterbury and Dover l%. .
.. 4% to
Chester and Holyhead
Cork and Waterford 1%,...... 21/ to
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.,
and Leicester 1
Cornwall ...
to
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2%
....
;%

- ,
Direct Manch. (Remington's) v 4 ./2... to
rirect Northern ... ......... .. 2% 2A, ... to 3
Eastern Counties
Do. New 4/. 165.... 634 p... to
East Dereham and Norwich 1
Eastern Union - ...... to --
Ditto Extension
East Lincolnshire ls
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. ••• 75
Edinburgh and Perth
Ely and Bedford l5, 44.. ... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 23/4 3% to
Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales l%
Goole and Doncaster l% 6l/s to
Great Eastern and Western.. 2%
Great North of Scotland ...... 2% 4 to
Great Western BO
Leicester and Birmingham... 225.
Leicester and Bedford 22s. 3% p... to
London and Birmingham. lOO 221
London and Brighton. ..... .... 50
Ditto, Sixths ... 01A
London and Croydon 131. 15s. 9d. 2SIAIA to
London and South Western.. 41%...... 80
London and York... .... .
Lon.,Warwck,Kidderminster 21,4 5 4%... to 51%
A
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2 4%%... to 5
Londonderry and Coleraine... 21A 6 -
Manchester and Leeds

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY.

The accounts received from the Northern districts, in reference
to the progress making in harvest work, not being very satisfactory,
and the arrivals of Wheat of home produce fresh up being small, com-
pared with those of many previous weeks, we have to report a de-
cided improvement in the demand for that deseription of grain, at an
advance in the currencies obtained on Monday last, of from Is to 2s
per quarter, and at which nearly the whole of the supply was dis-
posed of. There was more activity in the sale for fine
Foreign Wheat, at an improvement of from is to 2s
per quarter, with every prospect of a still further advance.
The duty on foreign Wheat remaining stationary, very few parcels
have been, as yet, entered for home consumption. Several orders
having been again received from Holland and Belgium, holders of
Wheat under lock were firm, at an advance in prices ft om 2s to 3s
per quarter. There was no new Barley at market. Grinding and
distilling sorts were quite as dear ; but malting kinds commanded
very little attention. For Malt we had more inquiry, at a slight im-
provement in value, but the amount of business doing was not large.
Both Beans and Peas commanded a ready sale, at an improvement
of from Is to 2s per quarter. Although the supply of Irish Oats
was on the increase, the Oat trade was firm, at Gd per quarter more
money. _ _ _

English ..... -
Irish .. •• • •
Foreign . - • • • •

Ditto m Shares 2
to
Manchester and Birmingham 40
Ditto Quarters 4 ..... 16% to 151/
Ditto New Quarters......... 2
Do. Continuation & Welsh
Junction l% 3% to
Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 225. ...... 9%78 p
Midland lOO l7l
to 169
Ditto New 2 •••...251/34...
to
Midld. Great Western (Irish) 2%
Newcastle &Darlingt.on June. 25
Newcastle and Berwick
1% ...... 16
Newcastle, Durham, and Lan 14•••••• to 16%
cashire Junction
27%%... to
Newry and Enniskillen 2 ..... / to 3
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 258 ...... 6% 14
Hawick l5 ...... 27
North
hh BKreintitshs,,expiDreaoltkpeiothve&r
2%
......
4%1(2._
to _ 4
to
Ditto New ditto
- 8143 to 73/
North Staffordshire
Northampton, Banbury, and 534 A p to
Cheltenham ... 2 ...... 631/ + a•.. to --
Oxford and Worcester 2% ......
to
1310 to 13
Portsmouth Direct
...... 6 .
to
Rugby and Huntingdon
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Brm 2 1/2 ... . . . 8%% /2
to 9
Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 225. .„ ..
2 ...... 351'3/41(2
i
3143'91/s p to
Shrews., Herefrd &N. Wales 2
South Devon
3/4
South Midland 22s to 31%
% ......
_,• 7,g p... to 7
South Eastern and Dover
..... 41/2 p... to
to
Ditto New, No. 3 2l/2 ...... 9 ... .. to 8%
Staines and Richmond 1
Staffordshire and Shropshire 2%...... 356
South Wales
9,, ...... 5,... to
Tean and Dove Valley --/k1 ...... 31/8_ to
Trent Val. & Holyhead Junc. 1%.
3 V/0,4 to
Welch Midland
Wrster, Shrews., & Crewe Un. 1% 414
......
to
York and Carlisle ............... 23/4 6l/2 to
York and North Midland ... 50 ......116
DittoScarboro'Branch 25 ...... 58
Ditto, Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 6 ..... 1155 to
Dendre Valley .................. 2
Dutch Rhenish .................. 5
East Indian
Great Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ..... ... 2 ...... 3%% to
Great Paris and Lyons ......... 2
Jersey
Luxembourg
Paris and Lyons (Laffitte) ... 2
Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's) 2 ...
Paris and Rouen ...•
Rouen and Havre.........
Sambre and Meuse ............ 6
West Flanders

MINE.
Real del Monte, Unregistered
Erratum in yesterday's List —Read Cheltenham and Ox-
ford 33/4 instead of 23/4, and Edinburgh and Perth blank, and
Cornwall on the 16th instant 3'78.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, SEPT. 19.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W., fresh breeze, and fine
clear Weather. _ _

Wheat.
3,140 qrs.

ARRIVALS.
- 1 Barley.
280 qrs.
640
2,020
520
Malt, 2,290 qrs.

SMITHFIELD.

Oats. I Flour.
15 qrs 2,920 sks.
8,890
4,830

squalls.-9 P.m., W.S.W.,
DEAL, SEPT. 18.--Wind S.W. to W.S.W., a
__.
gale, with heavy
squally.—Acrd. 16, Cuthbert Young, Hen-
appearance of it continuing Wind W. to S.S.W.
derson, Quebec ; 18, John Witt, Donovan, Calcutta ; Mandingo, Bun-
ting, Jamaica; Eliza, Henley, ditto. Most of the vessels in the
Downs are riding with two anchors ahead.
POETSMOETIL SEPT. 18.—It has blown a heavy gale all last night
and to-day—every
—The ships in the different roadsteads ride safely. 8 P.M. The Ajax,
Thompson, from Kerch, is on shore on the shingles ; it is reported
that the master and crew have left her, and are on board a pilot boat
.
in Yarmouth Roads, with a quarantine flag Hying.
Cowes, SEPT. 18.—An English ship, with Portsmouth painted on
stern, went ashore this morning, on the north side of the shingles,
whilst running for the port. She is supposed to be from the Straits.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. 17.—The Walbass, Willoughby, from Sunderland
to Smyrna, has put in here leaky, bowsprit and mainmast sprung,
sails split, &c. ; must partly discharge.
HULL, SEPT. 18.—The John Jardine, from Saldanha Bay, in run-
ning into the Humber Dock-basin this morning, at high water, got
on the East Bank, and lies in a bad situation, but expected off
next tide.

Notwithstanding the supply of Beasts on sale was very moderate,
the Beef trade was in a depressed state, and Monday's prices were
with difficulty supported. We had on offer 70 Oxen and Cows, 140
Sheep, and 7 Calves from llolland, in fair condition. The numbers
of Sheep were small, owing to which the Mutton trade was steady,
at full prices. The same observations may be applied to Lambs.
Calves were in short supply and active request, at an advance of
2d per Sibs. Pigs steady, at late rates. Milch Cows moved off
slowly, at from 161 to 191 each. Suckling Calves, 18s to 30s; and
Quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 20s each. Beasts, 700 ; Cows, 92 ;
Sheep and Lambs, 6,100; Calves, 286 ; Pigs, 288.

NEVVGATE AND LEADENHALL.
We had a fair amount of business passing here.
BOROUGH HOP MARKET.

Several pockets of Hops have coins to hand this week from Kent,
and which have commanded a steady sale, at from 81. Bs. to Si. 10s,
per cwt. Old Hops, the supply of which is small, move off freely, at
full prices. The duty is called from 175,0001. to 180,0001.

foun-
dered yesterday, off
YAnstourn, SEPT. 17—The Cherub, Greig, of Sunderland,
The Brothers, Bell, of South Shields, which was run on the flat
yesterday, subsequently foundered in Pakefield-roads ; crew and part
o 3d May,
of stores saved.
MARSEILLES, SEPT. 13.—The Quatre Scenn ( Corten, after being on shore on Corten Sand.
Norwegian), from
Arendeld, for Morlaix, touched on the rocks near the Island of Meu-
Hon, was beserted by the crew, but turned
into the port of Yandel
21st tilt.
t LONDON.—The Pictiera, from Java, put into Sourabaya, previous
having lost her mast and received other damage, during
a gale, off the north coast of Australia, had discharged her cargo and
been hove down.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.)
John Dale, aged 15, pleaded guilty to robbing his employers, Messrs.
A. Lloydd and Co., of twenty sovereigns, and other monies.
The COMMON-SERGEANT said that it was necessary that an example
should be made where servants robbed their masters. He was sorry
to say that the crime was largely on the increase. The prisoner was
sentenced to be transported for ten years.
Thomas Green, aged 20, a labourer, was indicted for stealing 3,000
paper bags.

Edward Brenock, of Paddington, stated that the prisoner was In
his service in August last. Soon after he left his employment he took
the property mentioned, without his order, to Mr. Hunter, and re-
ceived the money for the bags, amounting to 17s.
Elizabeth Hunter stated that the prisoner brought the bag,s, alleg-
ing that he had been sent by his master. He received the money
and signed the receipt.

The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned for
twelve months.

The prisoner, in the most impudent manner said, " I would rather
you would transport me at once."

DARING BURGLARY.—A daring burglary was
effected a) Mr. Samuel Leaters, in Norfolk-street, Tottenham-court-
road, yesterday morning between one and six o'clock. The fact was
not discovered till the servant girl, on coming down stairs, found the
place in great confusion, arising from the burglars having ransacked
the different drawers and cupboards. They succeeded in taking away
a quantity of jewellery, silver forks, and spoons, a valuable gold
repeater, &c., helping themselves plentifully to bread and cheese and
bottled stout from the larder. It appears that they effected their
entrance by cutting a piece out of the back yard door.
ACCIDENT FROM TUE KICK OF A HORSE.—Yester-
day a waggoner named Kilburn, who was on the road from Ayles-
bury to London, whilst adjusting some portion of the harness of the
fore-horse the animal suddenly kicked out, his hoof striking the un-
fortunate man on the right leg, which was in consequence severely
to fracturedtoivnand
betweeneoti .theeye
d calfto asntd.ar
B ankleth
Bartholomew
joints. The poor fellow was
assisted Into the waggon, and in that truly horrible state was driven
i
limb was set. 's Hospital, where the
On Friday evening Mr. R. Kemp suddenly expired
at the Jordan Baptist Chapel, Truro. A dispute arose about the mi-
nistry, in which the deceased took part. The excitement was too
great for him, he having suffered from ti (Wooed laeart, Sll caused
ilia immediate Paper.

(Before Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN and Mr. Justice ERLE.)
RAILWAY ROBBERY.—Charles Maynard, an agent, was indicted for
feloniously receiving a writing case and 10 sovereigns of Vaughan
Prance, knowing the same to be stolen.

Mr. ItALLANTINE, on the part of the prisoner, moved that the trial
might be postponed till next session.

Chiaa;ots, for the prosecution, did not offer any objection,
and the trial was accordingly postponed.
FORGERY.—Chan'es Launder, a surveyor, was charged with having
feloniously forged a deed with intent to defraud John Laurie and
others.

Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine were for the prosecution ; Mr.
Parry was for the defence.
Mr. CLARKSON stated the cane. The prisoner was charged with
having forged the name of a highly respectable gentleman, Mr.
De Lisle, to .a deed of agreement with the South Midland or Nor-
thampton and Leicester Railway Company. The Company had
issued their prospectus in the usual way, and an application was
made by the prisoner under the signature of Mr. De Lisle for fifty
shares; twenty-five shares were afterwards allotted to him. Soon
after the prisoner presented himself at the office of the Company,
and signed the deed in the name of Ferdinand De Lisle, and he then
described himself as a merchant residing at Russell House, Balham.
It would be shown that Russell House was occupied by a man named
Shaw and his wife, and that letters were addressed to him there
under the name he had for the time assumed. Mr. Clarkson then
called witnesses.

George Brown, Secretary to the South Midland Company, said
that on the 19th July he received a letter of application for 50 shares.
The letter was signed Ferdinand de Lisle, and referred to Messrs.
Hankey as vouchers for his respectability. Twenty-five shares were
allotted. The prisoner afterwards came to the office and signed the
subscribers' deed.

Henry Stanley stated that he was the attesting witness to the deed
and the prisoner was the man who signed it. After the signature of
Ferdinand de Lisle had been affixed, the scrip was handed over
to him.

Charles Shaw said that he was, in the absence of the proprietor, in
charge of Russell House, and the prisoner was In the habit of re-
ceiving letters addressed to him as Mr. Ferdinand de Lisle.
Mrs. Shaw corroborated her husband's evidence.
Mr. Scruday, Secretary to the Isle of Jersey Railway Company,
Said that the prisoner was introduced to him as Mr. de Lisle, and
afterwards he signed the deed in the name of that gentleman.
Mr. De Lisle, merchant and banker, of 16, Devonshire-place, said
that the prisoner was unknown to him. The signature to the deed
was not in his (witness's) hand-writing, and he had not authorised
any other persons to sign for him.
Francis Morris, police-constable, said, that when he apprehended
the prisoner, he said that he was not aware that he was doing any-
thing wrong, for he knew many persons who obtained railway shares
in a similar manner.
The deed itself was then read to the Court.

This closed the case for the prosecution

➢lr. PARRY submitted that there was no case for the jury, on the
ground that the deed, as the Company might not yet be considered
in existence, was not a perfect instrument.
The objection was, however, overruled
The Learned COUNSEL then addressed the jury, who, after a
summing up by Mr. Justice Wightman, returned a verdict of Guilty ;
but they recommended him to mercy on the ground that he was ap-
parently an instrument in the hands of other parties, and because
there had not been sufficient care taken by the Railway Company.
Mr. Justice Wrottxman then passed sentence. The whole of the
forgery exhibited the utmost art and deliberation, and he could see
nothing in the circumstances to warrant any mitigation of punish-
ment ; but, in consequence or the recommendation of the jury, the
sentence would not be so severe as it might otherwise be. The sen-
tence was, that he be transported for seven years.

THE FATAL ACCIDENTS ON THE
BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM LINE.

DEFFORD, THURSDAY.—The inquest was not brought to a close
yesterday evening, as was expected. The only witnesses examined
yesterday afternoon were Mr. Sanders, Secretary to the Bristol and
Birmingham Railway, and Mr. M'Connell. The latter merely bore
testimony to the good character of Baird, and the former gave
some explanations relative to his previous evidence. The proceed-
ings re-commenced this morning, about half--past ten.
John Murphy, porter of the Defford station, and the man who
placed the fatal truck on the line, re-called, and examined by Mr.
Nott—l did say in my evidence that I have known trains pass with-
out stopping, but it was not my duty to report them ; if I were to say
that it has happened many times I should say more than I know. I
should not think ten times ; sometimes they have slackened their
speed and told us they had their load. Mr. Dore has grumbled, and
said he would report them ; he has told me he had reported them,
and that he had received no answer. I cannot say if any inquiry
has been made at the Defford station into the truth of such repot is ;
my duty is so different from Mr. Dore's that I am not likely to
know these things. Ido not know any particular driver who had
passed. I really don't know if the same driver has passed twice.
The CORONER—The fact is, I think, you won't know.
Witness —lf you knew my duty, Sir, you would not think so. It
was Ward whose name I did not know till he was killed. The night of
the accident I did not signal any train, but as I was moving the
truck I held the red light in my hand towards Ecking:on.—(The
lamp was here exhibited, and changed in a moment from red to
white, and vice versa.)
Examination resumed—W hen I ran up the bank after the accident
my light was red, but when I came down to assist of course it was
white, as I could not see with the red. We have two of these slights
at the station. Directly I got dow a the bank I saw Shaw with a
light In his hand ; it was white then, but red before the accident I
know, because I trimmed and turned it for him. After the accident I
saw Mr. Davis's lamp in the shed, and went and fetched it for him.
CORONER—I asked that question, gentlemen, to explain what
Bromage said yesterday, as he said he saw a light in the shed.

Cross-examined—The other good light was Mr. Dore's. Thu
damaged one, on the night of the accident, was on the counter in the
office. I saw a red light that night on the platform on the station
side, a few minutes before the accident. I saw Mr. Dore leave it
there. He then expected a train, and I believe he went in to book
passengers. It is almost impossible to think, in a few moments,
what occurred on that night, but I think I did not see, before the
accident, a red light on the opposite platform. When under the shed
my back was towards Worcester and my red light towards Eckington.
Two or three jurors here observed that they did not see the use
of putting such trifling questions ; many had been answered before ;
they led to nothing, except to the waste of time. After the exami-
nation of B. Taylor,

Mr. George Whateley, solicitor to the Company, addressed the
jury at considerable length. _ _ _

The CORONER summed up, and the jury, having retired to consider
their verdict, were locked uo until nearly eight o'clock, at which hour
the Court was re-opened, when the officials of the Company, and
other parties interested, having assembled,

The CORONER (addressing the foreman) inquired whether the jury
had agreed to their verdict ?

The foreman replied in the affirmative, and proceeded to read,
from a written doctunent, the following special verdict :
"We find that the deceased, Joseph Ward, died ftom injuries
caused by the accidental collision of a special goods train with a cer-
tain truck placed on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, at Def-
ford, on the night of the ZOth of August, 1845 ; and that the engine,
No. 75, belonging to the Company of that railway, moved to the
death of the deceased (Joseph Ward). We find that its value is
1,5101., and we make a deodand, of the same engine, to the amount
of 1,5001.

" in delivering this verdict the jury wish to express their opinion
that the rules and regulations of the Bristol and Birmingham Rail-
way Company, for the guidance of their servants, have been carried
out very inefficiently for some time past ; and, ;urther, the jury con-
sider that the cramped state of the premises at the Defford station
for traffic calls for an additional ' siding' for the safety of the public,
as well as for loading and unloading goods."

Mr. Whateley said he received the verdict with all respect ; but his
advice to the Company would be to resist the deodand to the utmost.
If the Company could feel that they were to blame, they would
gladly pay ten times the amount.
The verdict was very nearly unanimous. Seventeen of the jury
were for a deodand of 1,500/., and the remaining six for one of 1,0001.
The verdict on Miles is simply one of " Accidental death."

On Wednesday the friends of Sir James E. Ten-
nent gave him a farewell dinner at Lovegrove's. The Irish Society
of London took the initiative in this mark of respect to its founder,
and a splendid dessert service, value 700 guineas, was presented by
his fellow-countrymen to the new Secretary for Ceylon. Sergeant
Murphy, M.P., presided, Dr. Croly filling the vice-chair. Dwarkanauth
Tagore, the Indian Prince-banker, graced the meeting, which
numbered many distinguished artists, merchants, and literary cha-
racters. An admirable address was read by R. Bell, Esq., and feel-
ingly acknowledged by the distinguished guest.
POST-OFFICE FACILITIES.--Henceforward the mails
for New Grenada will be made up and dispatched from London on
the morning of the 2d as well as 17th of each month, to be forwarded
from Southampton by the royal mail steam-packets, the Government
of New Grenada having engaged to provide a small vessel of war for
their conveyance from Port Royal, Jamaica, to Santa Martha.
Letters, however, addressed to the Isthmus of Panama, on the
south coast of the Pacific, will be forwarded by the mail of the 2d of
the month, unless directed via Santa Max tha.
TROTTING IN MENEM—Yesterday a match
trot in harness two miles for 5!. aside came off near Tottenham-
cross, between two horses, belonging to Messrs. Wilkins and Roe, of
the City. They were driven by their respective owners, Roe taking
the lead, and maintaining it for the first mile, which was trotted In
three minutes and thirty-two seconds ; they kept on at a steady
pace the next half mile, when theywere alongside each other, and the
race then commenced. Roe sprung his horse, which immediately
broke out to a gallop, and was pulled in and turned ; his opponent
then had the race in his own hands, and went in the winner by a
hundred and fifty yards. The two miles were accomplished in seven
minutes and six seconds.

SAFETY DOOR CHECK TO RAILWAY CARRIAGES.-
There have been lately some narrow escapes owing to the doors of
railway carriages flying open, when leaned against, in consequence
of defects in the locks which fasten them. In the carriages on the
Hague and Rotterdam Railway, a, we have had occasion to witness,
this is entirely prevented by very simple means. In addition to the
usual lock, each door is provided with a stout bolt or lever working
on a joint, which when the door is closed, dropsinto a socket attached
to the door-facing. Thir simple apparatus provides an almost certain
preventative against accidents from the cause we have mentioned,
and ought, therefore, to be adopted on all railways.--Scoiash Rail-
way Gazette.

BARNET AND NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION
RAILWAY.—We are glad to find that Barnet, once the most cele-
brated posting town around London, and which has suffered so much
from raiways, has now a fair prospect of compensation. A direct
railway communication between the northern districts of the
metropolis and Barnet has been proposed by influential parties,
and has met with very general support, more especially
from the inhabitants of that town. In fact, it is the only
chance of saving it from ruin. The line will proceed beyond the
range of the Highgate and Hampstead hills, through a populous dis-
trict, and out or the range of the metropolitan omnibuses, and connect
Barnet not only with London and the various railways south of the
Thames, but also with the numerous towns and villages that lie to
the north of London. According to the engineers' report, thereare no
engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance.
DEATH OF THE HON. LIEUT. P. FOULKES LYSAGHT.
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—We have to announce the premature demise of the Hon. P. Foulkes
Lysaght, of the lOth Foot, fourth son of Lord Lisle by his second
marriage, who expired on Sunday last at Lord Lisle's seat near De-
Vonport. The hon. deceased was born is 1023, and entered the 10th
egimet4 pt Fo9t iit February, 1041.

DONCASTER RACES.

DON CA.6 ILI:7 WEPNESDAY IGIiT.

THE BARON OBJECTED TO.

Major Yarburgh has called upon the Stewards to order an
examination of The Baron, and to-morrow morning his
mouth will be inspected. Any odds on The Baron.

BETTING ON THE YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
5 to 2 agst Lord G. Bentinck's My Mary—taken
9 to 2 agst Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy
6 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's As you like It
7 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Stomacher
8 to 1 agst Sir C. Monk's Glossy.
The above prices are made up to eleven o'clock at nigh'
Old England is declared not to start

SALES OF BLOOD STOCK
By Messrs. Tattersall. Gs.
Robert de Gorham, by Sir Hercules
E. 0., by Emilius, out of Ophelia
Sir Hans, by Physician 6O
Canoe, by Sheet Anchor
A yearling colt, by Lanercost, out of Bessy Bedlam
Wharfilale Maid, by Voltaire, dam by Partisan
Botanist, by Physician, 3 yrs
B m, by Waverley or Voltaire, darn by Orville
Contract, by Bay Middleton, 3 yrs
HUNTERS.
Mediator, 125 guineas; Nogiactor, 74 guineas.
DONCASTER.—THURSDAY EvExrrG.
The veterinary surgeons appointed by the Stewards to ex-
amine The Baron's mouth having given a certificate that he
was only three years old, the settling took place at the usual
time,',; went off quietly, although several large sums re-
mained unpaid. The balances, generally, were small, Mr.
Watts himself not having won a sixpence above the stakes,
and very few of Scott's masters having had confidence
enough in the horse to back him to any extent. We only
heard of one defaulter—the amount not very heavy.
The races commenced at half-past two o'clock, and, not-
withstanding the weather in the forenoon was unfavourable,
were well attended. The racing, which excited a good deal
of interest, came off as under :

The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft, for three yrs
old; colt 3, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner of the St.
Leger 71b extra; one mile (8 Subs.)
Sir J. Hawley's ch c Comrade (F. Butler) 1
Mr. W. R. Ramsay's b g Midlothian 2
Mr. A. Johnstone's br c Annandale... 3

Betting-6 to 4 agst Mid Lothian, and 7to 4 agst Comrade.
A very fine race between these horses, and won by only a
head; Annandale well up.
The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sow. each, 15 ft, and
only 5 if declared, with 200 added; the second to receive
100 sovs. out of the stake, and the third to save his stake ;
the winner to pay 30 sovs. to the expenses; the winner of
the Leamington Stakes to carry 91bs extra, or of any handi-
cap amounting to 200 sovs., bibs extra. St. Leger Course.
(59 Subs., 33 of whom declared.)
Lord George Bentinck's ch fMy Mary, 3 yrs, sst.. ...... 1
Mr. Meildam's br c Trueboy, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b
Sir C. Monek's b m Glossy, 5 yrs, Est 111 b (carried 51b ex.) 3
The following also started but were not placed :—Mr.
Bowes's b f As-you-like-it, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Mr. Eddison's b f
Maria, 3 yrs, 4st 71b—Mr. Hesseltine's b c Fitzallen, 3 yrs,
sst 111b—Lord Chesterfield's b f Jenny Wren, 3 yrs, sst 91b
—Lord Miltown's ch c Duc-an-Durras, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Mr.
Gratwicke's b f Stomacher, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Mr. Allen's b c
The Duke of Kent, 3 yrs, st (carried sst 21b)—and Captain
Peyton's b m Extempore, 4 yrs, 7st 71b.
Betting-3 to 1 agst My Mary (taken), 3to 1 agst As-
you. like-it, sto 1 agst Trueboy, 7to 1 agst Stomacher, Bto 1
each agst Extempore and Glossy, and 10 to 1 agst Jenny
Wren. Won cleverly by a length, Trueboy beating Glossy
for second place by a neck, Jenny Wren fourth, and As-you-
like-it fifth, both well up. Glossy's rider alleged that My
Mary crossed him in the straight running, but did not make
any formal complaint.
The Three Year Old Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft; for colts,
Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. The second to save his stake. St.
Leger Course. (7 Subs.)
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b c Chertsey... ...... (S. Templeman) 1
Mr. Gully's br c Weatherbit
Betting-2 to lon Weatherbit, who proved himself a
regular imposter, Chertsey, a very moderate animal, making
all the running, and winning very easily.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, for horses of all

ages (twO yrs old excepted), with foo added. The second
to save his stake. Red House in. (18 Subs.)
Mr. Jacques's b m Semiseria, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Cartwright) 1
Mr. Mostyn's b c Dean Swift, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b
The following also started but were not placed :—Lord
Chesterfield's ch h Knight of the Whistle, aged, Bst 121b—Mr.
Warwick's b f Carillon, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Mr. Worley's b f
Example, 4 yrs, Bst—Mr. Thomson's br c Lord Saltoun, 4
yrs, 7st 61b—Sir J. Hawley's ch c Comrade, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—
Sir J. Gerald's bl c Pluto, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Lord Chesterfield's
b c Twig, 3 yrs, Est 61b—Lord Chesterfield's g f Leelia, 3 yrs,
6st 51b—Lord Miltown's gr f Colleen Bawn, 3 yrs, sst 121 b
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's bl f Queen Pomare—and Sir C. Monk's
b or br f Flattery, .3 yrs, sst 101 b.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Flattery-5 to 1 agst Knight of the
Whistle-6 to 1 agst Dean Swift-6 to 1 agst Carillon-
-10 to 1 agst Example—and 100 to 6 agst Semiseria.
Won by a lepgth, Queen Pomare a good third, and Colleen
Bawn, Carillon, and Knight of the Whistle, well up.