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(PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.)
PROSPECTUS OF THE

KENT and ESSEX v UNION RAILWAY,
connecting the Southern Coast of Essex with Dover and the
Continent, via Sheerness, Faversham, and Canterbury, with a Junc-
tion Line to Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, and Deal.
Capital 550,0001., in 27,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
With power to add to their number.
John Brough, Esq., Herne Bay
George Burge, Esq., Herne Bay
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the

London-and Manchester Railway
Thomas Camplin, Esq., Herne Bay, and Alderman of Bristol

_. . ..
Edward B. Davis, Esq., Rochester
Lewis Levy, Esq., Tavistock-square

John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn

Commission
The Bon. Capt. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York

and Lancaster Railway
Rev. D. Robinson, Brompton

. .
Edward Sherman, Esq., St. Martin's-le-Grand.
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Tierney Clark, Esq., M.I.C.E. and Fit.S,
--Svavyros--J. M. Davey, Esq.

BANKERS—Union sank of London, Princes-street and Pall-mall East.

SOLICITORS.
George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square
William Rogers, Esq., I, Moorgate, London
James White. Canterbury.
Temporary Offices of the Company, 34, Coleman street.

This railway will commence at Sheerness in conjunction with a
short steam-ferry communication from a point at or near to South-
end, on the opposite Essex coast, and win proceed from Sheerness
by Queenborough to Faversham, where it will form a junction with
one of the proposed lines from London by that town to Canterbury
and Dover.

The integral line will be continued from Faversham to or near to
Herne Bay; and from thence to the South-Eastern Extension
Railway (now being made), at a point near Sarr, and will then pro•
teed on that line direct to Ramsgate eastwards, and direct to Peal
south-eastwards. From a point between Herne Bay and Sarr the
line will also be carried by a short extenston to Margate.
By this project Margate will be placed within 76 miles of the me-
tropolis, instead of more than 100, as at present, and that too by a
direct line through Faversham, at which place it will meet the Lon-
don lines. .

The important town of Ramsgate, now so extensively connected
with continental communication, will also be thus afforded a much
nearer overland route to London ; and Deal, Ramsgate, Margate,
Herne Bay, Sheerness, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Woolwich,
Greenwich, and London, will all be placed in immediate or easy con-
nexion upon one continuous line of railway.
By means also of this undertaking, in conjunction with the exist-
ing and projected railways proceeding to the south coast of Essex,
the whole of the passengers and traffic from Liverpool, Manchester,
Leeds, Hull, York, and the Northern, the Midland, and the
Eastern Counties, will be conveyed to Dover and the Conti-
nent via Sheerness, in preference to a lengthened and cir-
cuitous route through the metropolis, whereby the journey will be
shortened more than 50 miles, travelling expenses will be curtailed,
and the serious inconvenience and delay of transhipsment and con-
veyance from one part of London to another wholly avoided.
A glance at the map also will show the immense advantage which
the metropolis itself will enjoy by its being thus afforded other routes
to the coast of Kent. The millions who annually seek pleasure in
excursions to Gravesend, Sheerness, Southend, Herne Bay, Margate,
Ramsgate, Deal, and Dover, will have a choice of different routes.
They may proceed by railway, on the Essex side of the Thames, to
the Thames Haven, Tilbury Fort, or Southend—pass over to Sheer-
ness by water, and thence proceed direct by this railway—or they
may reach Sheerness wholly by water, and then ayoid' the sea—or,
may pass at once from London, on the Surrey s'de of the Thames,
to Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, by railway in a
direct line, consuming only about two hours in the journey, and may
vary their pleasure by going m one direction and returning by
another.

Independently of the vast multitudes who will thus seek health
and recreation, the importance, as a national object, of connecting all
the above-mentioned towns, and giving a Direct Line from Sheerness to
Dover, together with the immense existing traffic in the direction cf
the undertaking, and the great increase which the improyed and
enlarged modes of communication throughout: Kent will occasion,
must be too apparent to need further observation; and the Commit-
tee from careful inquiry feel confidence in stating that no scheme of
railway has yet been offered to public attention combining greater
public and private advantages.
About thirty-six miles of new railway only will embrace all the
above important objects—viz., from Sheerness to Fay. rtham
about

Faversham to Herne Bay ..... ...... .....
Thenceto Sarr .. • •••• • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • •
The extension to Margate • • •• • • • • •• • •• • •

The country has already been preliminary surveyed, and Mind to
be exceedingly favourable. Indeed, it is almost a dead flat from
Faversham to Margate.
The landed proprietors are not only willing but desirous that the
undertaking should be accomplished, and it is at the request of many
of them that the promoters have determined on prosecuting it.
The Committee reserve the power of making branches to Canter.
bury and to Deal, if circumstances shout . hereafter render It ad-
visable.

The liability of the shareholders will be restricted to the amount
of their subscriptions, and power will be applied for in the Bill to
alloiv interest, at 4 per cent. per annum, on all calls from the passing
of the Act until the opening of the line.
-Applications for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be made to
the solicitors or secretary, at the temporary oftioas, 34, Coleman-
street, or at No. 2, Hercules-passage, City ; and the following share-
brok ers
Mr. Miles, Worcester
• Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler, Worcester
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool
Messrs. Cameron and Co. Liverpool
Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool
Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield
Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds
Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull
Mr. Thomas Boardman, Blackburn
Mr. George Clark, Bradford
Mr. Win. Mason, Bradford
Mr. Win. Cronhelm, Halifax
Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York
Mr. E. H. Annitage, Wakefield
Messrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds
Mr. Jame Stakes, Cheltenham
Mr. Josep I Clark, jun., Southampton
Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol
Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter
Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter
Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry
Messrs. Houghiand and Leese, Manchester
Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield
Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. L. Weitiherbunt, jun., Huddersfield
Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester
Mr. Nicholson, Edinburgh
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-green, Dublin
Mr. James Ross, Perth.
0 the Provisional Committee of the Kent and Essex Union Railway.
I request youwill allot me Shares in the proposed Kent
.1 41 Essex Union Railway, and I agree to take all such Shares, or so
:a my as may be alloted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and
t.. execute the rarliamentary contract and Subscribers' agreement
-.4- :on required so to do.

Name

Description
Residence—

Date

Reference to

pRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
CONNAUGHT and LEINSTER RAILWAY, from DUB-
LIN, through PORTARLINGTON, and through MULLINGAR
to ATHLONE, .BALLINASLOE, GALWAY, TUAM, and
LOUGHREA.

A detailed Prospectus of this undertaking, with a Provisional
klommittee, will appear in a few days.

GREAT. EASTERN and WESTERN RAIL,
WAY. _

Abergwienny, Sept. 29,,1845._

At a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of this town anti neigl
bourhood; convened by public requisition, and held here this day,
The Rev. WM. POWELL, Vicar of Abergavenny, in the Chair,

It was proposed by Mr. DANIEL, seconded by Mr.I9AAC, and unSui

mously resolved—..

That this meeting, being deeply convinced of the necessity and ad-
vantage of direct railway, communication between the town of
Abergavenny and the great iron district of Monmouthshire and
Breconshire, and finding that this district is embraced in the grand
scheme of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, does
most cordially approve of its plans, and is determined to render it
all the aid it can command.

• WILLIAM POWELL, Chairman.
It was proposed by Mr. J. H. 3loacArti, seconded by ➢lr. W. W.

. .
SECEETAN, and unaimously resolved—
That the thanks of this meeting be offered to the Chairman,

CAMERON'S COABROOK, STEAM-COAL,
L
and SWANSEA, and LOUGHOR RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Notice is hereby given, that no further applications for Shares in
this Company will be received from London after Mort Div, the Gth
October, or from the country after WEDNESDAY, the Bth October.
Ofllces of the Company, 3, Lothbury,
4th,October, 1845.

THE FIRST NUMBER OF
THE RAILWAY STANDARD WILL AP-
'ON SATURDAY NEXT, OCTOBER 11.
This Journal will be as large as the Morning Herald, and contain 64
columns.

The RAILWAY STANDARD will contain full, impartial, and original
reports of all important Railway Meetings; and a careful summary
of such matters as may not require to be given in detail.
Office, No. 8, Upper Wellington-street, North Strand, where all
communications are to be addressed to the Editor,. and Advertise-
ments will be received.

Now ready, in one vol. post Bvo.,
ABOOK FOB, A RAINY DAY;
Or, RECOLLECTIONS of the EVENTS of the LAST

SIXTY-SIX YEARS. -
By JOHN THOMAS SMITH,
_ .

,ieeper of the Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ; Author of

" Nollekens and his Times," Bt.o.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

NEW WORK ON HORSES, SPORTING, &c.
On Saturday, October ilth, will be published, I vol. Bvo.,
TABLE TALK and TABLE TALK ; or
KJ Spectacles for Young sportsmen. By HARRY HIEOVER.
London ; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman.

THEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING

Will be perfor.nod THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter
Teazle, Mr. W. Farren; Joseph Surface, Mr. Stuart; Charles Sur-
face, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Teazle (first time), Mrs. Seymour.
After which, will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled A
CABINET QUESTIOS.. Sir Beaumont Cressy, Mr. Brindal ;
Lionel, Mr. Howe; Rosewood, Mr. Tilbury; Tom, Mr. BuckstJne;
Miss Mortimer, Miss Telbin ; Lucy, Miss Julia Bennett.
To conclude with a New and Original Comic Drama, entitled TIIE
FALSE MR. POPE. Lacey, Mr. Hudson; Captain Breval,
Howe; Mr. Peter Redwing, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Breval, Miss 1•.
Horton ; Miss Jenny Gillett, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Lacey, Mrs.
Edwin Yarnold.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELYIII.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled CLARISSE ; or, The
Merchant's Daughter. Martial, Mr. 'Webster ; John Cabot, Mr.
Manyard ; Barbillon, Mr. Wright ; Galon, Mr. Paul Bedford;
Clarissa, Madame Celeste; Milanie, Miss Woolgar.
To be followed by SEEING WRIGHT._

•
After which, will be repezited, THE B )IC KING; or, Petite
Peccadillos. Louis XV., Madame Celeste; De Lauzuin, %Has Wool-
gtr In the course of the piece, Grand Review of the lufantins
Infantry.
To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM,
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a New Farce, called NEXT DOOR.

To be followed by a New and Original Comedians, entitled PETER
JENKINS ; or, Fibbing for a Frieud. Principal Characters by
Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Turner, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley and Miss
Dawson.
After which, TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY.

To conclude with OPEN SESAME; or, A Night with the Forty
Thieves. Characters by Messrs. Wigan. F. Mathews, Turner, Yar-
nold, and Emery; Miss Hodson, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Fairbrother,
Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Turner, Miss Hicks, Miss Howard,
and Mrs. Keeley,

THE WEATHER.—Sirm OFFICE, OCT. 6.
TBERMONETER, Lowest, 36; Highest, 60; Noon, 49.

BAROMETER, 29.86.
WIND S.E.; cloudy and chilly weather.

MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIM DAY.
.. 35 minutes after 4 I Evening . 56 minutes after 4

sufferers from the want of the commodity, this " salt
duty" has never been collected. The plain fact is, that
at present there is a deplorable want of high roads, even
of a practicable kind, throughcut the Peninsula. The
system and the scale on which the land-tax is collected
in India leaves to the Government little or no pretext
for demanding, of those who would c'th fly benefit
by the extension and improvement of these high-
ways, further contributions on account of the
expenses incident to the construction and mainte-
nance of such roads. Now salt is a very bulky
commodity. Without the advantages of roads for
its transport, of what value to the ryot who toils
in the most sequestered villages within the Madras
presidency, or to the midland cultivators of Behar, of
the Mysore, or the Doab, are the salt treasures of the
north-west and the north east, the eastern shores and
the western, and the south-eastern provinces of Hirt-
dostan ? If railroads existed, how different would be
the aspect of affairs in this instance ! That which is
now loaded with " transit." and other charges would
be delivered, at any or every village of the Peninsula,
with only a fractional charge to the consumer for its
carriage beyond the Government duty, which latter
already is much diminished, as well as the transit dues
(io unaccountably revived after their abolition by Lord
ELLENnonouou), will no doubt soon be finally extin-
guished. What would thus occur to salt would, of
course, equally take place with regard to treasure and
stores. The conveyance of the former, owing to the
great bulk of the currency of the country being in silver
rupees (not to speak of the cowrie shells, one thousand
of which represent but a solitary coin of this kind,
but which are not so much the object of transport
out of one district into another)--this conveyance
is a most formidable item of charge to private
individuals, especially if they be engaged in factory
property connected with the cultivation of indigo,
in inland trade, &c. But to the Government it is one of
enormous magnitude. The almost general impractica-
bility of the roads is aggravated by the tedious character
of the navigation of the great rivers, in boats which
every night are brought to an anchorage in the stream,
and delayed till daybreak text morning. Before the
introduction of steam-boats on the Ganges, an officer,
ordered to Allahabad, consumed as much as three er four
months in the inland passage from Calcutta with his
b.iggage, &c. But we rejoice to find that the present
Governor-General, deeply impressed with the wisdom
and necessity of consolidating the permanency of British
power in India on firmer and more expansive bases than
those to be supplied by military conquests, is directing
all the energies of his powerful mind—in the very first
place, after maturing his noble plans of native education
and advancement—to the application of steam navigation
on the Ganges and the Jumna, and even the Indus, and
to the organis ition of a grand and comprehensive plan of
trunk railway lines throughout the length and breadth of
his magnificent government. Thus, over those fair but
benighted regions, which have slumbered for ages in the
disgraceful moral lethargy—encouraged, for their own
bad purposes, by the crafty ministers of a degrading
and idolatrous superstition—through the wide em-
pire bequeathed by the first Mogul Sultauns to their
degenerate successors,—and amidst the fertile but neg-
lected territories ravished from their original possesiors
by the fierce and faithless Mahratta, or the piratical and
unscrupulous Rajpoot, European invention and capital
are about to extend the peaceful but nobler and more
enduring invasion, and triumphs of European science
and arts, and institutions. Railroads will bring the timid
and effeminate inhabitant of the plains of Bengal into a
safe, and by degrees a cordial commurion with his
fiercer compatriots of the mountainous regions of the
north-west. The military tribes of the Upper Provinces
will gradually assimilate their more predatory and violent
pursuits to the tranquil occupations of the cultivators
and the merchants of the Lower.. Railroads have, al:
ready, so far triumphed over the prejudices they had at
first to encounter, that they are now universally ad-
mitted to be adapted for the most rapid, most certain,
and most extended career of eivilisatioe, in an empire,
which, like India, has witnessed in an era which even
tradition does but dimly reach, the highest point of re-
finement, of luxury, perhaps even of letter:. From that
lofty position sherapidly declined, under the iron rod of
her Moslem masters; and eight or nine hundred years
of unmitigated despotism had almost blotted out her
grander recollections from the page of history, when the
association of her native soldiery, with those of Britain,
once more opened for her a field of noble distinction, and
acquired for her people new rights and establishments.
Railroads, alone, were wanting to give combination and
effect to her reviving energies, in order to make them
available to the progress of her ameliorated civil and
social instituti ins; and she has now the happiness to
possess a Governor-General who is urging on that noble
work with all the profound sagacity and administrative
vigour of his bold, capacious, and unfettered intellect.

We hear from various quarters great complaints
against the late decision of the Court of Aldermen on
the election of Lord Mayor for the city of London. We
are not surprised at the general feeling on the subject,
for anything so derogatory to the character of the City,
so contrary to the established practice of the Corporation,
and so unfair,,selfish, .and revengeful, has hardly ever
disgraced a civic community. But we aro surprised that
the affair has been allowed to pass by with solittlenoise,
and that the Lisery and the different wards represented
by the junior aldermen do not bestir themselves, and
assert the honour and dignity of what was regarded.once
as the most powerful, influential, and independent cor-
peration of Christendom. The time was when a vote of
that body carried with it an effect not much inferior to
that of the House of Commons, when it was looked up to
by all the civic bodies throughout the United Empire,
and could no: be-treated with indifference either by the
Sovereign or the Legislature. It gave its opinion on
questions of peace and war, on any great domestic event,.
whetherit was a Bill of Pains and Penalties instituted
by a libertine Sovereign against his Queen, or a State
prosecution against some obscure individual who risked
his property and his life in the cause of freedom—and
that opinion,, not unfrequently, was echoed by a vast
proportion of the community. Within
eitintienhzeli tastex.
fewe
years, however, there has beetnithg of V h
ae
Asaiedyefitelelitnhg
gorffanttn, atinlids
respect. If we recollect right, the present LORD
pMreassrsotnhetirrieddistoapgper(tibulption
a meetin
of
some resolutionS to that effect were passed, but it made
so little noise at the time, and was regarded with such
complete indifference, that the impression has been
almost effaced from the public mind. But this is only
one obscure instance. On all the great topics of the
day the voice of the city of London is rarely heard.
The income-tax, the corn-laws, the new tariff, the re=
dress of Irish grievances, and twenty other public mean
sures, that would, under &nailer circumstances, have oc-
cupied the attention of the City Parliament, have been
allowed to pass unnoticed, while their time has been oe-
capied with personal affairs, or corporation jobbing,
tending little to raise the character of the City, ur benefit
the population over whom they have almost supreme
rule. Looking at their acts with the utmost impartiality,
we must say that their very last-i,—the election of Alder-
man JOHNSON to the Mayoralty—is the least excusable
and the least creditable to the City. We will not enter
into the merits or demerits of Alderman Woon. The
hasty, rash, and, perhaps, unfounded attack made upon
him by Lord DENMAN raised the cry against him, and
we are not surprised at it, considering the just respect
entt rtained by the great body of the people to-
wards the judges, and the impartial manner in
which they perform their duties. But Lord DENMAN'S
opinions will not always bear a strict scrutiny. He
is, perhaps, more than any other judge on the bench carried.
away by the impetuosity of his temper or by a hasty con-
clusion, anrl, as in the affair of the privileges of the
House of Commons and the rights of the subject, shows
a vacillation which lessens in a great measure the effect
of a dogmatic opinion, though delivered in a hall of jus-
tice. We will judge Alderman WOOD rather by his own
compeers, by his colleagues in (Bee, men who have
known him long, and who have besides devoted no little
time to ascatain the weight of the objections urged
against him. Ile was returned by the Livery along with
Alderman JOHNSON, and judging from the display in
the Common Hall, had a very large majority. The
Court of Aldermen, however, departed from the usual
course by sleeting his junior, but only by a majority of
two. An 1 how was that majority obtained ? By the
vote s of tie asp rants to office who would not forego
for one year this rich prize, but like a brute
her.l, ran down and trampled on the stricken deer
to make themselves more secure. Of the seni. r alder-
men, those who had served the Office of Lord Mayor
and knew its duties, seven voted for him and only five
against him. Alderman LUCAS would also have voted
for him, but was prevented by infirmity. The same
cannot be said of Alderman THOMPSON, but possibly he
had some other reason for not recording his vote. The n
of those who 'spoked to the civic chair only, two had the
-^lf-denial to forego their own claims, and that for one
^ot fewer than seven, including his rival,

year, *lib. ''a.ve remained neuter, if be had
who sl;ould in ?ernes. '.•dd their -votes amainst
not courage to be gcnerouP, recut.— -
him. We kn )w:not how Aldermen nooPE4. Ln':
would have voted, but %hey htla at all vents the disere-
tion and goo i sense to keep away, and, as far 'a I
themselves, left the dEclsion to parties who
bad no selfili interests to serve. Tt.e pub-
lic cannot rest satisfied %%WI such a result.
It is not only unfair to Alder, an Woan, but an
sat of co ,tempt towards those whom he re-

presents, and holds out little encouragement to men of
respectabily to court civic honours. We need not, there-
fore be surprised if citizens of great wealth and high
character stand aloof from these civic contests, when
they find, that after undergoing all the canvassing and
drudgery attendant upon inferior offices, they may be
deprived at last of the highest by some popular clamour,
or unfounded accusation, and be rejected by the votes of
men who have a personal interest, and who in every
court properly regulated are not allowed to vote at
all. But there is another circumstance which could not
fail to operate in the secret conclave. Alderman
Jot:maw./ is a wealthy man. Turtle, and venison, and
champagne are indispensable requisites at City feasts,
and without them the Egyptian Hall would lose its
character. It is for the interest of the citizens, however,
as well as the country at large, that the great Corpora-
tion of London should aim at a higher character, and
that its decisions should not lie liable to the charge
of partiality and oppression.

The Mad, id Gazette of the 27th and 28th of Sep-
tember contains three official documents. The first is
a treaty of peace between Spain and the Republic of
Chili, formerly a valuable colony of the mother country.
By this treaty a full amnesty is granted to all Spaniards
and Chilians who may have taken part in the hostili-
ties between the two countries. The independence of
the republic is fully recognised by the QUEEN of Spain.
The second is a royal ordonnance for the organization
of the Council of State, which is almost a copy of that
established in France, and the last contains instructions
for the formation of the new universities. According to
these, the rectors and the directors of the faoulty ormedicine
are to resign their functions into the hands of the
political chiefs of the provinces. This regu-
lation applies to the Universities of Salamanca, Val-
ladolid, Santiago, Seville, Valencia, Granada, Bar-
celona, Saragossa, and Madrid. The accounts from the
provinces are said to be satisfactory, though several ad-
ditional arrests had taken place. Uolonel ORTEGA, a
Member of Cortes, who had been arrested at Saragossa
and carried to Madrid, had been set at liberty, without
being able to obtain from the Government any reason
whatever for the proceeding. On the 26th the execu-
tion of a bandit, called PEDRO VINALS, took place at
Gerona. It appears he had for a long time been the
terror of the province, and when hardly"pressed has
made his escape into France, but was delivered up by
the authorities in virtue of existing treaties. After his
conviction he confessed that during his short career, for
he was only 34 years of age, he had murdered nine pt.r-
sons and wounded many more. He had joined the Car.
lists at the age of 14.
On the Madrid Bourse on the 28th business was done
in the Three per Cents. to the amount of 6,384,000 reels
at 32i cash.

Colonel MornAurae, which leaves no doubt that he had
been allured into a snare laid for him :—" Colonel
MONTAGNAC, who commanded at Djemmaa Ghiazaouet,
being informed by an Arab chief, who had never'before
given any reason to doubt his fidelity, that ABD-EL-
KADER, at the head of only a few men, had come to
seek refuge in the environs, and was then in a spot where
he might be easily surprised, set out with a small
column of 430 men, composed of the Bth battalion
of the Orleans • Chasseurs, and two squadrons of
Hussars. On arriving at the marabout of Sidi
Brahira (four leagues from Djemmaa Ghiazaouet, he
was suddenly surrounded by an enormous mass of
horsemen and Kabyles of the country, and of the fron-
tier of Morocco, whom he charged resolutely, with the
intention of foreleg a passage. The melee was terrible,
for in a moment officers and soldiers were stretched life-
less on the earth, with the exception of eighty men of
the Chasseurs, at the Lead of whom was Captain Go-
REAUX, the only officer who had not been killed. Not-
withstanding the efforts of the enemy, these eighty men
got possession of a neighbouring marabout, and
shut themselves up in it. ABD-EL-FADER in
vain attempted to force the place. He was
constantly received by a fire of musketry through
the loop-holes which our soldiers had made in the
walls with their swords and bayonets, and the Emir
was compelled to raise a siege which had cost him
so many lives. For two days our men were
there pressing against each other, without sleep,
provisions, or water. Three times did ABDEL-
KADER call upon them to surrender, swearing
that no harm should be done to them, " For,"
said he, "you are humane towards Mussul-
man prisoners." Although reduced to the last ex-
tremity, our eighty brave men would not listen to
any terms, and under these circumstances ABDEL-
Emma retired, leaving, however, a large force to
blockade the marabout. Scarcely was the bulk
of the besieging force out of sight of the besieged, than
they attempted a sortie, and penetrating with bayonet
the line of natives who surrounded them, they directed
their course towards Djemmaa Ghiazaouet. At a league
from that place a host of Kabyles fell upon them. The
captain was one of the first who fell, and his soldiers, in
order that his body might not fall into the hands of the
enemy, fell by the side of him. In the meantime the
fusilade was heard at Djemmaa Ghiazaouet, where the
alarm had besides been given by a hussar, the only one
who had escaped from the massacre of the two
squadrons. When the garrison of this place reached
the scene of the combat, only twelve men were stand-
ing. They were all easily disengaged and taken back to
Djemmaa Ghiazaouet—in all, fourteen living out of four
hundred and fifty I"
These unexpected outbreaks had caused great uneasi-
ness, as they were believed to be connected with a general
plan for attacking the whole frontier. General Lemon-
CIERE, who succeeded Marshal BUGEAUD, had left Al-
giers with a strong reinforcement on receiving the in-
telligence.
We subjoin miscellaneous extracts from the papers:—
A Royal Ordonnance has been issued, raising to the
peerage the following persons :—Lieutenant-General
Fabvier ; M. Jard Panvillier, Counsellor, Master of the
Court of Accounts ; M. Laurens Humblot, formerly
Deputy, Member of a Council-General ; M. Legag-
neur, First President of the Cour Royale of Toulouse ;
M. Mesnard, Counsellor of the Coen of Cessation, for-
merly Procureur-General ; M. Paulze, formerly Pre-
fect ; Baron Roederer, formerly Prefect and Member of
a Council-General ; and M. Rousselin, First President
of the Royal Court of Caen.
The Duke DE MONTPENSIER reached Toulon on the
Ist inst. in the Gomer. steamer. The Prince having per-
formed quarantine at Malta was immediately admitted
to pratique, and proceeded to the Prefecture, where
apartments had been fitted out for his reception.
A grand banquet was given to the Minister of
Finances at Havre, on Thursday, by the principal mer-
chants, manufacturers, and shipowners of that port. The
table was laid for seventy persons, amongst whom were
the Mayor, the Presidents of the Tribunal and
Chamber of Commerce, and the Foreign Con
suls. The health of the KING was proposed
by the Mayor, and was responded to by the
company with great enthusiasm. The President of
the Chamber of Commerce having, in a highly compli-
mentary manner, proposed the health of the Minister,
M. LACAVE LAPLAGNE replied, in a speech which pro-
duced a great sensation, and was highly applauded. The
Minister, after thanking the company for the kind way
in which he had been noticed, and complimenting the
commercial interests of Havre on their spirit of enter-
prise, one of the effects of which, he said, was to create
a nursery of seamen for the royal navy, added—

If, thanks to the peace which we have enjoyed for thirty
years, the prejudices which divided nations are becoming
weaker—if nations are beginning to discover that what is in-
jurious to one is prejudicial to all others, and that if one be-
comes rich the others participate in the progress—if, in short,
it is permitted to us to hope that the well understood inte-
rest of each will contribute to the maintenance of that peace
which is so favourable to you—it is to you, gentleinen, the
instruments of international relations, that these happy re-
sults are due."

" Letters from St. Petersburgh of the 23d ult. contain
some details of an affair which occurred subsequently to the
last operations of Prince Woronzow. The Russians having
returned to a cantonment after the taking of Dargo, wert
busy in completing their means of defence, and adding
some new works to the forts of their line of occupation. Tne
enemy took care not to attack them on this point, but
this was not the case with the division of General
Schwartz, which operated against the Lesghis. That
division had to sustain a sanguinary conflict with the,
determined mountaineers. After having severely chas-
tised the village of 'resell, which •at all times has
distinguished itself by its invincible energy, the General
marched on the • 11th of August • towards Auzuch and
Kapuchin.- The former place, when summoned, replied
that it would only yield at the last extremity. Kapuchin,
which had been reinforced by the surrounding population,
was also placed on a formidable footing of defence. Hardly
'bad the Russian vanguard begun to display the first tiles of
its battalions• when the moutaineers, under the shelter of
the entrenchments which they had made upon all the ele-
vated points, began-
to roll down enormous stones upon the
aggressom. This proceeding threw disorder into the ranks.
and wosaided a great number of men. The Russians were
beginning to give way, but at the voice of their officers they
again rushed impetuously to combat. At length, after ex-
traordinary efforts, they succeeded in taking possession of the
entire chain of hills and fortified mounts, with the exception
of one position, from which a dreadful fire of musketry was
kept up. Tnia point could not be carried until the following
day. The Circassians did not abandon it until they were at
the last extremity, and then, as at Dargo, they retired in
good order, leaving about 100 dead behind them. The
Russian troops displayed rare intrepidity in this affair, but
the result is not of a nature to compensate the check of
Prince Woronzow at Dargo."
On Saturday the Funds and Shares were more firm on the
Paris Bourse.

The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 40c.; the Five per
Cents., 1186 ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2306 ;
Rouen, 1,0706 ; Great Northern, 8106 ; Fampoux, 535 f. ;
Havre, 8836 75c. ; Avignon, 1,2256 ; Vierzon, 767 f. 50c.;
Bordeaux, 692 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 6306; Troyes and Mon-
.
tereau, 5206 ; Basle, 2816 25c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 581; Spanish Actives, 36%. •
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Paris and Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 301. premium ;
ditto (Caton), of.; ditto (Ganneron), 10f. 50c.; ditto
(Lapinsonniere), sf. 25c. ; Northern Line (Leffitte), 721. 50c. ;
ditto (Rosainel), 376 • ditto (Pepin Lehalleux), 311. 50c.; ditto
(pecan Lebeuf), 36f. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron),
16f. 25c. ; ditto (Hinguerlot),l46 ; ditto (Bechet), bf.soc. ; ditto
(Aymard ), I If. •, Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie); 106 ;
ditto (Drouillard), 3f. 50c. ; ditto (O'Neill), 12f. ; ditto (Le-
fevre), 7f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 32f. ; ditto
(Lecointe), 22f. 50c. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridonale),
106 ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 2f. boc. ; ditto
( Espeleta), 14f. ; Creil and St.. Quentin (Kysaens), if. 50c. ;
ditto (Carette), Bf. 50c.; ditto (Colbert), 26 ; Charleroy
(Kysaens), 40f.; Maubeuge (Kysaens), If. • Dijon and
Mulhausen (O'Neill), If. 50c. ; ditto (Allegry), It. 75c. ; Dieppe
(Sellieres), 37f. 50c. ; Caen (Delamarre), 6f.
LYONS, Ocr. 1.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,0181., end
of October ; Paris and Orleans. 1,232 f. ditto; Paris and
Rouen, 1,058 f. ; Orleans and Vierzon, 758 f. ; Montereau, 517 E ;
Northern, 797 f. •
On Sunday the Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S
at 83f. 45c., and the Five per Cents. at 1186
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Om 4.

Anglo-Belgian --
Boulogne and Amiens 134
Bordeaux &Mediterran
Bordeaux and Toulouse
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) 24
Do. ( Mackenzie's)
Central of Spain 24
Demerara
Dendre Valley
Dutch Rhenish
Dieppe & Paris Juliet —
Dijon and Mulhouse
East Indian
Grt Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamel's)
Do. (Le Boeuf) . ---
Do. Pepin le Halleur —
Great Paris and Lyons 214
Great Western Bengal 1%
Jamaica Junction 5

Luxembourg
Namur and Liege 61,4
Orleans and Vierzon ..
Orleans and Bordeaux
Over Yssel
Paris& Lyons (Lafitte)
Ditto (Ganneron's). 3
Ditto (Calon's)....
Paris and Orleans.--
Paris and Rouen .
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's) 2%
Do. (Compte de L'Est)
Paris and St. Quentin. 2
Rouen and Havre —
Royal North of Spain. 2%
Sambre and Meuse ....
Strasbourg and Basle .
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Hasselt...
Tours and Nantes
_ _

Do. North Midland 21/2
Do. Extension

Jersey . 21%
Louvain and Jemeppe 4112
Lyons and Avignon

(Mackenzie's)
Do. (Letebvre's)

Verona and Ancona....
West Flanders 73(

PRESENTATION of PLATE.—On Saturday evening
last, a most gratifying scene took place at the Surrey.
Zoological Gardens, on the occasion of a deputation of the
artists of the establishment waiting on Mr. Tyler, and pre-
senting him with a massive silver salver, bearing the follow-
ing inscription :—"Presented to William Tyler, Esquire, pro-
prietor of the Royal. Surrey Zoological Gardens, by the artists
of the establishment, as a testimonial of their high sense of
his generous and gentlemanly conduct to every person under
his employ. Oct. 4, 1845." As no previous intimation had
been given to Mr. Tyler, he was taken quite by surprise, but
returned his acknowledgments to the deputation, Messrs.
Godfrey, Southby, and Foster, in a very feeling manner ; and
after partaking of the hospitality of Manor House, those gen-
tlemen retired highly gratified with the result of their labours,
which were in fact almost impromptu, the subject having
' only been broached two days previous to the presentation.
The salver, which was much admired for its simplicity and
elegance, weighed nearly 100 ounces, and was furnished by
Mr. Cox Savory, Cornhill.
WITLEY COURT, OCT. 2.—This morning his Royal
Highness Prince George of CaMbridge, accompanied by the
Rev. Canon Wood, inspected the porcelain manufactory of
Messrs. Chamberlain's, Worcester.

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