The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1845.

LITERAT URE.

menced a subscription for a testimonial to Mr. Waghorn,
which promises to be liberally supported."

PROJECTED RAiTLWAYS.

Notices that application is intended to be made to Parlia-
ment, in the ensuing session, on beh.alf of the undermen-
tioned schemes, appeared in the Gazette of Thursday night :
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester ( Wors-
borough, Chapeltown, Duckenfield, and Gossop branches).
Leicester and Birmingham, with branch to Coventry, and
other branches.
York and Carlisle.
Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock Company.
Newmarket and Chesterford.
Gainsborough, Epworth, and Leeds, Wakefield and Pon
tefract Junction.
East and West Yorkshire Junction.
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth.
Manchester, Ebden-bridge, Keighley and Leeds, and Car•
lisle Junction.
West Cornwall

THE CITY; or Physiology of London Business with
Sketches on 'Change and at Coffee-houses.
The author of this book has scarcely done justice to
himself in his title—his are not mere sketches, they are
daguerrotypes of the city and its inhabitants. It is one
of the most readable books we have lately met with ;
and at the present moment, when every one is interested
in the proceedings of the Stock Exchange and the share•
market ; when the novel reader leaves his novel for the
romance of the railways ; when the youth no longer
talks of love but of lines ; and when even the clergy
themselves are deeper in the study of scrip than of
scripture, such a book as this cannot but be most useful
as well as amusing. Do you wish to be introduced to
the Bank directors, and to the principal London ban-
kers and bill discounters, our author will introduce
you to their intimate personal acquaintance. He will
act as your cicerone in the awful bank parlour, and
accompany you to the clearing-house; he will initiate
you into all the mysteries of the Stock Exchange,
teach you to know a broker from a jobber, to distinguish
between a bull and a bear, and after that hunt you
a stag, and explain to you his physiology. The follow-
ing account of the changes induced in the Stock Ex-
change by the death of Rothschild, and by the intro-
duction about the same time of pigeon expresses, will
be found interesting, and will at the same time enable
the reader to judge of the style of the book.
6, When th,; late Mr. Rothschild was alive, and business
ever became flat a._"d unprofitable in the Stock Exchange,
the brokers and Jobbers I;:enerally complained and threw the
blame upon this leviathan of
money market. Whatever
was wrong was always alleged to bOs the
the
of Mr. Roth,-
child's operations, and, according to
he views of these
.‘
parties, he was either bolstering up, or unnece:_gaTtlY depress-
ing, prices for his own object. An anecdote is related of
this great speculator, that, hearing on one occasion Lhat a
broker had given very strong expression to his feelings in th.?
open market on this subject, dealing out the most deadly
anathemas against the Jews, and consigning them to the
most horrible torments, he sent the broker, through the
medium of another party, an order to sell 600,000/. Consols,
saying—' As he always so abuses me, they will never suspect
he is Bearing the market on my account." Mr. Rothschild
employed several brokers to do his buisness, and hence there
was no ascertaining what in reality was the tendency of his
operations. While perchance one broker was buying a certain
quantity of stock on the order of his principal in the market,
another would, at the same moment be ,instructed to sell;
so that it was only in the breast of the principal to know the
probable result. It is said that Mrs. Rothschild tried her
hand in speculating, and endeavoured by all her influence to
get at the secret of her husband's dealings. She, however,
failed, and was therefore not very successful in her ventures.
Long before Mr. Rothschild's death it was prophesied by
many of the brokers, that, when the event occurred, the
public would be less alarmed at the influence of the firm, and
come forward more freely to engage in stock business.
They have, notwithstanding, been very much mistaken; for
although several years have elapsed since his demise, the in-
tervening period, till the present railway speculation, has
been one of most unexampled dulness. Now he is dead,
many, no doubt, wish he were alive again, to impart activity
to business, as well as increase their own resources by the
handsome commissions he was in the habit of paying. •
"Mr. Rothschild is said to have generally speculated as a
Bull, and a great portion of his large property was obtained
by such operations. At a party which he one gave at his
mansion on Stamford-hill, one of the guests, in order to pay
a compliment to his host, introduced upon the supper-table
the figures of a Bull and Bear in violent conflict with each
other. The Bear, however, appeared to be nearly subdued
by his horned antagonist ; and the device, which was
thoroughly understood, was honoured with the approbation

Want of space alone prevents us from giving further
extracts from this most amusing book, in which the City,
and all connected with it, are reflected as in a mirror,and
which will henceforth be an entertaihing remembrancer
fur those who are acquainted with City life—a manual of
useful information for those who are desirous of being
initiated into its mysteries, and an agreeable book for the
winter's evening for all who, having heard of the mames
of stocks, and shares, and City localities, and City
people, would wish to know something further about
them.

COURT CIRCULAR.
IVINDson, THURSDAY. —The Queen held a Court and Privy
Council this afternoon at the Castle. _ _ _

At the Court the Right Rev. the Bishop of Bath and Wells
bad an audience of the Queen in the Royal Closet, and did
homage upon his translation to that see. Sir James Graham,
her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, and the Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet
attended the ceremony.

Morecombe Bay Harbour and Railway.
South and Midlands Junction.
Glamorgan Central Mineral.
Leeds, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Grimsby Junction.
Lanark, Stirling, and Clackmannon Counties Junction.
Glasgow (southern terminal), South Midland, and South-
ampton Junction.
Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester.
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct.
Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction.
Oldham District Railways.
Essex and Suffolk.
Leeds, Huddersfield, and South Staffordshire Direot.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction.
North Union Grand Junction, and Manchester and Leeds.
Leeds and Bradford Direct.
Norfolk, Wells branches.
Manchester, Southampton, and Poole.
Hull and Holyhead Direct.
BriOgewater and Minehead Railway and Pier,
Grand Junction.
Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Junction.
Tunbridge and Rye Harbour Direct.
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and Mold Extension,
with its branches.
Dover and Deal Railway, and Cinque Ports, Thanet, and
Coast Junction.
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Extension and branches.
Grand Trunk, or Stafford and Peterborough Union.
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Worcester and
Shrewsbury).
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham.
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Brad-
ford Branch).
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyme, and Manchester (Whalley
and Hayfield Branches).
Huddersfield and Liverpool Direct.
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction.
South Wales.
Ulyerstone, Furness, and Lancaster and Carlisle Midland
Union, Burton-on-Trent, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and Leicester,
with a diverging line to the Trent Valley Railway at Ather-
stone.
Erewash Valley Railway Branches.
Direct Birmingham and Leicester.
Lowestoft and Beccles Railway and Drainage.
Chester and Manchester Direct.
Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway branches and
dock.
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway.
Branch Railway from the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
to Allenhead. Manchester, and Leeds Railway extensions.
Leicester, Teen, and Dove Valley, and Stafford Junction.
Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Extension, No. 3.
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh
Junction.
Direct Manchester, Leeds, and York.
i;:stern Counties, March and Lincoln Extension.
worcsester and South Wales Junction.
North 1.;:von.
Exeter an Exmouth.
Shrewsbury and Hereford.
Midland, Notting:2am, and Mansfield Branch.
West-end and Soutizern Counties, and terminus London
and Birmingham (Banbnry line).
Peterborough and Nottingham Junction.
Eastern Counties Epping Extension.
Glasgow, Strathavon, and Lesmahagon Direct, White-
haven and Furness Junction.
Worcester and Leominster.
York and North Midland, Whitby and Pickering Ex-
ter

The Privy Council was attended by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, Lord Wharricliffe, Lord President ; the Duke
of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief; Sir Robert Peel, First
Lord of the Treasury; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State
for the Home Department ; the Earl of Ripon, President of
the Board of Control ; the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer; the Earl of Lincoln, Chief Com-
missioner of the Woods and Forests; the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, Secretary at War; the Earl Delawarr, Lord Cham-
berlain; and the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse.
At the Council, Parliament was ordered to igs further pro-
rogued from Thursday, the 27th inst., unto Tuesday, the
16th December.

Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Rowland Viscount Hill to be Lord-Lieutenant of
Shropshire, his Lordship took the oaths appointed to be
taken thereupon.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council
in Waiting.
After the Council, Lord Wharncliffc, Sir James Graham,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Leicester, Mr.
Sidney Herbert, the Earl of Jersey, and the Hon. William
Bathurst, left the Castle for the Slough station of the Great
Western Railway, and took their departure for town. The
Duke of Wellington left the Castle for Strathfieldaaye ; and
the Earl of Ripon also took his departure.
Sir Robert Peel and the Earl Delawarr remained at the
Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Queen and Prince Albert took an early morning walk,
and on the return of her Majesty and her Royal Consort to
the Castle, the Prince went shoot, attended by Lord Charles
Wellesley, Captain the Hon. A. Duncombe, and Colonel
Bowles, and returned at two o'clock.
The Royal Family were taken their Dual morning exer-
cise on ponies.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prlrie;mss Augustus
of Saxe Cobourg left the Castle for town, attended by Baron
de Wangenheim and Madame Angela. Their Royal sigh-
nesses returned in the evening.

His Royal Highness Prince George took his departure thiS
morning. Lord Portman and Sir James Clark arrived at the
Castle to-day, on a visit to 'hex Majesty.
Lord and Lady Stanley did not arrive last evening as ex-
pected.
Lady Caroline Somers Cocks and the Hoyt Miss Devereux
have succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and Dawson as the
Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen.
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of the —company.
" Among the various plans adopted of late years for
securing early intelligence fer Stock Exchange purposes,
none have proved more successful than that of pigeon
expresses.' Till within the last seven or eight years the
ordinary courier brought the news from the Continent; and
it was only the Rothschilds, and one or two other important
firms, that ran' intelligence in anticipation of the regular
French mail. However, about ten years ago the project was
conceived of establishing a communication between Paris
and London by means of pigeons, and in the course of two
years it was in complete operation. The training of the
birds took considerable time before they could be relied on;
and the relays and organisation required to perfect the
scheme not only involvod a vast expenditure of time, but
also of money. In the first place, to make the communica-
tion of use on both sides of the Channel, it was necessary to
get two distinct establishments for the flight of the pigeons
—one in England and another in France. It was then
necessary that persons, in whom reliance could be placed,
should be stationed in the two capitals, to be in readiness_ to
receive or dispatch the birds that might bring or carry the
intelligence, and make it available for the parties interested.
Hence it became almost evident that one speculator, without

Her Royal Highness the Duchess •f Kent, Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, and the Baroness de Speth, will join the
royal dinner circle to-day.

The band of the Second Life Guards attend during dinner,
and her Majesty's private band will attend afterwards.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester arrived at
Gloucester House yesterday, from her residence at Richmond.
His Royal Highness Prince George arrived at his residence
in St. James's Palace yesterday, from Windsor Castle.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Exciso, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England held a Com-
mittee yesterday. There were present the Bishop of London,
the Bishop of Ely, and the Earl of Devon.
_

msion.
Preston and Wyre Extension and Darwin Junction.
Maneheiger and Lincoln Union Railway, and Chesterfield
and Gainsbo:ough Canal Company.
Great Waster,: and Uxbridge.
Huddersfield and _gust and West Coast Direct.
-Sheffield, Ashton-upder-Lple, and Manchester Railway,
Amalgamation.
Birmingham and Worcester Dit •ect, with a branch to Red-
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Great Grimsby and Shef-
field Junction Railway, GrLmsby Docks, Huddersfield, and
Manchester Railway and Cana:

The Earl of Lincoln arrived in town yesterday.

ditch.
Liverpool and Preston, and Mai:cheater and Southport
Railways.
Eastern Counties Junction and Southetud-
Chelnisford and Bury.
Midland Railway—Syston and Peterborougb, deviating and
branches.
Direct Lincoln and Hull and Hull and York ibis Hwy.

he was a very wealthy man, could not hope to support a
' pigeon' express. The consequence was, that the project
being mooted, two or three of the speculators, including
brokers of the house, themselves joined and worked it for
their own benefit. Through this medium several of the
dealers have made large sums of money ; but the trade is
scarcely so profitable as it was, because the success of the
first operators has induced others to follow the example of
establishing this species of communication. The coat of
keeping a ' pigeon' express has been estimated at 6001. or
7001. a-year ; but whether this amount is magnified with
the view of deterring others from venturing into the specu-
lation, is a question which never seems to have been properly
explained. It is stated that the daily papers avail themselves
of the news brought by these ' expresses;' but, in considera-
tion of allowing the speculators to read the dispatches first,
the proprietors, it is understood, bear but a minimum propor-
tion of the expense. The birds generally used are of the
Antwerp breed, strong in the wing and fully feathered. The
months in which they are chiefly worked are the latter end
of May, June, July, August, and the beginning of September ;
and though the news may not be always of importance, a
communication is generally kept up daily between London
and Paris in this manner.
"In 1837-38-39, and 1840, a great deal of money was made 1
by the ' pigeon-men,' as the speculators supposed to have 1
possession of such intelligence are familiarly termed; and
their appearance in the market was always indicative of a I
rise or fall, according to the tendency of their operations. 1
Having the first chance of buying or selling, they, of course,
had the market for a while in their own hands; but
as time progressed, and it was found that the papers, by
their 4 second editions,' would communicate thej news, the
general brokers refused to do business till the papers reached
the City. The pigeons bringing the news occasionally got shot
on their passage; but as a flock of some eight or a dozen are
started at a time, miscarriage is not of frequent occurrence.
At the time of the death of Mr. Rothschild one was caught
at Brighton, having been disabled by a gun-shot wound;
and beneath the shoulder-feathers of the left wing was dis-
covered a small note, with the words "I 1 est snort," followed
by a number of hieroglyphics. Each pigeon establishment
has a method of communication entirely their own; and the
conductors, if they fancy the key to it is in another person's
power, immediately vary it. A case of this description oc-
curred not long ago. The parties interested in the scheme
fancied that, however soon they received the intelligence,
there were others in the market who were quite equal with
them. In order to arrive at the real position of affairs, the
chief proprietor consented, at the advice of a friend, to pay
101. for the early perusal of a supposed rival's ' pigeon ex-
press.' The ' express' came to hand—he read it, and was
not a little surprised to find that he was in reality paying for
the perusal of his own news! The truth soon came out—
somebody had bribed the keeper of his pigeons, and were thus
not only making a profit by the sale of his intelligence, but
also on the speculations they in consequence conducted. The
defect was soon remedied by:changing tare style, of characters
employed, and all went right as before."
. .
We would earnestly advise all who may be inclined
to dabble in accommodation bills, to read the chapter on
" Petty Bill Discounters, and the manner of doing ,a Bill,"
It is an admirable exposure of an infamous system of ex-
tortion. He gives us a very lively description of a meeting
of railway proprietors, and an admirable portrait of Mr.
Levy, the great pacificator at all these meetings, and a
" great man in the City." He next introduces us to the
Royal Exchange and to its "Lions," the Rothschilds,
Barings, and &alomons; and then, ascending the staircase,
he conducts us to Lloyd's, and introduces us to the
underwriters, merchants, and captains. From thence we
go in company with some of these merchants to the
North and South American Coffee-house, where we
find the City correspondents of the various newspapers
busily engaged in preparing the " City article." On
leaving the North and South American Coffee-house
we go to the Jerusalem, the resort of those engaged
in East India or Australian commerce. One person fre-
quenting this place deserves especial notice,
" And that is the indefatigable gentleman, Lieutenant
Waghorn, by whose exertions and plans the overland route
was first adopted. He has now started an agency for the
conveyance of parcels overland, and is, in some small degree, 1
benefiting by the undertaking, since he is well supported by
the majority of the merchants, who, knowing they can rely
on his punctuality, patronise him in preference to numerous
other firms who are following the same description of business.
"Lieutenant Waghorn is rather an eccentric man, and,
though excitable, is undoubtedly an honest British seaman.
A story is current in the City that " Tom Waghorn," as he
is familiarly called, can do nothing 'without the Pacha of
Egypt, and the Pacha of Egypt-nothing without him. This
[ statement, it is commonly understood, originates from the
strong friendship existing between these two great men.
Waghorn is said to be Mehemet Ali's fides Achates, and
every reason exists for believing that the influence the one
1 possesses over the other has done much to ensure the safety,
and facilitate the passage of the mail across the desert.
"It will be recollected that, at the time of the war in
Egypt, Mr. Waghorn took np the cudgels in one of the even-
ing papers in favour of the Pacha, and was replied to (as Mr.
Waghorn will always have it) by Lord Palmerston, in the
Globe. Mr. Waghorn vigorously defended the Pacha against
(as lie imagines) the assaults of the ex-Minister of Foreign
Affairs, and to this day he takes no little credit to himself
for so thoroughly vanquishing (as he thinks) his mighty op-
ponent. The project of a railway across the desert, and a
variety of the local improvements in Egypt, are by many of
Mr. Waghom's friends attributed to his influence with the
Pacha ; and such a distinction, if only earned by a tithe of
what he is supposed to have done, must afford such an
ambitious man, as Mr. Waghorn really is, some reason for
self-congratulation.
" The rapidity of Mr. Waghorn's movements is a great
feature in his bustling character. You meet him one day at
the Jerusalem ; and the next, or the day after, you see him
announced as arrived in Paris, on his way to Marseilles—of
course en route for Egypt. You are perhaps, in a day or two
afterwards, surprised to find, rushing up Cornhill or down
Birchin-lane, the individual who, you would have thought,
could scarcely have reached Alexandria ; and when you
say, 'AI I what I back again—why you've never seen the
Paella? " Yes, I have though—when we travel we don't
do things by halves.'
" It was not many months ago that Mr. Waghorn was off
en one of these flying visits, and he then reached as far as
Bombay. On his return, he was asked how he liked the ap-
pearance of affairs there. He replied, ' Not at all—no im-
provements going on there as in other parts of the world—
the ParseeQ, the Jews of the place, are eating up all before
them.' This eccentric individual is about fifty years of age;
he is, we should say. five feet six, with a robust constitution
and intelligent countenance, the latter much tanned by his
frequent voyages to, and excursions in, Asiatic countries. He
is a regular attendant at the Jerusalem when ho is in town,
and has large connexions with many of the first merchants
in the City. The only remuneration Mr. Waghorn is under-
stood ever to have received from Government for the interest
he exhibited in promoting and directing the route of the
overland mail, was the concession of the title of ' Lieutenant
R.N.,' for which he sought several years before it was allowed.
The merchants in the year 1839-40, however, very hand-
somely subscribed a considerable sum, and presented it to
Mr. `Waghorn, to enable him to push his agency, both at
horse and in India, which then required more capital than he
could readily command. Since that date, although compe-
tition has made a dead set against him, he has gone on pretty
I srAtessfully, and so continues up to the present time.
0 Within the last two months the merchants hers com-

DESTRUCTION of the GLASGOW

CITY THEATRE BY FIRE.

Late last night, or rather early this morning, the above
splendid building, on the Public-green, with all its valuable
scenery, internal decorations, and other theatrical appur•
tenances, was entirely destroyed by fire, with the exception
of the walls, which still remain. The most providential,
and, at the same time, satisfactory consideration is, that the
tire occurred after the performance of the evening hadi closed,
and when the audience had taken their departure to their
homes. Some idea, however, may be formed of the nearness
of the time between the theatre shutting for the night, and
the fire taking place, when we state that the gas lamps in
front were burning when the flames were first seen issuing
from the back part of the building. The fire on the whole
was one of the most formidable that has occurred in Glas-
gow for many years, and created immense alarm all over
the city. The internal part of the theatre being constructed
almost entirely of wood and other inflammable materials,
when the whole erection became enveloped, it formed a sight
at once fearful and sublime. It commenced precisely about
ten minutes past twelve o'clock; and, although there was a
heavy fall of rain at the time, it had:no effect in diminishing
the awful grandeur of the scene to the beholder. The fire
raged, crackled, and burst forth with uncontrollable fury
from all parts of the house—at one time sending out myriads
of sparks over the east end of the town, and over the adjoin-
ing Adelphi Theatre—at another lighting up part of the
buildings in Hutchison-town, with more than mid-day
splendour, and anon sinking into furnace-like quietude, re-
lieved only by the clank of the fire-engines engaged in pre-
venting its spreading to the surrounding property. Indeed,
the prevention of further damage than the loss of the
theatre itself, from the commencement, appeared to
be the only judicious course left to the fire brigade, and it
was ably followed out by Mr. Robertson, of the Glasgow
Police establishment, to whose activity and diligence in play-
ing upon Mr. Miller's Adelphi Theatre may be ascribed the
preservation of that extensive establishment, the Adelphi

SOUTHPORT AND EUXTON RAIL-

WAY COMPANY.
We understand that the surveys on this line have been all
made, and that the Provisional Committee will be fully pre-
pared to make application to Parliament for their Bill at the
commencement of the approaching session. There is, there-
fore, every probability that the important railway accommoda-
tion proposed by this line will be afforded to the public with-
out delay, inasmuch as the project is supported by thePrand
Junction Company (who are represented in the Southport
Euston board of management by Hardman Earle, Esq. ;
Joseph Hornby, Esq. ; Robertson Gladstone, Esq.; William
Rotheram, Esq., Directors of the Grand Junction) and also
by the Manchester and Leeds Company, the representatives
of whom are James Brancker, Esq., chairman of the Man-
chester, Bolton, and Bury, and Liverpool and Bury; Charles
Pascoe Grenfel, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Bury ;
John Crosthwaite, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Bury ;
Henry Houldsworth, Esq., chairman of the Manchester and
Leeds. These gentlemen, together with Reece Bevan, Esq.;
William Hill, Esq. ; James Lees, Esq. ; Samuel Lees, Esq.,
Directors of the Southport and Enxton Railway Company,
constitute the committee of management.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Nor. 20.
&melt EICIIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 104—
Ditto, Extension, 34—Chester and Birkenhead, New 201.
Shares, 7%—Derby and Crewe, 54—Eastern Counties, 20—
Edinburgh and Northern, 765. 3d.—Glasgow and Dumfries,
21%—Grand Junction, 234—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4934—
Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 32—Ditto, 401. Shares (L. M.),
55—Lancaster and Preston, Three-Quarter Shares, 8534
Liyerpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 4%—Lon•
don and Birmingham, 214—Ditto, Fifth Shares, 21—Man-
chester and Birmingham, 74%—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 14%
—Manchester, Midland, anti Great Grimsby, 2%—Mat-
lock and Midland, 6—Midland, 401. Shares, 21—Mold Junc-
tion, 2%—North Staffordshire, s%—Welsh Midland, 1—
Limerick and Waterford, 7—Dutch Rhenish, 7%—Ja-
maica, 62%.

being composed altogether of wood; this course of policy was
the more advisable, as, for the first half-hour, the wind blewthe flames from the south in its direction, and that of the se-
veral other buildings at the foot of Salt-market-street. The
heads of the different fire brigades--including Mr. Robertson
of the Glasgow, Captain Richardson of Gorbals, Mr. For-
syth, and the West of England, were on the spot as quickly
as possible after an alarm had been raised, and did their
best to check the ravages of the burning; but their best
intentions were unavailing towards preserving any of the pro-
perty in or about the City Theatre. We have not heard as
to the origin of the fire; but we are sorry to learn that by the
misfortune nearly sixty persons will be deprived of employ-
ment, and that a large amount of their little property, such
as music and dresses, is entirely lost to them. The theatre
itself is valued at several thousand pounds, but Mr. Ander-
sen, the proprietor (well known as the "Wizard of the
North"), "i'e believe is fully insured in tha York, West' of
England, and Sun fire offices. 'At the hour we went 10
press the engines were playing upon the smouldering ruins.—
Glasgow Chronicle.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 20.
STOCK EXCIIINGL-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lancas-
ter, and Cheshire, 7%-Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool,
2%-Dudley, Iron Bridge, and Sheffield, 2-East Lancashire,
No. 2, 124-East Lincolnshire, 2%-Goole, Doncaster,
&c., 575.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,
9 c. n.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 545. 6d.-Liver-
pool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 44-Liverpool,
Ormskirk,, and: Preston, $4,,15--16-London and York,' 4%
-Manchester aid Birmingham, Quarters, 9-Manchester
and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Juncton, 1%-
Manchester and Southampton, 3 9-16-North Stafford-
shire, 5/. ss. 9d.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters,
No. 3, 6-Shropshire Mineral, 3- West Riding Union, 71. 45. 6d.
LEEDS, Nov. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-London and Croy-
don, 20 4-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10% p.-
Huddersfield and Sheffield, 19-Leeds and Bradford Exten-
sions,37%-Leeds and Dewsbury, 20%-Leeds and Think,
l 34-Liverpool and Bury, 2614-North British, New Car-
lisle Branch, 3%-Oxford; Worcester, and Wolverhampton,
16-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 30 c. n.-London and
York, 4N-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 31,4-Direct
Northern, 38.-Liverpool,: Ormskirk, and Preston, 44 -
West Riding Union, 7-Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 15s.
dis.-East Lincolnshire, 2%-East and West Yorkshire, par
-Grand Union, 7s. 6d. p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire,
20s. p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 4%
-North Western, 31,4-Nottingham and Boston, 2%--South
Midlands, 314 p.-Wakefield and Harrogate, 160. p.
HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Leeds and Thirsk,
1274-London and York, 41,4-Grand Union, IN-Lance-.
shire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 2%-North and Seuth
Junction,, 31. 12s. 6d. p.- Nottinghamsand Boston, 2%-
Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia, 11. 11s.-Wilts, Somerset,
and Weymouth, 41. 6s.
SHEFFIELD, Nov. 20.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Sheffield and Rother-
ham, 34%-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, N 0.3.
6-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 3N-Caledonian, 10%-
London and York, 4%-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3%.
HULL, Nov. 20.
STOCK EXCPEANGE.-The sales are-Axholme, 2s. 6d.-
Great North and South Wales, and Worcester, 10-Liverppol
and Leeds, 2-London and York, 41,4-London and Norwich
Direct, ss.

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION.
Norrision.sx, THURSDAY, 10 o'CLocx J..sf.—Last night
another fire, making the fourth within the short space of one
calendar month, broke out in this neighbourhood, and I am
sorry to say under circumstances warranting a strong con-
viction that incendiarism is extant in this part of the country.
During the day heavy rain had fallen, and at night, though
occasionally fair, there was much rain, a circumstance quite
unfavourable for the origination of a fire by a slight incident.
Between 9 and 10 o'clock, a glare of light was seen in the
horizon, for many miles around, in the direction of Beeston,
three iles from this town, and very soon afterwards I heard
that a special messenger had arrived on horseback for
the engines, in consequence of a large stack-yard situated
in the centre of the above village being on fire, and the
stacks were burning with unabated fury. Oa riding to the
spot I found two engines from Nottingham had just arrived,
and were in full play, but evidently useless as far as regarded
12 out of 15 large stacks, consisting of wheat, barley, peas,
beans, oats, hay, dills, and straw, which were one entire mass
of fire and flame. Hundreds of people were lending a help-
ing hand, but difficulty was experienced for want of water.
At half-past eight o'clock Mr. Joseph Walker, farmer, of
Beeston, the owner of the stacks, walked by his stack-yard,
and saw all safe; in ten minutes after a neighbour saw
flames bursting out of a dill stack, and gave an alarm, but
in less than another quarter of an hour, eight or nine of the
stacks were all on fire, owing no doubt to a brisk west wind
blowing at the time directly upon them. Portions of the
burning materials flew upon the cottages adjoining, and set
the thatch of two of them on fire, threatening destruction
to the houses all around. By prompt measures this evil was ,
averted; ladders being obtained, and wet blankets spread
upon the burning thatch, on which water was thrown in large
quantities. The removal of a bean stack was also ef-
fected, and a large hay and straw stack were saved by
means of the engines, which, I ought to state, reached
Beeston by a quarter past ten o'clock. sThe damage is
estimated at upwards of poor., and of that sum only 4001.
has :been insured in the Guardian-office. A general re-
, port prevailed that this mischief must have been the work of
an incendiary, and though I did not venture an opinion re-
specting the 14 stacks destroyed by fire at Bestwood-park,
only thirteen days ago, yet such is the mystery in whichlthat
affair is involved, that great fears are now entertained that it
also was the diabolical act of some incendiary. Mr. Walker
occupies a farm in the parish of Beeston, consisting of 200
acres of land, under Mr. Broughton, near Shiffnall, in Shrop-
shire, and is a very industrious steady.' man. There seemed
to be a general commiseration with him on his misfortune.
IHe considers from the state of the weather, and no one having
been employed in the stack-yard that evening, that it is im-
possible the stacks, could have been accidentally set on fire.
A very tall person, attired in female dress, was said to have
been seen near the place a short time before the flames broke
out, and a suspicion arose that it must have been a man in
disguise who did the mischief. I made diligent inquiry to
ascertain the truth of this statement, but could not trace it
to any authentic source.:

YORK, Nov. 20.
STOCK EXCEANGE.-The sales are-Newcastle and Dar-
lington, Brandling, 45-York and North Midland, Extension,
253 i -Newcastle and Berwick, 12%-North British, 241,4-
Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 3-Cambridge and Lincoln, 4-
Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham and Leicester, 1%-Grand
Union, 1%-Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 4a. p.-Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 p.-Welsh Midland, 2%.
BRISTOL, Nov. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter,
New, 7%-Caledonian, 10-North Devon, 2-Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham, 2%-Vale of Neath, 3%-Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth,
GLASGOW, Nov. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Airdrie and Bath-
gate, 675. 6d.-Airdrie and Coatbridge, 7N-British and
Irish Union, 775. 6d.-Caledonian, 10%-Ditto, Extension,
755.-Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 508.-Caledonian
and Dumbartonshire Junction, 625. 6d.-Cornwall and Devon
Central, 475. 6d.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, Is. p..-East
Lothian Central, 555.-East Indian Railway, 555.-Edin-
burgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 225.-Edinburgh and
Perth, 61/4-Edinburgh and Hamilton Direct, 50s. 6d.-
Glasgow and Belfast Union, 535. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr, 67-Ditto, New, 18%-Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle, 525. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrosaan,
4%-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 505.-Lanark and
Lothians, 715.-Lesmahagow, 80s.-London, Bristol, and
South ales, 425.-Perth and Inverness, 505.-Scottish Cen-
tral, 10-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 42e. 6d.
-Strathern Junction, 655.
DUBLIN, Nov. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Belfast and Bally-
mena, 7-Bandon and Bantry, 11 -Cork and Waterford,
1%-Cork and Youghal, 214-Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine
Junction, 1%-Dublin and Drogheda, 81-Great Southern
and Western, 2114-The Midland Great. Western and Rail-
way Canal, 434-Ditto, Extension to Sligo, 2-Irish Great
Western, Dublin to Galway, 33/-Irish North Midland, 1%
-Killarney Junctions, 214-Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor,
,3%-Waterford and Limerick, 714-Waterford,
Wexford, and Dublin, 1%-Waterford and Tramore, 2-
Wexford, Waterford,:and Valeutia, 1%.

►SERIOUS ACCIDENT IDi PICCADILLY.--01] Tuesday
afternoon a serious accident occurred in Piccadilly to Captain
Seabright, of Sloane-street, Chelsea. He was driving along
Piccadilly in his cabriolet, at a rapid rate,when the axletree
broke close to the wheel, and the cabriolet fell on one side.
The Captain was thrown into the carriage-road, and fell
heavily on his left hip and shoulder. His groom dismounted,
from behind, and secured the horse. Several persons assisted
Captain Seabright from off the ground, and a sub being pro-
sated, he was drivels in it to his residence.

A few dm s ago, says an Antwerp journal, a gentle-
man, connected with another paper, arrived at Brussels, from
that city, with two carrier pigeons, which he was to send
off with the King's speech on opening the Chambers. As he
had not breakfasted he went to the Café de l'Europe, and,
after giving the basket containing the pigeons to the waiter,
ordered his breakfast. He was served, after waiting for some
time, and, when ready to start, paid his bill and asked for his
pigeons. " Your pigeons," said the waiter, " why, you have
just eaten them ; I thought it was to have them cooked that
you gave them to me."
PROSPERITY OF THE COAL MINERS.—We learn,
with the most unfeigned pleasure, that the colliery popu-
lation in our neighbourhood is in a very prosperous con-
dition, all bands being employed and others in demand in
some quarters The hewers are egrning from 3/. to 41. per
fortnight.-2"une /IfercurY•

QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY.—Dr. Forbes Wins-
low in his " Plea of Insanity in Criminal Cases," relates the
following interesting case :—Bernard Schecimazig suddenly
awoke at midnight ; at the moment he saw a frightful
phantom, or what his imagination had represented as a fear-
ful spectre. Ile twice called out " Who is that ?" and re-
ceiving no answer, and imagining that the phantom was
advancing upon him, and having altogether lost his self-pos-
session, he raised a hatchet which was beside him, and at-
tacked the spectre. Immediately afterwards it was !bond
that he had murdered his wife.