The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-27 00:00:00

HERRING FISHERY.
(From the Aberdeen thrall.)
STONEHAvEN.—The weather has been so unpropitious
for the herring llsh,•ry this week 'lilt no good has ben
done. Still, the average take here for the season h as
good as at any station un the coast.

PETERIIE.G, AUG. 21.—The weather has been very
unfavourable for the fishing, but on Tuesday all the
boats got to s, a, with a good appearance for a night's
fishing. The sea, liox evt r, very suddenly (and without
a sufficioney of wind to account for it) ruse to a fearful
height, accompanied with torrents cl rain, but not much
wind. Many of the beats did not shoot their nets ;
some did, and almost immediately took them in, in con-
sequence of the great swell in the sea ; but those who
got early to the fishing ground had excellent shots, and
fortunately gia cafe ashore with them, but many, by the
effects of the tremendous sea, were forced to run to the
south, and take shelter where they could get it—at Bud.
dam, Ward of Crudyn, Aberdeen, Arbroath, &c. The
number amissii.g doers not scent to be well ascertained ;
but last night's coach and this day's post accounted for
a good number of thew:. Several of the boats were
wrecked in taking the harbours they ran for, and some
were knocked to pieces after they thought they were in
places of safety. We have not, as yet, heard of any loss
of lives, but there will be a great anxiety until all the
boats ,re heard of. The sea was fearful yesterday in our
bay, at d the rain fi I 1 its bucketfuls all day. To-night
the greater part of the boats that were here have gone to
sea. Our average for the season is 77 trans.
LOSSIEMOUTII, AUG. 21.—The fishing at this station
has added but little to our former average since this day
week, our boats having only got twice to sea during the
week, in consequence of the boisterous state of the
weather, which still continues stormy. Our average
up till to-day is only 60 craws per boat, and fears are
now entertained that the fishing is all but ended for the
season.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

GALLANT CAPTURE OF A PIRATE SLAVER.-
NINE MEN KILLED AND FOURTEEN WOUNDED,

We merely alluded yesterday to a report which had reached
us from the coast of Africa, of a most gallant and successful
engagement on the west coast, between the boats of one of
her Majesty's ships and a large pirate slaver. We have re-
ceived from a correspondent at St. Thomas's, by the same ship,
a confirmation of the report, with the fdlowing interesting
particulars :—lt is with sincere pleasure that we record the
exploit, which for chivalrous gallantry has hardly been sur-
passed during the most stirring period of the late war, ana
which must satisfy those detractors of our brave seamen who
insist that the navy has lost much of the spirit that was wont
to animate it, how utterly groundless such a belief really is.
The boats engaged in the affair belonged to the Pantaloon,
10, sloop, Commander Edmund Wilson. The prize is a re-
markably fine vessel of about 450 tons, polacre rigged, with im-
mense sails. She is of great celebrity on the coast, is armed
with four 12-pounders, and had a mixed crew composed chiefly
of Spaniards, amounting to about fifty, and was equipped fur
any villainous service, whether slave-dealing or piracy.
The Pantaloon had been baffled in her chase of this vessel,
supposed to be a slaver, for two or three days : and it appears,
from what our correspondent bias stated, the pirate, after lead-
ing the Pantaloon away to St. Thomas's, and out-sailing her,
doubled on the cruiser, and then ran to Lagos, but Captain
Wilson was too old an officer on the coast to be so taken i ,
and on the morning of the 26th of May the sloop and the
stranger caught sight of each other about two miles distant, off
Lagos, becalmed. The pirate hoisted no colours, and the
captain of the Pantaloon, desirous of renewing his attentions,
sent the cutter and two whale-boats, under the command of
the :First Lieuter.aut, Mr. Lewis T. de Prevost, with the
master, Sir. J. T. Crout, and the boatswain, Mr. Pasco, with
marines and seamen, amounting to about thirty altogether, to
make a more intimate acquaintance with the stranger, taking
especial care, however, to be fully prepared for a warm re-
ception.
The pirate gave the boats an indication of what they were
to expect as they neared, by opening on them a heavy fire of
round shot, grape and canister, in such a spirited style, that,
after returning the compliment by a volley of musketry, the
boats prepared for hard work. Animated by the show of re-
sistance, each boat now emulated the other in reaching the
enemy, the pirate continuing a sharp fire as they steadily ad-
vanced, the marines as briskly using their muskets. In half
an hour from the discharge of the first gun from the pirate the
boats of the Pantaloon were alongside, Lieutenant Prevost, and
Mr. Pasco on the starboard, and Mr. Grout, in the cutter, on
the port side. The pirate crew sheltering themselves as much
as possible, nevertheless continued to fire the guns, loading
them with all sorts of missiles—bullets, nails, lead, &c., and
amidst a shower of these our brave sailors and marines dashed
on board;

NAMES or RAILWAYS,

Aberdeen • • •
Airdrie and Coatbridge
Arbro,ith and Forfar ....
Ditto half Shares ....
Armagh, Colr., & Portrush
Bandon and Bantry
Belfast and Ballymena • .
Belfast and County Down
Birkiihd,Lan.&Ches.Jne.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New (iss.at 7 4 dis.)

Ditto Half Shares
Birminghtn&Oxfrd.Junc.
Blck burn, and Preston..
Blekburn, Darwri,&Boltn
Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stamfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewes, & Hest.
Bristol and Exeter......
Ditto New .. • • • • • • • .
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union..
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June,
Calcdon. & Dumbar. June
Caled man . • • • • • • • • • ...
Ditto Extension • • ....
Cambridge and Lincoln..
Chester and Birkenhead..
Ditto New Shares ....

Ditto Half Shares
Chester and Iklyhead
Cheltenham and Oxford .
Chichester and Brighton
Chuniet Valley
Clitheroe Junction
Clydesdale Junction
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon . • •
Cork and Killarney
Cork and Waterford •
Cork and Youghal • ....•
Canterbury and Dover
Coventry and Leioester •
Cornwall • • • •
Derby and Crews . • • •
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Diss, Beccles, & Yannoth
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich ..
Dubl:n and Belfast June
Dublin, Belfast, & Coln e
Dublin and Drogheda•-
Dublin and Galw.y . • •
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath . • •

BURGIIEAD, AUG. 21.—Owing to the very stormy
state of the weather f,r the last ten days, the fishing at
this :cation his been very unsuccessful. The fishermen
have now lost 11,,pes of a good fishing this season. The
total average per boat to this date is only about 60 crans
HorEmAN, A cc.. 21.—From the unfavourable state of
the weather, little has been done in fishing since our
last report. The average for the season is 81 crans
per heat.

JOHNSHAVEN.— 011 Friday morning, the boats
averag,A eight crans each. On Saturday, owing to the
boistet ous state of the weather, the boats al returned
without shooting their nets There has been no fishing
since.

GoortnoN.—On Friday morning, the average for each
boat. was twelve trans. There has been no fishing since.
CAI 7 EWAN E, A LTG. 16.—Since last report the boats here
have only been three nights at sea. Monday was stormy
and tempestuous but all the boats fearlessly went to sea
—all who put out their nets got a few. Tuesday, no
boats out. Wednesday, all w(nt out, and got a few
crans. Thursday, all out, and several came in well
fished-24 211, 13, 12, and 9 crans to the boat.
Average, at this (late, 88 crans per boat. The fish are
of excellent quality.
GoußDoN.—George Jack, a fn,hcrinan from the !nigh-
Lourhood of Inverness, who had been very unsuccessfully
employed at Aber,leen during the earlier part of the
season, hearing of good fishing at this quarter, made a
run south, and shot his nets off Catterline on the 14th,
and got a weiglvy draught, but was taken with a gale of
wind on the morning of the 15th; and being unable to
proceed, owing to the boisterous state of the weather,
bore up, not I{7o.llViig- where to go, when Mr. David
Sutherland, fisheurer, Montrose, having observed the
boat deeply load, d, most humanely volunteered his ser-
vices, along with a few spirited fishermen, and brought
the boat into our harbour, then as smooth as a mill-pond,
w hen 431 eras of ex,7ellent herrings were discharged
from her. Jack, as may be supposed, was most thank-
ful,for his deliversnee—so much so, that, to use his own
words, " It was like the Angel of God sent to him;"
for he knew not where he was, never before having been
so far south.

Lieutenant Prevost and his party in the two boats, notwith-
standing their hot reception, were soon on the deck of the
prize. The master boarded on the port bow, and despite of the
formidable resistance and danger, followed by one of his boat's
crew, actually attempted to enter the port as they were firing
the gun from it. He succeeded in getting through, but his
seconder was knocked overboard by the discharge ; the gallant
fellow, however, nothing daunted, was in an instant up the side
again, taking part with the master, who was engaged in a single
encounter with one or two of the rascals. Having gained the
deck after a most clitermined resistance, they now encountered
the pirates hand to hand, when the cutlass and bayonet did the
remainder of the work. Lieut. Prevost finally succeeded in
capturing the vessel, but the pirates fought desperately, and it
was not until seven of their number lay dead on the deck and
seven or eight more were severely wounded that they ran below
or yielded.
It may naturally be supposed that in such a hard and close
struggle the gallant boats' crews did not escape unscathed.
We are sorry to say that a fine able seaman, named Henry
Jackson, was killed, and a private Royal Marine was so se-
verely wounded that he died a very short time after. The
master was severely wounded; Pasco, the boatswain, was
slightly wounded ; as were also four others, Carrick, the cap-
tain's coxswain ; Soughton, a quarter-master ; Harmer, an
able seaman; and a marine, named Freemantle. An able
seaman, named Jones, was severely wounded.
The affair has excited a great sensation on the coast, and
the men of war are loud in their congratulations on the success
of the Pantaloon. The general feeling among the squadron
is admiration of the gallantry displayed, coupled, however,
with ardent wishes for such an opportunity for distinction.

Ditto New ... .......
Dundee and Per.h. ••• • •
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2) .. • . • • • •
Eastern Counties . • • .. • •

Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No 1

. -
Do. do. No. 2
East Dereharn & Norwich
East Union • • • • • • •

Ditto Extension • • • • • •
Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shares • • •

Do. New Quarter Shares
Edinb. Leith, and Granton
Do. I'ref. 5 per Cent..
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles.•
Edinburgh and Perth ••
Ely and Huntingdon •• ••
Enniskillen and Sligo ••
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Flt wood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
Garnkirk and Glasgow ••
Glasgow and Ayr. •• •• ••

Do. Quarter Shares • • • •
Glasgow and Greeuock • •
Ditto New. .•• •• ••
Ditto Preference Preference • • • • •
Glasgw, D m fries, and Car.
Glsgw, Kilmarnck, &Ard.
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Goole and Doncaster • • • •
Grand Junction . • • • • • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Ditto Now Quarters • •
Ditto Eighths • • •
Grand Union . •• . • • •• • •
Great Eastern & Western
Gt Grimsby & Dk Extens.
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield
Gt Stlirn & Wstrn (Hind)

PORTSMOUTH, Auc. 26.—The Apollo troop-ship, Com-
mander Ratcliffe, arrived this morning from Quebec, and an-
chored at Spithead, thus effectually clearing up all doubts of
her safety. She brings home Captains Fisher and Furneaux's
companies of Royal Artillery, naval and military invalids and
supernumeraries from the station, besides detachments of
various corp?, with whom she will proceed to the river and
disembark.

'phis being the 26th anniversary of the birthday of his Royal
Highness Prince Aluert, the day was observed here in the usual
loyal manner. The royal standard was hoisted along all the
points of the fortifications, and on the Government offices, and
at noon royal salutes were fired from the Victory, Excellent,
and the Platform Battery. The Victory and many other ves-
sels in harb ,ur, and the Crocodile, at Spithead, were gaily
dressed in colours; and the Apollo troop-ship displayed from
her mast-heads the red, white, and blue ensigns, and the union
jack at the mizen peak.
Captain J. Dowman, Second Lieutenant F. E. Budd, 2
sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, and 63 privates, of the
Royal Marines, were draughted from this division this morn-
ing for the President, 50, Captain Stantley, fitting for the flag
of Rear-Admiral Dacres, appointed to the chief command on
the Cape station.

•
Ditto Extension •• • • • •
Great Monster•• • • • • • • • •
Gt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England
Do. New 401. Shares • •

Do. New 301. Shares
Great Western • . • • • •• • •
Ditto Half Shares • . • •
Ditto Fifths .. • • • • • • • •
Guilfrd, Farehua, & Ports.
........... - • • •
Hud raid & Man. K. & Canl
Huddersfield and Sheffield
Hull and Gainsborougk • •
Hull and Selby •• • • • • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • •

First Lieutenants Fraser and Haswell, and 20 privates from
this division, embarked this morning on board the Crocodile,
for conveyance to Cork to join head-quarters.
The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-Admiral
Sir G. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, was at
Valparaiso on the 23d of April, having arrived on the 9th
from Callao, all well. At the above date she was replenishing
provisions and water, prior to returning to Callao, and thence
proceeding to Otaheite, in the words of our letter, " to settle
matters of great importance." Admiral Seymour's health had
been very bad, but was much improved at the above date. The
Collingwood has beaten every ship upon the station in point of
sailing, but is troubled with the Albion's complaint.
The Daphne, 20, Captain Onslow, arrived at Valparaiso,
from Galapagos on the 20th of April, and sailed on the gsth
for Arica Bay.
_ _

Ditto Half Shares
Inverness and Elgin •• ••
Isle of Jersey • • • • • • • • • •
Kendal and Windermere
Kingstown and Bray • • • •
Killarney Junctions .• • ••
Lancaster and Carlisle • .
Lancaster and Preston
Leeds and Bradford

Ditto Extension .. •
Leeds and Dewsbury •
Leeds and Thirsk..
Leeds & W. Riding June.
Leicester & Birmingham
Leicester and Bedford
Limerick and Waterford
Linarck „ Ennie, & Kit. .7no.
Lincoln, 'York, and Leeds
Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng.
Liverpool and Manchester
Ditto Half Shares ..

The Modeste, 18, Commander Baillie, arrived at Valparaiso,
from Callao, on the Ist May.
The Flying Fish, 12, Commander Harris, was at Sierra
Leone on the 12th of June, waiting for orders from the Com-
modore.

Ditto Quarter Shares..
Liverpi, Or mskrk, & Prstn
London and Birmingham
Ditto Third 5..........
Ditto Quarters .......
London and Blackwell
Lou.&Man. (Remington's)
London and Brighton.

The Crocodile, 26, Captain Maxwell, having repaired de-
fects, will sail this evening or to-morrow for Cork, and thence
to deliver dispatches to the Commander-in-Chief of the ex-
perimental squadron, after which she will return to Cork, and
take the flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Irish squadron
(from the Daring, 12), Rear-Admiral Sir H. Pigot.
The Scourge, new " intuitive" steam-sloop, is having her
bottom paid over with an anti-corrosive composition (the in-
vention of a Swedish Baron Wesberwig), in this dockyard.
This composition, we are informed, prevents the adherence of
seaweed and barnacles to the bottoms of ships.
The Frolic, 16, Commander Hamilton, which sailed from
Monte Video for Buenos Ayres on the 16th of May, was to pro-
ceed thence to Valparaiso (having received her marines, and
orders for that station from the Firebrand), to place herself un-
der the orders of Sir G. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief.

Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croydon ....
Ditto New . ••• • • • • • •

Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt.
London and Greenwich •
Do. Pref. or Privilege • •
London and South Westrn
Do. New Cons. Eighths

Do. New, 501 Shares..
Do. New, 401. Shares..
London and York .. • • • • •
Ditto (Bawtry) .
London and Windsor • • • .
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl
Londonderry & Coleraine
Londonderry & Enuiskilln
Lynn and Ely • • ....
Lynn and Derehain
Manchester and Leeds ..
Ditto Half Shares ....

CAPTAIN MANBY'S MORTAR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR.,— You "gave in the evening'; impression- of the
22d inst. the particulars of various experiments performed at
Yarmouth, in the presence of a deputation from the Danish
Government, of the right and proper use of Captain Manby's
mortar, in case of shipwreck. Now, these experiments prove
the contrary to what the report avers. It there says, the rope
invariably breaks when the iron mortar is used, and the shot
flies an immense distance without the rope, but not so when the
brass mortar is used ; whereas, the fact must be in the use of
no less than 6 oz. more of powder with the iron mortar than
the brass one, though the same weight of line and shot is used
in both, accounting thereby for the inability of the line to
withstand the extra force of powder. This must convince all
that it is necessary to use a line in accordance to the weight of
powder, which has much more to do with the matter than the
kind of mortar used. The sudden jerk given to the rope while
in a state of rest, by the headlong sweep of the ball, is the sole
cause of the line breaking. This might be prevented by hay.
ing the line made tapering in a very slight degree.
Now, Sir, having touched as briefly as possible on this part
of the subject, I will advert as briefly to the advantage of hav-
ing Captain Manby's mortar on board vessels. t.ome years
have now gone by since I first mooted this question. Three
years ago I did my best to draw to it the attention of the Com-
mittee, appointed by the House of Commons, to inquire into
the cause of shipwrecks ; but, I am sorry to say, with no effect.
I not only pointed out how lighthouses might be constructed,. so
as to show to the distracted, forlorn, and sea-tossed mariner,
his position ere he ventured his frail barque on an uncertain
shore ; but, also, the best means of stemming a lee-bound
ship, &c. Now, I will say, that while the wind howled, and
screeched, and moaned, and appeared bent on des' ruction, the
inquiry went on swimmingly. But, bad as the wind is in its
fury, like a crying child, it at last slept, and need I say, so did
the inquiry, but only till it shall again be aroused to a sense of
duty by one of those fearful storms that ever and anon devastate
our coast. Now, in the evidence as published by the Commit-
tee, all the witnesses speak of the utility of Captain Manby's
mortar, as employed in conveying a line from the shore to a
wrecked vessel, but not the least mention is made of its greater
utility, were every vessel to carry a mortar and proper lines
with it, so that, in case of need, the stranded vessel might hold
communication with the shore instanter, without risking the
forlorn chance of a mortar being in the neighbourhood. It is
too well known that many most disastrous wrecks have
taken place ere.a mortar could be obtained to project a line
to a wrecked vessel, even were it at hand; but when we consider
how few of these useful instruments of preservation there are,
I think it behoves the powers that be to compel all masters of
vessels to carry one or more, as it is plain and obvious that a
stranded vessel can throw a line treble the distance on to a lee
shore, with a tempestuous wind winging it along, than it can
be thrown from the shore to windward, right in the teeth of
that same wind. Besides, the shore presents a greater range
for the line to be thrown upon than the ship affords. In too
many eases the line has either fallen short or else en one side of
the wrecked vessel, thereby creating a most serious and life-
sacrificing delay in rendering assistance.
Again, in many instances it has happened that a boat might
have safely left the shore, but could not, or durst not, venture
within a certain distance of the stranded vessel ; when, there-
fore, a line thrown from the shore falls short of the wreck, it
cannot be picked up on account of the tremendous swell of the
sea; but if a line thrown from the vessel falls short of the
shore, a greater probability exists that it will be picked up, and
fixed on to the shore—thus making a firm and sure communi-
cation between the vessel and the land, by which all the. lives
would be saved. If the unfortunate Amphitrite convict-ship
had been furnished with a mortar and lines, it is not too much
to say that not a life would have been lost. So of the Con-
queror East Indiaman, homeward-bound—the lives lost by the
wreck of this vessel off Etables, were for the want of a mortar
and lines : and for this same omission poor Tucker, of the
Reliance, with the passengers and crew, fell a sacrifice off the
very same spot, and the like distance from shore, viz., a few
hundred yards. It is not six months ago when a vessel
stranded off Yarmouth had nearly every soul on board lost,
not because there was no mortar at hand, but because every
time a line was fired towards the vessel it fell short, and it was
not until aftefsome eight hours' constant firing that a line could
be got to strike the vessel ; but ere this could be effected some
twenty lives were lost, thereby showing that if a mortar had
been on board, a shore-bound boat could have picked up the
line at the very first shot.
New, Mr. Editor, I do hope that all masters of vessels,
whether they be of the lowly craft or the royal yacht, will
think well of this, and render the lives of all who trust them-
selves on shipboard secure against every possible contingency.
I am, Mr. Editor, }ours respectfully,
14, Crown-row, Walworth, Aug. 24. NOTTUSOJHN.

Ditto Quarter Shares..

Ditto Sixteenths • • •...
Manchstr and Birkenhead
Manchester &Birminghtn
Ditto Quarter Shares .
Ditto New Quarters .
Do. Coll.& Welsh June.
Manchestr, Boltn, & Bury
Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk
Man. Shef. and Mid. June.
Manchestr & Southamptti
Mid1and................
Ditto Fifths • .

Ditto New . • ..• •

Do. Con. Birm. & Derby
Midlnd tit Westrn (Irish)
Do. Extension to Sligo
Newcstl & Darhigtn June.
Do. New (Brandling)..
Newcastle and Berwick..
Newcastle and Carlisle • •
Nwestle, Durham, & Lan.
Newport & Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen . .
Newark and Sheffield
North British
Ditto New Shares ....
Northern and Eastern • •
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dls.)

Do. Quarter Shares ..
North Devon . • • • .• .• • •
North Kent • • • • • • • • • .•
North Staffordshire ....
North Eastern.......•••
North Union (A)• • • • • • • •
Ditto (8)......
North Wales Mineral....

Ditto New Shares • .
North Western •
North Wales ••••. • • • •
Norwich and Brandon

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, AUG. 26.
A party from the 65th regiment, consisting of one sergeant,
three corporals, and forty-two rank and file, marched from
Brompton Barracks this morning to Gravesend en route for
Woolwich, to embark from thence, as a convict guard, on
board the Samuel•Boddington, under the command of Captain
O'Connell of the same regiment, for Van Diemen's Land.
Two sergeants and two privates of the 11th accompany this
detachment out.

Ditto New • - • • • • • • • • • •
Not., Belvoir, & Granthm
Nottingham and Boston..
Nott., Er wall. Val. & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Binning. Juno
Oxford and Worcester • •
Oxford and Cambridge • •
Perth and Inverness • •
Portsmouth Direct • • • • • •
Preston and Wyre • • • • • •
Ditto Half Shares

1914
6p
1%

1014
p
77

26
I%p

-
7%P

16-786 d

l 3 6d

14y4
14%,
3953 d
3M
514

127,,

12;6d

Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. &
Preston & Wyre Extent.
Richmond & W. End June
Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring
Scottish Central • • . • • • . •
Scottish Midland.. •
Sheffield and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares •
Ditto ditto (No. 2) • •
Ditto ditto (No. 3) • •
Sheffield and Lincoln • • •
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbry & Grand June.
Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe
Shrws.,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir
Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Un.
Shrws, lierefd,& N. Wales
Slamannan . • •
South Devon. • • . • • • • • • •
South Midland • • • .
South Eastern and Dover
Do. New (iss. 3210 No. I
Do. (195.331.65.8 d.) „ 2
Do. (les. 30/.) „ 3 I
Staines and Richmond . • •
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales .. .. • • • • • • • •
Teen and Dove Valley • •
Trent Valley ....• .
Do. and IlolyheadJunc.
Vale of Neath.. • • • • •
West London, Old Shares
West End & Sothrn Coun.
Wexford aed Carlow • • • •
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub
Wakefield and Bradford • •
Wakfld, Pontefrct, & Gool
Wakefield and Harrogate
Warwick and London
West Lancashire •
Worcester and Tring •
Whitchaven and Furness
Do. New Half Shares. •
Welsh Midland • • • • • • • • • •
West Cornwall ••• • • •
West Yorkshire • • .. • • • •
Wilsontwn, M. & Coltness
Wilts, Somrst, & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich • •

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1%
66%
11%
9%
2%

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132—s6d

14%
144
3889 d
3%

66
11%
9%
2%

Ditto New . . ••
York and Carlisle • • •• • •
York and North Midland
Ditto Half Shares .. • •
Ditto Scarbro' Branch
Ditto Selby • • • • • • • • • •

374
107

Ditto Extension . .
Yorkshire & Glasgow Un.

15156
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EXETER, AuG. 26.

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141
14
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416

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325 p

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9s pl

STOCK Exclumz—The sales are--Eastern Counties,
DWl(—North Devon, 2 4 prenu—Ezeter and Creditons

pit F, SUN, LON DON WEDNESD t Y EVEN! Nft A UGLTST 1114 S,

Exeter and Yeovil, prem.—Ely and Huntingdon, 41A
Newark and Sheffield, 334•
EUDDERSFILLD, AUG. 26.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Great Grimsby Dock
Extension, s—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales,
North Wales, 3/. 3s. 9d.—Grand Union, I ls. 61—Glasgow
and Dumfries, 30s.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction,
Quarter Shares, 3/. 16s.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 14:I4
—Huddertfield and Sheffield Junction, c. n.—Liver-
pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 71. 2s.—North Staffordshire,
6lA—Newark and Sheffield, 3:j4—Nottingham, Ercwash, and
Amberg,ate, 41s.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 4—South Mid-
lands, 9/. 6s. 6d.—West Yorkshire, 141%.

HULL, Auo. 26.
STOCI: EXCtIANGE, —The sales are—London and Blackwall,
11 %2—London and Croydon, New, 2—York and North Mid-
land Extension, 24:%—Blackburn, Darweni and Bolton, 91/,‘,2—
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares; 31 17s. 6d.—
Grimsby Dock Extension, 514—Leeds and Bradford Exten-
sion, 52—North British, 31.34—Ditto, Half Shares, 91-4,a
East Lincolnshire, 165.—Gramd Union, 11s. 6d.—London and
Birmingham Extension, 225. 6d.—London and York, OA—
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 814—Newcastle, Dur-
ham, and Lancashire, 35s.—Nottingham and Boston, 15s.
—Nottingham and Mansfield, 27s.—South Midland, 81/8—
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 3/. lls.—Shrewsbury
and Trent Union, 31. 1 ls. 6d.—Shrewsbury, Hereford, and
North Wales, 414—Wakefield and Bradford, 64s.—York and
Carlisle, 41,i—Torkshire and Glasgow Union, 10s.

YORK, Anti. 26.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Exten •
sion, WA—London and Croydon, New, 1"s prem.—New-
cast le and Darlington Junction, 53—North British, New, 9%
—York and North Midland Extension, 24/. 11a. 3d.—Lei-
cester and Bedford, 3%—London and York, 7—Manchester,
Buxton, &c., B%—Newcastle and Berwick, 23%—North
Western, 4%—South Midlands, 9%—Welsh Midlauds, 3/. 19s.

SHEFFIELD,'AuG. 26.
STOCK EXCHANGE. - The sales are—Birmingham and
Gloucester, 133—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 2514—L0n-
-don and Croydon, New, 1/. 16s. 6d.—South-Eastern, 4614—
York and North Midland, 109 ex div.—Erewash Valley,
32:3/4—East Lincolnshire, 18s. prem.—Grimsbv and Sheffield,
13s.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 3%—Grimsby bock and Rail-
way Extension, 6 lA—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate,
31. 13s.—North British, New, 914—Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire, 4—South Wales, 51/2—Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole, 47 i—Paris and Orleans, 50(2.

EDINBURGH, A'liG. 23.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 3/. 35.-
Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 21. 11s. 6d.-Arbroath and For-
far, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares,lsl.-Armagh and Portrush, 2/. -
Banffshire, 21. Is. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 31. 4s. 6d.-Bel-
fast and County Down, 3/. 17s. 6d.-Cambridge and Lincoln,
3/. 10s.-Caledonian, 10/. 10s.-Caledonian Extension, 2/.
16s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 31.175. 6d.-Clydesdale
Junction, 9/. - Direct Northern, 21. - Dundee and Ar-
broath, 37/. Is. 6d.-Ditto, New, 18L-Dundee and Perth,
41. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 10s.-Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 901.-Ditto, Quarters, 21/. 155.-Ditto, New,
141.175. 6d.-Edinburgh, Glasgow,and Dumbarton, 11. 17s. 6d.
-Edinburgh, Leith, and Branton, 264-Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 17/. 108.-Edinburgh and Northern, IL 145.-Ditto,
New,
1/. 25.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 21. 165.-Edinburgh
and Perth, 1/. 10s.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 891.-Ditto,
New Stock, 221.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 3/. 155.-
Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle, it. ss. 6d.-Glasgow and tireenock, 211.-Ditto, New
Stock, 101. ss. - Ditto, Preference, 21. - Great North of
Scotland, 2/. 15s. 6d.-Inverness and Elgin, 11. 25.-Kil-
marnock and Ardrossan, 5/. 155.-London and York, 4/. 10s.
-Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 33L-Morayshire, 11.-North
British, 31/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 91. ss-North Wales
Mineral, New, 6/. ss. -Perth and Inverness, 2/. Is.-Scottish
Central, 71. 145.-Scottisli Midland, 2/. ss.- Shrewsbury, Os-
westry, and Chester, 4/. Is. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford,
1/. 1 Is. 6d.-Slamannan,lBL-South Midland, 61. 12s. 6d.-
Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 15s. 6d.-Waterford, Wick-
low, and Dublin, 11. 165.-Wishaw and Coltness, 39/.

ROYAL SEA-BATHING INFIR-
➢iARY-MARGATE. _ _

On Monday the 50th anniversary of the establishment
of this most excellent institution was celebrated at the
Town-hall, by upwards of sixty gentlemen.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor was in the chair. Near
his Lordship were seated the Very Rev. Archdeacon
Hollingsworth, Alderman Kelly, Alderman and Sheriff
Hunter, Alderman and Sheriff Sidney, and several other
citizens of high standing and character.
After the Chairman had proposed, and the company
had drunk the toasts of the Qin en, the patron, and
the Queen Dowager, the patroness of the institution,
and the other usual loyal and patriotic toasts, with great
applause and enthusiasm,
The LORD MAYOR rose to give " Success to the Royal
Sea-Bathing Infirmary." He felt the utmost gratifica-
tion in stating that the infirmary established as it had
been for the relief of the poor who laboured under scro-
fulous maladies, had been most rapidly advancing
in utility, and that each successive season abun-
dantly testified to the vast amount of good it
effected. In th© first year of its institution 16 patients
were admitted ; and, in 1844, 686 was the number to
which its advantages were extended, so that it formed
no inconsiderable degree of pride and satisfaction to re-
flect that the supporters of the infirmary were that
day celebrating its jubilee—(Cheers)—that nearly 19,000
patients—most of them deeply afflicted by the disease
against which the institution was, by the bkill and libe-
rality with which it was supported, making head—had
derived signal advantages, which any other mode of
treatment was incapable of producing, and that the
whole of the establishment was conducted upon a plan
of economy, so well regulated, as to supply the patients
with the sort of living which was indispensable to their
recovery.—(Cheers.) The chief expense consisted of
the charges for the articles constantly supplied for the
purpose of adding to the comforts of those who were the
victims of the malady. Of the propriety of supporting
with all the vigour of a zealous and indefatigable activity
an institution to the excellence of which the united
voice of the highest medical and surgical authorities in
the kingdom bore most willing and ample testimony,
there could be no reasonable question. The meeting of
that day was ominous of the increasing exertions and
success of the benevolent friends of the institution, and
he felt assured that the jubilee year would be followed
by anniversaries of much larger profit., and that the
Committee would be enabled to look at it by the side of
other admirable establishments with some pride of com-
parison.
The toast was drunk with loud acclamations. _ _

The LORD MAYOR next proposed, " The Archbishop
of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, and the
clergy." The two Learned Prelates whom he had
named entertained the highest opinion of the infirmary,
and manifested that opinion by the most liberal contri
butions, as well as by repeated verbal acknowledgments
of their faith in its efficacy. In fact, to the ministers of
the church the infirmary was indebted for the most
prompt and able support.—(Cheers.)
Archdeacon HOLLINGSWORTH returned thanks on be-
half of the church, and bore testimony to the disposition
of the Primate and of the Bishop of London to aid the
efforts of the Committee. It gave him, he declared, the
utmost satisfaction to be called upon, unworthy as he
was, to express his feelings by answering to such a toast,
for it was the Primate of England who had advanced
him from the comparative obscurity of a college to the
performance of more important duties.—(Cheers.) It
gave him infinite pleasure to propose the " Health of the
Lord Mayor." It was known to dose most actively en-
gaged in dispensing the blessings of the institution with
what zeal and efficiency the Lord Mayor had always
exerted himself for the prosperity of so admirable a
charity.
The toast was drunk with three times three, and
amidst uncommon demonstrations of applause.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks fur the manner
in which his health had been proposed and drunk, and
declared that it was peculiarly acceptable to him to be a
witness of such acknowledgments on the thirty-third
anniversary of his treasurership.—(Cheers.) His lord-
ship then proposed the health of Alderman Kelly and
the Vice-Presidents of the Institution.

Alderman KELLY, in returning thanks, said he should
continue to ‘iz‘it on the anniversary day an institution
of which he entertained so exalted an opinion. He had,
when Lord Mayor, in the capacity of chairman, made
that promise, and nothing but bad health should at all
interfere with his determination. He felt high gratifi-
cation in being present at the jubilee of the charity,
and he hoped that Providence would grant him the
privilege of witnessing the day of the celebration of the
present chairman's treasurership.—(Loud cheers.) He
hoped too to see the external appearance of the edifice
bear a more fair proportion to the comforts of the in-
terior, and that a day wolild be soon appointed to take
that subject into consideration.
The toast of " The Medical Board" having been en-
thusiastically drunk,
Mr. CURLING returned thanks, and testified to the
satisfactory progress made amongst the patients to the
restoration of the blessings of health, through the power-
ful agency of the institution. It was with great sin-
cerity he declared that every thing that could be done
had been done for the comfort and restoration to health
of the patients.—(Cheers.)
The Secretary read a list of contributions, amounting
to the sum of nearly 1,000/., bearing some of the highest
names in the country.
His Lordship next proposed the Margate Committee,
and

Mr. COBB returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN said he felt much pleasure in drink-
ing to the health of the Sheriffs of London, who bad
shown such readiness to aid the institution.
Alderman and Sheriff HUNTER regretted that he bad
not been long ago informed of the peculiar advan-
tages of the institution, but from what he had that day
heard he had resolved to do all in his power to assist so
excellent a charity.
Alderman and Sheriff SIDNEY said he had had the ad-
vantage of visitingthe infirmary, and he was convinced
from what he had seen that every effort was made by all
actively engaged in conducting it, to increase its effiacy,
by adding as much as possible to the comforts of the pa-
tients. He particularly alluded to the Lord Mayor,
whose independent spirit as a public man all who were
capable of judging. admired, and one of the brightest
gems in whose public life that institution constituted.
The pleasure of the evening was much enhanced by
the admirable singing of Messrs. Charles Taylor, Francis
Fitzwilliam, &c.

THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.—We have re-
ceived further accounts of the experimental squadron, which
we can rely on. From these we learn that the Queen had the
best of the first day. On the morning of the second day's trial
St. Vincent was first, Queen second, Canopus third, and the
rest far astern, the old Trafalgar almost out of sight to leeward.
Thick weather then came on, and confirmed for several days.
The next trial was a run of about eighty miles, on Saturday,
wind W.N.W., when Canopus was again the first, Albion se-
cond, Queen third, followed in rotation by Rodney, Superb,
St. Vincent, Vanguard, and last old Trafalgar, In the next
trial, on the following Monday, in a run of twenty miles,
course about North-West, St. Vincent was first, Vanguard
next, followed by Rodney, Canopus, Queen, Albion, Tra-
falgar,_ and Superb last. The locality of the cruising ground is
the Nymph Bank, which stretches across the chops of the
Channell, and about ninety miles from Scilly. Subsequent ac-
counts to the 10th instant state the Queen to have proved her-
self the best of the three-deckers, and the Canopus the best of
the two-deckers, in all the trials which had taken place. It is
also stated that the Trafalgar, Vanguard, and Superb, were the
sternmost ships of the squadron, the latter universally so, and
her performances altogether had been throughout the reverse of
her name.—Hampshire Advertiser.